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Canadian telecommunications companies are looking to the federal government’s Bill C-14 to help curb copper wire thefts as most report a rise since last year. Craig Momney reports.

Maureen Basnicki wants Canadians to redefine the day and celebrate service men and women including those who supported the victims in the aftermath of the terrorist attack.

A 16-year-old Georgia boy will spend the rest of his life in prison after killing four people in a 2024 school shooting, a Barrow County Superior Court judge ruled Tuesday. Colt Gray pleaded guilty to 55 related counts, including murder and assault charges, Friday, before the judge’s decision was made the next week.

Minister of Justice Sean Fraser spoke in Halifax Thursday about concerns regarding public safety and how Bill C-14, The Bail and Sentencing Reform Act, aims to improve public safety across the country.

The world marks 25 years since the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the United States. Two boys are seriously injured after police said they cut a vehicle off with an electric dirt bike on a major road. The Alberta NDP says leaked documents show the UCP government is prioritizing attracting data centres over resident’s energy bills.

When the Ontario Line was first announced in 2019, it came with a price tag of $10.9B. Now, that number has climbed to about $34B, and Metrolinx says the final bill will be even higher. The project is also years behind it’s original timeline, with no final opening date. Lexy Benedict has more on how...

The wildfire situation around Clinton, B.C., remains volatile. Firefighters spent the night protecting the community as another day of active fire behaviour threatens to push the Big Bar Complex even further. As Taya Fast reports, officials say they aren’t expecting any meaningful rainfall to combat the wildfires. The smoke from Canadian wildfires is drifting south...

The search for dozens of people after a magnitude 6.8 earthquake rocks Japan’s south. How Ontario Premier Doug Ford billed taxpayers for a trip to a Disney resort. How a pro-democracy activist in Canada says she’s been targeted by China’s “ethnic unity” law. Plus, the Ontario father who swam about 110 kilometres in 12 days...

Bill C-14 is now law, intending to make bail harder to get and sentences for serious crimes harsher. But the Conservatives say it doesn’t go far enough, and legal experts worry about the consequences of altering the bail system.

The crime rate in Canada has exploded since 2015 and many politicians are citing bill c-14’s relaxed stance being part of the problem. We get the latest from the opposition on how they believe community safety has fallen by the wayside because of the liberal government’s decisions. Also, you see the signs along the road...

A big investment is being made in our tech sector. siemens will be expanding further in the innovation Saskatchewan’s research and technology park. We dive into what the company’s focus will be for the province and country as well as how many jobs the project will bring to Saskatchewan. Also, the crime rate in Canada...

A House of Commons committee has amended Bill C-16 to ensure the proposed law criminalizing sexual deepfakes also covers nearly-nude images. Many MPs say this change closes a technical loophole and protects victims from potentially traumatizing digital assaults. Jazan Grewal has this story and more in Business Matters for May 11, 2026.

Students at Dawson and Vanier colleges staged a walk out Friday afternoon in protest of Quebec’s Bill 9 and Law 14, calling the measures discriminatory. They say Muslim students are disproportionately affected by Bill 9, which expands the province’s secularism law by restricting religious symbols for daycare workers, bans public prayer spaces in schools and...

April 7 marks National Caregiver Day in Canada. It’s estimated one in four Canadians over the age of 15 provide care, often for seniors with long-term conditions. BlueBell is an initiative created to support families and caregivers providing care to people who live with dementia. Its founder, Andrew Karesa, shared more with Global News Morning...

The Strengthening Canada’s Immigration System and Borders Act or Bill C-12 is one step closer to becoming law. Aisling Bondy with the Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers speaks with Global News Morning about the controversial provisions designed to tighten immigration and increase border security.

Liberal and Conservative MPs clashed over a solution to Canada’s ongoing cost-of-living crisis in the House of Commons Wednesday. Though Parliamentarians unanimously approved a Conservative motion that would accelerate deliberations over Prime Minister Mark Carney’s proposed Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit (Bill C-19), several Tories still criticized the “recycled” plan, suggesting the Liberals back their...

Canadian airlines are avoiding travel to the United States with new data highlighting a 14 per cent drop year over year in the 4th quarter of 2025. Included in the data are Canada’s two largest air carriers, Air Canada and WestJet. John Gradek, faculty lecturer at McGill Unviersity’s aviation management program joins Global News Morning...

2-alarm blaze displaces 10 people, sends 2 to hospital on Saturday. Albertans rally against Bill 9, notwithstanding clause.

Quebec’s controversial new healthcare law will force yet another Montreal clinic to close, one that serves some of the city’s most vulnerable. Clinique l’Agora says Bill 2 will make it financially impossible to keep operating and will have to shut its doors on April 1st. Under the new law, doctors could lose up to 15...

At a press conference on Monday, Minister of Justice Sean Fraser introduced Bill C-14, the Bail and Sentencing Reform Act, promising stricter bail and tougher sentences for violent and repeat offenders. Key changes add reverse-onus bail (e.g., choking/strangulation, violent extortion), restore driving bans for criminal negligence causing death or bodily harm, and end house arrest...