Morning Update: Canada’s middle-power conundrum | Unpublished
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Author: Danielle Groen
Publication Date: January 21, 2026 - 06:28

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Morning Update: Canada’s middle-power conundrum

January 21, 2026

Good morning. In his first Davos speech as Prime Minister, Mark Carney highlighted a system that bends to the powerful – more on that below, along with the NDP leadership contenders and Heated Rivalry’s sexy consent. But first:

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A former flight attendant for a Canadian airline posed as a commercial pilot and as a current flight attendant to obtain hundreds of free flights from U.S. airlines, authorities said.Dallas Pokornik, 33, of Toronto, was arrested in Panama after being indicted on wire fraud charges in federal court in Hawaii last October. He pleaded not guilty Tuesday following his extradition.According to court documents, Pokornik was a flight attendant for a Toronto-based airline from 2017 to 2019, then used fake employee identification from that carrier to obtain tickets reserved for pilots and flight...
January 21, 2026 - 12:46 | Jennifer Sinco Kelleher | The Globe and Mail
Court documents obtained by The Associated Press say the 33-year-old Toronto man worked as a flight attendant for a Toronto-based airline from 2017 to 2019.
January 21, 2026 - 12:42 | Rachel Goodman | Global News - Canada
Ottawa firefighters rescued a teenaged driver from a badly damaged vehicle Tuesday evening following a two-vehicle crash at Eagleson and Fallowfield Roads. Read More
January 21, 2026 - 12:31 | Norman Provencher | Ottawa Citizen