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Bombers, Riders fans clash over ‘Regina-style’ pizza in Labour Day Classic trash talk
Annual trash talk between the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Saskatchewan Roughriders, among the teams and their fandoms, is building ahead of Sunday’s Labour Day Classic. This year, it’s all about the pizza. In a social media post Tuesday, the Bombers reiterated…
Lunenburg water conservation continues after Dares Lake dam breach
Water conservation efforts continued for a second day in Lunenburg, N.S., along with school and business closures, as crews worked to repair the Dares Lake dam. The recently-constructed dam was breached Wednesday around 1 p.m. after a crack formed, sending…
Toronto orders Live Nation to hire engineer, fix Rogers Stadium before AC/DC show
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The City of Toronto has ordered Live Nation to fix Rogers Stadium after the outdoor music venue was battered by Wednesday’s storm, leaving swathes of its seating damaged. Images from the venue, located…
‘211 years of community’: Funding aims to protect Upper Hammonds Plains from wildfires
A historic African Nova Scotian community is receiving provincial funding to reduce its wildfire risk, in a bid to help preserve the area’s heritage. “What is being protected here is not only housing, it is 211 years of community,” said Hammonds…
Five former B.C. Conservative MLAs form new provincial party
Five B.C. legislators who recently left the provincial Conservatives are joining forces to form a new political party, with plans to have it up and running when the legislature returns next month. Rosalyn Bird, Bruce Banman and Áʼa꞉líya Warbus announced…
Special city council meeting called over leak of confidential Calgary budget docs
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Calgary city council will take part in a special meeting behind closed doors to seek legal advice, after a trove of confidential and preliminary budget documents were obtained by Global News. As first…
4 tornadoes landed in the Prairies during Sunday’s storm, researchers confirm
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Two additional tornadoes hit Manitoba during Sunday’s storm, the Northern Tornadoes Project (NTP) has confirmed. These new verifications bring the total number of twisters from last weekend to four in the…
Weapons, cellphones, drugs among $112K in contraband seized at N.B. prison
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Correctional Service Canada (CSC) says it’s stepping up measures to prevent contraband from entering its prisons, and has recently seized packages at a maximum security institution in New Brunswick…
Sentencing delayed again for man behind Ditch-2 wildfire
By Grace Miller Global News Posted September 4, 2026 10:28 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size A La Ronge man who sparked a massive wildfire north of Prince Albert last summer has had his sentencing date in court rescheduled a…
Economy sheds 42,000 jobs, unemployment rate steady in August, says StatCan
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The previously hot labour market stalled out to end the summer with a loss of 42,000 jobs in August, Statistics Canada said Friday. The unemployment rate held steady at 6.4 per cent last month, the agency…