The Cold Lake Seniors Centre was the location of a violent fight Sunday, a fight that left two officers injured and the arrested individual also requiring medical attention. The incident started when a man showed up at the senior centre uninvited and crashed a party at the facility. The RCMP were alerted at approximately 12:45…
Read moreOn Saturday the Wood Buffalo RCMP reported that a potential abduction on Thursday was a false alarm. On Thursday witnesses reported that a teenage girl may have been abducted in Timberlea shortly after 8 am because an older male picked up a teenage girl and carried her to a newer white SUV. At the time…
Read moreA school shooting in La Loche Friday has left an entire community devastated, four people dead, and a 17 year old charged with several counts of 1st degree murder. The shooting victims who did not survive were brothers 13 year old Drayden Fontaine and 17 year old Dayne Fontaine, 35 year old teacher Adam Wood,…
Read moreAn oilsands explosion at the Nexen Long Lake facility last Friday caused the death of one worker, and another worker suffered burns that were so severe that the employee required hospitalization. The explosion occurred about 3:20 pm Friday afternoon while two maintenance workers were inside a gas compression building refitting compressor valves. The worker who…
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Police in Alberta have lodged child sex tourism charges against a Fort McMurray man, 33 year old Jashua Robert Tremblay. This is the very first time that this type of charges have been lodged under the umbrella of child sex tourism activities. Tremblay is now facing 2 charges of sexual interference, 1 charge of indecent…
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Denis Victor Courchesne, a Fort MacMurray man who was arrested last year in Puerto Rico for possession and production of child pornography, has been sentenced to 40 years in prison. The sentence was handed down in Puerto Ric recently, and that is where 45 year old Denis will serve the sentence as well. It all…
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