Tag: RCMP

‘Looking for Canada’: RCMP’s Musical Ride Steeped in Tradition as Force Turns 150

Maxwell Newhouse remembers the earth quivering below his feet when 32 riders wearing bright scarlet jackets, on top of their large black horses, moved across a field in seamless patterns. It was 25 years ago and his first time watching an RCMP Musical Ride, a horsey ballet where Mounties don the iconic red serge, hoist…


RCMP Use Forensic Genealogy to Connect Human Remains to Alberta Woman

Mounties in Saskatchewan have used forensic genealogy to identify human remains found in a field as belonging to an Alberta woman who had not been seen for more than two years. RCMP say a human skull was found in Morris, a rural municipality southeast of Saskatoon, by people looking for shed antlers in 2021. The…


400 Cars Keyed at BC Dealership Causing Estimated $500,000 in Damage, RCMP Say

Mounties in Coquitlam, B.C., are asking for the public’s help identifying a suspect who they say keyed about 400 vehicles at a car dealership in the city. Police say that between January and April, they received three separate reports of alleged “mass car ‘keying’ incidents” at the Journey Chrysler dealership. They released video footage of…


EXPLAINER: Winnipeg Lab Documents – Why Did It Take so Long and What Could They Reveal?

Will the public finally be provided some details behind the mysterious firing of Chinese-Canadian scientists who were working at the country’s top biosafety lab? The Liberal government announced on May 17 that an ad-hoc committee of selected MPs will be able to review documents pertaining to the matter, and a panel of arbiters composed of…


RCMP Struggling With Recruiting, Senate Hears

The RCMP is struggling nationally to recruit new officers, the Senate Committee on National Defence, Security, and Veterans Affairs heard during a hearing on May 15. “Policing, like other sectors of the economy, is experiencing unprecedented challenges to recruit sufficient numbers of applicants,” said Nadine Huggins, the RCMP’s chief human resources officer. “Recruitment renewal is a…


RCMP Short of Target Police Numbers by Nearly 10%: Report

The federal police force is short of its targeted number of officers by nearly 10 percent despite multiple measures intended to increase recruitment and retention, according to a report. In a report recently submitted to the Senate Standing Committee on National Finance and obtained by Blacklock’s Reporter, the RCMP said that it has around 18,480 members—which is…


Murder Trial Begins for Manitoba Man Accused of Running Down, Shooting Neighbour

A trial started Monday for a Manitoba man accused of killing his neighbour and leading police on a weeklong manhunt that ended in Ontario. Eric Wildman is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Clifford Joseph, 40, who was reported missing on June 7, 2021. His remains were found in a rural area northeast…


Mendicino Explains Previously Inconsistent Remarks About RCMP Shutting Down Covert Chinese Police Service Stations

Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino says the RCMP will be addressing any “new” undercover Chinese police service stations that show up in Canada—an admission that comes just over two weeks after he said the RCMP had shut down all the covert police stations operating on Canadian soil. “I am confident that the RCMP have taken…


Military Referred 93 Sexual Offence Cases to Civilian Police, 64 Under Investigation

The military says it has referred 93 cases of criminal sexual offences to civilian police since December 2021, and 64 of the cases are under investigation. An independent report released a year ago recommended the government remove jurisdiction over such cases from military police after a series of sexual misconduct scandals involving high-ranking officers. Brig.-Gen….


Officer Deaths Surge in Canada—‘We Have Never Seen This Before,’ Says Police Association Head

Nine officers have been murdered in Canada since September 2022, the latest of which was Ontario’s Sgt. Eric Mueller, who was ambushed during a house call on May 11. “It’s as if there is an actual attack on the policing community,” Matthew Cox, president of the Ottawa Police Association, told The Epoch Times. “We have never…