3 d. ago 'I don't know what else to do': Beltline grocer keeps overnight watch after two break

'We've always tried to be low-priced and fair for the community, but drug use is going up, crime is going up — they're smashing our windows every other week'

Other

5 d. ago ‘Big Ash’ gets life sentence for killing of drug dealer Grant Norton

Grant Norton was beaten, battered, hog-tied, and stabbed. Then he was stuffed into a plastic barrel and ditched along the Thames River

Events

1 week ago Alberta Sheriffs shut down drug house in northwest Edmonton that saw 40 visits from police since June

The property has been investigated by the northern SCAN unit four different times since June 2019.

Events

1 week ago Vancouver taxi driver who worked for drug line gets conditional sentence

MD Rafiqul Islam and a co-accused were arrested in June 2021 after police received a tip that 'a Vancouver taxi was being used to distribute drugs around the Lower Mainland'

Economics

2 w. ago Drug crimes up for first time in 12 years, bucking national trend: StatCan

Statistics Canada says the rate of police-reported drug crime is up for the first time in 12 years but remains well below a “historic peak” recorded in 2011, with cannabis legalization being a major factor behind the overall decline in drug crime rates. The report said there was a 13 per cent national increase in […]

Society

2 w. ago Drugs and cash worth $200K seized in Alberta and Saskatchewan: ALERT

"Charges were laid against one man separately with the assistance of Swift Current RCMP. The two individuals arrested in Edmonton will be facing charges in the future, but there is some more evidence that needs to be collected"

Economics

2 w. ago B.C. wants to keep two Surrey properties linked to drug operation

The B.C. director of civil forfeiture filed its lawsuit earlier this month alleging that the properties — jointly assessed at $5.3 million — have been used 'to engage in unlawful activities'

Other

3 w. ago Weapons, violence, drugs: Life at the West Hotel, where crime group was dismantled by VPD

"That block has been infiltrated by drug dealers and those carrying out gang-related crime," West Hotel owner Chris Wall says

Events

4 w. ago Rodrigo Paz wins Bolivia presidential runoff, becoming first conservative leader in decades

LA PAZ, Bolivia — Rodrigo Paz, a centrist senator, will be Bolivia’s next president, preliminary results showed on Sunday, paving the way for a major political transformation after almost 20 years of rule by the Movement Toward Socialism party and during the nation’s worst economic crisis in decades. “The trend is irreversible,” “scar Hassenteufel, the […]

Politics