SURREY, B.C. — Members of two naval cadet programs in British Columbia are being asked to help police after a former program volunteer was charged with child luring. The RCMP issued a news release Friday that said Victor Overfield, 27, of North Vancouver was arrested last December. He was charged with one count of child luring and one count of sexual touching
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — A Toronto pastor who lost contact with his family over a month ago while on a humanitarian mission in North Korea has been detained in that country, a spokeswoman for the man's family said Thursday.
VANCOUVER — A chemical fire at Vancouver's port was declared fully extinguished Thursday night after burning for more than 24 hours, allowing investigators to start their work to determine what ignited it.
TORONTO — The first online database of classified documents leaked by former U.S. National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden has been created in Canada. The Snowden Archive is a joint project between Canadian Journalists for Free Expression and the Politics of Surveillance Project at the Faculty of Information at the University of Toronto.
Halifax police have released two men and a woman who were arrested after a mall in the city chose to close Tuesday morning over potential threats, although police were not able to confirm if the threat was valid. Police said in a release Tuesday night that the three were co-operative and it's not believed they were involved in the matter.
OTTAWA — Canada's spy agency is eyeing the threat of a homegrown anti-Islam movement spreading online.The Canadian Security Intelligence Service advised the office of Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney of its concerns during a secret September briefing.