Tag Archives: RCMP
Ottawa to hire 1,000 new RCMP and strengthen bail laws
Ottawa - Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada's new government will take strong action to keep communities safe with new laws, major investments in policing, and coordinated work with provinces and ...
Oct 17, 2025 Mark Carney at a Policy Exchange summer party, August 2015
RCMP remove 106 impaired drivers in province-wide Thanksgiving enforcement
EDMONTON - Alberta RCMP issued nearly two thousand tickets over the Thanksgiving long weekend as part of a nationwide traffic safety campaign. During Operation Impact 2025, officers handed out 1,918 t...
Oct 16, 2025 RCMP Truck, image by Jon Tupper
Unattended candle blamed for Timberlea house fire
FORT MCMURRAY, AB - Regional Emergency Services (RES) have determined the cause of a house fire on Pebble Lane earlier this week. An unattended candle in an upstairs bedroom is believed to have sparke...
Oct 15, 2025 Pebble Lane house fire, RMWB supplied image
Candle Suspected in Timberlea House Fire That Destroyed Home
(Fort McMurray - Updated at 2pm) - An unattended candle in a bedroom is the suspected cause of a late afternoon fire that gutted a Timberlea home yesterday. Shortly after 5 p.m., Fort McMurray firefig...
Oct 15, 2025
RCMP search for missing 15-year-old in Fort McMurray
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - Wood Buffalo RCMP are asking for help to find a missing 15-year-old, Iycis Herman, who also goes by t he name Ace. Police say Iycis was last seen in Fort McMurray on Oct. 9. Iyc...
Oct 13, 2025 RCMP Missing Persons Poster: Iycis Herman
Early Morning Fire Damages Timberlea Home
An early morning fire in Timberlea has left one home a total loss. Fort McMurray firefighters were called to Fireweed Crescent shortly before 5:45 a.m. after reports of smoke coming from a garage. Cre...
Oct 10, 2025
RCMP urge Albertans to protect seasonal properties as colder weather moves in
Alberta RCMP are reminding property owners to take extra steps to prevent seasonal property crime as colder weather approaches. Police say these offences are often crimes of opportunity and tend to in...
Oct 09, 2025 RCMP Truck, image by Jon Tupper
RCMP seize three electric dirt bikes after reckless riding in Fort McMurray
FORT McMURRAY - Three electric dirt bikes have been seized by Wood Buffalo RCMP following reports of reckless off-highway vehicle use in Fort McMurray neighbourhoods. Police say residents have recentl...
Oct 08, 2025 RCMP seized OHVs
Violent crime rising in Canada while rates fall in the United States
OTTAWA - Violent crime rates in Canada remain lower than in the United States, but the gap between the two countries is shrinking, according to new data released by Statistics Canada. In 2023, there w...
Oct 08, 2025
Golf cart heist leaves Fort McMurray course in the rough
Fort McMurray- Wood Buffalo RCMP are investigating a theft and mischief incident after suspects stole a golf cart and caused damage at the Fort McMurray Golf Club early on Sept. 18. Police say two ind...
Oct 08, 2025 Suspects in golf course mischief
