Three people have been charged with the death of 20-year-old Wesley Custer. It was back on August 21, 2020. that Custer was brought to the Shellbrook Hospital with serious injuries. He died shortly after, and his death was determined to be suspicious. After a continued investigation from the RCMP’s Major Crime Unit, on May 21, […]
The Saskatchewan Health Authority is announcing an increased risk of exposure to COVID-19 at the following locations after a person visited the facilities while infectious: November 16-22 – Lakeland Curling Club, Christopher Lake All individuals who have been in attendance at the facility for any events from November 16-22 are identified as close contacts and […]
The RCMP Major Crimes Unit is investigating a possible homicide in the RM of Shellbrook. Police say the body of 48-year-old Bradley John Schmalz was found at a rural property approximately 32 kilometres north of the town of Shellbrook along Highway 240. Investigators believe the homicide took place sometime between Monday and Thursday. An autopsy […]
During a platform announcement Wednesday, Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe spoke to a 1994 incident that resulted in him facing impaired driving charges. Moe says he did not disclose the details of the incident previously because he was found innocent. “When I was 20 years old, I was also charged with impaired driving and leaving […]
The sound of his mother’s dying breath still haunts him. It was a May morning in 1997. Steve Balog was 18 and sitting beside his mother as she drove down a rural Saskatchewan highway when their car was hit. Now 42, Balog and his younger brother say they have recently learned the identity of the […]
RCMP in Shellbrook are asking anyone who may have been near the town’s hospital Friday night between 8 and 9 PM and noticed anything out of the ordinary to contact them. This after a young man, whose age is not known, died from serious injuries after being brought to the hospital in that time-frame by […]
You might not have seen them, unless you live in a rural area of Saskatchewan but mobile COVID-19 testing kicked off in the province in July. Patty Couture, Director of Primary Care for northeast area says you don’t have to have had contact with any positive COVID- 19 cases, nor do you need to be […]
A two vehicle collision near Shellbrook has sent multiple people to hospital. RCMP were called to the scene on highway 240, about 15 kilometres north of Shellbrook, where two passenger vans collided. 14 occupants were in the vehicles, 11 of which were taken to hospital with injuries, and five are in serious condition. The investigation […]
He grows crops and she’s a dentist. Together they are Saskatchewan’s Outstanding Young Farmers. Jason and Jenna Ranger from Shellbrook received the award Thursday at Canada’s Farm Progress Show in Regina. The award was established for farmers under the age of 40. Judging is based on the following criteria: progress in agricultural career environment stewardship […]
