Rural Alberta

• Supreme Court of Canada orders Alberta Court of Appeal to deal with sentence in triple murder case

  Canada's top court has sent the case of two men convicted in the slayings of three family members back to the Alberta Court of Appeal.

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  Jun 16
  
• RCMP search for suspicious person in Westlock, Alta. places schools, hospital on alert

  Several schools and the hospital in a small town north of Edmonton were placed in a hold and secure for a few hours on Wednesday, while RCMP searched for a suspicious person.

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  Jun 15
  
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• Impaired driving charges laid after fatal UTV rollover in Parkland County

  Parkland RCMP responded around 8 p.m. Saturday to the utility terrain vehicle rollover on Range Road 20, near the CN railroad tracks, west of Stony Plain.

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  Jun 6
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• 2 men stabbed, 3rd found dead at Slave Lake encampment prompts homicide investigation

  Two men were injured and a third was found dead after RCMP were called to reports of a stabbing at a homeless camp in Slave Lake on Sunday afternoon.

  Crime

  Jun 6
• Jury hears from man charged with 2nd-degree murder in deaths of Alberta hunters

  Roger Bilodeau can be heard telling Sgt. Christian Reister: "I don't know much."

  Crime

  May 20
• Alberta hunter’s wife testifies she told him not to drink and drive the night he was shot

  Roger Bilodeau, 58, and his son Anthony Bilodeau, 33, have each pleaded not guilty to two counts of second-degree murder. 

  Crime

  May 17
• Charges laid after man taken on hit-and-run roof ride through Whitecourt

  RCMP have arrested and charged a man after a strange incident in Whitecourt that saw a victim stuck riding on the roof of a car for some six kilometres following a dispute.

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  May 3
• RCMP arrest man wanted in central Alberta shooting of teen

  The 29-year-old man will remain in police custody until his next court appearance, expected March 15.

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  Mar 10
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• Alberta invests $390M in high-speed internet for rural, remote and Indigenous communities

  The province says around 80 per cent of Indigenous communities and 67 per cent of rural and remote communities do not have access to reliable, high-speed internet.

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  Mar 2
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• Maskwacis man wanted for attempted murder after teenager shot in Alberta community

  Jesse Cabry, 29, of Maskwacis is wanted for attempted murder after RCMP said a 17-year-old boy was shot early Wednesday morning in the central Alberta community.

  Crime

  Mar 2