CTV National News for Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026: Ottawa downplays interference by India ahead of Carney’s visit

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1. CTV National News on Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026 leads with Ottawa downplaying India’s role in violent crimes and foreign interference ahead of Mark Carney’s trip. 2. Omar Sachedina anchors the broadcast and Annie Bergeron-Oliver reports on the government’s briefing, which matters because it directly follows years of RCMP and CSIS warnings. 3. The episode asks whether Canada is softening its tone on India while still protecting against transnational repression. 4. Federal officials say Canada is having “robust and mature discussions” with India and believes safeguards are in place. 5. Officials also say Carney’s trip to India would likely not happen if those activities were still actively ongoing. 6. That position is described as a sharp contrast with RCMP and CSIS warnings that India is a major perpetrator of foreign interference and espionage. 7. The broadcast also recalls the 2023 Trudeau government accusation that India was involved in the killing of Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Najjar on Canadian soil. 8. The World Sikh Organization of Canada says it categorically rejects the claim that India is no longer involved in violent crime or transnational repression in Canada. 9. Canada and South Korea sign a new defence agreement to exchange and protect classified military and defence information. 10. The defence deal comes as a South Korean company competes for a multi-billion dollar submarine contract in Canada. 11. A separate foreign-policy segment covers Cuba after the government said its forces killed four people and injured six others on a boat from the U.S. 12. Cuba’s state media says a Florida-based speedboat entered Cuban waters and opened fire on the Cuban coast guard. 13. Canada announces $8 million in food aid to Cuba, to be delivered through the World Food Program and UNICEF rather than the Cuban regime. 14. Heather Wright reports that Felix King-Risco in Toronto says his family in Havana is struggling with limited electricity, expensive food, and scarce gas. 15. The Cuba coverage frames Ottawa’s aid as a balancing act between humanitarian concerns and tensions with the United States. 16. The U.S.-Canada trade fight remains active as Michael Couture reports that the U.S. trade representative wants reshoring and says Canada pays the lowest price for access to the American market. 17. The broadcast’s tone is fast-moving and straight-ahead, with short, tightly edited reports and frequent live-news pacing. 18. It mixes policy reporting, conflict updates, consumer impacts, and human-interest stories in a standard national-news format. 19. Good for viewers tracking Canada foreign policy, trade, and current affairs. 20. Skip if you want one long-form deep dive only.

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A brisk news hour that moves from India to Cuban waters, then ends on a softer British Columbia memory piece.

This hour starts in Ottawa, where the language around India shifts fast enough to notice, then moves into the deadly confrontation in Cuban waters before easing out on a more personal photo-memory piece from British Columbia.

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