Category: RCMP Updates

  • RCMP – Train Derailment – Lake Louise, AB

    A train derailed in downtown Lake Louise at 1:30 on Saturday morning. The derailment resulted in five train cars leaving the track, one of which ended up hanging over the Pipe Stone River. The involved train cars were empty and no chemicals were spilled in the event. There have also been no reported injuries. This…

  • RCMP High River – Armed Robbery

    On November 30, 2014 at approximately 2:25 pm a lone male entered the Folksown Bistro and Lounge located in the town of High River. The male who was carrying a long barreled weapon,  demanded money from the till, and departed with an undisclosed amount of cash.  This male was last seen walking north in the alley behind Folksown Bistro…

  • RCMP Turner Valley – Injured Hiker

    In the late evening hours of November 29th, 2014, Turner Valley RCMP were called to assist with a pair of injured/stranded hikers in the Cat Creek area of Kananaskis. After hunting for the day, a male became injured and unable to walk, leaving him to sit huddled in the weather with another associate while temperatures…

  • RCMP Banff/Lake Louise – Road Conditions

    RCMP Banff/Lake Louise – Road Conditions

    Deteriorating Road and Weather Conditions Banff and Lake Louise Detachments are investigating a number of motor vehicle collisions on Highway 1 between Banff and the B.C. border. Due to poor visibility and deteriorating road conditions travel is not recommended on Highway 1 at this time.

  • QEII – Olds overpass – Update

    Olds, Alberta – Olds RCMP officers and emergency services have dealt with the collisions on Highway 2 at the Olds overpass. All vehicles involved have been removed and the highway reopened. Although local EMS attended no serious injuries were reported. Officers advised that the road and weather conditions remain the same in the area and…

  • RCMP Calgary – looking for owners of recovered property

    RCMP Calgary – looking for owners of recovered property

    In October 2014, The RCMP auto theft investigators executed a search warrant at a rural property. Several saddles were seized during this operation however police have yet to identify the rightful owner of these saddles. There is indications these saddles may have been stolen out of Saskatchewan as well as Alberta. RCMP have been canvassing…

  • Two large RCMP drug seizures on southern Alberta roads

    Calgary, AB – Over the past week, two routine traffic safety vehicle stops on southern Alberta roads resulted in the seizure of a significant amount of illegal drugs that police believe were destined for communities in this province and in Ontario. “More and more, we are seeing routine traffic safety stops result in drug seizures.…

  • Multi Vehicle Injury Collisions – Highway 2 (North of Calgary)

    Red Deer, Alberta –  QEII Officers are being overwhelmed with several – serious injury collisions on Highway #2 in the Red Deer area.  Travel on Highway #2 is NOT RECOMMENDED. An Alberta Sheriff Highway Patrol Officer, a member of the QEII Integrated Traffic Unit, was checking on vehicle occupants at a collision scene, when the officer was struck and injured by…

  • High River RCMP Mac Store Armed Robbery

    At approximately 4:30 AM this morning a lone male entered the mac’s Convenience Store located at 625 5th Street SE in High River. The suspect produced a knife and demanded cash from the employee. An undisclosed amount of cash was taken and suspect fled the area on foot. The suspect is described as being average…

  • RCMP High River – Road Advisory

    RCMP High River is advisory of icy road conditions and light snow on Hwy 2, between 48 Ave and Cayley.

  • RCMP Lake Louise – Winter Driving Conditions

    RCMP Lake Louise – Winter Driving Conditions

    The Lake Louise RCMP are advising the public to be mindful of the winter driving conditions on the Trans Canada, through the mountains. As Environment Canada still has a heavy snow fall warning for the Banff national parks area, plows are busy clearing snow and are sometimes working in tandem. Do not pass while this…

  • Gleichen RCMP- Workplace injury

    On November 25, 2014. around 14:30hrs, The Gleichen RCMP responded to a fatal workplace injury RCMP attended a job site 3km’s south of highway 901 by the Bow River near Carsland Alberta.  A worker was removing a temporary bridge at the time and working along side another employee, who was using an excavator to pull cement blocks away from the…

  • RCMP High River Charity Checkstop

    RCMP High River Charity Checkstop

    This year High River Emergency Services, along with Victim Services, will hold the second annual Charity Check Stop.  On December 3, 2014 from 2pm to 4pm members will be conducting a “check stop” on Center Street to accept donations.  This year we have chosen the Rowan House (an emergency shelter) and the High River Food…

  • RCMP Red Deer – Update on Poppy Box Theft – Photos

    Here are two photos of the suspect, supplied by the RCMP, in the theft of the poppy box in Red Deer.

  • Red Deer RCMP look for Poppy Box Thief

    Shortly after 9 pm on November 10, Red Deer RCMP received a report that a man had stolen a Remembrance Day poppy box from the desk of the Holiday Inn Express, located at 2803 50 Avenue in Red Deer. The poppy box contained an undetermined amount of money; funds raised by local Canadian Legion poppy…