Det.-Sgt. Shane Donovan testified Tuesday it was “either me or him” when he fired at least 10 shots at his fellow Niagara Regional Police officer, Const. Nathan Parker, in November 2018.Det.-Sgt. Shane Donovan took the stand Tuesday in the trial of Const. Nathan Parker, a fellow Niagara Regional Police officer he shot multiple times in November…
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Police find belongings of missing Quebec boy as night falls on 4th day of search
by Sue JonesThe fourth day of searching for a missing three-year-old boy believed to have been abducted by his father from the town of Sainte-Paule, Que., has turned up signs that they are still in the area, police say.Jake Côté, 3, was abducted in Sainte-Paule, Que., about 630 kilometres northeast of Montreal, according to Quebec provincial police. (Submitted…
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Police in Nova Scotia can now use Alert Ready to issue an alert to mobile phones
by Lily WhiteNova Scotia RCMP and Halifax Regional Police (HRP) now have direct access to the Alert Ready system Police in Nova Scotia can…
Police in Metro Vancouver say they’ve responded to more than 100 sudden deaths since an extreme heat wave took hold in the province, and the danger is expected to continue in the face of unrelenting heat still in the forecast over the next several days.A woman who goes by the name ChillyBean hands out bottled water…
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Police smash couple’s living room window with armoured vehicle in drug raid that finds nothing
by Sue JonesLooking for a drug den, police smashed their way into an Alberta couple’s home firing tear gas. But their evidence “amounted to a hill of beans,” one lawyer says. No-knock raids like this are executed hundreds of times a year in Canada — though some police forces have mostly abandoned the practice.Police in combat gear…
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Police chief should have no say in reinvestigations of sudden deaths, Thunder Bay, Ont., families say
by Sue JonesA long-awaited report into the reinvestigation of the sudden deaths of nine Indigenous people in Thunder Bay, Ont., is expected sometime this summer, but the families of the deceased and their representatives are already casting doubt on it.A team reviewing nine sudden death cases in Thunder Bay, Ont., is preparing its final report, but families…
Tuesday, May 25 will mark one year since George Floyd’s death at the hands of Minneapolis police. President Biden is set to…
Two police officers have been sacked after filming themselves speeding in a seized car. Police Constables Shaun Pearce and Daniel Pike were accused of driving at 89mph after seizing the vehicle as part of ‘The Fatal Five’ campaign, which aims to tackle issues like speeding and careless driving. They were found to have committed gross…
A 20-year-old college football player disappeared one stormy day in 2016 while paddleboarding with friends in California’s Lake Tahoe. Now police believe…