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Ottawa Opens Probe Into NATO Intern Vetting, And Global Affairs Question Can’t Be Avoided

OTTAWA — This week, MPs on the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security unanimously agreed to hold hearings this fall into Canada’s national-security clearance and vetting system.

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Former Senior Adviser in Fauci’s Institute Admits COVID-Records Conspiracy as Washington’s Wuhan Lab Case Deepens

Guilty plea establishes that officials and scientists deliberately hid federal records while seeking to restore an American grant for bat-coronavirus work at the Wuhan Institute of Virology.

Zhu Rongji Went Off Script Beside Chrétien and Desmarais to Call Canada China's "Best Friend"—Then Beijing Omitted Record

The Canadian diplomat who took notes at the 1998 dinner says Zhu's "best friend" declaration was left out of Beijing's published account, and that the eagle in his famous warning was not America.

Inside “Rusty Thumbs”: How the FBI Tried to Recruit Fang Fang In Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS — In May 2013, an undercover FBI employee sat down in Las Vegas with a Chinese student who had already built an unusual network stretching from Chinese government circles into the political establishment of Northern California.

Declassified FBI Files Reveal Congressman Swalwell Was Investigated Over Alleged Chinese Spy’s Interns-for-Campaign-Cash Scheme

Files document Swalwell’s sexual relationship with Fang Fang, suspected MSS ties, alleged foreign-funded contributions and an FBI undercover operation targeting her California political network.

Four Accused in Western University Explosives Case Now Face 31 Counts, Including Possession of TNT and Silencers

LONDON/OTTAWA — Four former Western University students at the center of a sprawling firearms and explosives investigation now face 19 new charges alleging possession of TNT and three other explosive substances, prohibited magazines and silencers, while one of the accused allegedly accessed data that could be used with computerized systems to make and traffic guns.

'Woke' Politics Is Weakening Canada’s National Security

Former Mountie argues political sensitivity and institutional caution are making Canada less willing to confront foreign interference, organized crime and other national security threats directly.

Chinese-Canadian Crypto Investor Plunges to Death From Paraguay Tower, Leaving Financial Trail From Vancouver and Toronto to Abu Dhabi

VANCOUVER — Harry Chun Tak Yeh, a Hong Kong-born Canadian who became an early Bitcoin investor and later founded Quantum Fintech Group, was found dead at about 4:30 a.m.

Border Whistleblower's Warnings Unexamined Because Canada Never Activated Watchdog Approved By Parliament

“The oversight agency exists only on paper and has no operational authority,” legal report finds.

Conservatives and Bloc Ask Lobbying Commissioner to Investigate Carney's Condo Bailout, Naming Vancouver's “Condo King” and Liberal Party Chair Who Works for Developer

OTTAWA — Five weeks after a Liberal majority shelved a parliamentary probe of Prime Minister Ma…