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‘Some form of normalcy’: Veterans reconnect in Ottawa as Remembrance Day crowds return
Canadians crowded the streets of Ottawa in solemn silence as they marked Remembrance Day on Thursday, gathering in numbers that haven’t descended on the National Wa…
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Feds considering ‘realistic timeline’ to end boil water advisories, Hajdu says
Canada’s new minister of Indigenous services says she’s considering what the new timeline should be to lift remaining long-term drinking-water advisories on First N…
11 Nov 2021 | Politics -
Trump’s Jan. 6 attack records may reach Congress Friday after another judge’s ruling
Former U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday lost another bid to halt congressional investigators from seeing White House records he wants to keep secret.
11 Nov 2021 | Politics -
COP26: Canada commits to zero-emission cars, shipping routes in latest climate pledges
Canada is among 19 countries promising to eliminate greenhouse-gas emissions from some international shipping routes at the COP26 climate talks in Scotland Wednesda…
10 Nov 2021 | Politics -
Annamie Paul officially resigns as Green Party leader, ends membership
Annamie Paul has formally resigned as leader of the Greens and also handed in her membership card, leaving the future of the party up in the air as it attempts to r…
10 Nov 2021 | Politics -
Coalition rumours are nothing but O’Toole ‘making stuff up,’ says NDP’s Singh
There is no proposal or deal to form a formal Liberal-NDP coalition government when the House of Commons returns later this month, says NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh.
09 Nov 2021 | Politics -
Conservative probe into suspended national councilor is a ‘fishing expedition’, lawyer says
The lawyer for a member of the Conservative party’s national council is calling a probe into his client’s attempts to hasten a review of Erin O’Toole‘s leadership a…
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Tories ask national councilor behind anti-O’Toole petition to turn over emails, phone records
The Conservative party is pushing a member of its national council to turn over emails and phone records related to his petition to force Erin O’Toole into an early…
09 Nov 2021 | Politics -
Military sexual misconduct class action claims soar to 13,500 as deadline nears
The number of claims in the military sexual misconduct class action lawsuit has nearly doubled over the last four months, soaring to more than 13,000 as the deadlin…
08 Nov 2021 | Politics -
Liberal caucus to debrief on Monday, first full meeting since election
A debrief of the federal election campaign is expected to be high on the agenda when members of the Liberal caucus gather today.
08 Nov 2021 | Politics -
Canada withdrawing some staff from Ethiopia amid tensions in Tigray region
Worsening security in Ethiopia has prompted Canada to withdraw family members of diplomats and non-essential staff from the country.
07 Nov 2021 | Politics -
Feds face calls to step up amid ‘over representation’ of homeless veterans
Dan Campbell and Benjamin Van Eck were fast friends while serving in 2 Royal Canadian Horse Artillery. The pair were “Stuck at the hip,” as Campbell describes it, d…
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Kabul safe house closures in ‘absolute crisis,’ says Canadian veteran
The closure of Kabul safe houses that offered shelter to Afghans who aided the Canadian mission during the war in that country has devolved into an “absolute crisis…
07 Nov 2021 | Politics -
Iraq’s prime minister unharmed after assassination attempt with armed drones
Iraq‘s Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi survived an assassination attempt with armed drones that targeted his residence early Sunday and officials said he was unha…
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Miller ‘puzzled’ why feds dropped appeal of Catholic Church’s residential school payments
Newly named Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Marc Miller says he wants to get to the bottom of why Ottawa abandoned its appeal of a ruling releasing the Catholic…
06 Nov 2021 | Politics -
Should past military probes be reviewed by civilians? Anand says it’s something to consider
Defence Minister Anita Anand says as part of the process of moving military sexual misconduct offences to the civilian justice system, officials will also have to l…
06 Nov 2021 | Politics -
Biden says Democrats ‘delivered’ by passing $1T infrastructure spending bill
President Joe Biden on Saturday hailed Congress’ passage of his $1 trillion infrastructure package as a “monumental step forward for the nation” after fractious fel…
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O’Toole asks MPs to keep quiet on hot-button political issues
Erin O’Toole’s office is asking Conservative MPs to keep quiet on hot-button political issues as the party struggles to maintain message discipline.
05 Nov 2021 | Politics -
Canadian flag can be raised if ‘every child matters’ one flown too: AFN
The Assembly of First Nations has reached agreement on the conditions it believes should be met in order to raise the Canadian flag ahead of Remembrance Day, says N…
05 Nov 2021 | Politics -
‘Steele dossier’ analyst investigating Trump charged with lying to FBI
A Russian analyst who contributed to a dossier of Democratic-funded research into ties between Russia and Donald Trump was arrested Thursday on charges of lying to …
04 Nov 2021 | Politics -
U.S. capitol riot: Judge to hear Trump’s bid to block documents from probe
A U.S. judge is set to hear arguments by Donald Trump‘s lawyers on Thursday that hundreds of pages of his White House records should be withheld from a House of Rep…
04 Nov 2021 | Politics -
Elections Canada seeks ‘complete picture’ of Indigenous voting errors, launches probe
Elections Canada says it has launched an investigation to see if errors cost Indigenous communities across Canada their right to vote.
04 Nov 2021 | Politics -
B.C. Premier John Horgan diagnosed with throat cancer
B.C. Premier John Horgan has been diagnosed with throat cancer.
04 Nov 2021 | Politics -
Wary Conservative caucus in ‘wait and see’ mode for Erin O’Toole’s next moves
Wary Conservative MPs are in a “wait and see” mode as Erin O’Toole plans his next moves to maintain his hold over the party, multiple party sources tell Global News.
04 Nov 2021 | Politics -
Remembrance Day 2021: What will it take to raise the flag?
When is the right time to raise the flags lowered to commemorate Indigenous children who never came home from residential schools?
03 Nov 2021 | Politics -
COVID-19 ‘most disruptive event’ since 9/11 for Canadian intelligence: CSIS deputy director
The COVID-19 pandemic has been arguably “the most disruptive event” since 9/11 for Canadian national security agencies, according to one of the country’s top intell…
03 Nov 2021 | Politics -
Biden says Democrat election loss in Virginia wasn’t due to his presidency
U.S. President Joe Biden said Wednesday the Democrats’ setbacks in Tuesday’s elections underscore that the party needs to “produce for the American people,” but he …
03 Nov 2021 | Politics -
COP26: Trudeau says world needs a ‘standard’ for pricing carbon. What might that look like?
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau used his platform before world leaders gathered for the COP26 climate summit this week to urge the creation of global standards when i…
02 Nov 2021 | Politics -
U.S. aims for global plan to cut down on methane emissions, seen as key in climate fight
The Biden administration is launching a wide-ranging plan to reduce methane emissions, targeting a potent greenhouse gas that contributes significantly to global wa…
02 Nov 2021 | Politics -
Incumbent mayor in Montreal suburb criticized for insulting resident’s appearance on Facebook
Beaconsfield resident Michel Reault and incumbent mayor Georges Bourelle do not get along.
01 Nov 2021 | Politics -
‘Urgency’ needed from G20 for more ambitious climate action, Trudeau says
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the G20 needs a sense of “urgency” to address the growing threat of climate change Sunday, as the leaders’ summit kicked off its …
31 Oct 2021 | Politics -
Canada donated over 4M Moderna COVID-19 vaccines to COVAX. Today, 784K landed in Egypt
Hundreds of thousands of Moderna’s COVID-19 doses donated by Canada to a global vaccine-sharing program have landed in Egypt, government sources say.
31 Oct 2021 | Politics -
G20 leaders tackle climate change crisis on final day of Rome summit
Britain’s Prince Charles urged leaders of the world’s biggest economies on Sunday to put words into action as they tackled the global climate change crisis on the f…
31 Oct 2021 | Politics