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RCMP grapples with calls for change, shifting role as it marks 150th anniversary
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police Musical Ride troop practices at their stables in Ottawa on Wednesday, May 17, 2023. This year marks the 150th Anniversary of the RCMP. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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RCMP commander questions Saskatchewan’s plan for new Marshals Service
Assistant Commissioner Rhonda Blackmore during an interview with the Canadian Press at RCMP “F” Division in Regina, Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Michael Bell
energy and resources
Ottawa condemns attack on Coastal GasLink pipeline work camp in northern B.C.
Debris lies around a damaged portable office, after the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said an attack took place by approximately 20 people at the Coastal GasLink pipeline facility on Morice River Forest Service Road near Houston, British Columbia, Canada February 17, 2022. Picture taken February 17, 2022. BC RCMP/Handout via REUTERS. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.
opinion
After a week of tightrope-walking, police in Ottawa must actively enforce the law
Giuliano Zaccardelli
report on business
RCMP wants to use AI to learn passwords in investigations, but experts warn of privacy risks
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
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Internal data offer rare glimpse into how RCMP deploy force in the line of duty
The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police "E" Division Headquarters, in Surrey, B.C., on Friday April 13, 2018. British Columbia's police watchdog is investigating after a man suffered serious injuries during his arrest linked to a report about a firearm that was found at a cemetery in Chilliwack. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
opinion
What the Mounties’ botched handling of the Nova Scotia shootings tells us
The Editorial Board
opinion
Is it time for Ottawa to rethink the RCMP?
The Editorial Board
opinion
Canada doesn’t have the right to tell Indigenous people what ‘moderate livelihood’ means
Tanya Talaga
opinion
So Confederation is sticking it to Alberta, right? Not so fast
The Editorial Board
canada
Lawsuit filed by family of a B.C. man who died in a police confrontation
The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police "E" Division Headquarters, in Surrey, B.C., on Friday April 13, 2018. A civil lawsuit has been filed in B.C. Supreme Court over the death of a man in Whistler, B.C., alleging four RCMP officers used excessive force when they tried to take the man into custody. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
canada
‘Everyone is scared of the RCMP’: Calls for police reform intensified after another Indigenous person shot, killed
Rodney Levi, left, with friend Dwayen Everett Ward.
canada
RCMP Commissioner, top officers reverse course, acknowledge that systemic racism exists in the force
RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki is seen during a news conference in Ottawa, on April 20, 2020.
politics
Trudeau contradicts Commissioner Lucki over existence of systemic racism in the RCMP
Brenda Lucki speaks during a press event at RCMP "Depot" Division in Regina, Saskatchewan on Friday March 9, 2018. Lucki, who was Depot's commanding officer, was appointed Canada's first permanent female RCMP commissioner. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Michael Bell
art & architecture
Reconciliation plays out in real time at Regina’s RCMP museum
Exterior of the RCMP Heritage Centre in the City of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.
canada
The RCMP’s first union elects its leaders, and sets pay, human-resource levels, benefits as top priorities
Brian Sauvé, president-elect of the National Police Federation, is photographed at the RCMP Pacific Region Training Centre in Chilliwack, B.C., on Nov. 15, 2019.
politics
Court revokes bail for Cameron Ortis, former head of RCMP’s intelligence unit
Cameron Ortis, a former senior intelligence official at the RCMP, leaves the courthouse in Ottawa after being granted bail on Oct. 22, 2019.
british columbia
Police watchdog notified by RCMP after woman injured in crash in Richmond, B.C.
The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police "E" Division Headquarters, in Surrey, B.C..
alberta
Alberta RCMP officer found guilty of breach of trust, not guilty of sexual assault
FILE PHOTO: A Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) crest is seen on a member's uniform, at the RCMP "D" Division Headquarters in Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada, July 24, 2019. REUTERS/Shannon VanRaes/File Photo
opinion
In Ortis case, the RCMP’s fight against cyber crime takes a big hit
Wesley Wark
canada
Arrested intelligence official Cameron Ortis had access to high-level information from allies, RCMP head says
Cameron Ortis, director general of the RCMP's intelligence unit, is shown in a court sketch from his hearing in Ottawa, on Sept. 13, 2019.
politics
RCMP charge senior intelligence official with breaching Canada’s official secrets law
Senior counsel with the Public Prosecution Service John MacFarlane speaks with the media outside of the Ottawa Court House on Sept. 13, 2019, in Ottawa.
canada
Ontario police assign team to investigate possible sightings of B.C. fugitives amid spike in tips
Ontario police assign team to investigate possible sightings of B.C. fugitives amid spike in tips
canada
Refugee advocates ‘shocked and dismayed’ over asylum changes in Ottawa’s budget bill
A family from Haiti approach a tent in Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle, Quebec, stationed by Royal Canadian Mounted Police, as they haul their luggage down Roxham Road in Champlain, N.Y., on August 7, 2017. Quebecers living near the Canada-United States border, where thousands of migrants have crossed irregularly into the country since 2017, will receive more than $400,000 to compensate them for increased traffic and noise. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Charles Krupa