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RCMP Between 'Two Masters' as Ottawa Battles Prairie Provinces on Gun Confiscation

The RCMP is caught between Ottawa's intention to seize firearms and the provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, . ....

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As tensions rose during N.S. fisheries dispute, province balked at paying for extra RCMP

Posted: May 25, 2021 6:00 AM AT | Last Updated: May 25
RCMP officers stand on the wharf in Saulnierville, N.S., in front of supporters of a Mi kmaw fishery on Sept. 20, 2020.(Jeorge Sadi/CBC)
A top RCMP officer requested help to pay for extra policing costs during last fall s fisheries dispute in southwest Nova Scotia, but the province s justice minister resisted for two weeks and only agreed after two lobster pounds holding Mi kmaw catch were vandalized, with one later burned to the ground.
The details of the financial dispute between the province and Mounties are contained in records, newly released to CBC under provincial freedom-of-information laws, that shed light on the overtime and expenses related to pulling in officers from the rest of Atlantic Canada to help police the area. ....

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RCMP appealed for backfill after 70 officers took sick leave following N.S. mass killings

Posted: Feb 03, 2021 6:00 AM AT | Last Updated: February 3
Nova Scotia RCMP Commanding Officer and Assistant Commissioner Lee Bergerman reads an statement at the start of a news conference on April 22, 2020. (Tim Krochak/The Canadian Press)
Seventy Mounties took sick leave in the wake of April s mass killings in Nova Scotia and the province s justice minister agreed to pay for out-of-province officers to backfill, but only until the end of August, newly released documents show.
Assistant Commissioner Lee Bergerman, commanding officer for Nova Scotia RCMP, first requested approval for the extra help on April 27, eight days after a gunman disguised as an RCMP officer killed 22 people, leaving 16 crime scenes in several rural communities. ....

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