Overview

• Chief Warren Driechel says the force will decide after sentencing whether to take the unusual step of releasing additional case details.
• Police and Crown prosecutors have begun meetings to repair communication, with some federal prosecutors participating.
• A 29-year-old woman pleaded guilty to manslaughter; court heard the child suffered chronic abuse and died of head trauma, with her body found in a hockey bag on Samson Cree Nation in 2023.
• Police say they initially laid a first-degree murder charge that was reduced by a judge to second-degree, and they later learned of a planned manslaughter deal and an alleged eight-year term, though a prosecutor told court there is no joint recommendation.
• The Canadian Association of Crown Counsel condemned the police letter challenging the plea, while two men have already been sentenced for causing an indignity to a body and two others still face related charges.