Category Archives: Alberta

Elderly Bragg Creek woman seriously injured in sword attack
UPDATE [March 12] As a result of the RCMP investigation, 19-year-old Marshall Rath of Bragg Creek has been charged with one count of Aggravated Assault and with one count of being in possession of a w...
Mar 09, 2018

Province announces $8.1 million in funding to help sexual assault survivors
EDMONTON - The provincial government has announced additional funding for survivors of sexual violence. Stephanie McLean, Minister of Status of Women, announced the province will be giving $8.1 millio...
Mar 08, 2018

Calgary police lay murder charge in 1996 cold case
CALGARY- Police have charged an Edmonton man with murder in a cold case from more than 20 years ago. Police say Daniel Boysis, 22, was last seen at his Calgary home in 1996. Two years later, investiga...
Mar 08, 2018

Woman who left child in freezing SUV given conditional discharge
LETHBRIDGE- A southern Alberta mother who admitted she left her child in a freezing SUV while she went drinking has been given a conditional discharge by a judge. The 25-year-old pleaded guilty last O...
Mar 08, 2018

Stony Plain/Spruce Grove RCMP operation results in drug trafficking charges
STONY PLAIN- On March 2, RCMP, Edmonton GIS, K Division, and the Central Alberta District Integrated Crime Reduction Unit conducted a joint investigation into the trafficking of stolen vehicles in the...
Mar 08, 2018

Alberta politicians to debate motion on pipelines as legislature set to resume
The spring sitting of the Alberta legislature is set to begin, with the focus on pipelines and the economy. The session opens Thursday with a speech from the throne, and Government House Leader Brian ...
Mar 07, 2018

Alberta #1 in vehicle thefts
EDMONTON- New figures indicate Alberta leads the country in vehicle thefts. According to Statistics Canada more than 60 vehicles are stolen in the province each day. To put the numbers into perspectiv...
Mar 07, 2018

AGLC taking marijuana store applications
EDMONTON- The Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission says people interested in selling cannabis once it’s legalized can apply for a store licence starting today. Spokeswoman Michelle Hynes-Dawson ...
Mar 07, 2018

Decommissioned machine guns stolen from Edmonton store
EDMONTON- Police are investigating the theft of six decommissioned machine guns from an army surplus and hunting gear store in Edmonton. The store’s owner estimates about 45-thousand dollars in ...
Mar 07, 2018

Lethbridge man charged with multiple sex offences involving minor
LETHBRIDGE- A 37-year-old Lethbridge man has been arrested and charged by the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team after allegedly committing multiple sexual offences against a 13-year-old girl. Gary...
Mar 07, 2018