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Thunder Bay police officer charged with assault, breach of trust in OPP probe
Thunder Bay Police Service on patrol Friday March 11, 2022. David Jackson / The Globe and Mail
world
Las Vegas campus shooting leaves three victims; suspect also dead
**EMBARGO: No electronic distribution, Web posting or street sales before Monday at 3:00 a.m. ET on Nov. 18, 2023. No exceptions for any reasons. EMBARGO set by source.** A police cruiser outside the Las Vegas Grand Prix course two days before the city’s inaugural Formula One race through its streets, in Las Vegas, Nov. 16, 2023. The city’s transformation, including lots of black tarp to block the racing spectacle from the prying eyes of non-ticket holders, has become a long-term costly nuisance for locals. (Mark Abramson/The New York Times)
canada
Quebec provincial police open probe into child’s death at home daycare northeast of Montreal
<div>Quebec provincial police are investigating after a man who was acquitted last year of murdering an organized crime figure was shot dead north of Montreal late Saturday. Surete du Quebec headquarters is seen on Monday, May 29, 2023 in Montreal. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi</div>
canada
Former inmate told police he saw guards beating Soleiman Faqiri before he died
A coroner's inquest examining the death of a mentally ill man who died in an Ontario jail cell in 2016 is set to begin today. Signage for the Central East Correctional Centre is seen in Lindsay, Ont., Friday, April 17, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
canada
Sault Ste. Marie police officer facing sexual assault charges, SIU says
canada
Coroner’s inquest watches video of inmate who says he witnessed Soleiman Faqiri’s struggle with officers
Soleiman Faqiri is shown in this undated family handout photo. In the 11 days before Faqiri's death, family members tried to visit him four times, making the hour-long drive to the Ontario jail where he was being held, his brother said. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, Yusuf Faqiri *MANDATORY CREDIT*
canada
Evening Update: CBC and Radio-Canada to cut work force by 10%, reduce programming
Canada’s leading media companies are banding together to work on reducing their collective impact on the environment. People walk into a CBC building in Toronto on April 4, 2012.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
canada
Man who swerved car near pro-Palestinian protester arrested for assault: Victoria police
Police in Victoria have arrested a man who was caught on video accelerating his car toward protesters at a demonstration at the British Columbia legislature over the weekend. Victoria Police chief Const. Del Manak talks at a press conference at the Victoria Police Headquarters in Victoria, Wednesday, March 24, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
u.s. politics
Florida Republican chairman won't resign over rape allegation, saying he is innocent
Republican Party of Florida chairman Christian Ziegler, left, greets former president Donald Trump at the RPOF Freedom Summit on Nov. 4, 2023, in Kissimmee, Fla. Ziegler is the subject of a rape investigation, though no charges have been filed and police are providing little information on the accusation. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP)
canada
Coroner’s Service to investigate inmate’s death in Saskatoon jail
A Saskatoon Police Service patch is shown on an officer in Saskatoon, Sask., on Friday, May 5, 2023. Police in Saskatoon say they were called to a provincial jail in the city on Saturday morning when an inmate was reported to be unresponsive. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Heywood Yu
alberta
RCMP believe fatal shooting at gas station happened after dispute at pumps escalated
<div>RCMP in Alberta say they believe a fatal shooting at a gas station happened after a dispute at the pumps escalated and are asking for the public's help in identifying a suspect vehicle, a black Jeep Cherokee. The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police "E" Division Headquarters, in Surrey, B.C., on April 13, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck</div>
report on business
Nine dead after armed men raid Peru’s Ponderosa mine
world
Islamic State claims responsibility for deadly Philippine bombing
Filipino troopers man a checkpoint near the site where a bomb exploded in Marawi, southern Philippines on Sunday Dec. 3, 2023. A powerful explosion believed caused by a bomb ripped through a Catholic Mass and killed several people and wounded dozens of others Sunday in a predominantly Muslim city in the southern Philippines, officials said. (AP Photo/Froilan Gallardo)
world
Authorities identify suspect in killing of 3 homeless men in Los Angeles
FILE - A Los Angeles Police Department vehicle is parked outside the LAPD headquarters downtown Los Angeles Friday, July 8, 2022. The Los Angeles police chief and the department's constitutional policing director are under investigation after the names and photographs of undercover officers were released to a technology watchdog group that posted them online, the Los Angeles Times reported. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
british columbia
Father and 13-year-old son both victims in Richmond, B.C., double homicide, investigators say
A 13-year-old boy and his father were the victims in a double homicide in the suburban Vancouver city of Richmond, says the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team. The RCMP logo is seen outside the force's 'E' division headquarters in Surrey, B.C., on Thursday, March 16, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
world
Ex-correctional officer at federal prison in California gets five years for sexually abusing inmates
FILE - The Federal Correctional Institution stands in Dublin, Calif., on Dec. 5, 2022. A former federal correctional officer was sentenced Friday, Dec. 1, 2023, to more than five years in prison for sexually abusing two inmates at a women's prison in California where the warden and other employees were charged with similar conduct. A federal jury in June found John Russell Bellhouse guilty on five counts of sexual abuse for incidents involving the two women between 2019 and 2020 at FCI Dublin, about 20 miles (30 kilometers) east of Oakland. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
world
Former Memphis police officer charged in Tyre Nichols’ death had some violations in prior prison guard job
Former Memphis Police Officers Demetrius Haley, back left, and Tadarrius Bean, back right, appear in Judge James Jones' courtroom on Monday Nov. 6, 2023. The judge has set an August trial date for four former Memphis police officers charged in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols after a traffic stop in January. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian via AP)
canada
Man charged after four people shot and killed in Winnipeg
Police secure a crime scene where multiple people were killed in the 100 block of Langside Street in Winnipeg on Sunday, Nov. 26, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/David Lipnowski
canada
Supreme Court says Crown may use evidence from illegal searches in some circumstances
The Supreme Court of Canada has upheld a man's drug-related conviction, saying evidence in his case is admissible despite concerns about violation of his Charter rights.The flag of the Supreme Court of Canada flies on the east flag pole in Ottawa, on Monday, Nov. 28, 2022.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
canada
CSIS to probe B.C. office after allegations of rape, harassment and toxic workplace
Two Canadian Security Intelligence Service surveillance officers pose for a photograph in Vancouver on Wednesday, October 18, 2023. The officer on the right, identified as "Jane Doe" in an anonymized lawsuit, says she was repeatedly raped by a senior CSIS colleague, while the officer on the left is a friend who supports Doe's claims about what they call a toxic workplace culture in the British Columbia CSIS office. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
canada
Police in Quebec, Ontario, N.B. make 46 arrests in anti-child porn operation
A Surete du Quebec emblem is seen on an officer's uniform in Montreal, Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. Quebec provincial police say they have arrested 26 men as part of a provincewide anti-child pornography operation. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
politics
Montreal-area community centres identified as ‘alleged Chinese police stations’ by RCMP threaten to sue force for defamation
The RCMP logo is seen outside the force's 'E' division headquarters in Surrey, B.C., on Thursday, March 16, 2023.
canada
Catholic priest charged with sexually assaulting adult in Newfoundland
Prince George RCMP is alerting parents and caregivers to the dangers of sextortion after determining that a 12-year-old boy killed himself after being blackmailed online. The RCMP logo is seen outside the force's 'E' division headquarters in Surrey, B.C., on Thursday, March 16, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
world
Police bullets found in some bodies of 46 killed in Honduran riot
Members of the Military Police of Public Order (PMOP) guard inmates at the Siria prision in El Porvenir, Francisco Morazan department, Honduras on June 30, 2023. Hundreds of military police entered two maximum security prisons in Honduras last Thursday, in the offensive against gang members launched on Monday to retake control of the prisons and seize arsenals of weapons entered from authorities bribes. At the Siria prison, the PMOP detailed having found a dozen firearms, including two rifles, one AR-15 and the other with the identification erased, a shotgun and the rest are pistols, most of them 9mm, chargers for the different weapons, projectiles and three gas grenades. (Photo by Orlando SIERRA / AFP) (Photo by ORLANDO SIERRA/AFP via Getty Images)
world
Coup leader Guy Philippe repatriated to Haiti as many question his next role in country in upheaval
National police patrol outside a radio station after the arrest of Guy Philippe in Petion-Ville, Haiti, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017. The former rebel leader who is wanted on U.S. drug charges, and was recently elected to the Haitian Senate, was arrested Thursday as he appeared on a live radio talk show, a witness said. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
british columbia
Post about Vancouver sex assault was ‘misinformation,’ woman fell off scooter: VPD
The union representing Vancouver's police officers says it has reached a tentative labour agreement with the city that, if passed, will see members become Canada's highest-paid officers. Police cars are seen parked outside Vancouver Police Department headquarters in Vancouver, on Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
canada
Saskatchewan RCMP arrest man in alleged sex assault involving three boys in mid-2010s
RCMP police car.
canada
Winnipeg police say officer shot man after a vehicle tried to evade traffic stop
Winnipeg Police Service Chief Danny Smyth speaks about a shooting at a home on November 26, during a press conference in Winnipeg on Monday, November 27, 2023. Police say a fourth person has died as a result of a shooting Sunday in downtown Winnipeg. Officers were called shortly after 4 a.m. to a home where they found five people wounded. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Aaron Vincent Elkaim
canada
Toronto man in incel-inspired murder case sentenced to life in prison
A man who pleaded guilty to the incel-inspired murder of a Toronto massage parlour employee is expected to be sentenced today. The Ontario Superior Court building is seen in Toronto on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Colin Perkel
world
Azerbaijan summons Western envoys over support for arrested journalists
This photograph taken at the Lachin checkpoint, on September 26, 2023, shows an Azerbaijan flag. Hundreds of vehicles were heading to Armenia from Nagorno-Karabakh on September 26, 2023, following 's lightning offensive against the separatist enclave, an AFP team at the scene said. The flow of vehicles was continuous, with families piling their belonging on top of their cars and stopping only a few seconds at the last Azerbaijani checkpoint before entering Armenia along the so-called Lachin Corridor, AFP reporters said. (Photo by EMMANUEL DUNAND / AFP) (Photo by EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP via Getty Images)
british columbia
Hiker rescued after nine hours stranded on B.C.’s Mount Seymour
Search and rescue crews in B.C. found a hiker who was stranded for nine hours after sliding down the side of Mount Seymour in North Vancouver. A RCMP officer stands at the tail head of a popular hiking trail on Mount Seymour in North Vancouver, B.C., Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
canada
Montreal police investigating after ‘Molotov cocktail’ thrown at Jewish centre
Police search for clues at Talmud Tora school after shots were fired at two Jewish schools Thursday, November 9, 2023 in Montreal. Montreal police say two Jewish schools in the city were hit overnight by gunshots. Police say nobody was inside at the time of the shootings. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
world
Suspect in shooting of three men of Palestinian descent near University of Vermont pleads not guilty
Police search a house in the neighbourhood after a gunman shot and wounded three college students of Palestinian descent in Burlington, Vermont, U.S. November 25, 2023 in a still image from video. Courtesy Wayne Savage via REUTERS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT
world
Derek Chauvin, convicted of George Floyd’s death, to survive prison attack
FILE — The Federal Correctional Institution in Tucson, Ariz., where Derek Chauvin was being held in a special protective unit for high-profile inmates, on Oct. 2, 2018. The stabbing on Friday, Nov. 24, 2023 of Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd in 2020, is the latest in a series of attacks against high-profile inmates in the troubled, short-staffed federal Bureau of Prisons. (Alyssa Schukar/The New York Times)
canada
Hamilton man charged after two killed in collision, police say
Hamilton police say two people were killed in a two-vehicle collision Saturday evening just after 11:30 p.m. A Hamilton Police Service logo is shown in a handout. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO
world
Three Palestinian men attending holiday gathering shot, injured near University of Vermont
Police say three people have been killed after a vehicle crashed into an irrigation canal in southern Alberta. A police car with flashing lights is shown in Philadelphia on Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Matt Rourke