-Edmonton police are still hoping to find a man who’s been missing for more than a week.
55-year old Dean Roth was last seen the morning of February 27th, around 10th Avenue and 77th Street.
He’s described as about 5 foot 5 with a stocky build, and is bald with a short grey beard.
”’Dean is believed to have walked eastbound through the greenspace along Anthony Henday Drive from 66 Street. It is believed he may have been headed to Highway 14 or further.
“We are asking motorists to review their dash camera footage for images of Dean walking eastbound through the greenspace along the north side of Anthony Henday Drive between the hours of 3:20 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024,” says Const. Matthew Broadfoot with the Missing Persons Unit. “We are also asking people to check their properties that back onto green spaces for images or footage of Dean captured on CCTV, during the specified timeframe on Feb. 27, as he could also be in rural areas east of the city.”
“We are confident a motorist or resident may have seen him or may have footage that would be pertinent to our investigation.”
Given Dean’s disappearance is unusual and out of character, family and police are concerned for his wellbeing.
Anyone with information about Mr. Roth’s whereabouts is asked to contact the EPS at 780-423-4567 or #377 from a mobile phone. Anonymous information can also be submitted to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or online at www.p3tips.com/250.
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-Alberta RCMP say they are not laying charges into their fraud investigaton into the UCP leadership race back in 2017.
There had been allegations of voter fraud and fraud in connection with Jeff Callaway’s campaign, as he had been accused of entering the contest just to attack another candidate, with the full intention of leaving the race to endorse another candidate.
Mounties say they found no evidence that established a criminal offence.
As for the allegations of voter fraud, UCP members had to register to receive a PIN number, which they could use to cast a vote in the leadership race.
The allegation was that emails were created to receive PINS, so votes could be issued without consent or knowledge.
Even though RCMP say they identified several suspicious cross-sections of votes where multiple votes were cast from the same phone number or IP address, their investigation did not find evidence that any candidate encouraged their volunteers to engage in identity fraud, and the service provider for the online voting platform wasn’t compromised.
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-A 19-year old man is facing six counts of first degree murder and one of attempted murder, following that knife attack on a family in their Ottawa home Wednesday night.
Only the father survived, and his injuries are serious.
The mother, their four kids and a family friend all died.
The suspect had been staying with the family, and is a Sri Lankan resident, in Canada as a student.
A motive for the incident isn’t known yet.
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-A Beaumont man has been given 12 months of house arrest, in connection with the death of Treasa Oberly.
She had gone missing July 14th of last year, with her remains found ten days later in the Whitecourt region.
Her common-law husband Kenneth Skelly, has been charged with 2nd degree murder in the case.
His father, Joseph Skelly, pleaded guilty to causing indignity to a body, and he will be under house arrest.
Oberly had to be identified through DNA.
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-The WNBA is going to hold a pre-season game between the LA Sparks and the Seattle Storm at Rogers Place in Edmonton on May 5th.
There have been reports the Chair of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment is looking to place a franchise in Toronto.
If that’s the case, the earliest it could happen would be 2026.
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-The Alberta and Quebec governments aren’t the only ones not enthused about the national pharmacare program.
The Alberta Pharmacy Association doesn’t support it, as they would like the funding that’s supposed to be used for it to be sent directly to the province.
They say pharmacists already have a lot of programs they have to navigate when it comes to making sure their clients get their prescriptions.
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It’s only March, but a lot of Albertans are chomping at the bit to book their campsites this year.
More than 11-thousand reservations have been processed so far.
Reservations can be made in advance for individual, backcountry, group and comfort camping, but if you can’t plan that far ahead, there’s also a “Camping this Weekend” feature.
Head to shop.albertaparks.ca.
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-Environmental groups want the feds to do something about the fact an underground test mine is being built near Hinton, as Coalspur Mines is looking to expand its thermal mine in the region.
Company officials say they don’t need fisheries permits, because this project won’t expand their carbon footprint.
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-The field is set for the start of the playoffs at the Brier….
-Olds Grizzlys take on the Grande Prairie Storm. Grande Prairie leading 1-nothing.
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