The case of a UBC student who was brutally beaten by two Metro Vancouver Transit Police officers will head to a public hearing after all. The incident, which happened nearly nine years ago, was captured on SkyTrain security video. 2:39 Transit Police officer still employed nine years after brutal beating caught on camera Transit Police […]
Police are investigating a sudden death that took place in Kenora, Ont., on Sunday and warning the public about the harmful effects of a drug known as “yellow down” or “purple down.” The Kenora detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) said officers were called to First Street South on Sunday morning, where a person […]
London police are asking for the public’s help in finding a missing man. Officials say 41-year-old Darren Bennett of London was last seen at 12 p.m. Friday in the area of Commissioners Road East and Wellington Road. He’s described as a white man, five-foot-nine, 190 pounds, with blue eyes, short brown hair, clean-shaven, and wearing […]
OPP say seven people are facing charges in relation to a commercial sex trade organization that was busted by police on Tuesday. Officials say the sex trade organization rotated victims around apartments in Ottawa, Kingston, Belleville, Kitchener, London, Oshawa, Peterborough, Sarnia and Sudbury. They say it provided sexual services to clients responding to online advertisements. […]
With calls for police reform and demands for more accountability since the death of George Floyd in the United States and the violent videos of police attacks on Indigenous people in Canada, the Kahnawake Mohawk Peacekeepers are trying even harder to set the right example by the way they conduct policing. Members of the force […]
A rally protesting police violence attracted a few dozen demonstrators in downtown Kelowna on Saturday afternoon. The ‘Justice for Mona Wang’ protest took place at Stuart Park, where the demonstrators could be heard shouting and demanding ‘Justice for Mona!’ during the two-hour event. The protest was one of four held simultaneously across the province in […]
New information has emerged about a Toronto police officer charged in connection with a London, Ont., homicide investigation. Court documents show Const. Trevor Gregory pleaded guilty to internal police charges in 2016. Gregory was arrested in Toronto by London police on Tuesday, July 7, and charged with breach of trust in relation to the June […]
A female RCMP officer in Vernon, B.C., was ordered to forfeit 20 days’ pay and 10 days’ annual leave after she made sexual comments towards a male officer and touched his genitals. Related News In a 21-page disciplinary report, Const. Valerie Little was found to have committed sexual misconduct against an unnamed male officer, only […]
A coalition of community organizations in Montreal is asking for deep budget cuts to the city’s police department as well as major changes to the way the force operates. More than 20 local organizations have come together to demand massive reform to stop what the groups see as over-policing, particularly of marginalized communities in the […]
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted July 6, 2020 7:29 pm Updated July 6, 2020 8:21 pm Smaller font Descrease article font size –A Larger font Increase article font size A+ Two men died and a woman was seriously injured Monday morning in the Estrie region of Quebec in what provincial police are […]