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NYC's Stop & Frisk Last Hold Out in Ontario Canada Stops Practice
Ontario regulation bans random street checks or carding by police
Claims of Racial Profiling Plays Big Part
Ontario has released its final regulations to ban police from randomly stopping
people to collect personal information, a practice known as carding or street
checks. Race is prohibited from being any part of a police officer's reason for
attempting to collect someone's identifying information.
Starting Jan. 1, 2017, police must tell people they have a right not to talk
with them, and refusing to co-operate or walking away cannot then be used as
reasons to compel information.
However, police can gather personal information during routine traffic stops,
when someone is being arrested or detained, or when a search warrant is
executed.
The Liberal government said it wanted to ban arbitrary stops after hearing from
too many people of colour and aboriginal men and women, who said the Human
Rights Code was being ignored by police who stopped them for no apparent reason.
ctvnews.ca
HBC settles race complaint from shopper, agrees to educate LP staff on profiling
The Hudson's Bay Company has agreed to educate its staff on racial profiling as
part of a settlement in the case of a now-deceased Nova Scotia grandmother
allegedly accused of shoplifting a rug. African Canadian Kathleen Viner filed a
complaint with the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission alleging that two
employees discriminated against her at a now-closed Zellers store in Greenwood,
N.S., in 2008. Viner, then a 77-year-old grandmother of 13, was stopped by a
security guard "and made to feel she had stolen a rug," according to an
affidavit from her daughters, Shelley and Donna. Viner provided proof she had
bought the rug, but the incident left her shaken, her daughters said.
Viner died in 2011. Her daughters urged the commission's board of inquiry to
hear the case anyway, and in 2012 it agreed. On Tuesday, though, the commission
and HBC - which owned the store - issued a joint statement saying they had
settled the complaint. Hudson's Bay said it has agreed to educate its Nova
Scotia-based loss prevention officers about consumer racial profiling and train
them appropriately. The company did not admit to any wrongdoing, but said it
expects its staff to treat customers "in a dignified, fair and understanding
manner."
winnipegfreepress.com
Sears Canada seeking to cut up to $127 million in expenses this year,
mostly by first quarter
Sales at Sears Canada's core retail store network, which consists of 95
full-line department stores and 41 Sears Home stores, fell 0.8 per cent in the
fourth quarter ended Jan. 30, from a year earlier. Revenue fell 8.7 per cent to
$887.6 million. financialpost.com
Ikea to double store count in Canada over next 10 years
Opens new distribution center in Mississauga, Ontario. chainstoreage.com
ECCO Shoes Plans Multi-Year Canadian Expansion
January retail sales increase by 2.1%, biggest
gain since 2010
Home Depot and McDonald's creating 3,000 jobs in
Alberta
Montreal: One man shot dead in Terrebonne in Gangland-style attack
One man is dead after a shooting on Terrebonne that has all the markings of an
organized crime hit. The Surete du Quebec is investigating after the man was
shot in his car around 10:45 am on 3/21, as he was driving on de la Piniere
Blvd. The victim then took refuge inside a store that sells pool equipment, but
two masked men then entered the store and shot him several more times, then
fled.
ctvnews.ca
 Police
release security camera images of Fairview Mall assault,
theft investigation
Police have released security camera images of two men wanted in an assault and
theft investigation at Fairview Mall that left an elderly woman with head
injuries. Police said two men approached the Wind Mobile kiosk inside the mall
Friday, March 18 around 4:15 p.m. After a brief conversation with an employee, a
new cell phone was grabbed from behind the kiosk's counter. Police said one of
the suspects pushed his way through a crowd and knocked an 85-year-old woman to
the ground, causing her to hit her head. She received injuries to her head,
shoulder, neck and hip area. She was taken to hospital and received 10 staples
to close the laceration in the back of her head and also underwent an emergency
CT scan.
insidetoronto.com
 Calgary,
AB: Four charged in credit card fraud, identity theft ring
Credit card blanks, counterfeiting equipment, cash and heaps of marijuana were
among the items seized by police after busting a credit card fraud and identity
theft ring in Calgary. Officers have arrested one man and are searching for
three more in the case. Investigators launched a two-month investigation after a
credit card company noticed some fraudulent applications for credit cards and
notified police, said Staff Sgt. Kristie Verheul with the economic crimes unit.
It's believed the suspects were purchasing credit card data online - information
that had been stolen from victims across Canada and the United States - and
encoding the data on the gift cards, hotel swipe keys and other cards with a
magnetic stripe, and using them to buy high-end items, such as electronics and
car parts. The suspects were also allegedly stealing identities and using that
personal information to apply for credit cards.
calgaryherald.com
 Montreal:
Man arrested in connection with Birks robbery
A Montreal man is facing 14 charges in connection with an armed robbery at a
Birks jewelry store in Laval just before Christmas. Marco Ruest, 51, was
arrested on Friday by Laval police. He appeared in court Monday to face charges
including armed robbery, possession of a firearm and receiving stolen goods.
During the robbery last December, a man carrying a gun and a hammer entered the
store in the Carrefour Laval shopping centre and smashed eight display cases. He
filled a bag with merchandise from the cases and fled with jewelry and watches.
Some shoppers took shelter in neighboring stores. When police searched Ruest's
home in Montreal, officers found a gun similar to the one used on Dec. 23 in the
holdup at Birks. They also found another firearm and some of the stolen jewelry.
Laval police said $300,000 worth of jewelry was stolen.
cbc.ca
Lewisporte, NF: Armed robber steals drugs for PharmaChoice, escapes on
snowmobile
An armed robber entered a pharmacy in Lewisporte this weekend, assaulted a
pharmacist and stole narcotics before escaping on a snowmobile, police say.
According to the RCMP in Lewisporte, a man armed with a handgun robbed the
PharmaChoice last Sunday night, entering through the rear door of the store.
Sgt. Raymond Jullien of the RCMP said the robber then assaulted the pharmacist,
61, who was closing up at the time.
cbc.ca
St Johns: Peoples Jewelers in the
Village Mall, St. Johns, NL reported a Burglary on 3/23 at 1 am
A suspect entered the mall by a means unknown. The stores gate was forced open
and the suspect entered the store and went directly to the Diamond Solitaire
Pendants and Earrings. The back of the showcases was forced open and product
removed. Suspect placed in the items into a clear storage tote that was brought
with the suspect. Amount of Theft: 25 pieces - $20,475 The suspect then fled the
store. Police Information: Royal Newfoundland Constable, Constable Spurrell,
Phone: 709-729-8000
Edmonton, AB: Peoples
Jewelers in the Londonderry Mall reported a Distraction Theft on 3/22 at 4pm,
merchandise valued at $6,598
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