Law enforcement seized more than a kilo of suspected illicit drugs
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Calgary police have laid charges against four people following an investigation into recent break and enter and alleged sale of stolen property through Facebook Marketplace.
An 18-year-old resident of the Mini Thni Stoney First Nation has been charged with the second-degree murder of a 38-year-old Calgary woman.
The B.C. Court of Appeal says a Wet’suwet’en chief found guilty of criminal contempt for violating an injunction can’t use a “novel” claim that he was following Indigenous law when he violated a court order. Chief Dsta’hyl, also known as Adam Bernard Gagnon, appealed his criminal contempt conviction after he was found in violation of an injunction to prevent protesters impeding work on the Coastal GasLink pipeline in 2021. The Appeal Court’s ruling says Gagnon raised an “uncomplicated” defence, claiming he shouldn’t be convicted of disobeying the injunction because he was “compelled” to do so under the Wet’suwet’en law of trespass. The ruling says the chief wasn’t asking the court to condone his conduct, but sought to be “excused from liability” based on evidence heard about the Wet’suwet’en trespass law
Suspect reportedly fled in a rental vehicle, but officers located him a short distance away
"Dances With Wolves" actor Nathan Chasing Horse was sentenced to life in prison for sexual assault by a Nebraska judge for sexual assault.
A man is facing manslaughter and aggravated assault charges for the killing of a 49-year-old man in Winnipeg on Monday, according to police.