British Columbia
British Columbia Human Rights Commissioner announces inquiry into police use of force - JURIST - News
British Columbia Human Rights Commissioner Kasari Govender announced on Tuesday that the commission will hold an inquiry into the use of force by the police against minorities and individuals with men...
B.C. human rights commissioner launches police inquiry | CTV News
British Columbia's human rights commissioner has launched an inquiry into the use of force by police against racialized people and those with mental health issues in the province.
B.C. human rights inquiry to 'quantify' police use of force in bid to tackle systemic discrimination | CBC News
British Columbia's human rights commissioner has launched an inquiry into police use of force against people who are racialized or dealing with mental health issues.
Surrey Police Service's proposed $142M budget for 2024 in line with city allocation, board says | CBC News
The board governing the Surrey Police Service says its proposed budget of $142m in spending aligns with the city’s financial forecast and would have 408 officers deployed by the end of the year.
Immediate firing ordered for B.C. Mountie over sexual misconduct with vulnerable woman | CBC News
An RCMP conduct board has ordered the immediate firing of a B.C. Mountie who took sexual advantage of a suicidal woman who'd just been released from hospital after being held under the Mental Health Act.
Police board urges Victoria to approve $4.6M budget increase - Victoria Times Colonist
VicPD Chief Del Manak cited Statistics Canada’s crime severity index that shows the volume and severity of police-reported crime in Victoria last year was well above the provincial average
Four more officers need to be hired by 2026: Nelson police chief - Nelson Star
Donovan Fisher is making the case for more staff during city budget talks
Alberta
Suspect in Edmonton City Hall attack raised ‘no red flags,’ employer says - The Globe and Mail
Bezhani Sarvar, 28, is currently in custody facing six charges over allegations that he fired several shots and discharged an incendiary device, believed to be a Molotov cocktail. No one was injured in the incident
Saskatchewan
Saskatoon Board of Police Commissioners outlines goals for 2024 - Saskatoon | Globalnews.ca
Some of the goals include cracking down on drug dealers, advocating for harm reduction treatments and strengthening enforcement on gang members.
Manitoba
Winnipeg march calling for police reform after 19-year-old international student killed - Video - CityNews Winnipeg
Winnipeg's Nigerian community found support from other groups during its Justice4Afolabi march Saturday, honouring 19-year-old Afolabi Opaso who was killed in a police-involved shooting on New Year's Eve. Joanne Roberts has the story.
Witnesses believe Winnipeg police used excessive force in restraining intoxicated man, who later died | CBC News
Witnesses say they are upset, scared and don't trust police anymore after they say officers used unnecessary force in an effort to restrain an intoxicated man over the weekend.
Ontario
If a $30K incentive isn't enough to attract police officers to this northern Ontario city, what is? | CBC News
The Timmins Police Service has struggled with recruiting and retaining officers for years, and a recently expanded and improved incentive program is producing limited results. Some former officers are calling for changes at the management level, as other local forces in Canada also face staffing issues.
Instead of a bigger police budget, Toronto community groups demand spending on shelters, transit, services | CBC News
As Toronto police ask for a $20 million budget increase this year, a number of community advocacy groups are calling on the city spend that money elsewhere.
Tensions flare at meeting over councillor's comments about Hamilton police budget | CBC News
Tensions between the chair of Hamilton Police Service’s board and a councillor flared during a Thursday meeting over comments the councillor made about the police service’s proposed budget.
Is Toronto's police budget getting a cut or a boost? The answer depends on who you ask | CBC News
One of the most heated budget fights at city hall could get underway in the weeks ahead. You've probably heard the debate over Toronto's police budget — and who you've heard about it from makes a big difference.
Hamilton council sends $213M police budget back for review as it looks to cut 7.9% tax hike | CBC News
In a rare move, Hamilton council has sent back the police service's proposed $213 million budget — up 10.24 per cent from last year and the largest component in the city's budget.
Police won't be back in public elementary, high schools after close trustee vote | CBC News
After a tight vote, trustees at London's largest school board decided not to introduce a pilot program that would have brought police officers back into schools.
Hamilton police shouldn't pick who sits on race-based data advisory panel, advocate says | CBC News
An anti-racism advocate says an “independent process” — not Hamilton Police Service (HPS) — should pick who sits on a community advisory panel set to inform the police service’s new race-based data strategy.
Officer training, mental health support among proposed recommendations in Yatim inquest | CBC News
Jurors at an inquest into the death of a teen shot by a Toronto police officer more than a decade ago were asked Tuesday to consider dozens of recommendations related to officer training and monitoring, peer intervention and mental health supports in an effort to prevent future deaths.
Thunder Bay police chief, oversight board defend budget increases as city aims to balance books | CBC News
The Thunder Bay Police Service and its oversight board are seeking big increases in this year's municipal budget. Representatives made their cases to city councillors Tuesday night as they explained the pressures they're facing and the resources they need to manage the work ahead of them.
INQUINTE.CA | New Kingston Police Chief to be sworn in on Wednesday
The city of Kingston will be getting a new Police Chief on Wednesday. Scott Fraser will officially be sworn at a Special Sitting of the Superior Court of Justice at 4:00 p.m. More information is provided below: For immediate release Kingston Police announces the official swearing in of Chief Scott Fraser Release Date: January 29, 2024 The Kingston Police
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada announces judicial appointments in the province of Ontario - Canada.ca
The Honourable Arif Virani, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, today announced the following appointments under the judicial application process established in 2016.
Over and out: Radio silence falling over region's police chatter - Orillia News
As OPP moves to fully encrypted radio system across Ontario, emergency services cite privacy and responder safety as primary concerns for going silent
More than 80% of inmates in Ontario jails last year were legally innocent, awaiting trial: data
A vast majority of the people incarcerated in Ontario jails last year were awaiting a trial, according to provincial records obtained by CTV News Toronto.
Anti-Racism Association denounces recent police appointments - Thorold News
The Niagara Region Anti-Racism Association says both Bill Fordy and Kevin Gibson 'publicly denied or doubted systemic racism exists in the Niagara Regional Police'
Sizer, Lougheed to keep leading the Greater Sudbury police board - Sudbury News
During last week’s Greater Sudbury police board meeting, Al Sizer was re-elected as chair and Gerry Lougheed Jr. was re-elected as vice-chair
Niagara Police Services Board announces new police chief - Thorold News
Bill Fordy assumes the role on Feb. 1
PEI
Summerside police try a new recruiting strategy: $10K in tuition | CBC News
Finding it ever harder to attract job candidates, the police department is offering to pay a large chunk of Atlantic Police Academy tuition, if recruits agree to work in the small P.E.I. city for five years after graduating.
National
More calls for changes after Emergencies Act ruling on convoys | CBC News
A lawyer representing Ottawa residents and businesses in a class-action lawsuit against organizers of that city's 2022 convoy protest says he isn’t surprised by a federal court decision that use of the Emergencies Act to help end it was unreasonable.
Emergencies Act ruling reopens emotional debate | CP24.com
A judge's ruling that the federal Liberals were unjustified in using emergency law to quell a weeks-long protest in Ottawa has left the administrator of a downtown church feeling the court disregarded infringements of her rights.
RCMP collecting race-based data is a ‘double-edged sword,’ says Indigenous leader - Windspeaker.com
Fort McKay Métis Nation President Ron Quintal is surprised to learn that the RCMP detachment that services his northern Alberta community is collecting race-based data. Since Jan. 8, the Wood Buffalo RCMP detachment, along with detachments in Thompson, Man. and Whitehorse, Yukon, has been collecting data based solely on the officer’s perception of the race of the person he is investigating.
We don't need to defund the police. We just need to spend more wisely - The Hub
Intelligent investments in policing can do more to enhance public safety and maintain public order than simply reduce crime rates. Success requires restructuring the institution, not defunding or abolishing it.
Canada's intelligence chief suggests threats to Pride events - Vancouver Is Awesome
Canada's spy agency suggests "hate-fuelled marches colliding with Pride celebrations."
International
Canada Starts Inquiry Into Election Interference by China, Others
An official inquiry is getting underway into foreign interference into Canadian elections