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Volume 116 Issue 30
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Wednesday, January 31, 2024 s
A weekend celebrating youth hockey in Killam
LESLIE CHOLOWSKY PHOTO
The Battle River Knights Minor Hockey Association celebrated its annual Hockey Weekend from Friday, Jan. 26, to Sunday, Jan. 28, starting with a Killam game between the Forestburg Flyers and Sedgewick Sabres, and with games continuing through the weekend, at both the Killam Memorial Arena and a couple of games at the Wild Rose Co-op Recreation Centre in Sedgewick. Above: The BRK U11F team takes on the Hughenden Jets U11F. See more weekend photos Page 9.
Stolen purse dispute results in arrest Killam RCMP Detachment occurrences Friday, Jan. 19 to Thursday, Jan. 25
Friday, Jan. 19 An attempted theft of a truck was reported in Hardisty. Ignition punched on truck. At least two Subjects seen wearing balaclavas. Subjects driving a red two-door Chevrolet truck. Patrols made. Subjects not located. Break and enter reported from a business in Killam. Cash box with $200 taken. Surveillance available. No witnesses or suspects. An abandoned vehicle was reported on the corner of McKenzie Dr. and RR 124. Vehicle’s driver window was smashed out and tires bent in. Collision was later reported regarding the vehicle. A report was made of a fence being cut and horses getting out. Complainant thinks they knows who the Subject is
that is doing this. No evidence to support the claim. Ongoing property dispute. Several calls made regarding a Subject walking on Highway 13 on the east side of Hardisty. Complainants were advised the Subject was doing nothing criminal in nature. Killam Members attended a dispute regarding a stolen purse in Forestburg. Subject was known to Members and in breach of conditions. Subject was arrested and held for a JIR and released by a Justice of Peace with conditions. Saturday, Jan. 20 Members were called out to an alarm going off at a business in Hardisty. A door was smashed and tools taken. Member cleared the building. Video footage obtained. No witnesses or suspects. An abandoned vehicle was reported on Township Road 410. Registered
Owner was notified. Vehicle was broken down and Owner arranged for a tow. A suspicious vehicle/person was reported on Township Road 410. A white dodge truck was reported, pulling a trailer full of items the Complainant suspected as stolen. Patrols made and Subject was not located. Members attended a report of items that had flown off of a truck and trailer. Complainant to dispose of majority of items. Member kept a trunk of old military items in order to locate owner. An abandoned trailer was left in the middle of the road on Township Road 125. Members attended. Trailer was recovered and returned to owner. Numerous calls were made reporting an abandoned vehicle on Township Road 424. Registered owner contacted. Vehicle was out of gas and retrieved. Sunday, Jan. 21 Abandoned vehicle reported on a
rural road. Vehicle was missing a tire and partially blocking the road. Vehicle was towed. Suspicious vehicle was reported on Range Road 122. Plate was not reported stolen. Patrols made. Vehicle not located. Monday, Jan. 22 Lights and batteries were stolen from a business in Hardisty. Surveillance obtained. No witnesses or suspects. A couple of break and enters were reported at two different Energy sites near Hardisty. Damage to property and wire stolen in both instances. A complaint was made of a white Ford Ranger doing donuts in the intersection in Forestburg. Patrols made. Vehicle not located. Tuesday, Jan. 23 An abandoned vehicle was reported on Continued on Page 11