Jim Bronskill
Reporter for The Canadian Press
About Jim Bronskill
Canada's cyberdefences have dangerous gaps leaving country vulnerable to foreign hackers and spies
It points to Beijing and Moscow as the most sophisticated cyberthreat actors targeting the government, while Iran and North Korea have moderately advanced capabilities and pose less of a danger.
Trudeau won't call in the military to break up Ottawa trucker protest, at least not yet
One must be "very, very cautious" about deploying troops on Canadian soil in such cases, Trudeau said at a news conference Thursday. "It is not something that anyone should enter in lightly."
Ottawa officials defend soft police response to trucker protesters
The ire of Ottawa residents about traffic gridlock, the incessant blare of truck horns, harassment of service workers and fouling of property has sparked questions concerning the role of police in ensuring public order.
Canada's overseas diplomatic staff told to watch for mysterious "acquired brain injury"
Canada's foreign ministry has advised staff serving around the world to watch for mysterious illness symptoms following unexplained health incidents among diplomats in Cuba and U.S. personnel in various countries.
Mounties urge Supreme Court to hear bullying class action suit
Mounties waging a class action against the RCMP over bullying and harassment are telling the Supreme Court of Canada to reject a federal move to have the suit thrown out.
RCMP anti-corruption unit probes corporate corruption
RCMP anti-corruption investigators say they are probing possible shady practices by several Canadian companies operating in parts of Africa, Eastern Europe and South America.
This may be the longest wait ever for a Freedom of Information request
An Ottawa researcher is asking a judge to order Canada's national archives to speed up work on his request for old RCMP records after he was told to wait at least 80 years for a response.
Money, ego led veteran RCMP officer to spy for Moscow
A CSIS investigation concluded that money, ego and career frustrations were the likely reasons a veteran RCMP officer passed highly sensitive secrets to Russian intelligence for years, newly disclosed records reveal.
Provincial watchdogs demand U.S. firm stop using facial recognition tool
Three provincial privacy watchdogs have ordered facial recognition company Clearview AI to stop collecting, using and disclosing images of people without consent.
CSIS and RCMP don't play well together
Long-standing, systemic problems hampered co-operation between Canada's spy service and national police force on the investigation of an extremist threat, a new security watchdog report says.