Brenda Lucki, the first permanent female Royal Canadian Mounted Police commissioner wants to create a "more tolerant, more inclusive and absolutely more respectful" RCMP.
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May 28, 2018
A former official at the Canadian Security and Intelligence Service is alarmed at the involvement of Chinese telecommunications company Huawei with Canadian universities to acquire 5G wireless technology. The government is being asked to study the security threat and economic cost of transferring Canadian intellectual property.
May 25, 2018
Almost 900 people have been evacuated from two fire-threatened eastern Manitoba First Nations, with another 200 expected to touch down in Winnipeg by the end of Thursday, as a 20,000-hectare fire continues to burn toward the communities of Little Grand Rapids and Pauingassi.
May 25, 2018
Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen says officials will attempt to correct misinformation being circulated in New York state offering instructions to asylum seekers on how to illegally cross the border into Canada.
May 25, 2018
A bomb explosion at an Indian restaurant in Mississauga, Ontario injured fifteen people Thursday night. Two male suspects fled the scene.
May 25, 2018
Leaflets with the logo of an American organization called Plattsburgh Cares, a refugee support organization, tell asylum seekers that the Canadian border at Roxham Rd. in Quebec is an "irregular unofficial crossing.” The leaflet provides advice on how to enter Canada "irregularly."
May 25, 2018
RCMP officials in Alberta say new crime reduction units (CRU) are succeeding. During the CRU's first months, officers have made 263 arrests and laid 1,227 charges. The ratio of charges to arrests shows the CRU units are targeting repeat offenders.
May 24, 2018
A private jet broke in half as it crashed off the end of a runway as it came into land in Honduras. The Gulfstream jet, which was traveling from Austin, Texas, skidded out of control at the capital's international airport.
May 24, 2018
Citing national security reasons, the federal government has blocked the sale of Canadian construction company Aecon Group Inc. to China's CCCC International Holding Ltd. The controversial deal would have been worth $1.5 billion.
May 24, 2018
Canadian police officers need more time to prepare to detect drug use before marijuana is legalized. Sergeant David Caron with Guelph Police Traffic Services says training is costly and time-consuming but necessary.
May 24, 2018
The federal cabinet is blocking the takeover of Canada's Aecon Group Inc. by a Chinese government-owned company. Two former directors of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service publicly opposed the sale.
May 23, 2018
White plumes of acid and extremely fine shards of glass billowed into the sky over Hawaii as molten rock from Kilauea volcano poured into the ocean, creating yet another hazard from an eruption that began more than two weeks ago: a toxic steam cloud. Authorities warned the public to stay away from the toxic steam cloud, which is formed by a chemical reaction when lava touches seawater.
May 23, 2018
The North American Securities Administrators Association announced a series of probes by state and regional regulatory authorities from the US and Canada. The actions are an effort to restrict fraudulent initial coin offerings and crypto-related investment products. Dubbed “Operation Cryptosweep,” about 70 investigations have been initiated by NASAA members from over 40 jurisdictions in the US and Canada.
May 23, 2018
Othman Hamdan, a British Columbia man facing deportation over allegations of promoting terrorism claims that false accusations have caused him post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Acquitted of terrorism-related charges last September, immigration authorities determined he poses a danger to the public.
May 22, 2018
Canadians believe their gun control laws protect them from the crimes of violence Americans face, but in reality those laws do not give sufficient protection.
May 18, 2018
Former Crown Prosecutor Scott Newark unpacks the "strange case of Professor Hassan Diab" and concludes that Canada has much work ahead to learn from its mistakes and make appropriate changes.
May 17, 2018
A Canadian aviation expert and former airplane crash investigator says he can state with "100 per cent certainty" that Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 was intentionally ditched in the ocean by one of the pilots in an act of murder-suicide.
May 17, 2018
The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear a terror suspect's bid to stave off the federal government's effort to deport him on security grounds. The government is trying to remove Mohamed Mahjoub, 58, using a national security certificate, claiming he was a high-ranking member of an Islamic terrorist organization.
May 17, 2018
A letter signed by the previously unknown Islamic Revolutionary Force claims the group has destroyed beaches in Ontario's Muskoka region and threatens other attacks. The group says it used snowmobiles to destroy the beaches over the winter. The Ontario Provincial Police is investigating.
May 16, 2018
Canada is reforming its national security laws and institutions. The success of all the initiatives depends on the Security of Canada Information Sharing Act which clarifies how Canadian government departments exchange sensitive information.
May 15, 2018
The Trudeau government is shifting the G7 summit away from its traditional Africa outreach in favour of a session on ocean sustainability that will include the world’s largest political and financial organizations.
May 15, 2018
Monday marked the deadliest day in Gaza since a 2014 war there, and was part of a high-stakes campaign by Gaza's Hamas rulers to break a decade-long border blockade. Israeli forces killed 59 Palestinians, most by gunfire, and injured more than 2,700 on Monday, Gaza Health Ministry said.
May 15, 2018
Michelle Rempel, Conservative immigration critic, tweeted recently that the media was finally writing about “illegal border crossings” after she had been raising it for a year. The problem is that several recurring myths are shaping much of the coverage.
May 14, 2018
The Canadian Armed Forces, in support of Public Safety Canada, is deploying approximately 60 members to assist the Province of New Brunswick following their request for federal assistance. Elements of 4 Engineer Support Regiment from 5th Canadian Division Support Base Gagetown deployed to support Provincial authorities. This will enable those authorities to complete assessments and prioritize further relief work and repairs.
May 14, 2018
Despite these incontrovertible facts, palliative care is inadequately funded in the Ottawa region and, indeed, in the province of Ontario. Patients who are suffering and reaching the end of their lives from any disease other than cancer are not able to access a palliative care clinic because none exists.
May 14, 2018
Canada will use its presidency of the G7 to try to persuade the world’s richest and most industrialized countries to adopt ambitious goals for plastics recycling and waste reduction. “We are looking at a zero-plastics-waste charter,” Environment Minister Catherine McKenna said from Cancun, Mexico.
May 14, 2018
In a closed-door meeting, Renfrew town council adopted rules setting the age limit for the fire chief at 60, which is the same limit the province set years earlier for frontline firefighters. The former fire chief, 61-year-old Guy Longtin, is fighting back against a move to push him into retirement with a legal fight launched Wednesday.
May 14, 2018
The Conservative opposition wants to know why the government has not arrested a man in Toronto who claims to be a returned ISIS fighter. It is a crime to travel abroad to participate in terrorism, and the government admits about 60 people have returned to Canada after joining terrorist groups abroad.
May 11, 2018
This Global News report shows how easily Google exposed employees of CSIS through a tool developed to make navigation easier. The news team was able to identify vehicles in the parking lot and then find home addresses of two CSIS employees using google street view.
May 11, 2018
Canada received over 50,000 asylum applications in 2017 – a 200% increase over the previous year. Nearly half of these claimants crossed illegally into Canada to make their claim. Or, as the Liberals like to say, they crossed “irregularly.” So far in 2018, things have gotten significantly worse.
May 11, 2018
A CBC News investigation showed that most people killed in police encounters in Canada since 2000 were mentally ill or addicted. A study shows that training at Ontario Police College on deescalation is inconsistent and “superficial.”
May 10, 2018
Authorities resumed digging in a Michigan forest for the remains of as many as seven girls who have been missing for decades. Police began searching the site after speaking with a man serving life in prison for the slaying of another girl whose body was found nearby.
May 10, 2018
'Three Percenters', the Canadian branch of an American group say on social media that they are ready to fight against government, should it become tyrannical. One Canadian expert in hate crimes says the group is engaged in paramilitary training.
May 10, 2018
Last year, a Google’s Street View car photographed Canadian Security and Intelligence Service (CSIS) employees and their vehicles in a parking lot at their Ottawa headquarters. Now offline since being available since 2017, the images allowed CSIS employees to be personally identified.
May 10, 2018
From the possibility of failing a roadside breath test because of second-hand smoke to the risk of being denied entry to the United States, British Columbia politicians are looking at the realities of legal marijuana.
May 09, 2018
Police, not politicians, should decide what restrictions to place on specific kinds of guns, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said. His government’s firearms bill, which once passed would restore the authority of RCMP experts to classify firearms without political influence, repealing cabinet’s authority to overrule Mountie determinations.
May 09, 2018
The new RCMP Commissioner, Brenda Lucki has been directed to modernize the force, check harassment and workplace violence, and create a climate of reconciliation with Indigenous people. The Trudeau government also directed Lucki to place more women, Indigenous and minority group members in leadership positions.
May 08, 2018
Police have dropped the case against a young Halifax man alleged to have breached a Nova Scotia freedom-of-information website, shifting the issue squarely back to whether the province had basic measures in place to protect its citizens' private information. Halifax police say that after a thorough investigation, "the police have determined there to be no grounds to lay charges in the matter."
May 08, 2018
Public Safety Canada consultations with other government agencies in 2017 for a document on internal extremism revealed disagreement about how to describe the far right. Public, public safety and intelligence officials differed widely in their assessment of the threat.
May 08, 2018
Almost half a million Canadians have marijuana-related offenses on their criminal records, but the government is preparing to legalize the drug this summer. Calls for a blanket amnesty are growing.
May 07, 2018
Spain's maritime rescue service said Sunday that it saved 476 migrants who were attempting the perilous crossing of the Mediterranean Sea from African shores. The migrants were pulled from 15 small boats on Friday and Saturday, officials said. There were no reported casualties.
May 07, 2018
Shortly after Kilauea erupted Thursday, the ground split open on the east side of Leilani Estates, exposing an angry red beneath the lush landscape. As of Sunday night, at least 10 such fissure vents were reported in the neighbourhood — including two that had opened anew late Saturday night — and at least 26 homes had been destroyed, according to the county civil defense agency.
May 07, 2018
India's National Investigation Agency has registered a First Information Report (FIR) - a document that registers allegations of an offence - against Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Canadian resident, for allegedly planning terrorist attacks. The FIR states that Nijjar planned to promote terrorism in Punjab.
May 04, 2018
The Aboriginal peoples committee of the Senate wants legal marijuana legislation delayed for a year, to negotiate a revenue-sharing deal and to set aside licenses for cannabis producers for Indigenous peoples. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said cannabis will be legal in Canada by summer,
May 03, 2018
Data from a 2014 Canada/U.S. study shows Canadian emission levels for some key pollutants are starkly higher. For example, Sarnia’s Imperial Oil refinery emitted 10 times more fine particulate matter, seven times more carbon monoxide, and 49 times more sulphur dioxide than the Detroit plant (a mere 100km to the south).
May 02, 2018
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security confirmed it is reviewing a Canadian proposal to amend the Safe Third Country Agreement, which requires Canada and the United States to refuse entry to asylum seekers who arrive at official ports of entry along the shared border, as both countries are considered safe for refugees.
May 02, 2018
Julie Michaud, a 35-year old middle school science teacher in northern New Brunswick has been charged with cocaine trafficking along with eight other people. The arrests resulted from an 18-month RCMP investigation.
May 01, 2018
During a routine examination of luggage on a flight from Mexico, CBSA border services officers observed anomalies on three suitcases. The inspection resulted in a seizure of 100 kg of methamphetamine and 4 kg of heroin.
May 01, 2018
A new scan of the Indian Ocean floor for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has searched nearly 80,000 square kilometres since January without finding any sign of the wreckage. But the company looking for the plane, which has been missing for more than four years, said it is still determined to find it.
May 01, 2018
An abandoned highrise building occupied by squatters in downtown Sao Paulo caught fire and collapsed, sending chunks of fiery debris crashing into neighbouring buildings and surrounding streets. Firefighters said at least one person had been killed and there could be more.
May 01, 2018
Asylum seekers enter Canada illegally to avoid dealing with the Canadian Border Service Agency (CBSA), whose mandate is to reject them under the Safe Third Country Agreement. Last weekend, near an illegal crossing point in Quebec, a reporter saw a CBSA vehicle and employees apparently co-operating with RCMP officers processing migrants entering Canada.
May 01, 2018
Under new laws, Canadians can grow four marijuana plants at home, but the head of the Canadian Real Estate Association, Michael Bourque says the result could be damaged and unhealthy homes as mold and fungus can spread through ventilation systems. His group wants a moratorium on home cultivation until provinces can develop effective regulations.
Apr 30, 2018
Chinese officials have been quietly grilling Canada about illicit marijuana flowing to their country, prompting Ottawa to agree to work with them on the problem, an internal federal memo reveals. The previously unknown issue arose during talks between the two countries on curbing the clandestine importation of opioids into Canada, which has fuelled a crisis of overdose deaths from fentanyl and related compounds.
Apr 30, 2018
The city force has revealed to the police board that 150 officers — nearly 11 per cent of the entire force — are, as a result of formal medical accommodations, either doing modified versions of their jobs or entirely different jobs because of medical restrictions. The greatest impact is on the front-line directorate.
Apr 30, 2018
An APTN investigation has found racist and derogatory remarks about Indigenous people on a 'private' Facebook site for RCMP members. The force is investigating and Brenda Butterworth-Carr, Commanding Officer of the RCMP's ‘K’ Division in British Columbia said, "There’s zero tolerance.”
Apr 27, 2018
Security experts say vehicle attacks like the one that killed ten people in Toronto on Monday are almost impossible to stop. In the past two years, 10 such attacks in Europe have killed more than 100 people.
Apr 26, 2018
Ward Elcock, the former director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service warns that the sale of Aecon Group Inc. to Chinese interests would threaten Canada’s national security. Elcock says rejecting the sale would bring a “sharp reaction” from China.
Apr 25, 2018
Alek Minassian, accused of murdering 10 people in Toronto on Monday was a Canadian Forces recruit for two months late last year before requesting and receiving his release. Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan said no concerns were raised about his mental health.
Apr 25, 2018
Alek Minassian, charged with murdering ten people and injuring 15 others with a rented van in north Toronto, repeatedly threatened the arresting officer with a weapon he did not have, and asked the officer to kill him. The arrest was made without shooting.
Apr 24, 2018
Alek Minassian, 25, of Richmond Hill is in police custody after a van was used in north Toronto to kill ten people and send another 15 to hospital. The Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale said the attack is not part of a plot that threatens national security. He held out the possibility the investigation could evolve but current information indicates the incident was isolated.
Apr 24, 2018
A commons committee has modified a new security bill to exclude information Canadians think has a "reasonable expectation of privacy" from the definition of "publicly available" data. The goal of the change is to keep intelligence agencies from randomly looking through personal information. The Communications Security Establishment has told the committee it wants publicly available materials for background information.
Apr 23, 2018
There appears to be a number of fatalities after multiple pedestrians were struck by a white van in Toronto and police say the driver has been arrested. Toronto police said the incident happened around 1 p.m. on Monday in the area of Yonge Street and Finch Avenue.
Apr 23, 2018
After a massive manhunt, police in Nashville have arrested Travis Reinking, suspected of killing four people at a Waffle House in the early hours of Sunday. As the search continued for the gunman, James Shaw Jr. who snatched the rifle from the shooter said it was a "selfish" act of self-preservation and he doesn't consider himself a hero.
Apr 23, 2018
A new book called "Just Watch Us" says Canadian security agencies were so busy watching the early women’s liberation movement for Communist infiltration that they almost missed the real revolution. Mounties and their informants monitored meetings, rallies and speeches.
Apr 23, 2018
Bell, Rogers and Public Safety Canada refused to respond to interview requests after a November CBC story about the ease with which cell phones could be hacked. A review of the lobbyist registry shows the companies did speak privately with the government about the security vulnerability.
Apr 20, 2018
Members of Parliament yesterday questioned Facebook executives about how well their company protects its users. Members' concerns included misinformation about Canadian Forces members in Latvia and foreign interference in Canadian elections.
Apr 19, 2018
Chinese Triads have infiltrated Canada’s economy so deeply that Australia’s intelligence community has coined a new term called the “Vancouver Model” of transnational crime.
Apr 19, 2018
An earthquake of at least magnitude 5.5 struck in southern Iran near the country’s sole nuclear power plant on Thursday morning, shaking countries across the Persian Gulf. There was no immediate report of damage or injuries.
Apr 19, 2018
Sindri Thor Stefansson was in custody for allegedly being the mastermind behind a heist in which 600 computers used to mine bitcoin were stolen. People in Iceland are wondering how a suspected criminal managed to jump out a prison window and catch a flight to Sweden without anyone noticing — especially the prime minister, who happened to be on the same flight.
Apr 19, 2018
One of Justin Trudeau's largest domestic political problems followed him to London, as environmental activists greeted the prime minister with calls to kill the controversial Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. The demands came during an elaborate protest outside the Canadian High Commission in the capital's London's iconic Trafalgar Square.