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Hearing dates set for woman accused of killing retired educator Colin Sutherland

Less than two months after Colin Sutherland was found dead in his downtown Saskatoon apartment suite, preliminary hearing dates have been set for the woman accused of killing him. The hearing for...

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'I don't think I can completely comprehend everything:' Sister of Tyler...

Starla Sippola says she felt sick to her stomach as she stared at the man accused of shooting and killing her brother in Saskatoon last summer. On Thursday, Dallin Lane Singharath appeared in...

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Clint McLaughlin must live in halfway house while on statutory release for...

A Saskatoon man with a disturbing pattern of domestic violence and jealousy is out of prison and living in a halfway house after getting his legally mandated statutory release this month. The residency...

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Mark Donlevy to stand trial on 11 sexual assault charges involving female...

The Saskatoon man accused of sexually assaulting 11 women during massage therapy appointments has been committed to stand trial in Court of Queen’s Bench. Mark McMahon Donlevy’s preliminary hearing...

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Educational assistant gets prison time for sexually touching students

One by one in a Saskatoon courtroom, family members of sex offender George Gamble hugged and apologized to crying family members of the young children he victimized. Gamble, 25, had just been sentenced...

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Man who cut stranger's neck in meth rage appeals four-year sentence

A Saskatoon man who was high on methamphetamine when he used a box cutter to slash a stranger’s throat says his four-year sentence is too harsh. That was the reason Joseph Michael Kilcher provided for...

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Sask. child exploitation investigator testifies at human trafficking trial in...

Cpl. Jared Clarke is used to presenting evidence of online child exploitation crimes in large courthouses containing several rooms. Last week, he testified for four hours in a tiny room on Leyte...

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'He sowed the wind; he will now reap the whirlwind': Judge gives drug dealer,...

A 10-year prison term for a Saskatoon drug dealer sends a stern message that “the risk of engaging in the sale of poison outweighs the possible rewards,” a Queen’s Bench judge ruled. Justice Shawn...

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Homicide victim James Carlson was supposed to testify at accused killer's...

James Carlson disappeared a month before he was expected to testify at a drug hearing for his accused killer, Taylor James Wolff. Wolff’s preliminary hearing was scheduled for June 2008; he was charged...

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Taylor Wolff confessed to shooting James Carlson and putting his body in...

A friend of Taylor James Wolff — the man accused of the historical murder of James Carlson — says Wolff told her he shot Carlson and put his body in a well where it would never resurface. Lindsay...

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Witness recants police statement, says he lied about accused killer Taylor...

A Saskatoon man says he lied to police 10 years ago when he told them Taylor James Wolff showed him a gun and warned him not to go to James Carlson’s house days before Carlson disappeared. Police took...

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Reliability of statements about tension between victim and accused focus of...

James Carlson was an extremely talented farm machinery mechanic whose tools — after his family — were the most important thing in his life, according to Carlson’s friend. Blair Schroeder said that’s...

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Judge rules 2008 statement inadmissible at historical Saskatoon murder trial

A Queen’s Bench judge has ruled a man’s statement to police that Taylor Wolff warned him not to go to James Carlson’s house and showed him a gun is not admissible evidence for proof of the truth of its...

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Saskatoon man gave Wi-Fi password to young stepdaughter in exchange for sex acts

Behind closed doors when no one else was home, a Saskatoon family’s Wi-Fi password  — withheld as a disciplinary measure and to encourage better sleep habits — was being provided to a young girl in...

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Dustin Sand accused of ordering drug robbery that resulted in Corey Favel's...

Refusing to testify at the manslaughter trial of Dustin Trevor Sand, Nicholas Francis MacLeod sat with his head in his hands for hours while the Crown played two of his police interviews in court. The...

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La Loche shooter's notice of appeal released to media, defence indicates...

The La Loche shooter’s legal team has cited seven separate grounds for appeal of a Saskatchewan judge’s decision to sentence him as an adult. The reasons why the shooter has appealed the sentence were...

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Who killed James Carlson? Lawyers explore possibilities at historical murder...

There’s no disputing that James Carlson’s home in Watrous, Sask., was a crime scene riddled with blood, bullets and the remnants of a cleanup. The blood came from Carlson and the bullets were fired by...

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Dustin Sand pleads guilty mid-trial to home invasion manslaughter

On the fourth day of his trial at Saskatoon Court of Queen’s Bench, Dustin Trevor Sand unexpectedly pleaded guilty to breaking and entering and manslaughter in connection with the death of Corey Favel....

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'Damage beyond repair': Victims’ voices heard at long-term offender hearing...

Warning: disturbing content Four women detailed the devastating effects of their abuse decades after Russell Dennis Wolfe repeatedly raped them as children. Shared themes in the women’s audio-recorded...

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'We are lucky he has not killed anybody': Repeat drunk driver with 'abysmal'...

A serial drunk driver who now has 14 impaired driving convictions on his criminal record has made no attempt to get help for his alcoholism, a Saskatoon provincial court judge heard. Defence lawyer...

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