Crime & Courts

La Ronge man who shot at police to spend next eight years in jail

When Terrence Daigneault opened fire on two RCMP officers in La Ronge in 2022, the video from the police cruiser shows him with a gun in one hand and a bottle of liquor in the other. At Daigneault's s...

Jun 17, 2024

'We don't want to set him up for failure': lengthy standoff results in 30 months jail and two years probation

A man who was at the centre of a seven hour standoff with police at Montreal Lake Cree Nation, and responsible for smashing a drone to the ground with a machete, has received a 30-month sentence.With ...

Jun 14, 2024

Greg Fertuck guilty of first-degree murder in death of ex wife Sheree

Greg Fertuck has been found guilty of first-degree murder in the 2015 death of his ex wife Sheree.The lengthy trial began in 2021 and was marked by numerous delays, including a lengthy process to dete...

Jun 14, 2024

PBCN searching for missing man from Deschambeault Lake

The leadership of Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation (PBCN) is asking for the public's help in locating Dominic Custer, a 27-year-old member of PBCN's community of Deschambeault Lake who has been missing si...

Jun 12, 2024

As healing continues, James Smith Cree Nation leadership calls for increased policing

Leadership from the James Smith Cree Nation continue to review an RCMP internal report and its findings on the policing response to the mass stabbing on the reserve in September 2022. Chief Robert Hea...

Jun 11, 2024

La Ronge RCMP investigate shooting

La Ronge RCMP are looking for anyone who may have witnessed a shooting earlier this week. On June 10 at about 1:15 a.m., police received a report of an injured individual receiving treatment at the lo...

Jun 11, 2024

Saskatchewan RCMP overhauls existing incident command structure after James Smith Cree Nation stabbings

Shortly before a mass stabbing on the James Smith Cree Nation, the commanding officer of the Saskatchewan RCMP Rhonda Blackmore conducted a tabletop exercise with her team that she says was 'eerily si...

Jun 11, 2024

Sask. Party MLAs focus on law and order in leadup to election

Two provincial ministers and local MLA Alana Ross were at the Prince Albert Police Service's main station Monday to talk about changes to provincial laws that will give officers more tools to work wit...

Jun 10, 2024

Sask. RCMP ‘proud’ of JSCN response, reviews recommendations

While the review of the Saskatchewan RCMP's response to the James Smith mass stabbing gave 36 recommendations on how to improve, the division's commander said she's proud of their work."Despite the ma...

Jun 06, 2024

RCMP responds to JSCN and Myles Sanderson inquest recommendations

About three months after a pair of inquests into the 2022 stabbing attacks on the James Smith Cree Nation and in Weldon, the Saskatchewan RCMP is responding to recommendations made by the juries and p...

Jun 06, 2024