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The Royal Canadian Mounted Police has transferred the Regina Indian Industrial School (RIIS) cemetery to the RIIS Commemorative Association. This land transfer honours the memory of the children buried in the cemetery during the school’s 19 years of operation and implements the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Call to Action No. 75 to protect and maintain sites where residential school children were buried.
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Helen C. Escott, a retired RCMP civilian member, has released her second crime thriller: Operation Vanished, and named her main character after “two of the most dedicated and honourable police officers... extraordinary women who put their shoulders to the glass ceiling and shattered it...”
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James Duggan, a well-known Montreal lawyer who spent years fighting for the rights of RCMP officers to unionize, was among the three victims of a plane crash that occurred in a remote region of northern Quebec last week.
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In this episode of Blue Line, The Podcast, we sit down with Border Services Officer Tamara Lopez. She is with Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) in the Greater Toronto Area and is also a TV host, actor, mentor, conference speaker, a lifelong volunteer, former mascot and a new Serving with Pride director.
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In a step toward unionizing for the first time in the force’s history, CBC reports RCMP members voted overwhelmingly to certify the National Police Federation as their new bargaining agent.
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Some victims of the federal government’s gay purge were so devastated by the experience that even decades later they needed the help of a therapist to fill out forms to receive financial compensation, says the lawyer who led a successful class action.
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CentralSquare, a provider of public sector software, announced a new campaign this month, ShareBlueSmiles, to spotlight police officers across North America who go above and beyond to make a difference in their communities.
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Date: Aug. 10, 2019
Location: Cochrane, Alta.
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Date: Aug. 11-15, 2019
Location: Calgary, Alta.
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Date: Aug. 12-18, 2019
Location: Chilliwack, B.C.
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Date: Aug. 27-Sept. 1, 2019
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
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