Police Beat

YEAR IN REVIEW: Kananaskis Country

“I know it really brings an animation to the town that is novel and exciting to both residents and visitors."

Year in Review: In 2023, issues that continued to play a key aspect in Canmore were housing, growth, affordability and ongoing and completed legal matters.

"RCMP believe at this time that the male was on the ice attempting to take a photo of the scenery in the area and then fell in."

PHOTOS: Would you like to have coffee with a cop?

A man convicted of a horrific sexual assault in Banff in 2005 was denied an application by the Supreme Court of British Columbia that his rights had been violated as a prisoner.

“We have a big challenge on our hands. But here we have an opportunity and a proposal and an area for developing our own police for the convenience of the people.”

“It was witnessed leaving the Bear Street parkade and failed to stop at that stop sign, but they then proceeded to stop at the following stop sign and then it did take off aggressively, accelerating, squealing its tires and almost hitting parked vehicles,”

“There’s a lot of people who walk through the area. … If you have someone taking target practice, it’s not very comforting.”

A tri-services building housing EMS, fire services – and new to Îyârhe Nakoda First Nation – a proposed hybrid of RCMP and Indigenous tribal police will be built in Mînî Thnî, the only question is where, and is it a change the community wants?