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Cat Tunney CBC @cattunney.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Dispatches from Michigan before the midterms www.youtube.com/watch?v=kD8W...
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How the Canada-U.S. trade war is playing out in Michigan
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Cat Tunney CBC @cattunney.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
She was the whole of the moon 🌕 www.brenansfh.com/obituaries/J...
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Obituary information for Jane Elizabeth Tunney
View Jane Elizabeth Tunney's obituary, contribute to their memorial, see their funeral service details, and more.
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Cat Tunney CBC @cattunney.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
“Corporal X effectively misled the court. This is of grave concern and has the potential to bring the administration of justice into disrepute," said a recently published conduct board decision. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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RCMP investigator should lose job for having an intimate relationship with informant: ruling | CBC News
A lead RCMP investigator who had a secret, intimate relationship with their confidential informant risked "the integrity of an active criminal investigation" and needed to be let go, according to a re...
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Cat Tunney CBC @cattunney.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
A Liberal government bill that proposes giving police/spies easier access to data during investigations has fallen into the crosshairs of U.S. tech giants and two American congressional committees, threatening to become the latest irritant in the Canada-U.S. relationship www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Why the U.S. is noticing this Canadian security bill | CBC News
A Liberal government bill that proposes giving police and spies easier access to information during investigations has fallen into the crosshairs of U.S. tech giants and two American congressional com...
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Cat Tunney CBC @cattunney.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
After hiring an alleged ISIS recruiter, Ontario's largest electricity provider tried to bring in a much more intensive security screening process to protect its grid. But a labour arbitrator found Hydro One's national security background checks were too "intrusive." www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Security protocol adopted after Hydro One hired alleged ISIS recruiter 'unreasonable': labour decision | CBC News
After hiring an alleged ISIS recruiter, Ontario's largest electricity provider tried to bring in a much more intensive security screening process to protect its grid — but a labour arbitrator has foun...
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Cat Tunney CBC @cattunney.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
"This is a big step. We don't get a new federal police agency every day." - @jessmarindavis.bsky.social
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Liberals are pitching a brand new police agency for financial crimes. How would that work? | CBC News
The Liberal government is looking to set up a new federal law enforcement agency dedicated to financial crimes, a dramatic undertaking to shake up how money laundering and fraud is investigated are Ca...
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Cat Tunney CBC @cattunney.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) says it doesn't expect it will be able to approve many applications, citing "continued operational pressures and growth requirements." www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Don't plan on taking the early retirement incentive, Canada's spy agency tells employees | CBC News
Employees at Canada's spy agency who were hoping to take advantage of the federal government's early retirement incentive appear to be out of luck.
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Jacques Poitras @poitrasj.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Higgs government tracked New Brunswickers' movements, "discontent" during pandemic, RCMP documents reveal: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Higgs government tracked residents’ pandemic movements, criticisms | CBC News
A former head of the RCMP in New Brunswick raised red flags in 2021 about a secret program to track the movements and political views of some New Brunswickers during COVID-19 restrictions, CBC News ha...
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Jim Bronskill @jimbronskill.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
From @cattunney.bsky.social: www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Fear of reprisals, isolation, anxiety: Report documents mental health concerns at CSIS | CBC News
Canadian Security Intelligence Service employees who came forward as part of an external study investigating mental health at the spy agency described a sometimes isolating and bleak environment "lade...
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Cat Tunney CBC @cattunney.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Cameron Ortis, the former RCMP intelligence official serving time after leaking secret information to police targets, will have his appeal heard in November — three years after his conviction in the landmark national security case. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Appeal for Cameron Ortis, ex-RCMP official found guilty of leaking secrets, set for later this year | CBC News
Cameron Ortis, the former RCMP intelligence official serving time after leaking secret information to police targets, will have his appeal heard in November — three years after a jury found him guilty...
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Cat Tunney CBC @cattunney.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
One of the watchdogs meant to keep Canada's intelligence and security activities in check says its ability to scrutinize those powerful organizations will be hindered due to government spending cuts. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Intelligence watchdog facing cuts as Liberals seek new powers for national security agencies | CBC News
One of the watchdogs meant to keep Canada's intelligence and security activities in check is warning it will have to reduce the number of reviews it can take on due to the Liberal government’s spendin...
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The Rundown @therundowntvo.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
From policing cyber crime to tackling foreign interference and contract policing — are we asking too much of the RCMP? @spaikin.bsky.social puts the question to Jason Easton, @cattunney.bsky.social (CBC), and Kent Roach ( @uoftlaw.bsky.social) tonight at 8/11pm
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The Rundown @therundowntvo.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
What's behind the proposed changes to the RCMP's mandate and mission? At 8/11pm with national security reporter @cattunney.bsky.social (CBC), "Canadian Policing" author Kent Roach (@uoftlaw.bsky.social), former Trudeau senior advisor Jason Easton, and @spaikin.bsky.social.
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National Newswatch @nationalnewswatch.com · 03/04/2025
Poilievre disagrees with conservative dean Preston Manning that a Carney win will fuel Western secession. @cattunney.bsky.social reports. www.cbc.ca/news/politic... Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com
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Poilievre disagrees with conservative dean Preston Manning that a Carney win will fuel Western secession | CBC News
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre promoted national unity and downplayed former Reform leader Preston Manning's argument that a vote for Mark Carney's Liberal is a vote for Western secession during...
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Cat Tunney CBC @cattunney.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
In an exclusive interview, Trudeau laid out why he believes the Mounties should get out of the boots-on-the ground policing they provide in provinces across the country and focus on national crimes instead. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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In one of his final moves as prime minister, Trudeau argues for bold RCMP reform | CBC News
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is using some of his final hours in office to call for a drastic and controversial shakeup to one of the country’s most emblematic institutions: the RCMP.
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Cat Tunney CBC @cattunney.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Canada's cyber intelligence agency is warning that countries including China, Russia and Iran will "very likely" lean on artificial intelligence to try and interfere in the upcoming federal election and mislead voters. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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China, Russia will 'very likely' use AI to target Canadian voters: Intelligence agency | CBC News
Canada's cyber intelligence agency is warning that countries including China, Russia and Iran will "very likely" lean on artificial intelligence to try and interfere in the upcoming federal election a...
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Cat Tunney CBC @cattunney.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
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Live updates as Canada fights back against 25% U.S. tariffs | CBC
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Cat Tunney CBC @cattunney.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
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a woman in a fur coat is standing in the dark with her arms outstretched and a cooler in her hand .
ALT: a woman in a fur coat is standing in the dark with her arms outstretched and a cooler in her hand .
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National Newswatch @nationalnewswatch.com · 29/12/2024
RCMP asks for help handling troubling number of kids radicalizing online, @cattunney.bsky.social reports. www.cbc.ca/news/politic... Find out more at Nationalnewswatch.com
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RCMP asks for help handling troubling number of kids radicalizing online | CBC News
When RCMP Supt. Jean-Guy Isaya first started as a police officer 20 years ago, school outreach involved drug safety programs. Now the Mountie says there’s a growing need to teach counter-radicalizatio...
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National Newswatch @nationalnewswatch.com · 10/12/2024
Ex-min says CSIS's national security fears were key to his decision to deny Canadian a passport. Abousfian Abdelrazik is suing Ottawa for $27M, accusing it of contributing to his mistreatment abroad @cattunney.bsky.social reports. www.cbc.ca/news/politic... Find out more at Nationalnewswatch.com
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Ex-minister says CSIS's national security fears were key to his decision to deny Canadian a passport | CBC News
Former foreign affairs minister Lawrence Cannon says that while he received conflicting advice about whether to issue an emergency passport  to a Canadian citizen living in exile in Sudan, he was sway...
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Cat Tunney CBC @cattunney.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Not enough of you treat Little Women (2019) as a Christmas rewatch and it shows
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National Newswatch @nationalnewswatch.com · 06/12/2024
Senators amend error in cybersecurity bill that could have cancelled half of it, @cattunney.bsky.social reports. www.cbc.ca/news/politic... Find out more at Nationalnewswatch.com
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Les Perreaux @perreaux.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
One detail that struck me in this story is how Daniel was the only person covering the trial of a mafia hitman in a city the size of Montreal. To add to your list of the effects of dying local journalism: The fact covering this trial solo helped make him a target.
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Cat Tunney CBC @cattunney.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
The RCMP says it's considering deploying Mounties-in-training to help police the Canada-U.S. border as political anxiety over border control mounts in the face of tariff threats from the incoming Trump administration. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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RCMP commissioner open to deploying cadets to harden the border | CBC News
The RCMP says it's considering deploying Mounties-in-training to help police the Canada-U.S. border as political anxiety over border control mounts in the face of tariff threats from the incoming Trump administration.
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National Newswatch @nationalnewswatch.com · 29/11/2024
Fate of cybersecurity bill targeting Huawei uncertain after senator finds 'drafting error,' @cattunney.bsky.social reports www.cbc.ca/news/politic... Find out more at Nationalnewswatch.com
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National Newswatch @nationalnewswatch.com · 26/11/2024
Parole board to hear serial killer Paul Bernardo's latest bid for release, Bernardo has been designated a dangerous offender and denied parole twice already, @cattunney.bsky.social reports. www.cbc.ca/news/politic... Find out more at Nationalnewswatch.com
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Cat Tunney CBC @cattunney.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Public Safety Minister LeBlanc "has been assured by the chairperson of the Parole Board she is RECONSIDERING" decision to bar French and Mahaffy families from addressing Bernardo in person next week, says his office just now
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Cat Tunney CBC @cattunney.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Boissonnault out of cabinet after shifting claims about Indigenous heritage www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Boissonnault out of cabinet after shifting claims about Indigenous heritage | CBC News
Alberta MP Randy Boissonnault has resigned from cabinet amid allegations about his business dealings and criticism of his shifting claims about his Indigenous ancestry.
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Cat Tunney CBC @cattunney.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
The lawyer representing the families of Kristen French and Leslie Mahaffy — tortured and killed in two of the most heinous crimes in modern Canadian history — argues his clients have a right to confront their daughters' killer in person. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Cat Tunney CBC @cattunney.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Trial of alleged neo-Nazi terror propagandist 'Dark Foreigner' begins in Ottawa www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Trial of alleged neo-Nazi propagandist 'Dark Foreigner' begins in Ottawa | CBC News
Using the online alias "Dark Foreigner," an Ottawa man made hate propaganda videos and images for an international neo-Nazi organization to promote hatred against Jews and others, federal Crown prosecutors alleged at the beginning of Patrick Gordon Macdonald's trial on Monday.
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Cat Tunney CBC @cattunney.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
The Canadian Security Intelligence Service's objective was to keep Abousfian Abdelrazik detained in Sudan, a former diplomat who worked on the case testified Monday. Abdelrazik is suing Ottawa for $27M, accusing it of contributing to his mistreatment abroad www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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CSIS did not want Abdelrazik to return to Canada, former diplomat tells court | CBC News
The Canadian Security Intelligence Service's objective was to keep Abousfian Abdelrazik detained in Sudan, a former diplomat who worked on the case testified Monday in a hearing on the Montreal man's lawsuit against the federal government.
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National Newswatch @nationalnewswatch.com · 14/11/2024
Conservative MPs frustrated after Poilievre bars them from promoting housing fund: sources. One party source says MPs are being prevented from helping cities 'for partisan reasons' www.cbc.ca/news/politic... #cdnpoli Find out more at Nationalnewswatch.com
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Mickey Djuric @mickeydjuric.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Ottawa Playbook Scoop: Conservative MP Jamil Jivani catching up over lunch Wednesday with law school pal and Vice President-elect JD Vance in the Senate dining room. www.politico.com/newsletters/...
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Ottawa Playbook
Ottawa and Washington on split-screen in the early days of Trump 2.0.
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Cat Tunney CBC @cattunney.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
The size and unique mandate of the RCMP makes this the largest and most ambitious rollout of body cameras in Canada. The RCMP's profile also likely means its program will attract added scrutiny over when the cameras are used and who gets access to the footage. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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RCMP prepares to deploy body cameras to thousands of officers nationwide | CBC News
The RCMP is set to give an update today on its plans to attach cameras to frontline officers later this month, marking a monumental shift in how Mounties and Canadians interact.
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Andrew Kurjata @akurjata.ca · 12/11/2024
The former premier of B.C., John Horgan has died. More coming.
A bald man.
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Cat Tunney CBC @cattunney.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
Fine. Let's do this.
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