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Indigenous police forces demand Ontario allow OPP to assist in enforcing BCRs

March 27, 2024

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OPIOIDS_024_UCCM — First Nation leaders are gravely concerned with the province’s new policing legislation and its effect on Indigenous police forces. photo by Giovanni Capriotti

M’CHIGEENG—Ontario Regional Chief Glen Hare and First Nations leadership told provincial lawmakers last week that their police services will no longer be able to keep First Nations communities safe once Ontario’s new policing legislation comes into effect and they will go to court on the issue if the province doesn’t come forward.“They still want to […]

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Tom Sasvari https://www.manitoulin.com

Tom Sasvari serves as the West Manitoulin news editor for The Expositor. Mr. Sasvari is a graduate of North Bay’s Canadore College School of Journalism and has been employed on Manitoulin Island, at the Manitoulin West Recorder, and now the Manitoulin Expositor, for more than a quarter-century. Mr. Sasvari is also an active community volunteer. His office is in Gore Bay.