Six police officers have been killed in Canada since September. Here’s a look at their cases and who they were: Const. Grzegorz Pierzchala, 28 The Ontario Provincial Police has said Pierzchala was responding to a call for a vehicle in a ditch west of Hagersville, Ont., on Dec. 27 and was fatally shot in an…
A Look at Six Canadian Police Officers Who Were Killed in Recent Months
Search Suspended for Nova Scotia Fisherman Missing Off Cape Sable Island, NS
The search for a missing Nova Scotia fisherman who went overboard on Boxing Day morning was suspended early Tuesday afternoon. Lt. Commander Len Hickey said that despite a robust search effort that carried on overnight Monday and into Tuesday morning, rescue crews were unable to locate the missing man. The file will be handed over…
It Is Time to Demobolize the ‘Defund the Police’ Movement
Commentary Imagine a world where everything is perfect. No one ever makes a mistake, there is no bias, and everyone gets along. Can’t think of such a planet? That is because it does not and cannot exist. It is called “Utopia”—Greek for “there ain’t no such place”—for a reason. It is impossible. Nevertheless, we often…
Canadians Gleaned Naval Intelligence From Russian Defector, Newly Released Files Show
The young Russian seaman who turned up exhausted and bleeding on the British Columbia shore struck a Canadian intelligence official as well mannered, sincere and athletic, built like Tarzan of the movies. Less than two years later, defector Sergei Kourdakov would die in a California motel room—apparently by accidentally shooting himself—after joining an evangelical Christian…
RCMP Official Accused of Leaking Classified Information Released on Bail
A former top intelligence official in the federal police force accused of leaking secrets to a foreign entity has been released on bail on Dec. 21. Cameron Ortis, who served as the director general of the RCMP’s National Intelligence Coordination Centre, was granted bail by Justice Robert Maranger in a decision delivered in the Ontario…
Cory Morgan: Avoiding a Constitutional Crisis as Alberta and Ottawa Spar on Gun Ban Legislation
Commentary Alberta’s controversial Sovereignty Within a United Canada Act (Bill 1) gained Royal Assent on Dec. 15 and has been formally enshrined into law. Premier Danielle Smith’s government will be itching for the chance to use the new legislation. Battles with Ottawa almost always shore up support for the government in power in Alberta, and…
Record Amount of Opium Found in Vancouver Marine Containers: Border Services
What started as a probe into some oddities with shipping pallets in Vancouver has ended with a record seizure of opium by the Canada Border Services Agency. The agency says its investigators found 247 shipping pallets loaded with almost 2,500 kilograms of opium in several shipping containers at Vancouver’s port. Nina Patel, the regional director…
Liberals Want to Expand Parliament Hill After Post-Convoy Security Report
Liberal MPs on a House of Commons committee that studied parliamentary security after the Freedom Convoy say Parliament Hill should expand to include nearby streets. The Liberals say a land transfer should take place between the City of Ottawa and the federal public services department to allow Wellington Street and Sparks Street, a pedestrian street…
New NS Top Mountie Says Public Wants to Keep Force Despite Mass Shooting Response
The RCMP’s new commanding officer in Nova Scotia believes the public wants a renewed relationship with his police force despite its widely criticized response to the 2020 mass shooting. Assistant Commissioner Dennis Daley said in an interview Wednesday that while it’s possible a public inquiry may call for the province to look at alternative policing…
RCMP Officers Investigating Chinese Influence Visit Non-Profit Group’s Office in BC
A national security team led by the RCMP in the investigation of the Chinese regime’s foreign interference activities in Canada reportedly paid a visit to a non-profit group in Richmond, B.C., on Dec. 10. The Integrated National Security Enforcement Team (INSET) was at the building of Wenzhou Friendship Society, conducting interviews there and in the…
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