Wellness Check

• 1 arrested after wellness check, reports of shots fired at Langley home

  Langley RCMP say officers were on their way to check on a person at a home on 236 Street south of 47 Avenue when they recieved multiple calls of gunshots heard in the same area.

  Crime

  Mar 4, 2025
  
• New Brunswick RCMP dispute death of Indigenous man was wellness check gone wrong

  New Brunswick RCMP are disputing claims that the recent shooting death of an Indigenous man in mental distress happened during a police wellness check.

  Canada

  Sep 13, 2024
  
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• York Regional Police locate 3 dead in Richmond Hill home, investigation underway

  York Regional Police say its homicide unit is investigating after officers located three people dead inside of a Richmond Hill home on Thursday afternoon.

  Crime

  Feb 1, 2024
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• Charges laid after death threats made at a home in Guelph’s west end

  As a 26-year-old man was being taken away by officers on Tuesday night, Guelph police say he threatened a woman.

  Crime

  Dec 13, 2023
• No jail time for RCMP officer who dragged, stepped on B.C. student during wellness check

  The Kelowna cop who assaulted a UBC Okanagan nursing student in mental distress was sentenced on Monday. The case made national headlines when video footage was shared.

  Crime

  Aug 28, 2023
• Use of force reasonable in fatal RCMP shooting of B.C.’s Dani Cooper: Watchdog

  Dani Cooper was a beloved local advocate, writer, poet and member of the Unitarian Universalist congregation. They were shot while holding a knife during a mental health crisis.

  Crime

  Aug 3, 2023
• Sentencing date for Kelowna cop who assaulted woman during wellness in August

  According to the BC Prosecution Service, Crown counsel is looking for a four-month conditional sentence order.

  Crime

  Jun 15, 2023
• 1 man in custody after chase through Fraser Valley that started with wellness check

  It started when Mounties were called to Charles Street and Loring Avenue in Chilliwack at 2:30 a.m. for a wellness check on two people sleeping in a running vehicle.

  Crime

  Mar 28, 2023
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• Southey, Sask. RCMP officers save non-responsive woman from smoke-filled house

  Two Southey RCMP officers recall saving a woman's life after finding her non-responsive in bed in a house consumed by smoke.

  Crime

  Jan 20, 2023
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• A Regina woman discovers neighbour dead due to ‘rancid smell’

  A Regina woman wants landlords to take their tenants concerns seriously after discovering the body of a man who lived across her suite at an apartment building in Cathedral.

  Canada

  Dec 9, 2022