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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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
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‘Discriminating against the poor’: Woman at Halifax encampment site pushing back on evictionCrews were on hand at Victoria Park in the city's downtown Monday morning, putting up fencing around the site. One resident isn't happy with what's been unfolding.CanadaMar 4
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Road damage from N.B. floods will ‘definitely’ cause first response delays: fire chiefWashouts from this week's intense flash flooding have caused road damage all over New Brunswick, while some homeowners are cleaning up what the storm left behind.WeatherMar 1
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New Brunswick parents calling for a children’s hospital in their own provinceHundreds of parents in New Brunswick have signed a petition calling for a children's hospital in the province. The nearest one is the IWK Health Centre in Halifax.HealthFeb 27
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‘Front door is blocked’: Cape Bretoners have big dig ahead of them after stormA relentless, multi-day snow storm that dumped more than 100 centimetres of snow in parts of Nova Scotia has people in Cape Breton sitting and waiting to be dug out.WeatherFeb 5
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New Brunswick woman wants to get a strep A test. It’s proving to be difficultA New Brunswick woman says she has been unable to get testing for Group A streptococcus despite her numerous calls to pharmacies and after hour clinics.HealthFeb 2
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‘His body hurt so bad’: Father dies from aggressive form of strep, family speaks outA family in N.B. is urging people to get tested for Group A strep, after their father and husband was one of those who died suddenly from the bacterial infection.HealthJan 30
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‘A long 35 years’: Murder charge laid in Canadian cold case thanks to genetic genealogyByron Carr's 1988 murder shook P.E.I. to 'its core,' Charlottetown's police chief said on Friday. Police believe he was killed after a sexual encounter with another man.CanadaJan 26
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Delays and cancellations: Some N.S. parents worried about school bus driver shortagesA bus driver shortage at the company that supplies service for Conseil scolaire acadien provincial (CSAP) students is causing a lot of problems for parents and students.CanadaJan 18
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Police chief in N.B. orders review of force’s involvement in wrongful murder convictionWalter Gillespie, 80, and Robert Mailman, 43, were convicted in the Nov. 30, 1983, killing of George Gilman Leeman. They were formally acquitted this month.CanadaJan 12
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N.B. Medical Society says alternative primary care program contributing to family doctor shortageThe New Brunswick Medical Society believes programs offered by the province for patients without family doctors may actually be contributing to the physician shortage.HealthJan 11
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Man with ‘big plans’ dies in car crash. His co-workers are stepping up for the familyA N.B. pizza restaurant was donating all proceeds Wednesday to the family of an employee killed in a recent car crash. The public support was overwhelming.CanadaJan 3
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N.B. revokes licence of AIM facility for not ‘adequately’ addressing safety concernsA massive fire broke out in the early morning hours of Sept. 14 amid a pile of crushed cars at the AIM scrapyard in Saint John and prompted a city-wide air quality warning.CanadaDec 29, 2023
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N.B. town declares homelessness state of emergency — then the province terminated itNew Brunswick's minister of public safety says a state of emergency is inappropriate in this situation and would offer "no additional value" in solving the problem of homelessness.CanadaDec 7, 2023
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N.B. town declares state of local emergency over homelessness crisis after person’s deathThe Municipal District of St. Stephen in New Brunswick has declared a local state of emergency over the homelessness crisis, just days after someone died in a public space.CanadaDec 4, 2023
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Moncton, N.B. to display menorah after council votes to reverse decision on religious symbolsThe City of Moncton has reversed a controversial decision not to display religious symbols, including the menorah and nativity scene, outside City Hall.CanadaDec 4, 2023
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Why a flood damage grant N.S. businesses applied for doesn’t actually existBusinesses that suffered damage earlier this year during a historic flood were surprised to learn that a $2,500 provincial grant they applied for doesn't actually exist.CanadaNov 23, 2023
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‘Kids were traumatized’: N.S. minor hockey coach charged for allegedly punching refereeA minor hockey coach in N.S. is facing assault charges after an on-ice incident during a game this weekend. An eyewitness says a cowbell was thrown onto the ice.CrimeNov 20, 2023
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Halifax woman alleges police arrested, hurt her after trying to speak with Liberal MPsMouna Manna was protesting outside where Minister of National Defence Bill Blair and Halifax MP Andy Fillmore were dining. She says she's trying to get her parents out of Gaza.CanadaNov 17, 2023