The Calgary Police Service (CPS) is warning the public about a string of sexual assaults in the northwestern part of the city. .It's believed the suspect is responsible for at least four sexual assaults taking place over the last month in the northwestern communities of Dalhousie and Ranchlands, according to a Tuesday press release. .The release said the first victim exited a Calgary Transit bus near the intersection of Ranchlands Boulevard and Ranchero Rise on November 6 and began walking towards her residence. It said an unknown man grabbed the woman from behind and sexually touched her without consent. .The release went on to say CPS headed to the Dalhousie Station later that day, where another victim reported an unknown man sexually touched her without consent while she was walking on a nearby path. .A third victim was walking eastbound in the 100 block of Dalton Drive Northwest on Saturday when an unknown man approached her from behind and groped her. .CPS attended Dalhousie Station later that day, where a fourth victim reported she was waiting for a bus in the bus shelter. An unknown man approached her from behind and grabbed her. .The release said investigators are working to obtain a detailed description of the suspect. .Anyone with information about the incidents or the identity of the suspect is asked to contact police at (403) 266-1234 or Crime Stoppers at 1 (800) 222-8477. .A string of attacks in 2021 made Alberta women resort to their own means to protect themselves. .READ MORE: CONROY: Alberta women fight back against attackers.The attacks began happening in Alberta in 2020, mainly in Calgary and Edmonton. Many people attributed it to factors such as COVID-19 restrictions making people crazy, mask mandates allowing for greater anonymity in offenders, and large population growth in recent years. .The largest awareness campaign against the attacks was fuelled by social media, with women across Alberta posting warnings to each other of perpetrators and creepy men watching or following them across their city.
