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Tali Berkovich-Manes, an Israeli mother travelling with her husband and three daughters, recalled witnessing a cockpit attack on a Sept. 30 FlyDubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv. She was waiting outside the washroom for her six-year-old daughter when the cockpit door opened and she saw the co-pilot attacking Captain Smit Machchhar. “They are murdering...

The Indian airline captain who was in the cockpit of a Flydubai flight when his co-pilot stabbed him in an attempt to crash the plane is being hailed as a hero for saving passengers. Smit Machchhar was severely injured but managed to open the cockpit door, allowing passengers and crew to overpower the co-pilot and...

A Quebec apple orchard says it has installed a Canadian-first anti hail cannon to protect its crops. A hailstorm can decimate a harvest – and turn a lucrative crop into a mushy massacre. As Dan Spector tells us the high-tech weapon is the latest tool being used to help farmers in the face of an...

Four people, including a child, are dead, and several others were injured after a severe crash on Stoney Trail late Sunday night, police are investigating.

Flight attendants have hit the picket lines on Sunday after CUPE Local 8125, and WestJet fail to reach an agreement on a new contract before the strike deadline at midnight on Saturday.

A second potential data centre in Saint John is raising new questions for residents already fighting one proposed near Lorneville. As Reeti Meenakshi Rohilla reports, they say the issue now goes beyond their community particularly when it comes to power costs, environmental impacts and how much the public knows.

A dozen Ontario Jewish teachers have filed human rights complaints against four school boards and two teachers’ unions alleging discrimination. They say that when they tried to report that they were experiencing antisemitism their employers and their unions failed to act. Caryn Lieberman reports.

Quebec voters elected Paul St.-Pierre Plamondon as their new premier and the Parti Québécois formed minority government on Monday night. Current Quebec premier and leader of the Coalition Avenir Quebec Christine Frechette failed to win a seat in her hometown of Trois-Rivières. Political analyst Karim Boulos joins our Jaden Lee-Lincoln to break down the results.

Heavy rain, wind, and hail battered the city Wednesday night and despite the call volumes coming in, the fire chief says it’s lucky no one was seriously injured of killed. As the cleanup effort continues, municipal officials are beginning to review constantly evolving plans as extreme weather events become more frequent. Matthew Bingley reports.

A Langley realtor is raising the alarm after receiving a letter from the BC Financial Services Authority about his personal social media posts. The posts were about Indigenous rights and reconciliation and real estate. As Paul Johnson, he says there were no complaints and the letter was eventually withdrawn.

There’s been a huge increase in requests for mail-in ballots for next month’s Alberta referendum. Elections Alberta says more than 610,000 applications have now been submitted — an increase of roughly 90,000 since Friday. Albertans have until Friday night to apply for a special ballot.

The five suspects arrested on suspicion of terrorist-related activities at a U.S.-operated Royal Air Force (RAF) base in Fairford, England on Sunday, have been released on bail, according to the British head of counterterrorism policing. While the farmer who initially notified authorities of the suspicious activities near her home claims she saw “between eight and...

Ottawa has stood firmly in Ukraine’s corner in its fight to find peace, but one Canadian-Russian connection on the battlefield is raising red flags. Plus, looking ahead to the fall session of the House of Commons.

At 17, Cape Breton volleyball player Leah Burns took a dive during a game that she thought had resulted in a sports injury. Instead, the incident led doctors to discover a rare pancreatic cancer. Eight years later, Leah is sharing her story ahead of Halifax’s Kicking PancreAS™ 5K on September 26, participating in the event...

A Quebec superior court judge has ordered Élections Québec to issue voter reminder cards in both English and French. Wednesday morning’s ruling follows a legal challenge to the agency’s decision to mail voting information in French only. English-language rights groups are calling it a major victory. Phil Carpenter reports.

Could Canada become more European? That’s a question Prime Minister Mark Carney raised when he recently spoke about a deepening relationship with the EU. Nathaniel Dove explores what a stronger partnership might look like.

Curtis Wright is raising concerns about the system that saw him detained and deported from the U.S. The Edmonton-born man has lived in Texas since he was a youth and is a permanent resident. Last fall, he was seized by ICE for a decades-old misdemeanor and held in detention facility for nine months, until he...

Alarm is being raised among tenants’ rights workers about the state of housing affordability in the West Island. They’re calling for more resources because the situation is rapidly getting worse, causing other problems. Phil carpenter reports.

U.S. President Donald Trump took to Truth Social once again Monday morning to show his frustration with Canada after trade negotiations failed late Friday night. He wrote that, beginning Jan. 1, 2027, automotive tariffs will be increased to 50 per cent. Global’s Washington correspondent Reggie Cecchini interviewed Wendy Cutler, a former acting deputy U.S. trade...

The Alberta Prosperity Project’s 54-page constitution outlines its principles, including Albertan’s rights and freedoms, elections, and branches of government. APP leader Mitch Sylvestre says the document is meant to spur discussion on what an independent Alberta could look like. Political scientist Lori Williams says with less than two months to go before referendum day, it...