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B.C. Lawyer Suspended After Handling $9 Million in ‘Suspicious’ Real-Estate Deals for Alleged Drug Traffickers
BRITISH COLUMBIA – A Vancouver real-estate lawyer has been suspended for 16 weeks after mishandling roughly $9 million that moved through his trust…
20 hrs ago
When Officers of the Court Are Extorted, Canada’s ‘State Capture’ Problem Comes Into View
Op/Ed: Transnational mafias with foreign-state links are now reportedly threatening lawyers in B.C. That’s not just a crime trend — it’s the hybrid…
24 hrs ago • 
Sam Cooper
Salted Ducks and a 95 Percent Conviction Rate: Legal Analysis of the Linda Sun China Corruption Trial
“If There’s Any One Thing You Might Remember Most, It’s the Salted Ducks”: A Criminal Defense Lawyer’s Take on the Linda Sun China Corruption Trial.
Nov 14 • 
Sam Cooper
Ten Per Cent of CSIS Terror Investigations Involve Teens, Canadian Spy Boss Warns
Rogers says Canada’s 2025 election faced foreign meddling attempts, yet fell short of altering the overall result.
Nov 13 • 
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P.E.I. Moves to Open IRAC Files, Forcing Land Regulator to Publish Reports After The Bureau’s Investigation
OTTAWA — Following an exclusive report from The Bureau detailing transparency concerns at Prince Edward Island’s land regulator — and a migration of…
Nov 13 • 
Sam Cooper
EXCLUSIVE: Alleged Chinese Spy in New York Government Faces CBP Evidence on “Bringing In Aliens” as Trial Launches Today
BROOKLYN — As the high-impact Chinese espionage case against senior New York government aide Linda Sun opens Wednesday morning in federal court…
Nov 12 • 
Sam Cooper
Chinese-Owned Trailer Park Beside U.S. Stealth Bomber Base Linked to Alleged Vancouver Repression Case
VANCOUVER / MISSOURI — A sprawling U.S.
Nov 11 • 
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CBSA Bust Uncovers Mexican Cartel Network in Montreal High-Rise, Moving Hundreds Across Canada-U.S. Border
MONTREAL — A major figure in an alleged Mexican cartel human-trafficking network pleaded guilty in a Montreal courthouse last week …
Nov 10
Op/Ed: Carney’s Floor-Crossing Campaign. A Media-Staged Bid for Majority Rule That Erodes Democracy While Beijing Hovers
OTTAWA — On budget day, Ottawa’s reporters were sequestered in the traditional lock-up, combing through hundreds of pages, when Politico detonated a…
Nov 10
“He Certainly Influenced Trudeau”: Charles Burton on Academic Paul Lin and China’s Early Reach into Canada
In this episode, Charles Burton recounts his 2018 detention by China’s secret police — an ordeal that included hours of interrogation by MSS officers…
Nov 7 • 
Sam Cooper
World-Renowned Canadian Sinologist Recalls Illegal Flight from China After Secret Police ‘Incarceration and Interrogation’
Charles Burton discusses his new book The Beaver and the Dragon in wide-ranging interview, offering firsthand insights into China’s influence operation…
Nov 7 • 
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Exclusive: Canadian Law Firm That Represented Buddhist Landholders Became a Pipeline of Lawyers Into Regulator That Investigated Them
Raises sharp questions of regulatory capture in $500-million foreign-ownership and influence investigation rocking P.E.I.
Nov 6
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