Crime & Courts

Alberta church charged under Public Health Act for services exceeding capacity

EDMONTON - An Edmonton-area church has been charged for holding services police say defied Alberta public health orders meant to contain the spread of the virus that causes COVID-19.The measures restr...

Mar 10, 2021

Stettler RCMP looking for driver involved in hit and run collision

Mounties in Stettler are hoping someone can help them identify the suspect involved in a hit and run last month.RCMP are seeking to identify the driver of a black Dodge Ram which struck a green Chevro...

Mar 10, 2021

Rocky RCMP Report: March 5-8

This is a report released to the media from the Rocky Mountain House (RMH) RCMP giving a brief description of various crimes and call-ins, both solved and unsolved throughout the community between the...

Mar 10, 2021

'Vast majority' of officers committed to bias-free policing: Alberta police chief

LETHBRIDGE, ALBERTA, CANADA - The chief of the Lethbridge Police Service says it will co-operate fully with a probe into officers who allegedly made unauthorized checks on a provincial cabinet ministe...

Mar 10, 2021

Edmonton man wanted in human trafficking investigation

An Alberta-wide warrant has been issued for an Edmonton man allegedly involved in human trafficking.The Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team (ALERT) Human Trafficking and Exploitation unit is searchi...

Mar 10, 2021

No guarantee of third trial for Stephans says law professor

CALGARY - A Calgary law professor says there is no guarantee the Crown will move ahead with a third trial for a Southern Alberta couple first convicted and then found not guilty in their ill son's dea...

Mar 09, 2021

Red Deer Mounties assist in Mountain View Country drug bust

More than $160,000 in drugs and cash were seized after an ALERT investigation south of Red Deer. Four firearms, including two loaded handguns, were also seized.The drugs were seized after a rural resi...

Andrew Snook Mar 09, 2021

Alberta RCMP reminds motorists to buckle up this March

EDMONTON - The best defense against serious injury in the event of a motor vehicle collision is wearing a properly fastened seatbelt. The simple practice of buckling up before putting your vehicle in ...

Mar 09, 2021

Trial underway for 2019 stabbing death in Red Deer

Trial is now underway for an O'Chiese First Nation man charged in a stabbing death in Red Deer two years ago.Quentin Strawberry, 39, stands charged with second-degree murder, accused of fatally stabbi...

Mar 08, 2021

CP NewsAlert: Alberta Appeal Court orders 3rd trial for parents in toddler's death

CALGARY - Alberta's top court has ordered a third trial for a couple originally convicted then found not guilty in the death of their ill son. The Alberta Court of Appeal has granted a request by the ...

Mar 08, 2021