Remote Courtroom Scheduling

• RCS Login
• Activate your account and password
• Application for Access to RCS
• RCS User Guide
• Video: Remote Court Scheduling

RCS Notes

• Daily docket listings are now updated at 8:00 a.m.
• Crown time estimate available in Crown File Management system for following appearance types: Bail Hearing, Summary Disposition, Preliminary Hearings and Trials
• Use RCS to book matters such as trials, preliminary hearings, bail hearings and scheduled dispositions in: Airdrie, Calgary, Canmore, Cochrane, Didsbury, Drumheller, Edmonton, Fort McMurray, Grande Prairie, Lethbridge, Medicine Hat, Okotoks, Red Deer, Sherwood Park, Siksika, St. Albert, Strathmore, Stony Plain, Turner Valley, and Wetaskiwin.
• Matters booked between 3:30 p.m. on the business day before and 8:00 a.m. on the day of the next scheduled court appearance are "pre-books" and counsel is required to appear at the original next scheduled court appearance.
• Allow 24 to 48 hours for your booking to be updated and displayed on RCS.
• To reschedule a booking contact the CMO.
• For information about training offerings, contact the Service Desk at 780-427-6957 or send an email to jsg-imt-supportdesk@gov.ab.ca.

Edmonton RCS Users

• Trials and preliminary hearings can be booked up to nine (9) months in the future. Counsel who set later dates (10-12 months when available) in RCS are required to appear at the next original scheduled appearance to have the Court confirm the bookings.
• Courtroom 267 is available on Monday and Tuesday afternoons for Early Case Resolution offers where the offer is accepted and a joint submission is being advanced. These matters must be scheduled in RCS or at CMO for a maximum of 15 minutes.
• As RCS cannot determine the difference between contested and uncontested matters it is imperative that the user ensure the appropriate scheduling criteria is taken into consideration when booking guilty pleas into Courtroom 267. If a matter is booked for longer than 15 minutes into Courtroom 267 the booking will be cancelled.
• Contested and/or lengthy dispositions are not addressed in Courtroom 267.

Calgary RCS Users

• Crown dates are now considered when booking file ownership matters in RCS.
• Low complexity federal matters being scheduled for disposition MUST be scheduled in Courtroom 307.

Hours of Service

• RCS is normally available 24-hours-a-day with downtime scheduled for maintenance on Sundays from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
• Notifications of unplanned downtime will be posted at the top of this page.
• Service Desk Support is available from 8:15 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.