Canada’s New Defence Strategy Is Bold and Unprecedented. Will It Work?
Various Contributors / thewalrus - Eight experts break down the plan’s strengths and weaknessesThe post Canada’s New Defence Strategy Is Bold and Unprecedented. Will It Work? first appeared on The Walrus.
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Some on Canada’s no-fly list kept on without ‘necessary grounds’: watchdog
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - The intelligence watchdog says its recommendations to the government are aimed at ensuring a more fair, principled and co-ordinated approach to managing the program.
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Iran fires live missiles into Strait of Hormuz in drill as a new round of nuclear talks begins
sootoday - GENEVA (AP) — The U.S. and Iran are holding their second round of talks about Iran’s nuclear program Tuesday in Geneva as the United States ramps up its military presence in the Middle East and Iran holds large-scale maritime exercises.
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CBSA seizes 266 kg of meth at Blue Water Bridge in Ontario
Jeremy Borg / westernstandard - A 29-year-old Woodstock, Ont., man is facing drug importation and trafficking charges after Canada Border Services Agency officers seized more than 266 kilograms of suspected methamphetamine at the Blue Water Bridge earlier this month.
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Quebec police bust sophisticated forged documents operation
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - Quebec provincial police say they've made a pair of arrests in what they are calling a sophisticated counterfeit ID and credit card operation.
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Man arrested in connection with triple stabbing at Toronto home
Sean Previl / globalnews - Toronto police say they responded to reports of 'unknown trouble' at a home Sunday night where they found multiple people with stab wounds.
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Carney will announce defence industrial strategy today
Kyle Duggan / nationalobserver - Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to publicly release today his new Buy Canadian plan for supplying the military and growing Canada's domestic defence industry.
- Critics mobilize: op-eds, editorials and political pushback (8)
- Industry reacts: jobs, investment and supply-chain opportunities (5)
- On the ground in Montreal: Carney unveils 'Buy Canadian' plan (10)
- Ottawa vows sovereignty: diversifying procurement away from U.S. suppliers (4)
Critics mobilize: op-eds, editorials and political pushback
Industry reacts: jobs, investment and supply-chain opportunities
On the ground in Montreal: Carney unveils 'Buy Canadian' plan
Ottawa vows sovereignty: diversifying procurement away from U.S. suppliers
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Ottawa says national security incident and error at emergency stockpile unrelated
Sarah Ritchie / theglobeandmail - Public Health Agency of Canada lost $20-million worth of pharmaceutical products from national stockpile in 2024
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Here’s what we know about the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting investigation
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - The investigation into last week's shootings in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., that claimed nine lives has moved into a new phase after police cleared the two crime scenes.
- Families mourn, survivors fight to recover amid staggering losses (5)
- On-scene probe deepens; watchdog weighs launching independent investigation (6)
- Online attacks and national roundup kept story in spotlight (2)
- Portable classrooms arrive; community prioritizes students' safety returning (6)
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Families mourn, survivors fight to recover amid staggering losses
On-scene probe deepens; watchdog weighs launching independent investigation
Online attacks and national roundup kept story in spotlight
Portable classrooms arrive; community prioritizes students' safety returning
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One year later, Toronto’s Pearson airport crash still haunts passengers
Sharif Hassan and Kathryn Mannie / theglobeandmail - All 76 passengers and four crew members survived when Delta Air Lines Flight 4819 from Minneapolis crashed on Feb. 17, 2025
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FBI: DNA recovered from glove found near Guthrie home that appears to match glove worn by suspect
sootoday - TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — The FBI says a glove containing DNA was found about two miles from “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie’s mother and appears to match those worn by a masked person outside her front door in Tucson the night she vanished.
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Canada and Germany sign declaration of intent to grow AI field together
sootoday - OTTAWA — Canada and Germany have signed a joint declaration of intent to work together on growing the field of artificial intelligence. The signing also coincides with the launch of a Sovereign Technology Alliance between the two countries.
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Indian man pleads guilty to plotting Sikh separatist’s assassination in NYC
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - Nikhil Gupta pleaded guilty to murder-for-hire, conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire and conspiracy to commit money laundering, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Manhattan said.
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Europe looks to boost its security, urges U.S. to ‘repair and revive trust’
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - French President Emmanuel Macron also told the Munich Security Conference that Europe had to become a geopolitical power given the Russian threat would not disappear.
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Three youths face nearly 200 charges for Mississauga break-ins
Spiro Papuckoski / torontosun - Two have been arrested and a third is wanted after dozens of commercial businesses were allegedly targeted in recent months
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Nancy Guthrie disappearance: FBI releases identifying details of suspect
Rachel Goodman / globalnews - Two weeks after the mother of 'Today' host Savannah Guthrie went missing, the FBI released some additional details about the suspect caught on video.
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Quebec political, business leaders tout Montreal as ideal to host NATO defence bank
sootoday - MONTREAL — The Quebec government joined Montreal's business and political leaders to bolster the city's candidacy to become the global headquarters for the proposed international Defence, Security and Resilience Bank (DSRB).
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Feds say $20M loss at emergency stockpile was caused by open freezer door
Sarah Ritchie / nationalobserver - While officials did not say exactly what was destroyed or how much, PHAC has said previously that a quantity of one type of therapeutic drug was lost as a result of temperature fluctuations that it said were "caused by several factors."
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Prime Minister Carney to attend vigil in Tumbler Ridge Friday with other leaders
sootoday - OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney's office has confirmed he will visit Tumbler Ridge, B.C., to attend a vigil on Friday, three days after nine people died in a mass shooting there.
- Federal leaders join town vigil to honour victims (9)
- Mounties' briefings and decisions face tough local scrutiny (11)
- Town mourns: victims named, support and fundraising mobilized (34)
- Troubled past and online footprint reveal shooter’s warning signs (12)
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Federal leaders join town vigil to honour victims
Mounties' briefings and decisions face tough local scrutiny
Town mourns: victims named, support and fundraising mobilized
Troubled past and online footprint reveal shooter’s warning signs
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2 Mexican Navy ships laden with humanitarian aid dock in Cuba as US blockade sparks energy crisis
sootoday - HAVANA (AP) — Two Mexican Navy ships laden with humanitarian aid docked in Cuba on Thursday as a U.S. blockade deepens the island’s energy crisis . The ships arrived two weeks after U.S.
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