The Business of Intelligence
Corporate intelligence-gathering harkens back to COINTELPRO TORONTO—In the US, a new model of law enforcement has emerged in which police, military, security contractors and large corporations are...
View ArticleLow-balling Security
Toronto's Pan Am budget likely to inflate, Olympics-wise TORONTO—While most pundits have championed Toronto’s successful bid for the 2015 Pan Am Games, critics are asking what the true cost of the...
View Article"We Better Be Ready"
2010 resistance anticipates a rough ride VANCOUVER—Earlier this year, RCMP officers with Vancouver 2010 security intelligence began knocking on doors in Victoria and Vancouver to interrogate social...
View ArticleMilitary, Mounties Trained for the Games
Demonstrations a greater security threat than terrorism: CSIS VANCOUVER—The role the Canadian Forces play in domestic security is not new in Canada but the security plans for the 2010 Olympics...
View ArticleSmile, Vancouver!
Nearly 1,000 new surveillance cameras are here to stay VANCOUVER—When the last of the Olympic athletes ski, skate and slide out of town, Vancouverites will be left with an unexpected legacy: 970...
View ArticleSecuring Haiti
Soldiers vs doctors in post-earthquake Haiti VANCOUVER—Within hours of Haiti’s devastating earthquake, Cuban doctors, Chinese search and rescue teams and Venezuelan medical professionals were on the...
View ArticlePolice to Receive 'Olympic Legacies'
Vancouver, Richmond Police Departments to move into Games-related digs VANCOUVER—As soon as the 2010 Olympic Games are over, the Vancouver Police Department (VPD) will be moving into the facility now...
View ArticleFrom H-Ville to G-Spot
G8 host has little control over how Legacy Fund touches Huntsville HUNTSVILLE—This June, the ritzy, resort-rich Muskokas will see the life, leisure and liberty of its residents change in preparation...
View ArticleElite Insecurity
Ten thousand to guard summits in Huntsville and Toronto VANCOUVER—The buzzword at the upcoming G8 and G20 summits in Toronto and Huntsville—both inside the boardrooms and on the streets below—is...
View ArticleFear: An Olympic Legacy
How the security apparatus rules our world Watch Yourself: Why Safer Isn’t Always Better Matt Hern New Star Books: Vancouver, 2007ROME, ITALY—East Vancouver author Matt Hern wasn’t talking about...
View ArticleOlympics Sidelines Youth
Understanding wider impacts of the Games OTTAWA—The Winter Olympics have come and gone, and Vancouver is left to take stock of the lasting effects of having hosted this global mega-sporting event. As...
View ArticleRecovering from the Heart Attack
Arrestees fighting off Olympic side-effects in court VANCOUVER—Although the Olympics' closing ceremonies were three months ago, for those who opposed the two-week spectacle, the Vancouver 2010 Games...
View ArticleGaming the Budget
Full cost of Olympic security even higher than we thought TORONTO—The amount the Canadian military spent on its portion of securing the 2010 Vancouver Olympics was more than double the publicly stated...
View ArticleBeating Bad Habits
How community organizers are working together for more secure online communications Image by Shira RonnKITCHENER, ON—Over the past two years infiltration and disruption of activist and media...
View ArticleCameras, Cops and Crime
Police, business and the city of Peterborough collude for more closed-circuit television cameras PETERBOROUGH—Even though surveillance cameras seem to be everywhere these days, their effectiveness in...
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