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Feds aimed secret cybersecurity briefing at energy sector executives: memo
The Suncor Energy Centre is pictured in downtown Calgary, Alta., Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. Federal officials gave leaders of major energy and utility firms a secret-level briefing on cybersecurity threats, one element of a concerted government effort to underscore the serious risks to the sector. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
opinion
Michael Spavor’s accusations are playing into Beijing’s hands
Peter Humphrey
politics
Watchdog report on Global Affairs unit named in Michael Spavor’s case still unreleased three years after its completion
People hold placards calling for China to release Canadian detainees Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig outside a court hearing for Huawei Technologies Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou at the B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, March 6, 2019. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson
world
China says no unusual pathogens found after WHO queries respiratory outbreaks
Chinese national flag is raised at the Chinese embassy in London, Monday, Sept. 11, 2023. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has chastised China's premier for what he called unacceptable interference in British democracy after a newspaper reported that a researcher in Parliament was arrested earlier this year on suspicion of spying for Beijing. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
opinion
With the Cameron Ortis trial, the Canadian judicial system passed an extraordinary test
Wesley Wark
canada
What the Cameron Ortis jury didn’t hear during weeks of testimony
Cameron Jay Ortis, a former RCMP intelligence official charged with breaching Canada's secrets law, arrives for his trial at the courthouse in Ottawa, on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. The jury in the criminal trial has reached a verdict.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
politics
Former RCMP intelligence official Cameron Ortis found guilty on all counts
Cameron Jay Ortis, a former RCMP intelligence official charged with breaching Canada's secrets law, arrives for his trial at the courthouse in Ottawa, on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. A Crown prosecutor says the former RCMP official's excuse for leaking secret information is flawed and should not be believed. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
opinion
More than anything, Michael Spavor was the victim of a coercive Beijing
Guy Saint-Jacques
politics
Canadian met with Global Affairs unit linked to two Michaels’ imprisonment before being detained by China in 2014
Kevin Garratt and his wife Julia pose for a portrait in the backyard of a home they're staying at after recently returning to Canada. The couple were doing Christian charity work in China near the North Korean border when they were detained by police and had been accused by Chinese authorities of stealing military and defence research secrets and charged with espionage. Kevin would spend almost two years in custody before being deported. (Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail)
politics
Global Affairs faces calls for oversight after Michael Spavor’s allegations
FILE PHOTO: People hold signs calling for China to release Canadian detainees Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig during an extradition hearing for Huawei Technologies Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou at the B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, March 6, 2019. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson/File Photo
politics
Fate of Cameron Ortis, ex-RCMP intelligence director who allegedly shared secrets with targets of international criminal probes, in hands of jurors
Cameron Jay Ortis, a former RCMP intelligence official charged with breaching Canada's secrets law, arrives for his trial at the courthouse in Ottawa, on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023.
world
China decries Canada’s ‘hypocrisy’ after Spavor blames Kovrig for their detention
Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor stand as they are recognized before an address from U.S. President Joe Biden in the Canadian House of Commons on Parliament Hill, in Ottawa, Canada, Mach 24, 2023. Mandel Ngan/Pool via REUTERS
canada
Spavor blames fellow prisoner Kovrig for Chinese detention, alleges he was used for intelligence gathering
Photo Illustration by the Globe and Mail/THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/AFP PHOTO / CRISISGROUP/JULIE DAVID DE LOSS
politics
Ex-RCMP intelligence director Cameron Ortis’s testimony based on ‘fiction’: Crown
Cameron Jay Ortis, a former RCMP intelligence official charged with breaching Canada's secrets law, arrives for his trial at the courthouse in Ottawa, on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
international business
Applied Materials under U.S. criminal probe for shipments to Chinese chip maker SMIC: sources
FILE PHOTO: A smartphone with a displayed Applied Materials logo is placed on a computer motherboard in this illustration taken March 6, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
politics
Trial of ex-RCMP intelligence director hears closing arguments, fate to be left with 12-member jury
Cameron Jay Ortis, a former RCMP intelligence official charged with breaching Canada's secrets law, arrives for his trial at the courthouse in Ottawa, on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
world
Veteran U.S. journalist refusing to divulge her sources could be held in contempt of court
FILE - People take photos of the FBI building headquarters in Washington, Aug. 13, 2022. A federal judge in Washington is weighing whether to hold in contempt Catherine Herridge, a veteran journalist who has refused to identify her sources for stories about a Chinese scientist who was investigated by the FBI but never charged. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
asia-pacific business
Chinese lender ICBC paid ransom over hack that disrupted U.S. Treasury market, gang says
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) is seen at its branch at its headquarters in Beijing, China, March 30, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo/File Photo
politics
Former RCMP intelligence director was ‘enabling’ subjects of probes, prosecutor says
Cameron Jay Ortis arrives to the Ottawa Courthouse in Ottawa on Friday, Nov. 3, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
world
‘We want her back:’ The husband of a U.S. journalist detained in Russia appeals for her release
FILE - Radio Free Europe-Radio Liberty editor Alsu Kurmasheva, right, stands in a glass cage in a courtroom in Kazan, Russia, Monday, Oct. 23, 2023. Kurmacheva, the editor with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's Tatar-Bashkir service was detained on Oct 18, 2023 in Russia and is being held in a detention center, awaiting a trial that could sentence her to up to five years in prison. (AP Photo/Vladislav Mikhnevskii/File)
politics
Ex-RCMP intelligence director Ortis tells jury Canada ‘small marble’ next to U.S. on national-security issues
Cameron Jay Ortis arrives to the Ottawa Courthouse in Ottawa on Friday, Nov. 3, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
world
Janet Yellen warns Beijing: Chinese firms aiding Russia face ‘significant consequences’
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks during a press conference after meetings with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng, Friday, Nov. 10, 2023, in San Francisco. Yellen and Lifeng met on Thursday in the San Francisco, the latest in a string of senior level engagements between the nations in recent months aimed at easing tensions. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
world
Putin, top military leaders visit southern military headquarters to assess state of war in Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, gestures while speaking to Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu at the headquarters of Russia's Southern Military District in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. (Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
politics
Huawei still filing patents tied to work with Canadian universities after Ottawa’s restrictions
FILE - Attendees walk past a display for 5G services from Chinese technology firm Huawei at the PT Expo in Beijing, on Oct. 31, 2019. Taiwan authorities are investigating four Taiwan-based companies suspected of helping China’s Huawei Technologies to build semiconductor facilities, reports said Friday, Oct. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)
canada
Toronto’s public library system will remain down until January 2024. Here’s which services are and aren’t working
Books sit on a shelf at an Etobicoke library, in Toronto, Sunday, April 16, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
technology
B.C. quantum computer maker Photonic emerges from ‘stealth mode’ with $100-million and Microsoft deal
Founder and chief quantum officer, Stephanie Simmons, poses for a photograph at the Photonic Inc. lab in Coquitlam, B.C, on Tuesday, November 7, 2023. Tijana Martin/ The Globe and Mail
opinion
The foreign interference inquiry can’t shy away from revealing sensitive truths
Thomas Juneau
opinion
Ottawa’s lack of support for Montreal bid for global Internet conference is a win for autocracy
Justin Ling
canada
CSIS director expressed ‘full confidence’ in employees after ‘troubling’ leak of classified material
David Vigneault, Director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), prepares to appear before the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Tuesday, June 13, 2023. Vigneault told employees he stood by the spy agency's handling of sensitive information following a "troubling" leak of classified material, a newly released memo shows. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
technology
China warms to U.S. chipmaker Micron as tensions with Washington ease
FILE PHOTO: The company logo is seen on the Micron Technology Inc. offices in Shanghai, China May 25, 2023. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo
politics
Former RCMP civilian Ortis ‘no enemy of Canada,’ defence lawyer tells jury
Cameron Jay Ortis returns to the Ottawa Courthouse during a break in proceedings in Ottawa, on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. An RCMP employee who worked in the same intelligence unit as the man charged with revealing classified information says the unit was not involved in criminal investigations, surveillance or undercover work. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
politics
Inquiry into foreign interference from China, Russia is under way, Justice Hogue says
<div>Global Affairs Canada says a social media campaign&nbsp;connected to the People's Republic of China is targeting dozens of Canadian members of Parliament, including the prime minister, with spam. A Chinese flag is illuminated by sunshine in the Hall of Honour, in Ottawa, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld</div>
politics
Two Russian-Canadians charged with shipping electronics to aid Moscow’s war on Ukraine
(FILES) A view of the State Duma building, the lower chamber of Russia's parliament, in central Moscow on October 27, 2022. Russian lawmakers voted on October 17, 2023 to revoke Moscow's ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, moving closer to abandoning a landmark agreement that prohibits the testing of nuclear weapons. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP) (Photo by KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images)
international business
The Associated Press’ news website hit by apparent denial-of-service attack
Cyber crime hacker.Unknown identity of cyber criminal .
politics
China demands proof that Canada’s WeChat ban is justified
HONG KONG, HONG KONG - JUNE 29: A smart phone with the icons for the social networking apps WeChat and others seen on the screen on June 29 2018 in Hong Kong, Hong Kong. Tips for original content creators on WeChat is back on both iOS and Android after the WeChat team reached an agreement with Apple. According to the FAQ in WeChat"u2019s announcement, WeChat will hold any tips for 7 days before adding them to the author"u2019s WeChat Pay account. (Photo by S3studio/Getty Images)
international business
Alliance of 40 countries to vow not to pay ransom to cybercriminals, U.S. says
FILE PHOTO: White House Deputy National Security Advisor for Cyber and Emerging Technology, Anne Neuberger, addresses cyber security during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S. September 2, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo