Federal government says Sask. government is pulling ‘dangerous stunt’ Saskatchewan’s minister of policing and public safety says she does not want provincial police resources involved in a federal firearm buyback program, a position the federal government is calling reckless. On Tuesday, Christine Tell sent a letter to Saskatchewan RCMP Commanding Officer Rhonda Blackmore. “The government of Saskatchewan does not support and will not authorize the use of provincially funded resources for any process that is connected to the federal government proposed ‘buy back’ of these firearms,” Tell wrote. In MayRead more

22-year-old died in hospital days after being detained by Iran’s morality police Demonstrators took to the streets in Canadian cities on Saturday to show solidarity with people in Iran protesting the repression of women’s rights following the death of a young woman after she was held by the country’s morality police. Just north of Toronto, tens of thousands gathered outside Richmond Hill’s Central Library in response to the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman who had been detained by the morality police in Tehran for allegedly wearing her mandatory headscarf too loosely. She fell intoRead more

RCMP says it is updating its manual to help with sexual violence investigations and provides online training The civilian watchdog agency overseeing the RCMP routinely takes Mounties to task for bungling sexual assault investigations, despite the RCMP’s promises to do better. A spokesperson for the Civilian Review and Complaints Commission (CRCC) for the RCMP said the agency has issued 43 “adverse findings” — conclusions that were unfavourable to the RCMP — in cases involving sexual assault investigations since 2019. Some of those case files have been posted online, with names and locationsRead more

‘The people have waited for a very long time to have a store to call … their own,’ says Chief Lorna Bighetty Helen Bighetty gleamed with excitement as she shopped in the frozen foods aisle of Pukatawagan’s new grocery store Wednesday. “This is absolutely wonderful prices. Like for this one here. This is a deal!” she said, holding a package of frozen ribs priced at $16.99. “If you shop in The Pas, it’s like $25, $30.” And it’s even more down the street at the Northern Store — until recently, the only place people livingRead more

Riverbend Bridge near Port Alberni, B.C., was recently painted to say ‘Every child matters’ The Tseshaht First Nation is condemning an act of hate after a bridge leading to a former residential school on Vancouver Island was defaced with an anti-Indigenous slur on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. According to the First Nation, the incident happened around 10 p.m. on Friday at the Riverbend Bridge, known locally as the Orange Bridge, which crosses the Somass River in Port Alberni, B.C., at Highway 4 and Falls Street. A barrier at the entrance to the bridgeRead more