A 29-year-old woman is facing charges after a stabbing at the City Hall CTrain station that sent a teen to hospital Tuesday afternoon. Police were called to the station on Seventh Avenue between Macleod Trail and Third Street S.E. before…
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Ride your ATV safely and keep your kids off them, Alberta health officials say
Alberta health officials say too many children are suffering preventable injuries while riding ATVs. From the start of April last year to this year, 78 children were hurt on all-terrain vehicles, with 31 needing hospitalization and one child dying, said…
Interviews with German family of highway shooting victim heard in Calgary court
The trial of an Alberta youth accused of shooting a German tourist on a highway west of Calgary is having to rely on police interviews done with the family after plans to use a translator fell through. Horst Stewin’s relatives…
Calgary police sweeten sour experience for girls whose lemonade stand money was stolen
Jasmine Zacher isn’t sure what came over her 11-year-old body, but before she knew it, she was racing down the street in hot pursuit of the people who’d just stolen her lemonade stand money. The preteen and her best friend were…
Raids in Medicine Hat result in city’s largest meth bust
Police in Medicine Hat confiscated the largest quantity of methamphetamine in the city’s history during two raids last week, officials say. A two-month operation led by ALERT’s Medicine Hat organized crime team culminated on July 13 with search warrants being…
Inaugural chuckwagon finals to be ‘safest possible’ at Century Downs, says general manager
A southern Alberta racetrack says it’s confident it will host the “safest possible” chuckwagon racing finals next month, amid calls for a ban on the sport after the deadliest Calgary Stampede in nearly a decade. For the first time in its…
Southern Alberta constable accused of sexually assaulting female officer while on duty
A 10-year constable with a southern Alberta police service is facing two sexual assault charges. A female officer with the Blood Tribe Police Service said Const. Bradley Chief Body touched her inappropriately while both were on duty in two separate February 2017…
Blood Tribe police officer facing sexual assault charges
A 10-year constable with a southern Alberta police service is facing two sexual assault charges. A female officer with the Blood Tribe Police Service said Const. Bradley Chief Body touched her inappropriately while both were on duty in two separate February 2017…
Blood Tribe police officer faces sexual assault charges
A 10-year constable with a southern Alberta police service is facing two sexual assault charges. A female officer with the Blood Tribe Police Service said Const. Bradley Chief Body touched her inappropriately while both were on duty in two separate February 2017…
Firefighters involved in Calgary Tower rescue go through extensive training for such scenarios
Cases where elevator cables snap are rare, and yet the Calgary Fire Department was ready for the situation which required a complicated “high-angle rescue” last Friday at the Calgary Tower. Eight individuals needed to climb out of the ceiling of the broken…