
When news broke last week of the Toronto Police Service corruption that “facilitated shootings, extortions and a conspiracy to commit murder,” it felt like an escalation of the long and sometimes fraught relationship between the city and its police force.
A difficult time two years ago came to mind. Then, as now, it was municipal budget season and the police were asking for another substantial increase. As public debate swirled with a new mayor in power, the police mounted a bully campaign that the Star’s editorial board called ”emotional blackmail.” Chief Myron Demkiw insinuated calamity would ensue if they didn’t get what they demanded.










Defence Minister David McGuinty says Canada has now officially joined the European Union’s Security Action for Europe (SAFE) program, which offers loans to member states to invest in defence capabilities.

