sexual assault

A jury trial has begun for a Regina chiropractor accused of sexually assaulting seven women under his care. Prosecutor Jackie Lane told the court Monday that Dr. Ruben Manz would reach under the patients’ bras and touch their breasts while stretching their necks. Manz is accused of sexually assaulting seven women between 2010 and 2020. The defence had […]

A care home worker accused of sexually assaulting residents is facing multiple charges. RCMP allege at least four adult residents were assaulted or threatened by the woman at the facility in Wilkie, west of Saskatoon,  between January 2023 and February of this year. Mounties say the accused is no longer working at the care home. Jaclyn […]

On June 13, Russell RCMP arrested 81-year-old Constantin Turcoane from Regina. The arrest is related to reports of sexual assaults dating back to the early 1970s when Turcoane was a priest at St. Elijah Romanian Orthodox Church in Lennard, Manitoba. A woman in her 60s reported being assaulted multiple times by Turcoane when she was […]

Saskatchewan RCMP officers were kept busy during this year’s Country Thunder festival, responding to a total of 147 calls for service. Among the incidents reported, officers took 33 individuals into custody and laid six Criminal Code charges. The calls for service encompassed a variety of issues, reflecting the challenges of managing a large-scale event: Over […]

Lumsden RCMP are asking for the public’s help as they investigate two sexual assaults at the Country Thunder Saskatchewan festival site. The first occurred around 3 a.m. Friday, when police say a woman was approached by an unknown male while walking between campsites, and was sexually assaulted. The second incident happened at about 10:00 Friday […]

Assiniboia resident Richard Dyke, 47, will remain in police custody following his latest court hearing on the morning of June 4 at the Moose Jaw Provincial Courthouse. Dyke was not present for the June 4 hearing, and his defence lawyer, Estes Fonkalsrud, appeared on his behalf to review the 60 charges of sexual offences against […]

** WARNING: The following story contains information that may be disturbing to some readers. ** RCMP have charged three people including two Fort McMurray residents with a litany of offenses involving physical and sexual abuse of children with some offenses going back over a decade. On March 21, 2024, the RCMP’s Serious Crimes Unit concluded […]

Regina Police Service has charged a 54-year-old man for allegedly sexually assaulting two young girls in a business on the 400 block of Albert Street North. The victims, aged 12 and 13, reported the incidents on January 4, stating the assaults occurred in the business’s back room. The suspect, Naveed Irshad, faces two counts of […]

A teaching assistant at Ecole Gravelbourg School has been charged with sex offences involving a teen aged male student at the school. After what RCMP call a lengthy investigation, Dannica Lowes of Moose Jaw has been charged with multiple counts, including sexual assault and sexual interferance. Lowes will make a court appearance in Assiniboia on […]

A Saskatoon priest is set to face trial on charges of allegedly sexually assaulting a minor. Rev. Janko Kolosnjaji has entered a plea of not guilty to the charges of sexual assault. The alleged incident involves a 13-year-old girl and is said to have taken place at St. George Ukrainian Catholic Church on March 11th. […]