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Wednesday, September 1, 2021
Volume 114, Issue 9
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Leslie Cholowsky Editor
As of Aug. 31, there are seven candidates confirmed by Elections Canada for the Battle River Crowfoot riding. While the final list is due Sept. 1, candidates had until Monday, Aug. 30, to get their nomination forms in. Voters in the electoral district will choose between the Conservative Party, Green Party, Liberal Party, Maverick Party, New Democratic Party, People’s Party of Canada, and the Veterans Coalition Party of Canada. This week in The Community Press see more candidate features, as we endeavour to contact each candidate in the riding. The Camrose Chamber of Commerce has arranged a candidate forum for Wednesday, Sept. 8, to be held at the Jeanne and Peter Lougheed Performing Arts Centre, doors to open at 6 p.m.
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Suspect apprehended related to multiple complaints Leslie Cholowsky Editor, with files from Cst. Nick Daigle Killam RCMP Killam RCMP members responded to 174 occurrences between Aug. 4 and Aug. 27, and were able to complete and solve 63 complaints as noncriminal matters. Sixteen more were completed by charges. These included assault, theft under $5,000, failing to comply with conditions, break and enter, possession of stolen property, and harassing communications. A golf cart stolen from a Sedgewick residence was later recovered by the owner. Police responded to three truck theft complaints, two in Killam and one in Amisk. Two of the vehicles are still outstanding, and police have laid charges in relation to one of those on a male from Killam,
who is currently in remand on that and other charges. Killam RCMP responded to four complaints of break and enter to a business, in Forestburg, Hardisty, and while assisting the Viking Detachment, in Kinsella. In the latter incident, a suspect was arrested and seven criminal charges were laid against that person. Police had 10 break and enter to locked compounds, often at lease sites, during this period. There were also four break and enter complaints at residents. In Forestburg one of these resulted in a large number of firearms being stolen. Cst. Daigle says, “Kudos to the victim, who kept good records of all their property, including serial numbers for the items stolen.” Daigle says often it’s impossible to return recovered property to owners because of incomplete descriptions. Police had 16 collisions reported over this period, these
included five deer, a moose, and a coyote. One individual swerved to miss a deer, hitting a fence. Other animal calls included one for wild boar spotted near Killam, barking and growling dogs, an injured deer, and multiple reports of cattle on roadways. RCMP dealt with four fraud complaints. One of these was online investment fraud. Another was discovered to be fraud when payment was requested via Google Play cards. In two incidents, sellers with items listed for sale online had fake buyers contact them, and send them cheques higher than the asking price of the item. The fraudulent buyer then asked the seller to cash the cheque and return the difference. RCMP say in this wellknown scam, the original cheque is returned NSF to the bank, leaving the seller out the ‘over payment’ amount.
RCMP dealt with five calls under the Mental Health Act. RCMP responded to a number of 911 calls, which all have to be checked and cleared by members physically where possible. There were 11 complaints of theft: three over $5,000 included theft of copper wire from oil lease sites. Another eight were items under $5,000. Daigle says, “These complaints are not always criminal, sometimes they are misplaced.” Included in the complaints were a light bar stolen off a vehicle, and a stolen trail cam. One theft complaint had RCMP searching for some time before the item was found, “it turned out to be misplaced, not stolen.” Daigle says the Detachment handled 20 more calls than for the same period last year. Members of the public made 17 calls reporting suspicious persons or vehicles. “We like
these calls, they can often mean the difference between suspicious activity and criminal activity.” Daigle says the Detachment will once again be holding a pumpkin carving contest this fall, and also plan to continue with a christmas poster contest, to be used for the Detachment’s Christmas cards. Finally, Daigle would like to put out a general caution as harvest work is going on in the region. He says, “Farmers are the backbones of our community. Harvest is upon us, so be aware that farmers may be moving equipment between fields at this time, so travel with caution on country roads.” He also says that farmers working in the fields should ensure all vehicles are locked, and parked in an area where they are visible to workers or neighbours whenever possible.