Unpublished Newswire

Prince Edward Island Premier Rob Lantz is urging the RCMP and Canada’s anti-money-laundering agency to probe long-standing allegations concerning a Buddhist organization that has significant land holdings in the eastern part of the province. Earlier this year, the province launched an ongoing review into whether a Taiwan-based religious organization called Bliss and Wisdom is exceeding provincial limits on foreign ownership of property, as part of broader scrutiny of legislation intended to protect farmland.

OTTAWA — The Department of National Defence and Canadian Forces are suing an intelligence watchdog to prevent it from releasing without further redactions a review that found that some of their human intelligence source handling activities may break the law.   In a lawsuit filed in late August, both federal bodies requested a Federal Court judge quash the National Security and Intelligence Review Agency’s (NSIRA) decision to release a redacted version of a 2023 review under access to information laws.   They argue that NSIRA acted “unreasonably” when it did not implement all their...