The Region of Niagara has agreed to a councillor’s motion to extend the lease of the Niagara Police Revolver Club until July 31, according to a Niagara This Week article earlier this month.
The lease for the facility had been set to expire today, and would have shuttered one of the few shooting ranges in the Niagara area, which is operated mainly by and for the benefit of Niagara Regional Police officers. Continue reading
Non-restricted firearms no longer require registration outside of Quebec, now that Bill C-19 has passed. (File photo/Wellesley Consulting Services)
Bill C-19, the Ending the Long Gun Registry Act, received Royal Assent yesterday and has now come into effect.
The act has removed the requirement to register non-restricted firearms with the RCMP Canadian Firearms Program, and imposes a requirement on the government to destroy existing registration records for these firearms. Continue reading
Frauds and scams tend to rise around the holidays, when busy consumers are distracted or rushed. (Wellesley Consulting Services file photo)
Every holiday season a number of scams make an appearance in an effort to deprive the unsuspecting of their money and purchases. This year is no different. Here follows a quick survey of some recent well-known scams this holiday season. Continue reading
Firearms ownership is more popular in Yukon and Newfoundland according to RCMP statistics. (RCMP Facts and Figures September 2011)
The number of licenced gun owners in Canada increased by over 50,000 individuals, or 3%, in one year according to RCMP statistics released in September 2011.
The stats showed that at the end of Septem there were 1,886,057 holders of valid firearms licences across Canada, including possession only, possession and acquisition, and minor types of licences.
Over half of those licence holders reside in Ontario and Quebec, which combine for about 1 million gun licences.
Despite the large numbers of licences in Canada’s largest provinces, the terrirory of Yukon and the province of Newfoundland and Labrador were by far the most licenced populations per 100,000 people. About one-fifth of Yukon residents hold a valid licence, and nearly 15% of Newfoundlanders are licenced Ontario was the province where the least number of population hold a firearms licence, at just 4% of residents.
The numbers also showed over 7.8 million registered firearms in Canada, about a quarter in Ontario. Non-restricted rifles and shotguns remained the majority.
The number of registered prohibited firearms declined year over year from 202,056 to 200,285. These represent mainly handguns with a barrel length of 105mm or less or that are .32 or .25 calibre, which were added to the prohibited category in the late 1990s. At that time only those licenced owners who already owned one could be grandfathered to continue to own them. Firearms are normally deregistered when they are destroyed or deactivated according to RCMP guidelines.
For more information about firearms ownership and registration in Canada, see the RCMP Facts and Figures for September 2011, http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/cfp-pcaf/facts-faits/archives/quick_facts/2011/se-eng.htm.
Unwary consumers in Vancouver may find themselves in legal hot water - police are warning of Stanley Cup ticket scammers, including those selling counterfeit tickets. File photo: Wellesley Consulting Services, 2011.
Police in the Greater Vancouver Area are warning the public about Stanley Cup ticket frauds, according to a Canadian Press report today.
As with U.S. Super Bowls, baseball World Series and other major sporting events, scammers are taking advantage of high ticket prices and high public demand and taking unsuspecting people for large sums of money.
Newspaper and web classified ads have scores of listings for Stanley Cup game 1 Vancouver Canucks-Boston Bruins tickets for an average of $1,100-$1,500, depending on the seating location. But RCMP are warning the public after one man sent a wire payment of nearly $4,000 and received nothing in return.
Another common scam at major sporting events is ticket counterfeiting. The fake tickets may look similar to the real thing, even reproducing security holograms and other printing techniques. However, when the buyer attempts to use the tickets, they find they are not genuine. They are out the money used to buy the tickets, and they will be turned away at the gates come game day.
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