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Toronto Metropolitan University Physics and Astronomy Lecturer Dave Kirsh joins Global News Morning from Niagara Falls, as excitement builds ahead of the total solar eclipse.

Israel is blaming serious errors and breaches of procedures for the attack that killed seven humanitarian workers, including a dual Canadian-American citizen, in Gaza on Monday. The Israeli military has disciplined at least three officers for their roles in the strikes. Accusations are growing that Israel isn’t doing enough to protect civilians. The deaths of...

Queen’s Park doubling down on efforts to increase home building across the province. Metrolinx taking measures to protect passengers from e-bike battery hazards – we’ll explain. And, meet the man with a plan for the perfect view of the upcoming solar eclipse.

The price of oil jumped on news that U.S. and British warplanes launched strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen, marking a significant escalation of conflict and tension that has been building in the area. Shipping costs continue to soar as commercial vessels are diverted away from the area, adding to production delays as well as...

Vancouver-based Helijet International has ordered Canada’s first electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, built by Vermont-based BETA Technologies. Neetu Garcha explains what eVTOLs can do, how they could be a key part of aviation’s future, and when the first one could soar through Canadian airspace.

Ferocious floodwaters in Libya have killed more than 11,000 people, and there are fears up that number will just keep soaring. The foreign aid slowly starting to trickle in, and what the United Nations says could’ve saved thousands of lives. Global News has obtained the British Columbia Review Board’s decision about Blair Evan Donnelly, who...

Global’s Eilish Bonang speaks with Gina Park, the team lead of the Dalhousie University Solar Car Project, about her team building the region’s first ever solar vehicle which they will race at the Formula Sun Grand Prix in Kansas!

In the future, all new single-family homes in Vernon could be required to be built solar-ready. After a vote at city council this week, the municipality is investigating that policy. Megan Turcato has more on what solar ready would entail and why the idea of mandating it is generating debate.

Kevin Falcon visits children’s development centre in Kelowna. The BC Government is encouraging the public to prepare for the possibility of extreme weather events. In the future all new single-family homes in Vernon could be required to be built solar ready.

A proposed plan on the Danforth could see new buildings up to 55-storeys tall, but residents may also be removed from their homes. Plus, members of the Toronto Police Service have participated in the “Polar Plunge” again in support of Special Olympics Ontario — an annual tradition.

Montreal police along with other law enforcement, emergency services and other special guests held their annual polar bear challenge on Saturday. As Global’s Phil Carpenter reports, the challenge includes jumping into the Lachine Canal to raise funds for a good cause, build morale and focus on inclusion.

Dozens of people who lived in a two-storey apartment building in Montreal’s east end have lost their home. A major five-alarm fire ripped through the building, destroying many of the homes and putting 20 families on the street. The flames broke out just as a polar vortex swept down on the city putting everything under...

Sunwing faces backlash from hundreds of Canadians still stuck abroad due to mass flight cancellations, with the federal transportation minister and Saskatchewan’s premier now also criticizing the airline’s handling of the fiasco. We look at the plight of travellers who remain stranded, as Sunwing struggles to get people back home. The U.S. Congress has released...

Hospital space and supplies are running out in New York as COVID-19 cases soar. Jackson Proskow shows you where makeshift hospitals are being built, as medical workers struggle to keep up.

Forty-five new solar panels have been added to the rooftop of the main office building in Montreal’s Saint-Laurent area as a new way to generate energy and help save on utility expenses. The modules were installed last fall as a way to help heat, cool and provide electricity to the building. The solar energy system...

The Louis Bull Tribe – one of the four first nations in Maskwacis – has unveiled its new solar initiative. Four community buildings are now equipped with 400 solar panels. Emily Mertz has the details.

A polarizing figure gunned down at his workplace. The death of Ripudaman Singh Malik, a central figure in the Air India bombing investigation, long after his acquittal. One year after the Village of Lytton was virtually destroyed, a new fire is threatening what’s left. And what might have caused the building collapse in Vancouver that...

Quebecers who are road-tripping in the eastern part of the province in the coming days may come across a special sight. A solar-powered car built by a group of mechanical engineering students at Polytechnique Montréal is gearing up to tour the province on July 31. Videojournalist David Sedell captured the essence of Esteban 10 and...

Edmonton International Airport has announced the largest airport-based solar farm in the world will be built on its lands. As Sarah Komadina explains, when complete, the 120-megawatt solar farm will stretch over the equivalent of 313 CFL football fields.

When plans to build the soaring Stantec Tower in Edmonton’s Ice District were announced, it was an ambitious plan. As Vinesh Pratap reports, while the local economy may have tumbled, the tower’s upwards progress continues.