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Betting on sports is a booming industry. A construction worker in the UK recently got an eerie tip about one of Britain’s biggest horse races, a tip he and many others couldn’t resist, even though it was written 62 years ago. Redmond Shannon weighs out the odds.

B.C. Premier David Eby and other provincial leaders are wrapping up two days of meetings in Kananaskis, Alberta. The gathering was sometimes tense as the premiers are currently in disagreement about a number of things. Ben O’Hara-Byrne has more.

Premier David Eby facing media for the first time since a plan for a proposed pipeline was announced. He’s been strongly opposed to the project and is advocating for other projects in B.C. Ben O’Hara-Byrne reports.

The Mikisew Cree First Nation has launched a lawsuit against the Alberta and federal governments, alleging they failed to protect its members from health issues it says were brought on by decades of oilsands development and other industrial activity. Erik Bay reports.

A Mississauga, Ont., man pleaded guilty Friday to 14 counts of aiding suicide for selling lethal substances online to people who used them to die by suicide. The individual ran several websites that were used to sell sodium nitrite, a preservative for cured meats, along with other items. All of them could be used for...

Legendary bassist Melissa Auf der Maur dishes on her relationship with bandmate Courtney Love, as well as other music celebs like Dave Grohl, Billy Corgan, and other figures in the grunge music scene of the 1990s in her new memoir, “Even The Good Girls Will Cry.” Melissa joins us to discuss The Smashing Pumpkins as...

B.C. Premier David Eby, alongside B.C. Attorney General Niki Sharma, announced proposed legislation that would help stop “protest activities and other activities, harassing activities” targeted at kids attending schools as well as places of worship, Eby says. The premier adds, “It is a disturbing trend that is not unique to British Columbia, but it is...

The Milano-Cortina Olympic Games saw Canada finish with its lowest total medal count at a Winter Olympics since 2002. As Eric Sorensen reports, the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) says it needs more federal funding to avoid being lapped by other countries down the road.

The iconic ’80s and ’90s talent competition ‘Star Search’ has returned, and is reimagined for a new era. Naturally, it pits singers, comedians, dancers, and a host of other performers against one another. Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jelly Roll, Chrissy Teigen, and Anthony Anderson are the tough judges who take to the stage only on Netflix.

B.C. Premier David Eby was meeting with other premiers and Prime Minister Mark Carney in Ottawa, with impending negotiations to renew the Canada-U-S-Mexico trade agreement casting a shadow. The parents of a man who died by MAID in B.C. say it never should have happened without their knowledge.

More reaction to the ruling and speculation regarding the uncertainty it may introduce. While the Conservatives want it repealed, Eby says he may amend it. And there are some concerns Burnaby city council will move to reduce building height and other provisions, leading to significantly reducing density.

B.C. Premier David Eby is rejecting calls to repeal the Declaration on the Right of the Indigenous Peoples Act. As Jordan Armstrong reports, a top legal mind is telling Global News he and others warned the government that adopting DRIPA could come with a whole host of problems.

U.S. President Trump warned of “very severe tariffs” on Canadian fertilizer Monday during an announcement to rollback environmental restrictions on farming equipment. “A lot of it does come in from Canada,” Trump said, adding that if “you put very severe tariffs from (fertilizer) coming in from other countries, you’ll be making your own fertilizer very...

Premier David Eby, and a number of First Nations, have signed what they’re calling the North Coast Protection Declaration. And, UBC researchers have identified eight per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in B.C. sea otters for the first time.

Marineland is threatening to euthanize all of its 30 beluga whales if it doesn’t receive emergency government funding. Eric Sorensen looks at how the defunct amusement park says it’s out of options, and how the Ontario and federal governments are pointing the finger at each other to take action.

In a workplace reunion like no other, former spies and intelligence officers from the Cold War era are returning to Berlin’s Teufelsberg facility. For over 20 years, the listening post monitored communications in the communist eastern bloc. This week, British and U.S. veterans are gathering amid the ruins, revisiting memories of their secret missions. As...

A New Brunswick farmer says his corn isn’t fit to sell at his farm stand because of the impacts of an ongoing drought. Farmers across New Brunswick and in other parts of the country are already seeing smaller yields as a result of dry weather. Suzanne Lapointe reports.

Hurricane Erin pushed heavy waves onto North Carolina’s Outer Banks on Wednesday, prompting red-flag warnings against swimming. Families in Kitty Hawk watched from porches and dunes as surf rose, while some locals described the storm as less severe than expected. In Buxton, strong waves flooded a motel and nearby road, though residents noted the storm’s...

Air Canada cancelled hundreds of flights on Sunday and pushed back its plans to resume operations after the union representing its flight attendants said its workers would remain on strike, defying a back-to-work order from the Canadian government. Plus, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other world leaders strategize ahead of his meeting with U.S. President...

It’s day ten of New Brunswick’s biggest fire near Miramachi, while nearly two dozen other fires burn around the province. Recent thunderstorms both helped bring rain to the dry ground and started new fires. Anna Mandin has the latest.