5 years into his RCMP career, Staff Sergeant Michael Jaszczyszyn lost vision in his right eye to cancer. He became the first person in Canada to police the frontline with one eye. He relearned to shoot and proved that he was the exception to the rule. “I don’t shy away from the eye. I wear it like a badge of honour,” says Jaszczyszyn. “I fell down over and over but I didn’t question whether I could do it or not.” The RCMP is hiring people who are adaptable and perseverant. Apply now to become a

Royal Canadian Mounted Police Deputy Commissioner Dwayne McDonald identified the person who carried out a school massacre as an 18-year-old woman with mental health issues, but did not provide a motive for one of the worst mass shootings in the country’s history. The killer, who police named as Jesse Van Rootselaar, died by suicide after the shooting on February 10 in Tumbler Ridge, a remote community in British Columbia. | Reuters

A beautiful day to visit the birthplace of the Musical Ride’s iconic horses! Inspired by the striking image of riders in red serge uniforms mounted on black horses at King George VI’s coronation, the RCMP began its own horse breeding program in 1939. Since then, the RCMP has been dedicated to raising strong, elegant black Hanoverians. Over the years, the horse breeding program has devoted great care to its mares and stallions, and their foals, who are raised to one day become stars of the Musica