Reading Time: 2 minutes Cpl. Dave Heaslip will be hanging up his red serge coat and putting away his tall, dark boots — but he doesn’t plan to give up his horses. And when he retires April 2, his 45 years and 192 days of service will make him one of the longest-serving members in RCMP history. But the […] Read more
RCMP livestock investigator hangs up his hat — but not his spurs
"It’s hit and miss sometimes, looking for people’s cattle, but there’s nothing better than finding a guy who has stolen some cattle and putting him behind bars.” – Corporal Dave Heaslip
Police seeking information about tractor filled with canola seed
Reading Time: < 1 minute Whether it was a twisted prank or the work of someone with a grudge, it’s an unusual crime. Sometime on Sept. 11 or 12, a person or persons siphoned off the gas in a tractor in the Willingdon area, and then filled it with canola seed. Other parts of the John Deere 9320 were also […] Read more
Mountie on a snowmobile catches bumbling tractor thief
Thief went on mini crime spree, destroying fences, and tree stands, before rolling tractor
Reading Time: 2 minutes It’s a Prairie version of the classic Hollywood chase — a thief who tried to escape in a stolen tractor pursued by a RCMP officer on a borrowed snowmobile. Blackfalds RCMP responded to a break-and-enter complaint at a rural address on Highway 595 east of Red Deer on the afternoon of April 2. The thief […] Read more
Bold — and well organized — thieves make off with $15,000 worth of canola
Grain confetti, a good lock, and storing high-value crops close to home can deter thieves
Reading Time: 2 minutes A bit of canola underneath the hopper bottom was the only sign something was wrong at Randy Syvenky’s grain bins on the outskirts of Edmonton. But a look inside the bin showed that more than $15,000 worth of canola had been stolen sometime in the night. “It looks like they took 40 tonnes or about 1,200 […] Read more
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