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Toronto man facing murder charge in North Battleford homicide case
A Toronto man is facing a second-degree murder charge in connection with a 2024 homicide case in North Battleford. According to the RCMP, police got a report saying a person had been seriously injured...
Apr 23, 2025 On April 11, police arrested 22-year-old Billy Leon, a Toronto man, at a correctional centre in Manitoba. (City of North Battleford/Facebook)
Cowessess First Nation speaks about the Carry The Kettle tragedy
Cowessess First Nation is under an hour away from the house in which four people were found dead on Feb. 4 on Carry the Kettle First Nation. Their Chief Erica Beaudin joins The Evan Bray Show to give ...
Feb 05, 2025 Cowessess First Nation is under an hour away from the house in which four people were found dead on Feb. 4 on Carry the Kettle First Nation. Their Chief Erica Beaudin joins The Evan Bray Show to give an update on the situation as an affected, nearby community. (Cowessess First Nation/Facebook)
Man wanted after 2021 Toronto shooting death arrested in Saskatoon
Police in Saskatoon arrested a man wanted on a Canada-wide warrant for a 2021 homicide in Toronto. According to a statement issued by the Saskatoon Police Service, Saskatoon officers were helping Winn...
Feb 03, 2025 Jabreel Elmi was arrested in Saskatoon on Friday in connection with a 2021 homicide case in Toronto. (Bolo Program)
Alfred Okyere's family awaits answers as court process begins
Family and friends of 23-year-old Alfred Okyere sat in a Saskatoon courtroom on Wednesday hoping for an update on the man charged with Okyere's murder. Okyere, an international student from Ghana, was...
Jan 29, 2025 Victor Yeke (left) president of the Ghana Canadian Association in Saskatoon, said he hopes ‘justice will be served’ in the case, which is currently before the courts. (Mia Holowaychuk/650 CKOM)
Sask. RCMP saw 27 per cent jump in homicide cases in 2024, setting record
Mounties in Saskatchewan responded to a record number of homicides last year, with 38 separate cases and a total of 40 victims. According to the RCMP, the figures from 2024 represent a 27 per cent inc...
Jan 28, 2025 The Saskatchewan RCMP noted that "clusters" of homicide cases can stretch police resources thin. (paulfleet/Depositphotos.com)
Student Alfred Okyere stabbed to death just months after arriving in Saskatoon
Alfred Okyere recently moved from Ghana to Saskatoon as an international student. But less than four months after arriving in the city, the 23-year-old was stabbed to death at his part-time job, and h...
Jan 24, 2025 Alfred Okyere, 23, moved to Saskatoon from Ghana as an international student in September. (Alexander Osei-Owusu/Submitted)
Sask. RCMP responded to record 40 homicides in 2024, Blackmore tells Bray
Assistant Commissioner Rhonda Blackmore, the officer in charge of the Saskatchewan RCMP, joined the Evan Bray Show on Friday morning to check in on a number of different topics, including crime statis...
Jan 17, 2025 Rhonda Blackmore says the Saskatchewan RCMP responded to a record number of homicides in 2024. (Saskatchewan RCMP/Twitter)
Saskatoon youth, 17, charged with manslaughter
A 17-year-old from Saskatoon is facing manslaughter and dangerous weapon charges after a shooting that resulted in the death of Jordan Wright in North Battleford in February. Saskatchewan RCMP said in...
Dec 16, 2024 (650 CKOM files)
North Battleford man charged with murder in February shooting
A man has been charged with murder in connection with a shooting that resulted in the death of Jordan Wright in North Battleford in February. Xavier Lonesinger of North Battleford, aged 26, has been c...
Dec 09, 2024 Saskatoon Provincial Correctional Centre. (Google Street View)
Regina murder suspect Reshaun Cote added to Canada's most-wanted list
A 22-year-old man wanted in a Regina murder case has the dubious honour of appearing on the country's most-wanted list. Reshaun Norman Cote is wanted on a Canada-wide warrant for second-degree murder ...
Dec 09, 2024
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