Category Archives: Drayton Valley
WANTED: Jonathon Felix Tousignant
The RCMP Central Alberta District Crime Reduction Team is seeking information on the whereabouts of a wanted male after a search warrant was executed at a rural property last week. Police executed a s...
Sep 25, 2018
Two more arrested in Warburg homicide
Two more people have been arrested in connection to a death of a Warburg man early this year. Thorsby RCMP and the Major Crimes Unit made the arrests on Friday. Christopher O’Reilly died on the ...
Sep 24, 2018
Thunder edged in Whitecourt
The Drayton Valley Thunder suffered their first loss of the 2018-19 AJHL season Thursday night. The Thunder were edged 5-4 on the road by the Whitecourt Wolverines. Whitecourt jumped out to a 2-0 lead...
Sep 21, 2018
Chemical spill leads to fishing ban in west-central rivers
A large chemical spill has led to a fishing ban in west-central Alberta. According to their website, the Alberta Energy Regulator was notified Sept. 10 that 4,000 cubic metres of chlorinated water had...
Sep 21, 2018
Drayton Valley RCMP Weekly Report: Sept. 13-20
September 13 Just before 9 a.m. on Sept. 13 RCMP were called for a report that a fuel card was stolen from a vehicle at the UFA parking lot the previous week. Approximately $4000 worth of fuel has bee...
Sep 20, 2018
Buck Lake BBQ explosion sends man to hospital
A man in his 70s was taken to University of Alberta Hospital in Edmonton Tuesday night following a barbeque explosion near Buck Lake, about 47 kilometres south of Drayton Valley. Officials with STARS ...
Sep 19, 2018
Yellowhead Conservative candidate pushes for improved internet and cellular coverage
One of five people seeking the Conservative nomination in Alberta's Yellowhead riding for next year's federal election has released a detailed plan outlining her intentions to advocate for improved in...
Sep 19, 2018
Man charged after allegedly breaking into abandoned school and stealing copper wire
One man has been arrested after he allegedly entered the abandoned Evergreen Elementary School and stole copper wire from the building. Drayton Valley RCMP say on September 2 just before 7:30 a.m. a c...
Sep 06, 2018
Local farmers market 'keeping an open mind' on cannabis products
The Drayton Valley Evergreen Farmers Market is keeping an eye on the upcoming legalization of cannabis. Ottawa is aiming to make edible cannabis legal a year after legalizing marijuana for smoking. Th...
Aug 31, 2018
Drayton Valley RCMP weekly brief August 23-30
THEFT FROM VEHICLE, SCAM INVOLVING ITUNES CARDS Drayton Valley RCMP say on August 23 at 8:49 a.m. on 45 Avenue a welding truck was parked on the street and the next morning the complainant noted that ...
Aug 31, 2018