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Confidential government documents, obtained by Global News, revealed Ontario Premier Doug Ford shut down internal recommendations to raise tuition rates for college and university students. Colin D’Mello has the story.

Progressive Conservative Leader and Premier Doug Ford is facing internal strife after a member of his own party shot down an attempt to reverse a ban on keffiyehs at Queen’s Park. Ford had said he was opposed to the ban. Global News’ Queen’s Park Bureau Chief Colin D’Mello reports.

Global viewers are stepping up with offers to help a Good Samaritan who was seriously injured while chasing down a thief – and who was then handed a nearly $2,000 hospital bill for his treatment. Kristen Robinson reports.

Demonstrators shut down the Deltaport container terminal and targeted the flow of goods, saying Canada is complicit in Gaza’s suffering. New developments in the case of a protester accused of assaulting a Vancouver police officer. And a disturbing discovery on a rural road near Mabel Lake – how it could be connected to a recent...

Peel Regional Police say nine people have been arrested or identified in connection with a gold heist from Toronto’s Pearson airport, the largest such theft in Canadian history. Why police allege it was an inside job, how the robbery was pulled off, and what happened to all that gold. GC Strategies partner Kristian Firth has...

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is shutting down efforts to introduce fourplexes in neighbourhoods across the province, calling the policy a “massive mistake” that would raise the ire of residents living in traditional single-family suburbs. Global News’ Queen’s Park Bureau Chief Colin D’Mello reports.

In tonight’s top story: Some good news for the Royal family after months of woe. On Sunday, King Charles made his first public appearance since his cancer diagnosis in February. And, since Russia’s invasion began two years ago, Canada has welcomed nearly 300,000 Ukrainians seeking to escape the conflict on emergency visas. But Sunday marked...

The federal NDP has put forward a motion calling on Canada to officially recognize Palestine as a state, in part of a series of initiatives the party believes could expedite peace in Gaza and across the Middle East. How some MPs are reacting to the proposal, and how House leader Steven MacKinnon proposed a series...

Thousands of academic workers walk off the job at York University. How one man tracked down his stolen vehicle. And, the Ford government’s financial aid package for struggling colleges and universities.

The Ontario Court of Appeal has sided against the Ford government in its attempts to reinstate Bill 124. The controversial law capped public sector salaries at one per cent per year over three years and was struck down after labour groups and unions went to court over the legislation. Jaden Lee-Lincoln reports.

Parm Gill, an Ontario MPP and cabinet minister, is stepping down to run in an upcoming federal election. Global News’ Queen’s Park Bureau Chief Colin D’Mello explains what the news means for Premier Doug Ford.

A rally to save the Ontario Science Centre was held on Saturday at Riverdale Park. A number of politicians joined several dozen people to try to stop Ontario Premier Doug Ford from moving the beloved institution down to Ontario Place at the West Toronto waterfront. And, after recent indications that rises in Canada’s interest rates...

Two people died after a Vaughan house fire on Saturday night, according to the Toronto Fire Service and Vaughan Fire crew, Meanwhile, Canada marks the fourth anniversary of the downing of Flight PS752. A vigil is underway at Mel Lastman Square in honour of the lives lost in the fatal flight. Plus, after taking a...

Good Samaritans Stephen Wilsack and Matthew Grant sit down with Paul Brothers to talk about the significance of getting power to the tent encampment at Grand Parade and what conditions are like at the encampment as Winter sets in.

Good news for drivers off western tip of the Island of Montreal. Work on the new Île-aux-Tourtes Bridge has begun and officials are moving up the completion date by one year. As Global’s Tim Sargeant explains, the news comes as the existing bridge is bogged down with lane closures.

The Ford government makes the business case for moving the Ontario Science Centre to Ontario Place – does is add up? Bad drivers are bogging down the King Street Transit Corridor – why are so few tickets being issued and, Taste of the Danforth cancelled for the coming year – we’ll tell you why.

Vernon’s only walk-in clinic has permanently shut its doors, leaving residents without a family doctor in limbo. BC SPCA announced it is shutting down its Vernon location for good, due to structural problems with the building. A police dog helped stop a would-be thief from breaking into what remained of a Kelowna-area home that was...

A new report has some good news when it comes to death rates for lung cancer patients. They’re on the way down, and a big reason is tobacco smoking is on the decline. Global BC Medical Contributor Dr. Birinder Narang discusses the report and why even though tobacco use is down, marijuana use is up.

As the week winds down, you may be looking forward to getting some more sleep this weekend. Clocks will move back one hour as Daylight Saving Time comes to an end. But, as Robert Lothian reports, even with that extra hour of shut eye, some experts say “falling back” may do more harm than good.

Some 200 people are still being held captive by Hamas since its surprise attack in Israel, while the Israeli military prepares for a potential ground invasion of Gaza. Jeff Semple gets an inside look at how a volunteer team of high-tech experts are helping track down the hostages. As the bloodshed between Israel and Hamas...