1 week ago More than 3,500 tickets issued in micromobility, school zone safety campaign

More than 3,500 tickets were issued in a recent micromobility vehicles and back-to-school safety enforcement campaign in the city. Toronto Police say the campaign, which ran from Aug. 25-Sept. 13, focused on education and enforcement of micromobility users on local, collector and arterial roads, including bike lanes, sidewalks and crosswalks. Officers laid 179 tickets under […]

Society

1 week ago Opinion: Banning public drug use is bold, courageous and obvious

Last week in Calgary, Mayor Jyoti Gondek and councillors announced that if re-elected, the administration will enact a zero-tolerance policy for open-air drug use. They voted for a pilot project that could give peace officers and transit police expanded powers to enforce public safety, and also to redirect offenders to a court diversion program with […]

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1 week ago Court orders police to give landlord London property seized in pot shop raid

The Ontario Provincial Police-led joint cannabis enforcement team searched Natural Unity at 91 Wellington St. on July 23.

Events

1 week ago Minister calls gun buyback ‘important’ after questioning it in leaked call

Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree said in the House of Commons that it was a 'good thing' his comments were caught on leaked audio obtained by Global News.

Politics

1 week ago Minister calls gun buyback ‘important’ after questioning it in leaked audio

Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree said in the House of Commons that it was a 'good thing' his comments were caught on leaked audio obtained by Global News.

Politics

1 week ago LILLEY: Leaked audio shows Quebec behind gun ban, minister doesn’t support it

Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree clearly doesn't believe in his own flawed program.

Politics

1 week ago In leaked audio, minister doubts police can enforce gun ‘buy

Anandasangaree says the recording is authentic but was recorded without his knowledge and then circulated by a 'gun lobbyist'

Events

2 w. ago 8 people charged with 70 offences after loaded weapons seized during Peel traffic stops

Eight people face a combined 70 charges, many firearm-related, after loaded weapons were recovered during two traffic stops in Peel Region earlier this month.  In a news release issued Saturday, Peel Regional Police said officers from the Strategic and Tactical Enforcement Police (STEP) unit were conducting proactive patrols on Sept. 13 around 3 a.m. and […]

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2 w. ago CRIME SCENE: 8 people charged with 70 offences after loaded weapons seized during Peel traffic stops

Eight people face a combined 70 charges, many firearm-related, after loaded weapons were recovered during two traffic stops in Peel Region earlier this month.  In a news release issued Saturday, Peel Regional Police said officers from the Strategic and Tactical Enforcement Police (STEP) unit were conducting proactive patrols on Sept. 13 around 3 a.m. and […]

Events

2 w. ago Trump asks the Supreme Court to allow him to enforce transgender and nonbinary passport policy

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s administration on Friday asked the Supreme Court to let it enforce a passport policy for transgender and nonbinary people requiring male or female sex designations that conform with birth certificates. The Justice Department appealed a lower-court order allowing people use the gender or “X” identification marker that lines up with […]

Sport

2 w. ago Calgary ALERT team makes one of the biggest drug busts in Alberta history

Calgary’s organized crime officials, in partnership with the provincial and national enforcement say they have made one of the largest drug seizures in Alberta history. The project, called Project Cerberus, was led by ALERT and included Calgary’s organized crime team, the Calgary police, various units within the RCMP and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, and […]

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3 w. ago New Zealand dad who evaded authorities with 3 kids for years is shot dead by police

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A man who evaded authorities with his three children in the remote New Zealand countryside for nearly four years was shot and killed by a police officer Monday, law enforcement said. One child was with Tom Phillips at the time of the confrontation and the other two children were found […]

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