Crime & Courts

Drayton Valley RCMP report: Jan. 16 - Jan. 23

January 168:48 am - Drayton Valley - 50 Street - Complainant called to report their 2004 Red Ford F-350 was stolen sometime overnight. 11:52 am - Drayton valley - Complainant reporting an employee has...

Jan 23, 2020

Women charged with assaulting Eckville area woman, stealing her vehicle to face preliminary hearing

Two women charged after an Eckville area woman was assaulted at gunpoint last fall will face a preliminary hearing later this year.It was just before 9 a.m. on Oct. 23, 2019 when Sylvan Lake RCMP resp...

Jan 22, 2020

Charges stayed for Red Deer man accused in O'Chiese shooting

There has been a stay of proceedings in the case for a Red Deer man charged after a woman was shot at the O'Chiese First Nation this past fall. It was at about 8:30 p.m. on September 27, 2019 when pol...

Jan 22, 2020

Sylvan Lake man accused of killing wife appears in court

A lengthy preliminary hearing could be in store for a Sylvan Lake man accused of killing his wife last summer.In Red Deer provincial court on Wednesday, Judge D.J. Plosz learned that five weeks may be...

Jan 22, 2020

Moving forward with RCMP in Red Deer

While they voted to stick with the RCMP for policing services in Red Deer for the time being, Red Deer city council members have made it clear that the "status quo" is not acceptable.Council voted 6-3...

Jan 22, 2020 Red Deer RCMP Supt. Gerald Grobmeier (rdnewsNOW file photo)

Co-accused in fatal Walmart shooting appears in court

A woman co-accused in the fatal shooting of a Red Deer man outside a local Walmart in December made a brief appearance in Red Deer provincial court on Wednesday.Crystal Lee Maurice, 30, of Red Deer ap...

Jan 22, 2020

City council votes against municipal force for Red Deer

The City of Red Deer is sticking with the RCMP for its policing services.In a special meeting Tuesday afternoon at City Hall, council voted 6-3 against a motion tabled by Councillor Tanya Handley call...

Jan 21, 2020 (rdnewsNOW file photo)

Premier Kenney says province may close or relocate some drug consumption sites

Premier Jason Kenney says it's possible Alberta could close or relocate some supervised drug consumption sites.The United Conservative government struck a panel last summer to look at the impact of th...

Jan 21, 2020

Third suspect in Innisfail armed robbery remains at-large

Three people, including one who remains at-large, have now been charged in relation to an armed robbery in Innisfail.It was just before 2:30 a.m. on Nov. 24 when Innisfail RCMP received a complaint of...

Jan 18, 2020

Stettler man charged with killing his father

A Stettler man has been charged with second-degree murder in the stabbing death of his father. Stettler RCMP say they responded just before 3 p.m. on Wednesday (Jan. 15) to a call of a deceased male a...

Jan 18, 2020