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Liberals choose their leader today, after campaign defined by chaos of Trump administration

March 9 , 2025 at 04:00:09 a.m. EDT • :

Tonight the Liberal Party will announce its next leader and the person who will soon become prime minister — a job they'll inherit amid economic turbulence and a deeply wounded relationship with the country's once closest ally.

The Assad regime detained these 6 Syrian kids with their parents in 2013. Where are they now?

March 9 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

Hassan Al-Abbasi, who lives in Ottawa, has been searching for his sister's six children in orphanages across Syria, after she was detained nearly 12 years ago by the ousted Assad regime alongside her husband, secretary and six children.

We logged every RCMP Black Hawk flight for 6 weeks. Here's what we found

March 8 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. EST • :

CBC's visual investigative team tracked 68 flights by the RCMP's Black Hawk helicopters that were aimed at cracking down on illegal migration.

A 'delicate situation' for King Charles: Royal soft power and diplomacy in the face of world turmoil

March 9 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

King Charles hasn't made any official public statements on current high-level political matters that are critical for countries where he is head of state. But in his recent actions, there could be subtle signals and a reflection of the kind of soft power and diplomacy the monarchy can try to exert.

He's the face of Trump's tariffs. But 9/11 attacks put Howard Lutnick on the national stage

March 9 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

Canadians may know U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick as the face of Donald Trump's tariffs. But nearly 25 years ago, he became a national figure when more than 650 employees of his Wall Street firm located in the World Trade Center were killed on Sept. 11, 2001.

March 8 , 2025 at 04:29:15 p.m. EST • :

ABOUT THAT | Tariff war: Does Trump actually know what he's doing?

March 7 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. EST • :

We're about to spring forward. Here's what would happen if we didn't change our clocks

March 8 , 2025 at 07:00:00 a.m. EST • :

Rebooting Canada's backbone: Trump's tariffs put megaprojects back in spotlight

March 8 , 2025 at 01:14:28 p.m. EST • :

More than 1,000 killed in 'one of the biggest massacres during the Syrian conflict'

March 7 , 2025 at 08:34:21 p.m. EST • :

China announces retaliatory tariffs on some Canadian farm, food products

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