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The US Secret Service protects America's first family wherever they go, but host countries always provide escorts. That means Canadian taxpayers paid for Mounties to ski alongside President Trump's daughter Ivanka and her husband on their Whistler vacation.

The Security Intelligence Review Committee has dismissed a complaint of intimidation against the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) by Ken Stone of Hamilton. Two CSIS agents visited and questioned him after a trip to Iran in 2011.

Finland has rolled out significant legislative and intelligence facility funding proposals meant to strengthen national security and cyber-defense infrastructure. One major initiative includes the establishment in Helsinki of the NATO-supported European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats, or ECE-CHT.

As Canada moves closer to more liberal marijuana laws, police forces across the Canada must protect the public from impaired drivers. The investment in roadside testing equipment and training could cost millions of dollars but so far, governments have not come forward to pledge the necessary funding.

In Manitoba, there are 86 vacant Royal Canadian Mounted Police positions or about eight percent of the approved establishment. Local politicians are concerned about the impact of the shortages on safety.

A cross-Canada message on Twitter from the Vancouver police force to cops in Manitoba started with the weather but ended with a gentle recruiting pitch. The Winnipeg Police and the provincial RCMP weren't slow to respond.

The number of refugees coming to Canada from the USA continues to rise. Thanks to a loophole in the Safe Third Country Agreement with the United States, once they’re here, they can’t be turned back, they have the right to claim asylum. Will Canada close that loophole?

In 2014, three Moncton RCMP officers were killed and two others wounded by a better armed gunman. The federal police force is now on trial on charges under the Canada Labour Code for failing to provide those employees with the right equipment and training. On Monday, the prosecutor told the court compliance with the code could have prevented at least some of the deaths and injuries.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police face charges in a Moncton court of failing to provide officers with the necessary equipment and training to overpower an armed suspect. A gunman shot and killed three Mounties in Moncton in 2014.

​France began picking itself up Friday from another deadly shooting claimed by ISIS, with President Francois Hollande convening the government's security council and his would-be successors in the presidential election campaign treading carefully before voting this weekend.

The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) processes data collected from clearance forms to prevent people who are security risks from entering Canada or obtaining sensitive employment. In a series of letters, the Privacy Commissioner has expressed concerns about how widely the information is being used.

Toronto police officers have asked the city to deny $260,000 in funding to the annual Pride event, after a group called Black Lives Matter persuaded organizers to ban Toronto Police Services from participating. In a letter to city government, officers belonging to the force's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer Internal Support Network said funding the event would make them feel "unsupported by our employer."

The Trump administration has notified Congress that Iran is complying with the terms of the 2015 nuclear deal negotiated by former President Barack Obama, and says the U.S. has extended the sanctions relief given to the Islamic republic in exchange for curbs on its atomic program.

More than half of 18,000 RCMP members under the rank of Inspector have signed up with the National Police Federation (NPF) for union representation. The NPF filed for certification Tuesday. The RCMP is the last non-unionized police force in Canada.

In a trip full of Cold War symbolism, U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence travelled to the tense zone dividing North and South Korea and warned Pyongyang that after years of testing the U.S. and South Korea with its nuclear ambitions, "the era of strategic patience is over."

The federal plan to legalize recreational marijuana does not include the general amnesty for past pot convictions some would like to see, says Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale.

Dozens of Ontario police  officers, from the Toronto and provincial forces are being trained in field sobriety tests for marijuana use, so they can determine whether drivers should be charged with impaired driving. The federal government is preparing legislation to legalize marijuana.

Bill C-51, passed by the previous Conservative government, gave the Canadian Security Intelligence Service sweeping new powers to interrupt terrorist activity. However, a source says the agency is not using them because the Liberal government has announced its intention to review and modify the law.

At least 10 people were injured in a large fire that broke out in a migrant camp near the northern French city of Dunkirk on Monday night, after a fight between many Afghans and Kurds at the camp. 

Seaspan Ferries Corporation officially welcomed two new, state-of-the-art dual-fuelled/hybrid vessels to its fleet today during a double commissioning ceremony held at Seaspan's Tilbury Terminal.

The United States has made a preliminary conclusion that Russia knew in advance of Syria's chemical weapons attack last week due to the fact that a drone operated by Russians was flying over a hospital as victims of the attack were rushing to get treatment.

In a continuing pay dispute with the federal government, Mounties across Canada are masking or removing the yellow stripes from their uniform trousers.

Two bombs exploded at churches in different cities in northern Egypt as worshippers were celebrating Palm Sunday, killing at least 43 people and wounding about 100.

Russia has raised the prospect of war with the West while mocking British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson for cancelling a trip to Moscow in the wake of the Syrian nerve-gas attack.

In cities with more than 100,000 residents, Victoria, British Columbia is the most heavily policed, with 243 officers for every 100,000 people. By contrast, Montreal had 229 and Toronto 189 per 100,000 citizens.

RCMP members in North Vancouver, BC are removing the yellow stripes from their uniforms or wearing cargo pants in protest against what they consider an unsatisfactory contract. On Wednesday retroactive pay increases of 1.25% for two years and a 2.3% market adjustment were announced.

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly offered more soothing words Wednesday for Canadians concerned about border security when he appeared before a Senate committee and was asked what concerns he had about security along the Canada-U.S. frontier.

Russian investigators have identified Kyrgyz-born Akbarzhon Dzhalilov as the suicide bomber who carried out Monday's deadly attack on a crowded subway train in St. Petersburg.

The House of Commons has passed a Liberal bill that will establish a committee of parliamentarians to oversee national security and intelligence operations. Bill C-22 will create a committee of seven MPs and two senators with the power to look at intelligence and security operations in any department or agency.

At least 58 people have been killed and dozens wounded in a suspected chemical attack on a rebel-held town in north-western Syria, a monitoring group says. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that strikes on Khan Sheikhoun by Syrian government or Russian jets had caused many people to choke.

RCMP members have had the right to join a union for several years but rival offerings by two different groups have delayed its formation. Now Quebec Mounties are proposing to form their own union.

After 35 years with the RCMP, Assistant Commissioner Pierre Perron is joining Huawei Technologies as a brand ambassador. The company's telecommunications equipment has been designated by various countries as a security risk.

A grim search for the missing resumed at dawn Sunday in southern Colombia after surging rivers sent an avalanche of floodwaters, mud and debris through a small city, killing at least 200 people and leaving many more wounded and homeless.

Candidates for the leadership of the Canadian Conservative Party debated illegal immigration, among other issues, in Toronto Sunday evening. Some candidates want to rewrite international agreements to stem the flow of asylum seekers walking across the border from the United States.