Crime & Courts

Protect your parcels this holiday season: RCMP

With more and more people shopping online during the COVID-19 pandemic, and more people sending and receiving holiday gifts through the mail, Alberta RCMP want everyone to have a happy holiday and rec...

Dec 03, 2020

Ex-Mountie denies sexually assaulting former colleague in 2012

A former RCMP officer denied that he sexually assaulted a fellow officer at a house party in northern Alberta more than eight years ago. Jason Tress took to the stand Wednesday at his trial in Red Dee...

Dec 02, 2020

Three organizers of Calgary anti-mask rally get tickets, three more face charges

CALGARY - Police in Calgary have ticketed three organizers of an anti-mask rally held over the weekend.The province has banned outdoor gatherings of more than 10 people in order to slow the spread of ...

Dec 02, 2020

Ford and Dodge trucks the most stolen vehicles in Alberta in 2020

The Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) has released its list of the top 10 stolen vehicles in 2020.The IBC cites electronic theft from peoples' driveways, high-end vehicles being stolen for shipment ove...

Dec 02, 2020

Mail stolen from over 40 boxes at Sylvan Lake apartment building

Sylvan Lake RCMP and Canada Post are investigating a Nov. 29 break-in and theft from over 40 mailboxes within the lobby of an apartment building. Mounties say that at 4:24 a.m., a male entered the apa...

Dec 02, 2020

UPDATE: Man arrested, charged with second-degree murder in Sunnybrook homicide

A murder charge has now been laid following a homicide last week in Red Deer's Sunnybrook neighbourhood. Police were called to a residence on Stewart Street at about 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 25 and a...

Andrew Snook Dec 02, 2020

Trial underway for former Mountie accused of sexually assaulting colleague

A four-day trial began in Red Deer Court of Queen's Bench on Tuesday for a former RCMP officer accused of sexually assaulting a colleague at a social gathering more than eight years ago.Jason Andrew T...

Dec 01, 2020

Preliminary hearing scheduled for O’Chiese murder suspect

A preliminary hearing has been scheduled for a man charged in relation to a death earlier this year on the O'Chiese First Nation.Rocky Mountain House RCMP said it was just after 8 p.m. on Aug. 27 when...

Dec 01, 2020

Victim scammed by fake cops asking for cash: Red Deer RCMP

City Mounties are warning the public of a concerning incident where fraudsters impersonated RCMP officers to defraud an individual.Earlier in November, Red Deer RCMP says they responded to a fraud com...

Dec 01, 2020

Alberta's new impaired driving rules in effect Dec. 1

Starting Tuesday, there will be different, and in some cases, more severe penalties for drivers getting behind the wheel impaired.As of December 1, 2020, Bill 21, the Provincial Administrative Penalti...

Nov 30, 2020