RCMP have laid murder charges against a man in connection with the deaths of two men near Glendon, Alta., at the end of March.

A judge has found a man not criminally responsible for the stabbing deaths of two people at a northern Alberta work camp.

Fort Saskatchewan RCMP have charged a 36-year-old man with two counts of second-degree murder in connection with a double homicide that took place in the central Alberta village of Chipman.

Alberta had the third highest homicide per capita in Canada last year among all provinces, according to Statistics Canada.

In 2015, Alberta RCMP responded to 65 homicides, which is nearly double the number of homicides that took place in the province in 2014.

A report released by Statistics Canada Wednesday morning revealed startling statistics about homicides in Alberta.