Spy service says federal pipeline purchase seen as 'betrayal' by many opponents
Canada's spy agency says many members of the environmental and Indigenous communities see the federal purchase of the Trans Mountain pipeline as a betrayal, and suggests that could intensify opposition...
View ArticleSecurity agencies warn industry of foreign espionage threat to networks
Canadian companies should watch out when they use technology supplied by state-owned companies from countries that want to steal corporate secrets, the country's security agencies have warned them.
View ArticleClosed meeting between MPs and Chinese officials planned, then cancelled
An all-party committee of elected MPs planned a closed-door meeting with a delegation of Chinese politicians and diplomats this week, but abruptly cancelled it on Wednesday, December 5, 2018.
View ArticleIran connection emerges as Canada's envoy briefs China on Huawei arrest
As details of American allegations against a Chinese executive were revealed on Friday, December 7, 2018, in a Vancouver court, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said Canada's ambassador in...
View ArticleKingston, Ont., arrests related to national security investigation: source
The RCMP have made two arrests in Kingston, Ont., in what a government official confirms is a national security investigation.
View ArticleRCMP charge Kingston youth with trying to get someone to plant a bomb
The RCMP say they have charged a Kingston youth with terrorism, alleging he tried to get someone to plant a bomb.
View ArticleIsraeli cyberexpert detects China hack in Ottawa, warns against using Huawei 5G
A Chinese telecommunication company secretly diverted Canadian internet traffic to China, particularly from Rogers subscribers in the Ottawa area, says an Israeli cybersecurity specialist.
View ArticleMore scrutiny of defence intelligence operations needed, security committee says
A national-security watchdog has called for stricter controls on the Canadian military's spying, including the possibility of legislation spelling out when and how defence intelligence operations can...
View ArticleCSIS destroyed secret file on Pierre Trudeau, stunning historians
Canada's spy service destroyed a Cold War dossier on Pierre Trudeau in 1989 instead of turning it over to the national archives, The Canadian Press has learned.
View ArticleMake passports free to ease new no-fly list measures, federal panel suggests
Ottawa should consider making passports free to everyone for a year to ease the introduction of new no-fly list procedures, a federal advisory panel recommends.
View ArticleSpies welcomed energy industry info about alleged threats, documents show
Canada's spy service routinely welcomed reports from the energy industry about perceived threats, and kept such information in its files in case it might prove useful later, newly disclosed documents...
View ArticleSecret spy file on Pierre Trudeau was almost spared from destruction: memo
A secret spy service file on Pierre Trudeau came close to eluding destruction 30 years ago, newly disclosed memos reveal.
View Article'Protest Papers' provide rare look inside state surveillance
'Protest Papers' offer rare insight into the thinking of CSIS agents, as well as concerns among civil society groups that their organizations may be spied on, and even infiltrated, by government...
View ArticleFor activists, CSIS-spying revelations were cold comfort
Idle No More organizer Tori Cress says the surveillance state's interest in protest movements has always been “a given.” So what did we learn from the heavily redacted Protest Papers?
View ArticleFormer justice Marie Deschamps named to panel overseeing spy agencies
A former Supreme Court justice has been named to a panel overseeing the country's security agencies.
View ArticleCanada's former spy chief wants more robust election integrity effort
Former head of CSIS spy agency says light of day best antidote to misinformation, repeats warning about China's influence.
View ArticleHow Canadians grappled with a growing threat
Canadian security officials have been grappling not only with how to address the growing threat of right-wing extremism, but also the best means of defining the phenomenon and explaining it to the...
View ArticleFrom pepper spray to profiling: A look at how protests have been policed in...
The G20 summit of international leaders in Toronto a decade ago saw the largest mass arrests in Canadian history. More recently, controversies have erupted over how police and security agencies have...
View ArticleAnti-money laundering centre eyes AI to find the dirt
The federal anti-money laundering centre is exploring artificial intelligence and machine learning to help sort through a deluge of data in the hunt for hidden dirty cash.
View ArticleFormer top spy calls for royal commission on disinformation, fears rising...
Richard Fadden, former director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, called for the national commission in a public conversation with Canada's National Observer on Thursday.
View ArticleFederal review shows CSIS sees warrant process as 'burdensome' and a...
Canadian Security Intelligence Service employees see the spadework needed to obtain a judicial warrant as "a necessary evil" that detracts from more valuable activities, says an independent review that...
View ArticleAmerica’s QAnon problem is infecting Canada. What should we do about it?
Though the unfortunate cultural import from the United States has been kicking around Canada for years, QAnon has gained new prevalence this year. How bad is it, and what can be done to stop it?
View ArticleDid CSIS spies break the law?
A newly released watchdog report says Canada's spy agency may have broken the law by using peoples' digital geolocation data without a warrant.
View ArticleCourt refuses CSIS request to collect foreign intelligence
A court has put the brakes on a Canadian Security Intelligence Service request to collect foreign information, ruling a proposed technique would stray beyond the spy service's legal mandate.
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