Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Alberta government wants to create a new provincial police service using about half of the sheriff workforce, to offer ...

Alberta has announced new legislation to build on the existing groundwork for the creation of a new police agency announced last year. Bill 49 — the Public Safety Statutes Amendment Act 2025, makes ...

Calgary police have charged five men in connection with an elaborate extortion scheme after an Edmonton man was allegedly ...

Alberta has officially launched its provincial police agency and named former Calgary police deputy chief Sat Parhar as its first chief. Premier Danielle Smith announced Wednesday(July 2) that the new ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Alberta Sheriffs cruiser. (Credit: Brad Quarin) Alberta’s formal creation of an independent police agency is getting mixed ...

Alberta is taking the next steps to enable its new independent policing agency to hire police officers and proposes changes to the Clare’s Law Act. Bill 4 — Public Safety and Emergency Services ...

Alberta’s government is taking another step toward giving municipalities the option of ditching the RCMP in favour of a new provincial police service. Public Safety Minister Mike Ellis says an ...

Alberta will expand the powers of First Nations police services (FNPS) and officers and formally recognize FNPS as having equal status to other municipal police forces when it passes a bill currently ...

An independent force could step in to help address concerns about the Mounties' staffing shortages and rising costs, the public safety minister said Author of the article: You can save this article by ...

Alberta’s government has named its own provincial police force and announced its first chief. Former deputy Calgary police chief Sat Parhar has been tapped to lead the new force, which the province ...

The Alberta government wants to create a new provincial police service using about half of the sheriff workforce, to offer municipalities an alternative to the RCMP. Public Safety and Emergency ...

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announces proposed changes to several pieces of democratic process legislation, in Edmonton on Tuesday April 29, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson Alberta's ...