Crime & Courts

Additional charges and arrests, following fatal crash near Kinsmen Arena

Prince Albert Police have arrested a 29-year-old woman as a result of an investigation after 30-year-old Daniella Clarke was killed in a car crash outside Kinsmen Arena on Dec. 2.Christina Vlahos is c...

Dec 14, 2023

Verdict reserved for former Sask. Mountie accused of murdering lover

It is now up to a judge to determine whether Bernie Herman used his RCMP-issued pistol to shoot his lover out of self-defence or as a planned killing. Those two scenarios were part of the final argume...

Dec 13, 2023

Manslaughter charge stayed for Hatchet Lake man accused of killing son

A man accused of killing his son has been granted a stay of proceedings.Donald Mercredi Sr.'s matter was spoken to at court in Wollaston Lake.On Nov. 16, 2022, RCMP were called to a home at Hatchet La...

Dec 08, 2023

Dates finalized for inquest into James Smith killings

The inquest into the deaths of 11 people on the James Smith Cree Nation have been finalized, according to the Saskatchewan coroner's website. Between January 15 and February 2 of next year, the inques...

Dec 08, 2023

'All of a sudden my gun went off': Former Sask. Mountie takes the stand at murder trial

Content warning: this story contains graphic depictions of sex and violence.A former Saskatchewan RCMP officer, charged with first-degree murder, is maintaining he never intended to hurt or kill Brade...

Dec 07, 2023

'I just shot and killed him': Mountie texted wife after lover's death

Graphic details of a love affair between two men and a marriage in disarray, were read aloud in a Prince Albert courtroom Wednesday morning.A digital forensic investigator from Calgary Police was the ...

Dec 06, 2023

'It just got weird': family members testify on day two of former mountie's murder trial

Content warning: The following story contains graphic depictons of violence.A former Saskatchewan mountie, accused of first degree murder, was assaulted and harassed on numerous occasions by the man w...

Dec 05, 2023

Man wanted for assault in Pelican Narrows area

RCMP are asking the public for help finding a 27-year-old man wanted for assault.Ashton Ballantyne is wanted for several incidents that have happened over the past six months in the Pelican Narrows ar...

Dec 05, 2023

RCMP make arrests after robberies at Deschambault Lake

Three people are facing charges, including a male youth, following a pair of robberies at Deschambault Lake on Friday.The first incident happened late in the afternoon and involving a man approaching ...

Dec 04, 2023

Former Sask. Mountie's gun had one round missing: Herman murder trial commences in Prince Albert

A former Saskatchewan Mountie, accused of first degree murder, spoke to multiple colleagues on the day a man was shot and killed, and court heard nothing about his behaviour seemed out of the ordinary...

Dec 04, 2023