Canadians were rightly outraged recently when disturbing news was revealed by the grief-sticken father of a brutally murdered young girl. The Government needs to learn from this case and take specific and substantive actions outlined here. [node:read-more:link]
If Paris changed France, San Bernardino changes America. The shock and gravity has been so great that it occasioned a speech from the Oval Office [node:read-more:link]
A researcher has obtained documents itemizing 640 firearms that were reported lost by police or public agencies between 2005 and 2019, another 173 were reported stolen from seemingly secure sources such as DND and RCMP. [node:read-more:link]
According to Statistics Canada data for 2018, Hamilton was the worst city in Canada for reported number of hate crimes (17 per 100,000 people). Quebec City is next in terms of haters, with 11 per 100,000, and Ottawa is not far behind (9.8 hate crimes per 100,000 people. [node:read-more:link]
A major anti-government march in Hong Kong descended into chaos late on Sunday. Police fired successive rounds of teargas on demonstrators who retaliated by throwing the canisters back at them. After police started firing rubber bullets, the crowd finally dispersed. [node:read-more:link]
Britain will extend a drone exclusion zone five-fold and give police new powers against lawbreaking operators, the government said on Monday, after sightings last month paralyzed the nation's second busiest airport. [node:read-more:link]
U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday it's likely he would declare a national emergency to secure funds for his long-sought wall along the U.S. southern border if an agreement with Democrats in Congress to provide the money isn't reached. [node:read-more:link]
A Federal Court of Canada judge has declared it is “unconstitutional” for Ottawa to treat refugees from so-called “safe countries” differently from other refugees when it comes to being assessed to determine if deporting them would put them in danger. The public safety minister has until April 19th to file an appeal. [node:read-more:link]
Toronto police say they have seized four kilograms of hard drugs, including a kilogram of fentanyl, and a number of firearms in a bust that they hope puts a significant dent in the city’s narcotics trade. [node:read-more:link]
Police in Nova Scotia seized 2,116 firearms in 2017 and 2018, according to the RCMP. Some were turned into police, but many were seized from suspects arrested for a variety of crimes. [node:read-more:link]
Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale said Wednesday that Canada’s national police force must do better at processing requests it receives under the federal access-to-information law. [node:read-more:link]
The RCMP's national security team has arrested and charged an Ontario youth with a terrorism-related offence, the police force said Friday following an investigation in Kingston, Ont. [node:read-more:link]
The RCMP and other police forces arrested 15 people Monday in a series of raids in Montreal and Toronto targeting what investigators say is an extensive international money laundering network with ties to organized crime. [node:read-more:link]
An Italian couple trying to escape the mafia, applied for asylum in Canada. After their claim was denied, they went o the run, but have now turned themselves in to Canadian authorities with the hope that the PRRA will save them from deportation and the violence they face back in Italy. [node:read-more:link]
Police in Northern Ireland blamed militants opposed to British rule there for the killing of a young journalist who was covering a night of violent unrest in Londonderry. Police say the shooters are members from the New Irish Republican Army, a militant republican group formed several years ago from the merger of several splinter groups. [node:read-more:link]
