Tag Archives: Crime & Courts
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
12 arrested in downtown Lethbridge 'targeted enforcement project'
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Police officers in Lethbridge have arrested one dozen people after conducting what they call a 'targeted enforcement project' in downtown Lethbridge. On May 16, 2019, members of the D...
May 17, 2019 Lethbridge Police