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Saskatchewan RCMP have confirmed that Jeremy Mackenzie, the leader of the controversial Diagolon movement, was arrested on a Canada-wide warrant on Wednesday. According to Mackenzie’s partner, Morgan May Guptill, he was detained at their Cole Harbour home by the Halifax Regional Police late Wednesday afternoon. May said she and Mackenzie had noticed …
Read More »Driver arrested after pedestrian killed in vehicle collision in Surrey
A pedestrian has been killed in a vehicle collision in Surrey, B.C., on Sunday, and the driver has been arrested. Mounties say the incident happened just after 1 a.m. PT on 108th Avenue, between 133 Street and University Drive. It was unclear what type of vehicle was involved in the …
Read More »3 people arrested as police identify man shot dead in south Surrey
Police have identified a man who was shot and killed in Surrey, B.C., over the weekend. RCMP said Troy Michael Regnier, 37, was shot multiple times outside a home in the 16600-block of 19 Avenue around 11 p.m. PT on Saturday. First responders found Regnier injured outside the house, but he later died as …
Read More »Convicted B.C. sex criminal arrested in Cambodia for allegations of child rape
WARNING: This story contains disturbing details about alleged sex crimes against children. Investigators in Canada and Cambodia are looking into the activities of a Vancouver man arrested for a number of sex crimes against Cambodian children. The Child Protection Unit, an investigative group affiliated with Cambodia’s Ministry of Interior and funded …
Read More »2 dead, 2 suspects arrested after Whistler Village shooting
Police say two people are dead and two suspects have been arrested after a shooting at the mountain resort of Whistler, B.C., on Sunday afternoon. Inspector Robert Dykstra, the officer in charge of the Sea to Sky RCMP, said officers were on patrol when a report came in just after noon of shots fired at …
Read More »2 suspects arrested after deadly California 7-Eleven robberies
Two men were arrested Friday in connection with a series of robberies at Southern California 7-Eleven stores that left two people dead and three wounded. Police said the men are suspected in another killing and other crimes in the region. A half-dozen 7-Elevens and a doughnut shop were robbed within …
Read More »Police could have arrested man on bail breaches days before Edmonton’s Chinatown killings, experts say
Edmonton city police and RCMP failed in their duties by not apprehending Justin Bone in the days before two men were beaten to death in Chinatown, legal experts say. Bone, 36, was released from the Edmonton Remand Centre in late April after being charged in a break-and-enter. Granted bail on …
Read More »Trial underway for Sask. Indigenous woman violently arrested after alleged shoplifting
An Indigenous woman thrown to the pavement, handcuffed and pinned for nearly 10 minutes by a Saskatoon grocery store security guard is on trial, accused of shoplifting a roast and some cheese. A video of the April 14, 2021, arrest, posted by an observer, prompted widespread outrage from Indigenous leaders …
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