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Driving instructor convicted of sexual assault for kissing, groping student

Warning: sexual content A Saskatoon driving instructor who groped and “French kissed” a 15-year-old student during a drive violated the girl’s sexual integrity and is therefore guilty of sexual...

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'Red flags were shown': Man who bought gun and threatened to shoot parents...

The parents of a mentally ill man who fraudulently bought a gun, hid it in his house and threatened to shoot people had been trying to get their son the help he so desperately needed.  But their...

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Teen gets youth sentence for first-degree murder of Prince Albert woman...

Victim impact statements from family and friends of Marina Thorpe describe her as thoughtful, gracious and compassionate — someone who lived a life of humility and generosity. She was what some might...

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'She would do anything for anyone:' Brett Busse more than just a crash...

Kendel Busse and Carmen Douglas sit together on a couch as they describe the grainy surveillance video that captured the excruciating final moments of their sister’s life. Brett Busse is with a group...

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Couple head to prison for tying man up during home invasion assault

A Saskatoon couple is heading to prison for tying up and assaulting a 64-year-old man while his ex gathered her belongings.  The victim was bound to a chair with extension cords and had a head injury...

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Baby Nikosis: Teenage killer to be sentenced as an adult for murder of...

The woman who was 16 years of age when she killed six-week-old Nikosis Jace Cantre in Saskatoon will be sentenced as an adult for second-degree murder. The teen was just months away from her 17th...

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'Gladue reports need to be done': report writer calls for network in Sask.

Christine Goodwin provides Saskatchewan courts with an in-depth piece of personal history that follows Indigenous offenders throughout their lives.  She goes to jails and communities, interviewing...

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'She got caught up:' Court hears inmate convinced woman to drop drugs on...

A woman who left a bag of drugs on the Saskatchewan Penitentiary grounds in Prince Albert has now found herself behind prison bars. After convicting Whitney Carswell of trafficking MDMA, Queen’s Bench...

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Saskatoon nightclub owner Skipp Anderson sentenced to 30 months in prison for...

Warning: graphic sexual content A Saskatoon nightclub owner described as a “pillar of the community” has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for sexually assaulting his passed-out friend.  The prison...

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Saskatoon doula pleads guilty to unlawful practice of midwifery, first charge...

A Saskatoon birth attendant, or doula, admits she breached a section of Saskatchewan’s Midwifery Act by performing unauthorized internal, medical examinations on a client who was having birth...

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Men forced girls into SUV and confined them during attempted robbery: judge

A Queen’s Bench judge has convicted three men of confining two girls in an SUV and trying to rob them as they drove around the city.  Justice Ronald Mills found Robert Caissie, Gary Cote and...

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Lajray Gordon accused of fatally stabbing David Merasty during street...

David Merasty was stabbed near a busy street in the Riversdale neighbourhood’s business district and died on a sidewalk a few blocks away from his home.  The 24-year-old had just asked to borrow a lawn...

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Witnesses describe seeing fight that led to David Merasty's death

A Saskatoon murder trial heard from a woman who was with Lajray Orlando Redman Gordon when Gordon got into a street fight that turned deadly.  Coquilynn Frenchman said she didn’t know exactly what...

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'Over a stupid cigarette': Witness tells murder trial victim pursued the man...

Coquilynn Frenchman says a Saskatoon man who was stabbed to death in the middle of a sunny afternoon nearly two years ago had been aggressively pursuing her and the man accused of killing him. On...

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Fatal stabbing of David Merasty happened in seconds, murder trial hears

Donny Thompson recalls hearing the screams of a man who was stabbed during an altercation just down the street from his house, and the assailant yelling as he ran away. Testifying on Tuesday in...

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'I didn’t want to kill anyone. I just wanted to get away': Accused killer...

A man on trial in Saskatoon, charged with second-degree murder, says he stabbed David Merasty during a street fight because he feared for his life. On Friday, Lajray Orlando Redman Gordon testified for...

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Western Canadian Ringette Championships showcase elite level sport

I remember when, as a ringette player, I felt like I had something to prove. My team sport was predominantly played by females, and many had never heard of it. I spent years defending ringette — mostly...

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Western Canadian Ringette Championships wrap up

The 2018 Western Canadian Ringette Championships — which included 25 teams from British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan — wrapped up in Saskatoon and Warman on Saturday.  Here are the...

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Kenneth Bowman injected boy with needle before raping him, court hears

Warning: This story contains extremely graphic details People in a Saskatoon courtroom listened as an eight-year-old boy innocently described the sick game that Kenneth John Bowman would play with him....

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Repeat armed robber gets eight-year sentence as dangerous offender

After serving two separate sentences for robbery, Stacey David Finlay committed a third armed robbery just months after getting out of prison.  His pattern of behaviour shows a likelihood of causing...

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