Cops can be union thugs and vandals too

Gatineau cruisers vandalized overnight
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
CBC News [Quebec]
A dozen police cruisers were vandalized overnight in Gatineau, Que., and fingers are being pointed at the city’s police officers.
The cruisers were covered with orange paint.
Both the city and the officers’ union said the officers could have been behind the vandalism, because words written in the paint [...]

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Riot in Montreal North for the second time in a year

Tensions between Montreal North’s youth, police
Updated Wed. Jun. 17 2009
CTV.ca News Staff [Quebec]
Some residents of Montreal North are worried the neighbourhood’s youth are relying on violence to express their frustrations with police, after a night of vandalism resulted in nine arrests.
“I’m worried that young people are developing a culture of violence against the police,” Brunilda [...]

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Tyendinaga Mohawk jail solidarity demonstration

Protesters out on bail
Posted By W. BRICE MCVICAR
THE BELLEVILLE INTELLIGENCER [Ontario]
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
A handful of protesters arrested late last week in connection to the Skyway Bridge blockade have been released on bail.
John Boots, Brendan McLaughlin and Benjamin Loft were all released on $1,000 bond with conditions not to associate with the others charged [...]

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Tyendinaga Mohawk police chief’s vehicle shot up

Mohawk police chief’s vehicle shot up
Posted By BELLEVILLE INTELLIGENCER STAFF [Ontario]
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Six bullets were pumped into the personal vehicle of Tyendinaga Mohawk Police Chief Ron Maracle, The Intelligencer has learned.
The incident occurred while the vehicle– a black Ford F-150 — was parked in the lot of the police station on York Road between [...]

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Six Nations Solidarity Action: “Native protesters cause highway chaos”

Six Nations Solidarity Action: “Native protesters cause highway chaos”
June 11, 2009
Paul Morse
The Hamilton Spectator [Ontario]
A protest march by Six Nations natives snarled traffic along some of greater Hamilton’s busiest highways today.
Several dozen natives on foot and in cars proceeded along the Red Hill Valley Parkway, Linc and Highway 403 to Brantford to protest the arming [...]

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Prisoner restrictions halted at Matsqui

Prisoner restrictions halted at Matsqui
Lawyers plan to take complaints to court
Mary Frances Hill, Vancouver Sun [British Columbia]
Published: Saturday, June 06, 2009
Corrections Canada called off severe restrictions on prisoners in Matsqui Institution on Friday after lawyers for the prisoners went public with complaints about deteriorating conditions.
Prisoners had been locked in their cells for 23 hours a [...]

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Matsqui prisoners transferred days before they were to air complaints in court

Matsqui prisoners transferred days before they were to air complaints in court
By Kelly Sinoski, Vancouver Sun [British Columbia]
June 4, 2009
Fourteen Matsqui prisoners — including two who filed a petition against the prison over inhuman living conditions — have been transferred to other institutions, just days before they were to get their day in court.
Prison rights [...]

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Guards flee Nova Scotia prison after bomb threat

Springhill prison on lockdown
Guards leave building after bomb threat, return after deadline
Last Updated: Friday, May 29, 2009
CBC News [Nova Scotia]
Guards at a locked down federal prison in Springhill, N.S., are back on the job following a bomb scare.
Earlier this week, Correctional Service Canada was warned there could be an unauthorized device in the building. The [...]

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Prisoner rebellion and strike in Ontario

Prison uprising halted
Posted By ROB TRIPP, SUN MEDIA
Peterborough Examiner [Ontario] ‎
May 22, 2009‎
Prison guards used gas and shotguns to contain an uprising at maximumsecurity Millhaven penitentiary.
The incident began Wednesday night and lasted roughly 16 1/2 hours, until noon yesterday, when the convicts agreed to return to their cells.
Corrections Canada says 48 prisoners remained in an [...]

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BC workers’ families demonstrate against workplace deaths

They won’t say sorry
South Asian Post [British Columbia]
Wed, April 22 2009
During the long hours he drives a Chilliwack cab to support his three young children, Jagjeet Sidhu has a lot of time to reflect upon the life that would have been had his young wife not died needlessly in a freeway crash two years ago.
Today, [...]

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