Spyware is huge threat to global human rights and democracy, expert warns Cybersecurity expert Ron Deibert to testify to Canadian MPs about troubling spread of invasive surveillance tools The Guardian - US · Aug 9, 2022
Two homeless people, attacker, shot dead near Vancouver Canadian authorities say the suspected gunman was shot and killed during an interaction with police. Al Jazeera · Jul 25, 2022
Suspect in custody after multiple shootings in Canada leaves one dead, several victims injured A spokesperson for the RCMP confirmed to CBC that there were several victims, but did not specify how many and at least one person has died The Independent UK · Jul 25, 2022
Malik, acquitted in deadly 1985 Air India bombing, killed in Canada -media A man was shot dead in British Columbia on Thursday who local media reports said was Ripudaman Singh Malik, a Canadian Sikh businessman acquitted in connection with the 1985 Air India bombing that killed 329 people. Reuters · Jul 14, 2022
‘Asleep at the wheel’: Canada police’s spyware admission raises alarm Experts warn that RCMP document detailing covert surveillance of Canadians’ mobile devices highlights lax government oversight The Guardian - US · Jul 7, 2022
Trudeau denies interfering in investigation into Canada’s worst mass shooting The commissioner of Canada’s federal police force has also denied meddling The Independent UK · Jun 24, 2022
Alleged political interference in the N.S. mass shootings means the RCMP must be restructured Shortly after the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, I saw RCMP leadership both at its best and its worst. In British Columbia at the RCMP headquarters where I worked, the divisional commanding officer quickly lost patience with national headquarters and jumped into action. The Conversation · Jun 23, 2022
Canada police arrest former priest for residential school assault RCMP says 92-year-old former priest charged with indecent assault of a child more than five decades ago in Manitoba. Al Jazeera · Jun 17, 2022
Retired priest, 92, charged with indecent assault after Canadian residential school probe A retired priest has been charged with indecent assault following a decade-long investigation into a residential school in Manitoba, Canadian police said on Friday. Reuters · Jun 17, 2022
Canadian police raid homes of suspected neo-Nazis Canadian Public Safety Department put Atomwaffen Division on official list of terrorist groups in 2021 The Independent UK · Jun 17, 2022
Canadian police probe possible bomb threat to parliament - source Canadian police are investigating a possible risk to national security that forced parliament to lock down for several hours on Saturday after border agents warned of a bomb threat, a government source said on Sunday. Reuters · Jun 12, 2022
Canada: two died as police sought approval to tweet 2020 mass shooting warning Public inquiry hears of police delays and communication failures during attack in Nova Scotia in which 22 people died The Guardian - US · Jun 8, 2022
Canada introduces bill for border officer and national police oversight - again Canada's federal government introduced a bill on Thursday to establish an oversight body for its border police and its national police service after two previous bills died when Parliament was dissolved. Reuters · May 19, 2022
Why Is Politics Getting Nastier? With threats and harassment rising, running for office has become a dangerous job The Walrus · May 12, 2022
The Conversation · Apr 3, 2022 Canada: An invader, warrior, peacekeeper and arms supplier in conflicts near and far Bob Rae, Canada’s ambassador to the United Nations, has compared the Russian invasion of Ukraine to Benito Mussolini’s Italian invasion of Ethiopia in the 1930s.
The Guardian - US · Mar 29, 2022 Police at Canada mass shooting nearly fired on wrong man in chaotic response RCMP officers chased man whose brother had just been killed into woodland during shooter’s rampage at Portapique, Nova Scotia
Al Jazeera · Feb 16, 2022 Canada police to anti-vaccine truckers: Leave now or face arrest Warning comes days after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invoked emergency powers to disperse anti-government protesters.
The Independent UK · Feb 16, 2022 Four arrested for conspiracy to murder Canadian police at convoy border blockade ‘It could have been deadly for citizens, protesters and officers’
The Independent UK · Feb 11, 2022 Missing environmental demonstrator Kevin ‘Bear’ Henry found after weeks in Canadian wilderness They disappeared amid massive anti-logging protests in area
The Independent UK · Jan 28, 2022 Photo released of Indian family who froze to death on Canadian border ‘We believe this is a case of human smuggling and are investigating’ the Royal Canadian Mounted Police has said
The Hindu · Jan 21, 2022 Family of four, believed to be Indians, frozen to death along U.S.-Canada border U.S. officials say the family, including an infant, were thought to have been attempting to cross into the US
The Independent UK · Jan 20, 2022 4 found dead in blizzard in Canada near US border The bodies of four people were found in the Canadian province of Manitoba near the United States border in what the Royal Canadian Mounted Police believe was a failed crossing attempt during a blizzard
Daily Mirror · Jan 20, 2022 Baby and teen freeze to death while attempting perilous snow crossing in -37C The bodies of four people were found just metres from the US-Canada border, near the town of Emerson, Manitoba, during a blizzard with temperatures hitting a stark -37C