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Surveillance video from Nov. 24, 2023, when three suspects were seen approaching a home on Meadowview Way in Leduc with a gas can. The incident is part of the Project Gaslight investigation into extortion targeting members of the South Asian community.

Surveillance video from Dec. 14, 2023 at a home near 42 Avenue and 38A Street in Beaumont, where two masked suspects were recorded approaching a home with a jerry can, breaking into it, and starting a fire. The incident is part of the Project Gaslight investigation into extortion targeting members of the South Asian community.

Surveillance videos from Dec. 31 video near 16 Avenue and 12 Street in the Aster neighbourhood, where a suspect driving an SUV was seen arriving at a home and then driving away shortly before smoke begins rising from the house. Prior to the fire, a newer model white four-door Mercedes with heavily tinted windows was...

Surveillance video from Nov. 6, 2023 near 16 Avenue and 12 Street in the Aster neighbourhood, showing three suspects getting out of a car with a gas can and later running back to the same vehicle. The incident is part of the Project Gaslight investigation into extortion targeting members of the South Asian community.

Edmonton police have released a number of surveillance videos they hope will help identify suspects involved in Project Gaslight, the investigation into extortion targeting members of the South Asian community. Kendra Slugoski reports.

Police released several surveillance videos showing suspects committing arson in the Edmonton region, in hopes it will help identify suspects involved in Project Gaslight — the investigation into extortion targeting members of area’s South Asian homebuilder community. Morgan Black has the details.

Edmonton police are now searching abroad to find a suspect in Project Gaslight — the investigation into extortion targeting members of area’s South Asian homebuilder community. Arjun Sahnan, 19, is accused of shootings in Edmonton, Sherwood Park and Winnipeg. Morgan Black reports.

Surveillance videos from Jan. 28, 2024 showing two suspects buying a jerry can from Walmart in South Edmonton Common and later, one being filled with fuel at a gas station in southwest Edmonton’s Blue Quill area. The incident is part of the Project Gaslight investigation into extortion targeting members of the South Asian community.

The RCMP has formed a national team to address the wave of extortion attempts against South Asian businesses across the country – including here on the Lower Mainland. Cassidy Mosconi has more on the coordinated effort.

Mounties have created a new national team to support resource-sharing in separate but similar extortion investigations across Canada. In a press conference on Thurs. Feb. 15, 2024, Supt. Adam McIntosh said the team, operational since January, will co-ordinate the intelligence transfer surrounding the threats of violence and demands for money targeting the South Asian community.

A Manitoba horse exporter made its first court appearance in a rare private prosecution case today.

In this Tuesday, April 30, 2024 edition of Global News Hour at 6 Edmonton with Carole Anne Devaney and Scott Roberts, police release photos of a person of interest in the Hangar 11 fire, a Canada-wide warrant is out for a suspect linked to the extortion of South Asian home builders, Alberta’s mountain snowpack levels...

In this Wednesday, April 24, 2024 edition of Global News Hour at 6 Edmonton with Carole Anne Devaney and Scott Roberts, police release footage of suspects in the South Asian homebuilder extortion investigation, the Edmonton Oilers add a massive tent to the fan park, and city council approves 8.9% property tax increase in 2024.

There has been a terrifying increase in extortion cases across Canada. An Ontario community has created a task force to deal with the problem and in Edmonton, Alta., there have been 34 cases of extortion, arson, or firearms offences since October. Heather Yourex-West reports.

The Manitoba RCMP’s internet child exploitation (ICE) unit has been inundated with cases of online child sexual abuse, exploitation, in particular, sextortion. Marney Blunt reports on what the unit is doing to pursue predators and protect children.

Several homes in the Edmonton area have been torched and others shot up as part of a spree of violence that Edmonton police say is tied to extortion attempts, allegedly by members of the South Asian community targeting their own. As Morgan Black explains, police are holding a town hall to update the investigation.

Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre held a press conference in Surrey, B.C., on Friday, detailing the state of extortion-related crimes across Canada. The Opposition leader condemned Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s handling of the issue, claiming there was not only a “386 per cent” uptick in B.C. alone, but a “218 per cent” increase nationwide. Poilievre went...

Surrey RCMP are now saying they don’t believe a shooting early Monday morning targeting a jewelry store is related to the string of extortion threats against South Asian businesses. But as Janet Brown reports, whatever the motive, yet another act of violence has the community even more on edge.

As the situation in Haiti deteriorates, Caribbean, Canadian, French and American leaders met in Jamaica for an emergency meeting on how to address the crisis. ‘The West Block’ host Mercedes Stephenson is joined by Bob Rae, Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations, who discusses the international response, the flow of illegal U.S. weapons to Haitian...

The owners of a Manitoba farm have been charged under federal animal health laws in a rare prosecution case, over the treatment of horses being exported to Japan for slaughter. Marney Blunt reports on the push to crack down on live horse exporting.