Verity Stevenson

Verity is a reporter for CBC in Montreal. She previously worked for the Globe and Mail, Toronto Star and the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal.

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Here's what happened the last time the U.S. forced regime change on Iran

The U.S. overthrew Iran's democratically elected government in 1953. Historians say the coup led to the very regime U.S. President Donald Trump has touted overthrowing. A ceasefire deal he announced Monday between Iran and Israel could put the idea of regime change to rest.

'No Kings' protests against Trump's policies expected to sweep U.S. on Saturday

A United-States-wide demonstration against President Donald Trump, planned for months and to be held Saturday, has ballooned in scope since protests against the administration's immigration raids broke out last week.

Trump thanked California National Guard before it arrived in L.A.

At 2 a.m. Sunday, U.S. President Donald Trump posted to social media congratulating the work of California's National Guard in response to immigration raid protests in Los Angeles. In fact, the guards only arrived in the city later that morning, according to several news reports.

3 plead guilty in network of temp agencies that hid asylum seeker's work accident

Three people accused of running fraudulent temp agencies that exploited asylum seekers — and who attempted to conceal a work accident later uncovered by a 2018 CBC investigation — have pleaded guilty. 

Protests against Trump are spreading — and creating a labour movement

While much of the attention on immigration raids and the protests against them have been focused on Los Angeles, rallies are popping up in cities across the United States as protest and labour movements against the Trump administration continue to grow.

What happened the last time a U.S. president overrode a state to deploy the National Guard

For the first time in 60 years, a U.S. president has deployed the National Guard without a governor's approval. That time, Lyndon B. Johnson was defending civil rights. This time, say observers, Donald Trump is doing something different.

Tesla registrations down 90% in Quebec in 1st quarter of 2025

Quebec EV buyers' relationship with Tesla is showing signs of souring as sales in the province plummeted in the first quarter of 2025. A combination of politics, tariffs and changing rebates are likely to blame.

If air passengers don't pay fees, Canadian taxpayers will, experts respond to WestJet CEO

A speech by WestJet CEO Alexis von Hoensbroech is reigniting the conversation about air travel costs in Canada — a conversation he stands to benefit from more than Canadians do, experts say. 
Analysis

Harper and Trudeau share laughs, and other lighter throne speech moments

Despite the pomp and circumstance surrounding the speech from the throne, the moments leading up to it were all but formal.

Green Party applies for judicial review after being kicked out of leaders' debates

The fallout from last week's leaders' debates continues, with a filing in Federal Court from the Green Party saying the independent commission's decision to exclude it from the debates was unfair and lacked transparency.