Unpublished Newswire
Refugee groups are worried recent job cuts at the federal board that hears asylum claims will bog down a system facing a significant backlog. Read More
April 22, 2026 - 04:00 | Ben Andrews | Ottawa Citizen
Ottawa’s medical officer of health is warning that it is going to be a “challenging summer” in Ottawa with the closure of two downtown supervised drug consumption sites just as busy tourist season moves into full swing. Read More
April 22, 2026 - 04:00 | Elizabeth Payne | Ottawa Citizen
OTTAWA — The federal border agency says it began tracking who uses its databases the same year it discovered one of its senior employees had improperly passed on confidential information to immigration applicants, some of whom would become clients of his real estate side gigs.
“Since 2016, database usage — including all adds/moves/changes/deletes — are captured, logged, and stored to a repository which is accessible for internal auditing functions. Any new or updated systems are required to record to this system for auditing purposes,” Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) spokesperson...
April 22, 2026 - 04:00 | Christopher Nardi | National Post
The federal government has added Kingston Penitentiary to its list of properties with housing potential, raising the question: what if the “big house" became your house? Documents obtained by CBC reveal interest in building up to 700 units at the historic site.
April 22, 2026 - 04:00 | | CBC News - Ottawa
The RCMP Security Service spied on Inuit leaders like John Amagoalik as they developed their Nunavut proposal in the 1970s, newly declassified papers show. Between 1972 and 1980, Mounties compiled a three-volume intelligence dossier on the national Inuit organization under the "Native extremism" program.
April 22, 2026 - 04:00 | | CBC News - Ottawa
That’s a question thousands of Canadians who receive a letter back from Canada’s prime minister may be asking in the not-too-distant future as the government contemplates a plan to replace some of the people who handle his correspondence with new technology like artificial intelligence.
April 22, 2026 - 04:00 | | CBC News - Ottawa
