Category: News

  • RCMP Historical Homicide Unit Investigating Deaths of Three Women

    RCMP Historical Homicide Unit Investigating Deaths of Three Women

    Edmonton, AB – Investigators from the RCMP’s “K” Division Historical Homicide Unit (HHU) are continuing to push forward with three separate investigations, each involving a woman who initially had been reported missing in Alberta but believed by police to have been victims of homicide. The three cases, although not believed to be related, span a period…

  • Heavy Snowfall Warning for Northern Alberta

    Heavy Snowfall Warning for Northern Alberta

    Albertans are advised to use extra caution on Alberta highways. Areas of central and northern Alberta are under a heavy snowfall warning. Accumulations between 10 and 15 centimetres are expected in the Edmonton region and as much as 20 centimetres north and west of Edmonton by Friday afternoon. Snow is also forecast from Slave Lake…

  • RCMP – Cochrane, Okotoks and Claresholm: Missing Person, Mailbox Damage, Home Invasion

    RCMP – Cochrane, Okotoks and Claresholm: Missing Person, Mailbox Damage, Home Invasion

    Claresholm RCMP investigate home invasion Claresholm, Alberta – Following an investigation into a home invasion which occurred on January 20, the RCMP are releasing a composite sketch of the suspect male. Just after 9:00 p.m., an unknown male knocked at the front door of a residence on 51 Avenue East in Claresholm.  The homeowner opened the door…

  • Okotoks RCMP – Seeking Witnesses for Indecent Acts – UPDATE

    Okotoks RCMP – Seeking Witnesses for Indecent Acts – UPDATE

    Okotoks RCMP – Arrest in Indecent Acts Okotoks, Alberta:  On January 24th, 2018, at approximately 11:00 pm, Okotoks RCMP general duty & general investigative section effect an arrest. A 20-year-old male was arrested without incident. The male remains in custody of the Okotoks RCMP pending charges, and a bail hearing for the following Criminal Code offences: Three counts of Indecent…

  • High River RCMP Investigate Suspicious Occurrence Involving 9-year-old Boy

    High River RCMP Investigate Suspicious Occurrence Involving 9-year-old Boy

    A nine-year-old boy was approached by two men in a white minivan, the male passenger got out of the minivan and gestured to the boy, who thought the male was indicating for him to get into the van.

  • Okotoks RCMP Investigate Armed Robbery

    Okotoks RCMP Investigate Armed Robbery

    Okotoks RCMP responded to a complaint of an armed robbery at the Bell Cellnet store on Southridge Drive

  • Earthquake off Kodiak Island, Alaska Triggers Tsunami Alert

    Earthquake off Kodiak Island, Alaska Triggers Tsunami Alert

    Tsunami Alert sirens went off in Alaska as well as the west coast of Vancouver Island around 1am today. The alarm was triggered by a 7.9 earthquake 300km southeast of Kodiak, Alaska. Residents and visitors along the west coast of Vancouver Island were told to  “move out of the water, off the beach & away…

  • Okotoks RCMP- Arrests made in Break and Enter with Intent

    Okotoks RCMP- Arrests made in Break and Enter with Intent

    Okotoks, Alberta:  On January 16th, 2018, Okotoks RCMP received a dispatch of a break and enter to commit at a Westmount residence in Okotoks Alberta. On January 19th, 2018 Okotoks RCMP executed two search warrants, one at a residence in High River Alberta, and the second on a motor vehicle in Okotoks Alberta. A 23-year-old male,…

  • Alberta RCMP Remind Drivers to be Cautious at Intersections

    Alberta RCMP Remind Drivers to be Cautious at Intersections

    Edmonton, Alta. – The Alberta RCMP reminds motorist that January is Intersection Safety month. Intersections are designed to keep people safe, but in 2016, at least 21 people died in fatal motor vehicle collisions that occurred at an intersection. “Drivers should use extra caution at intersections, avoiding behaviours that lead to collisions,” says Superintendent Gary Graham,…

  • Airdrie RCMP Catch Armed Truck Thieves After Pursuit

    Airdrie RCMP Catch Armed Truck Thieves After Pursuit

    Airdrie, Alberta– Airdrie RCMP have arrested 3 individuals after a lengthy pursuit involving a truck and trailer that took place in both Airdrie and Calgary. The 3 individuals are now facing possession of stolen property charges in addition to possessing a sawed-off shotgun. On January 21, 2018, shortly after 1:00 am, patrolling Airdrie RCMP members…

  • Detailed Route Hearings begin in B.C. Lower Mainland for Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Project

    Detailed Route Hearings begin in B.C. Lower Mainland for Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Project

    CALGARY – The National Energy Board (NEB) is set to begin Detailed Route Hearings to hear from landowners in the B.C. Lower Mainland area who have raised concerns with the detailed route of the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Project. The NEB has scheduled hearings in Burnaby. B.C., starting at 1:30 pm. on January 22 and running until…

  • NDP Must Come Clean on Future Carbon Tax Hikes

    NDP Must Come Clean on Future Carbon Tax Hikes

    CALGARY, AB: A recently revealed federal Department of Finance memo regarding the the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate states that “the overall approach is to be reviewed by 2022 (referred to as the ‘five-year review’) to confirm the path forward, including continued increases in stringency in future years…” (pg 3). ‘Stringency’ is clearly tied to price,…

  • Conservative MP John Barlow Travels to Washington, DC

    Conservative MP John Barlow Travels to Washington, DC

        OTTAWA, ON – John Barlow, Conservative Shadow Minister (Associate) for Agriculture and Agri-Food and Member of Parliament for Foothills, Alberta, is in Washington, DC this week. MP John Barlow will spend 2 days with the Leader of the Official Opposition, the Honourable Andrew Scheer and colleagues, Conservative deputy leader Lisa Raitt, Shadow Minister for…

  • Red Tape Awareness Week Shines Light on the Cost of Excessive Regulation

    Red Tape Awareness Week Shines Light on the Cost of Excessive Regulation

    CFIB’s ninth annual Red Tape Awareness Week, from January 22-26, is showing the cost and impact of excessive regulation and congratulating those working to reduce red tape. “Every time we survey our members, red tape is one of their top concerns,” said CFIB executive vice-president Laura Jones. “Red Tape Awareness Week is our way of…

  • Child and Youth Advocate releases Summary Report: Five Years of Investigations

    Child and Youth Advocate releases Summary Report: Five Years of Investigations

    Del Graff, Provincial Child and Youth Advocate, released a summary report of investigation statistics and trends over a five-year period, coinciding with the Office of the Child and Youth Advocate’s (OCYA) independence from government. This Summary Report focused on 252 serious injuries or deaths of young people reported to the Advocate between April 1, 2012…