Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s decision to replace the RCMP with a provincial police service could lead other provinces to make similar moves and prompt RCMP reforms, say former Mounties and a criminologist. Darryl Davies, a Carleton University criminology professor, says Alberta’s move is proper and overdue. “The RCMP have failed to address valid criticisms made…
Lawyer for Former Surrey, BC, Mayor Says Crown Can’t Prove He Lied
A defence lawyer for former Surrey, B.C., mayor Doug McCallum says his client should be acquitted of a public mischief charge because the Crown failed to prove he intended to mislead police by saying his foot was run over. Eric Gottardi says any embellishments in McCallum’s statement to police that a woman with a history…
Coutts Villagers Still Divided on Protest Blockade Months After, Says Mayor
The community in the small border village of Coutts, Alberta, is still divided over the protest blockade that occurred last winter, its mayor told the Public Order Emergency Commission on Wednesday. “We still have neighbours that won’t talk to each other,” Mayor Jim Willett testified. He assessed the community was split 70-30 regarding the blockade,…
Lawyer Collapses During Emergencies Act Inquiry, Delaying Proceedings
Proceedings were paused at the public inquiry looking into the federal government’s use of the Emergencies Act after a medical incident. A lawyer representing the Public Order Emergency Commission collapsed while he was questioning Ontario’s deputy solicitor general, the second witness of the day. Emergency responders were called to the Library and Archives Canada building…
RCMP Diverted Attention From Errors Made During Mass Shooting Investigation: Lawsuit
The spouse of the Nova Scotia mass shooter says she was charged with supplying ammunition to the killer because the RCMP wanted to deflect attention from mistakes made during their investigation. In a lawsuit filed Oct. 21 in Nova Scotia Supreme Court, Lisa Banfield accuses the RCMP and the province’s Public Prosecution Service of conspiring…
Police Called Convoy Protest ‘Calm, Festive’ on Same Day Emergencies Act Was Invoked: Internal Memo
The Ontario Provincial Police in an internal memo described the Freedom Convoy as “calm, festive and family oriented” on the same day the federal government invoked the Emergencies Act. “The mood today was again calm, festive and family oriented,” read the memo “Operational Intelligence Report” dated Feb. 14, and included among OPP intelligence briefings filed…
Car Running Over Foot May Not Break Bones, Expert Witness Tells BC Mayor’s Trial
An expert in fractures has told the mischief trial of Surrey, B.C., Mayor Doug McCallum that broken bones may not necessarily be the result if someone’s foot is run over by a car. Biomechanical engineer Dennis Chimich testified for the defence on Wednesday as McCallum’s lawyers opened their case by presenting evidence to suggest the…
A Sea of Red Serge as Thousands of Officers Honour BC Mountie Const. Shaelyn Yang
Thousands of officers dressed in red serge marched in unison in a procession led by an RCMP pipe band, a hearse and riderless horse in the funeral for fallen RCMP Const. Shaelyn Yang Wednesday. The procession in Richmond, B.C., began underneath a large Canadian flag hung between two extended ladders from firefighting trucks, as civilians…
Video Inconclusive on BC Mayor’s Foot, but Other Evidence Backs Mischief Case: RCMP
Surveillance video is inconclusive about whether a woman ran over Surrey, B.C., Mayor Doug McCallum’s foot as he told police, but other issues related to his complaint led to a charge of public mischief, the primary investigator said at his trial. RCMP Sgt. André Johnny told provincial court Tuesday that a bush in a grocery…
Lawyer for BC Mayor Charged With Public Mischief Suggests Client Treated Unfairly
A lawyer representing Surrey, B.C., Mayor Doug McCallum suggests RCMP decided early into an investigation that his client deceived police by saying his foot was run over in a grocery store parking lot. Richard Peck is questioning the primary investigator at McCallum’s provincial court mischief trial and says police couldn’t tell in surveillance video if…
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