Loss Prevention News

With the encouragement of RCC, the Manitoba government has announced its investing more than $3 million in the Winnipeg Police Service, Royal Canadian Mounted Police and other Manitoba police agencies...Learn More

Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson announced on Friday that she will prorogue the current legislative session on November 14, 2022. This will result in most current bills of interest to the retail sec...Learn More

The grant, offered by the Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association (DVBIA), will match up to 50% of the cost to repair and restore damages such as broken windows, doors, high-level graffiti...Learn More

RCC and members met with B.C.’s Attorney-General and Minister of Public Safety in early May 2022, to highlight our concern about the violence impacting retail businesses. The Ministers referred RCC ...Learn More

The Province, in co-operation with British Columbia’s Urban Mayors’ Caucus, hired two experts to investigate and report on prolific offenders and random violent attacks, and the necessary actions....Learn More

RCC is pleased to have received a $60,000 in funding through Manitoba’s portion of the Federal Proceeds of Crime Fund to continue the work of the Manitoba Retail Crime Task Force that is co-chaired ...Learn More

Alberta’s Minister of Justice and solicitor General, the Hon. Tyler Shandro has agreed to meet with RCC next week to discuss the evolving issues related to retail crime and safety. He will be joined...Learn More

RCC’s advocacy through the LP Advisory Committee fiercely continues across the country. A recent highlight has come in Manitoba where a new first-in-Canada incident reporting pilot project is about ...Learn More

Alberta Justice Minister Tyler Shandro has invoked Section 30 of the Police Act, giving the City of Edmonton two weeks to come up with a public safety plan to address the escalating violence in the Ci...Learn More

Ransomware is the most common type of cyber threat affecting Canadians. Thursday, May 12, 2022 is Anti-Ransomware Day and the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre (CAFC), the National Cybercrime Coordination Un...Learn More