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Carbon emissions in Canada in 2022 were the lowest they have been in 25 years, excluding the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new federal data. Ottawa boasts its climate policies are working, so Mackenzie Gray has a reality check on whether Canada is actually on track to meet its emission reduction...

The closures, restrictions and isolation at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic were tough for everyone. And it seems a famous parrot in Atlantic Canada was affected as well. His name is Merlin and he’s now bound for a new home, with hopes that a change in scenery will raise his spirits. Heidi Petracek reports...

Police radio recordings are providing new details about Monday night’s high-speed pursuit going the wrong way on Highway 401 east of Toronto, killing a baby boy and his grandparents. Who else was in the vehicle with the victims; what a senior police officer tried to do just before the moment of impact; and the province’s...

In the Middle East, Israel is weighing its response after an unprecedented attack by Iran. Now the focus is on what Israel will do next. The United Nations (UN) Security Council convened emergency talks on Sunday, where Secretary General Antonio Guterres emphasized the need for maximum restraint. For decades, Tehran’s official policy has been the...

The Canada Emergency Business Account (CEBA) gave out almost $50 million to nearly 900,000 businesses to help them stay afloat during the COVID-19 pandemic. But as Abigail Bimman explains, while the federal government extended the repayment deadline, it now looms again for tens of thousands of businesses struggling to pay it back.

Boxing Canada will be holdings its first Canada Cup in Calgary later this week, including the first national championships for the youth and junior category since the COVID-19 pandemic. Executive director Christopher Lindsay tells Global News Morning Calgary the competition could feature future 2028 Summer Olympians.

Nations are bouncing back from the COVID-19 pandemic. But there is a growing gap between rich and poor countries, according to data from the United Nations (UN) Development program. Katherine Ward has this story and more in Health Matters for Mar. 14, 2024.

The COVID-19 pandemic shaved more than a year and a half off of life expectancy, according to new global data analysis. Between 2019 and 2021, life expectancy dropped by 1.6 years. Katherine Ward has this story and more in Health Matters for Mar. 12, 2024.

Some Canadian companies were cut out of contracts in favour of foreign manufacturers to produce medical supplies for Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to documents Global News obtained through the Access to Information Act. As David Akin explains, the discovery is renewing calls for transparency and accountability from the federal government.

Kids across the country are dealing with respiratory illnesses at numbers hospitals haven’t seen since before the COVID-19 pandemic, a new report says.

Speaking during question period on Monday, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and other Conservative MPs accused Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of spending “over $60 million on an ArriveSCAM app that we didn’t need [and] didn’t work.” Poilievre’s comments came after the release of an Auditor General report on the controversial ArriveCAN app, which was introduced in...

A new documentary is set to be released centred around B.C.’s Provincial Health Officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry, and her time responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Filmmaker, Adrian Buitenhuis, shares the details.

Speaking during Tuesday’s question period, Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre grilled the Liberal government on their $54-million spending on the ArriveCan app, which was developed during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic for travellers. Asking if Canadians can see some money given back as the app could’ve supposedly been made for much cheaper, Deputy Prime...

She has been on the front line of some of the province’s toughest times: the ongoing toxic drug crisis, the 2021 heat dome and the COVID-19 pandemic. And now, B.C.’s chief coroner is retiring. In the Friday, Jan. 26, 2024, edition of Focus BC, host Richard Zussman speaks with Lisa Lapointe about lessons learned from...

A new report finds that while the hotel industry has recovered financially from the COVID-19 pandemic, some female hotel workers who were laid off are still weathering the storm. We explore the reasons why with Alice Mũrage, SFU researcher and lead author of ‘A Paradox in COVID-19 Recovery’.

A class-action suit against the government during the COVID-19 pandemic will go ahead.That’s the ruling from a Quebec Superiour court judge. Plaintiffs argue the staff at public long-term care facilities should have been better prepared to treat residents. Global’s Tim Sargeant reports.

Disease X is claiming the focus of public health experts already preparing for the next pandemic. The discussion took centre stage on Wednesday at the World Economic Forum, as health leaders also reflected on lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic. Health reporter Katherine Ward has more on whether is Canada is ready.

Thursday is the deadline for restaurants to repay government loans handed out as part of the COVID-19 pandemic relief fund. What is the restaurant industry outlook for 2024 and what are the pressing issues facing Montreal restauranteurs? Quebec Restaurant Association spokesperson Martin Vézina joins Global News Morning’s host Laura Casella to lay out the challenges...

McMaster University researchers have found that keeping kids in school during the pandemic with proper infection prevention and control measures does not result in greater transmission of the COVID-19 virus. Caryn Lieberman reports.

Ontario-based BTNX received a significant federal contract to supply COVID-19 rapid tests at the beginning of the pandemic. While it received billions of dollars and is a Canadian company, its supply chains stretched far beyond Canada’s borders. And as Jeff Semple reports, other Canadian companies that answered the plea to produce pandemic products are collapsing.