Jeff Semple
Senior Digital Broadcast Journalist
Jeff Semple is a senior correspondent with Global National News based in Toronto. Prior to moving home to Canada in 2019, Jeff spent six years as the Europe Bureau Chief for Global News based in London, U.K. He previously worked as a correspondent for CBC News in London, U.K., Toronto and Ottawa.
Over the past two decades, Jeff has reported from more than 40 countries across five continents. He’s filed from the frontlines of numerous conflict zones, including the war in Ukraine, the fight against ISIS in Iraq, and the United Nations’ deadliest mission in Mali. He’s reported from the top of the world, setting sail through the Arctic Ocean aboard a Royal Canadian Navy Icebreaker. And he’s filed from the biggest stage in sports, covering the Olympic Games in Russia, Brazil and South Korea. From the first days of the COVID-19 pandemic, Jeff reported from inside overwhelmed hospitals and ICU’s in both Canada and the United States.
Jeff was nominated twice for Best National Reporter by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television in 2021 and 2023, for his coverage of the pandemic and the war in Ukraine. In 2022, he received an award for Best National Enterprise Journalism from the Radio Television Digital News Association, for his reporting inside Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. Jeff’s reports have also been recognised by the Canadian Medical Association, the Canadian Online Publishing Awards and Apple Podcasts. His stories have appeared on the BBC, CNN, Sky News, NPR and ABC.
Jeff is a regular backfill anchor for Global National and is the host of the groundbreaking podcast series ‘Russia Rising‘ and ‘China Rising‘, which was the #1 podcast in Canada on iTunes in 2019 and named one of Apple’s ‘Top Podcasts of the Year.’ Jeff has also forged a reputation as one of Canada’s top multimedia video-journalists, shooting and editing his own reports.
Jeff is an avid drummer and is constantly resisting the urge to tap and drum on just about everything.
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Video Archives
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Military LGBTQ2+ advocate appointed to Order of Canada
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India weaponizing travel visas to silence critics, Sikh community says
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‘I’m in a bad situation’: Yazidi woman hopes to reunite with family who fled to Canada
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How an Edmonton couple allegedly left Canada to join ISIS
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ISIS resurgence fuelled by youth recruitment
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Former Canadian soldier believed to be detained in Afghanistan
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Men, working-class voters helped fuel Trump’s victory
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Have once-loyal evangelicals lost faith in Trump now that he’s a convicted felon?
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U.S. election 2024: Why has Harris struggled to attract Black male voters?
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US election 2024: Election officials brace for violence at polling stations
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Israel-Hezbollah: Canadians on opposite sides of war call for peace
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Journalist denies being recruited by KGB
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Global National: Oct. 18
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Israel mourns Oct. 7 anniversary year after deadly attack
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How families of Canadians killed by Hamas are coping
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After Oct. 7 attack, settler violence grows in occupied West Bank
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Israel prepares to mark Oct. 7 Hamas attack anniversary
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Israel expands strikes on Lebanon
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Hezbollah’s Safieddine ‘unreachable’ since Friday, Lebanese security sources say
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Escalating violence in Middle East claiming lives on all fronts
Author Archives
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Investigation: Visas have become an Indian foreign interference toolIn exchange for visas, Canadians are allegedly being asked to sign letters supporting the Indian government.CanadaDec 10
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Exclusive: ‘Battlefield evidence’ from Syria is coming to Canada’s courtsThe RCMP said it is working on a framework to use collected exploitable material in court against ISIS members.CanadaNov 21
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Yazidi victims of ISIS and the long wait for justiceHe is a survivor of an ISIS mass execution living in Calgary. Four former members of the terror group live awkwardly nearby, and have not been charged.CanadaNov 20
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Aimee & Ali: The unhappy story of a Canadian ISIS coupleIs Alberta an ISIS hot spot?CanadaNov 19
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ISIS arrests are spiking in Canada and youths are driving the resurgenceWhy terror plots linked to the Islamic State are increasing.CanadaNov 18
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Reporter pushes back against ‘ridiculous’ Russian spy allegationsDavid Pugliese defended himself from accusations leveled at Canada's public safety committee.CanadaOct 25
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Michael Kovrig reflects on ‘brutally hard’ Chinese detention: ‘You’re totally alone’Michael Kovrig, who spent 1,019 days in a Chinese prison, has described for the first time the emotional and psychological toll that the detention took on him and his family.CanadaSep 23
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Suspect in killing of temple leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar got student visa in ‘days’Karan Brar obtained a visa in 2019 to study for eight months at Calgary's Bow Valley College.CanadaMay 8
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Foreign intelligence services are contracting out killings to gangsThree Indian nationals arrested in Edmonton for the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar are allegedly linked to an Indian crime group.CanadaMay 4
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The hunt for Canada’s last NazisCanada's Nazis are now well into their 90s. One woman is making a last push to bring them to justice.CanadaFeb 22
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Investigation: The antisemitism that Oct. 7 unleashed in CanadaA Global News investigation explores Canada's dramatic spike in antisemitic hate.CanadaFeb 20
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Exclusive: Ukrainian general wants Canada’s 83,000 decommissioned rocketsUkraine is asking the Canadian government for 83,000 mothballed CRV7 attack rockets to meet urgent military needs. Ottawa is concerned the rockets may be unsafe to ship.CanadaFeb 5
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Indigenous children facing food security ‘crisis’ in Canada’s NorthHigh inflation has sent food prices soaring across the country, but nowhere more than in Canada's northernmost communities.CanadaDec 7, 2023
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Senior Iranian official caught in TorontoCanadian immigration officials are seeking the deportation of Seyed Salman Samani.CanadaDec 6, 2023
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Michael Kovrig denies his Chinese detention was due to alleged ‘espionage’The comments were made in response to a recent report that claimed Michael Spavor blames the Canadian government and Kovrig for his detention.CanadaNov 24, 2023
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Who is Vivian Silver, Canadian-Israeli peace activist presumed held by Hamas?Canadian-Israeli Vivian Silver is believed to be among the dozens of civilian hostages held by Hamas, following the militant group's coordinated weekend attack on Israeli soil.CanadaOct 10, 2023
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How an Israeli ‘love and peace’ music festival ended in massacre after Hamas attackThe music festival was one of the first targets for Hamas militants as they launched their unprecedented and coordinated attack on Israel, sending panicked partygoers scrambling.CanadaOct 9, 2023
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Foreign Interference: RCMP investigate death of B.C. man targeted by ChinaChina had issued an Interpol Red Notice against Wei Hu as part of Operation Fox Hunt.CanadaSep 21, 2023
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Why are the Canadian women of ISIS coming home without being charged?The government said Canadians who joined ISIS would face the 'full force' of the law, but not a single woman who lived under ISIS has yet been convicted.CanadaSep 15, 2023
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How does wildfire misinformation affect communities in N.W.T. and B.C.?Government officials are urging everyone to share accurate and factual information on social media from trusted sources, such as government websites and social media pages.CanadaAug 20, 2023
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How hot is too hot for the human body? Research shows rising humidity poses the greatest riskStudies have found humidity is rising even faster than global temperatures, as more warming seas and land surfaces see more water evaporate into the atmosphere.CanadaAug 17, 2023
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Ukraine’s ‘Chief Rabbi’ becomes wartime leader after viral videosMoshe Azman, known as Ukraine's chief rabbi, has swapped his kippah and kittel for a helmet and flak jacket.CanadaAug 3, 2023
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Interpol being used by Kremlin to arrest critics outside of Russia, opponents sayInterpol, the world's largest international police organization, has 195 member states, but Russia alone is responsible for 38 per cent of extradition requests.PoliticsJun 29, 2023
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Canada a ‘dumping ground’ for products made by forced labour, Ottawa promises crackdownSeamus O'Regan Jr. made the announcement to mark the United Nations annual World Day Against Child Labour, meant to raise awareness about forced labour practices.CanadaJun 13, 2023
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Taiwan’s front line: Kinmen Island, scarred by civil war with China, braces as tensions buildThe Chinese government has vowed to take Taiwan by force if necessary. The island of Kinmen still bears the scars of a bloody civil war that raged for 20 years.PoliticsApr 28, 2023