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Alleged Chinese spy detained in Quebec seeks bail, wants to clear name
A Hydro-Québec logo is seen on the public utility's head office building, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015, in Montreal. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
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Bail hearing next week for ex-Hydro-Quebec employee charged with spying for China
Defence lawer Gary Martin, left, representing Yuesheng Wang, and Crown Prosecutor Marc Cigana speak to the media after a hearing at the courthouse in Longueuil, Que. Tuesday, November 15, 2022.A former Hydro-Quebec employee charged with economic espionage for the benefit of China will have a bail hearing next week. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
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Former Hydro-Québec researcher charged with economic espionage makes court appearance
A Hydro-Quebec logo is seen on their head office building in Montreal, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015. Some Quebec government websites taken offline Sunday due to a massive software vulnerability are back online.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
film review
Now streaming: Cold War thriller The Courier is the spy-versus-spy drama you need right now
THE COURIER (2021). Merab Ninidze and Benedict Cumberbatch in THE COURIER. Credit: Liam Daniel / Courtesy of Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions.
politics
Canada expelled eight foreigners for terrorism or spying in 2020
A sign for the Canadian Security Intelligence Service building is shown in Ottawa, Tuesday, May 14, 2013. Newly released documents show Canada's spy agency is moving ahead with plans to collect and use databases containing personal information about Canadians. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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IKEA France on trial over over accusations of illegally spying on staff, clients
An Ikea employee and lawyers arrive at the Versailles' courthouse, outside Paris, Monday, March 22, 2021. Ikea's French subsidiary and several of its executives are set to go on trial Monday over accusations that they illegally spied on employees and customers. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
canada
Court denies CSIS request to collect foreign intelligence
FILE PHOTO: A vehicle passes a sign outside the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) headquarters in Ottawa, November 5, 2014. REUTERS/Chris Wattie/File Photo
canada
Canada’s spy-catching system caused delay, angst in Jeffrey Delisle case, former FBI official says
Sub-Lt. Jeffrey Delisle arrives at Nova Scotia provincial court for a sentencing hearing in Halifax on Friday, Feb. 1, 2013. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
canada
Federal prosecutors strive to shut out public from CSIS-China case
Qing Quentin Huang leaves a Toronto court house on Monday April 27 2015. The Canadian citizen is charged with attempting to pass information relating to Canada's shipbuilding strategy to China. Photo: Chris Young for The Globe and Mail.
opinion
Canada’s laws about foreign agents haven’t caught up to the modern world
Campbell Clark
european business
Top EU court rules countries must curb mass data surveillance
FILE PHOTO: The towers of the European Court of Justice are seen in Luxembourg, January 26, 2017. Picture taken January 26, 2017. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir/File Photo
canada
Prosecutors stay charges against Qing Quentin Huang in probe of naval leaks to China
Prosecutors stay charges in probe of naval leaks to China
world
British judge begins Julian Assange’s extradition hearing
Editor-in-chief of WikiLeaks, Kristinn Hrafnssonon from Iceland, left, and father of Julian Assange, John Shipton, speak to the media in London, Monday, Sept. 7, 2020. Lawyers for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and the U.S. government were squaring off in a London court on Monday at a high-stakes extradition case delayed by the coronavirus pandemic. American prosecutors have indicted the 49-year-old Australian on 18 espionage and computer misuse charges over the WikiLeaks publication of secret U.S. military documents a decade ago. The charges carry a maximum sentence of 175 years in prison. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
opinion
The spymasters’ playbook: What the Gouzenko case tells us about Donald Trump
Scott Anderson
international business
Barclays being probed by U.K. privacy watchdog on accusations of spying on staff
FILE PHOTO: A Barclays bank building is seen at Canary Wharf in London, Britain May 17, 2017. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth/File Photo
opinion
Like it or not, cyberespionage is now a permanent part of geopolitics
Ben Buchanan
canada
‘Something has to change’: Michael Kovrig’s letters detail life in a Beijing jail cell. His wife wants Canada to do more to free him
Vina Nadjibulla is the wife (currently separated) from Michael Kovrig a Canadian diplomat who has been detained in China since Dec 10, 2018. June 22, 2020 (Melissa Tait / The Globe and Mail)
technology
Massive spying on users of Google’s Chrome shows new security weakness
Google Chrome logo is seen near cyber code and words "spy" in this illustration picture taken June 18, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
world
Russia seeks 18-year prison term for ex-U.S. Marine accused of spying
Former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan, who was detained and accused of espionage, stands inside a defendants' cage during a court hearing in Moscow, on Oct. 24, 2019.
politics
Spy agency warns foreign states trying to steal COVID-19 research in Canada
The guidance offered to universities and researchers reports a ‘rapid evolution in the nature and volume of threat activities and ... [a] focus on new targets in Canada’
world
Julian Assange’s U.S. extradition case to resume in September, London court says
In this May 1, 2019, file photo, buildings are reflected in the window as WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is taken from court, in London.
world
Assange fathered two children while holed up in embassy, lawyer says
(FILES) In this file photo taken on May 19, 2017 Wikileaks founder Julian Assange speaks on the balcony of the Embassy of Ecuador in London. - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange fathered two children with one of his lawyers while holed up in Ecuador's embassy in London for much of the past decade, according to a report Sunday, April 12, confirmed by the kids' mother. (Photo by Justin TALLIS / AFP) (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)
canada
Canada’s spy service moves quietly ahead with data-crunching plans: documents
Canada’s spy service moves quietly ahead with data-crunching plans: documents
politics
Woman accused of spying for Russia asks court to overturn deportation order
David Crenna (who will be at the hearing in Ottawa tomorrow), and his wife Elena Crenna (who wonÕt be there because she currently facing a deportation order). They provided this handout photo.
world
Caucus revolt puts pressure on Johnson to ban Huawei from Britain’s 5G network
FILE PHOTO: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a news conference on the novel coronavirus, London, Britain, March 3, 2020. Frank Augstein/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
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ToTok seemed like a popular app – but it’s secretly a spy tool
FILE - In this Oct. 27, 2013 file photo, a worker looks at his mobile phone at the newly opened Al Maktoum International Airport in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. According to a New York Times report, ToTok, a chat app that quickly became popular in the United Arab Emirates for communicating with friends and family, is actually a spying tool used by the government to track its users. (Patrick Castillo/Emarat Al Youm via AP, File)