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Threading the Needle: How Japan's Historic Prime Minister Could Turn Trump's Hormuz Demand Into a Pacific Masterstroke
Op-Ed: As the United States hunts for allies in the Middle East and Beijing tightens its grip on Taiwan, Sanae Takaichi arrives at the White House…
17 hrs ago
From Montreal Labs to Tampa Streets: How a Canadian Synthetic Opioid Network Tied Chinese Precursor Suppliers to Mexican Cartel-Linked…
TAMPA/MONTREAL — Almost two years after Canadian federal police raided two synthetic opioid labs in Quebec and seized millions of deadly pills, a…
Mar 17 • Sam Cooper
Canada Bars a Senior Chinese Police Officer Over Crimes Against Humanity — as Carney Deepens Ties With the Same Security Apparatus
OTTAWA — A senior officer of China’s Public Security Bureau who spent more than thr…
Mar 17 • Sam Cooper
"De Facto" Communist Party Intelligence Arm Met With Chrétien and Senator Woo During Canada Visit, Beijing Readout Shows
OTTAWA – A senior official from the Chinese Communist Party’s International Department met with former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien and…
Mar 16
Two Charged in Killing of Iranian-Canadian Activist Masood Masjoody as Community Calls for Broader Investigation
VANCOUVER — The killing of Iranian-Canadian activist and mathematician Masood Masjoody has triggered alarm across Canada’s Iranian diaspora, with…
Mar 15 • Sam Cooper
Canadian Court Rules Story on Bo Fan Murder and Alleged CCP Spy Links Was a Matter of Public Interest
VANCOUVER — A Canadian court ruling ends in an anti-SLAPP win for a journalist who reported on a China-connected wealth and spiritual group that first…
Mar 13
China Owns Canada's Only Antimony Mine — Holding Canada's Trump Card
Beaver Brook in Newfoundland could produce five percent of the world's antimony supply — a mineral critical to warfighting that Washington now calls a…
Mar 13
Closing Debate on Ottawa’s Anti-Hate Bill Risks Undermining Canada’s Religious Freedom
Op-Ed: To remove the existing defence for expression rooted in religious text or belief is a profoundly dangerous precedent.
Mar 12
FBI Warns Iran May Launch Surprise Drone Attack on U.S. West Coast : ABC News
LOS ANGELES — The FBI warned California law enforcement agencies this week that Iran may aspire to launch a surprise drone attack on the U.S.
Mar 11 • Sam Cooper
The Fog of War: Does Trump's Iran Campaign Deter Xi Jinping's Taiwan Invasion Threat — or Increase the Danger?
OTTAWA — In this conversation with BNN's Jason James, I wrestle with the central confusion surrounding the United States-Israel campaign in Iran. Is the…
Mar 11 • Sam Cooper
1:05:17
U.S. Judge Fines Chinese Telecom Firm Hytera $50 Million for Trade-Secret Theft — Case Recalls Longstanding Canada-U.S. Security Tensions
CHICAGO — A U.S.
Mar 10
Breaking: Shots Fired at U.S. Consulate in Toronto as Iran War Fuels Fears of Proxy or Sleeper-Cell Retaliation
TORONTO — Police responded at 5:29 a.m.
Mar 10 • Sam Cooper
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