Unpublished Newswire
Prime Minister Mark Carney met with Alberta MP Matt Jeneroux in Edmonton to welcome him into the governing Liberal caucus. Jeneroux left the Conservatives, saying he wanted to support Carney's 'ambitious agenda' following Carney's recent speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
February 19, 2026 - 08:30 | | The Globe and Mail
The federal government is being called on to send aid to Cuba in the wake of tightening restrictions against the Caribbean island nation by the United States.
Mexico sent
two naval vessels 800 tonnes of humanitarian aid to Cuba last week. The shipments included essential food items as well as personal hygiene products.
The federal New Democrats say Canada should follow suit. Last week in the House of Commons, NDP interim leader Don...
February 19, 2026 - 07:00 | Stewart Lewis | National Post
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
