Category Archives: Alberta
UPDATE: 18-year-old Isaiah Threefingers of Maskwacis found deceased
An 18-year-old boy missing from the Maskwacis area has been found deceased. RCMP say Isaiah Threefingers was last seen by family members in the Louis Bull area on March 3. Mounties responded to a repo...
Mar 12, 2018
Edmonton Institution female guards file multi-millon dollar lawsuit
EDMONTON - Four female guards at Edmonton Institution have filed a lawsuit alleging bullying, harassment and sexual assaults by other staff. The suit against the Correctional Service of Canada and the...
Mar 12, 2018
Vehicle hits and kills two people near Edmonton
EDMONTON- Two people were killed after they were struck by a vehicle while walking on a highway west of Edmonton. Stony Plain RCMP say the pair died early yesterday morning when they were hit along th...
Mar 12, 2018
Province investing $10 million to help RCMP fight rural crime
The Alberta government has announced plans to hire 39 new RCMP officers to combat rural crime. The province is providing $10 million for a series of initiatives to protect rural Albertans and their pr...
Mar 9, 2018
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 9, 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 8, 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 8, 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 8, 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 8, 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 7, 2018