UPDATE: Homicide - 1700 Block 22nd Street West

Police have arrested and charged three people in connection to a 2024 homicide.

On November 6, 2025, 41-year-old Donovan Lemstra was arrested by members of the Calgary Police Service in Calgary, AB on an outstanding warrant issued by the Saskatoon Police Service (SPS) in relation to this homicide. He was later transported back to Saskatoon and arrested into the custody of the SPS on November 10, 2025. Lemstra has been charged with first degree murder, offering an indignity to human remains, and unlawful confinement.

(Court Information Number: 991320619)

On November 12, 2025 and November 13, 2025, 40-year-old Michael Landry and 27-year-old Michael McCallum were arrested by the SPS in Saskatoon and have each been charged with first degree murder, offering an indignity to human remains, and unlawful confinement.

(Court Information Numbers: 991321713 and 991321873)

All three men have since appeared in court and were remanded into custody pending their next appearance.


December 20, 2024 3:36 PM

Police are continuing to investigate the city’s 15th homicide.

At around 7:30 p.m. on December 18, 2024, members of the Saskatoon Police Service Guns and Gangs Unit, with the assistance of the Tactical Support Unit, were executing a search warrant at a residence in the 1700 block of 22nd Street West. Upon entering the residence, officers located a deceased male. Three men and one woman were taken into police custody for further questioning but were later released without charges.

Members of the Major Crime and Forensic Identification Sections are continuing to investigate. Anyone with information believed to be relevant to the investigation is asked to call police directly at 306-975-8300 or report it anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

(Occurrence Number: 24-169244)