These situations are dynamic: 1 dead, 9 detained in separate border incursions in Alberta [Video]

One person is dead and nine others were taken into the custody of the Canada Border Services Agency this week following two separate incursion incidents near Alberta’s border with the United States.

At a news conference held in Edmonton on Wednesday, Assistant Commissioner Lisa Moreland, the regional Commander of the RCMP’s Federal Policing Northwest Region, spoke about the two incidents near the Coutts, Alta. this week and one last month near Emerson, Man.

The most recent border incursion attempt that Moreland spoke about occurred Tuesday and resulted in the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team — the province’s police watchdog — being notified.

In that case, Moreland said a U.S. national was trying to enter Canada at the crossing near Coutts at about 7:45 a.m. and was referred to a secondary inspection area. At that point, she said he then fled from the port of entry and RCMP and the Lethbridge Police Service were called.

She said the …