public safety

The Regina Police Service and the Saskatchewan Coroner’s Service have opened up an investigation into a death in the Queen City. A deceased adult female was found at a residence in the 2000 block of Ottawa Street late Sunday night. Police were called to the residence late Sunday and requested the Coroner’s Service after securing the […]

Even as the technology to produce so-called “ghost guns” becomes less expensive and more widespread, the RCMP is not keeping records on how often the weapons are used in crimes across the country. Ghost guns are firearms without serial numbers that are assembled from individual parts or 3D printers. They are easy to make and […]

A 72 year old man in Moose Jaw is facing several gun related charges. Armed with a search warrant, police went into a home in the 1300 block of Hochelaga Street West. Police siezed what they describe as a long-barreled firearm, which police say turned out to be stolen. The 72 year old has been charged […]

Sask Energy will be doing a planned natural gas flare today at two places in the city of Regina today. At 7 am Saskenergy’s Town Border Station on the south side of Dewdney Avenue along with the block valve station West of 9th avenue north will both begin flaring with the process lasting up to […]

An apartment building has been evacuated, because it doesn’t meet fire code. According to the City of Moose Jaw the downtown building  at Stadacona Street and First Avenue was not meeting fire codes. The city noted there was a also a gas leak in the building at the time of the inspection Other safety risks noted […]

Saskatchewan’s Public Complaints Commission says an officer with Prince Albert police is facing assault charges. It says it received a request from the force to open an investigation into alleged assaults in July 2022. Findings were reviewed by Saskatchewan’s Public Prosecutions, which determined charges were warranted. Const. Dillon Husky was charged Wednesday with three counts […]

The mother of a Saskatchewan RCMP officer who was killed two years ago says it was “hell” to watch a Winnipeg man plead guilty to manslaughter in her son’s death. Alphonse Stanley Traverse pleaded guilty on Wednesday to the charge in Regina Court of King’s Bench for his role in Const. Shelby Patton’s death. Traverse also pleaded […]

“The Gordon Block” has stood on 12th Avenue adjacent to Victoria Park in Regina since 1912. Sunday, a fire tore through the building, essentially gutting the inside. While an investigation into the cause is underway, fire investigators can’t access the portions they need to because it is unsafe. The decision has been made to tear […]

Parole Board of Canada employees were fearful of threats after it was revealed a mass killer in Saskatchewan was on statutory release at the time of last year’s rampage, emails show.  The emails in partially redacted documents, obtained by The Canadian Press under the Access to Information Act, show staff at the Parole Board of […]

Broadview RCMP are trying to find three people after an assault on the Kahkewistahaw First Nation. According to police, they were alerted to an assault on the first nation, 10 kilometres north of Broadview, just after 11 o’clock Friday night. When police arrived they were told three people forced their way into the home, and […]