In the seconds after a Mountie sped past a gunman wanted for a murderous rampage in Nova Scotia two years ago, the officer hesitated about whether to give chase, and by the time he did the suspect was gone. Public inquiry documents released Thursday describe in detail for the first time an encounter between Cpl….
RCMP Officer Hesitated After Speeding by NS Mass Shooter on Second Day of Killings
Mounties Charge Oblate Priest, Inuit Delegates Ask Pope to Intervene
Mounties have laid a new charge against a Roman Catholic priest who has previously avoided trial for multiple allegations of sexual abuse linked to his time in Nunavut. RCMP said a Canada-wide arrest warrant has been issued for Johannes Rivoire, who is in his 90s and lives in Lyon, France. Nunavut RCMP said officers received…
Mass Shooting Inquiry: RCMP Officers Doubted Reports About Replica Police Cruiser
The first three RCMP officers who responded to the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting testified Monday they were initially doubtful the killer was in a marked RCMP vehicle, even though a dispatcher relayed that information from two 911 calls. Const. Stuart Beselt, the team leader the night of April 18, 2020, told the inquiry that…
Night of NS Shootings, Witnesses Wondered About ‘Strange’ RCMP Car as It Went By
Witnesses noticed the odd actions of what appeared to be an RCMP cruiser late on April 18, 2020, not realizing the driver was responsible for a murderous rampage that had just left 13 people dead in Portapique, N.S. The details of the witness recollections are summarized in a document released today by the public inquiry…
Banks Froze Convoy Protesters’ Accounts Beyond RCMP’s List: Canadian Bankers Association
The Canadian Bankers Association told a parliamentary committee that its members froze Freedom Convoy protesters’ bank accounts during the public order emergency not only to comply with RCMP disclosures but also based on “their own determinations.” “We primarily relied on the names provided by the RCMP, but there were obligations under the order separate from…
RCMP Say Freezing Convoy Protesters’ Accounts Necessary as Opposition MPs Question Why Court Orders Not Used
RCMP officials say the freezing of the Freedom Convoy protesters’ bank accounts without a court order was a necessary and targeted measure during the public order emergency, but opposition MPs are questioning why existing laws weren’t applied. RCMP Assistant Commissioner Michel Arcand told the House Finance Committee (FINA) on March 7 that the freezing of…
RCMP Say 47 Canadians Arrested, 12 Children Rescued in Global Sex Abuse Operation
Forty-seven Canadians have been arrested and 12 children have been removed from abusive situations as part of a global investigation into online child sexual exploitation, the RCMP said Wednesday. The Mounties said 186 charges have been laid in Canada so far during the investigation, dubbed Operation H. Arrests have been made in eight provinces over…
Children Called in Key Details Amid Mass Shooting
HALIFAX—When a gunman impersonating a Mountie started killing people in Portapique, N.S., on April 18, 2020, four children huddled in a home where they relayed key information about the killer as the tragedy unfolded around them. Portions of a transcript of that disturbing 911 call were released today by an independent commission of inquiry investigating…
Ottawa Lawyer Says Convoy Protest Donors May Have Accounts Frozen, Despite RCMP’s Claims Otherwise
Despite the RCMP saying that information on donors to the Freedom Convoy protest is not being forwarded to banks under the Emergencies Act, an Ottawa defence lawyer says banks may act of their own accord and freeze the accounts of a wide range of protest supporters, including donors. In a Feb. 21 statement, RCMP said that…
Stolen Firearms and Trailer Recovered in Peel Region: Peterborough Police
A trailer carrying a “large quantity” of firearms has been found after it was reported stolen in Peterborough, Ont., over the weekend, police say. In a news release on Feb. 16, Peterborough police said the trailer containing more than 2,000 firearms has been recovered in Peel Region, though the exact location was not stated. “The trailer…
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