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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · Jan 24

Five former 2018 world junior hockey players told to surrender to face charges of sexual assault

Robyn Doolittle reports:
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

Five former 2018 Canada world junior hockey players told to surrender to face charges of sexual assa...

Pending charges are connected to alleged group sexual assault of a woman in a London, Ont., hotel room following a Hockey Canada fundraising gala in 2018

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Bruce Grant @brucegrant.bsky.social · Jan 3

ZOOOOOOOOOOE!

Bruce Grant @brucegrant.bsky.social · Jan 3

Revive the awarding of the Clarkson Cup!

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Silver Seven @silversevensens.com · Dec 29

Everyone, no matter where they live, will be able to watch PWHL Ottawa's games this season, as the league has confirmed that all their games will be broadcast on TV and streamed on the PWHL YouTube channel. Amazing news! www.silversevensens.com/pwhl-confirm...

PWHL Confirms Broadcast and Streaming Details for Inaugural Season

All Ottawa games will be broadcast on TV and available to stream on Youtube

www.silversevensens.com

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Stephanie Carvin @stephaniecarvin.bsky.social · Dec 8

Canada charges two men in Hamilton on terrorism charges related to A rice Club/Aromwaffen activity. First time we have seen IMVE charges in Canada stemming from an investigation, not an attack. (Last bit stolen from @leahwest-nsl.bsky.social) www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/en/news/2023...

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Bruce Grant @brucegrant.bsky.social · Dec 8

China and Russia are chief culprits in election disinformation increase, report says: www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

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Christopher Parsons (he/him/his) @christopher-parsons.com · Nov 25

New from me: Highlights from NSIRA’s 2022 Annual Report

Highlights from NSIRA’s 2022 Annual Report

The National Security and Intelligence Review Agency (NSIRA) tabled its annual report on October 30, 2023. NSIRA is responsible for conducting national security reviews of Canadian federal agencies, a...

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Steven Chase @stevenchase.bsky.social · Nov 24

National-security watchdog says China’s imprisonment of Spavor and Kovrig prompted it to delay the release of its 2020 review of Ottawa’s foreign intelligence collection unit, saying at the time there were “high sensitivities” about a public examination of the Global Security Reporting Program.

Watchdog report on Global Affairs unit named in Michael Spavor’s case still unreleased three years...

The agency began work to grant public access to its review of Ottawa’s foreign intelligence collection unit in early 2022, after Spavor and Kovrig were freed

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Stephanie Carvin @stephaniecarvin.bsky.social · Nov 24

NSIRA largely reviews compliance of Canadian natsec agencies with the law. It is not a transparency agency per se. But certainly transparency is part of the larger mandate. And three years to release a report (especially well after the Michaels have returned) is not a good look.

Watchdog report on Global Affairs unit named in Michael Spavor’s case still unreleased three years...

The agency began work to grant public access to its review of Ottawa’s foreign intelligence collection unit in early 2022, after Spavor and Kovrig were freed

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Stephanie Carvin @stephaniecarvin.bsky.social · Nov 24

Kind of shocked by this - but it shows that Huawei has not given up on Canada. (And a lot of researchers don’t give a damn about where the money comes from.) The AI community is going through some things. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

Top AI researcher launches new Alberta lab with Huawei funds after Ottawa restrictions

Richard Sutton, a professor at the University of Alberta, is launching the Openmind Research Institute based in Edmonton with $4.8-million in funding from Huawei Canada

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Alex Boutilier @alexboutilier.bsky.social · Nov 22

BREAKING: Ex-RCMP intelligence official Cameron Ortis found guilty on all counts of sending sensitive information to alleged criminals, breaching trust. | globalnews.ca/news/1010918...

Jury finds Cameron Ortis guilty on all counts in unprecedented trial - National | Globalnews.ca

Former RCMP intelligence official Cameron Ortis’ arrest in October 2019 sent a shockwave through the Canadian security and intelligence community.

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Alex Boutilier @alexboutilier.bsky.social · Nov 16

New from me: Closing arguments to begin in trial of Cameron Ortis, accused RCMP leaker | globalnews.ca/news/1009398...

Closing arguments to begin in trial of Cameron Ortis, accused RCMP leaker - National | Globalnews.ca

Ortis has pleaded not guilty to charges of leaking sensitive RCMP secrets to accused criminals, claims he was running a covert operation.

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Bruce Grant @brucegrant.bsky.social · Nov 15

…not murder. Apart from the absence of the requisite intent, all other elements of the offence are the same as for murder. There are primarily two types of involuntary manslaughter, that caused by an unlawful or dangerous act and that caused by gross negligence.”

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Bruce Grant @brucegrant.bsky.social · Nov 15

Based on the UK’s Crown Prosecution Service website, this likely is being investigated as “Involuntary Manslaughter”, which they identify as follows: Where an unlawful killing is done without an intention to kill or to cause grievous bodily harm, the suspect is to be charged with manslaughter…

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Peter Frederick @pfred60.bsky.social · Nov 11

Cybersecurity breach at DP World. Affecting ongoing port operations.

www.theage.com.au/national/por...

Ports to remain closed as AFP investigates cybersecurity breach

The government has invoked the national crisis management framework used during COVID-19 after DP World, which manages terminals in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Fremantle, said it detected the cy...

www.theage.com.au

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Philippe Lagassé @plagasse.bsky.social · Nov 10

Canada's Foreign Interference Commission counsel and staff announced.

Basically Rouleau Commission 2.0

foreigninterferencecommission.ca/about/the-co...

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Andy Greenberg @agreenberg.bsky.social · Nov 9

Russia's Sandworm hackers breached Ukraine's power grid again to trigger a blackout for the third time. In this case, it coincided with missile strikes, the first such combination of digital and physical attack of this kind. https://www.wired.com/story/sandworm-ukraine-third-blackout-cyberattack/

Sandworm Hackers Caused Another Blackout in Ukraine—During a Missile Strike

Russia's most notorious military hackers successfully sabotaged Ukraine's power grid for the third time last year. And in this case, the blackout coincided with a physical attack.

www.wired.com

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Bruce Grant @brucegrant.bsky.social · Nov 9

“Huawei still filing patents tied to work with Canadian universities after Ottawa’s restrictions” www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

Bruce Grant @brucegrant.bsky.social · Nov 9

Yes, though greater effect from all forms of immigration. There were over 800k foreign students in Canada in 2022 (out of ~2.2M temporary residents). Canada also welcomed over 140k refugees and 437k permanent residents. Over the same period, there were ~220k new housing units completed in Canada.

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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · Nov 8

You may be wondering why I'm salty about data privacy in cars all of the sudden: therecord.media/class-action...

Court rules automakers can record and intercept owner text messages

A Seattle-based appellate judge ruled that the practice does not meet the threshold for an illegal privacy violation under state law, handing a big win to automakers Honda, Toyota, Volkswagen and Gene...

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Stephanie Carvin @stephaniecarvin.bsky.social · Nov 8

A new report by the Canadian National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians basically confirms that the RCMP is a 19th Century colonial institution that is not capable of prosecuting 21st Century threats. We need a proper, trained, civilian federal police force. ⬇️

RCMP lacks resources to properly fight money laundering, terrorism, foreign interference: report

A committee found the Mounties are focused on contract policing instead of major on federal crimes, like terrorism and foreign interference.

nationalpost.com

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🎃 Really Spooky Smith @reallyseansmith.bsky.social · Nov 5

Gift article.

A Secret War, Strange New Wounds and Silence From the Pentagon

Many U.S. troops who fired vast numbers of artillery rounds against the Islamic State developed mysterious, life-shattering mental and physical problems. But the military struggled to understand what ...

www.nytimes.com

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Sean Gentille @seangentille.bsky.social · Nov 2

For the NHL, flexibility has always been more important than transparency. We know this.

If they're not being upfront with *owners* though? Hoo boy.

theathletic.com/5025116/2023...

Gentille: For the NHL, flexibility has always been more important than transparency

On Wednesday, we heard Andlauer speak plainly and directly. It was jarring because it's the sort of honesty we rarely hear in the NHL.

theathletic.com

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Stephanie Carvin @stephaniecarvin.bsky.social · Nov 2

Hospitals keep getting targeted in this way by cyber criminals and Canada’s federated nature makes it hard to respond in a comprehensive way. www.cp24.com/news/five-on...

Five Ontario hospitals say data stolen in cyberattack has been published online

Data stolen in a ransomware attack targeting half-a-dozen Ontario hospitals and healthcare institutions have been published online, the hospitals said Thursday.

www.cp24.com

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Ian Achille @ianachille.bsky.social · Oct 9

letting players choose to wear pride tape on their sticks is literally the least the NHL could do to promote inclusion in the game, and they buckled. are they bigots or cowards [insert the “why not both?” GIF here].

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