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Crown appeals longest-ever child porn sentence in Sask.
The Crown wants more prison time for the man already serving the province's longest-ever sentence for child pornography. Philip Chicoine was sentenced in November 2017 to 12 years in prison after plea...
Jan 24, 2018 Saskatoon's Philip Chicoine seen in a photo taken in 2012. (Facebook)
Waskesiu Wilderness Region defrauded of more than $100,000
By Taylor MacPherson, paNow New details have emerged in a major, multi-year fraud case allegedly involving an employee of a non-profit organization in Waskesiu. Saskatchewan RCMP laid charges against ...
Jan 18, 2018 RCMP
Trial begins for man accused of killing former Roughrider
The trial for Ronald Gasser, the man accused of gunning down former Roughrider Joe McKnight, will start on Tuesday. Gasser is charged with second-degree murder. He's pleading not guilty and is claimin...
Jan 16, 2018
More video conferencing hoped to improve court backlog
The provincial court system is looking into the idea of how it can use technology in the future to address a growing workload. In the latest report from the Provincial Auditor of Saskatchewan, Judy Fe...
Dec 17, 2017
Youth pleads guilty to killing La Ronge restaurateur
A 14-year-old pleaded guilty to manslaughter Thursday in connection with the killing of well-known La Ronge restaurateur Simon Grant. Grant was killed in April during an armed robbery at his restauran...
Dec 15, 2017 La Ronge restaurateur Simon Grant was killed in an armed robbery in April. (submitted to paNow)
Man admits to setting blazes during Sask. wildfire disaster
As massive wildfires forced thousands of people to flee Northern Saskatchewan in the summer of 2015, a Hall Lake man was out deliberately setting blazes. The provincial government announced Friday tha...
Nov 24, 2017 Firefighting crews seen working near Weyakwin, Sask. during the 2015 wildfire season, which saw 13,000 people forced to evacuate from communities in Northern Saskatchewan. (Government of Saskatchewan)
Thunderchild First Nation taken to court to open books
One man from the Thunderchild First Nation has taken the band to court to open its books and release financial documents. Harrison Thunderchild, who's coincidentally from the Thunderchild First Nation...
Nov 21, 2017 Harrison Thunderchild (left) and Todd MacKay of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation stand outside Court of Queen's Bench in Regina after filing a court application against the Thunderchild First Nation on Nov. 21, 2017. (Kevin Martel/980 CJME)
Cut down on court delays by supporting victims of crime: ombudsman
OTTAWA - Making sure those who experience the biggest impacts of crime have the support they need would do a lot to speed up the wheels of justice, says the federal ombudsman for victims of crime. "We...
Nov 07, 2017
2nd teen involved in Hannah Leflar murder sentenced as youth
The second teen involved in the murder of Hannah Leflar will remain anonymous after being sentenced as a youth Tuesday. He pleaded guilty in February to the second-degree murder of the 16-year-old who...
Nov 07, 2017 The second teen convicted of killing 16-year-old Hannah Leflar leaves the courthouse on Sept. 20, 2017. (Jessika Guse/980 CJME)
Three torture victims receive $31 million in federal compensation
OTTAWA - Three Canadians who were tortured in Syria have received just over $31 million in federal compensation. The Liberal government said in March it had settled long-standing lawsuits filed by Abd...
Oct 26, 2017
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