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Ottawa Bureau Chief @GlobalNews @GlobalNational Host of @TheWestBlock . Journalist with a curious mind. Political journalism, defence & foreign policy. Pro otter

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There was a change of command today for Canada’s most secretive and elite warriors. Major General Steve Boivin is being promoted… and Steve Hunter took over the command this afternoon. CANSOFCOM is incredibly busy as the only rapidly deployable force in a struggling CAF.
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#BREAKING Canada to accept 20,000 Afghan refugees, prioritizing the most vulnerable women leaders, human rights defenders, journalists, religious minorities, LGBTQ+, and families of already resettled interpreters
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#BREAKING 12 minutes ago Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor’s aircraft took off, leaving China for Canada says Prime Minister @JustinTrudeau
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#Breaking Global News has learned that the Director General of an intelligence unit at RCMP HQ has been arrested and charged under the secrets act involving espionage by foreign powers. Sources tell Global News this was an extensive national security investigation #cdnnatsec
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Hey folks, you don’t like an article? By all means criticize it. You are not entitled to contact journalists and threaten physical harm, surveillance, and non-judicial trials. Sexual and gendered slurs aren’t a critique. I am seeing this happen industry wide and it’s concerning
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Dear half of Pearson airport: please wear your masks over your nose too. Flying home because my dad has fallen very ill and was rushed to hospital (not COVID related). The mask isn’t for you, it’s for people like my 92 year old dad. Surgeons wear them for hours, so can you.
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#BREAKING PM Trudeau confirms @globalnews story White House wants to put American troops near the Canadian border to monitor for illegal border crossers. Trudeau says they are in discussions with US officials & in best interests of both countries to remain demilitarized #cdnpoli
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Took a call from a man who stated several times that the Charter of Rights and Freedoms says people guilty of treason can be hung in the streets. He feels the Prime Minister is guilty of treason under the Charter. I asked if he had read the Charter. He hung up.
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#Breaking London Police Service Chief Steve Williams says the three adults and one teen who died after being intentionally hit with a vehicle in London Ontario last night were targeted because of their Islamic faith.
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Listening to the CB traffic of the truck convoy (some of which are arriving in Ottawa now). Lots of folks expressing their support, some logistics being discussed, organizers trying to keep things focussed and kicking anyone off who swears or says something radical.
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Premier Jason Kenney announces the Alberta government is launching a Court challenge to the federal government's invocation of the Emergencies Act.
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Alberta is filing a Court challenge to the unjustified use of the Emergencies Act. We may also intervene in support of other Court challenges. As Tommy Douglas said about the use of the War Measures Act in 1970, it’s like “using a sledgehammer to crack a peanut.
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Fun fact: a Navy chef aboard the Canadian Forces Challenger jet flying Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor whipped up a meal of ribs and Mac and Cheese as the beginning of their homecoming celebration.
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Attended the press conference by organizers today. Speaking were a former RCMP tactical officer (ERT), a former OPP officer and a former military officer. They are calling for veterans to come to Ottawa immediately and support them. They did not take any questions.
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Global News has learned that Scheer is resigning after it was revealed he had been using Conservative Party money to pay for his children's private school education. #cdnpoli #CPC
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My Dad turns 92 today. He's survived the Great Depression and the Second World War and everything else from 1928 until now. To protect him during the #COVID19 pandemic there is no birthday party and I'm half way across the country. But love him all the more. Happy Birthday Daddy.
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Experts warn ArriveCAN app could be violating constitutionally protected rights - National |
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A recent glitch in ArriveCAN that ordered more than 10,000 people to quarantine may have violated Canadians' fundamental rights, experts warn.

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Before the blockades I spoke to multiple law enforcement & intel agency sources who said Ottawa Police were not taking things seriously & planned to treat it as a "traffic issue" despite publicly available evidence raising red flags this protest didn't fit the model of past ones
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Reporters for Global News and the Globe and Mail declined to participate in an off the record discussion with Justin Trudeau tonight on the Liberal campaign plane. There should be no off the record talks between leaders and journalists on any of the campaigns #Elxn44
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In light of recent events I've been thinking a lot about how life is different for women owing to the quiet but ever present concern for our physical safety. I've decided to tweet this thread because because I believe there is still a serious lack of awareness. Here we go.
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I have someone who criminally harassed me and is in jail for it. He is not supposed to be able to contact me from prison and I’ve been told to call the police immediately if he does. Tonight he did. I called the police. What happened makes me pretty sad.
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Not loving this new thing where Ministers' offices and opposition leaders' offices want to know what questions we're going to ask in an interview. Not how journalism works.
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I will miss my beautiful Daddy more than any words will ever be able to express. His drive, his intelligence, his humour, his kindness, his dignity, the way he was always a gentleman. He understood me more than anyone else in this world, and I understood him. I love you Dad.
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If you have friends or family who are Afghanistan veterans… check on them. This is a hard time for those who paid in blood and lost their brothers and sisters in arms in Afghanistan.
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Conservative party veteran Marjory LeBreton says the Conservative party now feels foreign to her. She’s not sure she still has a home there. LeBreton has resigned from @PierrePoilievre ’s riding board of directors over his support for the convoy
‘I’m very worried’: Former Tory Senate leader on Poilievre, convoys and the party’s future -...

Conservatives risk "fracturing beyond repair" over its convoy support and fractious leadership contest, says a former Stephen Harper advisor and Conservative Senate leader.

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Tonight I got a call from someone working on the Afghanistan evac who has been involved in many difficult security and diplomatic operations. He was in tears. He told me those working on the evac are devastated by how many will be left behind “it didn’t have to be like this”
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Global News has learned a veteran seeking treatment for PTSD and a traumatic brain injury (both from combat) was casually offered medical assistance in dying as an alternative to treating his injuries by a Veterans Affairs Canada employee:
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The offer was made despite the combat veteran not requesting the procedure or even mentioning the issue to his case manager, multiple sources told Global News.

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It’s still light out - walking down the street. Guy follows me. I slow down. He goes ahead and into a doorframe. I cross the street. He’s waiting in the door frame. Comes out advancing on me and screaming I’m not that pretty and what do I think he’s going to rape me. Just wow.
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US government has backed down on Canadian aluminum tariffs. Big win for the Trudeau government. #cdnpoli
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The PM @JustinTrudeau noticed that a reporter (Mr. Foster) did not get a follow up Q on indigenous issues and paused the press conference to ask if there was a follow up Q (and there is). Rare to see a politician making sure a journalist gets a follow up question. #cdnpoli
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I've noticed a lot of angry accounts with between 4-9 followers popping up in the last week on this platform.
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#BREAKING Exclusive: information obtained through an intl criminal probe into encrypted comms firm Phantom Secure (used by global criminal syndicates) produced evidence that led to investigation and arrest of the RCMP's Cameron Ortis #cdnnatsec #natsec
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Investigation into senior RCMP official stemmed from disruption of encrypted phone service: sources...

Cameron Ortis was director general of the RCMP National Intelligence Coordination Centre, commissioner says.

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One member of the family who were out waking survived, a young boy. He has serious but not life threatening injuries. My heart breaks for that little boy.
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If nothing else over the last 11 months, I am more convinced than ever that we need to do a better job across the country of dedicating time and resources to JH and HS civics classes on how govt works. Informed citizens are important in democracy.
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Minister @HarjitSajjan is holding a press conference today. Media are being told me must submit our questions in writing in advance. I don’t think so - this isn’t how press conferences work. #cdnpoli #cdnmedia
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Global News can identify the senior RCMP member charged as Cameron Ortis. This is a very serious and rarely used charge #cdnnatsec
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With Thanksgiving cancelled... can a person justify still buying themselves a pumpkin pie? Asking for a friend.
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The children of an Afghan interpreter who worked for Canada sleep in the dirt near the airfield. These families were told to go to Kabul. Now they are trapped without security, money or food. Mr. Trudeau has promised to help them but wouldn’t say when or how today #Afghanishtan
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A national security source with knowledge of th situation. describes the investigation as “serious spy s$&t” #cdnnatsec
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Reminder that the government shut down a probe into sexual misconduct and sexual assault in the military this week. So they could put together a report of recommendations that mirror what the government has been being told since 2015. Before all the witnesses could speak.
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This is misleading and an old picture from before social distancing regulations. Everyone is six feet apart now as @glen_mcgregor shows in his photos. Pretty easy to verify by asking a journalist or just showing up.
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BREAKING: Trudeau cancels all press conferences to protect public safety after seeing journalists cloistered inches apart. Instead he'll take ?s from MPs spaced 6 meters apart in the massively spacious House of Commons. Kidding. Seems accountability is the real danger.
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There is a tweet circulating that appears to be from PM Justin Trudeau talking about the hash tag Trudeau must go. Mr Trudeau never tweeted it. The tweet is manufactured it and it’s going viral. One online literacy simple trick - check the actual account’s timeline.
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Prime Minister Trudeau shaved his beard. Totally on the election bingo card.
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#Breaking RCMP have charged Yuesheng Wang, age 35 from Candiac QC with espionage. The RCMP say he obtained trade secrets to benefit the Peoples Republic of China while he worked at Hydro Quebec.
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#BREAKING Global News can confirm the Governor General Julie Payette is resigning. #cdnpoli
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ArriveCan update: My mom and I arrived back in Canada yesterday. We had no problems clearing CBSA. Now today I am receiving an email directing us to quarantine. We are both fully vaccinated and have no symptoms. I’ll update when I find out what’s going on.
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Global News Exclusive COVID test supplier received billions in pandemic contracts after submitting edited results |
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COVID test supplier received billions in pandemic contracts after submitting edited results |...

The familiar lime-green kits were not always reliable in detecting COVID-19, experts say, putting Canadians at risk.

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Global News has learned the RCMP believe Mr. Ortis is believed to have stolen “large quantities of information, which could compromise an untold number of investigations.” #BREAKING #cdnnatsec #natsec
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Major General Dany Fortin has filed a court challenge alleging his dismissal from the vaccine rollout involved political interference by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and two of his cabinet ministers.
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Global News colleague ⁦ @NeetuGarcha ⁩’s excellent interview with Liberal leader Justin Trudeau #elxn44
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Federal Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau said he understands Indigenous leaders’ frustration at the slow progress of change following the discovery of unmarked ...

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#exclusive details on a significant national security breach as a senior member of the RCMP is arrested and charged with what national security sources say is one of the most serious national security cases in the country’s history #natsec #cdnnatsec
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Cameron Ortis is facing seven charges under both the Criminal Code and the Security of Information Act.

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A reminder with this tweet that the federal government has yet to take action on many of the findings of the #MMIWG report.
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For far too long, we have failed Indigenous women and girls. To the loved ones of those who are missing or have been murdered and the survivors, we stand with you. This ongoing national tragedy must end, and we won't stop working with you until it does. #SistersInSpirit
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#BREAKING Global News can confirm Canadian Special Operations Forces are gearing up to deploy to Afghanistan and evacuate Canadians at the embassy. Sources tell Global News the embassy is being shut down and is in full rip out mode.
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I don't get the outrage over the Amber Alert waking people up. A little girl was missing and killed. If that was your child, wouldn't you want the world to be on the look out? Also the reason her father and alleged killer's car was spotted. And calling 911 to complain? Ridiculous
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Number one group of people I am hearing from today: Ontario paramedics who say the military report is bang on and that they have been reporting concerns for a long time.
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Tonight on @GlobalNational we will take a look at the Liberal record on sexual harassment before and after coming into government and the allegations of unwanted sexual advances and harassment by a Liberal MP who the party has greenlighted to seek reelection #Elxn44
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Hate speech is a crime in Canada. Please keep sending all the anti-Semitic threats you want my way. I'm not Jewish but I sure as heck will stand with my Jewish colleagues. I especially appreciate it off your real name account. Reported.
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Anchoring my first national newscast tonight on @GlobalNational ! Excited and terrified!
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#BREAKING #WEcharity is closing its Canadian operations and co-founders Craig and Marc Kielburger are leaving the organization. #cdnpoli
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Global News has learned this op not a stand alone, it's part of a broader intl op to roll up breaches in highly classified information and there is cooperation between Five Eyes and NATO countries. Two sources tell me more arrests are coming in other countries #cdnnatsec #natsec
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Name something nobody prepared you for that happens after the death of a loved one. Mine is the suffocating amount of paperwork and red tape. Also how quickly you have to make massive decisions. I cannot imagine how the elderly manage this in the midst of grief.
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Former Sgt at Arms Kevin Vickers endorses listening and negotiating with protesters over police action, pointing out it could exacerbate the situation not only in Ottawa but across the country.
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´ Respect actually means listening to something you’d rather not hear and listening must include the possibility of recognizing there maybe a « meaningful grievance » on the other side’.
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The pandemic has been used as an excuse by parties to cut our access as journalists. No scrums I get - in person and yelling. There are no longer Cabinet ins and outs. Press conferences are run by staffers not the Parliamentary Press Gallery. Today no ability to ask qs at all.
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Thanks for all the kind words about the criminal harassment situation. An update... this person is out of jail, apparently he's been out for a while. I have no idea why he is out. I was not notified. Found out when he emailed me. This is a breach of his probation conditions.
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When the Liberal campaign started journos had a question and a follow up. Follow ups are important because often politicians don't answer the initial question. Now LPC is telling reporters one question each with no follow up, or q & follow but not everyone gets a question #Elxn44
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Opinion: ‘In that moment, I knew he wanted me to lie.’ Jody Wilson-Raybould recalls a tension-filled meeting with Justin Trudeau /via @globeandmail
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In this exclusive excerpt from her memoir ‘Indian’ in the Cabinet, the former minister of justice recounts what happened in the days after the SNC-Lavalin scandal became front-page news

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Prime Minister Trudeau ignores repeated reporter questions for comment on the arrest of senior Mountie arrested facing national security charges. Asked him to reassure Canadians about national security. PM kept walking and shaking hands #cdnpoli #exln43 #natsec #cdnnatsec
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#BREAKING NDP source says no fall election - the NDP and Liberals have come to a deal on the throne speech. #cdnpoli
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About to go live with the details of what many sources are telling me is the biggest national security breach the country has seen, if what police allege is true about Cameron Ortis, a senior civilian member of the RCMP and the implications for our allies
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There are no grey areas in Mary Ng’s ethics breach. Apologizing is not good enough - The Globe and Mail
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When Art Eggleton steered a contract to a former girlfriend that 20 years ago, he was bounced from cabinet. Why isn’t Ms. Ng resigning now?

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#BREAKING Former Liberal MP Raj Grewal charged by the RCMP with 4 counts of breach of trust and 1 count of fraud over $5,000 #cdnpoli
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The misogyny on Twitter is literally nauseating to me. If you’re going to attack a woman in public you better check your facts first. I have no conflict of interest and if I did I would declare it. I can’t believe I even have to tweet this.
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Curious to know if that is plastic cutlery in the shot...
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Always great to be back in my riding! I had a good meeting with the Papineau Youth Council today. Thanks for your ideas on how we can fight climate change, advance gender equality, and make our community - and Canada - better for everyone.
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Sooooo the Minister Joly Ukraine press conference was basically an hour late and then took two questions. What just happened?! Thanks to @markmackinnon for getting the two key questions in. Not cool at all to have a press conference go down like that.
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Lisa is an icon of news. She was a role model to me and so many other journalists, especially women in the industry. I learned so much from her and she was always kind and supportive. She taught me how to tell stories. For this to be how she signs off… feels very wrong.
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I have some news...
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Conservative leader @erinotoole has not taken any media questions so far on the last day of the campaign. There is no planned media avail on the schedule. Liberal leader Justin Trudeau held a scrum and took 9 questions. #elxn44vote #cdnpoli
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PM Trudeau has delayed his departure for Japan to attend Shinzo Abe’s funeral to remain in Canada till Sunday “due to the ongoing situation with Hurricane Fiona impacting Canadians in Atlantic Provinces and Eastern Quebec,” according to PMO.
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Updating that I spoke with the OPS reporting unit this morning who were professional, helpful and kind. Immediately understood the issue. They’ve entered a call for an officer to come by. Thank you for all the kind words - I’m lucky to have the support, so many don’t have this.
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I have someone who criminally harassed me and is in jail for it. He is not supposed to be able to contact me from prison and I’ve been told to call the police immediately if he does. Tonight he did. I called the police. What happened makes me pretty sad.
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He was arrested yesterday in Ottawa
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Canada is closing its borders to travellers from most of the world. Canadian citizens, permanent residents and US citizens are exempt. #COVID19 #coronavirus
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This is Captain Rich MacDougall who was seriously injured in today’s @CFSnowbirds crash. He ejected from the plane and landed on the roof of a house. Friends tell me he is a skilled pilot and talented in many ways. Can confirm he has a great singing voice! #CAF
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Global News can confirm that @LeslynLewis will be running for the Conservative Party of Canada in the next election #cdnpoli
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Large, crowded event in Cobourg. Some in the crowd getting nasty. A man upset with mask rules and the state of the economy says he immigrated to Canada for freedom, he decries Trudeau’s leadership. Liberal supporters across the street yell “go back to Afghanistan” and “leave then
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#BREAKING Canada has lost it's bid for a UN Security Council seat. Norway takes 130 votes. Ireland takes 128 votes. Canada came in at 108 votes. Didn't need to go to subsequent rounds. #cdnpoli #cdnfp
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#BREAKING RCMP say Damien Sanderson is dead. His body was found with visible wounds in a heavily grassed area near a house being examined. His injures are not believed to be self inflicted. His brother Myles remains the subject of an RCMP manhunt. Myles is Damien’s brother.
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From a sr govt source - the call between the PM and Premiers was a "true Team Canada effort" tonight, described as productive and collegial. Source says everyone is in solutions mode & wants to help one another, looking for more ways to collaborate #cdnpoli #COVID19 #coronavirus
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Multiple sources say they believe the allegations against Ortis are the nightmare national security scenario leak wise. Ortis had access to the most highly classified information in the government and with allies through the Five Eyes and NATO #cdnnatsec #natsec
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Heartfelt thank you to Calgary EMS and Fire for providing incredible care to my dad when he had a serious stroke and seizure Saturday night. Thank you for your compassion for my mom. Thank you to the amazing team at #FoothillsHospital in the ER and Neruology caring for him now.
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Rule #1 of pandemic zoom: No matter what, assume the camera is always on.
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#Breaking Global News has learned that the worst mass shooting in Canadian history began with domestic violence and that critical information that changed the police investigation came from the shooter's girlfriend, who escaped him after he attacked her.
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Nova Scotia shootings began after gunman attacked his girlfriend, sources say | Globalnews.ca

The killings started with what investigators believe was an argument between Gabriel Wortman and his girlfriend, sources tell Global News.

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2 years
I think I've forgotten what it is like to not hear constant horns. So many horns.
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#breaking Global News exclusive: Video shows Trudeau in blackface in 3rd instance of racist makeup #cdnpoli #elxn43
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EXCLUSIVE: Video shows Trudeau in blackface in 3rd instance of racist makeup - National | Globaln...

Global News has obtained video showing Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau in blackface, the third instance of racist dress to come to light in 12 hours.

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As we are live on air I’m receiving photos/video of hundreds of Afghan interpreters & their families who worked for CDA standing in the streets of Kabul. They are exposed. Groups working to get them out say they terps were told to go to Kabul and now the embassy has shut down
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PM Trudeau has cancelled his trip to Japan in the wake of Fiona hitting Atlantic Canada.
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On the morning of the election and post govt announcement on Afghan refugees I am hearing the Canadian govt has not approved evac for approximately 100 Gurkhas working at the Canadian embassy in Kabul. If they are not approved they will be left behind #cdnpoli #cdnfp #Afghanistan
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Canadian authorities learned about Cameron Ortis from American investigators. They successfully rolled someone there who gave up Ortis' name. Sources says that Ortis tried to sell information to this person. #cdnnatsec #natsec
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If you are a reporter in Ottawa and ask questions about Irving shipbuilding, the government will turn your name and question over to Irving who have then threatened reporters with lawsuits
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#Breaking Canadians troops are on the base that was targetted by Iranian missiles in Erbil. No reports of Canadian casualties at this time. Article coming shortly from @jamesaa and me #cdnpoli #cdnfp
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Tomorrow is going to be unprecedented chaos for the Liberal govt unseen since the Duffy scandal. The truck convoy is arriving on the first day after the PM will surface following the resignation of his Principle Advisor Gerald Butts. Buckle up hill journos! #cdnpoli #SNCLavalin
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On Friday morning I asked the Minister of National Defence's office to clarify if the $4.9 B for continental defence which was announced with much fanfare one week ago today, is in fact new money as it was billed. Day four of no answers. That's a simple yes or no.
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Tonight on @CTVNationalNews an #exclusive : CTV News has learned that Indian security services wanted to see guest lists for Trudeau events. They were denied. As is now already widely reported - neither CSIS or the RCMP had cleared the names on guest lists #cdnpoli
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Campaign life… sometimes the daycare’s backyard Fisher-Price table is your makeup room and office while you wait for a party leader’s media avail #Elxn44
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