
Seven people have been arrested in what police describe as one of the largest known dark web drug trafficking operations in Canadian history, the RCMP announced Thursday. The RCMP said the investigation began after a “takedown” of a dark web marketplace by German authorities, who contacted the force about several alleged Canadian-based users linked to drug trafficking.The Mounties said data analysis identified a suspected Canadian-based drug vendor known as “RoadRunna,” which police described as a “sophisticated criminal enterprise” that used dark web platforms to distribute drugs in...
September 25, 2025 - 13:43 | Rianna Lim | The Globe and Mail
OTTAWA — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is directing her two top public safety officials to prioritize safeguarding gun owners and those who act in self-defence from federal overreach.
Updated mandate letters sent by Smith to Alberta Justice Minister Mickey Amery and Public Safety Minister Mike Ellis on Thursday contained identical instructions to “relentlessly defend Albertans’ right to lawful and safe possession of firearms and right to self-defence.”
This is a new item on both ministers’ to-do lists.
Amery told National Post that it’s not an accident the premier’s new directive...
September 25, 2025 - 13:28 | Rahim Mohamed | National Post
British newspapers are in a tizzy over the possibility that Jessica Mulroney may be writing a tell-all memoir, and that some of what she has to tell could be about her friend Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex and wife of Prince Harry.
Mulroney is a fashion stylist, marketing consultant and the estranged wife of Ben Mulroney, son of the late prime minister Brian Mulroney. (
People magazine...
September 25, 2025 - 13:19 | Chris Knight | National Post
OTTAWA
— Sweeping changes will be coming to Canada Post as the federal government announced a series of moves on Thursday in an effort to help the postal service turn around its dire financial situation.
Procurement Minister Joël Lightbound announced that the government has accepted a series of recommendations that will see the requirement for daily letter delivery removed and lift the longstanding moratorium on rural post office...
September 25, 2025 - 13:14 | Stephanie Taylor | National Post
French-language government services are set to be expanded in Manitoba, federal and provincial ministers announced Thursday.
September 25, 2025 - 13:06 | Sam Thompson | Global News - Canada
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