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OTTAWA – The RCMP said it’s “aware” of an allegation that a Canada Border Services Agency employee passed along information to a member of the Dhanda drug trafficking ring for the purposes of smuggling drugs across the border into Canada but would not confirm an investigation. “Generally, only in the event that an investigation results in the laying of criminal charges would the RCMP confirm its investigation, the nature of any charges laid, and the identity of the individual(s) involved,” said Jessica Kingsbury, deputy director of media relations for the RCMP, in an email statement...
July 9, 2026 - 17:29 | Jordan Gowling | National Post
The senior corrections officer targeted in an alleged murder plot that sparked the Project South probe into police corruption defended his work at Toronto South Detention Centre in court Thursday in response to allegations that he oversaw abusive practices, like improper strip searches, and that he threatened inmates.
July 9, 2026 - 17:14 | | CBC News - Canada
For years an Ontario man was called “King” while orchestrating truckloads of cocaine and meth worth tens of millions of dollars to be smuggled from the United States into Canada, but at his sentencing in Los Angeles, Thursday, court heard of his struggles as an immigrant and of his “working-class life in Canada.” Guramrit Sidhu, 63, of Brampton, Ont., who led a vast cross-border drug smuggling network of long-haul commercial truckers was given the minimum allowable sentence of 20 years in prison. Sidhu was arrested in Canada in 2024 as the lead defendant in a sprawling international...
July 9, 2026 - 17:09 | Adrian Humphreys | National Post
The federal government is closing co-working sites across the country this fall, including five locations in the National Capital Region, and will be re-allocating the space to help departments and agencies meet the latest return-to-office mandate. Read More
July 9, 2026 - 16:41 | Ben Andrews | Ottawa Citizen
JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA — As the military band of the Saudi royal household belted out a rendition of Canada’s national anthem, Prime Minister Mark Carney said he was thrilled. “They have not played ‘O Canada’ for 26 years… And I was very proud,” Carney said of his whirlwind visit to Saudi Arabia this week, which marked the first time a Canadian prime minister had set foot in the country in over a quarter-century, and comes after recent years of strained relations. He said he complimented Mohammed bin Salman, the Saudi crown prince and de facto leader, on the “absolutely flawless”...
July 9, 2026 - 16:37 | Catherine Lévesque | National Post
JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA — As the military band of the Saudi royal household belted out a rendition of Canada’s national anthem, Prime Minister Mark Carney said he was thrilled. “They have not played ‘O Canada’ for 26 years… And I was very proud,” Carney said of his whirlwind visit to Saudi Arabia this week, which marked the first time a Canadian prime minister had set foot in the country in over a quarter-century, and comes after recent years of strained relations. He said he complimented Mohammed bin Salman, the Saudi crown prince and de facto leader, on the “absolutely flawless”...
July 9, 2026 - 16:37 | Catherine Lévesque | National Post
