http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/natio...ing050303.html
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MAYERTHORPE, ALTA. - Four RCMP officers died Thursday when a man with a high-powered rifle began shooting during an investigation into a marijuana grow operation in northwestern Alberta.
"It's my sad duty to inform you that four RCMP officers, four brave young members have been killed in the line of duty," RCMP Assistant Commissioner Bill Sweeney told reporters at a late-afternoon news briefing.
The Quonset hut that police suspect held the marijuana growing operation in Rochfort Bridge, Alta.
In Canadian police terms, said Sweeney, "You'd have to go back to 1885, to the Northwest Rebellion, to have a loss of this magnitude. It's devastating."
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It's a horrible day for the RCMP, the families of the officers killed today and the people of Northern Alberta.
We might never know what when wrong at that farm near Mayerthorpe (a little town 99% of us had never heard of till today), nevertheless I wanted to honour the memory of the Men who died their today.
Thank you for your service, we mourn your loss.