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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.

Cooling centres have been opened and the warnings have been issued to look out for those vulnerable to the latest heat wave. That comes as the B.C. Coroners Service releases more details about those who perished from the heat-related emergency at the end of June.

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.

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 alarming data is suggesting that B.C.’s overdose crisis is worsening. Keith Baldrey has the latest numbers from the Coroners Service on illicit deaths in the province.

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.

Panamanian authorities said on July 27 they have seized nearly four tonnes of cocaine after patrolling and intercepting a speedboat via air and sea along the northern perimeter of Isla Grande in the province of Colon. Panama’s Naval Service (SENAN) intercepted a go-fast speedboat, seizing 3,989 packages of cocaine, making it the third successful operation...

Mon, Feb 1: The Coroner’s Service and the RCMP are speaking out about a fatal dog attack in Kamloops over the weekend. Global’s Catherine Urquhart has the story.

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 federal government has released new national standards for long-term care homes after COVID-19 ravaged these facilities. What the new guidelines are, and why they’re not mandatory. Toxic drugs are to blame for the deaths of at least 2,272 people in British Columbia in 2022, according to the province’s coroners service. The demographics of the...

Across Canada, 21 people are dying every day due to toxic drugs and overdoses. For years British Columbia has been the epicenter of that crisis but now statistics show there is a disturbing new trend – overdoses from smoked drugs are on the rise. Neetu Garcha explains the new challenges that poses for advocates who...