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RCMP online exploitation probe leads to arrests of three in New Brunswick
The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police "E" Division Headquarters, in Surrey, B.C., on Friday April 13, 2018. Two men and a woman from West Africa are facing charges related to online exploitation after police in New Brunswick executed search warrants last week in Moncton and Dieppe. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
canada
Calgary woman seeking ‘narrow, individual exemption’ over Alberta opioid restrictions
Ophelia Cara (also Ophelia Black) is shown in Calgary, Thursday, March 17, 2022. The woman is suing the Alberta government for newly imposed regulations that would prevent her from taking hydromorphone, a potent opioid that she takes uses times a day to treat a severe opioid use disorder. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
sports
Gymnastics coach from Durham region charged with sexual assault, exploitation
A Durham Police Vehicle is shown in Bowmanville, Ont., Sunday, Feb. 13, 2022. Durham Regional Police say three people are dead and two people have been critically injured in a collision in Brock Township, Ont., on Friday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Doug Ives
canada
Report finds 252 school personnel accused of sexual offences
A empty teacher's desk is pictured in an empty classroom at Mcgee Secondary school in Vancouver on Sept. 5, 2014. A major union representing education workers in Ontario says its members have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a potential strike that could take effect by the end of the month.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
toronto
York Regional Police charge man, woman in historical sexual offences against children
Investigators with the York Regional Police Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau - Guns, Gangs and Drug Enforcement Unit executed a search warrant at a 20,000 square foot residential property that is alleged to have been operating as an illegal casino and spa. Police seized 11 guns and more than $1 million in cash as part of an ongoing investigation into organized crime.
canada
Winnipeg football coach charged with additional offences in sexual assault case
Photo of a Winnipeg Police Service shoulder badge on an officer in Winnipeg on Nov. 5, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
canada
Forty-seven Canadians charged in global sexual exploitation investigation
The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police "E" Division Headquarters, in Surrey, B.C., on Friday April 13, 2018. A six-year-old girl has been honoured by RCMP in Kamloops, B.C., after she managed to get out of a crashed car, cross a busy highway and summon help for her injured grandmother. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
canada
Three Montreal high school basketball coaches charged with sex crimes involving minors
Daniel Lacasse, 43, left to right, Charles-Xavier Boislard, 43, and Robert Luu, 31, are seen in a composite of three police handout photos. Montreal police say they are looking for other possible victims after three high school coaches at Ecole Saint-Laurent, a St-Laurent borough high school, were arrested this week on sex crime charges. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Police Service of Montreal, *MANDATORY CREDIT*
world
WHO employees perpetrated sexual crimes in Democratic Republic of the Congo during Ebola outbreak, report alleges
FILE PHOTO: World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends a news conference organized by Geneva Association of United Nations Correspondents (ACANU) amid the COVID-19 outbreak, caused by the novel coronavirus, at the WHO headquarters in Geneva Switzerland July 3, 2020. Fabrice Coffrini/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
world
Pelosi cautions Britain over Northern Ireland peace deal
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi meets with Britain's Alok Sharma, president of this year's United Nations COP26 in London, Britain September 17, 2021. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls
canada
Nova Scotia launches online course on recognizing and preventing sexual exploitation
Nova Scotia deputy premier Kelly Regan takes her oath of office in Halifax on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021. The Nova Scotia government released today a free, online training course on identifying and responding to sexual exploitation of children and youth. This eight-part course includes information on ways to offer support without judgment. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
careers
How can we build trust in the workplace and correct imbalances of power?
Kimiya Shokoohi
british columbia
Suspect arrested after teen badly injured in incident at Victoria tent encampment
Red and blue lights of police car in night time, crime scene. Night patrolling the city. Abstract blurry image.
politics
Conservative senator proposes changing criminal definition of exploitation as it relates to human trafficking offences
David Lametti, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, delivers a statement during a media availability on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on March 11, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
canada
Ottawa urged by NGOs and survivors of sexual exploitation to launch criminal investigation of Pornhub owner
The Pornhub website is shown on a computer screen in Toronto on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. Pornhub says it has removed all content uploaded by non-verified users. The sex website faced accusations it hosted illegal content. The company, which is owned by Montreal-based MindGeek, says it has suspended all previously uploaded content that was not created by one of its content partners or members of its Model Program. THE CANADIAN PRESS
canada
Pornhub policies reveal legal gaps and lack of enforcement
The Pornhub website is shown on a computer screen in Toronto on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS
politics
Pornhub announces new measures after backlash
The offices of MindGeek seen in Montreal, December 9, 2020. (Christinne Muschi /The Globe and Mail)
politics
Ottawa urged to act against MindGeek, owner of Pornhub, over child exploitation allegations
A Canadian flag flies in front of the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, on March 22, 2017.
screen time
What Erin O’Toole gets wrong about the faux-controversy over Netflix’s Cuties
Barry Hertz
opinion
Canadians have farmed out tragedy to the migrant workers who provide our food
Edward Dunsworth
british columbia
Eight people in Ontario and B.C. charged in online child-exploitation investigation
An Ontario Provincial Police cruiser sits outside of a press conference in Vaughan, Ont., on June 20, 2019. Provincial police are expected to lay out the results of a five-month investigation into a high-end vehicle theft ring this morning. Police say the ring operated throughout central and eastern Ontario as well as Quebec. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Lahodynskyj