It’s a brutal blood sport. A fight to the death match. Dog fighting rings involve high-stakes gambling and spectators bet on which breed has the stamina to win. Animal welfare organizations and canine search-and-rescuers say it’s happening in parts of…
Tag: Crime
11 romance scams in Edmonton led to $1.1M lost to fraudsters in 2018
Most people want to find love and happiness, and in a digital world that can mean turning to online dating. However, that can also open the door to scammers hoping to prey on people’s emotions. Story continues below In 2018,…
Criminal activity calls around Edmonton’s safe consumptions sites shifting down: City police
The Boyle McCauley Health Centre at 10628 96 St. David Bloom / Postmedia, file Calls for police response to areas around three of Edmonton’s recently opened safe consumption sites have been dropping, shows data obtained by Postmedia. While violence-related calls…
‘A life was potentially in danger’: Police union concerned after officer who triggered red light camera disciplined
An Edmonton police constable was found guilty of insubordination under the Police Act for failing to properly stop at a red light on the way to a domestic violence call in 2017. Larry Wong / Postmedia, file Edmonton’s police union…
Man who turned himself in for Edmonton’s latest killing charged with second-degree murder
Matthew Leonard Campeau, 24, turned himself in to RCMP in Langley, B.C., on Feb. 1. supplied A man who turned himself in to B.C. RCMP after Edmonton’s latest homicide has been charged with second-degree murder, show court documents. On Feb.…
‘Peace and closure’: Family of man fatally struck on Sherwood Park road in 2016 plead for tips
28-year-old Phoenix Taypayosatum of Camrose, Alta. Family of a 28-year-old man who died in 2016 after being struck by a vehicle on a Sherwood Park road are pleading for public tips to help solve the case. Officers responding Dec. 28,…
Police issue Amber Alert after boy abducted from Edmonton school
The Edmonton Police Service issued an Amber Alert for an eight-year-old boy that they say was abducted by his mother from Waverley Elementary School on Monday afternoon. Police said Noah Ducharme was abducted in the area of 68 Street and…
Amber alert issued for boy abducted from Edmonton school
Edmonton police issued an amber alert Friday, March 15, 2019, for Noah Ducharme, age 8, who is 4 feet tall, approximately 70 lbs, with short brown hair, wearing a dark green hoodie, light coloured jeans, and yellow and black Nike…
Edmonton Muslim community says Islamophobia is spreading
March 15 2019 8:03pm The massacre at two mosques in New Zealand was far away, but Muslims in Edmonton are shattered. They say Islamophobia is spreading everywhere and governments need to do more. Fletcher Kent reports. ‘ }); } else…
Text messages lead to RCMP charging Alberta teacher with child luring
A teacher from High Prairie, Alta., has been charged with two counts of child luring and two counts of making sexually explicit material available to a child. Since his arrest, Douglas Ben Lang, 58, has been charged and released on…