public safety

A deportation hearing for the truck driver who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash six years ago is set for today.  Jaskirat Singh Sidhu (JASS’-kihr-at SING sih-DOO’) was sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to causing the 2018 crash in Saskatchewan that killed 16 people and injured 13 others.  The rookie Calgary trucker, […]

GREENFIELD, Iowa (AP) — Multiple people were killed when a tornado tore through a small town in Iowa and left a wide swath of obliterated homes and crumpled cars, while the howling winds also twisted and toppled wind turbines. After devastating Greenfield, a town of 2,000, on Tuesday the storms moved eastward to pummel parts of […]

Saskatchewan’s police watchdog is investigating the case of a man shot and killed by police outside a home in Regina over the weekend. The Saskatchewan Serious Incident Response Team says the shooting happened Sunday afternoon when police attended a residence based on reports a 65-year-old was damaging nearby property. In the confrontation that followed, a police car […]

In the early hours of Wednesday, May 8, 2024, Regina Police Service’s Crime Reduction Team, supported by various units including the Street Gang Unit, Special Weapons and Tactics Team (SWAT)and K9 Units, alongside the Saskatoon Police Service Crime Reduction Team and Guns and Gangs Unit, concluded an extensive investigation into drug trafficking. The investigation spanning […]

WARNING: This story contains details of child abuse The evidence against World Bank employee Matthew Norman Ballek – who has been charged with distributing videos depicting the sadistic sexual abuse of toddlers and prepubescent children – is “extremely strong,” according to court documents filed by the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Columbia. Ballek was arrested by the […]

Saskatchewan man Brent Habetler likely violated his Alberta court-ordered conditions in Bermuda but Canadian authorities may not have any power to act. Earlier this month, Habetler was sentenced to 10 weeks in jail for committing an indecent act in front of a young girl, and fined $500 for a physical assault against a man, reported […]

HOLDENVILLE, Okla. (AP) — At least two people, including a child, died in tornadoes that swept through Oklahoma, authorities said Sunday as emergency crews assessed the extensive damage to homes and businesses from the high winds, hail and flooding. Dozens of reported tornadoes have wreaked havoc in the nation’s midsection since Friday, with flood watches […]

Regina Police have arrested and charged a 16 year old after a robbery Friday, on Victoria Avenue. Police were called to a business at Vic Ave and Fleet in the east end around 1130 in the morning.  Someone had come into the store and pointed a bear spray canister at an employee, and left with […]

A man charged with accessory to the murder of a woman in Oxbow made his first court appearance Friday in Regina provincial court. Tyler Shaw, 27, of Gainsborough appeared by phone before Judge Noah Evanchuk in Regina. The Crown opposed release, and Shaw has been remanded to his next court date on May 9 at […]

The province and the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency provided a sneak peek at the type of land-based tanker aircraft coming to their fleet in the coming years. At an event at the Regina airport, details were released on four re-purposed land-based airtanker aircraft that will start joining the fleet in 2025 through the end of […]