2 suspect trucks identified in theft of trailer, wheelchairs from Alberta basketball club
Posted November 26, 2025 1:40 pm.
Last Updated November 26, 2025 6:34 pm.
Mounties say they have identified two suspect vehicles believed to be linked to the theft of a trailer loaded with 15 sports wheelchairs from a high school in the Stony Plain area on Sunday.
Parkland RCMP released photos of the two suspect vehicles on Wednesday – a grey truck Ford Super Duty or Silverado, and a red Super Duty.
The wheelchairs, belonging to the Alberta Northern Lights Wheelchair Basketball Society, were inside a trailer taken from the parking lot of Memorial Composite High School on Sunday at 6:15 a.m. RCMP say they were notified on Monday.
“It’s devastating to watch your personal stuff being taken,” said Ross Norton, the program manager of the Alberta Northern Lights Wheelchair Basketball Society.
“Well, first of all, it’s a financial loss for us because we lose our equipment. It’s very difficult for us. It could take us 10 or 15 years to replace all that equipment if we get grant funding.”
The trailer is a white 2018 Wells Cargo utility trailer with a Northern Lights Wheelchair Basketball Society decal on the side and a licence plate that reads 5UC 293.
The program manager for the Northern Lights Wheelchair Basketball Society estimates the loss of the wheelchairs at about $15,000, but adds given the stolen wheelchairs were older models, the cost for new replacements would be between $75,000 and $105,000.
“Yeah, see some of these chairs behind me. I’m trying to put them back together and in a state where they can be used by the schools. So luckily I don’t throw old stuff out so but I have to put some money and some new parts on these chairs and get them back into the school, quickly as I can,” said Norton.
The group helps Edmonton wheelchair basketball teams travel and compete, mainly across Western Canada. It also provides wheelchairs to schools in Edmonton, and across northern and central Alberta.
Anyone with information is asked to call RCMP at 825-220-2000 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
–With files from Leo Cruzat and The Canadian Press
