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Canada thwarts al-Qaeda plot targeting train from Toronto to New York City
Canadian officials on Monday announced that they had arrested two men in connection with an al-Qaeda plot to target a railroad that runs from Toronto to New York City. A statement from RCMP obtained by CBC said that 30-year-old Chiheb Esseghaier and 35-year-old Raed Jaser had been charged with conspiracy…
Canadian federal police allegedly abused and raped native women
Human Rights Watch accused Canada’s federal police Wednesday of striking fear in the hearts of aboriginal women, offering up testimonies of alleged police threats, abuse and even rape. The fear of police expressed by 50 women and girls interviewed in the north of British Columbia province — the focus of…
Canadian police criticized after forcing protest plane to land
One of Canada’s largest public sector unions on Tuesday alleged political interference after police ordered a small plane towing a banner reading “Stephen Harper hates us” to land. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police told public broadcaster CBC the weekend flight over Ottawa strayed into restricted airspace, so the pilot was…
Canada policewomen file sex harassment class action
More than 200 policewomen and former cops have alleged sexual harassment on the job in a class action lawsuit against Canada’s federal police force. Hearings opened in British Columbia Supreme Court in Vancouver Thursday to certify a law suit filed in March by Janet Merlo, a 19-year veteran of the…
Drunken man sings entire ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ in police cruiser
Dashcam video posted on YouTube Wednesday captured a drunken man singing Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” in the back of a Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) cruiser. The man begins by insisting that he had “done nothing wrong” and urging the officer to consider the “brotherhood of man of man on the…
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