Family members of a British Columbia Indigenous man who died after being arrested close to six years ago expect to wait many more before learning if five RCMP officers will be convicted of manslaughter and obstruction in the case.
The RCMP says many tips from Canada's financial intelligence agency about possible crimes "may not get investigated" due to a lack of policing resources and conflicting priorities.
At first, Cory Holland thought government anti-smoking measures were working when he noticed tobacco sales at his British Columbia convenience store started to drop.
Concerns over questionable RCMP tactics raised by an officer involved in the crackdown at the Fairy Creek old-growth blockades in the summer of 2021 are not surprising, says a lawyer representing dozens of activists.
A member of the RCMP’s controversial Community-Industry Response Group (C-IRG) resigned from the unit over concerns about “unjustifiable” police behaviour during a crackdown on Fairy Creek old-growth activists, a freedom-of-information request shows.
Documents released Tuesday by the inquiry looking into the government's decision to invoke the Emergencies Act last winter to deal with the "Freedom Convoy" include text messages between three federal cabinet ministers, including Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc.
The RCMP worried that after arriving in Ottawa, participants in the "Freedom Convoy" would try to pinpoint Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's location, documents suggest — just as demonstrators had tried to do during last year's election campaign.