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As excitement builds for the FIFA World Cup, so does anger over who can afford to actually attend games. With fees soaring, prosecutors in New York and New Jersey are demanding answers from FIFA. Some customers are complaining that they were shown one view on stadium maps, only to be assigned worse seats once paid....

The end of the road is coming for the High Level and Low Level bridges, which need to be replaced. An instructor with the Edmonton Soaring Club dies in a gliding crash. Closing arguments are heard in the trial of a woman whose two dogs killed a boy in her south Edmonton home. Alberta earmarks...

An independent review of the troubled North Shore Wastewater Treatment Plant project is finally moving forward after Metro Vancouver and the company originally hired to build the plant settled their long-running legal battle. Global News Morning speaks with District of North Vancouver Mayor Mike Little about ongoing questions around the soaring cost of the project,...

The City of New Westminster is taking steps to help prevent a repeat of the disaster that happened during the heat dome of 2021. Hundreds of British Columbians died when temperatures soared and, as Taya Fast reports,- the City is now requiring rental buildings to have “cool rooms”.

The long-time west Edmonton resident recently learned a two-storey, eight-unit housing complex will be built next door to his bungalow in West Meadowlark – blocking sunlight from reaching his new solar panels. Sarah Ryan has the story.

Metis Nation Saskatchewan removes a cabinet minister from all portfolios following an online recording with degrading language. SaskPower signs an agreement to build an Indigenous led solar energy facility near Regina. The provincial NDP shuffles around some of it’s critics and adds two new roles ahead of the spring legislative sitting.

SaskPower signs an agreement to build an Indigenous led solar energy facility near Regina. The provincial NDP shuffles around some of it’s critics and adds two new roles ahead of the spring legislative sitting. Metis Nation Saskatchewan removes a cabinet minister from all portfolios following an online recording with degrading language.

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...

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...

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...

Hydro-Québec is looking to further diversify energy production away from hydro-electric power. The utility company wants to dramatically increase solar energy by building more solar farms. And for the first time, Hydro-Québec will soon offer financial incentives to homeowners. Global’s Tim Sargeant reports.

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.

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.

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 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.

Canada is moving a big step closer to asserting our sovereignty in the Arctic. It is in the form of a multi-billion dollar icebreaker that’s now being built on Vancouver’s North Shore, with Canadian parts and labour. Taya Fast reports.

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.

New details on the victims and possible motive in Monday’s deadly office place shooting. Amid soaring temperatures, should Toronto City Hall set an upper limit for apartment building temperatures?  And, thinking of taking party boat cruise – be careful who you book with – we’ll explain why.

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...

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.