Rcmp News
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Portapique -
Update: At least 16 people were killed during a gunman's bloody 12-hour rampage through several Nova Scotia, Canada communities, including one 23-year veteran of the RCMP, and police warn there may be more victims.
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Ottawa -
The Canadian Department of Defense has issued new guidelines dealing with the consumption and possession of cannabis by its military members, severely restricting, and in some cases, prohibiting its use once it becomes legal in October.
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Dawson City -
A mummified toe that's the key ingredient in a strange cocktail served at a hotel bar in Dawson City, Yukon was taken by a thief last weekend, creating such a stir that the contrite thief who made off with it mailed the toe back, along with an apology.
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Brampton -
Two members of the Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) were among five men arrested for importing cocaine into Canada through Pearson International Airport north of Toronto. The arrests came after a one and a half year investigation.
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Ontario -
New figures released by the federal government show that illegal border crossings into Canada continue to rise, with 877 people picked up in March by the RCMP, an increase over the 658 people picked up in February and the 315 in January.
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A Saskatchewan woman is facing two human smuggling charges after it was alleged she smuggled nine West Africans into Canada so they could claim asylum. Since January, illegal border crossings into Canada from the U.S. have increased dramatically.
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Kindersley -
When missing children’s posts appear on Facebook, a lot of people share them hoping to increase the chances of the child being found. But an RCMP detachment pointed out sharing these posts may put children who are not really “missing" in danger.
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Winnipeg -
Eight asylum seekers, including four children, made a harrowing crossing from the United States into Canada on Friday, barely escaping from pursuing U.S. border patrol agents into the custody of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
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Coquitlam -
The Coquitlam detachment of the RCMP used Valentine’s Day to issue a warning about a man wanted for running an Internet romance scam. The Mounties are asking for the public's help to find the man who defrauded at least four women in the Vancouver area.
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The RCMP is warning Canadians about a new scam that is a twist on a previous one where fraudsters posed as employees of the Canada Revenue Agency. Scammers are now trying to re-victimize people who fell for the original fraud.
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Surrey -
A Surrey, B.C. RCMP officer has been arrested after he was caught in a sting by the group Creep Catchers. It is alleged the Mountie was on his way to meet a 14-year-old girl for sex.
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Biggar -
Saskatchewan RCMP have issued a warning that some social media posts may be illegal after a 22-year-aboriginal man was shot to death while in a car that drove onto a farmer's property.
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Amsterdam -
A Dutch court has ruled a 38-year-old man who is facing charges in Canada in the cyberbullying of 15-year-old Amanda Todd that led to her suicide can be extradited to Canada to face charges laid by the RCMP.
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Tragedy struck a group of 10 snowmobilers Saturday upon the Appa Glacier near Pemberton when one of their party plunged into a "moulin" in the terrain, falling 30 metres to his death. The rest of the party did not run into the hole and were unharmed.
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In Canada the fight against drunk drivers is something police forces take seriously and the RCMP in B.C. have set the bar for the country's holiday season. Last Friday night they hit the streets with province-wide checkpoints and got impressive results.
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The calls started when John Spaans, a Mountie, was on vacation. The call was a wrong number, and from the sounds of it, the person on the other end seemed to be asking to buy drugs.
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Two vehicles in Surrey had a shootout as they drove down a busy street on Thursday evening, but by the time RCMP arrived both vehicles had fled. No members of the public were hurt and it is unknown if any of the combatants were hit.
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Nelson -
In a scam that has defrauded Canadians to the tune of $347 million dollars, scammers are resorting to unnerving tactics, including threatening a man in British Columbia with death.
That's what happened to Jakob Dulisse, who decided to be proactive.
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North Vancouver -
The man who is believed to be responsible for the December 4th, 2014, tire-slashing escapade has been identified today by the RCMP using security footage.
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Richmond -
A dangerous trap constructed out of nails was found yesterday at the Steveston-London Secondary school, which had the authorities and staff on alert.
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A Surrey teen was killed in the early hours of Saturday and the RCMP say they are looking for the public to help them in finding those responsible. They are asking anyone who heard or witnessed anything that may be connected to the crime to contact them.
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A two-metre Christmas tree destined for a church in Southey, an hour out of Regina, was stolen on Thursday. Thieves brazenly made a daylight raid over the lunch hour and had a lot of gall, likely targeting the biggest tree.
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Ottawa -
RCMP's critical intelligence team in a 22 page report obtained by Carleton University criminologist Jeff Monaghan under the Freedom of Information act claimed that radical environmentalists are a clear and present threat to the Canadian energy sector.
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Whitehorse -
Prime Minister Stephen Harper claims the high number of missing and murdered aboriginal women is a crime problem, not a sociological problem, and no inquiry is needed. He is flat out wrong.
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Winnipeg -
A retired Mountie who witnessed Vincent Li stab and behead a fellow passenger on a Greyhound bus in 2008 has taken his own life. The former dog handler had been suffering from PTSD.
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Toronto -
Revelations in the Toronto Star recently have highlighted serious problems with police background check information which has exposed people to employment discrimination and other malfeasances.
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Moncton -
At 12:10 a.m. AT Friday, the manhunt came to an end. Justin Bourque, the Moncton resident suspected of killing three Canadian police officers and wounding two others, is in police custody.
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Halifax -
After a Nova Scotia RCMP officer left a voicemail for a domestic assault complainant, the phone was not properly disconnected. The woman heard two officers making fun of her and questioning whether the incident really happened.
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Toronto -
Six men are in custody for what is being called a "fraudulent investment scheme" whereby people purchased illegitimate business losses in order to obtain income tax write-offs. The major victim of the fraud was the Canadian government.
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Vancouver -
Lawyers for the families announced the city of Vancouver and the province of British Columbia have agreed to pay $50,000 to each of the 13 children of women murdered by serial killer Robert Pickton who was arrested in 2002.
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RCMP performing a search Greencolander / Michelle Tribe (CC BY 2.0)
Some of the cookies seized by the RCMP from a White Rock residence RCMP
Robert Dziekanski, a landed immigrant from Poland is seen on this framegrab from a video taken by Paul Pritchard, at the arrivals area of the Vancouver airport on October 14, 2007. Paul Pritchard
File photo: The RCMP unit RCMP
Under the rain and the sun, thousands of members of the police force across Ontario gathered at Queen's Park in Toronto to remember the fallen.
Under the rain and the sun, thousands of members of the police force across Ontario gathered at Queen's Park in Toronto to remember the fallen.
Photo of injured Korean student North Vancouver RCMP
Under the rain and the sun, thousands of members of the police force across Ontario gathered at Queen's Park in Toronto to remember the fallen.
Robert Dziekanski was filmed by Paul Pritchard at the Vancouver airport holding a small table before he was stunned with a Taser by the RCMP. The B.C. Coroner's Service says the death of the Polish immigrant six years ago was a homicide. Paul Pritchard / Screengrab
Members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police ride through Ottawa flickr/Kashmera
The RCMP identified the suspect of a massive manhunt as 24-year-old Justin Bourque. This photograph of Bourque was taken by Moncton Times and Transcript photojournalist Viktor Pivovarov. — Viktor Pivovarov / Moncton Times and Transcript via CBC Viktor Pivovarov
Under the rain and the sun, thousands of members of the police force across Ontario gathered at Queen's Park in Toronto to remember the fallen.
Under the rain and the sun, thousands of members of the police force across Ontario gathered at Queen's Park in Toronto to remember the fallen.
Under the rain and the sun, thousands of members of the police force across Ontario gathered at Queen's Park in Toronto to remember the fallen.
Under the rain and the sun, thousands of members of the police force across Ontario gathered at Queen's Park in Toronto to remember the fallen.
RCMP officer posing as a street person RCMP Handout
RCMP patrol cruiser British Columbia Emergency Photography
Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
RCMP photo of the one-kilogram package of opium and the original box in which it was mailed. RCMP photo
The Warroad, Manitoba Border Station is one of four facilities on the U.S.-Canada border in Manitoba. W. Baron
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