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Agra Fair celebrating all things agriculture in Spruce GroveOpen Farm Days just wrapped up, but Spruce Grove is still celebrating all things agriculture with this year’s Agra Fair. Teresa Bateman and Alison Munro joined us on Global News Morning Edmonton with all the details.Global News Morning EdmontonAug 20
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Canada union strikes: What’s behind all of the labour disputes?The Canadian National (CN) and Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd. (CPKC) rail disputes are just the latest to hit Canada . The country faced a similar challenge when B.C. port workers walked off the job last year. Nathaniel Dove explains what’s behind the surge in labour action.CanadaAug 23
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Cost of railway shutdown will be ‘borne by all Canadians,’ Ottawa warnsFreight trains across Canada could come to a grinding halt as soon as Thursday with nearly 10,000 railway employees nearing a looming strike or lockout date. Anne Gaviola has more on the looming impact on the economy, a cost that Ottawa is warning will be “borne by all Canadians.”CanadaAug 19
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Fredericton MLA arrested while counter-protestingDominic Cardy was arrested on Thursday after shouting “Free Palestine from Hamas” at a pro-Palestinian protest in Toronto. Police say he was arrested for disturbing the peace, but he says he should be allowed to counter-protest. Global’s Anna Mandin reports.CanadaAug 3
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BUMP Festival attracts artists from all over the world to CalgaryMuralists are in Calgary transforming the city into an expansive, open-air art gallery. As Joelle Tomlinson reports, BUMP Festival is reimagining public spaces in and around downtown.Aug 6
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Fourth BC United MLA defects to Conservative partyTeresa Wat is the fourth BC United MLA to defect to the Conservative Party of BC over the last few months. She says elected representatives need to engage with their constituents about their concerns, and she feels she can best do that by switching partiesJul 30
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‘Most cruel of all politics’: Venezuelans gather across Latin America to protest election resultsThousands of supporters of Venezuela’s opposition gathered Saturday in Caracas and other cities across Latin America, to protest alleged election fraud and demand opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez be recognized as the country’s new leader. The opposition claims Gonzalez won the election with 67 per cent of the vote.WorldAug 18
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Canadian railway unions looking at all options as CN Rail workers set to join picket linesCP KC workers are still off the job and holding the line at the railway’s headquarters. Meanwhile, CN Rail lifted its lockout on Thursday night and workers were set to return to work but instead issued a 72-hour strike notice warning they will be on the picket lines first thing Monday morning.CanadaAug 24
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Brazil plane crash: All 61 passengers presumed dead outside Sao PaoloAn airliner with 61 people on board crashed in Brazil on Friday, with Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva confirming that all passengers are presumed dead. Video shared on social media appears to show a plane spinning out of control as it plunges down behind a cluster of trees in a residential area, followed...WorldAug 9
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Health Matters: Kids can go to school with some symptoms of illness, health experts saySchool attendance tanked during the pandemic and has only started to recover. One reason is that parents are struggling to decide when it’s okay to send a child to school while sick. Schools and health experts are now saying it is okay to send children to class with some symptoms of illness, including a runny...Health MattersAug 19
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Smoke, heat and the effects on those with chronic illnessMany places in Saskatchewan are suffering from air quality and heat advisories and some of those with underlying conditions are greatly feeling the effects.Global News at 5 ReginaJul 25
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Australian breakdancer ‘Raygun’ addresses ‘devastating’ criticism of her Olympic performance: ‘I gave my all’Australian breakdancer Rachael ‘Raygun’ Gunn broke her silence on the “devastating” criticism she received after her performances at the Paris Olympics. “I did take it very seriously. I worked my butt off preparing for the Olympics, and I gave my all. Truly,” she said.SportsAug 15
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‘Not at all time to panic’: What you should know about recent stock market volatilityYou may have been surprised to see a hit to your investments today, on the heels of a global stock selloff. As Anne Gaviola explains, this has repercussions for people’s portfolios and their mortgages.U.S. NewsAug 6
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Former Sask. Party MLA Lyle Stewart dies after battle with cancerFormer Saskatchewan Party MLA and provincial cabinet minister Lyle Stewart has died at the age of 73 after a lengthy battle with cancer. Katherine Ludwig has more on his legacy.Global News at 5 ReginaJul 31
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‘Makes me ill’: Saskatoon girl’s lemonade stand robbedThe community is coming together to support one seven-year-old girl who had her lemonade stand robbed by two teenagers.Global News at 5 ReginaJul 24
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Paris 2024: Canada’s Summer McIntosh, triple gold medal swimmer says it hasn’t ‘sunk in at all’17-year-old Canadian swimmer Summer McIntosh, who made history by winning three gold medals at the Paris Olympics, has spoken for the first time since her victories on Monday.CanadaAug 5
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2 UBC pitchers taken in 2024 MLB draftVicarte Domingo and Sean Heppner,, two pitchers from UBC, were chosen in the Major League Baseball Draft earlier this week, and now both are ready to start their pro careers. Squire Barnes has the storyCanadaJul 19
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Kursk offensive: Putin says he’ll ‘punish the criminals’ as Russia bolsters border securityAs Ukrainian troops actively seizes territory in the Kursk region, Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed retaliation. “The same way we achieved our goals in the fight against terrorism, we will achieve our goals in the fight against Neo-Nazism,” Putin said during a meeting in Beslan on Tuesday. “And we will certainly punish the criminals [Ukraine],”...Aug 20
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‘We were all terrified’: Jasper National Park wildfire forces thousands to fleeThousands of people in Alberta are on the move as a wildfire rages through Jasper National Park, one of Canada’s most treasured and popular parks. Heather Yourex-West explains what complicated the scramble to escape, and what officials are preparing for.Global NationalJul 23
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MLA Shirlee Bond on Jasper wildfire prompting evacuation order to B.C.An evacuation order has been issued for Jasper, Alberta. MLA for Prince-George-Valemount, Shirley Bond, explains how neighbouring BC communities are prepared to welcome evacuees.LifestyleJul 23