Four stories in the news for Tuesday, Feb. 26——JAGMEET SINGH WINS CRUCIAL BYELECTIONNDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has won his do-or-die bid to capture a British Columbia seat in the House of Commons. In the third byelection Monday, the Conservatives easily hung onto the Ontario riding of York-Simcoe. ——KHADR BACK IN COURT TO ASK FOR SENTENCE TO EXPIREFormer Guantanamo Bay prisoner Omar Khadr is to ask Alberta’s youth court today to declare his eight-year sentence to have expired. ——NEW ONTARIO HEALTH-CARE PLAN TO BE UNVEILEDOntarians are set to learn the government’s plans today for an overhaul of the health-care system. Health Minister Christine Elliott is set to introduce legislation this afternoon and will make an announcement on it this morning.

Source: National Post February 26, 2019 09:11 UTC