Statistics Canada released the numbers for police reported crimes last week, so I sat down with Wetaskiwin’s top cop to see how we are doing. Article content

Since 2018, when Wetaskiwin was ranked as the third most dangerous city in Canada, crime has generally been trending down as RCMP, the City and social agencies have collaborated to combat the issues they see driving up the crime rate. Article content

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After that infamous 2018 MacLean’s magazine article, Stats Can has stopped providing statistics for specific communities because the numbers were being skewed.

In speaking to the Wetaskiwin RCMP Insp. John Spaans, he said Wetaskiwin crime rates are still among the highest when compared to similar communities, but he pointed out a some po

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