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Thieves ram vehicles into three Calgary stores overnight

Three stores were broken into overnight by culprits who used vehicles to smash their way into the businesses. The first occurred at Brown’s Grocery in the 1200 block of 20th Avenue N.W. at 12:20 a.m.

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Ryan Lane murder suspects make first court appearance

Three suspects accused of first-degree murder in the death of Ryan Lane were represented by high-profile lawyers when they made their first appearances in the case on Thursday in provincial court. Sheena...

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Former Mount Royal University president Meghan Melnyk, leaves the Calgary Courts Centre, in Calgary, Alberta Wednesday, December 5, 2012.

Former MRU student president may ask to withdraw guilty plea for robbing bank

A former university student leader awaiting sentencing on bank robbery charges has a new lawyer who may ask to withdraw an earlier guilty plea. Meghan Melnyk pleaded guilty in August to charges of robbery...

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Church youth volunteer wants to vacate his guilty plea of sexually abusing boys

A former church youth volunteer who admitted more than a year ago to sexually abusing boys and child pornography charges and was facing a long term offender hearing this week, now wants to vacate his ...

Crown seeks dangerous-offender tag for Paxton

The Crown will apply to the Alberta Attorney General’s office to have convicted roommate torturer Dustin Ward Paxton declared a dangerous offender. Prosecutor Joe Mercier told Court of Queen’...

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Judge acquits man, 61, who shot ex-girlfriend in her breast implants

A judge says he could not conclusively determine whether a 61-year-old man intended to cause bodily harm to his ex-girlfriend when he shot her with a handgun, an incident in which the bullet passed through...

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A double shooting on Jan. 1, 2011, resulted in one of the 12 homicides recorded by Calgary police that year, a drop from 15 the year before at the same time as the national rate rose for the first time in three years.

Calgary bucks trend of rising national homicide rate

Canada saw an overall increase in homicides last year, registering the first jump in three years. Most of the 2011 increase was accounted for by Alberta, which had 32 additional homicides, and Quebec, ...

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From left, Supt. Ted Miles of the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team, Insp. Jerry Scott of the RCMP Serious Crimes Branch, Insp. Rick Penny of the Saskatoon Police Service and Insp. Kevin Brezinski of the Edmonton Police Service announce murder charges against four members of the White Boy Posse on Tuesday in Edmonton.

Four white supremacist street gang members charged in Prairie killings (with video)

Four members of a white supremacist street gang are facing charges in three separate homicides in Alberta and Saskatchewan, including one in which a man was beheaded, and another where a mother of four...

Ex-girlfriend could face jail time for $108,000 arson in condo

A woman who pleaded guilty to arson for setting fire to clothing in her ex-boyfriend’s condominium following an argument with him last year, causing $108,000 damage, could be going to jail. Crown...

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Woman who allegedly defrauded Japanese woman of $2M files lawsuit against former bookkeeper

The head of a non-profit society to assist temporary foreign workers adjust to life in Canada, who faces trial in June for defrauding a Japanese woman of more than $2 million, has filed a $6.3 million...

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Judge spares woman more jail time for explosive device in her home

A 27-year-old woman will not have to spend anymore time in custody for possessing an improvised explosive device in her residence that she said had been made and left there by a male friend. Provincial...

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Bid to quash shareholder lawsuit against Bre-X delayed six months

The bid by bankruptcy trustees for disgraced Calgary mining company Bre-X Minerals to discontinue legal claims by shareholders without compensation has been delayed for nearly six months. Court of Queen...

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Police seized cocaine during recent investigations.

RCMP lay drug charges after investigations in Calgary, Didsbury

CALGARY — RCMP have laid drug charges against individuals in Calgary and Didsbury following separate investigations. Mounties with the Calgary drug section arrested two people after the seizure ...

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