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Forestry crew at loggerheads with Fairy Creek activists
Videos have emerged of forestry workers hurling racist comments, threats and foul language at activists supporting the Fairy Creek old-growth blockades on Vancouver Island.
RCMP breached online information collection policy: audit
An internal review says the RCMP routinely flouted its own policies when gathering information from the internet, potentially endangering investigations and prosecutions.
RCMP watchdog report shows injustice: Boushie's mother
Wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with "Justice for Indigenous," the mother of Colten Boushie stood before microphones on Monday, March 22, 2021, to address discrimination that a complaints commission confirmed she faced when RCMP officers told her of his death.
Tsilhqot'in say colonialism, racism hindered COVID response
A British Columbia First Nation that won a landmark case establishing rights and title to its territory says ongoing colonialism and systemic racism have hindered its COVID-19 response.
Mounties enforced racist policies, should do better in future, RCMP commissioner says
The Mounties have enforced racist and discriminatory legislation and policies, with some incidents leaving generational scars, and they should do better in the future, RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki said Wednesday.
MPs to summon Kielburger brothers to testify at ethics committee
WE Charity co-founders Craig and Marc Kielburger are proposing to testify after being summoned by a House of Commons committee, but the charity's lawyer says they won't answer questions about their organization's dealings with donors.
Kielburger brothers refuse to testify before 'partisan' Commons committee
WE Charity co-founders Craig and Marc Kielburger are declining requests to testify before two House of Commons committees.
Former Alberta teacher accused of sexually assaulting students found dead on Quadra Island
Michael Andreassen Gregory, 57, accused of sexually exploiting six junior high students between 1999 and 2005, was discovered dead at his property on Quadra Island on Monday.
RCMP officers should be high priority for COVID vaccine, union tells officials
The union representing front-line RCMP officers is asking federal and provincial officials to consider Mounties for priority access to COVID-19 vaccination.
Clearview AI engaged in illegal ‘mass surveillance’ of Canadians, probe finds
The exact number of images of Canadians that were sucked into Clearview’s database is unknown, the commissioners said, but it is a “relative certainty” that it numbered in the millions.
Former B.C. legislature clerk faces charges of fraud, breach of trust
The former clerk of the British Columbia legislature has been charged with four counts of breach of trust and two counts of fraud in excess of $5,000.
Uncovered tracks: The bloody legacy of Canada’s railways
In 1885, a week after the Canadian Pacific Railway was completed and the iconic “Last Spike” photo was snapped, Métis leader Louis Riel, who had once successfully negotiated with Ottawa for Métis land rights, was hanged for treason. The railway transported Canada’s first army to crush Métis uprisings.
Federal ministers discuss need for anti-racism training for all justice system employees
Public Safety Minister Bill Blair says a need for anti-racism training for all people working in the criminal justice system was a focus of conversation with his counterparts from across the country at a two-day meeting.