Alison Crawford
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Ottawa, ON, Canada
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Mounties must respect independence of witness protection program, advisory panel says
An expert committee says it is "troubled" that RCMP investigators continue to contact people in the federal witness protection program, which may affect their safety. → Read More
Americans revoking travel visas from visitors who plan to claim asylum in Canada
American authorities say an ongoing operation along its northern border has led them to revoke U.S.-issued travel visas of thousands of people, most of whom were headed to Canada to claim asylum. → Read More
Interviews underway for next RCMP commissioner
The federal government has whittled down the list of people it's considering for the position of RCMP commissioner. Its newly announced selection committee provides clues about what it wants in the new leader of the national police force. → Read More
Canada's top cop said it would be 'reckless' to keep using federal government's IT service
Among his last moves as RCMP commissioner, Bob Paulson told the head of the federal government's tech support agency it would be reckless and "arguably criminal" for him to permit Shared Services Canada to continue delivering some IT services. → Read More
Keep a 'wary eye' on U.S. travel visas, Goodale tells American counterpart
Canada's Public Safety Minister says he's asked his American counterpart to monitor those obtaining U.S. travel visas for the sole purpose of crossing the Canadian border. → Read More
Airport security stops calling police on passengers carrying prescription pot
Canadian airport security screeners have stopped calling the police every time they process a passenger travelling with medical marijuana. CATSA changed its policy this month after an exponential growth in the number of passengers with prescription pot in their carry-on luggage. → Read More
Government removing hurdles to missing persons DNA data bank
The government has proposed amendments to the DNA Identification Act to permit the national police force to set up new indices for missing persons, relatives of missing persons and human remains. → Read More
Correctional Services Canada failing younger inmates, advocates argue in report
Canada's prison watchdog and Ontario's Child Advocate say Correctional Services Canada is squandering opportunities to turn young federal inmates' lives around. → Read More
Border agency reports big drop in number of long-term detainees
The number of people being held for more than 90 days in immigration detention centres has declined by more than a third since 2012-15, statistics from the Canada Border Services Agency show. → Read More
Meet Kevin McCormick, the man who made it his mission to return Canada's lost military medals
While their achievements in uniform can be found on their service records, the military medals that mark the deeds of Canada's men and women sometimes get lost as the decades roll one over the other. One Canadian, however, has dedicated himself to finding what was absent and returning it home. → Read More
Canada running to keep up with fast-moving developments in self-driving car technology
Calling it a disruptive technology with huge potential, Canada's transport minister says when it comes to self-driving cars Canada is doing its best to try and keep up with the pace of innovation. → Read More
Shariah and rules that govern religious practices in other faiths are not to be feared, spiritual leaders say
MPs on the Commons heritage committee continue their study today on how to eliminate systemic racism and religious discrimination — work that was required by a motion that some feared would lead to the introduction of Shariah law in Canada. → Read More
Gaps between Indigenous and non-Indigenous inmates growing, latest statistics show
There are more Indigenous offenders in Canada's prisons and they serve more time before being released on parole than other prisoners, according to fresh statistics from the federal Department of Public Safety. → Read More
Researchers find significantly higher rate of mental disorders among first responders
Results from Canada's first national survey looking at operational stress injuries among first responders such as police, paramedics, firefighters and 911 operators suggest they are much more likely to develop a mental disorder than the general population. → Read More
Canada's electronic spy agency to get new rules for sharing data with allies
The office of Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan is crafting a directive for how Canada’s electronic spy agency shares its foreign signals intelligence with its closest allies, the Five Eyes partners. → Read More
RCMP to develop own email system because of government delays
After years of email crashes and outages, the RCMP had decided it can't wait for a new harmonized email system for the entire federal government. → Read More
Canada's endangered wild ginseng under threat from poachers
Conservation officers in Ontario and Quebec are using surveillance and other techniques to outsmart poachers bent on digging up Canada's most endangered plant: wild American ginseng, which can sell for anywhere from several hundred to several thousand dollars per root. → Read More
'We're still human beings,' says inmate as trial continues on solitary confinement
The federal government's use of administrative segregation is on trial in British Columbia. Correctional Service Canada is also facing more than half a dozen lawsuits about the practice. → Read More
Trudeau heads to summit marked by widening Trump-Merkel rift
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrives in Hamburg today for the G20 Summit, having already staked out firm positions on free trade, migration and climate change that are at odds with U.S. President Donald Trump. All three issues top an ambitious agenda set by host Chancellor Angela Merkel. → Read More
Trudeau to meet Irish PM and the Queen ahead of G20 summit
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau departs this morning for Europe, where he has scheduled friendly courtesy calls with Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar and the Queen ahead of what is expected to be a raucous G20 summit in Germany. → Read More