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Alberta Creates Interdiction Patrol Team to Secure U.S. Border Alberta is launching a specialized law enforcement unit to enhance security and crack down on illegal activities along its nearly 300-kilometre border with the United States. The Interdiction Patrol Team (IPT), established within the Alberta Sheriffs, will target drug smuggling, gun trafficking, and illegal border crossings. […]

Over 100 Impaired Drivers Nabbed During RCMP Safety Blitz RCMP were kept busy during a recent traffic safety blitz, which saw nearly 1933 motorists ticketed for everything from speeding to distracted driving. The seven-day campaign took place from December 1st to 7th as part of National Safe Driving Week. During the blitz, police officers across […]

RCMP Remind Albertans of the Dangers of Impaired Driving Ahead of Holiday Season With holiday celebrations in full swing, Alberta RCMP are reminding motorists about the dangers of impaired driving as part of National Safe Driving Week. Last December, 537 impaired drivers were removed from Alberta roads, with 49 of those individuals impaired by drugs, […]

Public use of hard drugs will once again be illegal in British Columbia. On Tuesday, Federal Mental Health and Addictions Minister Ya’ara Saks approved B.C.’s request to re-criminalize the public use of illicit drugs, including cocaine, fentanyl, and methamphetamines. This decision grants police the authority to intervene when witnessing illicit drug use in public areas, […]

FORT CHIPEWYAN, Alberta— Charges are pending against two males following a drug seizure in Fort Chipewyan. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) conducted a check stop in the northern hamlet on Friday, May 3. Police uncovered a large quantity of what is believed to be crack cocaine, valued at approximately $60,000, along with a significant […]

The debate over opioid and street drug use in Canada is heating up. Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre is requesting an emergency debate in the House of Commons over the decriminalization of hard drugs. In a letter to the Speaker of the House, Poilievre says Trudeau’s drug policy needs to be dismantled, calling it a “dangerous […]

The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo has released the results of the 2024-2025 Annual Policing Priorities Survey. The survey, which involved over 1,000 residents, took place earlier this year to help the Wood Buffalo RCMP set their policing priorities. Over 70 per cent of respondents listed property crime as their number one priority, followed by […]

Alberta’s Law Enforcement Response Team (ALERT) has disrupted an alleged drug network operating in Fort McMurray and Edmonton. After a two-year-long investigation code-named Project Flip, ALERT arrested several individuals and seized numerous drugs including over two kilograms of cocaine, nearly $30 thousand in cash, and smaller quantities of methamphetamine, MDMA, ketamine and illicit Xanax. Arrests […]

RCMP has one man in custody and is looking for another after a cocaine trafficking investigation. A search warrant was executed on Nov. 17, 2023, at a home on Sparrow Hawk Green in Timberlea. 60.49 grams of suspected cocaine, with a street value of $8,300, was located by the Wood Buffalo RCMP Drug Section and […]

A Fort McMurray man is facing drug-related charges following a police investigation in Fort McMurray. The Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team (ALERT) with the help of Wood Buffalo RCMP executed a search warrant on a Timberlea apartment on October 4th. Police found 112 grams of suspected cocaine along with $11,235 in cash. Staff Sgt. Mark […]