Tag: Mounties

5 BC Mounties Charged in 2017 Death of Suspect in Police Custody

Two B.C. RCMP officers have been charged with manslaughter in relation to a man’s death during an arrest in 2017 while three of their fellow Mounties have been charged with attempting to obstruct justice. In a statement published on Feb. 1, the B.C. Prosecution Service said manslaughter charges have been approved against constables Paul Ste-Marie…


Canada Post Employee Facing Mail Theft Charges After Over 500 Undelivered Parcels Found: Alberta RCMP

A Canada Post employee in Alberta was arrested after a search warrant found that the employee had over 500 parcels in a residence and vehicle, the RCMP says. The items were reportedly found on Nov. 23 after Wainwright RCMP, the Eastern Alberta District Crime Reduction Unit, and Canada Post inspectors executed a search warrant in…


Mountie Who Recorded Lucki Meeting First Told Investigators Tape Lost on Stolen Phone

An affidavit by an RCMP security investigator details how the force obtained recordings of a tense meeting at the centre of allegations of political interference into the Mounties’ investigation into the Nova Scotia mass shooting. The affidavit sworn Friday by Supt. Jeffrey Beaulac, the RCMP’s deputy chief security officer at national headquarters in Ottawa, was released Tuesday by the public inquiry into the April 18-19, 2020,…


Mounties Say Autopsies Have Begun to Identify Four Found Dead Near US Border

WINNIPEG—Mounties say autopsies have begun to try to identify four people who were found dead in a frigid Manitoba blizzard near the United States border. The bodies of a man, a woman, a teen and a baby were discovered Jan. 19 in the snow near Emerson, Man. RCMP have said it’s believed they froze to…


Mounties Eye Corruption Cases Involving Canadian Firms and New Ways of Resolving Them

OTTAWA—RCMP anti-corruption investigators say they are probing possible shady practices by several Canadian companies operating in parts of Africa, Eastern Europe and South America. Firms involved in mining, infrastructure, aviation, rail, engineering and technology are susceptible to corruption, such as paying a bribe to secure a contract, say Mounties with the force’s sensitive and international…