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February 22, 2019
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Campus sex assault victim tries to hold officials liable

A lawyer for a college student who was sexually assaulted at a fraternity “Date Night” party and then driven across campus and assaulted again asked a U.S. appeals court to hold the public college liable.


Quebec government to make carbon monoxide detectors mandatory in schools

The measures follow a gas leak at Montreal's Ecole des Decouvreurs that saw 43 students and adults transported to hospital.


Commission OKs recommendation to arm teachers in Florida

The 15-member Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission's 446-page report details what members believe happened before, during and after the Feb. 14 shooting attack that left 14 students and three staff members dead and 17 wounded.
 
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Safe students

Safe students: A shared responsibility

Ensuring a safe and healthy environment on university campuses has always been a tall task for the security professionals at these institutions, but new risks and heightened awareness of existing problems have added new dimensions to the responsibilities of campus security departments. » Read full article
 
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Texas school district's enrolment drops after mass shooting

A growing number of students are leaving the Houston-area school district where 10 people were killed in a mass shooting last May. » Read full article

Security guard charged with firing on school bus, wounding driver

Prosecutors say a 31-year-old security guard fired five shots into the windshield of a school bus that had scraped his car on a snowy highway near downtown Minneapolis, wounding the driver but not striking a child who was on board. » Read full article

Arrests made after alleged threats against Winnipeg region school division

An 18-year-old man who lives in the community was taken into custody after word surfaced of a social media post in which multiple violent threats were made. » Read full article
 
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Security Career Expo

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Date: March 7, 2019
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ISC West

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Location: Toronto, Ont.
Date: April 17, 2019
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Location: Laval, Que.
Date: April 24, 2019
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