Politics This Morning: Prime Minister Trudeau’s in private meetings in Ottawa; Freeland meets Edmonton mayor; Mideast tensions escalate; and Australia battles 150 forest fires
By Kate Malloy January 6, 2020
Loadmaster, Warrant Officer Annie Boisjoly, centre, and traffic technician, aviator Danielle Green, right, pictured on Dec. 29, 2019, loading Canadian bound freight on to a CC-177 Globemaster aircraft at Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait during Operation IMPACT.
Photograph courtesy of DND/Combat Camera: Cpl. Jerome Lessard
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