Public Safety Canada

Government taking action on gun crime in Peel Region with up to $8.1 million for prevention programs

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Friday, February 10, 2023
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That's why the Government of Canada is taking action with a comprehensive plan that gets guns off our streets and puts more resources into our communities.

Key Points: 
  • That's why the Government of Canada is taking action with a comprehensive plan that gets guns off our streets and puts more resources into our communities.
  • Today the Honourable Marco Mendicino, Minister of Public Safety, visited the Churchill Meadows Community Centre to announce that Peel Region will receive up to $8.1 million from the BSCF to prevent gun crime and gang violence in the region.
  • No single program or initiative can tackle the challenge of gun crime on its own.
  • The BSCF builds on the success of the Initiative To Take Action Against Gun and Gang Violence.

Online scammers are the ones asking for nude photos and money: Educate yourself to better protect yourself from sextortion

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Tuesday, February 7, 2023
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Law enforcement agencies are encouraging everyone to learn what financial sextortion is and how to protect yourself and those around you from this crime.

Key Points: 
  • Law enforcement agencies are encouraging everyone to learn what financial sextortion is and how to protect yourself and those around you from this crime.
  • Financial sextortion is a type of online blackmail that is, sadly, on the rise.
  • The increase of financial sextortion is a public safety crisis that is heavily impacting youth globally.
  • Everyone is at risk of financial sextortion, but recent findings suggest that young boys have represented the majority of cases in the last year.

Government taking action on gun crime in the Langleys with up to $2.86 million for prevention programs

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Wednesday, January 25, 2023
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That's why the Government of Canada is taking action with a comprehensive plan that gets guns off our streets and puts more resources into our communities.

Key Points: 
  • That's why the Government of Canada is taking action with a comprehensive plan that gets guns off our streets and puts more resources into our communities.
  • An important element of this work is stopping violence before it starts, which is why the government launched the $250 million Building Safer Communities Fund (BSCF).
  • First announced in March 2022, the BSCF supports local initiatives that prevent gun and gang violence and help young people make good choices.
  • The BSCF builds on the success of the Initiative To Take Action Against Gun and Gang Violence.

Government taking action on gun crime in Saint John and the Kennebecasis Region with up to $1.79 million for prevention programs

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Wednesday, January 25, 2023
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That's why the Government of Canada is taking action with a comprehensive plan that gets guns off our streets and puts more resources into our communities.

Key Points: 
  • That's why the Government of Canada is taking action with a comprehensive plan that gets guns off our streets and puts more resources into our communities.
  • First announced in March 2022, the BSCF supports local initiatives that prevent gun and gang violence and help young people make good choices.
  • No single program or initiative can tackle the challenge of gun crime on its own.
  • The City of Saint John will engage partners, stakeholders and community organizations to develop a gun and gang strategy with prevention and intervention programming designed for at-risk youth.

Government taking action on gun crime in Coquitlam with up to $2.24 million for prevention programs

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Tuesday, January 24, 2023
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That's why the Government of Canada is taking action with a comprehensive plan that gets guns off our streets and puts more resources into our communities.

Key Points: 
  • That's why the Government of Canada is taking action with a comprehensive plan that gets guns off our streets and puts more resources into our communities.
  • First announced in March 2022, the BSCF supports local initiatives that prevent gun and gang violence and help young people make good choices.
  • "Regional gang and gun violence has no regard for municipal boundaries and fighting crime begins with preventing crime.
  • The BSCF builds on the success of the Initiative To Take Action Against Gun and Gang Violence.

Government taking action on gun crime in Richmond with up to $2.68 million for prevention programs

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Friday, January 20, 2023
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That's why the Government of Canada is taking action with a comprehensive plan that gets guns off our streets and puts more resources into our communities.

Key Points: 
  • That's why the Government of Canada is taking action with a comprehensive plan that gets guns off our streets and puts more resources into our communities.
  • An important element of this work is stopping violence before it starts, which is why the government launched the $250 million Building Safer Communities Fund (BSCF).
  • First announced in March 2022, the BSCF supports local initiatives that prevent gun and gang violence and help young people make good choices.
  • The BSCF builds on the success of the Initiative To Take Action Against Gun and Gang Violence.

Government provides up to $1.779 million to North Vancouver to combat gun and gang violence

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Thursday, January 19, 2023
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NORTH VANCOUVER, BC, Jan. 19, 2023 /CNW/ - People in North Vancouver and across Canada deserve to feel safe in their communities.

Key Points: 
  • NORTH VANCOUVER, BC, Jan. 19, 2023 /CNW/ - People in North Vancouver and across Canada deserve to feel safe in their communities.
  • An important element of this work is stopping violence before it starts, which is why the Government launched the $250 million Building Safer Communities Fund (BSCF).
  • First announced in March 2022, the BSCF supports local initiatives that prevent gun and gang violence and help young people make good choices.
  • The BSCF builds on the success of the Initiative To Take Action Against Gun and Gang Violence.

Government taking action on gun crime in Whitehorse with up to $929,500 for prevention programs

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Thursday, January 19, 2023
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That's why the Government of Canada has a comprehensive plan to address crime.

Key Points: 
  • That's why the Government of Canada has a comprehensive plan to address crime.
  • First announced in March 2022, the BSCF supports local initiatives that prevent crime and help young people make good choices.
  • Today, the Honourable Marco Mendicino, Minister of Public Safety, announced that the City of Whitehorse will receive up to $929,500 from the BSCF to prevent crime in the region.
  • The BSCF builds on the success of the Initiative To Take Action Against Gun and Gang Violence.

Government of Canada funds research in support of avalanche prevention

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Thursday, January 19, 2023
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These estimates support many groups, including avalanche hazard safety stakeholders, search and rescue organizations, and public avalanche warning services.

Key Points: 
  • These estimates support many groups, including avalanche hazard safety stakeholders, search and rescue organizations, and public avalanche warning services.
  • The project team will work with ECCC, Parks Canada, Avalanche Canada, Simon Fraser University, the Canadian avalanche community, and provincial governments, to upgrade CaPA by adjusting its algorithm and adding additional snowfall information to better support avalanche hazard assessments.
  • This research project is an investment in prevention and will provide Canadians with better information when they venture into Canada's backcountry.
  • The project targets the avalanche hazard safety community across Canada, including the research community, the industrial and commercial avalanche safety operations and the public avalanche warning services.

Government taking action on gun crime in Burnaby with up to $2.96 million for prevention programs

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Wednesday, January 18, 2023
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That's why the Government of Canada is taking action with a comprehensive plan that gets guns off our streets and puts more resources into our communities.

Key Points: 
  • That's why the Government of Canada is taking action with a comprehensive plan that gets guns off our streets and puts more resources into our communities.
  • First announced in March 2022, the BSCF supports local initiatives that prevent gun and gang violence and help young people make good choices.
  • This funding will support innovative, grassroots programs in Burnaby that will make our City safer now – and into the future."
  • The BSCF builds on the success of the Initiative To Take Action Against Gun and Gang Violence.