Category Archives: Alberta
ALERT investigation leads to seizure of weapons and drugs in Lethbridge
LETHBRIDGE – A 28-year-old woman has been arrested and charged with numerous offences following a joint investigation between ALERT and the Lethbridge Police Service that led to the seizure of a...
Apr 18, 2018
Cannabis company looking to build massive production facility in Medicine Hat
MEDICINE HAT - Aurora Cannabis is looking to build its biggest cannabis production facility in Medicine Hat. Aurora and the City of Medicine Hat have signed a memorandum of understanding confirming bo...
Apr 17, 2018
24 guns seized at Coutts border crossing
COUTTS- The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has laid charges following the seizure of 24 undeclared firearms at the Coutts border crossing. On April 9, CBSA officers stopped two Alaska-bound trav...
Apr 17, 2018
Province partners with Alpine Club of Canada for backcountry hut-system in Castle parks
CALGARY – Minister of Environment and Parks, Shannon Phillips, announced on Monday, April 16, that the Ministry of Parks is developing a world-class, backcountry hut-to-hut system in Castle Wild...
Apr 17, 2018
Viking RCMP recover over $100,000 in stolen property
VIKING- On April 11, the Viking, Two Hills, Vegreville RCMP Detachments, (EADCRU), and K Division Auto Theft Unit executed a search warrant at a rural property near Bruce. Police located a “chop...
Apr 17, 2018
Calgary woman pleads guilty to criminal negligence in toddler's death
CALGARY – The operator of an unlicensed Calgary day home has pleaded guilty to criminal negligence causing the death of an 18-month-old girl. An autopsy found Ceira McGrath was asphyxiated by th...
Apr 17, 2018
Lacombe police respond to firearms complaint
Police officers responded with guns drawn to a firearms complaint in the city's south end Monday morning. It was just after 11 a.m. when police attended to the 4700 Block of 48th Avenue. According to ...
Apr 16, 2018
Southern Alberta flooding prompts state of local emergency
LETHBRIDGE - Several municipalities in southern Alberta were under a State of Local Emergency Monday, April 16 due to overland flooding from the melting snow. Lethbridge County was added to the list M...
Apr 16, 2018
Lethbridge remembers Humboldt Broncos' Logan Boulet
LETHBRIDGE – Hundreds of people arrived at Nicholas Sheran Arena Saturday afternoon (April 14) to share their memories of Humboldt Broncos Defenseman Logan Boulet. 21-year-old Boulet was one of ...
Apr 16, 2018
Edmonton lawyer charged in pedestrian fatality
EDMONTON- An Edmonton lawyer has been suspended by his firm after 16-year-old girl was struck and killed at a crosswalk on Sunday night. Shane Stevenson, 47, is charged impaired driving causing death,...
Apr 16, 2018