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2026-10-05 · Toronto Star · Politics

Will Canada get a new spy agency? Minister says Carney government is 'looking at all of our options'

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2026-10-03 · Toronto Star · Politics

Canada's first 'fentanyl czar' was appointed to stop Trump's threats. Now he has two new jobs

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2026-09-28 · Toronto Star · Politics

RCMP pays $394,000 of $7.5M contract for grounded Black Hawk helicopter

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2026-09-25 · Toronto Star · Politics

Canadian government uses hundreds of Chinese-made drones, documents reveal

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2026-09-22 · Toronto Star · Politics

Ontario challenges Ottawa's firearms ban over 'imprecise' use of regulations

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2026-09-15 · Toronto Star · Politics

Contract cancelled for RCMP's grounded Black Hawk helicopter

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2026-09-15 · Toronto Star

🔮 Earlier this year, Transport Canada allowed HTS to import the Black Hawk in question under the assumption it would fly only for training or special events. assertive

2026-09-22 · Toronto Star

🔮 The Ford government will argue Ottawa’s 2020 sweeping ban of “assault-style” firearms is unconstitutional when a legal challenge reaches the Supreme Court this November, but with a narrow argument that could leave much of the ban in place. assertive

2026-09-25 · Toronto Star

🔮 The RCMP is the biggest user by far with 1,027 of the drones, but says it has avoided using them in national security operations and will look elsewhere as it prepares to use hundreds of millions of dollars in upcoming funding to expand its fleet. assertive

2026-09-28 · Toronto Star

🔮 The Mounties are walking away with a $394,000 bill for the 10 days the helicopter flew before regulatory concerns grounded it in June, but will not have to pay for any of the time the Black Hawk was sitting idle, after the contract was cancelled under an “amicable” agreement. assertive

2026-10-03 · Toronto Star

🔮 Kevin Brosseau is not ashamed to admit it: when he was first appointed Canada’s “fentanyl czar,” he would often get teased about the title. assertive

2026-10-05 · Toronto Star

🔮 OTTAWA—Canada could be on a path to deploying undercover spies to collect intelligence in foreign countries in what would be a transformative expansion of its national security apparatus, Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree suggested Monday. mixed