Unpublished Newswire
February 19, 2026 - 06:40 | | The Globe and Mail
Until mid-afternoon on February 10, Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, was a place known for mining and bears, for its geopark and dinosaur fossils and mountain vistas.
But most Canadians had likely never even heard of this town, with its approximately 2,700 residents. Set in the foothills of the Hart Ranges, a subrange of the Rocky Mountains, Tumbler Ridge is close enough to the famed mountain parks of Alberta and BC to share a bit of their epic scenery but far enough to go mostly unnoticed by the outside world.
Everything is different now, and in the worst way. Eighteen-year-old...
February 19, 2026 - 06:30 | Christina Frangou | Walrus
This August will mark five years since the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan. If they hold onto their totalitarian rule for that long, they could go on to surpass their initial reign, which lasted from 1996 until the United States–led invasion in 2001. This time around, in the absence of armed intervention, it’s become increasingly clear that the international community’s measures to push them out are failing.
Over the past half-decade, the Taliban have brought one form of shock and pain after another to the Afghan people: girls being denied most types of higher education, the...
February 19, 2026 - 06:29 | Soraya Amiri | Walrus
Good morning. Mark Carney’s Liberals edged closer to a majority government after coaxing Matt Jeneroux to abandon the Conservatives – more on that below, along with a pair of Olympic medals and a landmark social-media trial. But first:
February 19, 2026 - 06:11 | Danielle Groen | The Globe and Mail
A Bangladeshi immigrant deported from Canada two decades ago after the refugee claim he made using a false identity was rejected has won another shot at keeping the Canadian citizenship he obtained after marrying a woman in Bangladesh five months later who had permanent residency status here.
Saleem Bapari’s ruse was uncovered in December 2013 after facial recognition software employed by the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia identified him as Reza Ahmed when he applied for a driver’s licence.
Bapari, now 51, first came to Canada in January 1999.
“However, he was not using...
February 19, 2026 - 06:00 | Chris Lambie | National Post
As part of a push to sustain the struggling post-secondary sector, the province will inject new cash into colleges and universities and allow them to raise tuition fees.
February 19, 2026 - 06:00 | Isaac Callan | Global News - Ottawa
