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‘Harsh Reminder of the Risks Our Heroes in Uniform Face’: Regimental Funeral for 2 Slain Edmonton Officers

Every seat was filled at Edmonton’s Rogers Place, as Constables Travis Jordan and Brett Ryan were honoured and remembered at a regimental funeral held in the city’s downtown ice arena district. An estimated 1,200 members of the Edmonton Police Service (EPS) attended the livestreamed funeral, along with politicians, emergency services workers, military members, and other…


Funeral for Two Edmonton Police Officers Shot and Killed Responding to Family Dispute

A regimental funeral is set to be held today for two Edmonton police officers who were shot and killed by a 16-year-old boy. Police say a 2 1/2-kilometre procession from the Alberta legislature to Rogers Place in Edmonton’s downtown is scheduled to begin just before noon. The funeral for Const. Travis Jordan, who was 35,…


Slain Officers’ Families Issue Statements Thanking Public for Support

The families of two Edmonton police officers fatally shot earlier this month have issued statements thanking the public for their support. The statements from the families of Const. Brett Ryan and Const. Travis Jordan, released through the Edmonton Police Service, came on the eve of a regimental funeral for the officers Monday at Rogers Place…


Procession for Edmonton Police Officers Shot and Killed Responding to Call

Dozens of police cruisers and emergency vehicles lined streets in Edmonton as hearses took the bodies of two slain city officers from a medical examiner’s office to a funeral home. Two helicopters circled the sky and officers and civilians, some wearing blue ribbons and scarves, stood along the five-kilometre procession route. Family members and colleagues…


Families, Communities Across Canada Mourn Young Edmonton Police Officers Killed on Duty

EDMONTON—The mother of one of two young police officers killed in Edmonton by a teenage shooter said the family is filled with sorrow and pain. Laurie Ryan, of Spruce Grove, Alberta, said on social media that her youngest son, Brett Ryan, was lost in the line of duty as an Edmonton Police Service (EPS) officer, after…