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Calgary police get tough on prolific graffiti vandals By Michael Platt,Calgary Sun The rattle of the spray can, versus the click of the cuffs. In a year that saw graffiti tags staining everything from the Peace Bridge to the historic

Peter Bushe is a lateral thinker. Get this: when tasked with finding a way to clean the graffiti off of the city’s electrical and traffic signal boxes, he thought to himself, “Instead of rushing around to clean it up, why

Just days after the death of former Alberta premier Peter Lougheed, staff at the historic home built by his grandparents are appalled that graffiti was sprayed on the much-loved building. Lougheed House was targeted sometime late Saturday or early Sunday.

Graffiti is a big problem in the city, and a headache for businesses and property owners.  Joe Gigantelli owns an automotive shop on 16 Ave.  ”Every morning when we come by there’s always a little bit of graffiti on our

Police are crediting a surge in charges against graffiti vandals to a joint investigative unit that has laid as many graffiti-related charges in the first couple months of 2012 as were laid in all of last year. About 156 charges

Eight Calgary overdose deaths have now been linked to PMMA sold as ecstasy. The Calgary Police Service and Alberta Health Services are warning about a new compound that has been found in drugs being sold as Ecstasy onCalgarystreets. The Office

More than a 100 charges have been laid against aCalgaryman accused of dozens of graffiti incidents and police say it’s only a matter of time before others are nabbed. A two-month investigation led to the arrest of the 18-year-old in

Some say walking the dog is good for its owner’s health. But police Insp. Paul Stacey‘s recent early morning stroll with his pooches proved it can also help take a bite out of crime. Walking near a church in the

An 18-year-old man who is alleged to have defaced a war memorial is the first person caught by a new graffiti artist investigations team that aims to crack down on vandals. Police, Calgary Transit and animal and bylaw services announced

The city is sending a message to graffiti vandals following the arrest of a man believed to be responsible for defacing a war memorial. A warship at the Calgary Soldier’s Memorial in the 1100 block ofMemorial Drivewas spray painted sometime