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Canada-wide freeze on Crime Stoppers programs, partnerships surges to 35 agencies

Canada-wide freeze on Crime Stoppers programs, partnerships surges to 35 agencies

5 million Canadian Crime Stoppers tips were compromised in a massive data breach, the fallout continues to grow, with more Crime Stoppers chapters and police services suspending their use of the program.

CBC has reached out repeatedly to Navigate360 before and after publishing its story, but has received no response.

On Friday night, all five Crime Stoppers programs in Saskatchewan announced they were pausing all tips intake across the province, effective immediately.

" To date, the chair of the Toronto Crime Stoppers chapter is the only one to have spoken publicly about the decision to suspend the program.

Since joining CBC/Radio-Canada in 2010, she has reported from Saskatchewan, Ontario and Quebec in both official languages.

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