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Peterborough Mayor Jeff Leal on Monday apologized for what he says was “intemperate language” during the April 2 council committee meeting. Leal reportedly said to Coun. Alex Bierk that he would “carve him like a Thanksgiving turkey” during an off-microphone remark. Leal also uttered “you’ll regret you ever said that,” after Bierk referenced the mayor’s...

He has moved the country from a parliamentary system to an executive presidency. He’s survived a military coup and is the longest-serving leader in the history of the Turkish Republic. Calling the opposition coalition pro-LGBTQ, and accusing it of siding with terrorists, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is trying to rally his base in hopes of securing...

In Ukraine, authorities are hunting down Ukrainians accused of siding with the enemy. Thousands, from doctors to tax collectors and teachers, are suspected of collaborating with the Russian government, and efforts are underway to bring them to justice. Jeff Semple reports from Kherson, which was liberated in November after being occupied by the Russians for...

There’s a new Calgary effort to help victims of the massive earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria. Here’s Gil Tucker with a boy who’s got a couple of connections that make him want to bring relief to the region.

The U.S. military has shot down yet another flying object over Lake Huron near the Canadian border, the fourth in eight days. Just yesterday, the U.S. shot down a different flying object over Yukon, with crews now on the ground, searching for the debris. Over in Turkey, tens of thousands of earthquake survivors are now...

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Citizens in Turkey surround military vehicles in support of the government after the military said they had taken control in a coup attempt.

Citizens in Turkey are seen taking back control from the military after an attempted coup. Military personnel can be seen being guided by large groups of citizens while vehicles have been commandeered by the throngs of people.

Paul Bocking was in Turkey with his fiancé to get married and were eating at a restaurant when the coup attempt began. Bocking recounts the chaos and confusion that followed.

Paul Bocking is a Canadian living in Istanbul and described the confusion surrounding a military coup that seemed to come “out of the blue.”

President Barack Obama has told Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan that the U.S. will work with them to help bring those behind July’s attempted coup to justice.

Mon, Jul 18: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is responding to last Friday’s failed coup attempt with an iron fist, saying he would approve reinstating the death penalty. Jeff Semple looks at how Erdogan is now consolidating his hold on power.

Sat, Jul 16: For Montreal’s 20,000-strong Turkish community, there was a sense of helplessness and despair watching an attempted coup unfold on television. Felicia Parrillo spoke with one man who is left angry and confused by the events in Turkey.

Akin Ozturk, a former air force commander and one of the “masterminds” of the failed military coup in Turkey, according to a senior official, was being held at Turkish authorities’ Ankara counter-extremism branch on Sunday along with other military personnel.

Americans in Turkey are being warned to stay away from the U.S. consulate in Istanbul because of possible protests after a deadly military coup attempt Friday night. At least 230 people died in the violence. Rylee Carlson reports.

Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency has released security camera video that allegedly shows coup perpetrators staging an attack on Friday on the hotel in which the country’s president had been vacationing.

Turkey is still under a state of emergency, one year after a bloody coup attempt. As Mike Drolet reports, critics say it’s being used to erode the key freedoms of democracy.

An agreement between Turkey and the EU has reduced the numbers of migrants trying to make their way to Europe. But the political fallout in the year since the coup attempt in Turkey is making the future for migrants more uncertain than ever. Redmond Shannon reports.

Sun, Jul 17: Turkey is rounding up those responsible for the military coup attempt that left the country in chaos. Vassy Kapelos reports.

After taking two years off because of some tough times financially, Edmonton’s Turkish Festival was supposed to make a comeback this weekend. Sarah Kraus explains how an attempted military coup in Turkey derailed the plans of festival organizers in Edmonton.