Global National: Feb. 24

Intelligence sources tell Global News that investigators have been tracking Ontario Liberal MP Han Dong since the summer of 2019, and say he is one of 11 Toronto-area riding candidates believed to be supported by the Chinese government in the lead up to the 2019 Canadian federal election. How Dong is allegedly affiliated in China’s election interference networks, how the Prime Minister’s Office is responding to the claims, and why the Chinese Communist Party may have had its eye on the Ontario MP. The world is marking one year of heartache after Russia unleashed its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, upending tens of millions of people’s lives. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s emotional message about a “year of invincibility,” and the resilience of the people standing defiantly against the Kremlin. Meanwhile, China has revealed its ‘peace plan’ for ending Russia’s ware. Why Western countries are skeptical of the proposal, and the concerns of Beijing’s tightening alliance with Moscow. And snow way: see the unusually cold weather blanketing California, and the fears of what else is in the forecast.