The Mountie who helped rescue an older couple from the freezing waters of a Surrey, B.C., swimming pool last week is speaking out about the experience.
McCallum has retained one of the priciest defense lawyers in Vancouver — Richard Peck, who also defended Huawei’s Meng Wanzhou from a United States extradition request.
McCallum faces the public mischief charge over claims his foot was run over in a Sept. 4 altercation with opponents of the city’s police transition.
The officer is facing a criminal investigation following a use of force incident that happened during an arrest on Nov. 21, the department confirmed.
The province has capped the number of recruits the SPS can onboard in 2022 at fewer than half of what the new department had been aiming for.
‘There are not going to be challenges if you are an early bird. That early bird is going to get the worm this year,’ Caren McSherry of Gourmet Warehouse says of holiday shopping.
Global News has learned more about the disciplinary actions faced by two Vancouver police officers, one of whom photographed the other posing next to a dead body in February.
Vancouver police were called three times to the multimillion-dollar home of David Sidoo, where two people were unconscious in a crowd of hundreds.
Former Whitecap Malloree Enoch told the Guardian newspaper coach Hubert Busby Jr. made sexual advances towards her as she was being recruited for the team.
Vancouver police are not required to be vaccinated, at least not yet.
The province’s permanent paid sick leave program will come into effect Jan. 1.
Global News can now report police are probing a possible charge of public mischief related to Doug McCallum’s claims about what happened at a Save-On-Foods parking lot on Sept. 4.
Vancouver police say they are seeing an increase in graffiti in the city.
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The role is meant to avoid “any potential for real or perceived improper influence in the administration of justice,” the prosecution service said.