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Canadian News

CBC News
How will the parties pay for their promises?

CBC News
Rebel News owner Ezra Levant was 'mentor' to Poilievre, says author

CBC Radio
Here's what Ottawa has power over when it comes to your health

Canadian Commentary

Lisa Kerr | The Globe and Mail
Separating rhetoric from reality in the Conservative crime platform

Alexander Panetta | CBC News
An American constitutional crisis brews in a Central American prison

Mark Gollom | CBC News
Trump is demanding universities change policies or face defunding. Would Poilievre do the same?

Shannon Proudfoot | The Globe and Mail
In Niagara Falls, Mark Carney stares down Hurricane Trump

Michael Coren | The Globe and Mail
As a priest, here’s what I’d say to Donald Trump on Easter

Andrew Richter | National Post
Iran's nuclear ambitions could soon lead it straight into war

Aisha Ahmad | The Conversation
How could Canada deter an invasion?

International News

NPR News
Protesters unite against Trump in hundreds of rallies across the U.S.

CNBC News
Trump’s approval rating on the economy drops to new low - More

BBC News
Inside Elon Musk's government-subsidised Texas headquarters

NPR News
White House solicits corporate sponsors for its Easter Egg Roll event

Boston.com
Paul Revere’s famous Midnight Ride Marked in Boston

BBC News
US Supreme Court halts deportation of detained Venezuelans

BBC News
Why everyone is suddenly so interested in US bond markets

CBC News
Two Pentagon officials fired amid sweeping leak investigation

CBS News
NASA's Don Pettit, two cosmonaut crewmates, wrap up seven-month ISS visit - Video

Reuters News Agency
Putin declares Easter ceasefire - More

CBC News
Victims describe the nightmare of Bangladesh's secret prisons during former regime

NBC News
Chinese tech firms up their game as reciprocal tariffs hit U.S. products

BBC News
Robots race in Chinese half-marathon - More

The Associated Press
Today in History: 09 May

This Day in Aviation
09 May

International Commentary

Editorial Board | The Washington Post
Keep working toward peace in Ukraine

David Ignatius | The Washington Post
As Ukraine-Russia talks founder, Trump’s attention wanders

Chris Lehmann | The Nation
If Trump Sounds Like He Wants a Police State, That’s Because He Does