B.C. solicitor general ‘glad’ Surrey joins completion of transition from RCMP to municipal police
June 12, 2024
British Columbia Solicitor General Mike Farnworth says he wants to speed up a police service transition in the Metro Vancouver city of Surrey following a lengthy jurisdictional battle between his government and the local mayor.Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke’s acceptance of a recent court ruling upholding the province’s authority to order the policing transition from the RCMP to a municipal force to continue means all sides can start working together, he said.“The people of Surrey want this transition to be over,” Farnworth said in a statement Wednesday. “There has always been a spot at the table for the City of Surrey and I am glad to have them join in completing this transition to the Surrey Police Service. I look forward to working with all the parties to ensure a successful, safe and quick transition.”
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Lawyers representing members of the pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of Toronto argued in court Thursday that attempts to dismantle the protest infringe upon the free-expression rights of protesters and violate the institution’s purpose as a centre of debate.In a hearing before the Ontario Superior Court, lawyers for members of the encampment urged Justice Markus Koehnen to reject the university’s application for an injunction that would authorize police to clear the protest, which has occupied the school’s King’s College Circle for more than six weeks.
June 20, 2024 - 22:14 | Joe Friesen | The Globe and Mail
Manitoba’s Premier says the Winnipeg Police Service will not be directly involved in the search of a landfill where at least two First Nations women were disposed of by a confessed serial killer.Wab Kinew told a media briefing held inside the legislative building on Thursday that his government is holding the responsibility for the search, as he laid out the plans for a multiyear operation at the Prairie Green landfill, north of the provincial capital.
June 20, 2024 - 22:00 | Temur Durrani | The Globe and Mail
The 2021 flood damaged more than 30 sites at the park, including the Othello Tunnels. Restoration work is expected to be completed and part of the park reopened by mid-July.
June 20, 2024 - 21:36 | Darrian Matassa-Fung | Global News - Canada
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