Rebecca Lau
Online web producer
Rebecca is a passionate journalist whose love of storytelling is what drives her. Whether it’s breaking news or a heartwarming human interest piece, she strives to both inform and engage people through her work.
As an online web producer, she has been able to combine her experience in broadcast reporting and writing to share even more stories.
Rebecca holds a Bachelor of Journalism degree from Carleton University in Ottawa, and began her career in Ontario in Sudbury and Windsor.
Her first taste of the Maritimes came in 2007 when she moved to New Brunswick to report from Global News’ Fredericton bureau, and eventually took on weekend anchoring and reporting in Halifax.
Rebecca loves to take advantage of everything the region has to offer. She enjoys trying new foods, loves to travel, and is always up for a spontaneous road trip.
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Video Archives
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Day of Mourning a somber reminder of workplace safety
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Sullivan’s Pond geese move to winter home
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Cargo Plane overshoots runway
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Brush fire near Kearney Lake sends firefighter to hospital
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Exhibit featuring preserved human bodies in Atlantic Canada for 1st time
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Remembering help from Truro in the aftermath of the Halifax Explosion
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What’s the best model for food safety inspections?
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Why owners and safety experts want restaurants to be inspected
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How often is Nova Scotia conducting food safety inspections at restaurants?
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Dartmouth pizza shop employee injured in robbery
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Halifax’s waterfront to get $200M transformation
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Video Difference closing after 34 years in business
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Health records in NS go online
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Hunger in Dartmouth North schools
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Former NDP MP Peter Stoffer sells famed baseball cap collection
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Halifax retirement home raises pride flag
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Human trafficking awareness campaign success
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Sexual assault allegations against cab drivers
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Visitors owe Halifax over $1M in parking tickets
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Feed Nova Scotia low on food donations
Author Archives
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N.S. parent uneasy as institutions for people with developmental disabilities set to closeA Nova Scotia woman says she's worried about her adult son's future, as the province's institutions for people with developmental disabilities are set to close.CanadaMay 3
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Titanic, PCP and chowder: New details about drugging on 1996 film set in Halifax revealedMore information has been revealed in a police report looking into how the Titanic film crew was served chowder laced with a hallucinogenic drug in Nova Scotia in 1996.CanadaMay 2
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3 Halifax-area schools dismissed early due to threats, officials sayThree Halifax-area schools were dismissed early Tuesday afternoon in response to threats that were written on paper or on bathroom stall doors, school officials say.CanadaApr 30
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Parents of slain Halifax teen grapple with grief, anger: ‘No one listened’The parents of 16-year-old Ahmad Al Ahmad, who was killed outside a Halifax mall on Monday, say they moved to Canada from Syria in 2016, but haven't felt safe living here.CrimeApr 30
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3rd person charged with murder in death of teen outside Halifax mallPolice say a 16-year-old, who was arrested shortly after the incident, is now charged with second-degree murder in the killing of Ahmad Al Marrach.CrimeApr 29
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Why a family wants the IWK Health Centre’s age limit to be ’18 at least’Kendric Campbell, who just turned 16, is now too old to access the ER at the IWK children's hospital in Halifax. His mother is calling for the hospital to expand its mandate.HealthApr 24
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Halifax council approves municipal budget that includes 6.3% residential tax hikeHalifax councillors have approved a municipal budget that includes a $306.5-million capital plan and a 6.3 per cent increase in residential taxes.CanadaApr 23
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Atlantic Superstore defends use of plexiglass to prevent ‘organized crime.’ Shoppers unconvincedNew measures aimed at preventing shoplifting at Loblaws-owned Atlantic Superstore locations are stirring debate in the Halifax area, and beyond.ConsumerApr 22
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N.S. justice minister resigns after saying domestic violence not an epidemicBrad Johns made the controversial comments while responding to a reporter’s question on the inquiry into the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting.CanadaApr 19
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Bursting at the seams: New school in Halifax region already facing overcrowdingFamilies at Bedford West School, which has classes from pre-primary to Grade 8, are surprised to hear that the newly-built school is already looking to install modular classrooms.EducationApr 18
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Moncton cafe that offers safe space to community looking for support to stay openA Moncton cafe that has an open-door policy to help those struggling or in need, is in need itself. They're trying to raise $11,000 for a new fridge or risk closing.CanadaApr 12
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Nova Scotia teachers vote 98% in favour of strike mandate as bargaining continuesMembers of the Nova Scotia Teachers Union have voted 98 per cent in favour of a strike mandate, in a move the union calls "a resounding wake-up call to government."EducationApr 11
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N.S. teachers hold rally as union encourages members to vote ‘yes’ to strike mandateNova Scotia teachers took part in a rally to call for better work environments and to highlight the challenges they face in the classrooms, ahead of a strike vote tomorrow.EducationApr 10
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New Brunswick man recalls decades-long wait to see total solar eclipse in hometownGregory MacIvor, now 56, first heard about the impending total eclipse when he was 11 years old and recalls his vow to witness the event in New Brunswick.CanadaApr 8
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‘Something has to change’: Mother fights for better addiction care after son’s deathA Nova Scotia woman whose son died from a drug overdose says the province's health-care system failed him, and is calling for better mental health and addiction support.HealthApr 5
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Halifax museum hopes move to Ontario zoo will lift spirits of mascot, Merlin the macawThe Maritime Museum of the Atlantic in Halifax says Merlin has shown signs of stress and depression since the COVID-19 pandemic when it was forced to close.CanadaApr 4
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Code Critical: N.S. nurses say ‘crisis in staffing’ continues to take emotional and physical tollA Nova Scotia nurse says health-care workers are continuing to battle burnout. Their union calls it a crisis in staffing that's taking a toll mentally and physically.HealthApr 2
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Code critical: N.S. woman commutes 5 hours to see her family doctor to avoid a waitlistA Nova Scotia woman says she would rather keep her family doctor five hours away than risk being put on the waitlist, which now sits at 156,000 people.HealthMar 27
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Is the N.S. government fixing health care? Minister says ‘we’re getting there’Nova Scotia Health Minister Michelle Thompson sat down with Global News as part of our series called 'Code Critical,' which examines the issues impacting the health-care system.HealthMar 16
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‘Feisty’ furless raccoon creates quite the buzz at N.S. wildlife rehab centreStaff at Hope for Wildlife rescue centre in Nova Scotia have lovingly named a hairless raccoon Rufus, after the naked mole-rat in the cartoon 'Kim Possible.'CanadaMar 15
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Code Critical: Family doctors, walk-in clinics and how stretched the N.S. system isA Nova Scotia family doctor says a quarter of her colleagues are set to retire in the next five to 10 years. She wants to see more recruitment and retention efforts before then.HealthMar 13
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Code Critical: How a family doctor shortage has N.S. woman hoping her family doesn’t get sickBrenda MacDonald and her children have been on the physician wait list for two and a half years. She is left wondering when she will ever get a family doctor.HealthMar 12
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‘You really don’t see it coming’: N.B. woman warns of strep A and septic shock riskCases of invasive Group A strep are on the rise in New Brunswick, prompting one woman to share her story and warn others about the risk of sepsis that comes with the disease.HealthMar 8
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Campground resident in N.S. faces eviction and uncertainty as ‘short-term solution’ endsA man who has been living at the Shubie Campground in Dartmouth says he's being told to vacate by the end of April, but he fears he will not find an affordable place to live.CanadaMar 8
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‘Living in fear’: N.S. senior among those calling for end to fixed-term leasesThe group Atlantic ACORN is calling for the province to ban landlords from only offing fixed term leases to tenants.CanadaMar 7