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added July 4

Three incidents of gun violence in three days leave one man in the morgue, several in hospital and one possibly on the loose – all this and more in the The July Crime Report.

added July 2

Edmonton recorded its fourteenth homicide of 2008 after three people arrived at a community health centre: Scott Ladouceur was dead from multiple gunshot wounds, one was in serious condition and the third person was questioned by police.

added July 1

The latest edition of the Last Link approved list of quips and quotes is now online. Read all about it on the I Wish I Had Said That page.

added June 30

The homicide investigation of 20-year-old Chantel Brittnay Robertson began as a missing person report. The police search ended when she was found buried in the back yard of a south central Edmonton home. A 24-year-old man was taken into custody and charged with first-degree murder. Robertson was the city's 13th homicide of the year.

added June 26

Edmonton historian Lawrence Herzog writes about The Al Rashid Mosque and A New Era for Transportation.

added June 24

On November 3rd, 2007 Vegreville RCMP responded to a complaint of partial skeletal remains discovered in a wooded area approximately 25 kilometers west of Vegreville. On June 24th RCMP announced that the remains were that of Robin Douglas Goodwin, missing since September 2006.

added June 20

Edmonton police homicide detectives have taken over a missing person case. 29-year-old Jason Freedom Adam was last seen outside the Shaw Conference Centre on October 21st, 2007. Foul play is now suspected.

added June 19

Edmonton historian Lawrence Herzog writes about the Margaret Martin Residence and how The Beat Goes On.

added June 17

A former K-Rock program director makes a surprise appearance at recent CRTC hearings; there are familiar voices back on the air and in the air but at different stations; Chuck Chandler says response to his "audition" was "incredible" and late reports from the iNews 880 camp suggest "staffing issues" are being sorted out – all this and more on the edmonton radio news page.

updated June 16

After an eleven week trial, Thomas George Svekla was convicted of the murder of Theresa Merrie Innes but was found not guilty of the death of Rachel Quinney. In a crowded Edmonton courtroom, Justice Sterling Sanderman handed Svekla his sentence.

added June 12

Edmonton historian Lawrence Herzog writes about The Treasure of Terwillegar Park and Dr. Terwillegar's Residence.

updated June 10

Strathcona RCMP release a description in the case of a skull and other human skeletal remains found in a rural subdivision east of Edmonton. Families reveal the identities of two men, victims of the Lamont double homicide. A Chinatown shooting give local crime-watchers a sense of deja vu.

added June 5

Strathcona RCMP are investigating the discovery of a skull and other human skeletal remains in the yard of a home in a rural subdivision east of Edmonton.

also added June 5

Edmonton historian Lawrence Herzog writes about Edmonton's City Halls and Bright Ideas for a Cleaner Future.

updated June 3

After eleven weeks of testimony from over 100 witnesses, Justice Sterling Sanderman ruled that Thomas George Svekla was guilty of the murder of Theresa Merrie Innes but not guilty of the death of Rachel Quinney. Called "Mr. Hockey Bag" by his fellow inmates, Svekla faced second-degree murder charges in connection with the deaths of two the Edmonton-area prostitutes. Svekla continues to be a suspect in six other murders.

also updated June 3

A farmer seeding his fields near Lamont discovers two dead bodies in a wooded area. RCMP confirmed the deaths as a double homicide, the third and fourth murders in the area immediately surrounding Edmonton.

added May 31

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission is holding public hearings to entertain applications for one – possibly two – new Edmonton FM radio licences to add to the already crowded local dial.

added May 25

Three recently unemployed Edmonton radio morning folk have found new digs and gigs, the former voice of the Trappers and Cracker-Cats takes on an Edmonton Chill and Newcap Radio is under new local management – all this and more on the edmonton radio news page.

updated May 23

After a month-long investigation, RCMP announced they had charged two 17-year-old females in connection with a dead body of a newborn infant found on an acreage near Stony Plain. The discovery was made April 16th by a man walking his dog on a quad trail.

added May 20

Edmonton radio news junkies got a new place to score their fix when Corus Entertainment flipped CHQT Cool 880 to iNews 880, a cutting edge internet-driven news service. Check out the details as it's out with the oldies and in with the news.

added May 15

A man gunned down in the parking lot of a strip mall has been identified as Ashley Quintin Charest – Edmonton's twelfth murder victim of 2008. Police figure the shooting was part of a drug deal gone bad.

added May 12

"Our police officers are not punching bags," said Edmonton police chief Mike Boyd in the wake of two incidents that saw his officers openly attacked by swarms of assailants. While Boyd's anger and indignation was meant to send a signal to like-minded perpetrators and the populace at large, it also indicated the chief's fear that respect for law and order had all but evaporated in the provincial capital.

added May 3

The latest Edmonton television ratings are in and unlike the Fall 2007 book that somehow allowed both Global and CTV Edmonton to claim the top spot, there was no mistaking the Spring 2008 numbers – Global's got it!

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The July Crime Report	Homicide #14 Scott Ladouceur	Homicide #13: Chantel Robertson	The Al Rashid Mosque