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That's me in the middle: Julie Van Dusen reflects on a career covering politics
Julie Van Dusen has been a journalist with CBC News for over 30 years. In that time she's been Canadians' eyes and ears in the halls of federal power, witness to some of the most important political events of the age. She announced this week that she is retiring from CBC to pursue other projects.
Julie Van Dusen
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Speaker rejects Tory request for Senate to resume sitting, says it's not in the public interest
Despite Conservative calls for the Red Chamber to resume modified in-person sittings next week, Speaker George Furey has extended the Senate's adjournment to June 16.
John Paul Tasker
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Ottawa looking at how to reunite families separated by border closure, says Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government is looking at how to reunite some families separated by the temporary COVID-19 measures at the Canada-U.S. border. The proposal has some premiers concerned.
Catharine Tunney
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Ottawa announces $650M in new COVID-19 funding for Indigenous communities
Jorge Barrera
Indigenous |
Garneau says Iran still hasn't released black boxes from airliner shot down in January
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Ottawa extends large cruise ship ban until October to limit COVID-19 spread
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MacKay, O'Toole pitch pandemic recovery plans heavy on tax incentives, fiscal prudence
John Paul Tasker
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Analysis
Why the PM's daily briefings have worked — and why we might see fewer of them soon
Éric Grenier
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The long-term care crisis: How B.C. controlled COVID-19 while Ontario, Quebec face disaster
Kathleen Harris
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Liberal MPs call for national standards for long-term care homes
Joan Bryden
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Canada's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier marks its 20th anniversary
Murray Brewster
Politics ||
More firearms being banned without public notice following May 1 order from Ottawa
Rafferty Baker
Canada -British Columbia ||
Trudeau, allies call for global unity at UN summit on pandemic recovery
Mike Blanchfield
Politics ||
Conservative Senate leader wants the Red Chamber back in business
John Paul Tasker
Politics ||
Opposition parties call on Liberals to restore human-trafficking victims fund
Teresa Wright
Politics ||
Canada, allies condemn China on Hong Kong law after contentious Meng ruling
Mike Blanchfield
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Video
As B.C. stays firm, Alberta offers 'cohort quarantine,' seeks essential worker status for NHL players
Canada -Edmonton ||
Nurse left homeless by COVID-19 anxiety now working the front lines of the pandemic
Catherine Cullen
Politics ||
Federal government reaches out to private sector for 'big ideas' to restart the economy
Louis Blouin
Politics ||
Analysis
Our dismal relationship with China just got a whole lot worse
Chris Hall
Politics ||
Analysis
Leaving out long-term care was medicare's original sin — and we're paying for it now
Aaron Wherry
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Analysis
Why it took an outside-the-box use of the military to rip the lid off Canada's long-term care crisis
Murray Brewster
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Canada, Australia have to stand up to 'bullies' like China, says former Australian PM
Peter Zimonjic
Politics ||
PODCAST
Party Lines May 28: The crisis in our care homes
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