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Man charged in Saskatoon pharmacy opioid trafficking died of suspected...

Charges were withdrawn on June 6 against Elmer Hanson, 46, after he died from a suspected drug overdose last month, his lawyer confirmed.

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Charge stayed against woman accused in Saskatoon fatal hit-and-run

Chastity Erin Kyplain, 39, was charged with failing to remain at the scene of a collision that killed Nicole Paddy, 33, on May 10, 2021.

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Family and tradition themes in third ITEP creative writing collection

104 students from the University of Saskatchewan's ITEP creative writing course will have their work published in a new book.

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Man sentenced for stabbing, trying to run down man in Saskatoon parking lot

Court heard he admitted punching his mother's new boyfriend with a knife in his hand and that "It felt good to get it out."

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Edmonton man caught with five kilos of meth in Saskatoon drug bust gets jail...

Police found 4.8 kilos of meth, 756 grams of fentanyl, cocaine and approximately $16,000 in a Stonebridge neighbourhood apartment in 2021.

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Saskatoon man committed to stand trial for alleged child sex assaults

Police have said Eric Pohorecky was known to be a community volunteer in Saskatoon.

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Charges stayed against man accused in fatal Varsity View crash

The Crown confirmed Morley Dominic Miller's charges of impaired driving causing death and refusing a breath demand were stayed this week.

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Man says involvement in spree of random break-ins wasn't gang-related

In one day, he broke into two strangers's homes and tried to break into an apartment, while collecting drug debts.

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'He never told me he killed Sheree:' Greg Fertuck questions ex, gun expert...

Doris Larocque testified that Fertuck told her he killed his estranged wife. When he asked her this on Friday, she said she didn't remember.

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Saskatoon killer Kenneth Mackay's parole suspended after arrest in Victoria

Victoria police confirm Mackay's parole was suspended after he was arrested on Sept. 1. The parole board will not say why.

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Charges stayed against Saskatoon K9 officers accused of misusing police dogs

Const. Dennis Baron's case concluded in July while Const. Cole Miklautsch's case concluded on Thursday. Stays were entered in both cases, the Crown confirmed.

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Prison time for woman who tied up employee, stabbed manager at Saskatoon...

Court heard the woman had a history of mental health concerns and was angry about past dealings she had with the manager.

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Judge expunges Sask. medicine man Cecil Wolfe's 12 guilty pleas to sexual...

Citing "ineffective assistance in counsel," Judge Sanjeev Anand said Cecil Wolfe wasn't properly informed when he entered the pleas last year.

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Prelims set for two of three men accused in James Swift murder case

A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Colton Lischka and Ashtin Ritzand in February 2024. They are charged with second-degree murder.

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Appeal court orders new murder trial for Brandin Brick, citing 'ineffective...

Brick will be retried for the murder of James Chaisson after Saskatchewan's appeal court ruled he had "ineffective representation" at his 2020 trial.

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Voir dire underway in Saskatoon for historical Sask. murder case

Robert Welsey Pich and John Robert Gregoire are charged with kidnapping and first-degree murder in the death of Edward Geddes in 2011.

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Robert Thomas prelim set to conclude in Megan Gallagher homicide

Robert "Bobby" Thomas is charged with first-degree murder. His preliminary hearing began Monday in Saskatoon.

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Impaired driver sentenced to four years in fatal rollover near Kindersley 

Joshua Entz, 28, was over the legal limit when he rolled his truck on a grid road in 2021, killing one woman and injuring five others.

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Judge admits Mr. Big sting evidence at Greg Fertuck murder trial

Fertuck's first-degree murder trial heard he told undercover officers in 2019 that he shot his estranged wife Sheree in a gravel pit in 2015.

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Court hears security guard's victim impact statement in violent FreshCo...

Annette Custer was convicted of theft under $5,000 and assault after video surfaced of an altercation at a Saskatoon grocery store in 2021.

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