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Jonathan Dahl will be Flagstaff County’s Municipal Services Director, on the retirement of Darrell Szott later this fall. Szott has retired after spending over 45 years on and off at Flagstaff County. Dahl, who originally hails from Sedgewick, graduated from CHSPS in 2010. He apprenticed as a pipefitter at A&B, and got his schooling at…
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At approximately 5:45 P.M. on October 17, 2024, the Camrose Police Service received multiple 911 calls reporting gunshots in the area of 42 Street and 52 Avenue. Officers were dispatched immediately to the scene, where they began canvassing the neighbourhood. While conducting checks with local residents, shots were fired in the direction of the officers….
On Oct. 18, 2024 shortly after 9:45 p.m. Maskwacis RCMP responded to a complaint of forcible confinement involving a firearm. Numerous RCMP resources were dispatched to the area. The female victim, who called 911, was located hiding in a treeline outside of a residence on the Louis Bull Townsite. Following an investigation, which involved the execution of a search warrant,…
On Sept. 21, 2024, at approximately 5:25 p.m., Red Deer RCMP were called to assist Red Deer Community Peace Officers as they had an individual who had fled a traffic stop from them. The suspect left behind a satchel and a backpack. A firearm was located inside of the satchel, while approximately 634 grams of Fentanyl and…
Wetaskiwin RCMP Crime Reduction Unit (CRU), along with Alberta Sheriffs Safer Community and Neighbourhoods Team (SCAN), began a drug trafficking investigation at a residence in the 4700 block of 52 Avenue in Wetaskiwin after several complaints were received from citizens of the community. As a result of the investigation, Wetaskiwin CRU, along with the Alberta RCMP Community Response Team,…
Mike Stimpson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Ontario’s Progressive Conservative government is stealthily privatizing ever-larger segments of health care, according to a provincewide coalition of activists. To illustrate their point, the Ontario Health Coalition and the Ontario Council of Health Unions are touring a Trojan horse through Northwestern Ontario. The large equine model made a stop…