Category: News

  • Man arrested for Fox Lake Homicide

    Man arrested for Fox Lake Homicide

    RCMP have charged Andy Noskiye, 20,with manslaughter, two counts of assault with a weapon and uttering threats. Noskiye was remanded in custody to appear in High Level Provincial Court on September 2, 2014. In the early morning hours of August 22, 2014, North Peace Tribal Police Service responded to a report of a shooting at…

  • RCMP Red Deer City – Free the Fuzz raises more than $21,000 for the Special Olympics

    RCMP Red Deer City – Free the Fuzz raises more than $21,000 for the Special Olympics

    Last weekend’s Free the Fuzz event at Parkland Mall was a success, with Red Deerians throwing more than $21,000 in the bucket to support the Special Olympics. Alberta Sheriff Ryan Crawford and Red Deer RCMP Constable Ray Leonhardt volunteered to spend the weekend on scaffolding that had been attached to the roof of Walmart. On…

  • SkyNews: Israel ‘To Ease Gaza Blockade’ In New Ceasefire

    SkyNews: Israel ‘To Ease Gaza Blockade’ In New Ceasefire

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  • RCMP Police Service Dog soon to be returning to work

    RCMP Police Service Dog soon to be returning to work

    Innisfail, Alberta – Inspector André Lemyre, Officer in Charge of RCMP Police Dog Services, hosted a media event today at the RCMP Police Dog Service Training Centre (PDSTC) in Innisfail, Alberta to update Canadians on the status of Danny, the Police Service Dog (PSD). PSD Danny’s partner, Cst. David Ross, was killed in the line…

  • PM sails the Northwest passage with the Franklin Expedition Search Team

    PM sails the Northwest passage with the Franklin Expedition Search Team

    Prime Minister Stephen Harper explores part of the Northwest Passage on board a zodiac during his ninth annual tour of Canada’s northern territories. Pond Inlet, Nunavut – As part of the 2014 Search for Franklin Expedition, Prime Minister Stephen Harper spent two nights with members of Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) Kingston, travelling from Pond…

  • Baird Cautiously Welcomes Ceasefire in Gaza

    Baird Cautiously Welcomes Ceasefire in Gaza

    August 26, 2014 – Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today released the following statement: “Canada, again, cautiously welcomes the ceasefire in Gaza and calls on Hamas to uphold its commitment. “Palestinians in Gaza have suffered greatly under Hamas’s reign, and it is high time that their needs are put first over their rulers’ blind ambition.…

  • RCMP Grande Prairie – Request to Locate 15 year Old Male Youth

    RCMP Grande Prairie – Request to Locate 15 year Old Male Youth

    Grande Prairie RCMP are seeking the public’s assistance to locate 15 year old Jesse Fawcett who has been reported missing. Fawcett was last seen on Saturday, August 16, 2014. Fawcett is described as 5’7″, 150 lbs, brown hair and eyes, both ears are pierced and he also has scars on his right and left hands…

  • RCMP Airdrie – Multiple Vehicle Thefts Overnight

    RCMP Airdrie – Multiple Vehicle Thefts Overnight

    Airdrie, Alberta – Airdrie RCMP responded to several vehicle thefts on the early morning of August 26th, 2014. At approximately 2:20 am, RCMP received a call of a male and female attempting to steal a vehicle in the Big Springs neighbourhood of Airdrie. Police attended and surrounded a vehicle. The driver ignored commands and evaded…

  • Macleod Trail Partial Reopening and 4th Avenue SW Closure August 27, 2014

    Macleod Trail Partial Reopening and 4th Avenue SW Closure August 27, 2014

    High River AB: On Wednesday morning, August 27, Macleod Trail will reopen between 1 Street SW and 4 Avenue SW. At the same time 4 Avenue SW and the intersection at 4 Avenue SW and Macleod Trail will be closed to vehicle traffic. Sidewalk access to both sides of 4 Avenue SW will be available…

  • RCMP Provost – Calgary-area Pilot dies in amateur built plane crash

    RCMP Provost – Calgary-area Pilot dies in amateur built plane crash

    Provost, Alberta – On August 25, 2014 at approximately 4:00 pm, Provost RCMP officers received a call regarding a possible plane that went down in a field approximately 2 km south of Provost off Highway 600. Provost RCMP officers attended and found the body of the pilot and sole occupant trapped upside down in the…

  • RCMP Airdrie – Fatal Pedestrian Collision on Highway 2 near Balzac

    RCMP Airdrie – Fatal Pedestrian Collision on Highway 2 near Balzac

    Balzac, Alberta – Just after midnight, Tuesday August 26th, 2014, Airdrie Rural RCMP responded to a serious motor vehicle collision on Highway #2 just north of Highway 566 near Balzac, involving a pickup truck and a pedestrian. Immediately after the collision, two employees from STARS Air Ambulance came across the scene and began emergency first…

  • RCMP Grande Prairie – Police Requesting Public’s Assistance

    RCMP Grande Prairie – Police Requesting Public’s Assistance

    RCMP are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying an unknown male who has committed frauds in both Grande Prairie and Hythe, AB. On June 25, 2014, an unknown male cashed a fraudulent Canada Revenue Agency cheque at a bank on the west side of Grande Prairie. The male produced false identification in the name…

  • Red Deer RCMP continue to look for 16 year old Sky Big Crow – Correction

    Red Deer RCMP continue to look for 16 year old Sky Big Crow – Correction

    An RCMP media release earlier today stated incorrectly that both 15 year old Diamond Saddleback and 16 year old Sky Big Crow had been located. The two girls were reported missing on July 9, and Diamond Saddleback was located safely over the weekend. However, Sky Big Crow has not yet been located, and may possibly…

  • RCMP High River Detachment c/o Injury Motor Vehicle Collision

    RCMP High River Detachment c/o Injury Motor Vehicle Collision

    On Monday August 25th, 2014 at approximately 8:04 am The High River RCMP were dispatched to an injury motor vehicle collision of Highway 552 and 192 nd Street East, involving a pickup truck and passenger car. The collision occurred at a controlled intersection, however at the time the intersection was foggy. Fire departments from the…

  • Limb regeneration: Do Salamanders Hold the Key?

    Limb regeneration: Do Salamanders Hold the Key?

    The secret of how salamanders successfully regrow body parts is being unravelled by UCL researchers in a bid to apply it to humans. For the first time, researchers have found that the ‘ERK pathway’ must be constantly active for salamander cells to be reprogrammed, and hence able to contribute to the regeneration of different body…