Global National with Dawna Friesen
Global National with Dawna Friesen is Canada’s early 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 Canadian city, as well as Washington and London.
The multiple award-winning Global National has been voted Best Newscast by the Radio and Television News Directors Association (RTNDA) of Canada and by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television (Gemini Awards).
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- Tentative Air Canada deal; Poilievre's next challenge; Big church's big move 20.08.2025
- Air Canada caught off-guard as strike keeps up; Zelenskyy back in the White House with backup 19.08.2025
- Flight attendants defy orders to end strike; Poilievre prepares for 2nd shot at Parliament seat 18.08.2025
- Federal government intervenes in Air Canada strike; Stray bullet kills 8-year-old in Toronto 17.08.2025
- Air Canada braces for strike; Trump and Putin's pivotal meeting 16.08.2025
- Air Canada, flight attendants trade blame as strike looms; Dozens of homes lost to NL wildfire 15.08.2025
- Looming Air Canada work stoppage; Fires and aquatic life; Historic chess champ 14.08.2025
- New wildfires; China's canola tariffs; Celebrating Oscar Peterson 13.08.2025
- N.L.'s fast-moving wildfires; Israel kills 6 journalists; MLB's 1st woman umpire 12.08.2025
- Help on the way to battle Atlantic Canada fires; Chappell Roan puts Saskatchewan in the spotlight 11.08.2025
- Atlantic Canada battles wildfires; Nagasaki marks 80 years since atomic bombing 10.08.2025
- Netanyahu's Gaza City occupation plan; Military pay raise; Mboko's rise 09.08.2025
- Victorious Victoria Mboko; SGA honoured; Netanyahu's Gaza plan; Dog vs. bear 08.08.2025
- Wildfire prevention; U.S. nixes mRNA funding; 80 years since Hiroshima bombing 07.08.2025
- Lumber lifeline; Titan disaster report; Teen tennis phenom Victoria Mboko 06.08.2025
- Air quality concerns; Israel's reported Gaza occupation plan; Zoo request uproar 05.08.2025
- Wildfires fuel air quality alerts across Canada; Summer Mcintosh's new medal record 04.08.2025
- U.S. economy under stress of Trump's tariffs; Nuclear subs move in response to Russia 03.08.2025
- Trump's 35% tariffs on Canada; Emancipation Day; World's oldest baby 02.08.2025
- Trump boosts tariffs on Canada; A.I. to treat snakebites 01.08.2025
