Alberta’s mountain snowpack still 20% below normal
Snowpack in the Bow Valley plays a critical role in avoiding drought: not only for drinking water, but also for irrigation in southern Alberta. To get a closer look at just how much snowmelt we’ll be working with this season, Sarah Offin takes us high into the alpine, where water monitoring specialists are digging deep.
Global News Hour at 6 Calgary
Apr 30
Business Matters: New condo sales in the Greater Toronto Area fall 71% below 10-year average
New condo sales tumbled 71 per cent below the 10-year average in the first quarter of this year according to analysis by Urbanation. Anne Gaviola has more on what’s happening in Business Matters for Monday, April 22, 2024.
Canada
Apr 22
Preliminary water allocation forecasts in southern Alberta below average
It’s the news many farmers were expecting, but it’s still tough to hear: 2024 is shaping up to be a dry year. As part of some preliminary forecasts, irrigation boards are predicting limited water allocation; something that could have major impacts on producers in the region. Sarah Jones has more.
Canada
Mar 20
Israel hopes coming response to Iran attack will end ‘exchange of blows’
On Tuesday, Yuli Edelstein, the Head of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee, stated that Israel will react to this attack and hopes that Iran will learn a lesson that attacking a sovereign country is not acceptable. However, he made it clear that Israel is not interested in a full-scale war or revenge. “I...
World
Apr 16
Toronto Police homicide squad investigating after man allegedly pushed off balcony to death
As Catherine McDonald reports, one witness says he heard a thud and a bang and looked off his balcony to see a man lying face down on the scaffolding above the sidewalk below.
Global News at 5:30 Toronto
Apr 25
Researcher studies water-use trends as water levels reach record lows
This year the winter snowpack is below average; rivers are at record low levels and multiple reservoirs remain well below capacity. Evan Davies with the U of A’s Water Research Centre joined Global News at Noon to speak about water-use trends.
Global News at Noon Edmonton
Apr 9
Global News Hour at 6 Edmonton: April 30
In this Tuesday, April 30, 2024 edition of Global News Hour at 6 Edmonton with Carole Anne Devaney and Scott Roberts, police release photos of a person of interest in the Hangar 11 fire, a Canada-wide warrant is out for a suspect linked to the extortion of South Asian home builders, Alberta’s mountain snowpack levels...
Global News Hour at 6 Edmonton
Apr 30
Canada becomes 1st country to have individual cigarette warning labels
Canada became the first country in the world to have individual warning labels on each cigarette after its regulations officially rolled out on Tuesday, with king-size cigarettes the first to be wrapped with the new information. As Sean Previl reports, it’s part of the federal government’s effort to get tobacco use below five per cent...
Canada
Apr 30
B.C. evening weather forecast: April 15
We are below seasonal for this time of year. Senior meteorologist Kristi Gordon has the details of the cold front in your Monday, April 15, 2024, forecast for Metro Vancouver and British Columbia.
Global News Hour at 6 BC
Apr 15
Heppells Farm celebrates ugly potatoes
Heppell farms rolls out their once a year “Ugly Food Day, in which they give away free below grade potatoes to members of the community struggling with food insecurity.
Consumer
Mar 30
Access to Hudson’s beloved Sandy beach closed to public
People in Hudson were caught off guard this week after access to Sandy beach was cut off to the public without warning. It’s the latest in the years-long debate over whether the area around the beach should be developed. Residents are still waiting for answers. Global’s Phil Carpenter reports.
Mar 15
Carbon price, rebate supports Canadians with modest incomes, minister says
On Thursday, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Jonathan Wilkinson explained the importance of maintaining climate goals and how they benefit Canadians living on or below the poverty line.
Canada
Mar 28
Winnipeg morning weather outlook: Wednesday, March 27
Another morning starting our day with some below seasonal temperatures. As we progress throughout the Easter long weekend temperatures quickly move above the freezing mark beginning as soon as tomorrow. Global News Morning weather specialist Drew Stremick has all the details.
Weather
Mar 27
Winnipeg morning weather outlook: Monday, March 25
Still contending with some below seasonal temperatures as we begin our work week. However as Global News Morning weather specialist Drew Stremick explains, positive, more seasonal temperatures should be arriving as we head into the Easter long weekend.
Weather
Mar 25
Baltimore bridge collapse: Rescue efforts under way after ship collision
Early Tuesday, a container ship collided with a major bridge in Baltimore, causing the structure to break in a few places and fall into the river below. Several vehicles fell into the chilly waters, and rescuers were initially searching for at least seven people. According to Baltimore Fire Chief James Wallace, two individuals were rescued...
Mar 26
Baltimore bridge collapse: Biden says no indication cargo ship crash was ‘intentional’
U.S. President Joe Biden spoke briefly from the White House on Tuesday after a container ship struck a major bridge in Baltimore, collapsing a large section of the Francis Scott Key bridge into the river below early Tuesday morning. “At this time we have no other indication, no other reason to believe there was any...
U.S. News
Mar 26
Seniors protest and demand higher pensions
Seniors across the province banded together today to protest against pensions they say are nearly impossible to survive on. They’re demanding higher incomes as more retirees fall below the poverty line. As Klaudia Van Emmerik reports, among those demonstrating are seniors right here in the Okanagan.
Mar 21
Winnnipeg morning weather outlook: Tuesday, March 19
So begins our stretch of below seasonal temperatures. Temperatures begin to cool off this afternoon reaching down to minus 10 before the windchill. Global News Morning weather specialist Drew Stremick has more details on your Tuesday morning forecast.
Weather
Mar 19
Concerns raised after more debris thrown off Granville Bridge
More construction debris has been thrown from the Granville Bridge onto the buildings below, and a landlord is now pleading with Vancouver City Council to do something before someone gets killed. Julia Foy reports.
Global BC
Mar 17
Couple describes a night living on Edmonton’s streets during extreme cold
Troy Cardinal and Leanne Wuttunee will often sleep on Edmonton streets, instead of visiting a shelter. They say they will lay down a piece of cardboard and a few blankets in order to keep warm in temperatures that dip below -30 C.
Features
Mar 17