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A spate of suspicious deaths and violent crime over the past 24 hours in central Edmonton has prompted the police chief to pull resources from other parts of the city to quell the violence. “Two people have lost their lives and there’s a whole bunch of other serious stuff about it,” Chief Dale McFee said … Read more
Police are asking the public for advice as they attempt to locate a suspect in connection with a sexual assault near a south Edmonton school over the weekend. In a press release on Monday evening, police said the attack allegedly took place around 2:50 p.m. Sunday “in the heavily wooded area north of Johnny Bright … Read more
The Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC) is calling on police to investigate the vandalism of the Ukrainian National Federation Hall (UNF) in Edmonton as a possible hate crime. On Friday, people involved with the UNF found swastikas spray-painted on the building itself as well as on a “Stop Putin, Stop War” banner hanging just next to … Read more
Edmonton police have arrested a suspect, after an elderly woman was pushed off the Jubilee LRT platform onto the tracks on Monday. On Tuesday evening, police said they arrested a man in connection with the incident, with the help of transit security and peace officers. According to police, the suspect did not know the victim … Read more
New figures related to police use of force in Alberta’s capital show a significant increase in the number of incidents recorded between 2020 and 2021, but the Edmonton Police Service says this is likely due in large part party to a policy initiative introduced last year to improve reporting of these events. The EPS submitted … Read more