A look at the new faces in Justin Trudeau's cabinet
OTTAWA -- A look at the new faces in Justin Trudeau's cabinet:
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Border plan promises round-the-clock aerial surveillance, drug detection support
OTTAWA -- The RCMP plans to create a new aerial intelligence task force to provide round-the-clock surveillance of Canada's border...
Border plan features round-the-clock aerial surveillance, drug detection support
OTTAWA -- The RCMP will create a new aerial intelligence task force to provide round-the-clock surveillance of Canada's border using...
RCMP union applauds planned federal spending on border security
OTTAWA -- The union representing rank-and-file Mounties is welcoming a federal plan to spend $1.3 billion to bolster border security...
Problems with RCMP police dog program pose 'health and wellness risks': evaluation
OTTAWA -- The RCMP's police dog training centre has been plagued by staffing shortages, low morale and rundown facilities that...
Canadian officials eyed 'new opportunities' no matter who won U.S. election: memos
As the U.S. presidential election loomed, Canadian officials envisioned new opportunities for co-operation with their southern neighbour on nuclear energy...
Canadian officials eyed 'new opportunities' no matter who won U.S. election: memos
OTTAWA -- As the U.S. presidential election loomed, Canadian officials envisioned new opportunities for co-operation with their southern neighbour on...
Lawyer for Abdelrazik accuses former minister of exiling him through passport denial
OTTAWA -- A lawyer for Abousfian Abdelrazik has accused former foreign minister Lawrence Cannon of exiling the Montreal man by...
Ex-minister cites 'threat to security' for denying emergency passport to Abdelrazik
OTTAWA -- Former foreign minister Lawrence Cannon says he denied an emergency passport to Abousfian Abdelrazik in 2009 because he...
Feds outlaw another 324 types of firearms, propose donating guns to Ukraine
OTTAWA -- The Liberal government has outlawed another 324 firearm varieties — guns it says belong on the battlefield, not...
Five Eyes security agencies send up flare for help on preventing youth radicalization
OTTAWA -- Security agencies from Canada and other members of the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing alliance are calling for a "whole-of-society...
Speculation, not facts, used against terrorism suspect Harkat, his lawyer tells judge
OTTAWA -- A lawyer for terrorism suspect Mohamed Harkat told a Federal Court judge Tuesday the Algerian-born refugee has been...
Terrorism suspect Mohamed Harkat a 'passive actor,' his lawyer tells judge
A lawyer for terrorism suspect Mohamed Harkat told a judge today the Algerian-born refugee is a "passive actor" who has...
Spy service pushed for Abdelrazik's inclusion on Canadian no-fly list, court hears
OTTAWA -- A former senior Canadian Security Intelligence Service official acknowledges the spy service wanted Abousfian Abdelrazik placed on Canada's...
Supreme Court clears way for B.C. to include other governments in opioid lawsuit
OTTAWA -- Canada's top court has affirmed the constitutionality of a law allowing British Columbia to pursue a class-action lawsuit...
Supreme Court affirms constitutionality of B.C. law on opioid health costs recovery
OTTAWA -- Canada's top court has affirmed the constitutionality of a law that would allow British Columbia to pursue a...
Supreme Court to hear challenge of law that curbs spy watchdog members
OTTAWA -- The Supreme Court of Canada will weigh the constitutionality of legislation that limits members of a spy watchdog...
Supreme Court of Canada sides with First Nation in police funding dispute
OTTAWA -- The Supreme Court of Canada says Quebec must provide more money for a First Nations police force after...
Canada's financial intelligence agency aiming to provide crucial info in real time
OTTAWA -- Canada's financial intelligence agency says it is modernizing with the aim of providing valuable information to police and...
Montreal man held by Sudanese officials seemed puzzled by detention, diplomat says
OTTAWA -- A Canadian diplomat who visited Abousfian Abdelrazik while in Sudanese custody says the Montreal man told him he...
Trudeau directs key adviser to deliver renewed national security strategy
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has directed a top adviser to deliver a renewed national security strategy setting out a framework...
Trudeau directs key adviser to deliver renewed national security strategy
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has directed a top adviser to deliver a renewed national security strategy setting out...
Feds want to censor transcripts of Abdelrazik trial over national security concerns
OTTAWA -- The federal government is seeking to censor transcripts of a trial taking place in open court, citing a...
Chief electoral officer proposes legislative changes to crack down on deepfakes
Canada's elections chief wants a ban on the misrepresentation of candidates and other key players in the electoral process through...
Chief electoral officer proposes legislative changes to crack down on deepfakes
OTTAWA -- Canada's elections chief wants a ban on the misrepresentation of candidates and other key players in the electoral...
Foreign interference inquiry's final report now due by end of January
OTTAWA -- The federal government is giving an inquiry into foreign interference an extra month to complete its work.
Spy service officer denies threatening Montreal man who was later imprisoned in Sudan
OTTAWA -- A CSIS official denies they threatened a Montreal man who was later imprisoned and allegedly tortured by authorities...
Canada's privacy commissioner opens investigation into World Anti-Doping Agency
OTTAWA -- The federal privacy watchdog has opened an investigation into the World Anti-Doping Agency's handling of biological samples collected...
Supreme Court website to include only translated judgments following controversy
OTTAWA -- The registrar of the Supreme Court of Canada says from now on only judgments prepared in both English...
Supreme Court charts path for reviewing validity of government regulations
OTTAWA -- The Supreme Court of Canada has clarified the legal path for judges when reviewing the validity of government...
NDP asks Speaker to examine social media influencer Lauren Chen's refusal to testify
OTTAWA -- A social media influencer who declined to answer questions about an alleged Russian plot to sow division among...
Liberals propose seven-year extension for information commissioner Caroline Maynard
OTTAWA -- Information commissioner Caroline Maynard is slated to answer questions from MPs today on her proposed reappointment.
Supreme Court 'signed my son's death warrant,' mother says of refusal to hear plea
OTTAWA -- The mother of a Canadian man detained in Syria says the Supreme Court of Canada has signed her...
Supreme Court won't revisit request from four Canadian men held in Syria
OTTAWA -- Canada's top court will not reconsider pleas from four Canadian men detained in Syria for a hearing that...
CSIS tracked intelligence flow across government in foreign interference leak probe
Canada's spy service tracked the flow of its intelligence reports across government and studied how other agencies handled them as...
CSIS tracked intelligence flow across government in foreign interference leak probe
OTTAWA -- Canada's spy service tracked the flow of its intelligence reports across government and studied how other agencies handled...
State adversaries getting 'bolder' in cyberspace, Canadian threat forecast warns
OTTAWA -- A new federal threat forecast warns that foreign adversaries are becoming bolder and more aggressive with their tactics...
Former foreign ministry official recalls fear Abdelrazik would end up in Guantanamo
OTTAWA -- A former senior official at Canada's foreign ministry says there were fears two decades ago that Montreal man...
Privacy commissioner investigates federal revenue agency data breaches
OTTAWA -- The federal privacy watchdog has opened an investigation into cyberattacks on the Canada Revenue Agency that led to...
Former senator recalls being told Canada asked Sudan to hold Abdelrazik in detention
OTTAWA -- Former senator Mobina Jaffer says she was told by the Sudanese intelligence director that he felt Canadian officials...
Poland arrests people in alleged plot to send explosives to Canada
OTTAWA -- Polish authorities say four people have been charged in an alleged plan to send explosives via courier service...
Joly faces calls for probe in death of woman Canada refused to repatriate from Syria
Advocates want Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly to call an impartial investigation into the death of a Canadian woman the...
Joly faces calls for probe in death of woman Canada refused to repatriate from Syria
OTTAWA -- Advocates want Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly to call an impartial investigation into the death of a Canadian...
Policy points, partisan jabs mark closing foreign interference hearing
OTTAWA -- Participants in a federal inquiry called on Ottawa today to take bolder action against foreign interference by making...
Abdelrazik tells of despair when Ottawa denied him passport to return home from Sudan
OTTAWA -- Abousfian Abdelrazik told a court today about the roller-coaster of emotions he experienced during the tense days of...
Abdelrazik wipes away tears in court as he recounts time in Sudanese detention
OTTAWA -- Abousfian Abdelrazik wiped away tears today as he told a court about being detained in Sudan two decades...
Parliament returns amid partisan wrangling, rumblings about Trudeau's leadership
The House of Commons returns today from a week-long break, but it's unlikely to be business as usual. Members of...
Montreal man detained in Sudan gets day in court with lawsuit against Ottawa
OTTAWA -- Fifteen years after filing a lawsuit against the Canadian government over his detention in Sudan, Abousfian Abdelrazik is...
Parliament returns amid partisan wrangling, rumblings about Trudeau's leadership
OTTAWA -- The House of Commons returns today from a week-long break, but it's unlikely to be business as usual.
Supreme Court won't hear spy service analyst's appeal over discrimination case
OTTAWA -- The Supreme Court of Canada has refused to hear the case of a Canadian Security Intelligence Service employee...
Trudeau to testify as foreign interference inquiry wraps latest phase of its work
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is slated to testify today as a federal inquiry into foreign interference finishes the...
Dominic LeBlanc calls notion of traitors in Parliament an irresponsible exaggeration
OTTAWA -- It is an irresponsible, "partisan exaggeration" to claim there are traitors or treasonous people sitting in Parliament based...
Stricter regulation of candidate nominations a 'complex space': PM's chief of staff
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's chief of staff says there's no simple answer to bolstering the integrity of political...
Focus on possibly treasonous MPs could become 'kangaroo court': ex-minister
OTTAWA -- Former public safety minister Marco Mendicino says he is very worried the public conversation about some parliamentarians being...
Joly, Mendicino to appear at foreign interference inquiry today
OTTAWA -- A federal inquiry into interference in Canada's affairs is slated to hear today from Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie...
Ex-chief of staff to public safety minister denies stalling spy warrant approval
OTTAWA -- A former chief of staff to a Liberal public safety minister has denied suggestions she worked to stall...
National security adviser dismisses notion of treasonous MPs, despite watchdog report
OTTAWA -- National security adviser Nathalie Drouin has rejected the notion there are traitors in the House of Commons, despite...
Delay in ministerial approval of spy warrant didn't seem exceptional: former official
OTTAWA -- A former deputy minister of public safety says nothing struck him as exceptional in 2021 about a weeks-long...
Federal ministers were told of increasing 'volume and complexity' of foreign threats
OTTAWA -- A newly released document shows federal cabinet ministers were warned in May 2022 that hostile states were targeting...
Summaries of cabinet documents on foreign interference to be disclosed at inquiry
OTTAWA -- A federal inquiry says the Liberal government has consented to the public disclosure of summaries of cabinet documents...