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Canada to work with U.S. to set up cyber security certification for defence contractors, Anand says
Minister of Defence Anita Anand speaks in the foyer of the House of Commons, Thursday, May 11, 2023 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
international business
Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes enters Texas prison to begin 11-year sentence
Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes arrives to begin serving her prison sentence for defrauding investors in the failed blood-testing startup, at the Federal Prison Camp in Bryan, Texas, U.S. May 30, 2023. REUTERS/Go Nakamura
investment ideas
Wall Street prepares for Treasuries mess as default looms
People pass the front of the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Tuesday, March 21.
international business
TikTok files lawsuit to overturn Montana’s first-in-U.S. ban on the video sharing app
FILE - The icon for the video sharing TikTok app is seen on a smartphone, Feb. 28, 2023, in Marple Township, Pa. TikTok, Inc., filed a lawsuit Monday, May 22, 2023, seeking to overturn Montana's first-in-the-nation ban on the video sharing app, arguing the law is an unconstitutional violation of free speech rights and is based on “unfounded speculation” that the Chinese government could access users' data. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)
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China tells tech manufacturers to stop using Micron chips, stepping up feud with United States
FILE - A sign marks the entrance of the Micron Technology automotive chip manufacturing plant on Feb. 11, 2022, in Manassas, Va. Stepping up a feud with Washington over technology and security, China's government on Sunday, May 21, 2023 told users of computer equipment deemed sensitive to stop buying products from the biggest U.S. memory chip maker, Micron Technology Inc. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)
politics
CSIS had kept tabs on expelled Chinese diplomat Zhao Wei for 3 years
Chinese diplomat Zhao Wei
canada
Ottawa reveals new passport design
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politics
Ottawa reveals new passport design, says online passport renewals to start this fall
Sean Fraser, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, and Marie-France Lalonde, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship unveil the new Canadian passport at the Ottawa International Airport in Ottawa on Wednesday, May 10, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
world
Hong Kong restricts foreign lawyers from national security cases
FILE PHOTO: Police stands guard outside the West Kowloon Magistrates' courts in Hong Kong, China November 25, 2022. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu/File Photo
opinion
Business in China just got riskier for Canadians – but this was going to happen anyway
Dennis Kwok and Sam Goodman
canada
Toronto’s Pearson Airport announces their improvements ahead of busy summer season
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politics
Trudeau says he ‘shared the best information’ he had at the time when he said CSIS report never left the agency
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to reporters at the Liberal party convention in Ottawa, Friday May 5, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
politics
MP says CSIS shared China interference report with senior officials
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politics
Trudeau says all threats against MPs must be taken seriously
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world
China’s sweeping new anti-espionage law will make it easier to arrest foreigners
In this photo provided by the Dong family, Dong Yuyu stands at the gates of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass in May 2017. A veteran Chinese journalist who worked at a ruling Communist Party-affiliated newspaper and was a Harvard University fellow faces espionage charges after he was detained while meeting with a Japanese diplomat in a restaurant, his family said Monday. (Dong Family via AP)
inside the market
Gordon Pape’s mailbag: Mutual funds or cash, knowing when to sell and other investing dilemmas
The Bay Street financial district is shown in Toronto on Friday, August 5, 2022.
world
Fishermen acted fast to swarm suspect in attack on Japan’s prime minister
Masaki Nishide, a fisherman at the Satsugasaki port, describes the explosion scene Sunday April 16, 2023 at an election campaign event Prime Minister Fumio Kishida attended and narrowly escaped in Wakayma, western Japan. (AP Photo/Johnson Lai)
canada
Pierre Trudeau received first security detail for a former PM after RCMP believed his track record could invite threats
Former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau gets a final slaute from RCMP guard as he leaves 24 Sussex Dr. June 30, 1984 after resigning as prime minister. Trudeau drove his Mercedes sports car to Harrington Lake for the weekend. With threats against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spiking in recent years, newly released historical records reveal the security concerns the RCMP had when his father was getting ready to leave office. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
world
Japan PM Kishida unhurt after explosion at outdoor speech, resumes campaigning
A man, believed to be a suspect who threw a pipe-like object near Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during his outdoor speech, is held by police officers at Saikazaki fishing port in Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecturein, south-western Japan April 15, 2023, in this photo released by Kyodo. Mandatory credit Kyodo via REUTERS
canada
Katie Telford testifies no national security intelligence withheld from PM Trudeau
Katie Telford, chief of staff to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, departs after appearing as a witness before the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, studying foreign election interference, on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Friday, April 14, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
opinion
Increased scrutiny of Canada’s intelligence culture is overdue
Christian Leuprecht
world
Leaked documents reveal U.S. intel on other countries
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british columbia
UBC encourages students to uninstall TikTok app, citing ‘unproven’ security risks
The TikTok startup page is displayed on an iPhone in Ottawa on Monday, Feb. 27, 2023. The University of British Columbia is encouraging students to uninstall the TikTok app from their mobile phones, citing concerns about data sharing with the social media platform's Chinese parent company. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
politics
No legal justification for use of Emergencies Act, civil liberties group tells court
Police move in to clear downtown Ottawa near Parliament hill of protesters after weeks of demonstrations on Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022. A national civil liberties group is set to argue that "nebulous or strained claims" about economic instability or general unrest weren't enough to legally justify the Liberal government's use of the Emergencies Act early last year. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston
politics
Ottawa stalls on measures to combat foreign interference
A sign for the Canadian Security Intelligence Service building is shown in Ottawa, Tuesday, May 14, 2013. newly released memo says the Canadian Security Intelligence Service has set up a "multilateral forum of trusted partners" to share information on suspected extremists travelling abroad - a group that extends beyond the customary Five Eyes spy network. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
world
Five arrested after deadly fire at Mexican migrant detention centre
CIUDAD JUAREZ, MEXICO - MARCH 30: Migrants who crossed the border trough the Rio Bravo from Mexico into the U.S. wait next to the U.S. border wall where U.S. Border Patrol agents stand guard on March 30, 2023 in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. At least 39 migrants died on Monday in fire at a detention centre of the National Migration Institute (INM) in Ciudad Juarez, border town with US. (Photo by Getty Images/Getty Images)
u.s. business
U.S. Supreme Court turns away challenge to steel import tariffs imposed under Trump
Police officers walk outside the Supreme Court on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023, ahead of arguments over President Joe Biden's student debt relief plan. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
world
New Zealand security chiefs increasingly concerned about foreign interference
canada
Trudeau says TikTok ban had ‘side benefit’ of getting his kids off platform
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during a joint news conference with U.S. President Joe Biden, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, March 24, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
alberta
Alberta auditor general seeks reforms to how province manages oilpatch liabilities
Alberta Auditor General Doug Wylie speaks in Edmonton on Friday, Oct. 4, 2019. Wylie says the province's system for managing environmental risks from old oilpatch facilities needs significant improvement. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
world
West spotlights North Korea rights abuses at UN meeting; China opposes
FILE - A North Korean flag flutters in North Korea's village Gijungdong as seen from an South Korea's observation post inside the demilitarized zone in Paju, South Korea during a media tour, March 3, 2023. The United States, its Western allies and experts shone a spotlight on the dire human rights situation and increasing repression in North Korea at a U.N. meeting Friday, March17, 2023 that China and Russia denounced as a politicized move likely to escalate tensions on the Korean peninsula. (Jeon Heon-Kyun/Pool Photo via AP, File)
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Canada to increase potash shipments to Bangladesh
A Canpotex railcar mechanic unlocks railcars at the Canpotex Railcar Maintenance Facility near Guernsey, SK, September 10, 2020. Photo Liam Richards for the Globe and Mail
politics
Trudeau addresses election interference concerns
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european business
Britain’s National Cyber Security Centre reviewing whether to ban TikTok from government phones
FILE PHOTO: TikTok app logo is seen in this illustration taken, August 22, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo/File Photo
world
New Chinese Premier Li Qiang seeks to reassure private sector as parliament wraps up
BEIJING, CHINA - MARCH 13: New Chinese Premier Li Qiang holds his first press conference at the Great Hall of the People on March 13, 2023 in Beijing, China. China's annual political gathering, known as the Two Sessions, convenes the nation's leaders and lawmakers to set the government's agenda for domestic economic and social development for the next year. (Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)