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An Iranian missile struck a residential area in Beit Shemesh on Sunday, killing at least nine people and wounding 28, according to Israel’s ambulance service. Emergency crews searched through damaged homes as ambulances transported the injured to hospital and security forces cordoned off the area. Israeli officials said the strike came hours after Israel launched...

A New Brunswick farmer says his corn isn’t fit to sell at his farm stand because of the impacts of an ongoing drought. New Brunswick’s capital city is looking to carve out one of the largest expansions in city services in its history.

The family of Ryan Booker is speaking out following the Saskatchewan Coroners Service’s public inquest into the 26-year-old’s death in 2022. Sarah Jones spoke with those who believe more could have been done.

According to the B.C. Coroners Service, more than 165 British Columbians lost their lives to toxic drugs in the month of April 2025.

B.C.’s new chief coroner is calling for a more strategic approach to the province’s overdose crisis and other preventable deaths, including intimate partner violence. It’s a move supported by Battered Women’s Support Services. We speak with Executive Director Angela Marie MacDougall about possible reforms

B.C.’s toxic drug supply claimed the lives of 155 people in October. That’s the lowest monthly number since September of 2020 and works out to roughly 5 deaths a day. However, the B.C. Coroners Service warns the risk of harm and death is still high.

The B.C. Coroners Service says on average 6 people died each day in August and September from toxic drugs.

A new report from the BC Coroner’s Service finds that the number of women and girls dying in the toxic drug crisis is up 60% from four years ago. Global News Morning speaks with BCCSU Research Scientist Jade Boyd about the rising numbers.

Chief coroner Lisa Lapointe addressed a press conference on Thursday after the B.C. Coroners Service found 201 people died from suspected illicit drug toxicity overdoses in October, the deadliest month on record for the province.

New Westminster police confirm Mak Parhar, the New Westminster man who gained online notoriety for his belief the earth is flat and outspoken denial that COVID-19 exists, has died. His cause of death has not been determined and the BC Coroners Service is investigating.

Doctors testifying at a coroner’s inquest into the police shooting of an Indigenous man in New Brunswick say more addictions and mental health services are needed in the province. Callum Smith has more.

Data from the Saskatchewan Coroner’s Service showing climbing overdose deaths in Saskatchewan is renewing calls for more safe consumption sites in the province.

The BC Coroner’s Service says drug overdose deaths are up 75 per cent in the first five months of this year compared to 2015. More than 300 people have died and more than half of those involved fentanyl. Rumina Daya has more.

The B.C. Coroners Service says it will review one of its file after hearing concerns from a member of the public. The sister of a missing Alberta man has been speaking out and questioning the findings of a recently released coroner’s report related to her brother’s disappearance.

The Saskatchewan Coroners Service released its first mass fatality plan following recommendations spurred by the Humboldt Broncos bus crash.

Speaking at a press conference on Thursday, B.C.’s chief coroner Lisa Lapointe provides an update on the number of illicit drug overdoses in the province for 2020. Lapoint also outlines measures to help reduce deaths, including improved treatment facilities and wait-times, and for the government to decriminalize possession of small amounts of illicit drugs.

The COVID-19 pandemic is having a devastating impact on people using drugs in our province. The B.C. coroner says 2020 was the province’s worst year for drug deaths on record — with nearly five people dying of an overdose each day. Nadia Stewart reports.

Shocking numbers today about B.C.’s “other” health crisis. According to the coroner’s service more than 1,700 people in our province lost their lives due to a drug overdose in 2020 – a 74-percent increase over the previous year. And as Ted Chernecki reports, the problem has only been made worse by the pandemic.

New data from B.C.’s coroners service recorded 198 suspected unregulated drug deaths in July. It also comes as the service reports that 33 per cent of toxic drug deaths in the province so far this year have taken place in social housing. Catherine Urquhart reports.

Mon, Mar 7: Global News gets a rare behind-the-scenes look at a special unit within the B.C. Coroner’s Service. As Ted Chernecki reports, it identifies bodies with the help of a lab on the other side of the world.