Category Archives: Alberta

RCMP need help identifying suspect in Vauxhall theft
VAUXHALL – The public’s help is need to identify a suspect in theft. RCMP were notified that around 8:00 on the evening of Monday, January 23rd, a male suspect was at the rear of the Vauxh...
Feb 06, 2017

Unprecedented program training Canadian police dogs to detect fentanyl
CANADA – Police dogs have now joined the RCMP’s critical fight against fentanyl. The training program started in Innisfail, Alberta in April of 2016. Three of the initial dog teams have al...
Feb 06, 2017

Crowsnest Pass paralyzed by three feet of snow
CROWSNEST PASS – “Truthfully, we haven’t seen a snowfall like this in a very long time.” Blair Painter, mayor of Crowsnest Pass, said the snowstorm that hit southern Alberta th...
Feb 06, 2017

More older workers expected to lose jobs to technology
OTTAWA – A blunt warning this morning from the head of the government’s economic growth advisory council. Dominic Barton told a universities conference that about 40 per cent of existing C...
Feb 06, 2017

Standoff man charged after fentanyl, cocaine seized
STANDOFF – A 39-year-old man faces several drug- and weapons-related charges, after a search and seizure at a Standoff home. Blood Tribe Police served a search warrant Saturday, Feb. 4 and found...
Feb 06, 2017

Teens face serious charge for alleged assault at Alberta youth centre
LAMONT, Alta. – A charge of attempted murder has been laid against two boys who are accused of assaulting a female staff worker at a youth facility northeast of Edmonton. RCMP say the 14- and 15...
Feb 06, 2017

Standoff man facing manslaughter in case dating to summer of 2015
STANDOFF – The RCMP South Major Crime Unit, in cooperation with the Blood Tribe Police Service (BTPS), have charged a 42-year-old man with slaughter in the death of Sara-Jean Big Sorrel Horse of...
Feb 05, 2017

RCMP search for youths accused of brutal assault at Elk Island Ranch
LETHBRIDGE – RCMP in Fort Saskatchewan are asking for the public’s help to find two residents of the Elk Island Youth Ranch who they belived seriously assaulted a female staff worker, then...
Feb 05, 2017

Environment Canada issues winter storm warning for southwestern Alberta
LETHBRIDGE – Environment Canada has issued a winter storm warning for much of Southwestern Alberta, and warns that hazardous or potentially crippling winter conditions are expected over the next...
Feb 04, 2017

Two of three accused in BC child removal case found guilty
CRANBROOK – A judge in Cranbrook Supreme court says the Crown proved beyond reasonable doubt that two of three people intentionally removed young girls from Canada to U-S to be placed in plural ...
Feb 03, 2017