Vancouver’s mayor blasts report over Chinese interference, condemns ‘insinuations’

VANCOUVER—Vancouver’s mayor has rejected parts of a newspaper report suggesting the China’s consulate in the city was looking to groom politicians and use community groups as proxies to interfere in the municipal election last fall. Ken Sim, who in winning that election became the city’s first Chinese-Canadian mayor, says what he called “insinuations” in the […]

Alberta to mandate police body cameras — but who’s paying? | Globalnews.ca

A criminologist says Alberta’s plan to make all police services in the province use body cameras could come with prohibitive costs and take a long time to put in place. Public Safety Minister Mike Ellis announced Tuesday that body cams would protect officers and the public, and help make decisions made by police officers more […]