Crime & Courts

Appeal court lengthens parole period in triple murder of Castor family

CALGARY - The Alberta Court of Appeal has ruled that a trial judge erred by not applying consecutive parole eligibilities for two men convicted in the slayings of three family members.The decision ann...

Feb 08, 2021

Appeal Court upholds sentence for man convicted of killing Calgary couple, grandson

CALGARY - Alberta's top court has upheld a life sentence with no chance of parole for 75 years for a man who killed a Calgary couple and their young grandson.A jury found Douglas Garland guilty of thr...

Feb 08, 2021

Crowsnest Pass RCMP investigating deaths

Crowsnest Pass, AB. - At 7:55 a.m. this morning Crowsnest Pass RCMP responded to a residence for a 911 call of a sudden death. An adult male and adult female were located in the residence and confirme...

Feb 05, 2021

Proud Boys and other extreme right-wing groups among 13 added to Canada's terror list

OTTAWA - The Trudeau government is adding the Proud Boys and three other extreme right-wing groups to its list of terrorist organizations to address the sort of neo-fascism and white nationalism that ...

Feb 03, 2021

Four charged in storage locker break-ins and rural property thefts

LETHBRIDGE, AB. --The LPS have laid charges against four Lethbridge individuals, in relation to 50 offences relating to break-ins to 14 storage lockers at two north Lethbridge facilities. Officers als...

Feb 01, 2021

City man and woman face drug and child endangerment charges

LETHBRIDGE, AB. -- The LPS Crime Suppression Team (CST) has laid multiple charges against a Lethbridge pair, as the result of a surveillance operation.The investigation began earlier this month, in wh...

Jan 21, 2021

Traffic stop turns into trafficking charges for Barnwell man

STANDOFF, AB. -- Blood Tribe Police Service seized carfentanyl, methamphetamine and cocaine, during a traffic stop in Standoff on Tuesday (Jan 12). The driver, and lone occupant of the vehicle, provid...

Jan 13, 2021

Charges laid in vehicle-pedestrian collision

LETHBRIDGE, AB. -- A 33-year-old city man has been charged in connection with Tuesday's (Jan 5) hit-and-run in the downtown area. The collision happened around 1:00-pm at the intersection of 3rd Avenu...

Jan 07, 2021

One man charged and a warrant out for another in Honker's Pub break-in

LETHBRIDGE, AB.-- Lethbridge Police have charged two city men in connection with a break and enter that caused substantial damage to a north-side restaurant. Last Sunday, Nov 29, a small truck drove t...

Dec 04, 2020

Alberta Crown Prosecutors withdraw criminal charges against LPS officer

LETHBRIDGE, AB. -- Ten months after a police cell incident and awaiting court proceedings, a Lethbridge Police officer has learned an assault charge against him has been withdrawn by the Alberta Crown...

Dec 02, 2020