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Descrease article font size Increase article font size Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) in Fort McMurray say they seized around $30,000 in drugs and cash and a man is facing charges following an investigation. Police say earlier this month, ALERT Fort McMurray’s organized crime team began investigating cocaine trafficking …
Read More »Black River First Nation man facing multiple gun charges after early morning incident – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A man from Black River First Nation is facing a raft of charges after being arrested in connection with shots fired outside a home in the community Monday morning. Manitoba RCMP said officers from the Powerview detachment were called to the scene …
Read More »5 years on, Danforth shooting vivid for those affected, gun control key issue – Toronto
TORONTO — The passage of time can feel disjointed for Ali Demircan. It may have been five years since a gunman went on a shooting rampage through Toronto’s Greektown, but the horror of what Demircan saw after being grazed by a bullet that night still hits hard. “The images are …
Read More »Manitoba police watchdog investigates after man shot with stun gun dies in hospital – Winnipeg
By The Staff The Canadian Press Posted July 6, 2023 6:56 pm Descrease article font size Increase article font size Manitoba’s police watchdog says it is investigating the death of a man who was shot by police with a stun gun in Winnipeg. The Independent Investigation Unit says the man …
Read More »Police gun fired during stolen vehicle investigation on busy Toronto street – Toronto
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A key portion of College Street in Little Italy was closed Sunday after a Toronto police officer fired their gun responding to a stolen vehicle call. Toronto police said the incident took place just before 12 p.m. near College Street and Roxton …
Read More »Fentanyl, cocaine and gun seized in OPP drug bust
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Two people have been arrested and charged after a drug trafficking investigation that involved police operations in Brampton, Caledon, Vaughan and Barrie, Ont. According to police, officers with the Caledon detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) started an investigation into drug …
Read More »SIU to investigate use of officer’s gun in deadly Bourget, Ont. shooting
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted May 16, 2023 8:06 pm Descrease article font size Increase article font size TORONTO — Ontario’s police watchdog says it will investigate evidence suggesting an officer fired his gun during a deadly incident in Bourget, Ont., last week. The Special Investigations Unit says it …
Read More »Minister to provide update on Canada’s gun and gang violence efforts
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted May 8, 2023 6:37 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Liberal government is expected to announce the renewal of its multimillion-dollar federal gun and gang violence program Monday. Ottawa says Marco Mendicino, federal Minister of Public Safety, will make an …
Read More »Loaded gun, drugs seized from Honda during Vaughan RIDE check: police – Toronto
Descrease article font size Increase article font size York Regional Police say two people are facing charges after drugs and a loaded handgun were seized during a RIDE check in Vaughan. Police said on Thursday at around 2:10 a.m., officers were conducting RIDE spot checks in the Highway 400 and …
Read More »N.S. mass shooting: how gun smuggling happened, and the inquiry’s call for reforms
A decade before a Nova Scotia man used smuggled guns to murder 22 people in the province in 2020, police information systems had labelled him as a firearms risk. Yet those records never found their way to the Canada Border Services Agency, and they didn’t prevent the mass shooter from …
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