Justice Michael Tulloch has completed his review of the civilian oversight bodies for police in Ontario and will present his report with its recommendations to the Attorney General on Friday. In a letter to members of the community, Justice Tulloch said he expects that the report will be made available to the public next week. […]
A Jamaican couple, Khurt Comrie,40, and his wife, Collette,44, wanted by Toronto Police on fraud changes, are reported to be back in Jamaica. The couple who operated a Toronto financial investment and mortgage brokerage company called Keystone Financial Services between 2014 and 2016 , are now believed to be living in Kingston, the Jamaican capital. […]
Toronto police report an eight per cent increase in the number of reported hate and bias crimes in 2016, compared with 2015, though the numbers of arrests have decreased in the same period. There were 145 reported cases of hate and bias crimes in 2016 and eleven arrests. In 2015, […]
LOS ANGELES – Wyclef Jean, the Grammy-winning ex-member of the Fugees, said he was “appalled” after being handcuffed and questioned by police in Los Angeles. Haiti-born Jean, 47, came to the United States as a child with his family and grew up largely in New Jersey. That is where the rapper-singer played with a group […]
KINGSTON, Jamaica -A St Andrew woman was arrested on Monday at the Supreme Court building in downtown Kingston where she allegedly tried to pass about half a pound of ganja to her son who is in custody, accused of murder. According to police sources, the woman was able to get the contraband past the security […]
KINGSTON, JAMAICA – The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has developed a regional online platform – ‘Break the Silence’ – aimed at raising awareness on gender-based violence. A soft launch was held during the International Day Women’s Concert last week at Emancipation Park, Kingston, under the theme ‘Unite to End Gender-based Violence’. The online platform, […]
A report released on Thursday by the University of Toronto’s International Human Rights Program (IHRP) calls on the Canadian government to implement urgently alternatives to the detention of children rather than confining them in immigration holding facilities or separating them from their detained parents. The report titled Invisible Citizens: Canadian Children in Immigration Detention notes […]
A network of Canadian lawyers are volunteering at airports across the country to help people who could be affected by a U.S. travel ban navigate the shifting landscape. A federal judge in Seattle froze the ban, which affects people from seven Muslim-majority countries, on Friday. The initial executive order signed by U.S. President Donald Trump […]
The final report of the Transformational Task Force on policing in Toronto, released on January 25 last, has drawn widespread comments in Toronto’s Caribbean community. While many in the community welcome the idea of a “neighbourhood-centric” approach to policing and a change in police culture recommended in the “Action Plan: The Way Forward,” as the […]
By Judy Pham Warning Canadians of the high crime rate in Mexico, the Canadian government, in an update on its “travel advice and advisory” website, has noted the shooting on January 16 last in Playa del Carmen in which five people were killed. One of them was Kirk Wilson, 49, a Jamaica-born Canadian. According […]
