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Global National with Dawna Friesen
Global National with Dawna Friesen is Canada’s evening national news podcast, and provides a distinctive voice and approach to the day’s top stories. Following its mission statement of “Story is everything,” the Global National team provides Canadians with in-depth analysis and perspective on important national and international events, connecting with audiences coast-to-coast, bringing clarity to the issues and news of the day. Global National has news bureaus and correspondents in every major…
Episodes
- Global National with Dawna Friesen
Uncertainty ahead for Iran while Canadians stuck in Middle East amid conflict
War in the Middle East as more U.S. and Israeli strikes target Iran, while the regime hits back against Israel and other countries in the region. Plus, we…
- Global National with Dawna Friesen
Iran's supreme leader dead after major U.S.-Israel joint strike
Fire and destruction across the Middle East, after the U.S. and Israel unleash a massive joint strike on Iran, delivering on Donald Trump's threats against the…
- Global National with Dawna Friesen
Hillary Clinton testifies about Epstein; Instagram's alert plan; Best escape room
Former U.S. secretary of state and first lady Hillary Clinton has testified behind closed doors about convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Mike Armstrong…
- Global National with Dawna Friesen
Gauging India's threats; Missing Epstein files; Regulating A.I.; How horses neigh
India's government has been accused of instigating violence in Canada. But on the eve of Prime Minister Mark Carney's trip to India, Mackenzie Gray explains…
- Global National with Dawna Friesen
Mexico back to normal; Ottawa summons OpenAI; 4 years of Russia's invasion
Things are back to normal in Mexico after a wave of drug cartel violence. Skylar Peters reports from Bucerías on how tourists are enjoying some fun in the sun…
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Canadians stuck in Mexico after El Mencho's killing; Money and Olympic medals
The killing of drug cartel leader Nemesio 'El Mencho' Oseguera Cervantes in Mexico has left many Canadians, including Global's Skylar Peters, stranded in the…
- Global National with Dawna Friesen
Mayhem in Mexico; Mar-a-Lago shooting; More hockey heartbreak
Thousands of Canadian tourists are ordered to take shelter, as violence erupts after the killing of Mexican drug kingpin Nemesio "El Mencho" Oseguera…
- Global National with Dawna Friesen
OpenAI previously banned B.C. mass shooter's account; Cancer vaccine trial
OpenAI, the American company behind ChatGPT, has revealed it banned the account of Jesse VanRootselaar, the Tumbler Ridge shooter, seven months before the…
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Trump's tariffs terminated; Epstein scandal looms over royals; Canada closer to hockey gold
The U.S. Supreme Court strikes down Trump's tariffs as illegal. How the American president is lashing out. Plus, British investigators dig deeper into Andrew…
- Global National with Dawna Friesen
Ex-prince Andrew arrested; Anti-extortion plan; Hockey heartbreak
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly known as Prince Andrew, has been arrested and released by police in the United Kingdom. Vincent McAviney looks at why…
- Global National with Dawna Friesen
Another MP defects; Colbert vs. CBS; Nailbiter Olympic hockey game
Another MP has ditched the Conservatives to join the Liberals. David Akin explains why Edmonton MP Matt Jeneroux has jumped ship, and what this means for both…
- Global National with Dawna Friesen
Carney's 'Buy Canadian' defence plan; More Olympic gold; Jesse Jackson dies
Prime Minister Mark Carney unveils his "Buy Canadian" defence plan. Jillian Piper reports on the multi-billion dollar proposal aimed at beefing up Canada's…
- Global National with Dawna Friesen
Canada's Olympic triumphs; Toronto's lack of snow removal; Robert Duvall dies
Team Canada has made more major triumphs at the Olympics. Mike Armstrong reports on the medals two Canadian athletes won, and Anne Gaviola tells you about the…
- Global National with Dawna Friesen
Canada's 1st gold at the Olympics; U.S. measles outbreak; Rescuing discarded new clothes
Canada gets its first golden moment at the Milano Cortina Olympics, after moguls skier Mikaël Kingsbury comes out on top of the podium one last time. Plus, the…
- Global National with Dawna Friesen
Tumbler Ridge vigil; Olympic curling controversy; Valentine's for care home residents
A look back at Friday's solemn vigil in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., as people from across the country arrived to support those affected by Tuesday's mass shooting…
- Global National with Dawna Friesen
Political leaders visit Tumbler Ridge; Misinformation about trans people
Tumbler Ridge is struggling in the spotlight as it mourns the people murdered in Tuesday's mass shooting, as federal and provincial leaders visit the…
- Global National with Dawna Friesen
Tumbler Ridge victims named; Shooter's past; Athlete banned over helmet
As police release the names of the people killed in Tuesday's mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., the tiny community is struggling to understand what…
- Global National with Dawna Friesen
Small BC community of Tumbler Ridge mourns after 8 murdered in shooting
Eight people were murdered Tuesday in British Columbia after a shooting spree at a secondary school. Heather Yourex-West reports from Tumbler Ridge on the…
- Global National with Dawna Friesen
Guthrie doorbell camera footage; Trump's bridge threat; A.I. medical advice
The FBI has released doorbell camera footage of Nancy Guthrie's home from the early morning of February 1. Jackson Proskow reports on what someone is seen…
- Global National with Dawna Friesen
Air Canada nixes Cuba flights; O'Hara's cause of death; Olympian's redemption
Touria Izri explains why Air Canada is suspending flights to Cuba, and what it means for tourists trying to get out. Jeff Semple has the medical examiner's…
- Global National with Dawna Friesen
NHL players return to Olympics; Lindsey Vonn's brutal crash; Brain cancer treatment for kids
After a 12-year break, NHL players return to the Olympics, with Sidney Crosby named Team Canada's captain. Plus, American skier Lindsey Vonn's dream of an…
- Global National with Dawna Friesen
China spares Canadian's life; Nancy Guthrie investigation; Olympic curling couple
China overturns the death sentence for a Canadian charged with drug smuggling. How trade diplomacy may have helped with the decision. Plus, the new plea from…
- Global National with Dawna Friesen
Olympics begin; Trump's racist post; Greenlandic Inuit's independence hopes
Let the games begin! The 2026 Winter Olympics are underway in Italy. Mike Armstrong reports from Milan on the pomp and pageantry; the politics some athletes…
- Global National with Dawna Friesen
Toronto police corruption allegations; Guthrie family's gutwrenching plea
A corruption scandal linked to organized crime has hit Canada's largest municipal police force. Jeff Semple reports on the Toronto officers accused of tipping…
- Global National with Dawna Friesen
Conservatives' shifting strategy?; McMorris injured in Milan; Canadian top dog
Is it political theatre or a genuine offer to help? After months of criticizing Prime Minister Mark Carney's approach to trade negotiations with the U.S., the…
- Global National with Dawna Friesen
Teenaged hockey players killed; Desperate search for Nancy Guthrie
Tragedy has struck the hockey world again. Heather Yourex-West reports from Stavely, Alberta, a community in mourning after a highway crash left three teenaged…
- Global National with Dawna Friesen
Atlantic Canada storm; Epstein files fallout; Bad Bunny's historic Grammy win
The hazardous conditions and deadly accidents as another blast of winter hammers Atlantic Canada. Plus, how the fallout from the Epstein files is rocking the…
- Global National with Dawna Friesen
Iranian leader's threats; ICE-detained child released; Cool jobs in Antarctica
Iran's supreme leader warns a U.S. attack would spark a war in the Middle East, as thousands of protesters in Canada call for an end to the regime. Plus, a…
- Global National with Dawna Friesen
Poilievre's leadership landslide; Catherine O'Hara tributes; Valentine's Day for widows
What's next for the Conservative Party after delegates overwhelmingly vote to keep Pierre Poilievre as leader. Plus, more tributes pour in for Canadian acting…
- Global National with Dawna Friesen
Remembering Catherine O'Hara; Trump's new tariff threat; Quebec terror charges
A look back at the life and legacy of Canadian screen legend Catherine O'Hara, who has passed away at 71. Plus, why U.S. President Donald Trump is taking aim…
- Global National with Dawna Friesen
Canada's first ministers meet; Poilievre's leadership challenge; Melania's movie flop
Canada's premiers show their unity in the face of global uncertainty, and react to an Alberta separatist group's meeting with the Trump administration. Plus…
- Global National with Dawna Friesen
Premiers sound united; Community's only school destroyed; Ostrich cull cost
They've butted heads before, and today, British Columbia Premier David Eby and Alberta Danielle Smith met ahead of tomorrow's first ministers' meeting in…
- Global National with Dawna Friesen
Carney stands firm on Davos speech; Social media addiction lawsuit
Prime Minister Mark Carney says he wants to make it "absolutely clear - and I said this to (U.S. President Donald Trump) - I meant what I said in Davos."…
- Global National with Dawna Friesen
Snowstorm hammers East; GST credit boost; Minneapolis mourns Alex Pretti
From Toronto to Halifax, millions of Canadians are digging out of a ferocious snowstorm that's blanketed Eastern Canada. Heidi Petracek, who is stranded in…
- Global National with Dawna Friesen
Toronto snowstorm; Minneapolis shooting aftermath; Alberta separatist sentiments
A polar vortex brings parts of Canada to a standstill. How the nation's biggest city is coping with the blizzard. Plus, the conflicting accounts of the second…
- Global National with Dawna Friesen
U.S. agents kill another Minneapolis citizen; Trump threatens more tariffs on Canada
Tensions rise further in the U.S., as federal authorities fatally shoot another citizen in Minneapolis. The anger on the streets as the White House contradicts…
- Global National with Dawna Friesen
Fugitive Ryan Wedding arrested; Polar vortex coming; Keeping cows warm
The manhunt is over for Ryan Wedding, the Canadian Olympian who ended up on the FBI's Most Wanted list. Touria Izri explains how the alleged drug kingpin ended…
- Global National with Dawna Friesen
Carney fires back at Trump; Greenlanders react to 'framework'; Toys "R" bust?
Prime Minister Mark Carney has fired back at U.S. President Donald Trump, after Trump said "Canada only lives because of the United States." Jillian Piper…
- Global National with Dawna Friesen
Trump dials down Greenland threat, but issues warning to Carney
U.S. President Donald Trump says he and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte have "formed the framework of a future deal with respect to Greenland." Trump has…
- Global National with Dawna Friesen
Carney's vision for new world order; Trump determined to get Greenland
At his speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Prime Minister Mark Carney gave some advice to middle powers on navigating uncertainty. David…
- Global National with Dawna Friesen
Trump escalates Greenland threats; Ontario man's disappearance; Canadian incarceration discrimination
The potential retaliation from European countries, as Trump threatens more tariffs over his Greenland ambitions. Plus, a family's pleas for answers nearly a…
- Global National with Dawna Friesen
Iranian recounts deadly crackdown; Carney jets to Qatar; Canadians seek health care elsewhere
Disturbing new details emerge from Iran's deadly crackdown on protests, from one Iranian who lived through it. Plus, Prime Minister Mark Carney jets to Qatar…
- Global National with Dawna Friesen
Canada-China trade deal; WestJet reverses course; Long lost military medals returned
Prime Minister Mark Carney strikes a pivotal deal with China to slash a slew of tariffs. What it means for Canada's economy, from canola to electric vehicles…
- Global National with Dawna Friesen
Brutal winter blast; Carney's deals in China; 2nd ICE shooting in Minneapolis
A winter storm crashes into southern Ontario and Quebec. Mike Armstrong reports on the chaos for drivers, fliers, and anyone else braving the elements. Prime…
- Global National with Dawna Friesen
Quebec premier quits; It's not easy being Greenland; Fight or flight?
After long insisting he'd be around for the fall provincial election, Quebec's premier is quitting. Mike Armstrong explains why François Legault says now is…
- Global National with Dawna Friesen
Carney meets with First Nations leaders; Trump's message to Iranians
Prime Minister Mark Carney is on a mission to build both relationships and big projects. Aaron McArthur reports from Prince Rupert, B.C. on Carney's major…
- Global National with Dawna Friesen
Iran's message to U.S.; Sask. family's anguish; Grok blocked; Running man
Iranian Foreign Affairs Abbas Araghchi Minister says his country is prepared for war but also ready for dialogue with the U.S., which is keeping a close eye on…
- Global National with Dawna Friesen
Violence escalates in Iran; Noem defends ICE shooting; Robin sensation in Montreal
Reports of hundreds dead in Iran, as the regime cracks down on anti-government protests while threatening to retaliate should the U.S. intervene. Plus, how the…
- Global National with Dawna Friesen
Iran protest blackout; Americans rally against ICE; B.C. researchers listen in on fish
What we're learning from the deepening anti-government unrest in Iran, as an information blackout drags on. Plus, the growing demonstrations in the U.S. fueled…
- Global National with Dawna Friesen
Iran's rising unrest; Skepticism over White House's claims on ICE shootings
The unrest in Iran is intensifying. Redmond Shannon reports on what the regime is now doing to suppress protesters, and the pleas for U.S. President Donald…
- Global National with Dawna Friesen
Competing narratives over deadly ICE shooting; Weight loss drug study
Tensions are rising in Minneapolis in the aftermath of Renee Nicole Good's death. The 37-year-old woman was shot and killed by a U.S. Immigration and Customs…
- Global National with Dawna Friesen
ICE officer kills woman; Venezuela's humanitarian crisis; Lego's smart bricks
There is outrage after a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer shot and killed a 37-year-old woman in Minneapolis. Touria Izri reports on the…
- Global National with Dawna Friesen
Trump's Greenland threat; Venezuela's power struggle; Hot gas in space
U.S. President Donald Trump renews his threats to annex Greenland. Jackson Proskow reports on the reaction from both the Danish territory and Denmark; and what…
- Global National with Dawna Friesen
Maduro appears in court; Iran's regime faces threats; Quebec cancer patient beats odds
Venezuela's ousted leader appears in an American court after being captured in a U.S. military strike. What he claims as he pleads not guilty, and as the Trump…
- Global National with Dawna Friesen
Maduro capture aftermath; U.S. imperialism fears; Lumber industry's metric challenge
The chaos and questions of legality following the U.S. military raid to capture Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro. Plus, the worries that the Trump…
- Global National with Dawna Friesen
U.S. captures Maduro; Iranian solidarity in Canada; Online deepfake concerns
The U.S. military captures the authoritarian leader of Venezuela, after a deadly assault on the country's capital. A look at the celebrations and the…
- Global National with Dawna Friesen
Likely cause of Swiss fire; Calgary's water main fix timeline; Trump's health
Investigators believe they've pinpointed the likely cause of the deadly New Year's fire at a Swiss ski resort bar. Redmond Shannon reports on the findings, and…
- Global National with Dawna Friesen
Deadly Swiss resort fire; What will new grocery code of conduct do?
The start of 2026 has been marred by tragedy in Switzerland. Redmond Shannon reports on the deadly fire at a resort that sent revellers running for their…
- Global National with Dawna Friesen
Calgary's water catastrophe; Brazen bank heist; Olympic hockey roster
Calgary suffers its second water main break in less than two years. Russia strikes Ukraine on New Year's Eve, as hope again fades for a ceasefire. How German…
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Toronto's overdose spike; Sask. shooting manhunt; Canada's Gaza aid push
What's being blamed for a spike in Toronto's opioid overdoses. The search for two armed suspects in Saskatchewan after a deadly shooting at a First Nation…