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Number of kids who died under Ontario’s care network reaches new highInternal government data tracks the number of children who died in care, with an open social work file or a case that had closed within a single year.PoliticsMay 22, 2025
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Refugee board refuses to deport alleged senior Iranian officialThe decision is the first to go against Ottawa since it vowed to ban senior Iranian regime officials from Canada.CanadaJan 15, 2025
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‘Nothing gets done’: Transit union slams Winnipeg over need for driver protectionsThe union representing Winnipeg Transit drivers says the call for better protections for its members is a frustrating one.CrimeNov 26, 2024
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Feds say Alberta didn’t respond to offer to help with homelessness, province denies formal offer madeFederal Housing Minister Sean Fraser said his government is now approaching municipalities directly to work with them.PoliticsOct 23, 2024
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Manitoba judge was upfront about nude photos: member of screening committeeWINNIPEG - A Manitoba judge under investigation for sexually-explicit photos was upfront about the pictures when she was screened for a position on the bench, another judge testified Friday.CanadaJul 27, 2012
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Harsher sentences for pot growers than for pedophiles caught PM’s eye: documentsOTTAWA - Media reports that some pot growers will face harsher mandatory-minimum sentences than child rapists under the Conservative government's new crime bill were enough to catch the attention of Prime Minister Stephen Harper.Feb 5, 2012
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Decision BC: Surrey-FleetwoodIn 2009: The NDP’s Jagrup Brar, formerly the MLA for Surrey-Panorama, won this newly created riding, defeating Liberal candidate Jagmohan Singh by nearly 2000 votes, 49-40%. History & Geography: Created for the 2011 election when Surrey gained an additional seat, the riding comprises the general Fleetwood area. It is centred around the Fraser Highway from...PoliticsApr 12, 2013
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New B.C. COVID-19 school exposures in 2021If a school has been identified as a possible exposure site, you do not need to take any action unless directed to by public health and school officials.HealthApr 30, 2021
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Thousands without power on BC’s South Coast following windstormAbout 56,000 costumers remain without power from the storm.WeatherMar 10, 2016
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Effort to clarify self-defence and citizen’s arrest laws raise warning shotsOTTAWA - The lawyer for an Ontario man who was charged after firing his revolver to scare off would-be arsonists attacking his home says Justice Minister Rob Nicholson is on the right track with changes to the self-defence law.Feb 8, 2012
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Effort to clarify self-defence and citizen’s arrest laws raise warning shotsOTTAWA - The lawyer for an Ontario man who was charged after firing his revolver to scare off would-be arsonists attacking his home says Justice Minister Rob Nicholson is on the right track with changes to the self-defence law.PoliticsFeb 8, 2012
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No parole for more than a decade for man who killed Winnipeg bus driverA man convicted of killing a Winnipeg bus driver in what a judge described as a brutal and explosive stabbing will not be eligible for parole for 12 years.CrimeAug 8, 2019
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‘Wait, what?’ Six of our favourite offbeat stories of 2023From a bizarre bakery burglary to a pigeon smuggling meth in a backpack, here are a few of the stranger stories Global BC reported in 2023.CanadaDec 26, 2023
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Winnipeg Transit plans to install safety shields on all busesWinnipeg Transit plans to install safety shields on all 630 of its buses this year.Jan 2, 2019
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Video footage shows bus driver Irvine Fraser being spit on, muffled sounds of struggleVideo footage released Tuesday in the trial of a man accused of murdering a Winnipeg Transit driver shows swearing, spitting and finally sounds of a struggle before the accused flees.CrimeJan 22, 2019
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Witness to Irvine Jubal Fraser’s death tells Manitoba court ‘there was nothing I could do’A woman who witnessed the death of Winnipeg bus driver Irvine Fraser told the court by the time she was able to get close to help, there was "nothing I could do."Jan 23, 2019
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Kelowna bus driver “beaten up pretty good,” assault that caused crash investigatedInitial and unconfirmed reports indicated the bus driver was sucker-punched.TrafficMar 22, 2019
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Celebrities we lost in 2018From stars Anthony Bourdain and Stan Lee, to musical icons like Aretha Franklin and Dolores O'Riordan, 2018 was a tragic year for celebrity deaths.EntertainmentDec 31, 2018
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Timeline: Homicides in Winnipeg in 2017Since the beginning of 2017 there have been nine homicides in Winnipeg.CrimeApr 21, 2017
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Bingo! City of Vancouver holds draw to randomize names on election ballotWe now know the order that candidates names will appear on the City of Vancouver's civic election ballots.PoliticsSep 21, 2018