Drug courier caught in Project Forseti made 'terrible mistake:' judge
A man from British Columbia made a “terrible mistake” by succumbing to financial pressure and using his truck driving business to transport hard drugs to Saskatoon, a Queen’s Bench courtroom heard....
View ArticleSaskatoon gang member's info led to fatal robbery of Dylan Phillips
A severe methamphetamine addiction led Trent Raymond Southwind to gangs. Gangs led him on a mission that ended in tragedy. On Friday, a Saskatoon Queen’s Bench courtroom heard how Southwind stood in...
View ArticleMen charged in fatal Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation fire make first court...
One of two men charged in connection with a fatal house fire on the Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation made his first court appearance by video in Saskatoon provincial court. Sky Wyatt Noltcho, 19,...
View ArticleManslaughter plea from last of La Ronge teens charged in restaurateur's death
The last of four teens charged in connection to the beating death of La Ronge restaurant owner Simon Grant has pleaded guilty to armed robbery and manslaughter. The teen boy, whose identity is...
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Dates set for sexual assault, extortion trial of Northwoods Inn owner John...
Trial dates have been set for John Pontes, the owner of the Northwoods Inn and Suites in Saskatoon, just two months after he was charged with sexual assault and sexual extortion. During his court...
View ArticleMissing stop sign did not cause fatal crash near Langham: province
The Saskatchewan government says it was the actions of the driver, not the absence of a stop sign, that caused a fatal crash at the intersection of Highway 16 and Range Road 3083 near Langham. The...
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Truth or lie? 'Mr Big' confession plays key role for jury in Yakimchuk murder...
It’s been nearly 14 years since Isho Hana, a Saskatoon father and high-level drug dealer, was shot and killed on a late afternoon in the middle of a busy street. The historical murder case is now in...
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No second chance: Neil Yakimchuk again found guilty of 2004 Isho Hana murder
Neil Lee Yakimchuk watched his second chance at freedom slip away as, once again, a jury found him guilty of first-degree murder in the shooting death of Saskatoon man Isho Hana nearly 14 years ago....
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Blair French pleads guilty to manslaughter in death of Adam St. Denis
Instead of going to trial on a charge of second-degree murder, Blair Christopher French has pleaded guilty to the lesser offence of manslaughter in connection with Saskatoon’s third homicide of 2016....
View ArticleMan on trial in connection with fatal drunk driving crash faces new drunk...
A B.C. man who was granted freedom while on trial in connection with a fatal drunk driving crash in Saskatoon is now behind bars after allegedly driving drunk in Alberta. On Tuesday, Judge Donna Scott...
View ArticleCourt of Appeal reduces sentence in Saskatoon 'drug rip' home invasion
One of three men sentenced to seven years for a violent ‘drug rip’ home invasion in Saskatoon’s Grosvenor Park neighbourhood has successfully appealed his sentence. The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal...
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Court hears Adam St. Denis died after hitting head during fight
Adam St. Denis died after a fight that went too far. When the 24-year-old attempted to jump on Blair Christopher French — a man twice his weight — French threw him to the ground, causing St. Denis to...
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Michael Robertson, convicted of manslaughter in Rocky Genereaux death,...
A judge has declared Michael James Robertson a dangerous offender and ordered him to serve an indefinite prison sentence for the stabbing death of 42-year-old Rocky Genereaux in Saskatoon. “Woo-hoo!”...
View ArticleTrial begins for men accused of confining girls in vehicle
A now 18-year-old woman says “it felt like life or death” when she was allegedly held captive in an SUV and hit in the face during an attempted robbery in Saskatoon. The woman, who was in Grade 10 at...
View ArticleJudge finds sexual assault complainant had reason to make up story
Warning: graphic details A woman who said she was raped in a hotel room after a night out with friends had a reason to make up the story, a Saskatoon judge has ruled. Queen’s Bench Justice Gary...
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Braidy Vermette pleads guilty to gang-related murder of Troy Napope
Guns, gangs and bad blood were the catalysts for Troy Cecil Napope’s murder. In Prince Albert Court of Queen’s Bench this week, Napope’s killer, Braidy Chase Vermette, was sentenced to life in prison...
View ArticleWoman says she was the getaway driver in a spontaneous robbery at a Saskatoon...
Vanessa Kristina Kraft went to Crackers Restaurant and Lounge in Saskatoon with the intention to play VLTs and socialize with friends. She left as the getaway driver for an armed robbery. Surveillance...
View Article'Significant discrepancies' in girls' stories at confinement trial, defence...
Three Saskatoon men accused of confining and hitting two girls in an SUV as they searched for money say the witnesses aren’t credible and shouldn’t be believed. Closing arguments were made on Friday at...
View ArticleSaskatoon inmate last to be sentenced for 2016 jail riot
Michael Joseph Bryant was ordered to serve a sentence of slightly less than two years — in addition to another recently finished jail sentence — for setting a fire and smashing appliances during a riot...
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Day parole for mom who stabbed son, accountant who defrauded First Nation and...
A Saskatoon mother who slit her six-year-old son’s throat in a bathtub during a custody dispute in 2013 has been denied full parole, but granted day parole following three months of unescorted...
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