The Ottawa Police Service expects the first four horses for the new Mounted Patrol Unit to arrive in the spring, as the service launches a new unit for specialized operations, crowd control and community engagement.
Toronto Police mounted unit stand on Wellington Street as police work to clear the streets in front of Parliament Hill to end the 'Freedom Convoy' protest in Ottawa, Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022. In 2024, Ottawa Police Chief Eric Stubbs said the city's police service would create a mounted unit by April 2025.
Chief Eric Stubbs says a Mounted Unit is a "game changer" for the service and how it handles protests and events, including providing a "wedge" between protest groups. "A much more operational unit; similar to officers on bikes and officers in cars," Ferguson said. "Where their expertise lies is in things like crowd movement."
A young man has been arrested after multiple women reported receiving “disturbing” sexual notes – or in some cases underwear – in the same Burnaby, B.C., neighbourhood over recent months, the RCMP announced Thursday.Queen Camilla will miss her third public engagement in two weeks as she recovers from a chest infection, Buckingham Palace said Friday.
After years of delays, the province has pulled the plug on an addiction treatment centre in North Bay. A news release from Canadore College on Thursday confirmed the centre won’t be moving forward.The federal government's 'meaty' move to pause federal sales tax on a long list of items and send cheques to millions of Canadians this spring could factor into an improving outlook for growth in 2025, economists say.
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