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A fire destroyed Hangar 11, a Second World War-era building that was part of the former municipal airport in central Edmonton, on Monday night.

A large fire broke out Monday night at Hangar 11, a Second World War-era building that was part of the former municipal airport, between the NAIT campus and Blatchford in central Edmonton.

A piece of Edmonton history was lost Monday night, when a fire destroyed a Second World War-era airport hangar that was part of the former municipal airport in central Edmonton. Sarah Ryan has more on what the loss of Hangar 11 means to the community.

A large crowd gathered Monday night to witness a piece of Edmonton history go up in flames. A fire destroyed Hangar 11: a Second World War-era building that was part of the former municipal airport in central Edmonton. Sarah Ryan has the details.

Six special letters from the 1960s between two unlikely pen pals have sold at auction for thousands of dollars. They were sent to a Second World War veteran-turned-artist in Ontario by acclaimed Nova Scotia folk artist Maud Lewis. Heidi Petracek reports on what led to the long distance connection and where the letters are now.

Saskatoon city officials are estimating the city had its largest year-over year population change last year since the Second World War.

Charlie Lee is one of a few still alive from a Chinese Canadian group called Force 136. On This is BC, Jay Durant learns Lee’s secret to a long life after he recently celebrated his centennial.

After the Second World War, hundreds of suspected Nazis escaped to Canada and have never faced prosecution for their alleged war crimes. A Canadian Nazi Hunter is now making a final push to bring the few surviving suspects to justice, armed with evidence of atrocities. Jeff Semple has the exclusive details of this Global News...

Eighty-four years after it set off for what would be its final voyage, the SS Arlington has been found in the depths of Lake Superior. Eric Sorensen explains how the Second World War era steamship was finally found, and the mystery of the ship captain’s actions the day it sunk.

As the military conflict in Sudan enters its second year on Monday, there has been a flurry of funding and aid promises ahead of that grim milestone — but humanitarian agencies say it’ll take a lot more to stop the fighting and bring Sudan back from the brink of collapse. “Time is running out. Without...

Finding medical help can be difficult in rural and remote parts of Canada. Now the federal government is increasing student loan forgiveness for medical and nursing students if they choose to work in these areas. Why health-care workers say the solution is more complicated than just money. The murders of Amanda Clearwater, her three children,...

On the 79th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp operated during the Second World War, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz voiced his concern about an increase in extreme-right tendencies in Germany.

On Sunday, Pope Francis called for a diplomatic solution to the war in Ukraine that would lead to a just and lasting peace, as the second anniversary of Russia’s invasion was marked a day earlier.

Ottawa is dusting off the history books… the federal government is going back to a post Second World War policy that led to the construction of hundreds of thousands of homes for returning veterans. These were called ‘Strawberry-box homes’. Global’s Uday Rana has more.

In the Netherlands, far-right politician Geert Wilders has surprised much of Europe as his Freedom party won the most seats in the most recent Dutch election — twice as many as predicted. It’s the first time since the Second World War that the largest party in the Netherlands wasn’t liberal. Crystal Goomansingh has the details.

Canada has launched a deportation case against Seyed Salman Samani, who is believed to have served as a senior official in the Iranian government, and was found living in Toronto. How it ties into concerns that more members of Iran’s repressive regime could be living in Canada. With the bloodshed intensifying between Israel and Hamas...

Selkirk residents and family of the Dufferin Gang soldiers who served in the Second World War reflected on the history and heroism honoured on Friday.

A new sign was put up in Selkirk in honour of nearly three dozen men and women who fought in the Second World War.

The aircraft is an iconic one, and it helped turn the tide in the Second World War. A Nanaimo man is now honouring the Spitfires, and the pilots who flew them with precise detail. Paul Johnson reports.

Near the end of the Second World War, Canadian soldiers helped liberate the people of the Netherlands from Nazi occupation. More than 7,000 of them lost their lives in the eight-month campaign — and are now resting in military cemeteries across the country. When the tragic history of Canada’s residential school system made international headlines...