Weapons Call

• Questions being raised about police response to Halifax university lockdown

  Students were told to shelter in place while police arrived on the scene with tactical equipment to investigate second-hand reports of an armed robbery at the university cafe. 

  Canada

  May 31, 2025
  
• Saskatoon police investigate homicide of 35-year-old woman

  Members of the Saskatoon Police Service are investigating the death of a 35-year-old woman who succumbed to injuries Saturday after police responded to a weapons call.

  Crime

  Jun 11, 2023
  
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• 1 arrested after RCMP standoff outside Victoria

  Police were called to reports of a disturbance at a home in the District of Highlands, where they believe an "unknown individual may be armed with a firearm" inside a home.

  Crime

  May 25, 2023
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• No charges in N.S. school lockdown, pellet gun ‘does not meet the definition of a firearm’: RCMP

  An incident at Avon View High School in Windsor, N.S., Monday afternoon prompted a 15-minute lockdown, where students and staff were left to hide while police searched for a gun. 

  Crime

  Apr 4, 2023
• Replica gun results in ERT deployment to Surrey, B.C. home

  Police said there were about 14 people inside the home with "varying levels of cooperativeness," and that "multiple people" were taken into custody but all released.

  Crime

  Mar 23, 2023
• Youth in custody, weapon recovered in Brampton: police

  Peel Regional Police said the incident occurred in the Sandalwood Parkway and Great Lakes Drive area at around 10:37 a.m.

  Crime

  Mar 9, 2023
• Suspect arrested after 3 people stabbed in Fredericton overnight

  The Fredericton Police Force has arrested a suspect after three people were stabbed at an establishment in the city's south side.

  Crime

  Mar 4, 2023
• Winnipeg police find missing 13-year-old during firearm investigation

  Winnipeg police say they found a 13-year-old girl who had been reported missing while responding to a firearm report at a home in the city's North End.

  Crime

  Oct 4, 2022
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• Lockdown lifted at Mississauga high school after weapon deemed fake: police

  The lockdown at a Mississauga high school and the hold and secure at another have been lifted, police say.

  Crime

  Jun 14, 2022
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• 14-year-old charged in connection with assault investigation in Vaughan: police

  In a press release Tuesday, York Regional Police said on May 2, at around 6:35 p.m., officers received a weapons call at a park in the Sunset Ridge and Kistler Street area.

  Crime

  May 31, 2022