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Mounties, prosecutor to give update on investigation into deadly Manitoba bus crash

By The Staff The Canadian Press Posted June 26, 2024 8:16 am Updated June 26, 2024 10:59 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Manitoba Mounties and a Crown prosecutor are set to provide an update Wednesday on an investigation into a bus crash that …

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Ten years after Moncton shootings, RCMP supervisors still behind on training

Almost 10 years after a disturbed man with a rifle killed three Mounties in Moncton, N.B., the RCMP have yet to fully implement a key recommendation from a 2014 review aimed at preventing such deadly encounters. On the evening of June 4, 2014, Justin Bourque was armed with a semi-automatic …

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Mounties warn southern Manitobans of suspicious vehicle – Winnipeg

By Daisy Woelk Global News Posted February 15, 2024 2:51 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Manitoba RCMP are asking southern Manitobans to stay safe and aware if they’re pulling over to help someone on the side of the road. This comes after Mounties …

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Manitoba premier to recognize Mounties with Order of the Buffalo Hunt – Winnipeg

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Premier Heather Stefanson has awarded one of Manitoba’s highest honours to the RCMP on the police agency’s 150th anniversary. Stefanson, alongside Justice Minister Kelvin Goertzen, announced Wednesday that Manitoba’s “D” Division RCMP officers and civilian staff — past and present — have …

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Senior Mounties involved in N.S. mass shooting response either retired or in new jobs

As a public inquiry prepares for the release of its final report into the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting, its findings are sure to refocus the spotlight on the RCMP’s problem-plagued response to the 13-hour rampage that claimed 22 lives. Almost three years after a man disguised as a Mountie …

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‘Show me the Mounties:’ Ottawa mayor pleaded for more resources as protesters dug in, inquiry hears

Outgoing Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson says the city did not have the police resources it needed to handle last winter’s anti-COVID-19 restriction protests — and it wanted swifter help from other levels of government. Watson was testifying before the Public Order Emergency Commission on Tuesday. The inquiry is looking into whether the federal government’s …

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RCMP feared that Mounties might leak operational plans to convoy protesters: documents

The RCMP feared that serving Mounties sympathetic to the convoy protest against pandemic measures in Ottawa earlier this year might leak operational plans to protesters, says an internal threat advisory obtained by CBC News. “The potential exists for serious insider threats,” says the Feb. 10 advisory from the RCMP’s ideologically motivated criminal intelligence team. “Those who have …

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Senior N.S. Mounties testifying at mass shooting inquiry this week

Two senior RCMP officers will testify this week at the public inquiry examining the mass shooting two years ago in Nova Scotia. Supt. Darren Campbell and Chief Supt. Chris Leather are scheduled to speak to the Mass Casualty Commission for two days each, beginning with Campbell on Monday. The commission …

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RCMP held back senior Mountie’s controversial notes about commissioner for months, inquiry says

Four crucial pages of a senior Mountie’s notes were missing the first time the federal Department of Justice sent them to the public inquiry looking into the Nova Scotia mass shooting. The key section included allegations the head of the RCMP promised politicians the force would release information about guns used during the …

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