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A Montreal couple who spent more than a decade trying to become parents say their dream of having a child through surrogacy turned into a nightmare. After losing their baby, the couple says they discovered thousands of dollars in questionable expenses. As Felicia Parrillo reports, the couple is now suing the surrogacy agency it hired...

Wetaskiwin mayor Joe Branco has only been mayor since October, but he has been banned from entering city hall since January. The city says his ban comes as a result of his conduct with a city employee. Now Branco has served a lawsuit to the very city he was elected to represent, in the hopes...

Opening arguments began Tuesday in a California courtroom for a landmark trial against social media giant Meta, the company behind Facebook and Instagram. As Touria Izri reports, the case could reshape some of the world’s most popular apps.

The deadline is fast approaching to submit claims in a $4.75 m class action lawsuit involving the antipsychotic medication Rexulti. This lawsuit specifically compensates people who were prescribed the drug since early 2017 and developed impulse control disorders like binge eating, shopping, or gambling addictions. Katherine Ward has this story and more in Health Matters...

The latest trade tariffs imposed by United States President Donald Trump have triggered a U.S. court challenge yet again. After the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Donald’s Trump’s first round of global tariffs, his administration quickly announced a second round under different sections of the country’s trade act. Now, more than two dozen states are...

A Manitoba First Nation has launched legal action following a winter power outage that left the community without electricity for days.

Johnson & Johnson has agreed to pay $5.5 billion to settle outstanding legal claims arguing its talc products caused ovarian cancer, an accusation the company’s lawyers say “lacks scientific merit.”

More than 1,000 West Island residents are now looking to join two proposed class action lawsuits following last month’s devastating floods. They claim the cities of Montreal and Dollard des Ormeaux failed to do enough to protect residents from the damage. As Felicia Parrillo reports, many are seeking compensation and above all, say they want...

A Canadian mother has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman in U.S. court on Thursday, alleging the company’s chatbot contributed to her daughter’s suicide by providing responses she says validated harmful thoughts instead of steering her toward help. New Brunswick woman Kristie Carrier, whose 24-year-old daughter Alice lived in Montreal, said...

A B.C. court has approved a $4.5-million settlement in a class action lawsuit over workplace harassment at WestJet. The lawsuit represents more than 3,400 current and former female flight attendants. Those who file valid claims could receive roughly $470 each.

A planned information session on last month’s flooding has been cancelled due to a lawsuit. The mayor of Dollard-des-Ormeaux made the decision after the lawsuit was filed claiming the city didn’t do enough to protect residents. Many basements were flooded following the June 20th downpour. As Tim Sargeant reports, residents say the city is doing...

In the U.S., 41 states and Washington, D.C. have filed lawsuits against Meta over concerns about child safety and social media addiction. The landmark trial with California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey as plaintiffs is about to begin in federal court. Jillian Piper dissects the allegations against the company, and explains why the case’s outcome...

Meta is facing a new lawsuit which may fundamentally change how children use its various platforms. Several U.S. states have sued the tech giant, saying platforms like Facebook and Instagram have directly contributed to the mental health crisis in young people. Katherine Ward has this story and more in Health Matters for Aug. 17, 2026.

Several investors in Selena Gomez’s mental health startup ‘Wondermind’ are suing the pop star and her mother for fraud, claiming they were misled about the success of the business venture and her involvement in it. The lawsuit alleges investors put more than $1.2 million into the company, expecting Gomez to leverage her star power and...

A California family is suing a Los Angeles-area fitness club and daycare after surveillance video appeared to show a staff member throwing their nearly two-year-old son into the air before he fell to the ground. The lawsuit alleges the child suffered a traumatic brain injury and hearing loss, and claims staff downplayed the severity of...

Prince Harry is scheduled to arrive in the United Kingdom Monday, and the controversy is already building. We’ve heard that he will be traveling alone, though the family might accompany him later, and despite accepting an invitation to stay at the palace, there are rumors that Harry will not accept. Plus, a decision on Harry’s...

Canada’s top court has ruled intimate partner violence as a legal basis for pursuing civil damages. The decision stems from a case involving a woman who was subjected to physical and emotional abuse by her husband throughout their 16 year marriage. But as Jillian Piper reports, the ruling has wider implications and could pave the...

An independent review of the troubled North Shore Wastewater Treatment Plant project is finally moving forward after Metro Vancouver and the company originally hired to build the plant settled their long-running legal battle. Global News Morning speaks with District of North Vancouver Mayor Mike Little about ongoing questions around the soaring cost of the project,...

A group of current and former female police officers was back in court today with their lawyer pushing for a proposed class-action lawsuit. Catherine Urquhart reports.

Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, is seeking OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s ouster from the company leadership as part of a civil lawsuit accusing him of betraying their shared vision for OpenAI. Since its start as a nonprofit funded primarily by Musk, OpenAI has evolved into a capitalistic venture now valued at $852 billion.