Oct 18 2021 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — The allegation of sexual misconduct made against Adm. Art McDonald has not been deemed unfounded, according to military officials. In response to questions from Global News, the Canadian Forces Provost Marshal offered what appears to be the most direct rebuttal yet of McDonald’s repeated public claims that he has been exonerated by virtue of no […]
Oct 18 2021 — Global News — After snubbing the First Nation’s invitations on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Justin Trudeau visited Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc for the first time on Monday. Elders, Kukpi7 Rosanne Casimir and guests participated in ceremony, honouring residential school survivors and the children who never made it home, and invited the prime minister to speak.
Oct 18 2021 — Global News — The woman at the centre of the sexual misconduct allegation against Adm. Art McDonald says that there were “several” eyewitnesses that corroborated her story, including at least one senior Navy officer that Global News was able to verify. The revelation comes just days after McDonald, who is the Canadian Armed Forces’ Chief of the Defence […]
Oct 17 2021 — Global News — The body of a missing politician in southern Alberta has been found and his wife is now accused in his death. Cypress County councillor Alfred Belyea of Suffield had been missing since Oct. 8. On Friday, the RCMP located the 72-year-old’s body.
Oct 16 2021 — Rachel Gilmore — Global News — Public Safety Minister Bill Blair says he’s ‘very confident’ that Canadians will have a national vaccine passport in place by the time the U.S. border reopens for non-essential travel on Nov. 8. While Blair said he always tries to “overperform and under-promise,” he noted that work on the federal proof of COVID-19 vaccination system has […]
Oct 15 2021 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — A letter sent by Adm. Art McDonald to senior military officials claiming he has been exonerated on an allegation of sexual assault and should be immediately reinstated is “shocking,” says Canada’s acting top soldier. In a letter sent by Gen. Wayne Eyre to senior staff and shared with Global News, the acting chief of the […]
Oct 15 2021 — Global News — Come Nov. 8, fully vaccinated Canadians will once again be able to cross into the United States by land for leisure trips, the White House says. A White House official told Global News the new policy applies to international air travellers as well.
Oct 14 2021 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says Canada is watching the situation “very, very closely” at Canadian ports and the impact on businesses as the world continues to struggle with a COVID-19 supply chain crunch that has snarled everything from appliance parts to car tires and semiconductors. Freeland spoke from the Canadian embassy in Washington, D.C., […]
Oct 14 2021 — Rachel Gilmore — Global News — On the heels of news that the United States will reopen its border to Canadians for leisure travel, calls have grown for the Canadian government to scrap its COVID-19 testing requirement to re-enter the country. When asked about the possibility, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland offered a reminder for Canadians: “the rules are the rules.” […]
Oct 14 2021 — Global News — The RCMP are investigating a possible criminal charge of public mischief in connection to allegations made by Surrey Mayor Doug McCallum about an incident in a Save-On-Foods parking lot last month, Global News can now report. For more than three weeks, Global News had been barred from reporting the information because of a B.C. Supreme […]
Oct 12 2021 — Rachel Gilmore — Global News — If you live in Ontario and are planning to travel abroad, you’ll want to download your proof of COVID-19 vaccination before you go. That’s because Ontario’s vaccine website, where Canadians from the province can download the proof of vaccination they need to board their plane ride home, can’t be accessed from outside North America.
Oct 12 2021 — Global News — Gabrielle ‘Gabby’ Petito was strangled to death, a coroner said on Tuesday afternoon following weeks of speculation over the 22-year-old woman’s autopsy. Petito’s remains were identified on Sept. 21 shortly after her body was found along the border of Grand Teton National Park. Teton County medical examiners had ruled her death as a homicide but […]
Oct 12 2021 — Global News — Canada is preparing for the worst as provincial COVID-19 vaccine mandates threaten to plunge the country into a sharp uptick of health and long-term care worker shortages and layoffs. For hospitals and nursing homes, a shortage of workers would strain the already overburdened workforce dealing with nearly two years of the pandemic. The uncertainty sparked […]
Oct 11 2021 — Global News — DC Comics has big plans for the new Man of Steel. Jonathan Kent, son of Superman Clark Kent and Lois Lane, will come out as bisexual and fall in love with a male reporter, the comic book company announced on Monday.
Oct 10 2021 — Global News — Emergency crews responded to the Westlock Regional Airport late Sunday morning after a plane carrying four people crashed at the airport north of Edmonton. RCMP said officers, EMS and firefighters responded to the airport around 11:10 a.m. after a plane flipped and sustained serious damage. Three of the plane’s occupants were transported by ground ambulance […]