An RCMP officer who was found guilty of assaulting an Indigenous man in Slave Lake, Alta., in 2017 has been sentenced to 15 months of probation in the community and will not be serving time in jail. On Wednesday, court…
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Body discovered in Fort Vermilion identified as missing teen girl from Little Red River Cree Nation
Article content Autopsy results have identified a body found in the woods near Fort Vermilion as a missing teen from a nearby First Nation. Edmonton’s chief medical examiner identified the human remains found in a forest near Jon D’Or Prairie,…
Second-degree murder charges laid in 2019 killing of Saddle Lake woman
Article content More than a year after she was found dead, the Alberta RCMP major crimes unit has arrested and charged a man believed to have killed a woman from Saddle Lake. A 43-year-old man has been charged with second-degree…
Family wants answers after 19-year-old man dies in Edmonton Remand Centre
Article content Late last month, Erik Cabry called his mother from the Edmonton Remand Centre to tell her he wasn’t feeling well. A few days later, the 19-year-old was dead. Cabry, who died June 22, is the tenth person to…
Alberta RCMP lay 2nd-degree murder charge in 2019 death of Kimberly Cardinal
The Alberta RCMP Major Crimes Unit have charged a man with second-degree murder in the 2019 death of a Saddle Lake mom, according to a Wednesday news release. Read more: Human remains found in Saddle Lake confirmed to be missing…
Human remains found near John D’Or Prairie, Alberta identified as missing teen
RCMP said Wednesday that human remains found earlier this week in a forested area near John D’Or Prairie, Alta., are those of a 15-year-old girl who was last seen in that community on July 5. “An autopsy was completed at…
Edmonton lost $1.6M to invoicing scheme where city didn’t see the signs: audit
The City of Edmonton is trying to recover in court $1.6 million from what the city auditor said was a fraudulent invoice scheme involving a pair of city employees, a private sign supplier and the city’s neighborhood renewal program. Invoices…
Robber pulls gun on Parkland County homeowner after break-in
Article content continued At this point, she was already on the phone with police while simultaneously screaming at the men to get off her property. Still in her truck, she believed the attackers were making their exit when the black…
ASIRT investigates fatal, fiery crash on Walterdale Bridge after driver fled police
Article content Alberta’s police watchdog is investigating a fiery crash on the Walterdale Bridge Tuesday evening that killed the driver of a vehicle that sped away from police and seriously injured two others. Alberta’s Serious Incident Response Team said police…
Suspicious death on July 11 ruled a homicide: Edmonton police
The death of a 39-year-old woman found in southwest Edmonton on July 11 has been ruled a homicide, Edmonton police said on Wednesday. Teresa Dejesus Esquivel-Robles was the victim of a homicide and died as a result of being stabbed,…