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Foreign student asylum claims hit record high in 2024, set to grow in 2025The claims are rising, even as Ottawa cuts the number of study permits it issues, with Prime Minister Mark Carney pledging to return Canadian immigration to 'sustainable levels.'PoliticsMay 12
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Ousted Conservative candidate says Trudeau hanging remark was ‘a joke’The ousted candidate spoke to Global News after being removed from the race over past comments suggesting former prime minister Justin Trudeau should face the death penalty.CanadaApr 1
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Trump shooting is latest in ‘very long’ global wave of political violenceThe shooting came after attempted and completed assassinations of politicians in Slovakia, the United Kingdom, Japan, Ecuador, Brazil and other countries over the past few years.WorldJul 25, 2024
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‘Without consequence’: Intelligence memos warn of runaway political violence onlineCanadian intelligence officials say threatening rhetoric is increasingly seen as a legitimate way to express frustrations, grievances and dissent.CanadaJul 15, 2024
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Intel on ‘non-specific’ threats to MPs made it to PCO. Why not the PM?The Privy Council Office, the department that supports Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, confirms it received a 2021 security briefing detailing foreign interference threats to MPs.CanadaMay 11, 2023
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National security advisers don’t recall receiving CSIS report on MP threatsThe development raises yet more questions about how the report detailing China's targeting of MPs, including Michael Chong and his family, somehow fell through the cracks in 2021.PoliticsMay 9, 2023
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Sudan crisis: Window closing to evacuate Canadians by air, officials sayCanadian Armed Forces are working with allies to examine land and sea evacuation routes after a Turkish plane was hit with gunfire at Khartoum airfield.CanadaApr 28, 2023
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Liberal MP tops all others with $21.9K spending on ‘protocol gifts.’ Here’s what he spent it onNepean MP Chandra Arya spent more constituency funds than any other MP on 'protocol gifts' from the same company that handles his printing and public relations.PoliticsFeb 8, 2023
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‘Real-world dangers’: Security memos reveal ‘intensified’ threats facing Canadian MPsEight of the assessments obtained by Global News reference the October 2021 slaying of British MP David Amess, who was stabbed to death by a supporter of the Islamic State.CanadaFeb 2, 2023
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Hussen defends contract linked to staffer’s sister, won’t rule out rehiring firmThe federal housing minister said his constituency office “followed all the rules” in hiring Munch More Media, and said twice that he was "happy with the services” it provided.PoliticsJan 24, 2023
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Another Liberal minister contracted foodie firm with ties to senior stafferMarci Ien gave Munch More Media two contracts for constituency communications while the sister of firm’s owner worked as senior staffer.CanadaJan 20, 2023
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Hussen’s office gave $93k in PR work to senior staffer’s sister’s foodie firmHousing minister’s office admitted his director of policy’s sister is founder of Munch More Media after being approached by Global News.CanadaJan 20, 2023
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Canadian veterans can face a ‘recipe for disaster.’ A new police program aims to help'No matter what struggle it is they’re struggling with, there is something available to help them,' said one of the creators of a new veterans wellness program.CanadaNov 29, 2022
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Canada’s spy agency concerned Afghanistan will be ‘safe haven’ for extremists: docsCSIS warned the public safety minister in October that the return of the Taliban could increase religiously motivated terrorism threats to Canada.CanadaAug 23, 2022
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Canadians skeptical military will address sexual misconduct scandal: internal pollNearly 40 per cent of respondents in a poll commissioned by National Defence weren’t confident the Canadian Armed Forces will deal with sexual misconduct appropriately.CanadaJul 23, 2022
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‘We need answers’: Men detained in bogus Parliament Hill bomb threat demand apologyIn an exclusive television interview with Global News, Parminder Singh and Manveer Singh say they want answers about who called in the bogus bomb tip.CanadaJun 16, 2022
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Canada directs military to take more ‘assertive’ stance in cyberspaceThe Department of National Defence’s 'cyber playbook,' obtained by Global News, calls for 'hardened' defences – but also for 'capacity to respond' to hostile nation states.PoliticsMay 11, 2022
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Military says Adm. Art McDonald already faced ‘significant’ action as police report releasedGlobal News obtained a copy of the military police sexual misconduct investigation into Adm. Art McDonald via access to information laws.CanadaDec 1, 2021
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Latest military misconduct controversy spells trouble for true change in Canadian Forces: expertsThe comments come after Maj.-Gen Peter Dawe, who wrote a reference for a sex offender, was tasked with scrutinizing materials from multiple military sexual misconduct reviews.CanadaOct 5, 2021
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Vance is 99% match with child born after he said Brennan relationship ended: paternity testMilitary police opened an investigation into allegations against Gen. Jonathan Vance on Feb. 4, and charged him with one count of obstruction of justice on July 15.CanadaSep 16, 2021
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Vance will not face military service charges; source cites his four-star rankFormer Supreme Court justice Morris Fish in June warned it is 'legally impossible' under current rules for court-martial panels to try someone of Gen. Jonathan Vance's rank.CanadaSep 15, 2021
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Vance told woman behind sexual misconduct allegation to be ‘clear on our story’ in callsGen. Jonathan Vance has denied asking Maj. Kellie Brennan to say anything untrue, and he has also denied any allegations of inappropriate behaviour.CanadaAug 13, 2021
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Military police will not charge Adm. Art McDonald after sexual misconduct probe"I feel a little like I've gone through hell for nothing," said the navy combat systems engineer who came forward amid a reckoning over sexual misconduct in the Canadian Forces.CanadaAug 6, 2021
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Gen. Jonathan Vance charged with obstruction of justice after military investigationGlobal News first reported on allegations of inappropriate behaviour against Gen. Jonathan Vance more than five months ago, which he has denied.CanadaJul 15, 2021
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2 Royal Military College bosses downplayed need to combat sexual misconduct: ex-training headThe Canadian military is in the midst of a reckoning over allegations of high-level sexual misconduct, and the culture at the military's training institution is under scrutiny.CanadaMay 30, 2021
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