Crime & Courts

LPS investigation results in seizure of more than a kilo of meth

LETHBRIDGE, AB. -- Two people have been arrested and charges are pending against a third, in relation to a short-term drug trafficking investigation that resulted in the seizure of methamphetamine. On...

Mar 10, 2021

Fort Macleod RCMP investigate theft of Indigenous regalia

FORT MACLEOD, AB. -- RCMP are asking the public for information on a break-in and robbery at F-M Storage in Fort Macleod. A storage unit was broken into on the weekend of February 19 to the 21 and num...

Mar 10, 2021

'Vast majority' of officers committed to bias-free policing: Alberta police chief

LETHBRIDGE, ALBERTA, CANADA - The chief of the Lethbridge Police Service says it will co-operate fully with a probe into officers who allegedly made unauthorized checks on a provincial cabinet ministe...

Mar 10, 2021

NewsAlert; Alberta Appeal Court orders 3rd trial for David and Collet Stephan

CALGARY, AB. -- Alberta's top court has ordered a third trial for a couple originally convicted then found not guilty in the death of their ill son.The Alberta Court of Appeal has granted a request by...

Justin Goulet Mar 08, 2021

CP NewsAlert: Alberta Appeal Court orders 3rd trial for parents in toddler's death

CALGARY - Alberta's top court has ordered a third trial for a couple originally convicted then found not guilty in the death of their ill son. The Alberta Court of Appeal has granted a request by the ...

Mar 08, 2021

Calgary man pleads guilty in deaths of girlfriend, mother, stepfather

CALGARY - A Calgary man has admitted to killing his girlfriend, mother and stepfather in 2018. Prosecutor Shane Parker says Dustin Duthie pleaded guilty to the second-degree murders of Taylor Toller a...

Mar 02, 2021

Residential north side fire deemed suspicious

LETHBRIDGE, AB. -- City police, working with the city`s fire department, have confirmed a north-side residential fire is deemed suspicious. 24 firefighters from four stations attended the single-famil...

Mar 02, 2021

Supreme Court of Canada to look at sentence in Lethbridge court case

OTTAWA, Ont. - The Supreme Court of Canada will look at the constitutionality of a mandatory minimum penalty of four years in prison for recklessly firing a gun.The court has agreed to hear the appeal...

Feb 18, 2021

Feds would allow municipalities to ban handguns under new bill

OTTAWA - Newly tabled gun legislation would allow municipalities to ban handguns through bylaws restricting their possession, storage and transportation. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday (Fe...

Justin Goulet Feb 16, 2021

RCMP release results of investigation into two deaths in the Crowsnest Pass

CROWSNEST PASS, AB. - RCMP confirm autopsies have been completed on the bodies of a man and woman found deceased in their Crowsnest Pass home on Friday Feb. 5, 2021. The Office of the Chief Medical Ex...

Feb 09, 2021