Gleichen

• 1 dead after trio of crashes in southern Alberta early Wednesday

  Paramedics told Global News the weather conditions in the area were "super foggy" and that they were amazed the helicopter was able to respond due to the lack of visibility.

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  Jan 18, 2023
  
• Alberta residential school survivor receives honorary doctorate: ‘You didn’t get the best of me’

  Clarence Wolfleg remembers the day his mother took him to school. It was 1956 and for the next 5 1/2 years he attended the Old Sun Residential School outside Gleichen, Alta.

  Canada

  Jun 8, 2021
  
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• Woman charged with manslaughter in death of Siksika Nation man

  A 33-year-old woman has been charged in the death of a man in a hamlet east of Calgary earlier this week.

  Crime

  Jun 24, 2020
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• RCMP investigate suspicious death in southern Alberta hamlet

  Just after 5 p.m. Monday, RCMP were called to an assault in the area of Main Street and 4 Avenue in Gleichen, Alta. The hamlet is located about 70 kilometres east of Calgary.  

  Crime

  Jun 23, 2020
• Man charged in fatal 2017 pedestrian hit and run on Siksika Nation highway

  Justin Lee Cutter, 25, of Siksika Nation, was charged with failure to remain at the scene of an accident causing death.​

  Crime

  Apr 2, 2019
• Wildfire researcher warns California disaster could happen in Alberta amid new fire ban

  One researcher says with virtually no snow and above-average temperatures — the warm, dry conditions could combine with powerful Chinook winds to create a disaster in southern Alberta.

  Weather

  Dec 13, 2017
• Pedestrian killed, RCMP search for driver after collision on Alberta Highway 901

  Anyone with information about the incident or anyone who saw a grey Honda in the area with significant damage is asked to call police or Crime Stoppers.

  Crime

  Nov 28, 2017
• 2 men charged after RCMP search house connected to fatal Gleichen police shooting

  The suspect’s Haskayne Avenue home in Gleichen was searched to try to recover property a caller believed was stolen.

  Crime

  Oct 26, 2017
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• Man shot by RCMP in Gleichen had ‘homemade weapon’: ASIRT

  ASIRT says a man shot to death by RCMP officers in Gleichen last week was in possession of a “homemade weapon” at the time.

  Crime

  Oct 23, 2017
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• ASIRT investigates fatal officer-involved shooting in Gleichen

  The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team is investigating a fatal shooting in southern Alberta in which RCMP were involved.

  Crime

  Oct 19, 2017