Crime & Courts

Supreme Court won’t hear thumbs-up emoji case involving Saskatchewan farmer

The Supreme Court of Canada has given a thumbs-down to hearing a legal case involving an emoji.The country's highest court dismissed an application by farmer Chris Achter to appeal a decision by the C...

Jul 24, 2025

Former Sask. Stockyards Company fined $250K for fatal workplace incident

Spiritwood Stockyards has been fined a total of $325,000 for two workplace related incidents, including one that resulted in a man's death.The case was heard on Tuesday at Spiritwood Provincial Court....

May 16, 2024

Serious worker injury results in $46K fine for Sask. ag company

A Canadian company based in Saskatchewan has pleaded guilty to violating workplace safety regulations after a worker was seriously injured.Agrow Canada Ltd. sells and rents pre-owned agricultural equi...

Dec 29, 2023

Canada reviewing allegations Ontario farm wrongfully dismissed migrant workers

The federal government is investigating allegations that a farm in southwestern Ontario sent six Jamaican seasonal workers home earlier than planned after they protested their living and working condi...

Aug 28, 2023

New trespassing legislation raises questions

PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - The new trespassing legislation that came into force on Jan. 1 in Saskatchewan has raised some concerns to those it impacts.The Trespass to Property Amendment Act, 2019, and The...

Jan 10, 2022

Sask. cattle seizure results in over $20K in fines

PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - The seizure of over 100 cattle from a family run operation in northeast Saskatchewan, has resulted in fines totalling $21,000.Maureen Black, 75, was sentenced Wednesday in Nipaw...

Sep 24, 2021

Sask. cattle owners charged in relation to animal cruelty case

LOVE, Sask. - Nearly a year-and-a-half after over 100 cattle were seized from a farm in northeast Saskatchewan, charges have been laid against the three respective owners. Donald Black, Connie Black-S...

Sep 01, 2021

Drayton Valley man accused of $1M cattle fraud

RED DEER, Alta. - A Drayton Valley man is due in court next week after being accused in a million-dollar case of cattle fraud.The Alberta RCMP Serious Crimes Branch Livestock Investigation Section was...

May 14, 2021

Farming company fined after worker injured near Muenster in 2019

A local farming company has been fined after an incident near Muenster, Sask. in 2019.K. Haeusler Farms Inc. pleaded guilty in Humboldt Provincial Court on Dec. 14 to violating two counts under the Oc...

Dec 22, 2020

Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation investigating shooting of livestock

Warning: This article contains a photo of a graphic image.PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - Saskatchewan has been experiencing an upward trend in the criminal shooting of livestock throughout this year.Due to an...

Nov 18, 2020