Global National: Jan. 18

Nova Scotia has unveiled its plan to nurse its ailing emergency rooms back to health, after the recent deaths of two women who waited several hours for treatment. The measures, the reaction, and a key detail missing from the announcement. During her visit to Kyiv, Ukraine, Defence Minister Anita Anand pledged to send an additional 200 Canadian-made armoured vehicles to Ukraine. The timeline of Ottawa’s contribution, the company manufacturing those vehicles, what Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pleaded for, and how Anand’s trip happened on the same day a Ukrainian cabinet minister was among at least 14 people killed in a helicopter crash. A House of Commons committee is investigating why the federal government paid McKinsey, the world’s largest international management consulting firm, $100 million for help devising public policy. The questions about a possible conflict of interest. Also, sudden announcement: why New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has decided to resign. Plus, “Facts win. Truth wins. Justice wins.” The legal victory Nobel-winning journalist Maria Ressa is celebrating, and battles she’s still fighting. And spreading their wings: how NASA and Boeing are joining forces to create an aircraft that’s more environmentally friendly.