British Columbia
B.C. police watchdog investigating after woman says she was seriously injured in VPD arrest | CBC News
B.C.’s police watchdog is investigating an arrest by Vancouver Police officers last summer that a woman says left her seriously injured and unable to work.
Community safety concerns after B.C. Sikh activist’s home targeted | Watch News Videos Online
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Surrey community groups say public safety concerns growing | Watch News Videos Online
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High-profile member of Vancouver Police Board resigns - BC | Globalnews.ca
On Wednesday, Global News reported that Vancouver Police Board member Faye Wightman had suddenly resigned from the board.
‘Flawed’ VPD board structure putting police, public ‘at risk,’ says director who quit - BC | Globalnews.ca
A high-profile member of the Vancouver Police Board who resigned last month has penned a letter to Global News shedding light on her decision.
No criminal offence found in B.C. police’s undercover training event: Ministry - Today in BC
B.C.’s Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner has resumed it probe of May 2022 allegations
Delta Police say assault highlights body-worn camera value - Delta Optimist
The Delta Police Department says the incident underscores the value of the body-worn camera initiative.
Alberta
Indigenous reporter fears more journalists will be targeted after arrest as police cleared Canada camp | Canada | The Guardian
Brandi Morin was charged while reporting at encampment authorities arrived at to dismantle and could face two years in jail
Proportion of 2023 gun-related homicides highest in Calgary's history | CityNews Calgary
Fifty-seven per cent of homicides in 2023 were caused by shootings, the highest in Calgary's history, according to a recent police report.
Saskatchewan
Justice minister defends decision to replace entire roster of Sask. human rights commissioners | CBC News
Justice Minister Bronwyn Eyre is defending changes at the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission, which has seen the chief commissioner and all other commissioners replaced effective Thursday.
First Nation leaders renew calls for policing following Sask. stabbing inquest | CTV News
Following recommendations from the James Smith Cree Nation inquest, First Nation leadership is renewing calls for its own police force.
PBCN calling for support to deal with crisis in Pelican Narrows - MBC Radio
The Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation (PBCN) is calling for support to combat the problems of violence and crime in Pelican Narrows. Early Monday afternoon at the PBCN Health Services building in Prince Albert, the First Nation’s leadership called for support from both the federal and provincial governments to help deal with the issues impacting the […]
Cree chief pleads for help to end community's wave of violence in open letter to Sask. premier, PM | CBC News
Leaders in a remote Saskatchewan community are calling out for help. They say residents in Pelican Narrows are living in fear daily because of drug-fuelled violence, stabbings, shootings and suicide, which are the result of historical injustice and geographic isolation.
Manitoba
Winnipeg library security incidents down after safety enhancements, report says | CBC News
Security incidents are down at all Winnipeg libraries and attendance numbers are up at all branches, except downtown’s Millennium Library, according to a new city report.
CBSA border officers make largest seizure of narcotics in Prairie history, over 400 kg of meth seized at Boissevain port of entry - Canada.ca
'More needs to be done': Transit union calls to up safety measures after driver assault
A Winnipeg Transit operator is recovering after being attacked by a passenger over the weekend.
Ontario
Hamilton police board wants to hear your thoughts on service's $213M budget for 2024 | CBC News
The Hamilton Police Services Board is accepting written submissions from the public ahead of its special meeting about the service's $213 million budget.
London, Ont., police apologize to woman in sex assault case involving 5 ex-world junior hockey players | CBC News
London, Ont., police Chief Thai Truong apologized Monday that it took six years to lay sexual assault charges against five former members of Canada's 2018 world junior hockey team, saying he recognizes the "courage" and "strength" it took for the woman to come forward.
Court hears challenge of Ontario law banning 'aggressive' panhandling | CBC News
An Ontario court is set to hear a constitutional challenge to a panhandling law that advocates say is grossly disproportionate and infringes the rights of some of the most vulnerable members of society.
Hamilton police's proposed budget is slightly more than initially reported. Here's why | CBC News
The city and police have corrected the record on the police's proposed budget for 2024, saying the previous year's tally had a few omissions. The result is a smaller yearly increase but a bigger budget.
Revisionist history of the Sammy Yatim inquest – Canadian Dimension
Police culture is a major obstacle to systemic reform in the profession of policing itself. It is this culture that is notorious for fostering hostile attitudes toward the public. If the TPS is successful in casting Forcillo as a deviation from the norm, and not a product of its internal training, culture, and formal value structure, these attitudes are unlikely to change.
North Bay news: Police addressing safety concerns with school drop offs in Kirkland Lake | CTV News
The Kirkland Lake Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police is reminding the northern Ontario community about safety related to dropping off and picking up school children.
Want a safer city? Fund the arts, advocate says | CBC News
Far from being airy-fairy, investing in the arts helps the economy, breathes life into key parts of the city, and increases public safety, an advocate for the sector says.
Union highlights 'dire straits' of Toronto police staffing in new ad campaign | CTV News
A campaign popping up in social media feeds and in radio ads is aiming to highlight sluggish response times from police as the Toronto Police Service budget remains under consideration.
Police aren’t crying wolf this time - The Globe and Mail
City council should heed the warnings from Toronto’s chief cop when he says he needs a $20-million boost
Drones, Tasers, body-worn cameras: What's in the London police budget ask | CBC News
London police take up the largest chunk of spending in the city budget by far, and the mayor has already said he will "unequivocally" support the massive request for cash that's been made by Chief Thai Truong. So, what does that $672 million pay for?
Hamilton police violated woman's Charter rights with no-knock raid, judge rules | CBC News
A judge ruled Hamilton police violated a woman's Charter rights with "cavalier disregard" after smashing their way into her downtown apartment to look for drugs.
The Niagara Independent
A swearing-in ceremony has not yet been announced, but there will be a formal ceremony. Now that Fordy has been selected as chief, the search begins for a replacement for now-retired Deputy Chief Brett Flynn and a replacement for Fordy in his former role. The Police Services Board expects to select a candidate by the […]
Government of Canada announces federal support to prevent crime and combat auto theft in Ontario - Canada.ca
Power played pivotal role in growth, development of local policing: Board - Timmins News
The flags at the Timmins Police Station have been lowered to honour the legacy of Victor Power, who died over the weekend
Quebec
Val-d'Or Police Officer, Who Says He Was Defamed, Wants $3 Million From Radio-Canada
Police officers from the Sûreté du Québec in Val-d'Or say they have experienced "social humiliation" following a report on the show. Investigation He should
Nova Scotia
N.S. board rules for two-week suspension of officer who arrested couple in park - Halifax | Globalnews.ca
The Nova Scotia Police Review Board has ruled that a Halifax officer who stopped a couple for being in a city park after hours should be suspended without pay for two weeks.
National
Cameron Ortis, ex-RCMP official guilty of leaking secrets, to be sentenced this morning | CBC News
Cameron Ortis — the former RCMP intelligence official found guilty late last year of leaking secret information to police targets — will soon find out his fate when an Ontario Superior Court judge hands down his sentencing later this morning.
Canada a ’high-priority' target for Chinese interference, CSIS doc tells Hogue inquiry | Radio-Canada.ca
In its first phase, the inquiry is trying to define the limits of official secrecy
Public Safety Minister 'struck' by extent Canada is 'net importer' of intelligence from allies | National Post
Canada's plan to cap top lending rates could spur criminal activity, study shows
Canada's plan to cut the maximum lending rate for regulated institutions could give illicit financiers an opportunity to step in and serve distressed customers, leading to a rise in criminal activity, a study released on Monday showed. Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland in the 2023 Federal budget laid out plans to amend the Criminal Code to cap the top annual consumer lending rate for all regulated financial institutions at 35% from 47% to combat predatory lending practices. This marks the first time in over 40 years that Canada has targeted the peak lending rates, also called the criminal rate of interest.
International
Suspect charged in Nigeria over sextortion of B.C. boy who died, RCMP say - The Globe and Mail
Police say they determined last May that suspects in Nigeria had been communicating with the boy, and officers from the Surrey detachment travelled to Lagos last summer
Argentina police battle protesters opposed to ‘omnibus’ reform bill | Protests News | Al Jazeera
Police fire rubber bullets and water cannons at demonstrators outside the Congress building in Buenos Aires.
New York City Council Votes to Overturn Mayor Adams’s Vetoes on Police Reform Measures | Democracy Now!
The New York City Council on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved two police and jail reform measures — overriding vetoes by NYC Mayor Eric Adams. One bill would force New York police officers to report the race, gender and age of people they interact with or stop for questioning. The other legislation would limit the amount of time people in custody are placed in solitary confinement in the city’s troubled jail system. Councilmembers supporting the override included the newly elected Harlem Councilmember Yusef Salaam, who was one of five Black and Latino teenagers wrongfully convicted of the 1989 beating and rape of a white woman in Central Park. Salaam spent seven years in prison, including in solitary confinement, before being exonerated. On Tuesday, he delivered emotional remarks before voting aye.
Councilmember Yusef Salaam: “I vote aye because today the New York City Council is fighting for the implementation of two bills that would bring generational change in our criminal justice system. … If these laws were in place in 1989 … I vote aye.”
Yusef Salaam’s vote came just days after he was pulled over by police while driving with his family. He said the officer never responded to his request to know why he was being stopped.