A couple in London, U.K., stole back their car after they experienced a lack of police support in recovering the stolen vehicle, the wife said in a post on LinkedIn . “I have to confess … it was kind of fun stealing back our own car… ,” Mia Forbes Pirie , 48, wrote. An international mediator, facilitator and coach, Forbes Pirie referred to her husband … Continue reading Lawyer couple ‘steal back’ their stolen car after tracking it with Apple AirTag

OTTAWA — Canada’s plan to replace its aging CF-18 fighter jets with American-made F-35s is now expected to cost $27.7 billion — nearly 50 per cent more than the original estimate in 2022 — plus another $5.5 billion to achieve full operation capacity. Those are some of the findings made by Auditor General Karen Hogan, who tabled a report in the House of Commons on … Continue reading Canada’s F-35 purchase plagued by cost increases and delays: AG report

OTTAWA – Another report, this time from Auditor General Karen Hogan, blames the federal government for repeatedly violating procurement policies by awarding dozens of contracts to the IT company that built the ArriveCan application. The auditor general found that 31 federal organizations issued 106 contracts worth approximately $92.7 million to GCStrategies from April 2015 to March 2024. About $64.5 million was ultimately paid out by … Continue reading Feds awarded ArriveCan firm nearly $100 million in contracts, despite issues: AG report

OTTAWA — The Liberal government is mulling arming the Canadian Coast Guard as it launches a significant reform of the civilian maritime agency to give it a bigger role in the country’s security apparatus. The move is one of many significant changes that the Liberals are planning for the chronically underfunded Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) that Prime Minister Mark Carney has promised to equip with … Continue reading Liberals considering arming the Coast Guard amid significant pivot towards new security mandate

Canada’s plan to add more than $9 billion to defence spending this year was praised by military watchers Monday, but they cautioned that the country is shooting at a moving target. Prime Minister Mark Carney announced the country would meet its commitment in this fiscal year of hitting the two per cent of gross domestic product mark that was agreed upon by NATO countries more … Continue reading Canada’s shooting at a moving target on defence spending, say military watchers

In an ever-more insecure world, Canada’s federal government has announced it will spend two per cent of its GDP on military spending. That’s the standard that members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization all agreed to back in 2006, but Canada has long been a laggard, to the extent that other governments, particularly the United States, have browbeaten the country for its meagre military spending. … Continue reading The long history of Canada failing to hit its military spending targets

Before the Ottawa Police Service confirmed that graffiti found at the National Holocaust Monument on Monday morning would be investigated as a hate crime, the vandalism had already drawn condemnation as an antisemitic attack. Lawrence Greenspon, co-chair of the monument’s governing committee, said the words “FEED ME” painted on the wall and red paint splashed elsewhere left little room for interpretation. “This is not graffiti,” … Continue reading Ottawa Jewish leaders decry ‘brazen act of desecration’ at National Holocaust Monument

The RCMP’s “structural investigation” into whether Canadian citizens serving with the Israel Defense Forces in Gaza may have committed war crimes has sparked outrage in the Jewish community and its leaders, who accuse Ottawa of political targeting. “It’s funny how law enforcement in our cities have watched tens of thousands of people illegally protest and harass Jews while the RCMP tells us they want to … Continue reading Jewish outrage at RCMP war-crimes probe of Canadian IDF soldiers

OTTAWA — Steven Guilbeault may no longer be federal environment minister, but Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she still sees him as a threat to the province’s oil and gas industry. Smith said on her weekly radio show this weekend that Guilbeault, now heritage minister, has an “overt motive” to establish new federally-protected parks in the path of pipelines and other energy infrastructure. She added … Continue reading Danielle Smith reignites feud with Guilbeault over his plans for Canada’s national parks

OTTAWA — A group of Canadian Sikh organizations is calling on members of Parliament to denounce Prime Minister Mark Carney’s invitation to India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi to next week’s G7 leaders’ meeting.  The open letter comes after Carney defended the invitation to Modi last Friday, saying it was important to have India at the table, given that it represents the world’s fifth-largest economy, is … Continue reading Sikh groups call on MPs to denounce Carney’s G7 invitation to Modi