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Court date set for daycare worker accused of sexual assault

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A daycare worker accused of crimes of a sexual nature will be back in court on October 27 to face his charges.
    An agent appeared on behalf of Anthony Piecowye in provincial court on Friday, September 22. He is facing three counts of sexual assault and three charges of sexual interference.
    In July of this year, RCMP began an investigation after receiving a complaint from a parent. The local detachment worked with the RCMP Major Crimes Unit and The Sheldon Kennedy Centre in Calgary on the investigation. Two other victims were identified and charges were laid.
    Piecowye has been released with conditions and is no longer an employee at the local daycare.
     He is scheduled to return to court on October 27 to speak to his charges.


Calgary police warn of release of high risk inmate

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In the interest of public safety, the Calgary Police Service is issuing the following public information and warning in regards to the release of an inmate on completion of his sentence.

Luke ENTZ completed his incarceration on, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017, and will be residing in the Calgary area.

Due to a court order we are unable to provide specific details of his convictions. However, CPS believes Mr. ENTZ presents a risk of significant harm to the community, especially males (of different age groups).

Upon his release, ENTZ will be monitored by the CPS Specialized Offender Management Program.

Luke ENTZ, 20, is 5’8” tall, approximately 135 pounds, and has brown hair and blue eyes. A photograph of ENTZ is available on The City of Calgary Newsroom.

The Calgary Police Service is issuing this information and warning after careful deliberation and consideration of all related issues, including privacy concerns, in the belief that it is clearly in the public interest to inform the members of the community of the release of ENTZ.

Members of the public are advised that the intent of the process is to enable members of the public to take suitable precautionary measures and not to embark on any form of vigilante action.

Callaway makes leadership pitch in Drumheller

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    The race for the leadership of the newly formed United Conservative Party is heating up as another candidate made his way through town.
    Jeff Callaway, who has roots going back into the foundation of the Wildrose Party was in Drumheller on Saturday, September 23. He stopped by Yavis Restaurant to meet with members of the community and campaign for leadership. He says the campaign is going well.
    “We are travelling across Alberta talking to members of the party and Albertans interested in getting this party back on track,” he told The Mail. “That has been my nine years involved in provincial politics from the early days of the Wildrose when  there were 1,000 names on a spreadsheet, to the very end where we merged with the PC Party. That was a great achievement for conservatives in general in the province. I was a strong backer of that initiative.”
    Until now, all of his experience was in the background.
    “This leadership race, having been president and have run a couple of these, and now I am on the other side of the table putting myself forward as a leadership candidate, it is just the next step in seeing those common sense conservative principles reflected in government. My focus is on that,” he said.
    He is campaigning on three ideas; a natural gas energized economy, taking control of the economy’s destiny and bringing investment back to Alberta.
    Part of taking control of the economic destiny is the idea of purchasing the Port of Churchill, allowing oil to make it to the east coast and beyond.
    “It has really seemed to have captured a lot of attention, and that has been good,” he said.
    He says this race is different from the typical leadership races because of the unity vote.
    “Because we are the product of the merger of two different parties, frankly so much has to be left up to the membership, they haven’t had a chance to opine on yet as far as forming the policies that we stand for as a party,” he said.
    He says it is important not to take anything for granted going into the next provincial election.
    “We have an NDP government that is going to use every tool and dollar, even if they don’t have that dollar in the bank they will borrow it, to promote their agenda and promote their place in government,” he said.
    He said, it is shaping up to be a competitive leadership campaign.
    “This is going to be a very spirited debate because we have some very clear differences in how this party needs to be positioned going forward. One of the absolute key reasons why I am running in this race is I believe in accountability of leadership to the members of the party and Albertans. That is my history and track record while being involved with the Wildrose.
    “If we do end up forming government we need a leader who is going to be strong and battle-tested and can stand up to the NDP, debate Rachel Notley and win. I am confident I can do that.”


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