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The big deadline is coming up for the current Mighty Millions Lottery with lots of prizes up for grabs, including the $2.5-million grand prize show home. Megan Wenger from the Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation joined us on Global News Morning Edmonton with all the mighty details.

The threat of job action once again looms over Canada’s West Coast ports as the union representing foremen is threatening job action and employers are retaliating with the threat of a lockout as early as Monday. Hundreds of millions in trade every day are at stake. Aaron McArthur reports.

The threat of job action once again looms over Canada’s West Coast ports as the union representing foremen is threatening job action and employers are retaliating with the threat of a lockout as early as Monday. Hundreds of millions in trade every day are at stake. Aaron McArthur reports.

Canada’s reliance on food banks has soared to a grim new milestone, according to data from Food Banks Canada. The organization says it recorded more than two million visits in March 2024 – which is nearly double the monthly visits recorded in March 2019 and six per cent above last year’s record-breaking figure. Anne Gaviola...

During a press conference in Ottawa on Thursday, Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne announced the finalization of a $79.1-million investment – under the federal Strategic Innovation Fund – to Ericsson’s $634.8-million project to advance 5G technologies and boost R&D centres for next-generation telecommunications networks.

When asked if he would like to see the Edmonton Police Service investigate allegations that Global Health Imports (GHI) and his former business, Stephen Anderson, defrauded three companies of more than $1 million, Employment Minister Boissonnault dodged the question, instead saying the Ethics Commissioner has decided not to launch a full investigation into allegations he...

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says if his party wins the next federal election, it will scrap federal sales tax Canadians have to pay on newly built homes that sell for less than $1 million. Mackenzie Gray looks at what difference the proposed change could make, and just how feasible it could be.

They Kaye Competition awards $1-million a year to innovative health-care research projects at the University of Alberta Hospital. Last year, one of the projects to receive funding was Dr. Andrea Haqq’s research into how semaglutide, prescribed under the brand names Ozempic and Wegovy, affects energy expenditure in people with Type 2 diabetes and obesity.

A new report says Ontario needs to bolster its health care services, as the number of people living with major illnesses is set to rise dramatically. By 2040, data suggests 3.1 million people in the province will be living with major illnesses, many of them with two or more chronic conditions such as osteoarthritis, diabetes,...

The Manitoba government is putting up $10 million for a new fund aimed at getting more affordable housing units on the market.

While the Saskatchewan government says its strategy to recruit health-care workers is succeeding, the provincial NDP is vowing to increase spending on staff and critical services.

Canada’s unemployment rate dropped for the first time all year last month, now sitting at 6.5 per cent and TD Bank is set to pay $3 billion in penalties in a U.S money laundering probe. Here to break it all down is financial analyst Robert Levy.

The parents of a Vancouver boy who beat an extremely rare form of cancer have raised millions for cancer treatment and research at BC Children’s Hospital. Grace Ke reports.

Global News has learned Imperial Oil in southern Ontario is facing one of the largest environmental fines the province has issued and it’s all due to an oil spill back in 2021. The refinery has been ordered to pay $1.1 million. More than a thousand litres of slop oil leaked into the ground. The refinery...

TD Bank will pay approximately $3 billion USD in a historic settlement with U.S. authorities who say the financial institution’s lax practices allowed significant money laundering over multiple years. The CEO of TD Bank, which is the 10th largest in the United States, says “this is a difficult chapter in our bank’s history.” Anne Gaviola...

On Tuesday, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland clarified the down payment requirements under the new $1.5-million insured mortgage cap, announcing that the first $500,000 of the purchase price will still need a five per cent down payment, while the next portion of up to $1 million in value will need a 10 per...

Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland announced on Monday proposed changes to the Canadian mortgage market, aiming to expand the availability of 30-year amortizations and increase the cap on insured mortgage products. Additionally, the price cap for insured mortgages will be raised to $1.5 million from the previous limit of $1 million. Both proposed changes would...

Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland announced on Monday proposed changes to the Canadian mortgage market, aiming to expand the availability of 30-year amortizations and increase the cap on insured mortgage products. Additionally, the price cap for insured mortgages will be raised to $1.5 million from the previous limit of $1 million. Both proposed changes would...

“Very humbled….thousands upon thousands of donors have made this a reality. Our hearts are full. ” Children’s Hospital Foundation of Manitoba president Stefano Grande reflects on @CHFManitoba surpassing their campaign goal of $75 million over 5 years.

Opponents of the removal of 160,000 trees from Stanley Park have uncovered a memo that shows the Vancouver City Council secretly approved a whopping $11.1 million increase in the budget for the project. Alissa Thibault reports.