Crime & Courts

Supreme Court grants Alberta woman new trial in husband's shooting death

OTTAWA - An Alberta woman sentenced to life in prison for fatally shooting her husband and setting her home on fire will get a new trial. Deborah Doonanco was found guilty in November 2016 of second-d...

Feb 18, 2020

Rocky RCMP traffic stop finds man with loaded sawed-off shotgun

On Tuesday February 11, Rocky Mountain House RCMP Crime Reduction Team members were conducting an investigation when they located a male wanted in connection with a recent assault.Rocky police conduct...

Feb 18, 2020

Mounties arrest four in Rocky Mountain House for drug trafficking

Four people have been arrested for drug trafficking in Rocky Mountain House after Mounties executed a search warrant at a home in the town last week. The search warrant executed Friday night saw offic...

Feb 18, 2020

Rocky RCMP Report Feb 7-12

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...

Feb 14, 2020

Drayton Valley RCMP report: Feb. 6 - Feb. 12

February 69:46 am - Drayton Valley - 48A Ave - Complainant reported a suspicious truck parked by a neighbour whom he knew wasn't home, and the truck then went further up the street. Members attended, ...

Feb 13, 2020

Former Fort McMurray fire chief accused of harassment in earlier Calgary jobs

CALGARY - A former Alberta fire chief hailed by many as a hero for his role in battling the massive 2016 wildfire in Fort McMurray has been accused of sexually harassing a female subordinate duri...

Feb 13, 2020

Lock up your idling vehicles or risk losing them: RCMP

Temperatures are dropping, and City Mounties are making their routine reminders of just how easy it is for thieves to make off with a vehicle that's been left idling, unlocked and unattended.Supt. Ger...

Feb 13, 2020

Psychiatric assessment coming for serial sexual predator

A report is being prepared to determine whether an Eckville man who admitted to committing sexual crimes against young children can be classified as a dangerous or long-term offender. The 35-year-old ...

Feb 13, 2020

Three arrested after Innisfail RCMP locate stolen vehicles

INNISFAIL- Three people face a list of charges after Mounties in Innisfail recovered several stolen vehicles. On February 12 at approximately 12:40 a.m., RCMP received a call from a concerned citizen ...

Feb 13, 2020

Crooks break into Bowden post office, twice

Olds RCMP are investigating two break-ins at the Canada Post office in Bowden. The incidents occurred on February 6 and 10. Police say that in the first incident, the suspects broke through the main e...

Feb 11, 2020