Crime

Regina police say they’ve arrested and charged a man with endangering lives after he allegedly cut the lines on multiple gas meters — at one point even threatening a fire inspector who investigators say caught him in the act. Police say late Saturday night, a caller in the city’s downtown reported hearing a gas leak and seeing someone running away, and over the next several hours police say there were numerous other reports of damaged and leaking gas meters.

A man who brutally murdered an Indigenous woman in Saskatoon is back in custody and his parole has been suspended. Victoria police say Kenneth MacKay, who is 49, was arrested Friday but did not provide further details. MacKay was found guilty of first-degree murder for the killing of 21-year-old Crystal Paskemin in 2000. He received an automatic life sentence with no chance of parole for 25 years.

Joseph Thauberger, who is now 80, was convicted of second-degree murder over his brother’s death in September 1997.

The question — who killed Misha Pavelick? — has haunted family, friends and the public. There were about 200 people at the party when he died.