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Regina woman facing attempted murder charge after Rae Street fire
A 27-year-old Regina woman is facing a charge of attempted murder after a house fire on Rae Street earlier this month. Police described the fire as arson. In the early afternoon of Jan. 2, firefighter...
Jan 25, 2024 Police say the fire was quickly extinguished, but the case didn't end there. (980 CJME file photo)
Former Sask. Mountie found guilty of manslaughter
By Nigel Maxwell A loud gasp was heard in a Prince Albert courtroom on Thursday when a former Saskatchewan Mountie, charged with first-degree murder, was convicted on a lesser offence of manslaughter....
Jan 25, 2024 Bernie Herman was wearing handcuffs and shackles when he left Prince Albert Court of King's Bench on Thursday. (Nigel Maxwell/paNOW)
Day 8: Parole officers, program facilitator detail Sanderson's progress in prison
Nearly three years before his killing spree on the James Smith Cree Nation and in Weldon, Myles Sanderson was making progress in a high-intensity treatment program in prison. On Wednesday in Melfort, ...
Jan 24, 2024 The Kerry Vickar Centre in Melfort, site of the inquest into the mass murders on the James Smith Cree Nation and in Weldon in September of 2022. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
'I heard her scream:' JSCN member frustrated at inquest
Courtney McLeod was left in tears after the inquest into the James Smith Cree Nation stabbings wrapped up for the day on Monday. Testimony that opened the inquest's second week covered the responses f...
Jan 23, 2024 Courtney McLeod said she is frustrated over some of what she's been hearing at the inquest into the stabbings on the James Smith Cree Nation in 2022. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Former Regina hockey coach Bernie Lynch handed three-year sentence
A former junior hockey coach in Regina has been handed a three-year sentence less three days in federal prison for sexual assault. Bernie Lynch, 69, was found guilty last month of assaulting and sexua...
Jan 19, 2024 A former hockey coach was handed a three-year sentence on Friday. (980 CJME file photo)
Legacy Christian Academy athletic director handed two-year sentence
The former athletic director of an independent Saskatoon school was handed a two-year sentence on Thursday. Aaron Travis Benneweis served as the athletic director of Legacy Christian Academy from 2008...
Jan 18, 2024 Jennifer Beaudry speaks to media outside of Saskatoon Provincial Court after Aaron Benneweis was handed a two-year sentence. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Battlefords Mounties seeing success with covert surveillance vehicles
Covert surveillance vehicles provided by SGI have been a boon to Mounties in the Battlefords. According to the RCMP, the Battlefords Detachment partnered with SGI after identifying a need for more sur...
Jan 15, 2024
Prince Albert to limit liquor store hours in effort to cut crime
In about six weeks' time, late-night liquor store runs will be a thing of the past in Prince Albert. Mayor Greg Dionne said the city's executive committee has voted to reduce the hours of liquor store...
Jan 13, 2024
Regina police arrest break-in suspect who used taxi in getaway
A taxi doesn't make for a great getaway vehicle, as an 18-year-old in Regina learned on Wednesday. According to police, officers were called just before 6 p.m. after a resident on Rae Street saw two m...
Jan 12, 2024 Police say two break-in suspects used a taxi cab during their attempted getaway. (Regina Police Service/Twitter)
Grieving mother hopes James Smith inquest leads to better supports for victims
By Nigel Maxwell Acknowledging feelings of anxiety, Vanessa Burns says she is looking forward to an inquest that will hopefully provide her with some closure and allow her to move on with her life. Bu...
Jan 12, 2024
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