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Watchdog's relations with spy community 'particularly strained' over last year

Watchdog's relations with spy community 'particularly strained' over last year

OTTAWA — Newly released documents say the intelligence community's relationship with its key watchdog has been particularly strained over the last year due to a "level of resistance" to scrutiny.
Quebec town devastated by fishing accident that killed local man, four children

Quebec town devastated by fishing accident that killed local man, four children

Residents of a small northeastern Quebec village are devastated by the news that a local man and two of his children were among five people killed in a weekend fishing mishap, one of the man's relatives said Sunday.
Uncertainty remains for Halifax-area evacuees as wildfire 100 per cent contained

Uncertainty remains for Halifax-area evacuees as wildfire 100 per cent contained

HALIFAX — In the days since he lost his home in the wildfires that swept through his Halifax-area subdivision, Dwayne Melnick has had a mission to focus on: find a place to stay. Speak to insurance companies and contractors.
Trump lawyers meet with Justice Dept. officials as charging decision nears in Mar-a-Lago case

Trump lawyers meet with Justice Dept. officials as charging decision nears in Mar-a-Lago case

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for Donald Trump met with Justice Department officials on Monday as a decision nears on whether to bring charges over the handling of classified documents at the former president’s Florida estate.
Ukraine trying to end battlefield stalemate in what may be start of counteroffensive

Ukraine trying to end battlefield stalemate in what may be start of counteroffensive

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian forces were making a major effort to end a battlefield stalemate and punch through Russian defensive lines in southeast Ukraine for a second day Monday, in what may herald the start of a long-anticipated counteroffensive after 15 months of war.
'Travesty' or 'forward thinking'? Hundreds weigh in on one-click citizenship oath

'Travesty' or 'forward thinking'? Hundreds weigh in on one-click citizenship oath

OTTAWA — Allowing new Canadians to take the oath of citizenship by clicking a box online is a disgusting idea that will cheapen the process and open the door to fraud — or a forward-thinking notion that will help decrease a backlog of citizenship applications, depending on who you ask. 
Prison service to review decision to transfer killer Bernardo to medium security

Prison service to review decision to transfer killer Bernardo to medium security

OTTAWA — The federal prison service will review its decision to move notorious killer Paul Bernardo to a medium-security facility, but its reason for the controversial transfer remained secret Monday.
China irresponsible over Taiwan Strait collision risk with Canada, U.S. ships: Anand

China irresponsible over Taiwan Strait collision risk with Canada, U.S. ships: Anand

OTTAWA — Defence Minister Anita Anand says Beijing acted irresponsibly on the weekend in the Taiwan Strait, where Washington says a Chinese warship forced a U.S. vessel to avoid a collision near a Canadian frigate.
'I will not bend': MP Jenny Kwan says she won't allow China to erase history

'I will not bend': MP Jenny Kwan says she won't allow China to erase history

OTTAWA — The briefing with Canada's spy agency, warning Jenny Kwan that she is a target of foreign interference by China, took roughly an hour. It took less than a second, she says, for her to decide that she wouldn't let Beijing weaken her resolve.
Wildfire risk remains well above average across Canada this month

Wildfire risk remains well above average across Canada this month

OTTAWA — An area of land 11 times bigger than the city of Toronto burned from wildfires in the last four days — Canada's worst spring wildfire season to date.
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