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Court

Court update: Jail time in drug case, charges against three energy companies withdrawn

Oct 9, 2020 | 12:30 PM

Two of the people charged in a drug arrest in March of 2019 in Grande Prairie have been given jail time.

Alberta Justice says Taylor Marie Leslie was given two years in jail after pleading guilty to a pair of possession for the purpose of trafficking charges September 28 in Grande Prairie court.

In June, co-accused Caiden MacKinnon was also given a two-year jail sentence after pleading guilty to charges of trafficking a controlled substance, careless use or storage of a firearm, and breach of recognizance. He had already been given a four-year term for an armed robbery at a west-side hotel in October of 2018.

Leslie and MacKinnon were charged after an ALERT bust March 15, 2019. Two homes were searched and cocaine, methamphetamine, oxycodone, heroin, GHB, steroids, cash, a shotgun, and a rifle were all seized.

Leslie is facing charges in two other drug arrests. She and two others are to have a preliminary hearing December 14 for a 2019 bust and she and one other person are due back in court October 28 in connection with a drug arrest i late August of this year.

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Charges against three energy companies withdrawn

Alberta Justice says all the charges laid against three energy companies by the Alberta Energy Regulator earlier this year have been dropped.

A release from the AER in January said the charges were laid against Tourmaline Oil Corp., Topaz Oil Corp., and CWC Energy Services Corp. were related to a release of H2S in the Spirit River that the regulator said had impacted human health. Other details were not given.

Five charges against Tourmaline were withdrawn September 28 in Grande Prairie court while the four against Topaz and the eight against CWC were withdrawn in August. Most were related to contravening the Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act. Two of the companies also had a charge each under the Oil and Gas Conservation Act.