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Author: Lindsay Jones, Marcus Gee
Publication Date: January 4, 2026 - 20:05
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Venezuelans living across Canada carry complex feelings about Maduro’s ouster
January 4, 2026
Juliana Fombona said she felt a surge of hope when she learned that the U.S. military captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro from Caracas on Saturday. But that optimism was fleeting as she began to ponder what the future might hold.
The same political forces behind Mr. Maduro are still entrenched in her home country despite his removal, said Ms. Fombona, an architect who has lived in Halifax for 23 years. And it’s still unclear who will run Venezuela, whether democracy will be restored and when the humanitarian crisis may improve.
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A group of Toronto cyclists are in court on Wednesday to defend their successful challenge of the province's plan to rip up three stretches of the city's bike lanes.
January 28, 2026 - 06:33 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Canada
U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra
created the diplomatic equivalent to a sonic boom recently by stating that if Canada doesn’t go ahead with the purchase of 88 F-35 fighter jets, that will mean the United States would have to buy more of the advanced fighter aircraft for its own air force, and fly them more often into Canadian airspace to address threats approaching the U.S.
Hoekstra warned that if Canada doesn’t buy the F-35s, there would...
January 28, 2026 - 06:30 | Chris Lambie | National Post
It was the thirtieth anniversary of the 1995 Quebec referendum this past October, and it brought to my mind that autumn thirty years ago, when I was far from home—in Sarajevo, with the United Nations. I was serving on the international team trying to hold together a fragile ceasefire that preceded the Dayton Accords, the agreement that ended the Bosnian war.
One night, I found myself in Pale, the wartime political centre of the Bosnian Serb leadership. I was ushered into the office of the Serb interior minister, who, having clocked that I was Canadian, immediately wanted my views on the...
January 28, 2026 - 06:30 | Stephen Thompson | Walrus
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