Global National: Jan. 30

Five professional hockey players – Alex Formenton, Michael McLeod, Dillon Dubé, Carter Hart, Cal Foote – have now been charged in connection with an alleged group sexual assault in London, Ont. in June 2018. At the time of the alleged crime, the five men were members of Canada’s World Junior hockey team. How some of them are responding to the accusations. Jenin is one of the most volatile cities in the occupied West Bank, where fighters from Islamic Jihad are holding some Israeli hostages kidnapped on October 7, 2023. Daniele Hamamdjian was granted rare access to a refugee camp in Jenin, and finds out what drives the anger towards Israel. The federal government is being urged to put an indefinite pause on plans to expand eligibility for Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD), which would have allowed it for people whose sole medical condition is mental illness. Why a parliamentary committee doesn’t believe Canada should expand the process, and why mental health advocates are frustrated with the decision. Dozens of Alberta daycares have protested Ottawa’s and the province’s $10-a-day child care program by closing for the day, leaving parents in the lurch. Every province and territory has agreed to the federal government’s plan. What the daycare operators are asking for. And is it the “project of the century”? Or a misguided pyramid scheme. The controversy over the restoration work being done on Egypt’s Menkaure pyramid.