Crime & Courts

Edmonton pediatrician charged for child porn

EDMONTON - An Edmonton pediatrician has been charged with possession and transmission of child pornography.Police say the 47-year-old man was arrested Aug. 11 after an investigation into allegations t...

Aug 14, 2019

Red Deer manslaughter trial scheduled for Nov. 2020

A man charged in the death of a man in Red Deer in 2017 will face a jury trial late next year.Gabriel Juma We Agotic, 35, faces one count of manslaughter for the death of Mathian Chol. It was just aft...

Aug 14, 2019

Man sentenced for crashing stolen truck into school bus, police chase involving stolen semi

A Red Deer man will spend four years in prison for a crash involving a school bus, armed robbery, and a police chase involving a stolen semi.It was around 8 a.m. on January 22 when Blackfalds RCMP res...

Aug 13, 2019 (RCMP)

Trudeau, Tory meeting today to discuss Toronto gun violence

TORONTO- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to meet with Toronto's mayor Tuesday to discuss possible strategies to combat gun violence.The meeting with John Tory is set to take place a day afte...

Aug 13, 2019

Driver caught going 226 km/hour near Brooks

BROOKS, AB - Brooks RCMP may have done a double take when they clocked a driver travelling as fast as he was over the weekend. At 9:45 p.m. on Friday, August 9, officers were doing patrols of Highway ...

Aug 12, 2019

Attempted kidnapping, assault in Maskwacis

Mounties in Maskwacis RCMP are investigating a report of an attempted kidnapping that occurred over the weekend. The incident occurred shortly after 11:00 p.m., on Saturday on the Ermineskin First Nat...

Aug 12, 2019

Homicide victim's sister accuses fugitive's dad of failing to take responsibility

The sister of an American tourist says the father of one of the British Columbia men named as a suspect in the woman's death isn't accepting his share of responsibility for her family's sorrow. Kenned...

Aug 12, 2019

The "Art of Loss Prevention"

A side to retail is often left to the shadows. Here's my view.Moving through the retail jungle, waiting and watching for any activity of the unscrupulous kind, I have had the privilege to act as a sha...

Aug 11, 2019

List of accused up to seven in Edmonton woman's disappearance and death

LLOYDMINSTER- A seventh person has been charged in the death of an Edmonton woman who disappeared this past spring after travelling to North Battleford, Saskatchewan, to attend a funeral.RCMP say Niki...

Aug 09, 2019 Tiki Brook-Lyn Laverdiere, 25, disappeared from North Battleford on May 1 while visiting for a funeral at the Thunderchild First Nation. Her remains were found near North Battleford in July. (Photo: RCMP)

Two Drumheller Institution inmates charged for assault that killed third

Two inmates face charges after an assault left another inmate dead at the Drumheller Institution earlier this week.RCMP were called to the federal prison shortly after 7:30 p.m. on Sunday to a complai...

Aug 07, 2019