Residents of Bellis are mourning the loss of a more than 100-year-old All Saints Ukrainian Orthodox Church parish after a crime spree that involved vehicle theft and arson. Article content

Smoky Lake RMP responded on Sept. 21 to calls about the theft of two vehicle, police said in a news release. When Mounties located the vehicles and attempted a traffic stop, the vehicles fled. Article content

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A tire deflation device was used on one of the vehicles, which then rammed into a police car, and a suspect in the vehicle attempted to use bear mace to deter the police. Three suspects, including one youth, then fled on foot, but were later located and arrested with the help of RCMP police dogs and Remote Piloted Aircraft Services. Mounties say one suspe

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