spy agencies

The Canadian flag flies on the Peace Tower of Parliament Hill as pedestrians make their way along Sparks Street Mall in Ottawa on Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021. For more than a year, Canada has been mulling creation of a foreign agent registry to fight interference in the country’s democratic processes. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Foreign registry push underway as option to address interference in Canada

Analysts say change might help, but it won’t solve the issue of outside influencers

 

Storm clouds pass by the Peace Tower and Parliament Hill Tuesday August 18, 2020 in Ottawa.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

New directive requires CSIS to tell MPs, public safety minister about foreign threats

Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino tells CSIS to give such threats highest level of attention

 

A sign for the Canadian Security Intelligence Service building is shown in Ottawa on May 14, 2013. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Climate change threatens Canadian security, prosperity, warns stark spy agency brief

CSIS predicting possible loss of parts of B.C. and Atlantic Canada to rising sea levels

 

FILE - Flower tributes at St Ann’s square, Manchester, England, on May 23, 2017, after a suicide bombing attack at an Ariana Grande concert at the Manchester Arena. Britain’s domestic intelligence agency didn’t act swiftly enough on key information and missed a significant opportunity to prevent the suicide bombing that killed 22 people at a 2017 Ariana Grande concert, an inquiry found Thursday, March 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Rui Vieira, File)

MI5 missed chance to stop Ariana Grande concert attack in England, probe finds

‘I have found a significant missed opportunity to take action that might have prevented the attack’

FILE - Flower tributes at St Ann’s square, Manchester, England, on May 23, 2017, after a suicide bombing attack at an Ariana Grande concert at the Manchester Arena. Britain’s domestic intelligence agency didn’t act swiftly enough on key information and missed a significant opportunity to prevent the suicide bombing that killed 22 people at a 2017 Ariana Grande concert, an inquiry found Thursday, March 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Rui Vieira, File)
Ships are framed by pieces of melting sea ice in Frobisher Bay in Iqaluit, Nunavut on Wednesday, July 31, 2019. The Department of National Defence and Canadian Armed Forces confirm that they are aware of recent efforts by China to conduct surveillance operations in Canadian airspace and waters. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Canadian military says it has tracked, stopped China surveillance in Arctic waters

‘We will challenge China when we ought to, and we will co-operate with China when we need to’

Ships are framed by pieces of melting sea ice in Frobisher Bay in Iqaluit, Nunavut on Wednesday, July 31, 2019. The Department of National Defence and Canadian Armed Forces confirm that they are aware of recent efforts by China to conduct surveillance operations in Canadian airspace and waters. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
CSIS coasters are pictured in Ottawa in a 2011 photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, CSIS

China, Russia targeting Canada’s artificial intelligence know-how, CSIS warns

Report says Canada’s innovation and economic advancement are vulnerable to foreign forces

CSIS coasters are pictured in Ottawa in a 2011 photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, CSIS
David McGuinty, chair of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parlmentarians, holds a new conference in Ottawa, on March 12, 2020. The committee of MPs and senators that oversees the security and intelligence community says it plans a review of how these agencies intercept communications during investigations. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Chartrand

Canada’s spy watchdog panel to review how agencies intercept communications

Review seeks balance between privacy, investigations and evolving technology

David McGuinty, chair of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parlmentarians, holds a new conference in Ottawa, on March 12, 2020. The committee of MPs and senators that oversees the security and intelligence community says it plans a review of how these agencies intercept communications during investigations. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Chartrand