Reading Time: < 1 minute Every year, Albertans report finding dynamite or detonators stored, or in some cases forgotten, on their properties. We are encouraging Albertans to continue to report these explosives to their local police. From January to October of this year, the Alberta RCMP Explosives Disposal Unit (EDU) located and disposed of 36 geogels (gelatin dynamite), 11 sticks […] Read more

Could there be old explosives on your farm or ranch?
RCMP believe there is ‘a large amount of degraded dynamite’ in rural Alberta

Are there old explosives on your farm or ranch?
The RCMP says it regularly gets reports of degraded dynamite and detonators, and even grenades
Reading Time: < 1 minute Not so long ago, Alberta farmers and ranchers had easy access to dynamite and detonators. Because of these old rules, there is a large — but unquantified — amount of degraded dynamite in the province. Every year, many Albertans report finding dynamite or detonators stored, or in some cases forgotten, on their properties. Anyone who […] Read more