Canada crime

• Hate crime reports in Canada surged during COVID-19 pandemic: StatCan

  New data released by Statistics Canada on Tuesday showed that 3,360 hate crimes were reported by police last year, representing a 72 per cent jump over the last two years.

  Canada

  Aug 2
  
• RCMP looking for man wanted in Alberta and Newfoundland after he fled from officers

  Police in Newfoundland have issued an arrest warrant for a man also wanted in Alberta for charges including unauthorized possession of a firearm.

  Canada

  Jun 19
  
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• Ontario teen charged over alleged mass shooting threat at Florida Pride event

  The teenager was arrested in Canada in the early hours of Monday, June 6, and the video, as well as the firearm seen in the video, were recovered at the time of the arrest.

  Crime

  Jun 7
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• Liberals’ plan for new financial crimes agency raises questions about RCMP role

  Budget 2022 proposed setting up a new law enforcement agency to investigate 'complex and fast-moving cases of financial crime,' a role currently held by the RCMP.

  Politics

  Apr 8
• RCMP arrest man after prolonged stand-off in Cape Dorset, Nunavut

  Earlier Saturday, RCMP said officers were responding to a "dynamic situation" unfolding in the Baffin Island community after they had received reports that a man may have fired a gunshot.

  Canada

  Apr 25, 2020
• Manitoba’s murder rate up, one in 10 murders gang-related: Stats Can

  Manitoba's murder rate is up, according to 2018 data released by Statistics Canada on Wednesday.

  Crime

  Nov 27, 2019
• Canada gave work permit to Belgian wanted in $10M art fraud, money laundering case

  Canadian officials declined to explain why they granted a work permit to David Bertiaux although he was facing serious criminal charges in Belgium.

  Canada

  Nov 22, 2019
• U.S. military court appoints 3 judges to hear Omar Khadr’s war crimes appeal

  An American military court has appointed three judges to hear Omar Khadr appeal his war-crimes convictions, signalling a possible end to a years-long delay in the Canadian's quest to clear his name.

  Canada

  Sep 25, 2019
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• Canada’s crime rate rose in 2018 but country still safer than a decade ago: StatCan

  The severity of crime also rose by two per cent, according to a Statistics Canada calculation called the Crime Severity Index.

  Canada

  Jul 22, 2019
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• Liberal-dominated committee report on rural crime ‘an insult to all Canadians’: Tory MPs

  A Liberal-dominated parliamentary committee's report on rural crime is "an insult to all Canadians," Conservative MPs say in a dissenting statement that decries waits of hours or even days for police to respond to calls in remote areas.

  Canada

  May 21, 2019