Global National: Aug. 19, 2021 | Affordable housing key issue on campaign trail

Federal party leaders are laying out plans to fix the affordable housing crisis in Canada, which has become a key federal election campaign issue. Abigail Bimman looks at those promises, the criticism, and what details are missing.

While on the campaign trail in Edmonton, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh promised $250 million to train and hire more nurses across Canada. Mike Le Couteur explains the significance of Singh's stop in Alberta.

The question of mandatory vaccines keeps popping up on the campaign trail, as Canadians brace for the first federal election of the pandemic. Eric Sorensen looks at which side of the debate seems to be winning.

Just days into the federal election campaign, the Liberals and the NDP are giving extra attention to British Columbia. David Akin explains why.

Desperate scenes are playing out at Kabul's airport, the only way out for Afghans desperate to escape the Taliban. Jackson Proskow reports on the fragile exit strategy.

With a fourth pandemic wave underway, and no COVID-19 vaccine for children under age 12, calls are growing to keep voting stations out of schools. Jamie Mauracher explains.

A woman in England has managed to attend her best friend's wedding in Ontario, without breaking pandemic travel protocols. Redmond Shannon explains how the groom made his bride's dreams a virtual reality.

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