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Carney names David Lametti as new UN ambassadorLametti, who served as Carney's principal secretary and is a former justice minister, will replace former Liberal leader Bob Rae, who has held the role since 2020.CanadaSep 18, 2025
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Ontario Liberals prepare for another leadership election. Who’s in?As Ontario's Liberal party prepares to call its third leadership race in five years, organizers are bracing for internal battles over who should face Doug Ford in 2029.PoliticsSep 15, 2025
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Decades after a PM got pied, the threat landscape in Canadian politics has changedThreats against Canadian politicians have surged, with 311 cases in 2024 alone, prompting urgent calls for stronger security amid rising political hostility and online abuse.PoliticsAug 16, 2025
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Mark Carney names former UN envoy as chief of staffPrime Minister Mark Carney has named Canada's former ambassador to the United Nations Marc-Andre Blanchard as chief of staff. Blanchard will take over from Marco Mendicino in July.CanadaJun 1, 2025
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Pipeline policy divides B.C., Alberta as premiers meet with Carney in SaskatoonBritish Columbia is pushing back against Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's proposal for a bitumen pipeline to B.C.'s northern coast.EconomyJun 2, 2025
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Halting CSIS operation put team in unnecessary danger: reportThe review agency says that unlike typical operational matters, the case involved senior political-level actors from across the federal government.CanadaMay 30, 2025
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Canada’s foreign interference inquiry report lands Tuesday. What to knowAfter nearly 16 months of work, the foreign interference commission's final report will be made public. Here's what the report could contain.CanadaJan 27, 2025
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Former Liberal cabinet minister Marco Mendicino not running for re-electionMendicino, who served as immigration minister and then public safety minister in Justin Trudeau's cabinet, is the latest Liberal to say he will not run in the next election.PoliticsJan 2, 2025
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Paul Bernardo prison transfer needed to be kept ‘low profile,’ officials saidEmails obtained by Global News through an access to information request show communications officials discussing the need to keep news of Bernardo's transfer a 'close hold.'PoliticsJul 19, 2023
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Canadians need to be ‘reassured’ about foreign interference concerns: TrudeauNational security concerns make it difficult to share all the information Canadians want to know, Trudeau said in a year-end interview.PoliticsDec 5, 2022
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Carey Price apologizes for timing of pro-gun post, says he knew about Polytechnique shootingAn anti-gun-control social media post by Montreal Canadiens goaltender Carey Price went up just a few days before the 33rd anniversary of the Montreal Massacre.CanadaDec 5, 2022
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U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade ruling in landmark decision for abortionIn a 5-4 decision, the top court upheld a Mississippi law that would ban most abortions after the 15th week, effectively abolishing the legal precedent Roe v. Wade established.WorldJun 24, 2022
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Ottawa is moving to freeze handgun sales nationwide. Here’s what that meansThe move is among several firearm-control measures in the new Bill C-21, which also targets gun smuggling and trafficking as well as domestic abusers who own firearms.CanadaMay 30, 2022
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China will see Canada’s Huawei, ZTE bans as ‘a slap in the face,’ experts warnTensions between the two countries could be tested by the decision, experts say, although it's not yet clear how and when China might retaliate.CanadaMay 20, 2022
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Asylum seekers on front lines of coronavirus crisis given chance at permanent residencyThe new program to grant some asylum seekers residency comes after negotiations between Ottawa and Quebec.CanadaAug 14, 2020
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How should Ottawa tackle foreign interference? Don’t wait for probes first, experts sayFormer government and security officials say Ottawa should work to craft and pass legislation that strengthen foreign interference laws this year, before investigations conclude.PoliticsMar 5, 2023
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Mendicino says national security ‘at no time’ threatened by China-linked RCMP contractThe news that federal civil servants granted an RCMP contract to a company with ties to the Chinese government is 'disconcerting,' Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said.CanadaJan 30, 2023
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RCMP chief told feds not all police resources used hours before Emergencies Act invokedThe email from Brenda Lucki to a senior government official was sent hours before Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invoked the emergency powers in response to the convoy protests.CanadaOct 24, 2022
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Criminal Code must be amended in assault-style firearms ban, advocates say. Why?Ottawa has floated the idea of legislation that would create an evergreen framework for classification of firearms to ensure federal intentions on banned guns are respected.CanadaMay 6, 2022
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Bloc, NDP slam Tory MP over refusal to help Quebec family of refugees facing deportationQuebec MP Richard Martel made the comment in a Radio-Canada interview as he discussed the case of a family from El Salvador who entered Canada several years ago via Roxham Road.PoliticsDec 20, 2022