BORDER CROSSERS SHIFT FROM MANITOBA TO QUEBEC

There has been a “pronounced” shift in where the RCMP are arresting people crossing illegally into Canada, new figures released Friday indicate. The federal government data, including preliminary figures for June, show a drop in the number of people being apprehended in Manitoba, but a major increase in Quebec. Nationally, the RCMP intercepted 884 people who crossed into Canada between regular ports of entry in June, up from 742 the month before, says the report posted on a government website. Of that total, 781 were caught in Quebec, compared with 576 the previous month. In Manitoba, 63 people were apprehended, down from 106 the month before. The report listed 39 interceptions in British Columbia in June, just one in Alberta and none in New Brunswick, Saskatchewan and Ontario.