With the Chatham-Kent Crime Stoppers program temporarily suspended because of a national security breach, the Chatham-Kent Police Service has created a new tip line for public reports. Residents who want to report criminal activity or public safety concerns can now contact the Chatham-Kent Police Service Tip Line directly at 1-888-236-0993. This line connects tipsters directly […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee National Guard troops in Memphis last summer trained their handguns on a man as he lay dying on a sidewalk after a guard member shot him in the back, video released Monday by county prosecutors shows. A Memphis police officer can be heard in the footage from an officer’s body […]

Privacy commissioner Philippe Dufresne says the government’s “lawful access” bill should be amended to limit the sort of information available to authorities under a new production order. Currently, police can obtain a general production order from a court to obtain subscriber information, such as the name, address and email linked to an account. The government […]

After a 21-week summer break, the PC government returned to Queen’s Park with another omnibus bill that made “anti-democratic” changes to Ontario’s oldest environmental laws, public consultation and land-use planning under the banner of cutting “unnecessary” red tape. The drastic move will supposedly eliminate nearly 220,000 days of approval processing time with the goal of […]

Artificial intelligence company OpenAI has filed a legal challenge against an order by British Columbia’s Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner to produce documents related to the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge. A statement from the independent privacy watchdog said the California-based company had requested a judicial review in B.C. Supreme Court, challenging the […]

Alberta RCMP are warning people not to hand over personal information after scammers posed as police officers and faked phone numbers to look like they were calling from local detachments. The warning came Friday. Police say they received several reports over Thursday from people who received the fake calls. The callers claimed to be RCMP […]

El Paso Matters filed a lawsuit Thursday asking a state judge to lift a blanket of near-total secrecy on records in the 2019 Walmart mass shooting held by El Paso police and prosecutors. The petition seeks a writ of mandamus, an order from a judge to a government official to perform a mandatory legal duty […]

Krystle Silverfox uses straight lines of colourful beads to cover names, places and events recorded in her mother’s Sixties Scoop files. On the art pieces, printed headlines and handwritten notes remain with information relevant to the family’s journey in the child welfare system. Apprehension, a body of work by Silverfox of Selkirk First Nation (Wolf […]

York Regional Police has suspended its partnership with Crime Stoppers after a cybersecurity breach back in March. The move came after the breach caused Toronto Crime Stoppers to stop taking anonymous tips by phone, online, or through their app on October 21. News of the breach left multiple questions unanswered for the organization, including the […]

The CEO of California’s high-speed rail authority resigned late Wednesday, saying he needs to focus on “important personal and family priorities,” according to a copy of the emailed resignation obtained by CalMatters. “This has not been an easy decision, as leading the Authority has been one of the most meaningful and rewarding chapters of my […]

Montreal police say a 16-member patrol unit rocked by a racism scandal remained armed and active for nearly a full day after investigators secured enough evidence to take action about allegations some officers engaged in criminal misconduct. Police chief Fady Dagher announced at a late Friday evening news conference in mid-June that he was dismantling […]

Newfoundland and Labrador will blow past its 2030 and 2040 climate targets and is at risk of failing to achieve its critical goal of achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, according to internal government documents obtained by The Independent. In a document from the Department of Environment, Conservation and Climate Change dated July 7, […]