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On April 4, 2024, the RCMP’s Provincial Financial Crime Team charged a Calgary resident for fraud-related offences after embezzling millions of dollars from his clients while serving as a senior financial advisor. Following a thorough investigation, the accused is alleged to have fraudulently withdrawn funds from client accounts and deposited them into bank accounts he…
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Drayton Valley, Alta. – In Feb. 2024, members of the Drayton Valley RCMP General Investigation Section (GIS) entered into a drug trafficking investigation involving a local residence. On April 18, 2024, the Drayton Valley RCMP, with the assistance of the Alberta RCMP Western Alberta District (WAD) Crime Reduction Unit (CRU), executed a search warrant on…
On April 16, 2024, Lloydminster RCMP executed a search warrant on an address in Lloydminster, stemming from an investigation into Child luring and Invitation to sexual touching. Upon executing the warrant, RCMP arrested the suspect and found evidence of weapon manufacturing at the residence. As a result of the search warrant, the following items were…
Emily Plihal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter An initiative introduced earlier this month by the federal government will have a positive impact on Albertan children, including many in our region. Those are the thoughts of Alberta Food Matters chair Wanda Laurin, who says providing proper nutrition to children will help them to function better in school…
Jesse Boily, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A mysterious figure has joined one of Alberta’s famous landmarks. East of Grande Prairie along Hwy. 43 has sat a large rock painted in white with text that reads “Elevation 2429 790M.” A grain elevator is depicted beside it. In October, a figure of a person standing next…
Scott Hayes, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The province held its first weekly wildfire update on April 18, just a few days after a wildfire north of Obed Lake was caused by a natural gas pipeline rupture owned by TC Energy. Wildfire EWF015 was located 35 kilometres northwest of Edson and 55 kilometres northeast of Hinton,…