‘Landowners Are Free Prey’: Rural Residents Worried About Crime, Property Rights

‘Landowners Are Free Prey’: Rural Residents Worried About Crime, Property Rights
People take part in a vigil in support of Colten Boushie's family, following the acquittal of Saskatchewan farmer Gerald Stanley on charges in connection with Boushie's death, Tuesday, February 13, 2018 in Montreal. The Canadian Press/Ryan Remiorz
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David Reid says he’s become more diligent about locking up on the land his family has farmed in Alberta for more than a century and is more watchful of strange vehicles along rural side roads.

“Neighbours have been broken into in the middle of the day and early in the morning when they’re still in their houses asleep and had items stolen right from the middle of their farmyards,” Reid said from Cremona, Alberta, northwest of Calgary.