Seven charged after police target drug-trafficking along bike path and other northwest locations
A mountain bike unit was among the resources deployed by Calgary police in a three-day sweep targeting street-level drug trafficking in northwest Calgary that resulted in seven arrests.
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Local News NDP to create provincial hate-crimes unit as part of plan to fight racism
The Alberta government is creating a provincial hate-crimes unit with police as part of broad plan to combat racism in the province, Education Minister David Eggen announced Wednesday. -
Local News Calgary Police Service hires three PTSD experts to aid ailing officers
Police officers in Calgary will have more mental health resources to lean on after the force hires three full-time experts to help members struggling with PTSD. -
Crime Calgary man convicted in gang rape of 14-year-old
Omar Kromah was one of a group of men who gang raped a young teen in a darkened bathroom, a judge ruled Tuesday. -
Crime Victim robbed by machete-wielding thief in Red Deer
A man is recovering in Red Deer hospital after being attacked with a machete and robbed Tuesday morning. -
Crime Mounties arrest Calgary suspect after lengthy pursuit
RCMP say they arrested a Calgary man for robbery after a pursuit that crossed multiple police jurisdictions and involved speeds over 180 km/h. -
Crime Facing deportation, Calgary bank teller convicted of aiding heist appeals her conviction
A bank teller who pleaded guilty to aiding in a 2014 heist at the Mission branch where she worked has appealed her conviction and is asking for an interim release in the case that could force her to be deported from Canada. -
Crime Calgary-area man threatened to shoot federal minister Ralph Goodale, court hears
Sebastien Taylor vowed to gun down federal Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale in a phone message made last year, the opening day of his trial heard Monday. -
Crime Calgary cabbie found guilty of sexually assaulting drunk passenger during Stampede
Taxi driver Muhammad Irshad was found guilty Monday of sexually assaulting an inebriated passenger in 2015.
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Crime Inmate escapes from downtown Edmonton correctional facility
An inmate at an Edmonton inner city correctional facility has escaped. Correctional Service Canada said in a news release Saturday that 28-year-old Jimmy Kyle Saskatchewan went missing from the Stan Daniels Healing Centre. -
Crime 'It all happened very quickly': One person found dead after Tuxedo Park house fire
Investigators don’t believe a deadly blaze in the Calgary’s northeast that left one dead late Saturday night was intentional. -
Local News Mother of Alberta woman slain in 1996 cold case seeks justice
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Local News Dangerous dog that attacked Grande Prairie woman euthanized
A dangerous dog that attacked a woman walking her dogs in Grande Prairie earlier this month has been euthanized. -
Local News Millarville crash leaves one dead
Mounties in Turner Valley say a man is dead and others hospitalized after a two-vehicle crash north of Millarville Saturday morning. -
Crime Trial reopened for suspect who says child pornography came from Abu Dhabi police
After ruling testimony from an accused child pornography importer that the material found on his electronics belonged to the Abu Dhabi police was admissible, a Calgary judge has agreed to reopen his trial. -
Crime Teller who helped bank robbers handed 18-month jail term
Despite still further pleas from her lawyer for a sentence that wouldn’t mean automatic deportation, a Calgary judge on Friday sentenced bank teller Kenza Belakziz to 18 months in jail for setting up a robbery. -
Crime Calgary high school teacher pleads guilty to sexually assaulting student over two years
A Calgary phys-ed teacher pleaded guilty Friday to sexually assaulting a student over a two-year period. -
Local News Woman sought after senior assaulted and robbed outside Calgary Casino
Calgary police are asking for the public to help identify a woman believed to be connected to the assault and robbery of an 88-year-old man outside a northeast casino. -
Crime Group barricaded in Sunalta building after woman assaulted
Officers had blocked off an area of Sunalta in the city’s southwest on Friday after a woman was reportedly assaulted by multiple people.