A 68-year-old has died while taking part in a special forces-style endurance event on South Wales’ highest peak, Pen y Fan, according to police. Emergency services were called to Pen y Fan in the Bannau Brycheiniog National Park on Saturday, the BBC reports. The man was taking part in the 24 km Fan Dance event…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A lobster fishing group in Nova Scotia has failed in its bid to persuade a judge that a First Nation does not have the treaty right to commercially fish for lobster out of season and without a licence. In a decision released Wednesday, Nova Scotia Supreme Court…
Police have arrested and charged a man in connection with a Coney Island shooting on July 4 that injured four adults and four children during a barbecue, the New York City Police Department confirmed in a statement to Global News. “Pursuant to an ongoing investigation, the following individual was arrested and charged on Wednesday, July…
By Eli Ridder The Canadian Press Posted July 9, 2026 11:31 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size About 120 paramedics in New Brunswick have volunteered to fill in for their colleagues in Prince Edward Island who are grieving the loss of two emergency workers. Two paramedics with Health PEI…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A prolonged heat wave is expected to sweep across much of Saskatchewan and Manitoba on Friday. Temperatures are expected to approach 30 C before climbing into the mid-30s by the end of the weekend, while humidex values could reach 45 on Sunday, according to Environment Canada. Special weather…
By Jeremy Simes The Canadian Press Posted July 9, 2026 9:24 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Regina’s former police chief is appealing his dismissal. The Saskatchewan Police Commission says there will be a hearing in September on Farooq Sheikh’s termination. The hearing is scheduled to take place over…
By Kyle Duggan The Canadian Press Posted July 9, 2026 8:11 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says it’s “unacceptable” that Iran has launched attacks on commercial ships in recent days as it attempts to tighten its grip over the Strait of Hormuz. Anand…
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted July 9, 2026 7:28 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Mounties near the Alberta-British Columbia boundary have issued an Amber Alert for a six-year-old boy. They say Lanakai Morrison was taken on Tuesday from the hamlet of Valhalla Centre, roughly 63 kilometres northwest…
Singer Bonnie Tyler, best known for singing the chart-topping power ballad Total Eclipse of the Heart, has died at the age of 75, according to a statement from the singer’s family. “Bonnie’s family and team are heartbroken to announce that Bonnie unexpectedly passed away last night in hospital in Portugal as a result of the…
I first met Jacqueline Zúñiga in the port city of La Guaira, just as Venezuela was beginning its descent into an economic quagmire from which it has never emerged. It was 2014, and I had recently moved to Venezuela as a rookie reporter. I wanted to know how the ruling Socialist Party’s base was reacting…
