A Peace River, Alta. church is the latest to fall victim to an arsonist..RCMP Cpl. Deanna Fontaine said the incident happened July 3, about 11 p.m. when police received a report of a monitored fire alarm at the Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church located in Peace River, 486 km northeast of Edmonton..“The Peace Regional RCMP attended the scene along with the Peace River Fire Department. An employee of the church who was alerted to the fire was able to extinguish a small fire that had ignited inside the church, prior to the arrival of emergency services,” said Fontaine in a release..“The church has minor damages that included fire damage and a broken window. No one was injured as a result of the fire. Peace Regional RCMP’s investigation, along with the Peace River Fire Department’s investigation have determined this fire to be an arson.”.RCMP is asking the public’s assistance for any information in relation to this incident. Please contact the Peace Regional RCMP at 780-624-6677 or your local police. If you wish to remain anonymous, you can contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS), online at www.P3Tips.com or by using the “P3 Tips” app available through the Apple App or Google Play Store..The incident adds to the ever-growing list of churches set on fire or vandalized across BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan and the Northwest Territories that started after the discovery of hundreds of graves at former residential schools..The vast majority of the targeted churches have been Catholic..No arrests have been made in connection to any of the fires..Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.,dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com,.Twitter.com/nobby7694
A Peace River, Alta. church is the latest to fall victim to an arsonist..RCMP Cpl. Deanna Fontaine said the incident happened July 3, about 11 p.m. when police received a report of a monitored fire alarm at the Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church located in Peace River, 486 km northeast of Edmonton..“The Peace Regional RCMP attended the scene along with the Peace River Fire Department. An employee of the church who was alerted to the fire was able to extinguish a small fire that had ignited inside the church, prior to the arrival of emergency services,” said Fontaine in a release..“The church has minor damages that included fire damage and a broken window. No one was injured as a result of the fire. Peace Regional RCMP’s investigation, along with the Peace River Fire Department’s investigation have determined this fire to be an arson.”.RCMP is asking the public’s assistance for any information in relation to this incident. Please contact the Peace Regional RCMP at 780-624-6677 or your local police. If you wish to remain anonymous, you can contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS), online at www.P3Tips.com or by using the “P3 Tips” app available through the Apple App or Google Play Store..The incident adds to the ever-growing list of churches set on fire or vandalized across BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan and the Northwest Territories that started after the discovery of hundreds of graves at former residential schools..The vast majority of the targeted churches have been Catholic..No arrests have been made in connection to any of the fires..Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.,dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com,.Twitter.com/nobby7694