Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre pledged in Iqaluit Monday to double the size of the Canadian Ranger force, revive a plan to give the Royal Canadian Navy two armed heavy icebreakers for patrol and to build a permanent base in Iqaluit. Rob Huebert, a political science professor at the University of Calgary discusses Poilievre's plan.

A Hamas official said on Tuesday Israeli hostages can be brought home from Gaza only if a fragile ceasefire is respected, dismissing the “language of threats” after U.S. President