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The effort to replace Canada’s warships has been called the nations largest ship-building initiative since the Second World War. Today, marks a milestone in the construction of a modern fleet that will enable the navy to respond to Canada’s defence and security commitments into the future. As Heidi Petracek explains, it’s just the beginning of...

The Sedai project is working to digitally preserve the personal stories of Japanese Canadians and teach people how to discover their own family history — by sitting down and interviewing a relative. The initiative is also a vital digital archive of Japanese Canadians’ accounts of internment camps set up during the Second World War.

The full-scale war in Ukraine is now well into its fourth year. The ongoing conflict is considered the largest war in Europe since the Second World War and is reshaping the world on many fronts. Global affairs commentator Michael Bociurkiw sat down with Global News Morning Edmonton to discuss the situation ahead of a special...

In the Netherlands, a painting that was stolen from a Jewish art collector who died fleeing the Nazis during the Second World War has been recovered. A portrait of a young girl by Dutch artist Toon Kelder is believed to have hung for decades in the home of descendants of a notorious Nazi collaborator. Police...

The Polish Canadian Cultural Club of Regina announces the building of a memorial to honour Polish veterans and individuals displaced during the First and Second World War.

Burdett Sisler, Canada’s oldest known man and a prominent Second World War veteran, has passed away at the age of 110. Born in 1915, Sisler served as a military radar technician before working for the Canada Border Services Agency in Fort Erie. Katherine Ward has this story and more in Health Matters for Apr. 6,...

U.S. President Donald Trump says a delegation will be back in Islamabad on Monday for high-stakes talks aimed at ending the Iran war, and accused the regime of violating the fragile ceasefire that expires Wednesday. But Tehran says any mention of a second round of negotiations is not true. Tonight, both sides remain far apart...

U.S. President Donald Trump expressed “disappointment” with Keir Starmer Tuesday when asked if his opinion on the British prime minister had changed after he did not immediately send two aircraft carriers to aid the U.S. military in the ongoing war in Iran. “Unfortunately, Keir is not Winston Churchill,” Trump said, calling back to the “late,...

The race is on to find a missing U.S. service member in Iran after their warplane was shot down. The reality on the ground in the Iran war zone is worsening as the conflict enters its second month. Both sides are experiencing significant death and destruction, with civilian targets increasingly being hit. As the world...

As the war on Iran enters its second month, the conflict is showing no signs of slowing down. Yemen’s Houthi rebels carried out their first military operation in support of Iran – opening a new front in a widening war. Candice Cole reports. Tiger woods has been released from jail after being arrested on suspicion...

The U.S. has sunk an Iranian warship amid the unfolding conflict in the Middle East, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says. Speaking to reporters at the Pentagon Wednesday, Hegseth showed an unclassified video capturing a strike on what has been identified as Iran’s IRIS Dena vessel in the Indian Ocean. Hegseth described it as a...

A big day at Kelowna’s KF Centre for Excellence aircraft museum, as they fired up the engines of their rare, Second World War-era plan the De Havilland Mosuito. As Travis Lowe reports, it was especially momentous for one man with a deeply personal connection.

Air raid sirens are sounding over Tel Aviv as Iran launches new missile and drone strikes, targeting not only Israel, but neighbouring nations as well. Retaliating after new U.S.-Israeli strikes pummelled Tehran. Qatar and the United Arab Emirates have also been attacked. And tens of thousands are fleeing Beirut after U.S.-Israeli strikes hit Lebanon’s capital....

Air raid sirens are sounding over Tel Aviv as Iran launches new missile and drone strikes, targeting not only Israel, but neighbouring nations as well. Retaliating after new U.S.-Israeli strikes pummelled Tehran. Qatar and the United Arab Emirates have also been attacked. And tens of thousands are fleeing Beirut after U.S.-Israeli strikes hit Lebanon’s capital....

“We were thrilled, just thrilled. And relieved,” says Marilyn Morowitz, Jury Lands Foundation Chair of Camp 30 in Bowmanville, Ont.— which housed prisoners of war during the Second World War — and is now saved from potential demolition with an approved restoration. Global’s Germain Ma has more.

Edmonton’s Don Goss was prepared for end-of-life care after running out of options when his leukemia treatments failed to work. Then, last-minute spot in a CAR T-cell therapy trial at the Cross Cancer Institute changed everything. Now he’s cheering on the players at the World’s Longest Hockey Game in Strathcona County, raising funds to give...

The removal of informative panels honouring Black American soldiers at a U.S. military cemetery in the Netherlands has sparked backlash from Dutch officials, local residents and families of fallen troops. The displays highlighted racial segregation in the U.S. military during the Second World War and the story of a Black soldier buried at the site,...

In his 2025 Christmas message, King Charles reflected on the significance of pilgrimage and unity, stating, “Pilgrimage is a word less used today, but it has particular significance for our modern world and especially at Christmas.” He said that “the end of the Second World War is now remembered by fewer and fewer of us...

Prime Minister Mark Carney billed his signature housing program as the most ambitious since the Second World War, but his promise may fall well short. Mackenzie Gray explains what the budget watchdog expects to happen, and how the federal government is responding.

Only a small number of veterans remain 80 years after the end of the Second World War. Their first-hand accounts are a vital connection to the past. Heather Yourex-West spoke with two veterans – both over the age of 100 – about their experiences at war and their concerns for the future.