Alberta RCMP

• Copper wire thefts frustrate Alberta utility providers, homebuilders and police

  According to the telecommunications company Telus, this year it has seen a 58 per cent increase from last year in terms of copper thefts affecting the firm across Alberta.

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• Alberta RCMP call child’s death at Wabamun Lake ‘suspicious,’ major crimes unit now involved

  The girl died on Oct. 13 at Moonlight Bay on Wabamun Lake.

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  Oct 29
  
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• 5-year-old’s death at Wabamun Lake now a criminal probe: Alberta RCMP

  Police said officers were called to the lake just before 3 p.m. on Sunday.

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  Oct 17
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• RCMP investigate fatal highway crash in northern Alberta

  In a news release, the RCMP said officers from its Slave Lake detachment were called to a two-vehicle crash on Monday night.

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  Oct 15
• SUV driver killed in crash involving semi-truck in Athabasca County: Alberta RCMP

  The RCMP said officers were called about the two-vehicle crash near Range Road 192 at about 10:50 p.m.

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  Oct 14
• RCMP use helicopter to rescue stranded trapper in northern Alberta

  Police say they got a report Sunday that the hunter's all-terrain vehicle overturned and became stuck.

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  Oct 1
• Alberta municipalities policing plan gets mixed reactions from city leaders

  Alberta’s government is getting pushback from some municipal leaders and support from others over its plan to build the sheriffs into a second provincial police service.

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  Sep 27
• RCMP issue ‘dangerous person alert’ over 2 armed men in central Alberta

  "Do not open the door to strangers or pick up hitchhikers," the RCMP said.

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  Sep 17
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• 2 people dead, 5 injured after vehicle crashes on eastern Alberta road: RCMP

  Police said the vehicle involved was a truck.

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  Sep 15
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• 2nd suspect in Rocky View County highway shooting arrested on homicide charge: Alberta RCMP

  Mounties in Alberta have arrested 28-year-old Elijah Strawberry, who had been on the run for 38 days, accused of second-degree murder in a Rocky View County shooting on Aug. 6.

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  Sep 13