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Canadian News

CTV News
N.S. veteran representing Team Canada for Invictus Games

The Canadian Press
Blair says Canada can hit NATO spending target soone

Global News
The battle to reunite a family split up by Afghanistan withdrawal

CTV News
Canadians believe the country is moving in the wrong direction

CBC News
Why 'buying Canadian' isn't as easy as it sounds

CBC News
Fake CBC ads have flooded X with sketchy headlines

Global News
Miller says Canada has ‘limited capacity’

CTV News
Snow squall watches, warnings in effect for southern Muskoka

CBC News
Ford says he'll trigger an election and wants 'largest mandate in Ontario's history'

The Associated Press
Canadian freighter with 17 people on board remains stuck in Lake Erie ice

CBC News
Trudeau pulled the Liberals left. Where do they go from here?

Jason Kirby | The Globe and Mail
Why Donald Trump conveniently forgets America’s massive trade surplus in services

Madelaine Drohan | The Globe and Mail
What might we learn from previous attempts by the Americans to invade Canada?

International News

CTV News
Trump’s imperialist ambitions becoming ‘increasingly antagonistic

The Guardian
As Los Angeles burns, Trump and California governor lock horns over aid

The Guardian
US orders halt to virtually all foreign aid except for Israel and Egypt

The Guardian
Trump enlists attorney general to investigate Biden administration

The Guardian
Pete Hegseth nomination confirmed by Senate - More

The Associated Press
J.D. Vance casts tie-breaking vote to secure Pete Hegseth's nomination

The Guardian
Pete Hegseth endorsed extremist Christian doctrine on podcast

The Guardian
Trump immigration crackdown begins: ‘I’ve never been scared like this before’

The Guardian
Proud Boys leader thanks Trump for January 6 pardon and vows revenge

CBC News
Breaking down Trump’s ‘two genders’ executive order

Reuters News Agency
Trump fires 17 independent inspectors general at federal agencies

BBC News
Storm Éowyn brings 100mph gusts as one million without power across UK and Ireland

The Guardian
Gloom in Davos as Trump boom leaves Europe behind

The Guardian
Putin ‘ready for negotiations’ with Trump on Ukraine war

The Guardian
North Korea preparing to send more troops to Ukraine war, says South Korea

The Associated Press
Nine UN peacekeepers injured as rebels close in on eastern Congo’s main city

The Guardian
Hamas names four female Israeli troops it will release from Gaza this weekend

The Guardian
IDF accuses Hamas of ‘failing to meet obligations’

CBC News
Families returning to parts of Gaza face danger of unexploded bombs

This Day in Aviation
This Day in Aviation