Jim Bronskill
Reporter for The Canadian Press
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Alleged RCMP secret leaker Cameron Ortis granted bail with conditions
Cameron Jay Ortis, a senior RCMP official accused of breaching Canada's official-secrets law, walked out of an Ottawa courthouse on Tuesday, October 22, 2019, after being released on bail with strict conditions.
RCMP shuns lie-detector tests for top security clearances despite federal rules
The RCMP does not give lie-detector tests to employees undergoing top-level security screenings despite federal rules that require such examinations, The Canadian Press has learned.
Hassan Diab wages court battle for Canadian citizenship certificate
Sociology professor Hassan Diab, who spent a decade fighting allegations of terrorism, is now battling in court for a copy of his Canadian citizenship certificate.
Lawyers expect multi-day bail hearing in complex RCMP secrets case
Lawyers anticipate a long bail hearing for an RCMP employee charged with breaching the official-secrets law.
Joshua Boyle was guilty of cruelty to wife, prosecutor claims
Former hostage Joshua Boyle used a calculated mixture of kindness and cruelty to ensnare his wife Caitlan Coleman in an emotional web, a Crown attorney said Thursday in urging a judge to find him guilty of assault.
Ex-hostage Boyle's testimony at assault trial was evasive, self-serving: Crown
Former Afghanistan hostage Joshua Boyle has woven a fictional, self-serving narrative to disguise the fact he demeaned, subjugated and assaulted his wife Caitlan Coleman, a Crown attorney charged on Tuesday, October 1, 2019, at Boyle's criminal trial.
Ex-hostage Joshua Boyle is hard to like but truthful, his lawyer tells court
Joshua Boyle might seem arrogant and hard to like, but he tells the truth even when it is not to his advantage, the former hostage's lawyer insisted on Monday, September 30, 2019.
Security-clearance backlogs bedevilled RCMP as employee allegedly leaked secrets
The RCMP was struggling to keep staff security clearances up to date during the time a senior employee allegedly tried to pass secrets to adversaries, an internal Mountie audit shows.
Liberals pitch middle-class savings as second full week of campaign beckons
The Liberals tried to turn the page on Justin Trudeau's blackface controversy — and one-up their main rivals — with policy announcements Sunday again aimed squarely at middle-class Canadian wallets.
Defence lawyer awaiting information from Crown in RCMP secrets case
A lawyer for an RCMP employee charged with breaching the official-secrets law says he is awaiting details of the allegations from the Crown.