Alberta

Former youth soccer coach found guilty of sex charge involving child

A judge has found a former youth soccer coach in Edmonton guilty of trying to arrange sex online with an 11-year-old girl.Court heard during his trial that Wesley Vander Leeuw thought he was contactin...

Aug 13, 2019

Campground in Banff National Park reopens after wolf attack

A campground in Banff National Park where a wolf attacked a man in a tent last week has reopened to the public.Parks Canada says it found the wolf about a kilometre away from the Ramparts Creek campgr...

Aug 13, 2019 Wolf track prints in the mud of Howse River Flats, Banff National Park.

Edmonton police warn public about gift card scams

Edmonton police are warning the public about fraudulent gift card transactions.Investigators say that between January 1 and July 15, they received 136 reports of these internet scams.The overall loss ...

Aug 13, 2019

Driver caught going 226 km/hour near Brooks

BROOKS, AB - Brooks RCMP have arrested a 20-year-old man on dangerous driving offenses.At 9:45 pm on Friday, August 9th, officers were doing patrols of Highway 1 when they saw a westbound vehicle driv...

Aug 13, 2019

Alberta auto insurance companies going digital

EDMONTON - Alberta drivers forever fumbling through their glove boxes for their insurance pink slip are being given a digital option.The province says as of now insurance companies can send the inform...

Aug 12, 2019

Search for missing woman comes up empty

EDMONTON- Police say a weekend search on the edge of the city for clues in the disappearance of a woman who hasn't been seen in two months didn't turn up anything new.But they say they did receive new...

Aug 12, 2019 Patricia Wendy Pangracs

Police dog bites Calgary officer’s young son causing serious injury

CALGARY- The Calgary Police Service is looking into an incident where the young son of one of its officers was bitten by an off-duty police dog in training.Police say the Canine Unit officer was groom...

Aug 12, 2019

Study finds growing number of newcomers and refugees ending up homeless in Canada

OTTAWA - A growing number of newcomers to Canada are ending up in shelters or are finding themselves homeless, newly released government figures show.Two new reports released this week by Employment a...

Aug 12, 2019 Homeless refugees in Canada - The Canadian Press

Alberta RCMP host second annual Soaring Eagles Indigenous Youth Camp

EDMONTON - Representatives from the province, RCMP members and family all gathered to congratulate 21 Indigenous youth as they paraded outside the RCMP "K" Division headquarters for their Soaring Eagl...

Aug 11, 2019

Domestic assault with gun nets man six years

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A 34-year-old Lethbridge man, convicted of eight offences, including discharging a firearm at a person with the intent to wound, maim or disfigure, carrying a concealed weapon, pointi...

Aug 11, 2019 Lethbridge Court House