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davidakin

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Global News Ottawa Bureau Chief. My bio and disclosure statement is at www.davidakin.com. I'm usually in Ottawa 🇨🇦 but I work wherever.

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After many obstacles were placed in her way, including by the Trump administration, the leader of the Venezuelan democratic opposition is back in Venezuela

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Bloomberg scoop: Canada has banned its diplomatic staff in the US from even being in the same room as a midterm election candidate, taking an extra cautious approach to avoid accusations from the Trump administration of "interference" www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

bloomberg.comCanada Bans Its Diplomats From Being Seen With US CandidatesCanadian diplomats working in the US have been directed to stay away from candidates running in the midterm elections, and to keep a low profile to avoid allegations by the Trump administration of pol...
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Elections Alberta expected to release first results of Question 10 : Remain in Canada OR Option 2-Proceed to Referendum -- at 10:10 MT. STAND BY!!! (Streaming our results online here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oH8wf1p5QhA )

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At 3 pm Mountain Time in Edmonton, Canadian Armed Forces officials, with Defence Min David McGuinty and Premier Danielle Smith will brief reporters (and Canadians) about the fatal CFB Wainwright fire

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Advance polls and special ballots are all done for the Alberta Referendum and Elections Alberta says a whopping 1,356,873 have already voted. That's 43.1% of all eligible voters in the province before a single poll opens on election day tomorrow. I

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Elections Alberta says 1.2m Albertans had already voted in the referendum BEFORE today, the final day of advance voting. Stunning. Consider: 1.7m voted in 2023 prov elxn; 1.9m voted in 2019 prov elxn. More than half-a-million mail-in-ballots have been received by Elections Alberta.