Army, police hope unemployed Albertans will consider applying to forces, law...
Out-of-work Albertans may want to think about swapping their overalls for army fatigues or perhaps the Red Serge. While the province lost over 66,000 jobs in the last 15 months, the Canadian Armed...
View ArticleNortheastern Alberta man killed in highway crash
A Saddle Lake man is dead after being hit by a pickup. Saddle Lake RCMP, firefighters and EMS were called out to the crash between the 21-year-old pedestrian and the truck on Range Road 121 north of...
View ArticleAlberta RCMP acted legally by shooting man who fired crossbow, ASIRT concludes
RCMP acted legally when they shot a man who threatened officers and fired arrows toward them from a crossbow, an investigation by the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team, ASIRT, has concluded. On...
View ArticleChanges to auxiliary RCMP role risky to officers: retired Mountie
The safety of Mounties is at greater risk after sweeping changes to the duties of volunteer RCMP members, a retired RCMP officer says. “Auxiliaries are the extra eyes, ears and muscle if you need it...
View ArticleFormer Mountie files suit in Edmonton for $700,000 over "negligent"...
A former Mountie has launched a $700,000 lawsuit against the RCMP and the governments of Alberta and Saskatchewan claiming he was the subject of a negligent investigation that led to historical sex...
View Article70-year-old man killed in boating accident in central Alberta
A 70-year-old man who was involved in a boating accident Wednesday on Sylvan Lake was pronounced dead shortly after he was pulled from the water. The man had rented a boat at about noon and was last...
View ArticleTwo Edmonton men charged with attempted murder in connection to shooting in...
Two Edmonton men have been charged with attempted murder in connection to a shooting in the Village of Chipman last month. At about 3:20 p.m. on May 27, a man was shot outside a home in the village on...
View ArticleMissing Alberta hiker found at campground
A hiker who went missing near Hinton Friday has been found safe, police said. RCMP officers found 30-year-old Roy Seney on Saturday at the McLeod River campground, which is 27 kilometres east of...
View ArticleEdmonton men face weapons charges after High Level traffic stop
High Level RCMP have charged two Edmonton men with weapons offences after a traffic stop Wednesday. Officers stopped the vehicle because of an unregistered licence plate. Brandon Dumas, 22, and Billy...
View ArticlePolice hope to locate owner of jewelry donated to St. Albert charity
Police hope to reunite expensive jewelry with its rightful owner. Staff at a local charity in St. Albert were perplexed to discover the donated bling, which included a chain with a $285 price tag, over...
View ArticleMotorcyclist in serious condition after Monday crash east of Edmonton
Highway 630 reopened following a crash that sent a male motorcycle rider to hospital in serious condition Monday. The accident happened about 9:30 a.m. at the intersection of Highway 630 and Range...
View ArticleSt. Albert RCMP lay weapons charges after bush party
St. Albert RCMP are looking for two men who were armed with firearms at a bush party, where there were more than 100 people. Police said the men had a long-barrelled firearm and a handgun, which was...
View ArticleDangerous offender who disappeared at Alberta powwow back in custody
Killam RCMP on Sunday arrested a dangerous offender who disappeared on Aug. 13 while on leave from the Pe Sakastew minimum security facility. Darrell Peter Moosomin, 54, had been granted day leave from...
View ArticleFuneral for man fatally hit in northern Alberta, possibly by RCMP vehicle
Mourners were to gather Monday for the funeral of a pedestrian struck by a pickup on a northern Alberta road before an arriving RCMP vehicle may have hit him again. Friends have identified the victim...
View ArticleNew phone scam uses threat of RCMP arrest to extort money
Albertans are being targeted by a new phone scam that uses the threat of arrest to extract money. Numerous complaints have been lodged with Fort Saskatchewan Mounties involving a phone scam where the...
View ArticleRCMP launch homicide investigation in northern Alberta
A homicide investigation has been launched in the northern Alberta community of Chateh, but RCMP are releasing few details. Chateh Mounties responded to a disturbance complaint early Friday and found a...
View ArticleEdmonton man arrested as part of major N.W.T. drug investigation
An Edmonton man is one of eight people arrested in a northern drug bust. RCMP from G Division in the Northwest Territories made the arrests as part of “Project Green Manalishi,” a lengthy investigation...
View ArticleOne arrested following Peace River suspicious death
One man is in custody after a body was found in a Cadotte Lake, Alta., residence early Monday. A release from Peace River RCMP said the body of a 25-year-old man was found after officers were...
View ArticleScene of fatal Bashaw fire was targeted by racist vandals
A Bashaw motel that burned to the ground over the weekend, killing one person, had been the target of racist vandals. Details of the investigation into a fire that destroyed the Bashaw Motor Inn,...
View ArticleFifth anniversary of Spruce Grove woman's slaying has family searching for...
Time is known to heal wounds. But for the family of Jolene Cote, five years just isn’t enough. “There’s not a day that Jolene isn’t on my mind,” wrote Dorothy Commandeur, Jolene’s mother, in a letter...
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