Nov 1, 2014 | Campaigns, Home & Community Safety, National Community Safety and Crime Prevention Month
On Being Neighbourly November is National Community Safety and Crime Prevention Month, and the Canada Safety Council encourages all Canadians to reach out to their neighbours this month. “When you take the time to know your neighbours, not only will you probably be...
Nov 1, 2013 | Campaigns, Home & Community Safety, National Community Safety and Crime Prevention Month
Keep your community safe – It’s your responsibility! The Canada Safety Council is committed to community safety and crime prevention. Firearms safety is an important aspect of that commitment. Every year, firearms-related incidents claim between 700 and 900 Canadian...
Nov 1, 2013 | Campaigns, Home & Community Safety, National Community Safety and Crime Prevention Month
Inheriting and/or disposing of firearms The RCMP’s Canadian Firearms Program (CFP) provides instructions if you inherit a firearm you do not wish to keep, or if you have a firearm you no longer want. In these circumstances, you have the following options: Sell or...
Nov 1, 2012 | Campaigns, Home & Community Safety, National Community Safety and Crime Prevention Month, Vehicle & Road Safety, Workplace Safety
Training Makes Communities Safer November is National Community Safety and Crime Prevention Month, and this year’s campaign promotes safety training. Jack Smith, president of the Canada Safety Council, urges communities across Canada to make safety courses an integral...
Nov 1, 2011 | Campaigns, National Community Safety and Crime Prevention Month, Youth Safety
Let’s put an end to bullying November is National Crime Prevention and Community Safety month, and the Canada Safety Council challenges all Canadians to join in the fight to put an end to bullying. Bullying is a social relationship where an individual repeatedly harms...
Nov 1, 2010 | Campaigns, Home & Community Safety, National Community Safety and Crime Prevention Month
Building Safer Communities November is National Crime Prevention and Community Safety month, and the Canada Safety Council advises you, and all Canadians to get to know your neighbours better. By building stronger communities, we build safer communities. Many people...
Nov 1, 2009 | Campaigns, Home & Community Safety, National Community Safety and Crime Prevention Month
Debit card fraud – Don’t become a victim Canadians use debit cards millions of times a day at point of sale terminals and banking machines to make purchases and to access their accounts. While the majority of transactions are completed without any problems, there have...
Nov 1, 2008 | Campaigns, Home & Community Safety, National Community Safety and Crime Prevention Month
Protect yourself from Identity Theft Identity theft is a very real and very frightening possibility for Canadian consumers. In today’s world so much information is available so easily to so many, what can you possibly do to keep your information private? Identity...
Nov 1, 2007 | Campaigns, National Community Safety and Crime Prevention Month, Youth Safety
Cyber Safety Starts Young Children get hooked on computers at an early age. A research project that ended in 2005 (Young Canadians in a Wired World) reveals that an astonishing 94 per cent of young people access the Internet from home. Parents need to know that just...