• The Canadian Press

    MPs 'wittingly' took part in foreign interference: national security committee

    OTTAWA — A new report says some MPs began "wittingly assisting" foreign state actors soon after their election, including sending confidential information to Indian officials. The report from a committee of MPs and senators with top security clearance says Canadian spy agencies produced a body of intelligence showing foreign actors cultivated relationships with both MPs and senators. The National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians was asked to assess foreign interference in

  • The Telegraph

    Future of Rugby Championship in the balance as RFU is urged to act

    Championship clubs have called on the Rugby Football Union council to intervene in their fraught negotiations with the governing body over the future of the second tier, which is hanging in the balance.

  • CBC

    Homicides were down but crime rose in 2023, says Montreal police in annual report

    There have been fewer homicides in Montreal last year compared to 2022, but overall the number of crimes has increased by 12 per cent, noted the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM) while presenting its annual report Monday afternoon. Homicides went down from 42 in 2022 to 31 in 2023. The number of assaults, however, has been steadily increasing since 2021, going up from 15,818 in 2022 to 17,934 in 2023. So far, there have been 17 homicides in territory covered by Montreal police sin