Crime & Courts

No criminal charges against ARCHES, but province won't resume funding for SCS in Lethbridge

LETHBRIDGE, AB - While ARCHES will not face any criminal charges for not being able to account for $1.6-million in taxpayer funds earlier this year, they should not expect grants from the province to ...

Dec 23, 2020

RCMP seize $89,000 in stolen equipment from Ponoka County property

Roughly $89,000 worth of stolen property has been recovered by Alberta Mounties following a search warrant at a rural property in Ponoka County last week.Police say the search took place the evening o...

Dec 22, 2020

Traffic stop near Nordegg leads to arrests, seizure of firearms

NORDEGG - Four suspects were taken into custody late in the evening on Dec. 17, following a pursuit and a brief foot chase of two males.At 9:46 p.m. Rocky Mountain House RCMP members encountered a sto...

Dec 22, 2020

Judge dismisses challenge of Alberta's public health orders

CALGARY, AB - A Queen's Bench justice has dismissed the injunction application against Alberta's public health orders restricting public indoor and outdoor public gathers as well as mandatory mask wea...

Dec 21, 2020

Man attacked at knifepoint by hitchhiker: Ponoka RCMP

Mounties in central Alberta say a man was attacked at knifepoint last week by a hitchhiker he'd given a ride to. Ponoka RCMP says they were called on the evening of Dec. 17 about a man at a rural resi...

Dec 21, 2020

13 y/o one of three arrested for robbery and assault in Ponoka

A 13-year-old male youth was one of three suspects arrested after a woman was assaulted and robbed Wednesday night in Ponoka. It was just before 11 p.m. when Ponoka RCMP received a 911 call reporting ...

Dec 18, 2020

Loaded gun among weapons seized in Red Deer RCMP patrol

Five people are facing a total of 58 charges after Mounties seized a number of weapons, including a loaded gun from a vehicle in downtown Red Deer last week. In the early morning hours of Dec. 12, mem...

Dec 18, 2020

New trial dates set for man charged in $2.6 million fraud case

New trial dates have been set for a Sylvan Lake man accused in an alleged $2.6 million fraud case reportedly involving a 'revolutionary fracking product'.Dane Michael Skinner, 56, was previously sched...

Dec 18, 2020

Preliminary hearings set for pair charged in central Alberta shooting

A preliminary hearing will take place early next year for a Red Deer man charged in a shooting northeast of Didsbury last winter.Lyle Robert Walter Vance, 28, faces 10 counts, including unlawfully wou...

Dec 18, 2020

Alberta RCMP to launch new money laundering teams

EDMONTON, AB - RCMP forces in several provinces will soon be equipped with teams to fight high-profile money laundering and identify proceeds of crime.The federal government is investing $98.9-million...

Dec 18, 2020