Crime & Courts

RCMP recover stolen hockey memorabilia

More than a year after his collection was stolen, a huge fan of NHL star Wayne Gretzky will be getting most of his memorabilia back. It's believed the theft occurred sometime between November 2021 and...

Feb 23, 2023

Multiple Indigenous people take part in first-of-its-kind Sask. RCMP recruitment initiative

The Saskatchewan RCMP recently held a first-of-its-kind event aimed at getting more Indigenous people interested in joining the police force.Earlier this month, they held a three-day recruiting sessio...

Feb 19, 2023

FSIN believes First Nations person should be next RCMP Commissioner

The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) is calling on the RCMP to appoint a First Nations person as the police service's next Commissioner.This comes as the current Commissioner Brenda L...

Feb 17, 2023

La Ronge men fined $18,600 for killing woodland caribou

The last of three men charged for their involvement in illegally chasing and killing a woodland caribou on a northern lake last spring was recently sentenced in La Ronge Provincial Court.Fines for the...

Feb 14, 2023

Federal watchdogs, MPs slam corrections officials on treatment of prisoners

OTTAWA - Federal watchdogs and members of Parliament are pressing Canada's top corrections officials to improve conditions for Black and Indigenous offenders who are serving time in federal prisons. T...

Feb 11, 2023

17 pounds of cocaine, four guns seized by RCMP and Edmonton police

Drug trafficking in Battlefords and some in Edmonton have taken a big hit with the seizure of 17 pounds of cocaine, some illegally held handguns, Xanax, pre-rolled joints, almost 900 cartons of cigare...

Feb 10, 2023

Lakeland car jacking results in nine-month jail sentence

A man who was on probation, when he committed a carjacking- and held two young women captive, has received a nine-month jail sentence. Cory Halkett, 32, appeared Thursday morning at Prince Albert Prov...

Feb 09, 2023

Indigenous history class for lawyers justified and more common in Canada: experts

EDMONTON - As Alberta's Law Society seeks to defend rules that require members to take a course on Indigenous issues, experts say such measures are common elsewhere in Canada and are well-grounded in ...

Feb 05, 2023

Youth charged with assault after man seriously injured on Montreal Lake

An unnamed youth is being charged with aggravated assault.RCMP were called to the Montreal Lake Cree Nation Monday night where they found a man suffering from serious injuries.He was later transported...

Feb 01, 2023

RCMP seize drugs, weapons while executing search warrant in Stanley Mission

As part of an ongoing investigation into drug trafficking in the Stanley Mission, La Ronge RCMP planned to execute a search warrant at a residence on Settee Street.According to a media release issued ...

Jan 30, 2023