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Two organizations have partnered to combat hunger across Canada in a unique way. Four Peterborough-area farmers are working to grow wheat and corn on donated land in the city. Whatever is produced will then go the Canadian Foodgrains Bank. Tricia Mason has the details.

Stephanie Nanne, of Egg Farmers of Ontario, shows us how to decorate eggs for an Easter tree and wants you to enter their decorating contest.

The RCMP has charged two men of violating international sanctions by conspiring to sell Chinese drones and other military equipment to Libya. They are both former employees of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a United Nations (UN) agency based in Montreal. Nishan Duraiappah, the chief of Ontario’s Peel Regional Police, was photographed meeting with...

Thunder Bay’s former police chief Sylvia Hauth has been arrested and charged with two counts of obstructing justice, Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) said Friday. This marks the third arrest in the OPP’s investigation into allegations of misconduct within the Thunder Bay Police force.

Disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction has been overturned by the New York Court of Appeals, which ruled he did not receive a fair trial. What led to the decision, why it doesn’t make Weinstein a free man, and how this has stunned the women who broke their silence to accuse the ex-movie...

A chemical company in Sarnia, Ontario is temporarily shutting down after residents of the neighbouring First Nation reported getting sick. Levels of benzene, a cancer-causing chemical, reached alarming levels in Aamjiwnaang First Nation last week. How the community is still seeking accountability.It is believed more than 100 hostages are still being held in Gaza, more...

Big changes are coming to Ontario’s school curriculum. Michael Fullan, University of Toronto professor emeritus and former dean of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, joins Candace Daniel to discuss if the revisions will better prepare students for when they enter the workforce.

Ontario has spent more than $65 million over roughly three years searching for burial sites at former Indian Residential Schools. Global News’ Queen’s Park Bureau Chief Colin D’Mello explains.

More than 50 insiders with Ontario’s child-welfare system are blowing the whistle, telling Global News they believe for-profit group homes companies are targeting, and in some cases, even charging more to care for Indigenous youth. From remote First Nations in northern Ontario to Nunavut — Global News found that communities with the fewest resources were...

Former Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney has died at the age of 84. Mulroney is survived by his wife, Mila, and four children. Among them are Caroline Mulroney, Ontario’s transport and francophone affairs minister, and Ben Mulroney, a well-known TV personality.

Ontario’s Office of the FIre Marshal is investigating a fire at a former rooming house in Peterborough on Tuesday night. Firefighters responded to the blaze around 8:15 p.m.. The building was vacant and boarded up. No injuries were report. The OFM and the Peterborough Police Service are investigating the cause of the fire. The same...

The Premier quadrupling down on the way judges are appointed in Ontario. Troubling questions about some group homes in Ontario. And, remembering the remarkable life of former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney.

WARNING: This video contains content that may be disturbing to viewers. Viewer discretion is advised. Ahead of negotiations in Cairo, Egypt., on Sunday, the U.S. has delivered the first of what it says will be many airdrops of aid to Gaza. Plus, a Global News investigation in northwestern Ontario’s Grassy Narrows First Nation uncovers troubling...

Residents of Ontario’s Durham Region are just days away from a March 4 federal by-election. The seat is up for grabs after the former leader of the federal Conservative Party, Erin O’Toole, retired from politics in spring 2023. Lexy Benedict breaks down the stakes for the region.

Nikki Haley has ended her presidential bid in the 2024 election, clearing the way for a rematch between former U.S. president Donald Trump and U.S. President Joe Biden. The encouraging and worrying signs for Trump’s chances to return to the White House, and how Biden could campaign differently compared to 2020. Rimma Dotsenko of Ontario,...

A state funeral will be held in Montreal for former prime minister Brian Mulroney. He died Thursday, at age 84, in a Florida hospital after a recent fall in his Palm Beach, Fla., home. There’s no question Mulroney had a profound impact on Canada, leading the nation for nearly nine years. Plus, a member of...

Former U.S. president Donald Trump has cleared a major legal hurdle in his bid to return to the White House, as the Supreme Court has ruled individual states cannot bar candidates from federal office. How this affects his odds of securing the Republican nomination for the 2024 presidential election, and if this will end questions...

WARNING: Some of the images in this story are disturbing. Viewer discretion is advised. Hopes for an imminent ceasefire in Gaza suffered a major setback after Israel boycotted the latest round of peace talks. The Israeli government is reportedly refusing to attend negotiations in Cairo, until Hamas provides a list of the surviving hostages in...

A former employee of Ontario Power Generation (OPG), the Crown corporation that operates the province’s nuclear plants, has been charged with leaking “safeguarded information” that could harm Canada. ‘The West Block’ host Mercedes Stephenson speaks with Dan Stanton, the former executive manager at the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), about the dangers of insider threats...

A former employee of Ontario Power Generation (OPG), which operates Ontario’s nuclear plants, has been charged under the Security of Information Act for allegedly sharing “safeguarded information.” Mercedes Stephenson lays out what the former staffer is believed to have done, and the impact on Canada’s security.