Omar Sachedina
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Journalist, Anchor at CTV National News. Love my job. Love the people in my life. And love sushi. IG: @omarsachedina
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First US President in 152 years to snub his successor.
(Andrew Johnson was a last-minute no show at Ulysses S. Grant’s inauguration in 1869).
To all of those who have asked, I will not be going to the Inauguration on January 20th.
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First moments of
@rahaf84427714
‘s new life in her new home with Foreign Affairs Minister
@cafreeland
. Welcome to Canada!
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I am honoured to be following in the footsteps of Lisa LaFlamme and Lloyd Robertson. So excited to be working with our incredibly talented team in this new role!
Omar Sachedina has been named Chief News Anchor and Senior Editor of CTV National News, Canada’s most-watched nightly newscast.
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On
@CTVNationalNews
we are featuring conversations w/ party leaders. Yesterday it was LPC’s Justin Trudeau. Tonight, it’s NDP’s Jagmeet Singh.
Unfortunately, CPC Leader Erin O’Toole cancelled his scheduled 5 minute interview with us and has declined our requests to reschedule.
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Three floors of a building converted into a facility to make camouflage nets for Ukrainian military.
Volunteers are cutting donated clothing into strips and weaving them into donated volleyball or other nets.
And they are singing Ukrainian songs as they work.
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On an already bad day for the PM, he also struggled with a basic fact about the country he leads - and was trying to promote in front of this business audience in New Delhi:
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Today, I filed my first TV report in French. Live. From Haiti. For our sister station
@noovo_ca
.
Lots to work on, but deeply grateful for:
1️⃣ A public education system in 🇨🇦that offered French Immersion
2️⃣ Amazing teachers
3️⃣ Incredible parents
All made today possible.
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Excited to welcome
@VassyKapelos
as CTV’s Chief Political Correspondent and host of Power Play and Question Period, starting in December. Congratulations, Vassy!
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In normal times, this factory in Lviv supplied materials for building construction.
These days the steel is being used to build anti-tank obstacles.
Owner has donated the steel. “Now is not the time to count money,” he tells me.
These are called Czech hedgehogs.
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There are no words. Why?
Funeral in London , Ontario for the Muslim victims of Sunday’s attack.
#onelondonfamily
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Just wrapping up work sick to my stomach, confused and with only one thing on my mind right now: a 9 year old boy whose entire world has been snatched away from him because his family was Muslim.
Can’t even imagine the devastation.
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The *former* PM is meeting Trump officials in Washington next week - and the *current* PM didn't know about. The news comes as Canada is trying to present a united front amid NAFTA renegotiations. CTV Ottawa Bureau Chief Joyce Napier leads off
@CTVNationalNews
w/ this exclusive:
EXCLUSIVE: Harper blindsides Trudeau PMO, plans visit to White House
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We’ve just crossed over into Ukraine.
Astounding site.
Car after car after car after car.
All of these people are trying to flee to Poland, where we just were.
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50 years ago, my mom was expelled from the country where she was born.
So were tens of thousands of other Asians in Uganda.
This summer, she returned to her village for the first time. My sister and I were there with her.
EXPELLED: My Roots in Uganda airs Nov 4 at 9 pm on CTV
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Celebrating an amazing journalist and human being:
@SandieR_ctv
, who is marking 45 years at
@CTVNews
.
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This is the first time in 75 years Russell Kaye’s feet have touched the shores of Juno Beach.
He was a 20-year-old gunner when he fought here in 1944.
Today, he returned, at the age of 95.
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What a great way to end the year with my colleagues at the CTV Parliamentary Bureau in Centre Block - before it shuts down for 10+ years for renos.
Excited about the New Year and a new role as CTV’s National Affairs Correspondent!
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“I was deeply disturbed yesterday by the events on Parliament Hill”: Defence Minister Anita Anand on people dancing on Tomb of the Unknown Soldier during
#TruckerConvoy2022
in Ottawa
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Walking to work this am, woman says: "Omar Sachedina!" Me: "Hi!" Her: "I can't wait until you're deported." Me: "To where? I was born here!"
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Liberals confirm they’re using a second plane for cargo/ advance but that they’re buying carbon offsets like they did in 2015 through Bullfrog Power Inc.
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Tremendous signs of solidarity in Quebec City tonight.
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7:04 am. At a border crossing between Poland and Ukraine (on the Polish side) waiting to cross.
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One of the most heartwarming moments from earlier. Crowds clap as veterans arrive for
#dday75
ceremony at
#JunoBeach
.
This one enters with a huge smile flashing peace signs.
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CORRECTION: PMO says PM misspoke when he made announcement in front of business audience and said there was $1b of Indian investment coming to Canada. PMO now says the number is $250 million. The rest is Canadian investment going to India. The projected Cdn jobs # unchanged.
Trudeau announces Indian companies to invest $1 billion in Canada, creating 5800 jobs. Still waiting to hear more about which companies, how many jobs each and timelines. In the end, it will be up to companies to keep the commitment.
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Breaking: PM Justin Trudeau announces Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig are on their way home to Canada - aboard a plane that just left Chinese airspace. They had been detained in China for 1000+ days.
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Johnny Jablon survived Auschwitz. Now, at 94, he taking his grandson, Daniel, back. It will be Daniel’s first time. Honoured to be part of their incredible journey. About to leave Montreal.
#Auschwitz75
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What a powerful moment. Voices unite to sing our national anthem in Parliament after Malala speaks. Proud to call her a fellow Canadian.
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Missing residential school records: Vatican won't release documents, feds destroyed files via
@CTVNews
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Touching statement from Steven Burns, mourning the loss of his wife Constable Sara Burns: “Sara was put on this earth to help people...”
#FrederictonStrong
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Deceased Ontario man takes a final swipe at
@MapleLeafs
in his obit (check out last line). (via
@RosaHwangCTV
)
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PM Trudeau about to take off for his first official visit to India. 1.4 million Canadians of Indian descent live in Canada.
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The Canadian flag outside the
#Fredericton
police station. The maple leaf binds us all. What a powerful tribute.
#FrederictonStrong
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Malala: I am a Muslim. And I believe if you pick up a gun in the name of Islam, you are not a Muslim.
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So much has changed for children these days but nice to see that some things won’t. 😀
Ontario declares Easter Bunny an essential service - but no chocolate deliveries in parks or playgrounds.
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Sometimes the sheer beauty of this country is just overwhelming. 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
#somewhereovertherockies
#elxn44
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Honour meeting
@bodybreak
‘s Hal Johnson yesterday. He is as kind and gracious as he appears on screen.
32 years after his experiences with racism, it’s clear we still have much more work to do in Canada & around the world.
(And yes he did tell me “to keep fit and have fun!”)
.
@omarsachedina
sits down with Hal Johnson of Body Break to discuss how racism in Canadian media played a part in the series' creation:
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$10 bill featuring Viola Desmond named world's best new banknote
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After days of relentless questions, Erin O’Toole has flipped on his gun policy.
Now he says he will *keep* the ban on the 2020 assault-style weapons (which the CPC platform states will be repealed).
Reiterates pledge for a public review of classification of firearms.
#Elxn44
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She is the absolute definition of class and grace. Way to go, Leylah!
"I know on this day it's especially hard for New York and everyone around the United States. I just want to say that I hope I can be as strong and resilient as New York has been the last 20 years."
Leylah Annie Fernandez's message to the New York crowd.
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#Breaking
: PMO now says "a discussion on the oil and gas industry in Canada" and "struggling oil prices" *WILL* be on the agenda for the First Ministers' Meeting - after backlash from Western provinces for not being on the agenda in the first place.
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Incredible to see - and photograph - this creature in its natural habitat on
@canada_c3
.
#polarbear
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As we celebrate Canada's 150th, let's honour the sacrifice of those who helped forge our identity as a nation a century ago.
#Vimy100
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Overwhelmed by your support in response to last tweet. Today, we showed that woman in OUR Canada, tolerance always trumps intolerance.
#merci
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Indian TV anchor: “big embarrassment for the visiting Canadian Prime Minister.”
Khalistani terrorist invited to Justin Trudeau event; amid row, invite scrapped
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BREAKING: Sophie Grégoire Trudeau has tested positive for Covid-19.
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Thank you, Paul, for having the courage to share your story with me.
After suicide attempts, former Hill staffer pushes for more mental health supports
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Single mother, 4 kids, disabled, working, says she is barely getting by. Makes emotional plea to PM about how "carbon tax" she can't afford:
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At the London multi-faith march to end hatred.
One marcher just told me: “We are seeing the best of humanity after seeing the worst.”
#onelondonfamily
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Don’t bother changing Russian roubles in Ukraine.
The currency is literally worthless. 0.000.
This is at a foreign exchange in Lviv.
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Happy New Year, everyone! Wishing you a peaceful and joyous year ahead.
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This is a very significant nomination and a major step forward in diversifying the country’s highest court.
PM Trudeau nominates Mahmud Jamal to the SCC.
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PM Trudeau Statement after terrorist attack in Edmonton:
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Valeriia Vershynina refuses to leave Ukraine.
If she doesn’t defend her home, she says Putin won’t stop at her country.
She believes he will attack others.
“He will, I believe in this.”
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Finally! A crossword clue I know 😁 Thank you
@TorontoStar
and Kelly Ann Buchanan for the weekend smile.
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Capt. Casey was from Halifax. Her loss is heartbreaking for the country, but especially for Nova Scotians, who have endured so much tragedy already.
Snowbirds team member killed in Kamloops, B.C. crash identified
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Pleasure speaking with former Canadian PM Brian Mulroney for tonight's newscast about his reflections on a close friend:
Brian Mulroney shares a memory of the ‘genuine’ George H.W. Bush. Watch the full interview with
@omarsachedina
tonight on
@CTVNationalNews
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Canadian Defence Minister
@AnitaAnandMP
at the Holodomor Memorial this morning after arriving in Kyiv for talks with her Ukrainian counterpart.
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Faces of incredible courage to share on this
#InternationalWomensDay
.
* Tetiana’s youngest daughter is 3 months old.
* Ana is 12 and undergoing cancer treatment in a war zone.
* Nothing like a mother’s unconditional love.
Such an honour to meet this beautiful family. 🙏🏽
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PM Trudeau and
@wick_22
at road hockey with members of Indian women’s ice hockey team from Ladhaki, in Northern India. Wickenheiser: “Hockey in the Himalayas is a very real thing.”
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Here's the map of Canada's newest National Marine Conservation Area. About 109,000 square km - almost twice the area of Nova Scotia.
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“It is up to us to preserve and protect the values for which they fought. Up to us to uphold their proud legacy. And we will not let them down.”
- PM Trudeau at
#JunoBeach
#dday75
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The food is about 2 Euros and paid for by Toronto-based
@globalmedicdmgf
.
Free for people in transit to other parts of Ukraine or out of the country.
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Not news-related, but a picture to feed the soul 😁 Spectacular rainbow over Ottawa this evening! 🌈
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Just look at that sky this evening.
And the light piercing through the clouds. What a powerful and fitting symbol for the London anti-hate March.
Thousands here.
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John Golomb is a retired steelworker in Monessen, PA.
Trump spoke at the aluminum recycling plant in this photo in 2016. He promised to return the steel industry to its former glory.
Then, Golomb says, Trump “vanished like Houdini.”
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#Breaking
Number of cases of Canadians infected with Covid-19 has more than doubled. Global Affairs says of the 256 Canadians on board, 32 have tested positive.
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About to embark on an adventure of a lifetime! Two weeks aboard this ship through the Arctic for
@CTVW5
. First blog:
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Canadian passengers formerly aboard
#diamondprincess
have landed at CFB Trenton.
Greg, Rose, Kate, Jenny, Mark, & Trudy: thank you for sharing your stories w/ me.
Even in the worst of it, you showed patience, class, and grit - representing the best of Canada.
#welcomehome
🇨🇦
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Filling in tonight for the wonderful
@SandieR_ctv
, who tells us on
@ctvnationalnews
what it's like to be in self-isolation after a trip to South America with her family. (She's doing great, by the way, and will be back soon).
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Trudeau's first stop is a coffee shop right next door to Conservative MP
@PierrePoilievre
's office, who just issued this statement:
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Congrats et Bravo to Penny Oleksiak! She is Canada's Flag Bearer at
#rio2016
Closing Ceremony.
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'I'm not backing down': Cherry not apologizing, admits to poor choice of words
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PM Trudeau calls U.S. policy of separating child migrants from their parents "wrong" and says this is not the way things are done in Canada.
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'I come home and I cry': Rise in patients with respiratory illnesses leaving health-care workers drained
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We are at a textiles workshop in
#Lviv
where, pre-war they used to make aprons, blankets and pillows.
Now they’re making military vests.
Two shifts a day.
Last week they had 4 sewing machines. This week, 10+
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From healthcare, to economic headwinds, to pandemic protests, and China and Ukraine, our year-end conversation with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau covers all of this and more.
It airs tonight on CTV at 7 pm.
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Dramatic change to Cdn politics. Who would have pictured a scenario where Trudeau would be the oldest of the major fed. party leaders.
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Good news - it’s a beautiful day.
Bad news - no way I’m getting dose 2 today.
Pop-up clinic at Warden Hilltop Community Centre.
First person in line was here at 1:30 am!
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There are no words. Our hearts are with the family of Julianna Kozis.
@TorontoPolice
have just released the identity of the 10-year-old shooting victim, and this picture:
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From
@CityFredPolice
:
A Regimental Funeral will be held to celebrate the lives of our fallen members Cst. Sara Mae Helen Burns, and Cst. L. Robb Costello.
The Funeral will be held on Saturday, August 18, 2018, at 1 o’clock in the afternoon, at the Aitken University Centre.
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Welcome aboard,
@judyatrinh
!
Starting my new job at
@CTVNationalNews
tomorrow.
#NewProfilePic
Shout out to my stylist
@AllieElwell
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French President
@EmmanuelMacron
greets a few fans on Parliament Hill after joint presser with PM Trudeau.
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Plane is now taking off. Trudeau on plane with Mrs. Trudeau and couple’s three children. Ministers Bains, Chagger, Duncan, and Sohi also on plane. Ministers Freeland and Sajjan will join in India.
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“Part of it is the institutional legitimacy of the Court. Part of it is inspiring young people, and part of it is the quality of decision making.”
- Canada’s 1st Supreme Court Justice of colour, Mahmud Jamal, on why race and representation matter.
Full conversation airs TONIGHT
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These MPs are also travelling to India. PMO says they’re paying for their own flight, hotel and food: Ramesh Sangha
Sonia Sidhu
Kamal Khera
Raj Grewal
Ruby Sahota
Gagan Sikand
Raj Saini
Shaun Chen
Kevin Lamoureux
Anju Dhillon
Sukh Dhaliwal
Jati Sidhu
Randeep Sarai
Chandra Arya
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PM
@JustinTrudeau
just photobombed
@DonMartinCTV
’s interview with
@scottbrison
on
@CTV_PowerPlay
. Wait for it.... 😂
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Head of CTV News Michael Melling reassigned after Lisa LaFlamme fallout
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