Tag Archives: Crime & Courts
'This is torture:' Proposed law in Montana looms over Canadian on death row
RED DEER, Alta. - The fate of a Canadian man who has been on death row in Montana for 38 years could become more tenuous as the state gets closer to removing obstacles that prevent it from resuming ex...
Apr 05, 2021
'Vast majority' of officers committed to bias-free policing: Alberta police chief
LETHBRIDGE, ALBERTA, CANADA - The chief of the Lethbridge Police Service says it will co-operate fully with a probe into officers who allegedly made unauthorized checks on a provincial cabinet ministe...
Mar 10, 2021
CP NewsAlert: Alberta Appeal Court orders 3rd trial for parents in toddler's death
CALGARY - Alberta's top court has ordered a third trial for a couple originally convicted then found not guilty in the death of their ill son. The Alberta Court of Appeal has granted a request by the ...
Mar 08, 2021
Calgary man pleads guilty in deaths of girlfriend, mother, stepfather
CALGARY - A Calgary man has admitted to killing his girlfriend, mother and stepfather in 2018. Prosecutor Shane Parker says Dustin Duthie pleaded guilty to the second-degree murders of Taylor Toller a...
Mar 02, 2021
One dead after head-on collision near Grimshaw
Highway 2A between Grimshaw and Peace River is currently closed, as RCMP investigates a head-on collision that has left one person dead and three others injured. Peace Regional RCMP was notified aroun...
Feb 20, 2021
Feds would allow municipalities to ban handguns under new bill
OTTAWA - Newly tabled gun legislation would allow municipalities to ban handguns through bylaws restricting their possession, storage and transportation. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says today the m...
Feb 16, 2021
Appeal court lengthens parole period in triple murder of Castor family
CALGARY - The Alberta Court of Appeal has ruled that a trial judge erred by not applying consecutive parole eligibilities for two men convicted in the slayings of three family members.The decision ann...
Feb 08, 2021
Appeal Court upholds sentence for man convicted of killing Calgary couple, grandson
CALGARY - Alberta's top court has upheld a life sentence with no chance of parole for 75 years for a man who killed a Calgary couple and their young grandson.A jury found Douglas Garland guilty of thr...
Feb 08, 2021
RCMP investigate armed robbery at Valleyview Freson Brothers
An armed robbery Saturday night at the Valleyview Freson Brothers grocery store has RCMP in that community looking for help in identifying the suspect. The incident occurred between 9:30 and 10:45 pm ...
Feb 07, 2021
Proud Boys and other extreme right-wing groups among 13 added to Canada's terror list
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government is adding the Proud Boys and three other extreme right-wing groups to its list of terrorist organizations to address the sort of neo-fascism and white nationalism that ...
Feb 03, 2021