13 h. ago Nova Scotia Mountie facing another sexual assault charge: police watchdog

Nova Scotia's police oversight agency says an RCMP officer facing a series of sexual assault charges has again been charged with the same offence.

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17 h. ago Police watchdog clears OPP officer involved in 2024 fatal shooting in Kenora, Ont.

Ontario’s police watchdog says it has found no reasonable grounds to believe a provincial police officer committed a crime when he fatally shot a 57-year-old man at a Kenora, Ont., park last year. The Special Investigations Unit says OPP officers were at Anicinabe Park on the afternoon of June 25, 2024, when a man doused […]

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61 h. ago Manitoba’s police watchdog probes man’s death while detained for detox

Manitoba's police watchdog is looking into an incident last week involving the death of a man who was being held in custody under the Intoxicated Persons Detention Act.

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5 d. ago Two N.B. RCMP officers allegedly tried to influence impaired driving case

A police watchdog is investigating two New Brunswick RCMP officers who allegedly tried to influence an impaired driving case.

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9 d. ago Suspect killed in alleged shootout with Quebec police, watchdog investigating

Quebec's police watchdog is investigating after provincial police killed a person in an alleged shootout about 200 kilometres east of Montreal.

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1 week ago One person injured in police shooting in Agassiz, IIO to investigate

Members of the B.C. independent Investigation Office have been deployed to investigate the officer-involved shooting.

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1 week ago Dutch soccer star extradited from Dubai to face prison in cocaine smuggling case

Dutch soccer player Quincy Promes was being extradited Friday from Dubai to the Netherlands, where he faces a prison sentence for involvement in cocaine smuggling, the prosecutor’s office told The Associated Press. The Dutch public prosecution service confirmed to the AP that Promes was en route to the Netherlands, in Dutch custody. Promes, who scored […]

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2 w. ago U.S. evacuates some diplomats from embassy in Israel as Iran conflict intensifies

WASHINGTON — The State Department has begun evacuating nonessential diplomats and their families from the U.S. Embassy in Israel as hostilities between Israel and Iran intensify and there is the possibility that the United States could become directly involved in the conflict. Two U.S. officials said a government plane evacuated a number of diplomats and […]

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2 w. ago Alberta releases its pension survey results, 63% opposed to leaving CPP

Alberta's finance ministry provided the results to Postmedia this week after a 21-month wait and the involvement of the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner

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2 w. ago Canadian military police leaders refuse civilian oversight mandated by Parliament, watchdog report says

The annual report of the Military Police Complaints Commission was released Tuesday.

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2 w. ago Watchdog says military police still resisting civilian oversight

OTTAWA — The military police watchdog says resistance to civilian oversight in the Canadian Forces Provost Marshal’s office “worsened” last year. The Military Police Complaints Commission released a report Tuesday accusing the provost marshal’s office — which commands all military police in Canada — of “shutting down” complaints based on a “dubious” interpretation of the […]

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2 w. ago Canada’s military police still resisting civilian oversight, watchdog says

The military police watchdog released a report today saying the provost's office — which commands all military police in Canada — has been "shutting down" complaints.

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2 w. ago Woman, 71, seriously hurt in crash between police cruiser, bus: Watchdog

A 71-year-old woman was the person seriously injured in a crash between a London police cruiser and city bus that sent her and two other passengers to hospital, Ontario’s police watchdog says.

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2 w. ago Quebec mob takedown: Police say 11 arrested, alleged mafia leaders included

Police arrested several suspects, including 11 alleged mob leaders, in a major anti-organized crime sweep across Quebec involving 150 officers.

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3 w. ago Edmonton police officer found not guilty of assault in 2019 arrest involving baton

Edmonton Police Service Const. Alex Doduk has been found not guilty on two accounts of assault for his actions during an arrest five years ago.

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3 w. ago Officer involved shooting under investigation in Markham, pair sent to hospital

Ontario's police watchdog is investigating after a police shooting in Markham early Wednesday morning that came after a welfare-check cal.

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3 w. ago UN Atomic Boss Achieves Gender Parity. Just Don’t Call It DEI

The head of the United Nations atomic watchdog distanced himself from policies promoting diversity, equality and inclusion in the workplace even as he sought to promote the agency’s successful efforts in hiring more women.

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3 w. ago Ontario’s police watchdog clears officers in fatal shooting of Hamilton man

The province’s police watchdog has cleared Hamilton police officers of wrongdoing in connection with the fatal shooting of Erixon Kabera on Nov. 9, 2024.

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4 w. ago Family of B.C. Mountie who took own life angry officer she was involved with now with SPS

Jasmine Thiara died by suicide on Richmond’s Moray Bridge on Feb. 21, 2021, shortly after texting a colleague that she was being bullied by a senior Mountie she was involved with.

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4 w. ago Ontario’s police watchdog called in after 2 found dead at Burlington home

Ontario’s police watchdog is investigating after two people were found dead inside a Burlington, Ont., home overnight Tuesday.

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