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Construction is underway in the U.S. on Canada’s first P-8 surveillance aircraft but the delivery of the plane has already slipped slightly behind schedule. Read More
February 26, 2026 - 04:00 | David Pugliese, Ottawa Citizen | Ottawa Citizen
OTTAWA
— Prime Minister Mark Carney departs Thursday on his first travels to India, Australia and Japan as prime minister.
While Carney seeks to deepen his focus on economic diversification, he must manage ongoing concerns of transnational repression from India, the unravelling of which led to the rupture in the relationship that the prime minister has been trying to repair.
Here are five things to expect from Carney’s trip to India....
February 26, 2026 - 04:00 | Stephanie Taylor | National Post
In Chris Cobb's well-written piece describing lessons learned from the shooting at St. Pius X in 1975, he describes Principal Father Lunney as having made 'a mistake' in allowing classes to resume the day after the shooting without counsellors on-hand to help deal with the trauma. Cobb also writes "(Lunney) saw no reason the shooting should disrupt the school's agenda". This is an unfair mischaracterization of how the decision was made to reopen school the next day. Read More
February 26, 2026 - 04:00 | Nicole Feriancek | Ottawa Citizen
OTTAWA — A gnawing dispute spilled into public view this month when the premiers of Alberta and Saskatchewan publicly demanded an exemption to a federal ban on a deadly nerve toxin used to neutralize agricultural pests.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe said
in a joint letter...
February 26, 2026 - 04:00 | Rahim Mohamed | National Post
A recent attempt to prevent the publication of a key piece of evidence in Orléans East-Cumberland Coun. Matthew Luloff's impaired driving trial has raised questions about the open court principle, and whether such bans can be justified. Read More
February 26, 2026 - 04:00 | Paula Tran | Ottawa Citizen
OTTAWA — Canada’s public safety minister says he believes the federal government’s delays in launching its compensation program for banned firearms has partly contributed to the drop in support among police across jurisdictions and sowed confusion among Canadians.
“There’s been a lot of misunderstandings about the program,” Gary Anandasangaree told National Post in a wide-ranging interview on Wednesday.
“Our resolve is to make sure that this program is completed in a timely manner.”
Firearms owners with one of the more than 2,500 makes and models of guns that the federal Liberal...
February 26, 2026 - 04:00 | Stephanie Taylor | National Post
