Crime & Courts

RCMP searching for truck after firearm pointed at rural homeowner

Battlefords RCMP are actively searching for a white pickup truck and its driver after they pointed a firearm at a homeowner on Easter Sunday. Police said the incident happened at around 11 a.m. in the...

Apr 20, 2025

Indigenous youth conference promotes empowerment and support

Reflecting back on his younger brother's death three years ago, Dakota Favel recalled a feeling of helplessness after learning the person responsible for the murder was a 13-year-old boy.The award win...

Apr 17, 2025

Two arrested after trying to shoot police during traffic stop

A man and a woman are in police custody after one of them tried to shoot an officer during a traffic stop. It happened on Tuesday morning when Battlefords RCMP first received a report of a man with a ...

Apr 17, 2025

Man charged in firearm-pointing incident in Grandmother's Bay

A 39-year old man who allegedly pointed a firearm at individuals in Grandmother's Bay has been arrested and charged.Gilbert John Eric McLeod, who is from Grandmother's Bay, is facing various weapons-r...

Apr 17, 2025

Hordyski, La Ronge councillors attend annual SUMA convention

La Ronge Mayor Joe Hordyski learned a lot at the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Assocation's annual Convention and Tradeshow in Saskatoon this week. He attended the convention alongside fellow coun...

Apr 16, 2025

Teenage boy charged after stabbing at Montreal Lake Cree Nation

An altercation Saturday evening between a group of males at Montreal Lake Cree Nation, resulted in one person being transported to hospital by STARS for injuries described as serious in nature.That's ...

Apr 14, 2025

Sask. police, Victims’ Fund receive $1.1M from forfeiture of criminal property

Police forces across Saskatchewan and the provincial Victims' Fund received $1.1 million thanks to assets seized during criminal investigations.Saskatchewan's Civil Forfeiture Program seizes property ...

Apr 12, 2025

New trial begins April 14 in Meadow Lake to determine Métis hunting rights

"Where are the Mtis allowed to be Mtis?" That question is the crux of an upcoming trial that is scheduled to begin at the Meadow Lake Provincial Court next Monday. "Where are they allowed to be themse...

Apr 09, 2025

Armed teen responsible for Churchill lockdown

An armed teen was responsible for the lockdown of La Ronge's Churchill Community High School on April 4.According to Saskatchewan RCMP, at approximately 3 p.m., police received a report of an armed in...

Apr 07, 2025

Three arrested, including two youth, after RCMP seize firearms, cash

La Ronge RCMP officers seized two sawed-off firearms, a large sum of cash and drug paraphernalia in a Stanley Mission home on Wednesday as part of an ongoing investigation.Three people were arrested i...

Apr 04, 2025