Global National: Jan. 20

Missile attacks struck across the Middle East on Saturday, hitting Lebanon, Yemen and Iraq — with the latter injuring some American troops at an air base. The countdown to the U.S. presidential election is on, and after a monumental victory in the Iowa caucuses, Republican candidate Donald Trump is eyeing a win in New Hampshire on Tuesday. In Canada, one of the issues topping the agenda at the federal ministers cabinet retreat in Montreal will be health care, ahead of parliament reconvening later this month. In the Atlantic, families are sounding the alarm over a change in support programs for children who are blind or visually impaired. Canada’s opioid epidemic and housing crisis are colliding, and the most recent data shows nearly 4,000 Canadians died during the first half of last year — that’s more than 20 deaths per day. After last year’s record-breaking wildfire season, crews across western Canada are looking to new technology capable of tackling wildfires from the air — in the dark. And finally, many Western movies share a dark side with unflattering portrayals of Indigenous peoples, and a group of creatives in Calgary hopes to change some of that by adding a new spin through the power of sound.