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The RCMP’s CLEAR team remove precursor chemicals seized from the Maple Ridge home of controversial chemical seller Bobby Shah on Dec. 7, 2024.(Jason Payne/Postmedia)

This story is a collaboration between the IJF and Postmedia.

When police arrived at a rural property on Abbotsford’s Bradner Road last May, they found a large-scale synthetic

A Vancouver-area crisis pregnancy centre's charitable status was revoked last month for inactivity, following news that a motion proposed under former prime minister Justin Trudeau to crack down on 'abuse of charitable status' by anti-abortion facilities has been abandoned. (The Canadian Press/Arlyn McAdorey)

Tax officials have revoked the registration of a so-called cr...

A teachers' union communicated with Justice Minister Sean Fraser early this year to promote alternatives to a complete repeal of Section 43 of the Criminal Code, which is sometimes called the 'spanking defence.' (The Canadian Press/Justin Tang)

Canadian teachers’ unions asked the federal justice minister not to repeal a controversial legal defence that sometimes allows p...

Algonquin veteran Wendy Jocko stands behind a portrait of herself painted by artist Elaine Goble. (Facebook/Wendy Jocko)

When Wendy Jocko joined the Canadian Armed Forces at 19, she was following in the footsteps of generations of warriors.

Her ancestors fought in the War of 1812. Her relatives served in both w...

Shalev Hulio (left), the founder of Dream Group and former CEO of NSO Group, speaks with tech investor and billionaire Peter Thiel (right) at an event. Dream Group is registered to lobby the Ontario government for cyber defence contracts. In a post, Hulio said without Thiel, 'Dream might never have existed.' (Shalev Hulio/LinkedIn)

An Israeli cyber defence firm led by th...