Tag Archives: Crime & Courts

ASIRT investigating in-custody death at Grande Prairie RCMP detachment
The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) has been called in to investigate the death of a 26-year-old man that occurred while he was in custody at the Grande Prairie RCMP detachment Monday m...
Feb 09, 2021

Alberta pastor charged after Sunday church services violated COVID-19 rules
EDMONTON, AB - The pastor of an Edmonton-area church that had been holding Sunday services with as many as 300 people has been charged with violating COVID-19 health rules.RCMP say James Coates of Gra...
Feb 09, 2021

RCMP Breton-Thorsby welcomes new Detachment Commander
Staff Sergeant Dwayne Moore has been named the new Detachment Commander for Breton and Thorsby Detachments. Moore began his duties in his new role on Monday. Moore has spent all of his 17 years with t...
Feb 09, 2021

ICE promotes online awareness for Safer Internet Day
On Safer Internet Day, February 9, ALERT's Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) unit is asking parents and young people to be more aware of their online activities and who they are communicating with. Th...
Feb 09, 2021

Appeal court lengthens parole period in triple murder of Castor family
CALGARY - The Alberta Court of Appeal has ruled that a trial judge erred by not applying consecutive parole eligibilities for two men convicted in the slayings of three family members.The decision ann...
Feb 08, 2021

Appeal Court upholds sentence for man convicted of killing Calgary couple, grandson
CALGARY - Alberta's top court has upheld a life sentence with no chance of parole for 75 years for a man who killed a Calgary couple and their young grandson.A jury found Douglas Garland guilty of thr...
Feb 08, 2021

Judge rejects sentencing submission in manslaughter case
A judge has rejected a joint sentencing submission for a man who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the 2019 shooting death of a young Ponoka man.In Red Deer provincial court on Wednesday, Judge Jim Hu...
Feb 03, 2021

Red Deer RCMP officer charged with assault
A Red Deer RCMP officer accused of striking a man in custody during an altercation last year has been charged with assault. Alberta RCMP says the altercation happened March 2, 2020 in the Red Deer Det...
Feb 03, 2021

Proud Boys and other extreme right-wing groups among 13 added to Canada's terror list
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government is adding the Proud Boys and three other extreme right-wing groups to its list of terrorist organizations to address the sort of neo-fascism and white nationalism that ...
Feb 03, 2021

Trial ordered in crash that killed bicyclist on QEII Highway
Trial has been ordered for an Edmonton man charged after a bicyclist was hit and killed on the QEII Highway near Red Deer.At about 12:45 a.m. on Sept. 14, 2019, Blackfalds RCMP responded to a collisio...
Feb 03, 2021