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Mercedes Stephenson
@MercedesGlobal
Ottawa Bureau Chief @GlobalNews @GlobalNational Host of @TheWestBlock. Journalist with a curious mind. Political journalism, defence & foreign policy. Pro otter
Ottawa, ON
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    Mercedes Stephenson
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    Sep 8, 2025
    Hi! Welcome to my Twitter account. This account won’t be as active as usual for the next year as I’m off on maternity leave. Occasional tweets and DM checks will continue but I won’t see tags and DMs quickly. I also won’t be tweeting in a regular or timely fashion 🩷
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    Mercedes Stephenson
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    Aug 13, 2021
    #BREAKING Canada to accept 20,000 Afghan refugees, prioritizing the most vulnerable women leaders, human rights defenders, journalists, religious minorities, LGBTQ+, and families of already resettled interpreters
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    Mercedes Stephenson
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    Sep 25, 2021
    #BREAKING 12 minutes ago Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor’s aircraft took off, leaving China for Canada says Prime Minister @JustinTrudeau
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    Mercedes Stephenson
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    Sep 13, 2019
    #Breaking Global News has learned that the Director General of an intelligence unit at RCMP HQ has been arrested and charged under the secrets act involving espionage by foreign powers. Sources tell Global News this was an extensive national security investigation #cdnnatsec
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    Mercedes Stephenson
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    Jul 12, 2020
    Dear half of Pearson airport: please wear your masks over your nose too. Flying home because my dad has fallen very ill and was rushed to hospital (not COVID related). The mask isn’t for you, it’s for people like my 92 year old dad. Surgeons wear them for hours, so can you.
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    Mercedes Stephenson
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    Jan 26, 2022
    Hey folks, you don’t like an article? By all means criticize it. You are not entitled to contact journalists and threaten physical harm, surveillance, and non-judicial trials. Sexual and gendered slurs aren’t a critique. I am seeing this happen industry wide and it’s concerning
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    Mercedes Stephenson
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    Mar 26, 2020
    #BREAKING PM Trudeau confirms @globalnews story White House wants to put American troops near the Canadian border to monitor for illegal border crossers. Trudeau says they are in discussions with US officials & in best interests of both countries to remain demilitarized #cdnpoli
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    Mercedes Stephenson
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    Feb 7, 2022
    Took a call from a man who stated several times that the Charter of Rights and Freedoms says people guilty of treason can be hung in the streets. He feels the Prime Minister is guilty of treason under the Charter. I asked if he had read the Charter. He hung up.
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    Mercedes Stephenson
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    Feb 1, 2025
    Senior government source says the White House has warned the Prime Minister's Office that if Canada implements retaliatory tariffs the US will hit Canada even harder.
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    Mercedes Stephenson
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    Oct 13, 2024
    This Thanksgiving I am thankful for the call I got from the Ottawa police an hour ago that the guy who has been sending me sick messages for 18 months (breaching his probation and reoffending) has been arrested. OPP executed a Feeney warrant at his home and he was transported to
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    Mercedes Stephenson
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    Jun 7, 2021
    #Breaking London Police Service Chief Steve Williams says the three adults and one teen who died after being intentionally hit with a vehicle in London Ontario last night were targeted because of their Islamic faith.
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    Mercedes Stephenson
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    Jan 28, 2022
    Listening to the CB traffic of the truck convoy (some of which are arriving in Ottawa now). Lots of folks expressing their support, some logistics being discussed, organizers trying to keep things focussed and kicking anyone off who swears or says something radical.
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    Mercedes Stephenson
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    Feb 19, 2022
    Premier Jason Kenney announces the Alberta government is launching a Court challenge to the federal government's invocation of the Emergencies Act.
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    Jason Kenney 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇮🇱
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    Feb 19, 2022
    Alberta is filing a Court challenge to the unjustified use of the Emergencies Act. We may also intervene in support of other Court challenges. As Tommy Douglas said about the use of the War Measures Act in 1970, it’s like “using a sledgehammer to crack a peanut.
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    Mercedes Stephenson
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    Sep 25, 2021
    Fun fact: a Navy chef aboard the Canadian Forces Challenger jet flying Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor whipped up a meal of ribs and Mac and Cheese as the beginning of their homecoming celebration.