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Morning Update

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Start your day with context and insight on the biggest stories shaping our lives, written by Danielle Groen

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Latest editions of the Morning Update

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Morning Update: A little commotion for the Earth
Prime Minister Mark Carney, right, in Wakefield, Que., March 31.
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Morning Update: The EU slides into Canada’s DMs
A majority of Canadians are into joining the EU.
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Morning Update: Carney’s economic pep talk
Screengrab from "Forward Guidance with Prime Minister Mark Carney" video, published April 19, 2026 on Youtube. On Mr. Carney's desk is a statue of British army officer Major General Sir Isaac Brock, known as the “Hero of Upper Canada" for his leadership in the war of 1812, which he said was a gift from Mike Myers. Credit: Youtube/Mark Carney
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Morning Update: A slam-dunk sports weekend
Toronto forward Scottie Barnes slam dunks on April 12. The Raptors are headed back to the playoffs, where they face the Cleveland Cavaliers.
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Morning Update: Trump’s grievances pile up
Trump has spent an awful lot of time over the past year insulting Canada on Truth Social.
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Morning Update: The world’s largest census is finally under way
India passed China as the world's most populous country three years ago.
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Morning Update: Carney clinches a majority
Liberal candidate Danielle Martin celebrates her by-election win in Toronto's University–Rosedale last night.
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Morning Update: Art of the possible
Prime Minister Mark Carney greets his wife Diana Fox Carney as he arrives to speak at the Liberal national convention in Montreal on Saturday, April 11, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
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Morning Update: World news and the World Cup
At Bos Sod Farms, the family business has been working towards producing turf for the upcoming FIFA World Cup games hosted this summer in Vancouver. (March, 14, 2026) (Paige Taylor White/The Globe and Mail)
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Morning Update: The Gulf’s fuel crunch continues
Iranians walk past a Tehran billboard that reads "The Strait of Hormuz remains closed."
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Morning Update: An 11th-hour ceasefire in Iran
An Iranian resident in his damaged home after U.S.-Israeli air strikes on Tehran yesterday.
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Morning Update: The road to Alberta’s separatist vote
A pointed statement in Stony Plain, Alta.
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Morning Update: A moon mission milestone
This screengrab taken from a NASA livestream shows Artemis II mission astronauts (L-R) Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman, Jeremy Hansen and Christina Koch as they attend a "VIP call" with Canadian children from inside the Orion spacecraft on April 4.
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Morning Update: Telling the story of Canada, in pictures
Photographs from the Underexposed series
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Morning Update: Pakistan steps into the Iran crisis
Pakistan's Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, second from right, meets with his regional counterparts in Islamabad on Sunday.
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Morning Update: Air Canada’s CEO shows himself out
Michael Rousseau is out after five years as Air Canada CEO.
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Morning Update: The NDP has a new leader
Canada's New Democratic Party (NDP) Avi Lewis speaks after he was elected as the party's new leader on the last day of their convention in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada March 29, 2026. REUTERS/Shannon VanRaes
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Morning Update: Lessons of hope from a Canadian whale scientist
Female sperm whales from Unit A holding the newborn sperm whale calf above water until it is able to swim on its own.
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Morning Update: A new leader for a diminished NDP
The NDP leadership candidates, from left: Rob Ashton, Tanille Johnston, Avi Lewis, Heather McPherson and Tony McQuail.
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Morning Update: Robot umpires make their big-league debut
FILE - The Automated Ball/Strike System plays on the scoreboard after a pitch call was challenged during the first inning of a spring training baseball game between the Chicago White Sox and the San Diego Padres, Feb. 26, 2025, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
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Morning Update: A deadly runway collision
The wreckage of an Air Canada Express jet that collided with a ground vehicle at New York's LaGuardia Airport in Queens, New York, U.S., March 23, 2026. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
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Morning Update: Power, struggles and risk
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Morning Update: Hunting for new antibiotics
A tray of natural products, chemical compounds produced by different microorganisms, from the compound library in the Wright Lab at McMaster University on Tuesday, January 27, 2026. (Nick Iwanyshyn/The Globe and Mail)
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Morning Update: The union pushback against AI talent
SAG-AFTRA members on the picket line in 2023.
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Morning Update: Starter-home owners are stuck
A home on the market in Toronto last month.
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Morning Update: Trump’s lonely war with Iran
FAIRFORD, ENGLAND - MARCH 16: Ground crew work on a Rockwell B1 Lancer heavy bomber at RAF Fairford on March 16, 2026 in Fairford, England. Since UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer back-tracked on his initial refusal to allow the U.S. to use British bases to launch defensive strikes against Iranian missile sites, a variety of U.S. military aircraft, including B52 and B-1 bombers, have been spotted at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)
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Morning Update: Destruction and disruption carry on
A cargo ship is seen leaving the Dubai port, United Arab Emirates, on Sunday.
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Morning Update: A step back from the big screen
Host Conan O'Brien takes part in the red carpet rollout for the 98th Academy Awards in Los Angeles on March 11.
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Morning Update: Carney scores another MP defection
Mark Carney with Nunavut MP Lori Idlout on Parliament Hill yesterday.
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Morning Update: Canada’s baby recession
Canada now ranks among the "ultra-low fertility" countries.
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Morning Update: The war on the Gulf’s drinking water
Tankers sit anchored with the Strait of Hormuz closed.
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Morning Update: Iran’s new Supreme Leader
Plumes of smoke rise over oil depot tanks hit by joint Israel-U.S. strikes overnight north west of Tehran on March 8.
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Morning Update: Timelines and time changes
Early birds have always carried a halo - but what if listening to your internal clock is actually the superior way?
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Morning Update: The scramble to get out of the Gulf
Many flights were cancelled at Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport yesterday.
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Morning Update: The important unknowns of war
A person stands on the roof of a building looking at a plume of smoke rises after a strike on the Iranian capital Tehran, on March 3.
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Morning Update: Trump’s mixed messages on Iran
Smoke rises after an explosion in Tehran yesterday.