Ontario Provincial Police say they have busted an organized crime group that was manufacturing illegal handguns and selling them to street gangs in the Greater Toronto Area, Niagara Region and elsewhere. “This is a GTA-centred group,” Supt. Bryan MacKillop of the OPP organized crime enforcement bureau said in an interview […]
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As handgun crimes go up, Liberals and Conservatives disagree on remedy
Thieves broke into three outdoor-equipment shops in the Quebec towns of Alma, Sherbrooke and Magog between Oct. 16 and Nov. 13, making off in the middle of the night with about 50 handguns worth tens of thousands of dollars. In the midst of these thefts, on Nov. 7, Toronto police […]
A person injured by gunfire at a Kingston hospital
A man seized a firearm and a citizen at Kingston General Hospital in Ontario on Monday night. According to preliminary information provided by the Kingston Police, the suspect, a prisoner, a Correctional Service Canada officer at approximately 6:00 pm He then opened fire, twice reaching a citizen. The frenzied was […]
Saskatoon police will host social media Q&A on firearms storage
Saskatoon police will host social media Q&A on firearms storage after Jordan Lafond inquest recommendation Saskatoon police plan to hold a Q&A day on social media in the New Year on unsafe firearms storage. It stems from the coroner’s inquest held earlier this year into the death of 22-year-old Jordan […]
Minister drops ‘assault weapons’ from gun-ban consultations
Border Security Minister Bill Blair has dropped the term “assault weapon” from his firearm vocabulary after an initial series of roundtable discussions in a government study of possible bans on handguns and assault rifles in Canada. As he continues an examination of the potential ban, Blair now uses the term “assault-style” […]