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Canadian News

CBC News
Only 40% of RCAF inventory ready for action

The Globe and Mail
Canada must weigh risk Trump blocks software upgrades for F-35s

CBC News
Canada to partner with Australia on early warning detection system in the Arctic - More - More

CBC News
Fate of Hudson's Bay still up in the air

CBC News
Is Tim Hortons Canadian?

CBC News
Montreal Tesla dealership vandalized

CBC News
U.S. officials cracking down on people trying to bring valuable eggs across the border

CBC News
Sask. finds tariffs could reduce provincial revenue by $1.4 billion

CBC News
Conservatives won't allow reporters to travel with Poilievre during upcoming election

CBC News
Poilievre says he's a 'tough guy to deal with'

Reuters News Agency
Trump claims he'd 'rather deal with a liberal than a conservative' in Ottawa

CBC News
Carney signals he's in no rush to speak with Trump

The Editorial Board | The Globe and Mail
Canada needs a new flight plan for fighter jets

Richard Fadden | The Globe and Mail
Both the U.S. and Canada should try a little self-awareness

Robyn Urback | The Globe and Mail
Pierre Poilievre’s strength is as an attack dog. But he’s growling against the wrong target

International News

The Associated Press
How will the universe end?

The Associated Press
Federal Reserve sees tariffs raising inflation this year, keeps key rate unchanged

CBC News
Trump's expanding immigration dragnet

The Associated Press
Federal judge blocks Trump’s order to ban transgender people from the military

The Associated Press
Trump to order a plan to shut down the US Education Department

Reuters News Agency
Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil calls himself a 'political prisoner'

The Associated Press
Violent attacks on Tesla dealerships spike

BBC News
JFK experts scour newly unsealed assassination files

The Associated Press
CBS’ ‘60 Minutes’ is unflinching in its White House coverage

The Associated Press
Sexual misconduct allegations in UN missions topped 100 in 2024

The Associated Press
Finland is again ranked the happiest country in the world

Agence France-Presse
Paris police evacuate hundreds of migrants from theatre after months-long occupation

Agence France-Presse
Pope Francis stops using oxygen mask, continues to recover from pneumonia

Agence France-Presse
Russia represents a threat for all European nations

NPR News
NATO rethinking the U.S.-made F-35 fighter

Reuters News Agency
State Dept denies deleting data on abducted Ukrainian children - More - More

BBC News
Russia and Ukraine carry out attacks after Putin-Trump call - More

The Associated Press
Russia and Ukraine exchange hundreds of prisoners of war

Reuters News Agency
U.S. suspends some efforts to counter Russian sabotage

BBC News
Protests erupt in Turkey after Erdoğan rival arrested - More

Reuters News Agency
IDF targets northern Gaza, killing several people

CBC News
Afghans in Pakistan face 'intensified abusive tactics'

BBC News
Malaysia green-lights new MH370 search in Indian Ocean - More

The Associated Press
Agent Orange cleanup and other efforts critical to ties with Vietnam jeopardized by USAID cuts

BBC News
Ex-researcher sentenced to death for spying, China says

Reuters News Agency
Ottawa condemns Chinese executions of four Canadians on drug charges

BBC News
Mother spots son deported from US in mega-prison footage

The Associated Press
Today in History: March 19 - More

This Day in Aviation
19 March