Tag Archives: Crime & Courts

Officers testify about 9-1-1 response at mass stabbing inquest
After a two-day break, the inquest into the mass murder at James Smith Cree Nation and the Village of Weldon picked up where it left off on Friday. Three witnesses testified Monday morning which inclu...
Jan 22, 2024

Details of La Ronge murder case protected by publication ban
The details surrounding a woman's death and how her body came to be found along a highway north of La Ronge in late 2019, have been protected by a publication ban.The interim order was made Monday mor...
Jan 22, 2024

Saskatchewan inquest into mass stabbing enters second week
The province is expected to provide information about how it responded to a mass stabbing on a Saskatchewan First Nation as a coroner's inquest enters its second week. The inquest is scheduled to hear...
Jan 22, 2024

Trial commences for two more charged in Billette murder case
Noting it's been four years since his daughter's death, Willie Billette says anything anything less than a guilty verdict will not bring closure to his family. The grieving father is commenting ahead ...
Jan 21, 2024

Coroner's Inquest hears experts' assessment of Myles Sanderson
Day five of the Coroner's Inquest into the mass stabbing deaths at James Smith and Weldon heard from experts who delved into Myles Sanderson's behaviour leading up to, and during the massacre.During a...
Jan 20, 2024

'I would like to know why': Weldon victim during Sask. mass stabbing not specifically targeted
The only death that appeared to be random during the mass stabbing in the James Smith Cree Nation and in the Village of Weldon was the last one. That's according to Darren Simons, the former staff ser...
Jan 20, 2024

La Ronge woman facing manslaughter charge
La Ronge RCMP have laid charges stemming from a vehicle-pedestrian collision in September 2021.Christine Charles, 29, from La Ronge has been charged with manslaughter, criminal negligence, dangerous o...
Jan 19, 2024

Questions surrounding emergency alerts highlight Day Five of James Smith inquest
More testimony, questions and grim details are emerging from the coroner's inquest into the mass stabbings on James Smith Cree Nation and Weldon.On the final day of the first week on Friday, Saskatche...
Jan 19, 2024

Former Regina hockey coach Bernie Lynch handed three-year sentence
A former junior hockey coach in Regina has been handed a three-year sentence for sexual assault.Bernie Lynch, 69, was found guilty last month of assaulting and sexually assaulting a teen boy in 1988. ...
Jan 19, 2024

“He was evil”: Skye Sanderson describes Myles Sanderson at inquest
Despite some conflicting testimony from Skye Sanderson, one thing she and her deceased husband Damien agreed on about Myles Sanderson was that he was "the devil" and "evil". Both Skye and Vanessa Burn...
Jan 18, 2024