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The live testimony portion of the Public Order Emergency Commission came to a close on Friday when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took the stand. His keenly anticipated appearance before the commission inquiry offered many telling moments and pointed criticisms. The commission was launched to examine the government’s invocation of the Emergencies Act to handle …
Read More »Lessons learned. Calgary police say new enforcement effort on CTrains in the works
Calgary police say they understand people don’t feel safe at CTrains stations and are promising a major enforcement effort starting in September, building on their first system-wide blitz this month. For four days leading up to Stampede, undercover officers tracked drug deals at the stations. Working with the undercover officers and Transit …
Read More »Desperate mom brings daughter to CTrain station to buy drugs; here’s what she learned
First they found a phone number on a bus bench at Banff Trail station in Calgary. Then — following instructions from that phone call — Vanessa Redmond drove her daughter to Lion’s Park Station and let her out. Soon she was watching her adult daughter smoke drugs on the platform, meters …
Read More »Ahead of planned Canada Day protests, federal minister says he hopes lessons have been learned
The federal public safety minister said he wants people to celebrate Canada Day, but with protests planned for the upcoming holiday weekend in Ottawa, Marco Mendicino says he’s hoping the mistakes of last winter won’t be repeated. “I think Canadians should celebrate Canada Day. We’ve been through a marathon of the …
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