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Direct indictment in Project Forseti includes three more men

A preliminary hearing scheduled for two B.C. men charged in Project Forseti did not go ahead Monday because the accused had previously been committed to stand trial through a direct indictment issued...

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Armed robbery lands Saskatoon man in prison

A man who used a knife to rob a Saskatoon convenience store says he was so drunk he doesn’t remember committing the robbery. Nonetheless, Bradley Aaron Rowan, 30, will spend two years in prison after...

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Men sentenced to seven years for deadly home invasion

Three men who stormed into a Saskatoon home to steal drugs and money face a significant prison term for the home invasion, which ended with a man being shot and killed. Corey Favel, 25, was one of four...

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Ag. company fined $140,000 after man loses arm at work

Crop Production Services (CPS) Canada has been fined $140,000 after a Saskatchewan employee lost his arm during a workplace accident in 2014. The details of the incident were heard in Saskatoon...

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Man denies instructing dogs to 'sic' canine officer, police dog

Anthony Robert Regnier says when he ran to the gate of his home after hearing a man with a dog yelling at him, he didn’t know it was a canine officer calling for him to stop. As he unlatched his gate,...

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Child porn offender pleads guilty to more child porn charges

A Saskatchewan man who was previously convicted of possessing and distributing child pornography in North Battleford has pleaded guilty to more child porn offences nearly three years later.  During a...

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Impaired driver to be sentenced for crash that killed Van De Vorst family

A woman who caused a crash that killed a family of four near Saskatoon is scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday in a court appearance that is sure to be heart-wrenching.  Catherine Loye McKay, 49,...

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Man pleads guilty to marijuana charges in Project Forseti

Sentencing submissions for a man who conspired with two members of the Fallen Saints Motorcycle Club to sell marijuana were adjourned until October after William Dean Sokolofsky entered guilty pleas...

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Sask. court case explores sentencing for drunk drivers

Although no sentence will ever bring back a Saskatoon family killed by a drunk driver nearly seven months ago, a Saskatoon Crown prosecutor says he hopes the 10-year sentence handed down on Wednesday...

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'Horrific and preventable:' Drunk driver gets 10 years for crash that killed...

Needless and avoidable. Horrific and preventable. Those are just some of the words family members used to describe the grim aftermath of a drunken crash just north of Saskatoon that killed Jordan Van...

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Man was actively downloading child porn during police search

*Warning: disturbing content As recently as May, child porn was actively downloading on, and uploading from, the desktop computer of Gerhard Henry Maynard — even at the very moment police searched his...

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Man accused of killing James Carlson is granted bail

A Saskatoon man accused of a historical murder is out of custody on strict conditions after he was granted bail while his case proceeds through court. Taylor James Wolff, 31, was released on a $20,000...

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Stanley Mission man thought HIV contamination hoax was true, court hears

A man from Stanley Mission believed he had a legitimate concern when he drunkenly told clerks at a La Ronge grocery store that someone had contaminated the store’s food with an HIV-infected needle....

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Stabbing nets man four-year sentence

A Saskatoon judge who sentenced a man to four years in prison for stabbing another man in the neck and then threatening him in court says it’s the kind of sentence that “has some light at the end of...

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Assault charge dropped against Saskatoon RCMP officer

A criminal charge has been dropped against a Saskatoon RCMP officer accused of assaulting an 18-year-old woman in Stanley Mission while the officer was off duty.  Const. Elizabeth Cook was charged with...

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Dangerous offender hearing set for Leslie Black

A hearing has been set to determine if Leslie Ivan Roderick Black, the man who viciously attacked Prince Albert woman Marlene Bird, should be deemed a dangerous offender. Black appeared on Friday in...

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Saskatoon man who lost son to drunk driving calls McMorris drunk driving...

Lou Van De Vorst says he couldn’t believe it when he heard a Saskatchewan Party cabinet minister had been charged with drunk driving — a week and a half after a drunk driver received a 10-year sentence...

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Teens who started Saskatoon salvage yard fire heading to sentencing circle

Two Saskatoon teens charged in connection with a fire at AJ’s Salvage that burned more than 1,000 cars and almost caused a “shelter in place” alert to be issued are scheduled for a sentencing circle in...

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Fentanyl trafficker sentenced in teen overdose case

In the summer of 2015, a 16-year-old Saskatoon girl overdosed after taking a pill containing fentanyl. On Tuesday, the 17-year-old boy who sold her the drug was sentenced to two and a half years in...

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Sask. woman accused of defrauding elderly friend of land, money

The question of whether a 98-year-old Saskatchewan man was in a capable mental state when he gave nearly $400,000 and a quarter section of land to a female friend is at the crux of a fraud case in...

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