RCMP faces extra scrutiny over hunt for Sask. stabbing suspect after admitting past failures

As the search for Saskatchewan stabbing suspect Myles Sanderson drags into a third day, law enforcement experts say the RCMP appear to be determined to show it has learned from past failures during wide searches, including the Nova Scotia mass shootings in 2020.

Sanderson, 30, is wanted over a series of attacks that left 10 people dead and another 18 wounded in James Smith Cree Nation and nearby Weldon, Sask., on Sunday. He is also under investigation in the death of his brother, Damien, who was also sought over the killings.

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WARMINGTON: Sixth shooting in year at HER nightclub done in front of cops

Classy

Perhaps a seventh shooting outside HER nightclub will claim somebody’s life and trigger a revocation of the notorious Mississauga establishment’s licence to operate, too.

Certainly a shooting Sunday — the sixth since August 2021 — has many warning there’s only so many times a community can dodge a bullet.

Better arrest some legal gun owners.

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A polite reminder that Canadian handgun crime is mostly America’s fault

As the Trudeau government deepens their crackdown on the legal ownership of handguns, evidence continues to emerge showing that Canadian handgun crimes are committed almost exclusively with smuggled U.S. weapons.

In a recent analysis, the National Post’s Bryan Passifiume found that 72 per cent of the crime guns seized by Toronto Police this year had likely origins in the United States.

Blame America? Why not blame the criminals? Or bad immigration policy?

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Sabrina Maddeaux: The little we know about the Saskatchewan tragedy, the more familiar it sounds

The stabbing spree in Saskatchewan, which left 11 dead and 19 injured, is shocking and horrific, but, as more details emerge, the story begins to sound all too familiar.

Early Sunday morning, according to law enforcement, suspects Damien Sanderson, 31, and Myles Sanderson, 30, embarked on a violent rampage across at least 13 separate locations in James Smith Cree Nation and the nearby village of Weldon. As of Monday afternoon, Damien Sanderson was dead, his body found at James Smith Cree Nation and added to the death count. Myles was added to the injured list and the manhunt to capture him continues.

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From China to Mexico to NYC: How fentanyl became ‘a weapon of mass destruction’ in the US

Lethal Fentanyl Dose

In the dark hours before dawn, there’s no busier place than the Hunts Point produce market in The Bronx, where throngs of chefs, grocers and deli owners jockey each morning to snag the plumpest peaches and leafiest lettuce.

But the bazaar, which handles as many as 30 million pounds of goods per day and is the largest produce outlet in the nation, also provides perfect cover for the importing of fentanyl, America’s deadliest drug, which smugglers sneak into New York amid boxes of fruits and vegetables, according law-enforcement officials.

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Suspect, 38, is charged with kidnapping billionaire heiress ‘by forcing her into his black SUV’ while she was out jogging: Cops raid apartment and search McDonald’s dumpsters in Memphis

A 38-year-old man has been arrested in connection to the kidnapping of billionaire heiress Eliza Fletcher, police said early Sunday morning.

Cleotha Abston was charged with especially aggravated kidnapping and tampering with evidence following Fletcher’s Friday disappearance.

‘The investigation into the abduction of Eliza Fletcher is still active and ongoing. Investigators are continuing the search and following all leads,’ police said in a statement.

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3D printed firearms slowly on the rise in Toronto

While 3D guns are the latest problem for law enforcement in some parts of the country, Toronto has so far been somewhat spared.

“While we haven’t seen a rise in 3D guns in particular in Toronto (since 2020 TPS has seized a total of 8, 3D printed gun or gun parts), TPS is increasingly seizing guns that are privately manufactured without serial numbers. These can include 3D printed firearms, converted pellet style guns and other homemade firearms,” Toronto police said in an email.

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Memphis jogger abducted on street, bundled into SUV is billionaire heiress

The Tennessee teacher who had been kidnapped while jogging early Friday morning is actually the heiress to a billion-dollar company.

Eliza Fletcher, 34, is the granddaughter to hardware magnate Joseph “Joe” Orgill III, whose wholesale family business, Orgill Inc., is described as “the world’s largest independent hardlines distributor with annual sales of $3 billion,” according to the company’s website. Fletcher’s family is now offering a $50,000 cash prize for information that leads to her rescue, according to the Daily Mail.

“We look forward to Eliza’s safe return and hope that this award will help police capture those who committed this crime,” Fletcher’s family said in a statement.

My bet: Hubby did it.

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‘There’s a child in that vehicle,’ officers told before fatal shooting of toddler and father, audio reveals

Audio from the deadly police shooting of a father and toddler in Kawartha Lakes, Ont., is casting new light on the moments before police opened fire and what they might have known heading into the encounter.

The recording of police radio chatter shows officers were told there was a child in the truck they were pursuing through the mostly rural community on Nov. 26, 2020, and that, according to one officer, the driver had put a gun to his own head.

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Most of the crime guns seized in Toronto are smuggled into Canada from U.S.: Police

Last month, Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino and Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly sidestepped parliamentary approval and temporarily banned handgun imports

Most crime guns seized by police in Canada’s largest city this summer came from outside of Canada, according to data gleaned from a Toronto police Twitter account.

Posts made to the @TPSGunsSeized Twitter account shows 77 firearms seized in June, July and August of this year.

There is nothing the Liberal Party cannot make worse.

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