From Global News. The federal government of Canada is roughly doubling the amount of money international students need to prove they have in order to get a study permit, says Canada’s Immigration Minister Marc Miller. He is also threatening that if provinces and post-secondary institutions fail to act, he will look at “significantly limiting visas”…

From Global News. Loblaw head Galen Weston said Thursday while testifying at the House of Commons Agricultural Committee that the federal government’s proposed grocery code of conduct would raise food prices, not lower them. #GlobalNews #foodprices #inflation #foodinflation #loblaws

From Global News. Edmonton holiday shoppers were left shaken after a series of random attacks in the Kingsway Mall parking lot on Tuesday, Dec. 5. It started with an attempted robbery and ended with a man being shot and a vehicle carjacked. Witness Christopher Beausoleil was doing some Christmas shopping at the mall when he…

From Global News. Global Calgary’s Leslie Horton opens up about her viral clapback to an insensitive viewer’s email, which has garnered millions of views and support from celebrities like Michelle Pfeiffer and Jamie Lee Curtis. Leslie shares the empowering impact of community backing. "The words just started coming out of my mouth," she told the…

From Global News. A swarm of locusts filled the sky in the capital of Mexico’s Yucatan region on Wednesday. Though they commonly munch on agricultural crops, these pests have reportedly left local Merida farmland untouched since their arrival on Wednesday. The swarm is expected to dissipate on Friday. #Locusts #Mexico #Merida

From Global News. A retiree living in a converted laundry room in the Halifax area says she’s having no luck finding anything within her 1,300/month rent budget. Liz Myers shares the tiny unit with her 16-year-old cat, and says the space feels “claustrophobic.” She said she feels “overlooked” as a retiree renting on income assistance.…

From Global News. Israel has now agreed to allow a minimal amount of fuel into southern Gaza to prevent what it calls a humanitarian collapse and the outbreak of epidemics. Gazans say what Israel believes is a "safe area" has no water, no power, no sanitation, no toilets — a breeding ground for diseases. In…

From Global News. Although food prices are expected to rise in 2024, Canadians could soon start to see some relief at the grocery store, according to a new report. The 2024 Food Price Report released by Canadian researchers Thursday estimates food prices will rise by 2.5 to 4.5 per cent over the next year, which…

From Global News. Canada’s Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson and Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault are set to unveil details of the Liberal government’s long-awaited emissions cap on the oil and gas sector. The policy is a critical piece of Canada’s long-term emissions reduction plan, though it is expected the sector won’t be asked to cut…

From Global News. Thanks to her record-shattering world tour and domination of music platforms, Taylor Swift has been named Time Magazine’s Person of the Year for 2023. Time calls her the “master storyteller of the modern era,” and someone who uses music and the power of media to “create something wholly unique.” Eric Sorensen reflects…

From Global News. Hours after U.S. President Joe Biden made a last-ditch plea for Congress to approve billions more dollars in military aid for Ukraine, Republican senators voted to block the legislation. The decision comes just over one week before Congress breaks for the holidays. Farah Nasser explains what Republicans demanded in order to pass…

From Global News. WARNING: This video contains disturbing content. Viewer discretion is advised. With the bloodshed intensifying between Israel and Hamas in southern Gaza, the humanitarian crisis is worsening for Palestinians there who have nowhere to hide from the violent fighting. The injured, including children, are being rushed to Rafah’s Kuwaiti hospital, with UNICEF saying…

From Global News. Canada has launched a deportation case against a man who is believed to have served as a senior official in the Iranian government. His is one of nine cases heading to court, testing new sanctions that banned high-ranking members of Iran’s hardline regime from Canada. The sanctions were brought in following Iran’s…

From Global News. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said three victims are dead and one is in critical condition at a local hospital following a shooting on UNLV’s campus Wednesday. Las Vegas police reported the suspect is dead. Sheriff Kevin McMahill said there is no further threat to campus. Police said the incident occurred…

From Global News. With paper ballots and officials hand counting each slip, there’s not too much room for error when it comes to Canada’s federal election process. But the Communications Security Establishment (CSE) is putting out warnings the next time all Canadians head to the polls. The CSE released an updated report about cyber threats…

From Global News. Debate on Bill C-234 continued to rage during question period in the House of Commons on Wednesday, with one Conservative MP being thrown out of the chamber after he refused to apologize for using language not allowed. Damien Kurek, an MP for Battle River-Crowfoot in Alberta, was asked to leave by Deputy…

From Global News. Are you planning to travel during the winter holidays, but are feeling overwhelmed with all the last-minute details? Travel expert Marty Firestone joins our hosts on ‘The Morning Show’ as he shares some valuable tips and tricks to help you prepare for your winter travels. From how airports are gearing up to…

From Global News. On Wednesday, U.S. President Joe Biden was asked if he believed there was any Democrat other than himself who "could defeat Donald Trump." Without skipping a beat, Biden responded, "There are 50 of them…but I will defeat him," before closing the door. #Biden #Trump #elections2024

From Global News. U.S. President Joe Biden urged Congress to pass additional funding for Ukraine before the holiday recess during his speech on Wednesday. “We’re the reason Putin hasn’t totally overrun Ukraine and moved beyond that,” Biden said. He also mentioned that the G7 is prepared to support Ukraine and discussed the importance of defending…

From Global News. Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre promised Wednesday to delay the holiday breaks of members of Parliament if the Liberal government does not agree to do away with carbon pricing for farmers, Indigenous people and Canadian families. For more info, please go to https://globalnews.ca Subscribe to Global News Channel HERE: http://bit.ly/20fcXDc Like Global…

From Global News. The Bank of Canada left its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 5.0 per cent for the third consecutive decision on Wednesday, the final announcement in 2023. However, the central bank continued to warn that its policy rate may need to rise again if inflation doesn’t continue to ease. In a statement announcing…

From Global News. The New Brunswick town of St. Stephen has declared a state of emergency over homelessness after a person died in the cold at a park last week. The town’s municipal council voted unanimously to make the declaration during an emergency council meeting Monday, calling the situation a “public health and safety crisis.”…

From Global News. A23a, the world’s largest iceberg, is on the move for the first time in 35 years, drifting beyond Antarctica. The discovery was made by scientists who analyzed recent satellite images and are now closely watching its trajectory. This massive chunk of ice weighs one trillion tons and is three times the size…

From Global News. Israel’s unrelenting mission to destroy Hamas has its military forces moving deeper into southern Gaza, making life even worse for Palestinians who have nowhere to flee. Daniele Hamamdjian reports on the dire situation in the city of Khan Younis. Sex assaults within the Canadian Armed Forces have risen more than 3.5 per…

From Global News. A senior in Alberta is the latest to fall victim to an online scam involving an expensive, adjustable Christmas tree. Spruce Grove resident Suzanne Kyle is out $1,500 after buying what she thought was the perfect tree from a fraudulent website called Adjustabletrees.com. It’s the first site that comes up on Google…

From Global News. Multiple investigations are underway after two patients died in separate incidents in the emergency room of a Montreal-area hospital last week. The patients died at Hôpital Anna-Laberge in Châteauguay, a city located on Montreal’s south shore. The news was first reported by French-language digital outlet La Presse. The Syndicat des professionnelles en…

From Global News. Two people were violently attacked in separate, random incidents in November 2023 at the Coliseum LRT Station in central Edmonton. In the first incident on Sunday, Nov. 12, a a 58-year-old man got off the train, boarded a bus and was randomly attacked while looking out a window. The second incident two…

From Global News. Durham Regional Police have released body camera footage from part of the capture of an escaped kangaroo that had been on the loose for three days in Oshawa, Ont. “Due to the high level of public interest DRPS is releasing the body-worn camera footage,” police said on Tuesday, the day after the…

From Global News. The use of child care in Canada is slowly returning to pre-pandemic levels, reaching 56 per cent in 2023, just four per cent lower than in 2019 and a boost from even the year prior. However, new data from Statistics Canada shows while things are increasing, demand due to more affordable spaces…

From Global News. Inside a Miami federal courthouse on Tuesday, 73-year-old former U.S. ambassador Victor Manuel Rocha was charged with acting as a foreign agent to defraud the United States. Government agents say Rocha, the former American ambassador to Bolivia, allegedly worked as a secret agent for Cuba for more than four decades. Prosecutors say…

From Global News. An atmospheric river brought heavy rain and strong winds to B.C.’s South Coast Monday. Localized flooding stranded motorists, closed roads, and even forced the closure of B.C.’s Highway 1 through the Fraser Canyon. Environment Canada said the weather system brought as much as 132 millimetres of rain in the last 24 hours,…

From Global News. As people observed the Maulud holiday in northern Kaduna, Nigeria, a military drone strike mistakenly killed 85 civilians. More than 60 people were injured. Army spokesman Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu said that troops carrying out aerial patrols observed a group of people and "wrongly analyzed and misinterpreted their pattern of activities to…

From Global News. As the debate on the housing crisis in Canada continued during question period in the House of Commons on Tuesday, Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre promoted a newly-released documentary available across his social media accounts. “Nearly four million people on X alone have watched my much-acclaimed and ground-breaking documentary – ‘Housing hell: How…

From Global News. Global Calgary reporter Leslie Horton turned a viewer’s body-shaming email into a teaching moment during a live broadcast. "No, I’m not pregnant, I actually lost my uterus to cancer last year," Horton said, "Think about the emails that you send." #globalcalgary #teachingmoment #reporterlive

From Global News. An orange tabby cat in Newfoundland is quickly becoming famous for a daring leap from the top of an electricity pole after being stuck for hours. Owner Alice Reid says Coco was unharmed and unbothered by the ordeal, and that he’s been sleeping, purring and eating plenty of treats since his Daredevil…

From Global News. WARNING: This video contains graphic images not suitable for all viewers. Following the eruption of Indonesia’s Marapi volcano on Dec. 3, the death toll has risen to 22 as of Tuesday, after rescuers found the bodies of perished hikers near the crater of the Indonesian volcano. At least one person is still…

From Global News. Cyclone Michaung barrelled into the southern Indian coast on Tuesday with intense winds. Its arrival was preceded by torrential rains and flooding that killed at least 13 people, as officials assessed the damage. Tall waves crashed into southern coastal towns over the last two days as the cyclone approached, submerging entire villages…

From Global News. Canadian officials, including Defence Minister Bill Blair, will hold a press conference and media avail on Tuesday to discuss sexual assault rates in the military. Sexual assault rates within the Canadian Armed Forces saw a “significant increase” in 2022 despite promises of reform within the military following years of intense scrutiny, Statistics…

From Global News. A massive explosion erupted in Arlington, Va. on Monday evening after a suspect “discharged a flare gun approximately 30-40 times” from within their home, according to the Arlington County Police Department (ACPD), which was attempting to execute a search warrant moments before the explosion. #Arlington #Virginia #Explosion

From Global News. A massive explosion erupted in Arlington, Va. on Monday evening after a suspect “discharged a flare gun approximately 30-40 times” from within their home, according to a local police report. The Arlington County Police Department (ACPD) was attempting to execute a search warrant, demanding the suspect come out with their hands up…

From Global News. As Canada grapples with a rapidly aging demographic, experts are sounding the alarm over the increasing mental and physical health impacts of loneliness and social isolation – particularly among older Canadians. A survey by the National Institute of Ageing on Tuesday found that around 41 per cent of Canadians aged 50 and…

From Global News. As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial resumes after being suspended for nearly two months over the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks, he’s facing growing calls to step down. However, Netanyahu denies any wrongdoing and claims to be the victim of a carefully orchestrated plot to remove him from office. Daniele Hamamdjian…

From Global News. At the COP28 climate summit in Dubai, Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault unveiled Canada’s plan to cut methane emissions from the oil and gas sector by at least 75 per cent by 2030. It is part of the federal government’s effort to support cleaner energy and climate action. Abigail Bimman…

From Global News. A runaway kangaroo is now safely back in a zoo after being on the loose in the Oshawa, Ont. area for more than three days. It first got the jump on its handlers while they were at a pit stop while being transferred to a Quebec zoo, leading to a social media…

From Global News. With Israel’s ground offensive in southern Gaza growing, Palestinians there say they’re running out of places to stay safe from the bombardment. As Crystal Goomansingh reports, this new phase of the violent conflict is unfolding while the U.S. urges Israel to show restraint. As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial resumes…

From Global News. Tens of thousands of households across Quebec are still without power after the first major winter storm of the season barreled through the region overnight. Many Montrealers began their Monday digging out from under massive snowbanks, and the city says 2,200 pieces of equipment and 3,000 employees have been deployed to clear…

From Global News. Jewish groups rallied on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday afternoon to show solidarity with Israel and call for the release of hostages still being held by Hamas. The rally also took aim at the wave of antisemitism that has grown since the most recent wave of violence was triggered on Oct.…

From Global News. A new Statistics Canada report shows that there were nearly 4,000 known incidents of human trafficking in Canada in the past 10 years. A little more than half were not solved by police, and only four in 10 of the incidents reported to police saw charges laid. Of those that made it…

From Global News. Women make up 37 per cent of self-employed Canadians, a growth of more than 10 per cent from 1976, a new study from Statistics Canada found, as self-employment itself has also seen an increase. Some business owners say it’s a mixture of reasons that compelled them to join the business world as…

From Global News. COP28 President Sultan Al-Jaber defended his role in hosting this year’s United Nations (UN) COP28 climate summit on Monday, and insisted that he understood and respected the science of climate change. Al-Jaber responded to a Dec. 3 report in The Guardian publication on comments he made last month regarding the phase-out of…

From Global News. Displaced Gazans in the Khan Younis town of Hamad packed their belongings and headed towards Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip on Sunday, following Israeli bombardments and warnings to evacuate certain areas. “Just take us to the grave and be done with it,” displaced Gazan Hamdi Zaheer said, stating he…

From Global News. Bloc Québécois MP Alain Therrien said during question period on Monday that Canadian Broadcasting Corp. (CBC) and Radio-Canada cutting approximately 600 jobs demonstrated that “things are not going well in the world of media,” adding that this means a cultural sense of belonging and the quality of information “will suffer.” Heritage minister…

From Global News. The first major snowstorm of December knocked out power for thousands, closed schools and held up commutes across southern Quebec on Monday. Hydro-Québec reported more than 110,000 customers were without electricity at the height of the outages as heavy snow blanketed wires, branches and trees overnight. The hardest-hit regions were Montreal, the…

From Global News. As Cyclone Michaung approaches India’s southern Tamil Nadu region, at least four were reported dead on Monday in rain-related incidents. The incoming tropical storm is anticipated to make landfall on Tuesday morning and has already triggered torrential downpours and mass floods in the region and caused floods across the state at a…

From Global News. Royal insider Patricia Treble shares insights on how the Palace might proceed after the Dutch version of Omid Scobie’s ‘Endgame’ alleged King Charles and Kate Middleton questioned Archie’s skin tone. Plus, where Harry and Meghan currently stand with the royal family. She also gives us her take on the newest trailer for…

From Global News. Music streaming service Spotify said on Monday that it is cutting about 1,500 jobs, or 17 per cent of its global workforce, in the company’s third round of layoffs this year. In a message to employees posted on the company’s blog, CEO Daniel Ek said the jobs were being cut as part…

From Global News. The Excelsior Springs Police Department in Missouri went on a highly unusual chase during the U.S. Thanksgiving weekend, involving a vehicle hauling a large mobile home, or as the narrating officer calls it — "a big ol’ truck." #policechase #missouri #shorts

From Global News. Following the eruption of Indonesia’s Marapi volcano on Dec. 3, 11 hikers were found dead in the West Sumatra province on Monday, with a search for another 12 missing people being put on hold over safety concerns. Seventy-five people were reported to be in the area at the time Marapi spewed volcanic…

From Global News. An escaped Kangaroo on the loose across the Greater Toronto Area has finally been caught and is now safe. The marsupial evading police began Thursday when residents spotted him hopping around the streets of Oshawa, Ont. #kangaroo #roo #kangarooescape

From Global News. Canadian soccer legend Christine Sinclair looked back on her career Sunday on Canada’s women’s national team ahead of her final game on Tuesday, calling it the “best job in the world.” Sinclair encouraged young women to get involved in the sport and reflected on the growth of the sport in Canada since…