Global National: Sept. 29

In Northwestern British Columbia, the Nisga’a First Nation community celebrated the long-awaited return of a memorial totem pole on Friday, nearly a century after it was taken without permission. Canada’s top soldier is warning of significant impacts ahead for the armed forces, as the federal government looks to slash almost $1 billion in funding from the Department of National Defence. An associate of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, the B.C. Sikh leader who was shot and killed in the city of Surrey back in June, says he was warned by police about threats to his life, approximately two months after Nijjar was murdered. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy‘s last-ditch plan to keep the United States federal government temporarily open collapsed in dramatic fashion Friday as a robust faction of hard-right holdouts rejected the package, making a shutdown almost certain. U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein, the longest-serving woman in the senate, has passed away at the age of 90. And finally, Saturday marks the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, but commemorations are taking place all weekend.