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Speaking in Ottawa on Tuesday, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland announced that the federal government will be spending $40 million to construct 100,000 rental units across Canada. She added the GST will be removed on new rental construction projects to increase housing faster.

April 17th marks the 100-day countdown to the 2024 Paris Olympic games. It is the kickoff to an exciting few months ahead. This week, Team Canada’s uniforms for the Games were also unveiled. Laval native and Team Canada athlete in men’s artistic gymnastics, Felix Dolce, joins our Global News Morning’s host Laura Casella in-studio to...

As anti-war protesters continue their demands for an end to the Israel-Hamas conflict, students are vowing to maintain their fight across post-secondary campuses and refusing to scale back. Canadian consumers fed up with the high cost of groceries are gearing up to send a message with their wallets. A planned boycott of Loblaw and its...

The federal government will not only top up the Canada Housing Benefit — which provides rent support to some Canadians — by $99 million, but also provide $100 million in emergency winter funding for shelter spaces in 85 different communities. Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland made the announcements on Tuesday.

WARNING: Video contains graphic images which may not be suitable for all viewers. Discretion is advised. Families of the victims of Oct. 7 attack are still mourning the loss of their loved ones, including Judith Weinstein-Haggy and her husband, who were killed during the attack. Their daughter is urging Canada to do more to repatriate...

In this Monday, April 1, 2024 edition of Global News Hour at 6 Edmonton with Quinn Ohler and Scott Roberts, protests over carbon price hike halt traffic across Canada, Hudsons popular Whyte Ave patio is stuck in bureaucratic limbo after years of construction woes, the 100th anniversary of Royal Canadian Air Force is marked with...

A handful of communities in Manitoba are getting a financial boost for water and wastewater projects. The Canada Infrastructure Bank said it’s loaning up to $140 million to split between Brandon, Niverville and the RMs of Taché, Hanover and Ritchot.

The kids are not OK in Canada — that’s what the World Happiness Report found with the survey of people from more than 140 countries, which looked at overall satisfaction among different age groups for the first time. Nivrita Ganguly reports on why researchers say Canada has dropped to 15th place overall, what could be...

The Muslim holy month of Ramadan is underway, but there is no ceasefire in Gaza. For the 2.3 million people inside Gaza, there will be little cause to celebrate when the daily fast is broken every evening. The United Nations says over 500,000 people are at risk of famine in Gaza. The UN says food...

“All funds raised this week will stay here in Manitoba.” As firefighters raise money for Muscular Dystrophy Canada through their Osborne Village ‘Fill the Boot’ campaign, Clay Young got a look from about 105 ft up on the firetruck aerial ladder.

Canada has named more than 100 foreign research institutions it claims may pose a threat to national security. David Akin explains which organizations made the lengthy list, what this means for Canadian researchers who wanted to work with these groups, and the reaction to the list.

Brian Mulroney, Canada’s 18th prime minister from 1984 to 1993, has died at the age of 84. A look back on the highs and lows Mulroney navigated throughout his political career, and the tributes pouring in from politicians of all stripes. More than 50 child welfare insiders tell Global News they believe for-profit group homes...

On Thursday, Deputy Prime Minister Minister Chrystia Freeland responded to a reporter’s question regarding growing calls from Canada’s Muslim community to stop support for Israel and for Canada to reinstate support for refugees in Gaza. “Our government is glad to provide $100 million for the suffering people of Gaza and I understand this is a...

All 157 people on board the Ethiopian Airlines flight were killed on March 10, nearly five years ago. It was the second crash involving the Boeing MAX-8 in less than a year. Five months earlier, a Lion Air flight went down off the coast of Indonesia. In the 72 hours that followed the tragedy in...

The Peterborough area is experiencing record setting warmth this month. According to Environment Canada, Friday’s temperature broke a nearly 100-year-old record for February 9th. While Many are likely enjoying the weather, as Robert Lothian reports, it could be bad for business..

Canada is seeing a rise in firearm-related violent crime, new data from Statistics Canada shows, with the rate of incidents per 100,000 people has risen by 8.9 per cent in 2022 compared to the year before. Legal experts and police say more action needs to be taken by policymakers. Global’s Sean Previl reports.

After Albertans were warned to conserve power because the electrical grid was under unprecedented pressure due to frigid weather, there are now concerns about what the grid can handle. How Saskatchewan stepped in to help while firing shots at the federal government; and the potential solutions to ease the strain. It’s been more than 100...

Even though 2024 has just begun, Canada’s top 100 highest-paid CEOs have already made more than the average worker. That’s according to a new report released Tuesday by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA), which says that the CEOs’ pay broke “every record in the book” in 2022.

Canada’s 100 highest-paid CEOs made an average of more than $7,000 an hour in 2022, breaking pay gap records between them and the average Canadian worker, according to the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. Mackenzie Gray looks at the frustrations about the rich getting richer, and how a fraction of their income is from a...

At least 100 people have been killed in Kerman, Iran after a pair of explosions at a commemoration for Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who was assassinated in a U.S. drone strike in 2020. The deadliest attack on Iran in more than 40 years, and the fears this could widen the conflict in the Middle East. Hezbollah...