Tag Archives: Crime & Courts
Robert John Sheppard attempted murder trial hears testimony from first witnesses
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A 33-year-old man facing an attempted murder charge, four counts of assault with a weapon, and eight other charges, sat quietly in the prisoner's box in Lethbridge Provincial Court Th...
May 23, 2019 Lethbridge Courthouse
Three people from Coaldale busted in Taber for drug charges
TABER, AB - Taber Police have arrested two men and a woman from Coaldale for charges related to drug trafficking.According to police, an officer conducted an investigation regarding a suspicious man a...
May 23, 2019
Opposition party MPs call out Liberal counterparts for lack of action on rural crime
EDMONTON, AB - The issue of rural crime is a big issue in Canada, but particularly so in Alberta over the past few years. Alberta MP Shannon Stubbs held a press conference in Edmonton on Thursday, May...
May 23, 2019 Photo Credit: RCMP
Forensic assessment completed for man charged in impaired driving death of former Pikanii Band Councillor
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A forensic assessment, ordered back in early March for 62-year-old Douglas Bagnall, has been completed.However, during a court appearance via CCTV from the Calgary Remand Centre Wedne...
May 22, 2019 Lethbridge Courthouse
CP NewsAlert: Killer of Calgary mother, daughter gets no parole for 50 years
CALGARY - A man convicted of killing a Calgary mother and her young daughter will have to wait 50 years before he has a chance at parole. A jury found Edward Downey guilty last year of first...
May 21, 2019
Liberals shrugging off concerns about rural crime, opposition MPs charge
OTTAWA - Conservative MPs say a Liberal-dominated committee's half-hearted report on the burgeoning problem of rural crime is an insult to Canadians. New Democrat MPs on the House of Commons public-sa...
May 21, 2019
UPDATE: Hold and secure lifted at Crescent Heights High School in Medicine Hat
MEDICINE HAT, AB - UPDATE: The hold and secure state has been lifted.The Medicine Hat Public School Division is confirming Crescent Heights High School is currently in a hold and secure state.The Medi...
May 21, 2019 Medicine Hat Police
Money laundering report a wake-up call for Canada, but some provinces skeptical
VANCOUVER - The authors of a report that found $47 billion was laundered across Canada last year debated whether to include a graph that indicated Alberta, Ontario and the Prairies were hotspots for d...
May 20, 2019 The Canadian Press
RCMP to shine a light on Canada's missing children
OTTAWA, ON - In 2018, 42,233 children were reported missing in Canada. Having a child go missing can be devastating for parents and loved ones and can profoundly affect entire communities.May 25 marks...
May 19, 2019
15 months and counting: behind the doors of Lethbridge's Supervised Consumption Site
LETHBRIDGE, AB - It's a grey and rainy Friday just before the May long weekend outside of what is arguably the most polarizing location in the city; the Supervised Consumption Site. On this particular...
May 18, 2019 The wall of messages and artwork inside a waiting room at Lethbridge's SCS