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First Person Hung By NWMP

April 1, 2012

      The first person to be hanged by the NWMP, Swift Runner, was a Cree Indian who lived during the last century in what is now central Alberta. His background seemed not unusual. As a young man he received a solid useful Cree education; he married and had a family of five children; […]

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C/Supt. Jack White

January 19, 2012

  Every generation produces people who are outstanding and Chief Superintendent (Retired) John Wesley (Jack) White of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) certainly fit that category.  He died on February 22, 2011. Jack White led an exciting life in the Force. One of the most dramatic events in his career occurred when he exchanged […]

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