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Cluster of local producers have a problem with missing and dead livestock and there are three predators on their most wanted list

Retractable claws make this track on Hrabec's property most likely a wild cat
Retractable claws make this track on Hrabec’s property most likely a wild cat

Only two weeks after the Tofield Mercury reported a couple of dozen calves, cows and yearlings possibly killed by a pack of wolves at the Blackfoot Grazing Reserve, farmers near RR 170 and Highway 14 between Ryley and Holden report similar occurrences.

“I am missing eight livestock,” said farmer Gene Hrabec. ” I have found a few carcasses, but nothing much left of them.”

New Lions playground damaged by graffiti vandals
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New Lions playground damaged by graffiti vandals

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“Each one of us, no matter our age, has a responsibility towards the upkeep of our community,” said a disheartened Tofield Assistant CAO Jeff Edwards after discovering the latest abomination of graffiti in Tofield.

Nothing has been sacred this year it seems for these vandals; not seniors homes, not churches, not

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Local among those in custody after armed robbery at Ryley liquor store

A 22 year old Ryley man, a 20 year old man, and a youth have been taken into custody in connection with an armed robbery Monday evening at Ryley Cold Beer and Spirits on Main Street, Ryley.

A knapsack full of liquor and roughly $500 cash was stolen, when three males charged into the liquor store at 8:30 pm Monday evening. One man loaded liquor while another threatened the victims with a shotgun

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Tofield man dies in single vehicle rollover

Tofield RCMP are reporting that on Sept. 26, 2014, shortly after 1:30 a.m., RCMP officers along with Tofield Fire and Rescue were alerted to a single vehicle roll over on Highway 833 near Township Road 502.

The driver and lone occupant of the vehicle had been thrown from the vehicle upon impact.