Lakeland Connect Reports That Kali St. Clair White, 28, Lazare Christopher Favel, 27, Kaylee Pauline Hunter, 26, and Glen John Cardinal, 57, All of Saddle Lake, Face 20 Counts Between Them by a Tally of the Listed Charges, Including Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking, After the RCMP’s Eastern Alberta District Rural Crime Reduction Unit Searched a Residence on Saddle Lake Cree Nation and Seized a Prohibited Firearm, Ammunition and More Than $2,000 in Canadian Currency (October 23, 2026)
Four residents of Saddle Lake, Alberta are charged after the RCMP searched a residence on Saddle Lake Cree Nation on October 21, Lakeland Connect reported on October 23. The outlet names the four as Kali St. Clair White, 28, Lazare Christopher Favel, 27, Kaylee Pauline Hunter, 26, and Glen John Cardinal, 57, and says the search was carried out by the RCMP’s Eastern Alberta District Rural Crime Reduction Unit with support from the Alberta RCMP Emergency Response Team, Police Dog Services from St. Paul and Lloydminster, St. Paul RCMP, the Cold Lake RCMP Crime Reduction Unit and Eastern Alberta District Integrated Offender Management. Lakeland Connect reports that officers seized a prohibited firearm, numerous rounds of ammunition and a magazine, more than $2,000 in Canadian currency, and various amounts of cocaine, crack cocaine, methamphetamine and illicit cannabis. All four were brought before a Justice of the Peace and remanded into custody, and are scheduled to appear in the Alberta Court of Justice in St. Paul on October 29.
The Search on Saddle Lake Cree Nation
Lakeland Connect dates the search to October 21, 2026 and places it at a residence on Saddle Lake Cree Nation. It credits the RCMP’s Eastern Alberta District Rural Crime Reduction Unit with the search and says the Alberta RCMP Emergency Response Team, Police Dog Services from St. Paul and Lloydminster, St. Paul RCMP, the Cold Lake RCMP Crime Reduction Unit and Eastern Alberta District Integrated Offender Management supported it.
Alongside the firearm, the ammunition and the currency, the outlet says the RCMP also reported finding and seizing evidence consistent with drug trafficking. Lakeland Connect does not give quantities or values for the cocaine, the crack cocaine, the methamphetamine or the illicit cannabis, describing them only as various amounts.
The Charges, Accused by Accused
Lakeland Connect reports that the four were charged under the Criminal Code, the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and the Cannabis Act. Every count below is a charge as Lakeland Connect reports it, and none has been tested in court. The count of 20 is a tally of the charges Lakeland Connect lists; the outlet does not state a total of its own.
Charges as Lakeland Connect words them
- Kali St. Clair White, 28, of Saddle Lake: “Possession for the purpose of trafficking (x2)”; “Possession of cannabis for the purpose of distributing”; “Possession of a firearm contrary to an order (x2)”; “Unauthorized possession of a firearm”; “Possession of a firearm knowing possession is unauthorized”; “Possession of property obtained by crime” — eight counts by a tally of the listed charges.
- Lazare Christopher Favel, 27, of Saddle Lake: “Possession for the purpose of trafficking (x2)”; “Possession of cannabis for the purpose of distributing”; “Possession of ammunition contrary to an order”; “Failing to comply with a release order (x2)” — six counts by a tally of the listed charges.
- Kaylee Pauline Hunter, 26, of Saddle Lake: “Possession for the purpose of trafficking (x2)”; “Possession of cannabis for the purpose of distributing” — three counts by a tally of the listed charges.
- Glen John Cardinal, 57, of Saddle Lake: “Possession for the purpose of trafficking (x2)”; “Possession of cannabis for the purpose of distributing” — three counts by a tally of the listed charges.
- Which substance belongs to which count: Lakeland Connect does not tie any of the trafficking counts to a particular substance, and does not say which of the four is alleged to have possessed the firearm or the currency.
Custody and the October 29 Court Date
All four were brought before a Justice of the Peace and remanded into custody, Lakeland Connect reports. The outlet says they are scheduled to appear in the Alberta Court of Justice in St. Paul on October 29, 2026, and notes that the charges have not been proven in court.
Timeline
- October 21, 2026The RCMP search a residence on Saddle Lake Cree Nation and seize a prohibited firearm, ammunition and a magazine, more than $2,000 in Canadian currency, and various amounts of cocaine, crack cocaine, methamphetamine and illicit cannabis, as Lakeland Connect reports it.
- October 23, 2026Lakeland Connect reports that four Saddle Lake residents are charged and that all four were remanded into custody.
- October 29, 2026The four are scheduled to appear in the Alberta Court of Justice in St. Paul.
Carried out the search, as Lakeland Connect reports
Supported the search warrant, as Lakeland Connect reports
Supported the search warrant, as Lakeland Connect reports
Supported the search warrant, as Lakeland Connect reports
Supported the search warrant, as Lakeland Connect reports
Where the four are scheduled to appear October 29
Related Files
Sources
- Lakeland Connect, “Four Saddle Lake residents charged after RCMP seize prohibited firearm and drugs,” October 23, 2026, by Jena Colbourne — for the charges and the seizure — lakelandconnect.net
Each of the four accused is presumed innocent until proven guilty, and none of the charges has been tested in court. The allegations are those of the RCMP, as reported by Lakeland Connect. No gang or criminal organization has been named in connection with this case.