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Global News has apologized for a federal election story which “inaccurately suggested” a Conservative candidate thought a then-Liberal MP was too old for public office — a report that drew the ire of Canada’s national seniors’ association and which put the Manitoba Tory incumbent on the defensive at the outset of her campaign.

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The news network aired the clarification on Monday night in Winnipeg and issued a statement on Tuesday that said “proper journalistic checks and balances were not adequately followed and that [Shelly] Glover’s quotes were taken out of context.”

In the March 28 interview, Ms. Glover said longtime Liberal MP Anita Neville had “passed her expiry date” and that it was time for some “fresh blood” — a reference to Ms. Neville’s decade-long tenure in Ottawa, not to Ms. Neville’s vintage.

The Global anchor introduced the segment by saying “A high-profile Tory suggested that a Liberal MP is just too old for the job” and the reporter said in the story that the Tory MP claimed “Neville is too old.”