Touria Izri
Digital Broadcast Journalist
Touria Izri was born in Edmonton, but grew up in Mississauga, ON.
She joined Global News’ Ottawa bureau in November 2022 as a digital broadcast journalist. Before that, Touria spent almost a decade at CTV News.
Her first reporter job was as a videojournalist with CTV Winnipeg where she covered the pandemic, provincial politics, wildfires and Indigenous communities in Manitoba.
Touria won an RTDNA Award for her profile about a Winnipeg high school student with down syndrome.
After her time in Winnipeg, Touria worked as a reporter for CTV Edmonton and CTV Montreal. Prior to working in local news, Touria wrote and produced for CTV National News, travelling to Pyeongchang for the 2018 Winter Olympics and Normandy for the 75th anniversary of D-day.
Touria’s first gig in journalism was as an intern at the Toronto Star. She received a degree in journalism from Toronto Metropolitan University. Touria speaks French and English.
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Video Archives
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‘Disbelief’ about Ontario police chief’s controversial Sri Lankan visit
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Foreign election interference: CSIS director says he warned about threat multiple times
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Surge in refugee claimants putting pressure on Canadian airports
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Canada reinstates visa requirements for Mexican nationals
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Online Harms Act: Canada tables bill aiming to protect children, make internet safe
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Canada announces new sanctions against Russia following Navalny death
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Documents shed light on Canada’s 2019 move to ground the Boeing MAX-8
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Ex-RCMP intelligence official Cameron Ortis sentenced to 14 years in prison
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Is your personal information at risk after staggering data leak?
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Canada’s housing crisis, opioid epidemic collide in downtown Ottawa
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Impact inflation, living costs have on birth rates and Canadians on parental leave
Author Archives
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‘Summer of discontent’ coming over public service in-office order: unionsCanada’s largest public service unions are threatening a 'summer of discontent' after Ottawa mandated that federal civil servants return to the office three days a week.Canada15 mins
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Joly says Israeli Rafah invasion would be ‘unacceptable,’ urges ceasefireAs Israeli forces take control of the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt, Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly warns of a 'catastrophic' situation.CanadaMay 7
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Indian envoy: ‘national security threats’ coming from Canada a ‘red line’India’s envoy to Canada said "national security threats" emerging from Canadian soil are a “red line” for New Delhi in an ongoing diplomatic spat.CanadaMay 7
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Some 2019 candidates ‘appeared willing’ to engage with foreign interference: Hogue inquiryThe overall integrity of the 2019 and 2021 elections held, a federal inquiry finds, but foreign interference remains a significant threat.CanadaMay 3
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Foreign interference ‘undermined’ public confidence in elections: inquiryMarie-Josée Hogue delivered remarks after tabling her findings, calling acts of foreign interference a “stain on our electoral process.”CanadaMay 3
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Poilievre booted from House of Commons after calling Trudeau a ‘wacko’Speaker of the House Greg Fergus booted the Conservative leader from the House of Commons, after Pierre Poilievre called Justin Trudeau a 'wacko prime minister.'PoliticsApr 30
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Ottawa to propose new asylum rules to allow for faster deportationsThe Liberal government is proposing to make changes to Canada's asylum claim system including measures which could pave the way for faster deportations.CanadaApr 30
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Calls grow for apology after Peel police chief meets Sri Lankan ‘torturer’There are growing calls — including from a Toronto city councillor — for the Peel Regional Police chief to apologize for meeting the notorious head of Sri Lankan police.CanadaApr 30
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Canada grounded Boeing MAX-8s after chance encounter led to new data: docsThe data that the Canadian government relied on to ground Boeing MAX-8 jets in 2019 was the result of a chance encounter at a European aviation conference, documents suggest.CanadaApr 29
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Singh mulls TikTok return as U.S. nears potential ban over security fearsNDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he is considering personally reactivating his TikTok account, as the U.S. moves towards a ban on the popular social media platform.PoliticsApr 24
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Peel police chief met Sri Lankan officer a court says ‘participated’ in tortureThe head of one of Peel's police met with a Sri Lankan official who had been found by that country’s highest court to have 'participated in the torture' of an arrested man.CanadaApr 23
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Is the ‘Seinfeld theory’ coming for Justin Trudeau’s political future?Seinfeld - the beloved sitcom often described as "about nothing" - ended in 1998, before millennials could vote and most Gen Z Canadians were born. They're now key voting blocs.CanadaApr 21
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GC Strategies head says RCMP searched his propertyGC Strategies partner Kristian Firth testified in the House of Commons that the RCMP has raided one of his properties in connection with allegations raised by Botler AI.CanadaApr 17
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ArriveCan contractor grilled in House of Commons in rare reprimandThe House of Commons is reprimanding a private citizen for the first time in more than 100 years over the handling of the controversial ArriveCan appCanadaApr 17
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What Budget 2024 promises on auto theft – plus, nearly $700M for CSISWith the number of stolen cars in Canada surging, Ottawa is bringing in stiffer penalties for auto theft as part of Budget 2024 including new offences.CanadaApr 16
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Tired of after-hours emails? Budget 2024 plans ‘right to disconnect’If your boss calls, texts or emails after hours, a change being proposed in Budget 2024 could give some Canadian workers the right to ignore them.CanadaApr 16
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No competition in more than a third of GC Strategies federal deals: docs“It's the easy way out,” said one former senior civil servant working on procurement. “Unless you have a legitimate reason to sole source, don’t.”CanadaApr 12
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Trudeau says there wasn’t ‘sufficient’ intelligence to remove Dong in 2019The prime minister told the inquiry one of his longest-serving staffers alerted him on Sept. 30, 2019, in the middle of an election campaign, about the spy agency’s “concerns.”CanadaApr 10
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Trudeau told ‘no action should be taken’ on alleged Han Dong nomination irregularitiesMembers of Trudeau’s inner circle disputed that Dong argued for the continued detention of the "Two Michaels" after intelligence agencies released a summary of the discussion.PoliticsApr 9
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Trudeau briefed on alleged interference in Dong’s riding before 2019 election: documentThe document was submitted at Canada’s inquiry into foreign election interference Monday evening.CanadaApr 8
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New foreign interference documents raise questions about special rapporteur reportDocuments published by the federal inquiry into foreign interference call into question some of the conclusions in former Governor General David Johnston’s probe.CanadaApr 5
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Trudeau not saying if Han Dong will return to Liberal caucus after testimonyThe prime minister dismissed testimony by his former Conservative rival Erin O’Toole on Wednesday that Chinese interference cost the Tories as many as nine seats in 2021.CanadaApr 3
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CSIS report on intercepted call about ‘Two Michaels’ released at inquiryOn Tuesday, the inquiry heard Canada’s spy agency recorded a phone call between Dong and China’s consul general in Toronto.CanadaApr 2
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Ottawa unveils $1B for national school food programThe federal government says the funds will feed an additional 400,000 children a year, beyond programs offered by provinces and school boards.CanadaApr 1
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CSIS reached out to chief electoral officer on possible foreign interferenceCanada’s spy agency told chief electoral officer Stéphane Perrault that it believed there could be a case of foreign interference in a 2019 nomination race.CanadaMar 28