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#Winnipeg, #Mannitoba, #ChildWelfareAgencies; Cyberattack; #criminalInvetigation
Winnipeg (MB), Nov 24 (Canadian-Media): Personal information of of about 5,000 children, families and foster families, of eight Child and Family Services agencies in Manitoba, could be compromised in a cyberattack on the Southern First Nations Network of Care (SFFNC), SFFNC's spokesperson Jim Compton announced, media reports said. 
The investigation, considered criminal, by the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security. concluded that that it was due to a virus breach and added that servers on site were unable to remedy the issue.
RCMP's Integrated Technological Crime Unit (ITCU) is also investigating, but the police have not provided further details. Compton said personal information of thousands of foster children, families and foster families could be compromised. Compton also added that due to the system being down, information information of about 5,000 children in its care would be accessed manually.
All chiefs of the Southern Chiefs Organization have been briefed on the breach.
Technical support and other resources to assist the Southern Network is being offered by the the province and the staff from the Child and Family All Nations Co-ordinated Response Network will be available to provide necessary information to child welfare partners.
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#StringOfGasStationRoberiesGTA; #PoliceInvestigating Toronto, Nov 6 (Canadian-Media): Investigation by the Police involving a string of gas station robberies in Brampton, Mississauga, and Etobicoke over the past two days are under process, media reports said.  Gas Station Robberies in GTA The most recent incident occurred early this morning at an Esso near Dundas Street and Highway 427 in Etobicoke, said the Police. The suspects stole cash after assaulting an employee at the gas station, confirmed CP24 reports. A security guard who stopped at the station to get gas interrupted the robbery. The suspects took off in a 2020 Toyota Sienna minivan with the licence plate number CKKJ 176, said the police. Police officers are in the process of determining if the same suspects were involved in robberies at gas stations in Brampton and Mississauga over the past two days.
#WelcomeToVideo; #U.S.JusticeDepartment; #InvestigativeLaw
Ottawa, Oct 16 (Canadian-Media): Welcome To Video, one of the first websites to monetize child pornography using bitcoin containing over 250,000 child pornographic unique videos was taken offline in March 2018, U.S. Justice Department said. As part of a global criminal investigation Canadians are among the 338 people charged into a child pornography website. Officials from the United States, Britain and South Korea described the network as one of the largest child pornography operations they had encountered to date. The site's operator, a South Korean named Jong Woo-son, and 337 users in 12 different countries including the U.S., the United Kingdom, South Korea, Germany, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, the Czech Republic, Canada, Ireland, Spain, Brazil and Australia were arrested and charged by the Law enforcement authorities.
As a result of the investigation at least 23 underage victims in the U.S., Britain and Spain who have been rescued. Identification of several children is still in the process.
Welcome to Video allows users to hide their identities during financial transactions.
#CannTrustHoldingsInc; #investigation; #OntarioSecuritiesCommission
Ottawa, Aug 2 (Canadian-Media): CannTrust Holdings Inc., leading federally licensed provider of medical cannabis, is being investigated by the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) after it was found out that the company was growing cannabis without a license, media reports said. 
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CannTrust, federally licensed provider of medical cannabis and a recipient of seven Canadian Cannabis Awards in 2018, including the top award as the 'Licensed Producer of the Year'.
OSC spokesperson Kristen Rose said that the investigation is being conducted by the Joint Serious Offences Team, a partnership among the OSC, the RCMP’s Financial Crime Program and the Ontario Provincial Police Anti-Rackets Branch, and added, “In order to protect the integrity of our investigation, we will not be providing any further details or comment.”
CannTrust is already under investigation by Health Canada for growing cannabis in unlicensed rooms at its Pelham facility between October 2018 and March 2019 and had seized 5,200 kilograms of cannabis in early July.
(Reporting by Asha Bajaj) New Zealand commission to begin considering evidence in Christchurch terror attack investigation5/11/2019 
#YROtoday; #ChiefEricJolliffe; #impairedDriving; #YorkRegionPolice; #investigativeLaw York Region, Sept 27 (Canadian-Media): Three years have passed since an impaired driving resulted in the death of Neville-Lake children and their grandfather, media reports said. According to the investigation of York Regional Police, so far this year, nearly 1,000 incidents of impaired driving had been caused by alcohol or drug and more than 1,200 charges for impaired driving-related offences have been laid.  York Region Police/Facebook These incidents of impaired driving are unacceptable, said Chief Eric Jolliffe of York Region police. This alarming trend of so many impared driving offences, continued Jollifre, prior to the pending legalization of marihuana in spite of of the continued warnings across Canada and continues, " it’s shocking that anyone feels they have the right to risk the lives of innocent people by drinking alcohol or using drugs and getting behind the wheel. I can assure our community that York Regional Police is not giving up. We will continue to use education, enforcement and every tool at our disposal in our fight against impaired driving.” The result of impaired driving in community has experienced, said Joliffe, many tragic incidents.  Eric Joliffe (right)/twitter Despite the loss of so many lives drivers still continue to put innocent people at risk. The motorists are reminded by York Regional Police of the dangers of impaired driving and the serious consequences imposed for those found to be drinking or using drugs and driving. The legal consequences of an impaired driving charge can include roadside vehicle impoundment and automatic driver’s license suspension. In some cases the courts can impose impose longer licence suspensions, large fines and in some times, imprisonment. York Regional Police considers these incidents a life-threatening and thanks members of the community for helping them stop and arrest impaired drivers by calling 9-1-1 through the Safe Roads...Your Call program. (Reporting by Asha Bajaj) Most Canadians killed in police encounters since 2000 had mental health or drug abuse issues4/5/2018 #mentalhealth, #drugabuse, #Canada, #JenniferLavoie, #HamiltonPoliceServices, #Sgt.SteveHolmes, #MobileCrisisRapidResponseTeams, #TerryColeman, #CanadianPoliceAssociation, #TomStamatakis, #investigavieLaw Ottawa, Apr 5 (Canadian-Media): Of more than 460 people killed in police encounters across Canada since the year 2000, 70 percent were mentally ill or had symptoms of drug abuse, media reports said. 42 percent of those who died were reportedly mentally distressed, while 45 per ent were under the influence of drugs or alcohol. According to Jennifer Lavoie, a criminologist at Wilfrid Laurier University, main factors contributing to the rise in police encounters with emotional distressed people are closure of residential care facilities and a lack of resources for the mentally ill. Use of lethal force in these cases was stigma of mental illness, believed Lavoie. "I think officers likely have the same kinds of attitudes towards people with mental illness that the public does…people with mental illness tend to be more unpredictable, more dangerous than the general population," Lavoie said. Some Canadian police forces including the Hamilton Police Service (HPS) had created in 2013 a special unit to intervene in crisis situations involving mental health  HamiltonPolice/Facebook HPS now operates distinct squads specializing in de-escalation and mental health or substance-abuse-related calls. Its Mobile Crisis Rapid Response Teams connect mental health professionals and people in distress with medical and community services with the police and added such units should be mandatory for all police forces.  Mobile Crisis Rapid Response Teams/Facebook 'There's so many times that these individuals don't need to go to hospital, they don't need to be arrested. They just need somebody to talk to," said Sgt. Steve Holmes, who heads up a special unit of the HPS designed to intervene in crisis situations involving mental health. Holmes said many officers in the Hamilton force are specially trained to spot the signs of a mentally ill or distressed person and work to calm them. With its model becoming successful, HPS have trained neighbouring forces on their methods. A similar program is also in place in Edmonton. Retired Moose Jaw Police chief Terry Coleman police need to understand why a person in distress might not respond to their commands, and why an aggressive approach can be disastrous for someone who is mentally ill or impaired. Tom Stamatakis, president of the Canadian Police Association said governments have failed to put enough mental health resources into the community and added officers are not able to rapidly access person's mental health status or background in a crisis situation. (Reporting by Asha Bajaj) |
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