An Ontario Provincial Police officer convicted of multiple criminal offences has been dismissed after years of being on paid leave. Former Const. Jason Redmond of the Leeds County OPP detachment was terminated Thursday after abandoning his appeal to overturn a dismissal order set to be heard this month, the force said Friday. “The corrupt, disgraceful…
MP Chong Questions Why Still No Arrests Made in Relation to Chinese Police Stations After 8 Months
Conservative MP Michael Chong grilled a cabinet minister on the issue of a Canadian resident being coerced into returning to China through the schemes of agents in relation to secret Chinese police stations established overseas, and why there have still been no arrests after eight months. “An unsealed Justice Department indictment in U.S. court revealed…
Chong Questions Why No Arrests in Relation to Chinese Police Stations After 8 Months
Conservative MP Michael Chong grilled a cabinet minister on the issue of a Canadian resident being coerced into returning to China through the schemes of agents in relation to secret Chinese police stations established overseas, and why there have still been no arrests after eight months. “An unsealed Justice Department indictment in U.S. court revealed…
Poor Forest Management to Blame for Canada’s Wildfires, Not Climate Change
Commentary As North America suffers from Canada’s out-of-control forest fires, the Canadian government shuns responsibility. Instead of acknowledging its failure to follow tried-and-true forest-management procedures, the government instead points the finger at climate change. “We’re seeing more and more of these fires because of climate change,” Prime Minister Trudeau tweeted. “These fires are affecting everyday…
Cory Morgan: The Mounting ‘Yes Minister’ Moments Are Not So Funny
Commentary Satirical comedy is at its best when it can straddle the fine line between believability and comical exaggeration. A British sitcom in the 1980s called “Yes Minister” struck the balance perfectly as it followed the follies of a fictional cabinet minister named Jim Hacker. The show is carefully crafted to never identify the party…
RCMP Say No Critical Injuries in Crash of Bus With 30 Aboard Near Prince George, BC
Mounties say no critical injuries have been reported among 30 people on a charter bus that crashed on a forest service road north of Prince George, B.C. RCMP Cpl. Jennifer Cooper said Friday that numerous ambulances and police officers have been dispatched to the site. “It took us some time to get out there because…
Manitoba RCMP, Community Leaders Look to Saskatchewan After Deadly Crash
The mayor of Dauphin, Man., and a city councillor in Humboldt, Sask., are members of a club that no one wants to belong to: community leaders responding to unimaginable and unexpected tragedies. Fifteen people were killed and 10 more were sent to hospital Thursday after a firey crash between a bus full of seniors en…
Surrey, BC, to Stay With RCMP Over Independent Force, Costing the City Millions
The RCMP is on its way back as the police force in Metro Vancouver’s largest city after Surrey council voted to dump its municipal force, rejecting a provincial government recommendation that came with a $150-million transition offer, the mayor said Friday. Brenda Locke, acknowledging the decision will cost the city “millions,” said she has spoken…
BC’s Largest Wildfire Still Threatens, as Conditions Elsewhere Ease
Rain and cooler weather over much of British Columbia has prompted two fire centres in the southern and central Interior to roll back campfire bans. The Kamloops and Cariboo fire centres say the Category 1 open fire ban will lift at noon Friday, covering blazes no larger than 1.5-metres high by 1.5-metres wide. Restrictions on…
New Brunswick Premier Open to Leadership Test, Remains Vague on Early Election Call
New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs says he is willing to call a party vote on his leadership but remains vague on whether he’ll call an early provincial election. Higgs is facing a rising wave of dissent from his caucus over his leadership style and his government’s changes to the province’s policy on sexual orientation in…
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