Jim Bronskill
TorontoStar
Montreal, QC, Canada
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Six Canadian children to return from Syrian detention without their mother: advocates
OTTAWA - Six Canadian children are set to leave a Syrian prison camp and fly to Canada without their mother, who cannot come with them because federal... → Read More
CSIS warns ‘smart city’ technology can open door to attacks, foreign interference
A new CSIS report urges policy-makers and the technology industry to consider steps that can be taken to address and ease the emerging security threat before ‘smart city’ platforms are widely adopted → Read More
Council reviews complaint against top court judge
OTTAWA – The Canadian Judicial Council is reviewing a complaint about the alleged conduct of Supreme Court of Canada Justice Russell Brown. In a statement Tuesday, the council said the complaint... → Read More
Black activist who became prime minister of Dominica was target of RCMP dirty tricks, documents show
A commission of inquiry into questionable RCMP security activities publicly confirmed more than 40 years ago that Douglas was a target of Security Service surveillance while in Canada → Read More
China, Russia targeting Canada’s artificial intelligence know-how, CSIS warns
The analysis notes artificial intelligence is a priority for Canada, considered central to Ottawa’s domestic innovation and prosperity goals → Read More
China, Russia targeting Canada’s artificial intelligence know-how, CSIS warns –
OTTAWA – Canada’s spy service warns that adversaries will turn to espionage and foreign interference tactics to target the country’s increasingly important artificial-intelligence se... → Read More
CSIS failed to fully consider human toll when disrupting threats, watchdog says
Report also finds the spy service takes an “overly narrow” approach when determining whether a judicial warrant is required for a particular threat disruption measure → Read More
Canadians decided 2021 election outcome: PM
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Canadian voters alone decided the last federal election as he played down a report Friday that China tried to unduly sway the outcome. The Toronto-bas... → Read More
Emergencies Act report coming today
OTTAWA – A federal commission is to report today on the Liberal government’s use of the Emergencies Act against protests that paralyzed the streets around Parliament Hill and jammed severa... → Read More
'Not an easy decision': RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki will retire in March
Her turbulent time as the top Mountie included the worst mass shooting in modern Canadian history, the COVID-19 pandemic and the convoy protests → Read More
RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki will retire next month
RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki says she has decided to retire and her last day will be March 17. → Read More
RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki to retire in March
OTTAWA – RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki said Wednesday she has made the difficult decision to retire from the national police force next month. There has been speculation about Lucki’s fut... → Read More
Gun-control group to tell MPs that disinformation muddied Ottawa’s efforts to ban assault-style firearms
The group PolySeSouvient plans to appear at committee today to support the federal government’s plan to legislatively enshrine a definition of guns considered unsafe for civilian use → Read More
Judge orders government to repatriate four Canadian men held in Syrian camps
The Canadians are among the many foreign nationals in Syrian camps run by Kurdish forces that reclaimed the war-torn region from ISIL. → Read More
Judge orders Canada to repatriate four men detained in Syria
Liberal government must help bring home four Canadian men being held in Syrian camps, judge rules → Read More
Canada to repatriate six women, 13 children from Syrian detention, lawyer says
Lawyer Lawrence Greenspon says a “mutually acceptable” agreement was reached today with Ottawa to repatriate the 19 Canadians. → Read More
Tips on shady finances ‘may not get investigated’ amid police constraints, RCMP briefing note says
The Mounties make the candid admission in a briefing note on the working relationship between the national police force and the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada → Read More
Whistleblower group criticizes federal review of wrongdoing disclosure regime
Absence of member with ‘lived experience’ as an actual whistleblower on new task force a ‘shocking omission,’ advocate says → Read More
Feds opt to focus on making access-to-info law work better amid calls for reforms
OTTAWA – The federal government says departments will focus on making the access-to-information system work better amid calls for fundamental changes to the transparency law. The Access to Infor... → Read More
Canadians gleaned naval intelligence from Russian defector found on B.C. coast, files show
The young Russian seaman turned up exhausted and bleeding on the B.C. shore struck a Canadian intelligence official as athletic — like Tarzan of the movies → Read More