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By Staff The Canadian Press Posted April 24, 2024 12:22 pm Updated April 24, 2024 12:26 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The RCMP says a former SNC-Lavalin executive has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison in connection with a …
Read More »Ford government wins battle to keep health-care staffing shortage figures secret
The Ford government has won a privacy battle to keep the extent of its nursing, personal support worker and physician shortage secret after Ontario’s privacy watchdog ruled that revealing them could be economically damaging. In September 2022, Global News filed and subsequently appealed a freedom of information request with the …
Read More »Canadians should expect politicians to support right to bail, Virani’s office says
The public should expect politicians to support their right to bail and to be presumed innocent, the office of Canada’s justice minister says, warning that “immediate” and “uninformed reactions” only worsens matters. A jury on Sunday found Umar Zameer not guilty of first-degree murder in the death of a Toronto …
Read More »Peguis First Nation files $1 Billion claim against all levels of government over devastating 2022 flood – Winnipeg
Peguis First Nation has filed a $1 Billion claim for flood damages against all levels of government following the devastating spring 2022 flood. The claim was filed in the Court of King’s Bench against the federal and provincial governments, as well as the Rural Municipalities of Bifrost and Fisher. “The …
Read More »University students in N.S., P.E.I. facing highest debt in Canada: study
Students graduating from post-secondary schools in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island have some of the highest student loan debt in the country, according to a new report from Statistics Canada. In a survey citing amounts owed by students at the time of their program’s completion, graduates in the Maritimes …
Read More »Ontario raising speed limits on some highways, including parts of 401
The Ford government is set to increase the speed limit on hundreds of kilometres of its highway network, including large portions of the 401. Beginning on July 12, Ontario will permanently boost the speed limit to 110 km/h on 10 sections of provincial highway in both the north and south …
Read More »Video shows blaze at Toronto highrise that sent man to hospital – Toronto
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A video supplied to Global News shows a blaze at a Toronto highrise Wednesday morning that sent a man to a burn unit with serious injuries. Toronto Fire Services said they were called at 8:30 a.m. to a residential building in the …
Read More »Winnipeg man facing 2 murder charges arrested in 3rd killing, police say – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A Winnipeg man in custody facing charges in two homicides has now been arrested for a third, police say. Maxim Dale Garneau, 27, was arrested for first-degree murder at the Winnipeg Remand Centre on Tuesday in connection with the shooting death of …
Read More »Hiker rescued after falling into Trent River canyon – BC
By Emma Albert Global News Posted April 24, 2024 12:34 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Comox Valley Search and Rescue crews were called to Cumberland on Tuesday after a hiker fell into the Trent River canyon. A medical evacuation was done for the …
Read More »Nylander could play Game 3; Matthews skips skate
TORONTO – William Nylander appears to be closing in on a return to the Maple Leafs’ lineup. The star winger’s status for Game 3 of Toronto’s first-round playoff matchup with the Boston Bruins — as it has been all series — is also up in the air. Nylander took part …
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