murder

Mounties suspected Tiki Laverdiere was dead before her burned, bludgeoned body was found wrapped in a carpet under rocks in a Saskatchewan pond in the summer of 2019. She was a 25-year-old mother of two. Her death launched five years of investigation and prosecutions, revealing a story of suspicion, drugs, booze and revenge, climaxing in one long […]

India’s envoy to Canada is scheduled to speak publicly today for the first time since the RCMP made arrests related to a homicide that has roiled tensions between the two countries. High Commissioner Sanjay Kumar Verma is to address the Montreal Council on Foreign Relations on the theme of current and future relations between India […]

A southeast Saskatchewan business has stepped forward with support for a woman in Oxbow who died last week.  S&C Detailing announced in a post on its Facebook page that it would donate 50 per cent of proceeds from its quick or full vehicle cleans, from April 29-May 4, to the family of Brianna Hayes. The offer includes […]

Prosecuting 10 people charged with the murder of Tiki Laverdiere over the past five years presented its own set of challenges. North Battleford Senior Crown Chris Browne and Prosecutor Charlotte Morden prosecuted all the cases of the 10 people convicted in Laverdiere’s murder. “This is a situation where 10 people were charged with this homicide for […]

RCMP say a man killed three family members and then himself in a rural Saskatchewan home on the weekend. A 67-year-old man and a 58-year-old woman, along with their 30-year-old son, were killed on the property near Neudorf, about 130 kilometres east of Regina, Mounties said in a news release Thursday. The fourth person found […]

A 35-year-old from Melfort has been charged with second-degree murder after a report of a disturbance at a business in the community earlier this week. On March 10, at 4:45 a.m., Melfort RCMP received a report of a disturbance at a business. Officers immediately responded, and an investigation determined that an altercation had occurred between […]

The Regina Police are actively seeking information on two suspects involved in a murder case that occurred in the Regina on July 29.  Daniel “Juma” Drie Atem and Shedrek Samuel are both subjects of a nationwide manhunt, wanted for first-degree murder in connection to the incident near the General Hospital. Atem, standing at 6-foot-3 with […]

A 16-year-old has been charged with second-degree murder related to a homicide that occurred late last year. On December 21, 2023, officers were dispatched to the 1300 block of Retallack Street for a report of an injured man. When they arrived, they located the injured victim outside a residence. EMS took the man to the […]

Family and friends of a Saskatchewan man who was shot to death by his lover gasped and cried after a judge found the Mountie guilty of manslaughter. Bernie Herman, 55, had pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the death of 26-year-old Braden Herman. The two men are not related. Court of King’s Bench Justice Gary Meschishnick […]

By Kelly Geraldine Malone in Prince Albert A Saskatchewan judge is set to deliver his verdict today for a Mountie on trial for murder in the shooting death of his lover.   Bernie Herman, who is 55, has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the death of 26-year-old Braden Herman.  The two men are not related. […]