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File 2023-2190 Just after 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, the Prince Albert Police Service was called to a residence in the 800 Block of 2nd Street East for a report of a structure fire. Upon arrival, members with the Prince Albert Fire Department located a woman inside the residence. She was transported to hospital by Parkland Ambulance, where she was pronounced deceased. The deceased has been identified as a 31-year-old woman from Prince Albert. Her name is not being released at the request of her family. ...

On January 16th, 2023, at approximately 10:40 p.m., a member of the Prince Albert Police Service commenced an investigation in the 400 block of South Industrial Drive. During the interaction with police a confrontation occurred with a male during which a firearm was discharged. The male was struck, treated by EMS, transported to hospital and has since been pronounced deceased as a result of this incident. The Saskatchewan Serious Incident Response Team (SIRT) has taken carriage of the investigation int ...

File 2023-946 Late Monday morning, police were called to a wooded area near the 1000 Block of 18th Street West for a report of a deceased male. Police and the Saskatchewan Coroner’s Service are investigating. Dwight Whitehead, age 32, has been identified as the deceased. He was previously reported missing to the Prince Albert Police Service on January 8. Police do not consider Mr. Whitehead’s death suspicious. The Prince Albert Grand Council Search and Rescue and the Prince Albert Fire Departm ...

PAPS Responding to More Weapons and Violent Crime The Prince Albert Police Service responded to an increased number of calls for service as specialized units worked to investigate violent crime, drug and illegal gang activity, mischief and property theft, and proactively address crime trends. Statistics to the end of December 2022 show the Prince Albert Police Service received just over 46,000 total calls last year, an increase over the previous year when 45,566 calls were received. ...

File 2022-9159 UPDATE - On January 3, 2023, members from the Prince Albert Police Service’s Criminal Investigation Division arrested a 25-year-old woman from Prince Albert in connection with the death of Taya Sinclair. Stephanie Halkett-Stevenson is charged with First Degree Murder. [Information 991217902]. The accused was arrested while in custody on other, unrelated matters and appeared in Saskatoon Provincial Court on Wednesday morning. She is also charged with aggravated assault, unlawful confin ...