Medicine Hat police have charged four youth after finding firearms and other weapons at a Flats neighbourhood residence. Police launched an investigation after hearing that a group of youths were in possession of various firearms that were allegedly used in violent criminal activities. The major crimes unit, with help ...

Four days have been set aside in October for a trial of an individual charged in the motor vehicle death of a Medicine Hat teen last summer.Following a pre-trial conference, the court has scheduled a trial from Oct. 14 to 17 this year.A male youth was charged with dangerous driving causing death following the July mish...

Provincial authorities on Thursday shut down a property in Medicine Hat's south end they said was home to illegal activities. The Alberta Sheriffs obtained a court order against the owner of 48 Cameron Way that bans individuals responsible for drug and criminal activity from residing at property for two years. The cour...

A jury found a Manitoba man guilty on Thursday of first-degree murder in the death of a neighbour he suspected was stealing from his rural property. Eric Wildman had pleaded not guilty in the shooting of 40-year-old Clifford Joseph, whose remains were found northeast of Winnipeg in 2021. Joseph was reported missing by ...

Two Nova Scotia men are asking the Federal Court to declare the current suspension of Parliament illegal because there must be a "reasonable justification" for hitting the pause button. Federal lawyers contend in response that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's advice to the Governor General to prorogue Parliame...

A pair of Medicine Hat residents are facing charges after police found two restricted firearms, money and illegal drugs at a North Flats residence. The Medicine Hat Police Service executed a search at a residence located in the 900 block of Fifth Street Southeast on Sunday. Along with the firearms and Canadian cash, of...

An individual was defrauded out of $280,000 worth of Bitcoin in a cryptocurrency scam, Brooks RCMP said Thursday. The victim last summer invested the crypto through a website that initially appeared legitimate, the police said in a news release. As they monitored their investments and saw profits, the victim said they ...

The Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team has confiscated what it calls a "ghost gun."Officers say they arrested a man on Jan. 9 and that he allegedly had a "3D-printed Glock-style handgun" tucked into his waistband."Ghost guns are favoured by organized crime because of their ability to bypass ...

A man wanted on a Canada-wide warrant for being unlawfully at-large from federal corrections was arrested by Medicine Hat police on Saturday. Police responded to a residence on Anson Avenue Southwest to assist the owner of a short-term rental with the removal of an overdue renter. Officers found three individuals at th...

A suspect has been arrested after an incident in Drumheller, police say. Drumheller RCMP were at a home in the area of Seventh Street East and Seventh Avenue East Monday morning. Police said in a news release that the incident was "contained to a home" and that there was no risk to the public. Officers cleare...

Police said 875 vehicles were stopped in two check-stop campaigns by the Medicine Hat Police Service on Friday and Saturday.Four Immediate Roadside Sanctions were issued, as well as two traffic safety act tickets.As well, another driver received an Immediate Roadside Sanction for impaired driving as a result of a two v...

Notorious killer and rapist Paul Bernardo has been denied parole for a third time after the families of his victims made an emotional plea to the Parole Board of Canada on Tuesday to keep him behind bars. The parole board noted that while Bernardo has made some progress, there is still significant concern about his ris...

Police said Wednesday that a suspect allegedly stealing parcels from porches across Medicine Hat has been arrested. A 38-year-old man was charged on Nov. 8 in connection with several reports of theft that occurred after packages were delivered and left unattended, police said. It is believed that the suspect may be lin...

A break-in has occurred at a technology shop near downtown Medicine Hat, the store said in a post Saturday. Photos posted by the store show IFIX Technology's front windows and interior cases were smashed. The incident took place around 7 a.m. Saturday morning, according to a post from the store. "Police are here a...

A Medicine Hat man has been arrested in connection with a dozen break-ins at Tim Hortons restaurants across Alberta and Saskatchewan in recent months, RCMP say. Reports of break and enters were reported at 12 Tim Hortons Alberta locations, including Brooks, High River, Hanna, Vermilion, Rocky Mountain House, Rocky View...

A member of the Lethbridge Police Service has been charged in connection with an off-duty incident.The constable, whose identity will not be released to protect the identity and privacy of the victim, was arrested on Tuesday by RCMP, who assisted with the investigation.He is charged with criminal harassment, mischief a...

A 33-year-old Medicine Hat man was arrested Monday after he was tracked down by police with help from the HALO Air Ambulance. That's according to details revealed in a news release from the Medicine Hat Police Service on Tuesday. Several residents posted about seeing a helicopter and large police presence in the city. ...

A 66-year-old Medicine Hat man has died after sustaining injuries in a motor vehicle collision involving a motorcycle and a SUV on Highway 1 by Redcliff. Redcliff RCMP, the Redcliff Fire Department and paramedics were dispatched to the crash site at 5:13 p.m. on Sunday evening. The motorcycle driver was transported to ...

A 34-year-old man has been arrested after police responded to reports of a stabbing downtown Medicine Hat on Wednesday evening. Members of the Medicine Hat Police Service were called to the area of First Street Southwest and Sixth Avenue Southeast, according to a statement on Thursday. Police officers found an injured ...

A senior Bow Island man was arrested this week and charged with several illicit drug possession charges. A "substantial amount of cocaine, methamphetamine and proceeds of crime" was seized by the Bow Island RCMP, police said Friday. Police, with the assistance of the Southern Alberta Crime Reduction Unit, mad...

A motorcyclist was seriously injured in a motor vehicle collision that also involved a SUV earlier this week, police say.Police, fire and emergency services responded to the incident at the intersection of South Boundary Road Southeast and Southridge Drive Southeast at 6:53 p.m. on Tuesday.While the motorcyclist was tr...

Bow Island RCMP has asked for the public's help to identify a pair of suspects that used a forklift to steal a safe from the Bow Island Hardware Store. An investigation revealed two male suspects entered the building through the rear door and, along with the safe, stole a spool of wire and several Milwaukee tools. They...

RCMP arrested a man that had passed out inside a vehicle that was parked on the front lawn of a Redcliff home on Friday afternoon.Inside the vehicle, officers found what they believe was methamphetamine, cocaine and fentanylThey also seized a 22-calibre pen gun and bear spray.A 35-year-old Medicine Hat man is facing se...

A 34-year-old man wanted on a Canada-wide warrant was taken to hospital Saturday afternoon after shooting himself in the South East Hill neighbourhood of Medicine Hat, police said.The Medicine Hat Police Service said officers tried to convince the man to surrender when they located him at a residence in the 400 block o...

A 39-year-old Medicine Hat man is facing numerous firearms and drug related offences following an investigation by the ALERT Medicine Hat organized crime team, with assistance from police.READ: Police make arrest in Medicine Hat's Southridge neighbourhoodOn Sept. 19 at approximately 2:20 PM, a man was arrested followin...

A Medicine Hat man was arrested after police located a loaded sawed-off shotgun in a hotel room, according to a news release on Tuesday.The Medicine Hat Police Service was conducting follow-up investigations at a hotel on Redcliff Drive Southwest on Sept. 10 and found the gun inside one of the rooms.Handout/Medicine Ha...

Police have arrested a Medicine Hat man who allegedly pointed a BB-style handgun at a group of youths. A verbal altercation occurred between the 43-year-old man and the group outside the Medicine Hat Mall. He pulled out a firearm before fleeing the scene, the Medicine Hat Police Service said Friday. Thanks to witness s...

A judge who has been working in the southern Alberta region for more than a decade now has a new position.Justice Eric Brooks will serve as an assistant chief justice in the Alberta Court of Justice, presiding over the base courts of Lethbridge and Medicine Hat, as well as the regional circuit courts in the area.He rec...