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Authorities foil ‘terrorist plot’ in Canada
Canadian and US authorities have thwarted a terrorist plot and arrested several suspects, Canadian media said Monday. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police is scheduled to hold a press conference at 3:30 p.m. (1930 GMT) to provide details, while Canada’s public broadcaster said federal police and intelligence agents, as well as…
Two men shoot sheriff at Alberta courthouse
Two men shot their way out of a courthouse in a small town in Western Canada on Tuesday, injuring a sheriff and fleeing in his van before being recaptured, authorities said. A justice department spokeswoman said the sheriff was shot in the hand shortly before noon local time and was…
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…
Canada police arrest more than 100 in drug ring bust
OTTAWA — Police arrested 103 people and seized stolen explosives, illicit narcotics, some 400 prohibited firearms and money in raids across Canada Thursday morning, dismantling a major drug ring. “We have succeeded in neutralizing this network,” a Quebec police spokesman said in a televised news conference. More than a thousand…
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…
Canadian intelligence report sees threat from ‘radicalized environmentalist faction’
An intelligence assessment from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police that describes environmental activsts as posing a significant threat of violence has drawn an immediate rebuttal from Greenpeace Canada, which is cited by name in the assessment. A heavily-censored copy of the classified report — which also covers ordinary criminal activities…
Canadian police bust international credit card fraud ring
Canadian police said Wednesday they have broken up an international fraud ring that drained some $100 million from the accounts of unsuspecting bank card holders. Authorities arrested 45 people in a series of raids by members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, mostly in the Montreal region but also in…
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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