Lawsuit alleges former Saskatoon police officer facing criminal charges used...
A lawsuit filed in Saskatoon Court of Queen’s Bench alleges a former Saskatoon police officer — who is now charged with three on-duty assaults — used excessive force during a separate canine arrest....
View ArticleTaylor Wolff gets 10-year parole ineligibility in second-degree murder of...
Had it not been for the significant changes Taylor James Wolff made in his life, Justice Gerald Allbright said he would have increased the man’s parole ineligibility beyond the 10-year minimum for...
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'There was more to him than that life': Rodney Wailing died in hatchet attack...
Rodney Wailing’s life mattered. He was loved, and continues to be loved, by two families. That was the message repeated in a Saskatoon Queen’s Bench courtroom as family members described the...
View ArticleAdopted daughters became "aim" of Sask. man's porn addiction, court hears
Warning: Graphic content A pornography addiction may have been the red flag for a rural Saskatchewan man who started abusing his young daughters without empathy. Even though they would cry and say...
View ArticleWoman alleges Northwoods Inn owner raped, then evicted, her
A tenant at the Northwoods Inn and Suites in Saskatoon says the motel’s owner offered her a place to stay in exchange for sex and then raped her when she ultimately refused. The woman testified that...
View ArticleSaskatoon motel owner Pontes denies sex-for-rent with former tenant accusing...
John Viveiros Pontes says some of his tenants at the Northwoods Inn have been inside his suite — but he can’t recall if a woman accusing him of rape was one of them. The woman, who testified Monday at...
View ArticleGirl leaves car running to warm up, man with gun steals it
A 17-year-old girl decided to leave her running, unlocked car to warm up on a chilly January morning — until she saw a stranger jump into the driver seat. The girl confronted the man, who refused to...
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'I never planned to kill somebody': Accused murderer tells police she shot...
At first, Shaylin Sutherland-Kayseas was bubbly and personable as she talked openly with a police investigator about her family, childhood and past criminal offences, but she clammed up when asked...
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Gang involvement key at Sutherland-Kayseas first-degree murder trial
The Crown has attempted to prove that Shaylin Sutherland-Kayseas was a gang member when she killed 26-year-old Dylan Phillips during an attempted drug robbery in 2016. Sutherland-Kayseas, 20, told a...
View ArticleClaude Gauthier sentenced to seven years for role in beating death of Patrick...
As he lay dying alone on a dark country road, Patrick Dong must have spent his final moments in “sheer terror,” a Saskatoon Queen’s Bench judge observed. Justice Gerald Allbright had just heard that...
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Man convicted in Dylan Phillips' death refuses to testify at first-degree...
As Trent Raymond Southwind was about to be sworn in at the first-degree murder trial of Shaylin Sutherland-Kayseas, the 26-year-old former gang member stated he would not testify against his...
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Terror Squad expert testifies at Saskatoon first-degree murder trial
A tattoo on Shaylin Sutherland-Kayseas’s hand signifies a “higher up” member who has conducted a meaningful mission, said a Saskatoon police officer qualified as an expert on the Terror Squad street...
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'I'm not a higher up, OK?' Accused murderer and Terror Squad member says...
Shaylin-Sutherland Kayseas says she accidentally shot Dylan Phillips while high on crystal methamphetamine, and “boasted” about it boosting her rank in the Terror Squad street gang because of wishful...
View ArticleCheyann Peeteetuce sentenced for breaching curfew on stat release
Cheyann Peeteetuce, the woman sentenced in connection with a car crash that killed two Saskatoon teenagers in 2014, has pleaded guilty to breaching a statutory release condition by being unlawfully at...
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Gang member gets five years for cutting off captive woman's finger
An accusation of trying to switch gangs cost a Saskatoon woman the tip of her finger — and almost her life. The 20-year-old woman was confined in a Terror Squad house on Avenue S South and beaten for...
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Accidental shooting or successful gang mission? Murder and manslaughter...
The Crown argues a high-ranking Terror Squad member fatally shot Dylan Phillips during a gang mission robbery, while the defence argues Shaylin Sutherland-Kayseas was acting outside of the gang when...
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Blair Prokopetz, 26, appears on first-degree murder charge in death of Ken Balan
Family members of Saskatoon’s sixth homicide victim of 2018 cried as a first-degree murder charge against a 26-year-old man was read in court. Blair Prokopetz appeared Monday in Saskatoon provincial...
View ArticleDavid Caissie was charged in a Mr. Big sting after telling undercover...
The man charged with the first-degree murder of Carol King, whose body was discovered near Herschel, Sask. after a high-profile missing person case in 2011, told undercover officers he killed King...
View ArticleHistorical murder trial hears David Caissie lied about how he killed...
Joseph ‘David’ Caissie said he told one lie about the death of his girlfriend, Carol King, and it had to do with how he killed her. Caissie, now 55, initially told undercover police officers in 2016...
View ArticleUndercover officer says Mr. Big sting did not prey on David Caissie's...
An undercover police officer says the intention of a five-month operation involving alleged murderer Joseph ‘David’ Caissie was to discover the truth about what happened to his girlfriend Carol King,...
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