Tag Archives: Crime & Courts
RCMP investigating La Ronge stabbings
Police are investigating two cases of men being stabbed on Wednesday. In an email to larongeNOW from Saskatchewan RCMP, it was stated on Nov. 5 at approximately 9:30 p.m., officers received a report o...
Nov 06, 2025
Supreme Court to weigh in on Saskatchewan’s school pronoun case
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada granted leave Thursday to hear appeals in a challenge of Saskatchewan's school pronoun law.No date has been set for the court to hear the cross appeals from the pr...
Nov 06, 2025
Sask. Government plans to modernize defamation law
Saskatchewan's outdated laws around defamation are being updated and simplified. The provincial government's Defamation Act, 2025, replaces the century-old Libel and Slander Act, which has been in pla...
Nov 06, 2025
Teen charged in fatal La Loche collision
A teen boy is facing charges of failing to remain at the scene of an accident that resulted in the death of a 58-year-old man in La Loche on October 31. Officers from the La Loche RCMP detachment were...
Nov 05, 2025
Alarming numbers highlight national campaign on prevention of runaway youth
A national organization is spearheading a campaign to recognize November as Runaway Prevention Month. The Missing Children Society of Canada's (MCSC) campaign focuses attention on education and commun...
Nov 04, 2025
Man charged with murder in Grandmother's Bay
A 26-year-old man has been charged with second-degree murder in Grandmother's Bay. An RCMP media release states on Nov. 2 officers received reports of a serious assault that occurred in front of a res...
Nov 03, 2025
RCMP arrest suspect in La Loche shooting
La Loche RCMP have arrested a 31-year-old man who was being sought by police in connection to a shooting in the community. In the late hours of Halloween night, officers captured Clayton Fontaine on F...
Nov 01, 2025
Ontario men charged after Warman RCMP find 46 kilos of meth, 14 pallets of cigarettes in semi-trailer
Two Ontario men are facing a number of charges after Warman RCMP found a large amount of meth and unstamped cigarettes in a semi-truck at a weigh scale. Highway Patrol officers and Provincial Protecti...
Oct 31, 2025
Police investigating shooting in La Loche
La Loche RCMP and other supporting units are actively investigating a shooting incident in the community and working to locate and arrest the suspect.As a result, the public may notice an increased po...
Oct 31, 2025
Search to take place on James Smith Cree Nation for missing Natanis Merasty
Since May, the search for a missing woman originally from La Ronge has spanned three provinces - from Saskatchewan to British Columbia. Now, family and friends are taking matters into their own hands ...
Oct 28, 2025