The Ottawa Police Services Board has approved a $401 million budget for 2023. The police budget is increasing by $15.2 million this year. Police say more than 80 per cent of that increase will go solely to maintaining services.
Ottawa's board approved its spending plan Monday that includes a new body camera project, hiring 25 new police officers and more. It also changed how public delegations work.
A new report from the Toronto Police Service says its making progress in improving its response to mental distress and drug overdose calls, but critics disputed that Thursday at a meeting of the board that oversees policing in the city.
Dozens of demonstrators gathered at the steps of the Vancouver Art Gallery with signs Saturday afternoon to show support for the old growth logging protests currently happening on south Vancouver Island.