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Elections Alberta says some ballot packages have been returned with declaration forms missing, errors or issues with I.D. — but there's still time to submit the correct info.
Quebec's new premier-designate has made several promises for anglophones, but the community is watching to see if they'll be kept with an independence referendum also possible.
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The NDP government introduced the no-fault insurance system in 2021, that generally prevents car accident victims from suing.
Colleges and Universities Minister Nolan Quinn said the ministry launched targeted inspections of career colleges last year in response to growing concerns about OSAP usage.
A new report finds that economic pressures mean people are not only dining out less, they're being less generous when it comes to tipping.
Work will begin on the emergency exit from the community of Westwood Hills in early October, and the municipality is also gathering the public's input on more connector roads.
Separatist leaders feel the Parti Québécois victory could change the political dynamic of Canada, especially since its leader has shown willingness to support Alberta independence.
Canadian exports to the U.S. surged 8.1 per cent in August, just before a new round of 50 per cent U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods hit at the end of the month, according to StatCan.
As Saskatoon moves ahead without an in-person count of unsheltered people this year, one community advocate is concerned people won't be connected to the services they require.
Canada’s first foreign influence commissioner says he’s focused on raising awareness of requirements for foreign agents to register with his office.
The federal government is turning up the heat on the U.S. owner of Stelco Holdings Inc. over impending layoffs at the Hamilton-based steel plant.
The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario is looking to clamp down and is set to hold a board of directors meeting next week to decide on the proposed changes.
The Mounties say they believe a car carrying five people from Moncton crossed the centre of the road and collided with a SUV just before 7:30 p.m.
New Brunswick’s public advocate says the province should create a new unit to bridge the gaps between its social services and the community organizations that deliver them.
The ‘Buy Canadian’ sentiment seems to be withstanding the holiday spending squeeze, a survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers found on Tuesday.
Renewed tensions with the United States and a surge in gas prices amid an ongoing war in the Middle East have kept potential buyers on the sidelines in recent months.
Marvel actor Simu Liu began dating Allison Hsu in 2022 and the pair announced their engagement in May 2025 after a trip to Paris together.
Aside from a main protein, such as turkey or ham, the menu includes potatoes, carrots, dinner rolls, pumpkin pie, cranberries, stuffing, and gravy as sides.
The Liberal government has yet to detail their plans to hike defence spending to five per cent of GDP by 2035, a massive increase over a tight timeline.
It's advance voting in Toronto with people able to go cast their vote for the mayoral race, as well as city councillors and school board trustees.
Cannabis stores across Manitoba may soon be able to remove window coverings that are required to prevent the public from seeing inside.
A lawyer for the truck driver involved in a deadly crash in Saskatchewan that killed a woman and two girls says the man is overwhelmed with grief.
Quebec voters elected a Parti Québécois minority government Monday, completing a dramatic political comeback and paving the way for an eventual third sovereignty referendum.
The Standing Buffalo Dakota Nation penned a letter to Bell Canada requesting documentation and information regarding the AI data centre that is under construction near Regina.
The Anglican bishops said they don't normally wade into political issues, but the referendum questions ultimately come down to choosing what kind of society we aspire to have.
A second potential A.I. data centre in Saint John, N.B., is raising new questions for residents already fighting one proposed near the community of Lorneville.
New Brunswick’s provincial liquor agency says it has resumed deliveries to an isolated island where the only land route is through Maine.
Suncor is selling offshore assets in Atlantic Canada as it focuses on its oilsands holdings, while Cenovus is buying a smaller peer to grow its own footprint in northern Alberta.
Athabasca Oil has 40,000 barrels per day of oilsands production currently, but Cenovus Energy sees the opportunity to ratchet that up to 115,000 by 2032.
Senior Global Affairs officials stressed the deep and enduring ties between Canada and the U.S., noting that disagreements have been worked out before.
The operating revenue of the travel arrangement and reservation services industry rose 8.8 per cent to $18.3 billion in 2025, Statistics Canada said in a report on Monday.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has said she will vote against separation but has been accused of not doing enough to quell separatist sentiment in the province.
Two Canadian Armed Forces members stationed in Toronto are facing several charges connected to organized crime, kidnapping and theft.
Rapid response tests are used for the early detection of pregnancy by determining the presence of human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) in urine.
For snowbirds, it is important to understand what is actually on the ballot and how these changes will affect their properties, the Canadian Snowbirds Association said.
Canada's democratic institutions need protection in the face of unrelenting pressures, Chief Justice Richard Wagner said Monday.
Gas price experts say it's becoming harder to predict where prices are heading, even after some European countries released strategic oil reserves.
A more than 1,700 lbs. giant pumpkin was the heaviest of the bunch at the Roland Pumpkin Fair in Manitoba last weekend. It is the province's largest recorded grown pumpkin.
The union says support workers have been asked to take concessions that would affect "existing working conditions" and job security.
Biscuit was reported missing this weekend by organizers of the Markham Fair after its owners entered it into a contest.
The updated legal warranty in Quebec applies for up to five years for washers, dryers and dishwashers and up to four years for televisions.
A trial is expected to start Monday in B.C. Supreme Court where author and former professor Steven Galloway says he was defamed by false accusations of sexual assault.
Ralph Mistlberger's light is adjustable, allowing him to have the full spectrum of options depending on what his internal clock needs.
The government's key piece of economic legislation, Bill C-39, proposes measures to create a one-year timeline for federal project decisions.
The U.S. Coast Guard suspended the search for six people, including four Canadians, who were aboard a missing medical transport aircraft off the coast of Nantucket.
A trial is set to begin Monday in Brampton, Ont., for a man accused in what investigators have called one of the largest gold heists in Canadian history.
For 22 years, the disappearance of Frank Davis remained an unanswered mystery for his family. Frank was 40 when he went missing from Creston, B.C.
The sign, painted on a white sheet and hung on an off-campus house read “Drop-off zone: Acadia girlfriends.”
The Société de transport de Montréal says the man was unable to get back onto the platform and was struck by a train at the Lionel-Groulx subway station.
Debris from a missing Ontario air ambulance that had been carrying six people, including four Canadians, has been spotted off the coast of the United States.
The Federal Aviation Administration told Global News in a statement it issued a Search and Rescue Alert for a Gulfstream G-100 around 1:20 a.m. Saturday.
Dave Dickenson may feel jinxed with challenges but the Calgary Stampeders head coach and general manager nailed two crucial challenges in Friday's 37-31 victory over the Saskatchewan Roughriders.
The Edmonton River Valley Conservation Coalition wants to see a few dedicated encampment sites with clean drinking water, washrooms, trash cans and a safe needle disposal site.
BC NDP Leader David Eby and Conservative Leader Lorne Doerkson were in the Okanagan Friday, making campaign promises on grocery prices, wildfire protection and public safety.
Electric vehicle owners will now have to pay $500 every two years in addition to their vehicle registration fee. Plug-in hybrid vehicles will have an additional $250 fee.
The last boom from the mid-2000s to 2010s came with the side-effects of cost inflation, labour scarcity and housing shortages — the industry has changed significantly since then.
STARS air ambulance said a man in his 70s was transported from the gas plant, about 88 kilometres east of Calgary, to hospital in critical condition.
The chief of police in Fredericton says the force has made significant changes after an investigation into an error that forced the Crown to abandon two murder trials last year.
Another Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit payment for the fiscal year, and the last of 2026, will arrive in bank accounts and mail boxes of qualifying Canadians as of Monday.
RCMP Const. Eli Ndatuje was charged under the Criminal Code and the Security of Information Act for alleged illegal use of the police database but has been found not guilty.
A trail in a Manitoba park has reopened with safety upgrades after two boys who were swept into fast-moving rapids and drowned.
With language being stripped away from students during residential schools, people are now left finding new ways to keep the Cree and Dene language alive.
Nova Scotia’s information and privacy commissioner says new rules regarding public access to provincial cabinet records will result in less transparency.
Changes are coming for Canadians who need to renew their Nexus memberships, according to Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), with shorter timelines to schedule interviews.
In February 2025, Trump first announced tariffs against Canada. Abacus conducted a poll of Canadians asking if they intend to boycott American products.
Saskatchewan’s Crown investments minister stood Thursday in front of a skeleton of steel beams to tout progress on an artificial intelligence mega facility.
Health ministers from across the country say they're worried about federal funding agreements for mental health, addictions and home care in this year's budget.
Michael J. Fox, who is already a member of the Order of Canada, is being promoted to a companion in a ceremony hosted by Gov. Gen. Louise Arbour.
The government said it will work over the next year to complete consultations on the project itself, and to secure environmental safeguards, financing and Indigenous partnerships.
As colder temperatures approach, some in Nova Scotia are raising concerns over heating costs and questioning the adequacy of the province's assistance rebate program.
Convicted killer Shawn Lamb has had his statutory release revoked by the Parole Board of Canada for breaching his conditions.
As global oil supplies continue to tighten up amid ongoing geopolitical conflicts that have pushed up fuel prices, the governor of Texas has declared a state of emergency.
Despite struggling in the red zone in recent weeks, the Saskatchewan Roughriders aren't about to wave the red flag heading into Friday's matchup with the Calgary Stampeders.
The original lawsuit, filed in 2020, alleges the doctors took MRI scans of 60 members of the Pictou Landing First Nation without their knowledge or consent.
The U.S. is reportedly threatening to ban exports of diesel fuel to parts of Europe, unless countries like Germany and France release more of their diesel reserves.
Dr. Andrew Boozary of the University Hospital Network says it's a more humane approach to helping the vulnerable and is also cost effective.
The move comes amid deepening ties between Canada and the European Union, including a proposal to make Canada the EU’s first 'associate member.'
Peel Regional Police say officers have made an arrest in a fatal hit-and-run that occurred earlier this week.
Strength for artificial-intelligence stocks is helping the U.S. market to hold firmer on Thursday, even as pressure from the bond market continues to rattle financial markets.
Trailer Park Boys actor Mike Smith, known for playing Bubbles on the show, has had a sexual assault charge against him dismissed in a Nova Scotia court.
Police in Delta, BC, said it's believed the driver of a pickup had a medical emergency near one of the mall's entrances and drove into a group.
Doctors Manitoba has welcomed the change, noting the province has gone from having no limits on sick notes to having the clearest and strongest rules in Canada.
The bumps of between 25 and 40 cents come in Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
The Toronto Region Board of Trade is urging the province to amend zoning and building code rules as it says Ontario is on pace to fall well short of its new home goal.
Transluce said it informed the Canadian government on Monday, Sept. 28, following which the Canadian Centre for Cybersecurity issued a statement on Tuesday.
A Hydro-Québec proposal that could double the cost of energy for data centres is being put to the test at a public hearing.
The proposed new pipeline would see up to one million barrels per day flow from Alberta to Delta, B.C., for export to Asian markets.
Edmonton's oldest historic site served as a place to remember the history of Canada's Indigenous people on the sixth annual National Day of Truth and Reconciliation.
Hundreds of orange shirts dotted the SaskTel centre on Wednesday to mark a day filled with reflection to honour residential school survivors.
It's been 20 years since the De la Concorde overpass collapsed, killing five people, but retired firefighter Guy Archambault can still recall arriving at the chaotic scene.
Prairie provinces, including Alberta, had the highest percentage of respondents who felt no hope at all about democracy while British Columbia led with those who felt very hopeful.
It's another important West Division contest for Trevor Harris and the Saskatchewan Roughriders.
Four small businesses and 25 Democratic-led states argue that the tariffs, applied to imports from 60 trading partners, including Canada, far exceed the president's authority.
Scott Aitchison will be the eighth MP to leave Pierre Poilievre’s Conservative caucus since the 2025 election, as Global News reported on Tuesday.
Peel Regional Police say distraction thefts are spiking in the region, citing a recent case involving a woman being robbed of $19,000 in jewelry as an example.
The Roughriders acquired Brett Lauther from the Ottawa Redblacks on Wednesday for a fifth-round pick in the 2027 CFL draft.
What's expected to be the strongest El Nino on record may delay Ontario's stunning fall foliage, but experts say there's no reason to worry – the colour show will go on.
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission concluded in its landmark 2015 final report that the school system was a central element of a state-backed policy of cultural genocide.
When Mary Louie was at Residential school she remembers wanting only one thing when she was a young girl at residential school: to get home.