11 h. ago 'Stability and calm': Former Edmonton police chief Dale McFee tackles new challenges as top civil servant

Dale McFee was anxious about buying his first large property, a strip mall in Prince Albert, Sask., where he worked as a police officer. Based on his successful four-year stint with the Prince Albert Raiders, McFee had a good name in hockey-mad P.A. but he didn’t have the money for such a large purchase, so […]

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24 h. ago Trial continues for former Edmonton police officer who kicked suspect in head

An Edmonton police officer whose former colleague is on trial for putting his boots to a man’s head told jurors he believed the man was resisting arrest. The assault trial of former Edmonton Police Service Const. Oli Olason entered its third day Wednesday with testimony from Const. Daniel Fedechko. A member of the EPS tactical […]

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26 h. ago Media Advisory: MADD Canada’s Constable Heidi Stevenson’s Watch Awards Honour Nova Scotia Police Officers for Their Road Safety Efforts

Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, May 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Nova Scotia police officers will be recognized at the 2025 MADD Canada’s Constable Heidi Stevenson’s Watch Award ceremony for their outstanding commitment to removing impaired drivers from the province’s roads, waterways, and trails. Media are invited to attend the awards ceremony. Interviews with guests and award […]

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28 h. ago Ohio woman busted for drug possession as pet raccoon holds meth pipe

Chewy the raccoon was just an innocent bystander. Police in Ohio said an officer encountered a strange scene this week when a raccoon was found inside a vehicle holding a meth pipe. According to the Springfield Township Police Department, Officer Austin Branham conducted a traffic stop Monday evening, near Akron, after identifying a vehicle whose […]

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51 h. ago Jurors in Michigan cop’s murder trial struggling to reach verdict, told to keep trying

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A judge urged jurors to keep working Tuesday after they said they couldn’t reach a unanimous verdict in the murder trial of a Michigan police officer who fatally shot a 26-year-old Congolese immigrant minutes after a routine traffic stop. “Talk things over in the spirit of fairness and frankness. … By […]

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51 h. ago Drugs found by UVic students like something out of 'a Scarface movie' police tell coroner's inquest

A Saanich police officer told a coroner's inquest that where and how students found the fentanyl-laced drugs is "a shocking story."

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53 h. ago Jury begins deliberating fate of 3 former Memphis cops charged in Tyre Nichols’ death

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The fate of three former Memphis police officers charged in the beating of Tyre Nichols was in the hands of 12 people who do not live in the city as jury deliberations began Tuesday in the 29-year-old Black man’s death. The jury began deliberating after a prosecutor and defense lawyers presented closing […]

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2 d. ago CRIME SCENE: Toronto man charged after shots fired last month in York

A 30-year-old Toronto man is facing gun and drug charges after a firearm was discharged in the York area. Toronto Police said that officers responded to a person with a gun call April 24 in the Weston Rd.-Jane St. area, where the accused allegedly discharged a firearm into the air before fleeing. Police identified a […]

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3 d. ago On duty Edmonton police officer kicked and stomped man's head during arrest, jury hears

A trial is underway for a then-Edmonton police officer caught on camera putting his boots to a man’s head during an arrest, with the prosecutor urging jurors to find him guilty of using excessive force. Oli Olason, a former constable with the Edmonton Police Service tactical unit, pleaded not guilty Monday to a single count […]

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3 d. ago Paramedic suspected fatal UVic call was more serious than 911 report

Paramedic, firefighter, police officer testify at coroner's inquest for UVic student Sidney McIntyre-Starko, 18, who died of a drug overdose

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4 d. ago Neighbour details concerns over property at centre of shooting probe

A London home at the centre of a shooting investigation has been targeted by bylaw enforcement in the past, city hall officials say. A heavy police presence descended on a house on Adelaide Street, south of Oxford Street, last Monday around 7:30 a.m. after a shooting victim showed up in hospital two hours earlier. Investigator […]

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4 d. ago 'Do what we can': More memorial masses planned for victims in Lapu Lapu Day attack

Police officers were stationed outside a Saturday morning mass at St. Andrew's Parish in Vancouver.

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5 d. ago SUV thefts lead to three arrests, dog seized at Brampton auto repair shop

An investigation into stolen SUVs led to the arrests of three men and seizure of a dog at an auto repair shop in Brampton last week. Peel Regional Police say officers responded to two separate incidents in Mississauga where a grey 2025 Honda CRV and a white 2025 Honda CRV were stolen last Sunday and […]

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5 d. ago Berkshire’s Warren Buffett Says Trade Can Be an ‘Act of War’

Berkshire Hathaway Chief Executive Officer Warren Buffett addressed US President Donald Trump’s tariff policies at the company’s annual meeting in Omaha, saying trade “should not be a weapon.”

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5 d. ago Gatineau police opening surveillance camera registry to fight crime

Gatineau police are creating a “surveillance camera registry” and are asking business owners and residents with outdoor cameras to sign up. “By registering their cameras, residents can partner with the Service de police de la Ville de Gatineau (SPVG) to help police officers and investigators advance investigations following a crime that may have occurred in […]

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6 d. ago Gangs, jerry cans and a Grey Cup ring: undercover cop testifies in trial of alleged Alberta Avenue arsonist

An undercover police officer who cozied up to an alleged serial arsonist says the accused took him on a tour of houses he burned while regaling him with stories about life on the street. Darcy Willier is in the midst of a Court of King’s Bench trial on a 16-count indictment alleging he set fire […]

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6 d. ago Michigan cop on trial tells jurors he feared for his life before killing African immigrant

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A Michigan police officer who killed a man with a shot to the back of the head testified in his own defense Friday, telling jurors at his second-degree murder trial that he was “running on fumes” and fearing for his life after losing his Taser during an intense fight. “I believed […]

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6 d. ago Kentucky man who won $167M Powerball jackpot lands in Florida jail days later

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Kentucky Powerball winner was arrested and charged with kicking a police officer in Florida days after he won a $167 million jackpot. James S. Farthing, who goes by Shannon, found out Sunday that he won the state’s biggest ever jackpot after his mother called him, according to a media release from […]

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6 d. ago St. Thomas police called to clashes at elementary school, high school

Officers responded to incidents at two separate St. Thomas schools this week involving students making threats, police say. The first incident was on Tuesday when officers were called to an unidentified high school after a student threatened a member of the administration, St. Thomas police stated in a news release on Friday. Officers went to […]

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8 d. ago FBI reassigns agents photographed kneeling during 2020 racial justice protest

WASHINGTON — The FBI has reassigned several agents who were photographed kneeling during a racial justice protest in Washington that followed the 2020 death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers, two people familiar with the matter said Wednesday. The reasons for the moves were not immediately clear, though they come as […]

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