Police release internal policy on body cameras as program begins wider rollout across Toronto
The Toronto Police Service on Friday released its internal guidelines on the use of body-worn cameras to the public, citing a desire to increase transparency and accountability as the program expands across the city.
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Hard questions about systemic racism, accountability asked of Thunder Bay police after pre-inquest hearing
Reaction has been swift after lawyers for Thunder Bay police argued to exclude video surveillance of an Indigenous man being dragged inside the police station from an upcoming inquest on Thursday.
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Thunder Bay police filed motion to exclude video from inquest into custody deaths of two Indigenous men
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A virtual hearing was held Thursday to argue whether video footage of officers dragging an Indigenous man through the Thunder Bay police station should be admitted as evidence in an upcoming coroner s inquest into the police custody deaths of Don Mamakwa and Roland McKay.(Marc Doucette/CBC)
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The announcements of the approval (and subsequent administration) of the Pfizer/BioNTech and Modernavaccines have been met with cheers from across Canada, as people finally see a light at the end of the pandemic tunnel.
For University of Toronto PhD students of epidemiology Jean-Paul R. Soucy and Isha Berry, it’s meant the chance to add something more to their COVID-19 Canada Open Data Working Group site.
“Back in March, Isha and I noticed there wasn’t really a source for a pan-Canadian picture for COVID-19 information was scattered across different provincial websites,” Soucy told HuffPost Canada.