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Turf war: B.C. prison finds drug package disguised as grass patch dropped over fence
Authorities in British Columbia's Fraser Valley have foiled an attempt to sneak drugs into a prison by dropping a package disguised as a patch of loose turf onto the facility's grounds. RCMP say corre...
Apr 21, 2026 Authorities in British Columbia's Fraser Valley have foiled a sophisticated attempt to sneak contraband into a local prison by dropping a package disguised as a patch of loose grass, as shown in this undated handout photo, onto the facility's grounds. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout — RCMP (Mandatory Credit)
Mounties ask public to keep an eye out for inmate who didn't return to correctional camp
RCMP officers in Saskatchewan are asking the public to report any sightings of Terry McKay after the 50-year-old inmate allegedly failed to return to the Besnard Lake Correctional Camp on Friday after...
Apr 20, 2026 According to police, Terry McKay is now facing a charge of being unlawfully at large, and police are working to track him down. (Saskatchewan RCMP/Submitted)
Ex-Mountie pleads not guilty to offence under Canada's Security of Information Act
A former Mountie has pleaded not guilty to a charge under Canada's Security of Information Act as his trial gets underway in British Columbia Supreme Court. William Majcher stood as he entered his ple...
Apr 20, 2026 The Law Courts building, which is home to B.C. Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal, is seen in Vancouver, on Monday, January 12, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
Man kills 8 children and shoots his wife and another woman in Shreveport, Louisiana
SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) - A Louisiana man fatally shot eight children, including seven of his own, in an attack on his family that stretched across two houses in a Shreveport, Louisiana, neighborhood lef...
Apr 20, 2026 Councilman Reverend James Green consoles people outside the scene of a mass shooting, Sunday, April 19, 2026, in Shreveport, La. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Escaped inmate on the run for a month arrested in Prince Albert
A man who escaped from Yorkton custody is back behind bars after evading police for over a month. Prince Albert police arrested Jefferson Jobb, 35, and another man on Thursday at a home on the city's ...
Apr 18, 2026 Police cruiser on 13th Street West on April 16, 2026. (Nigel Maxwell/paNOW staff)
Saskatoon cops investigating gunpoint robbery in Exhibiton-area parking lot
Police in Saskatoon are investigating after a man was allegedly robbed at gunpoint inside his own vehicle. According to police, officers were called to the parking lot of a business in the 100 block o...
Apr 17, 2026 “Upon arrival, officers learned that a man had been exiting his vehicle in the parking lot when he was approached by two unknown suspects, forced back into his vehicle, and robbed of his property at gunpoint,” the Saskatoon Police Service said in a statement. (650 CKOM file photo)
Teen injured during 'firearms incident' in Stanley Mission: RCMP
A teen was transported to hospital after an injury during what the Mounties described as "a firearms incident" in Stanley Mission on Wednesday. According to the Saskatchewan RCMP, officers were called...
Apr 17, 2026 According to the Saskatchewan RCMP, officers were called to the northern community at around 3:30 p.m., where they found the injured teenager. (650 CKOM file photo)
Saskatoon police responded to bear spraying on city bus and two armed robberies Wednesday
Police in Saskatoon were busy on Wednesday, responding to a pair of armed robberies at liquor stores, as well as another incident involving bear spray on a city bus. According to police, officers were...
Apr 16, 2026 Police in Saskatoon have reported three separate incidents involving bear spray on our outside Saskatoon Transit buses during the month of April. (Mia Holowaychuk/650 CKOM)
Very few details shared as police in Saskatoon open suspicious death investigation
Police in Saskatoon have opened a suspicious death investigation, but very few details were made public. According to police, officers got a call about an "injured and unresponsive person" in an apart...
Apr 16, 2026 "Members of the Major Crime and Forensic Identification Sections were called to the scene and are continuing to investigate," police said in a statement. (paulfleet/Depositphotos.com)
Police in Saskatoon make arrests after bear spray incidents, robbery
Police in Sasktoon arrested three people after a pair of bear sprayings and a robbery on Monday and Tuesday. The first incident saw officers called to 22nd Street West shortly after 7 p.m. on Monday a...
Apr 15, 2026 Police in Saskatoon say officers responded to a robbery and a pair of bear spray incidents on Monday and Tuesday. (Saskatoon Police Service/Submitted)
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