The 2026 World Cup will feature over a dozen matches played in Canada this summer, and a new analysis estimates each game will cost $82 million of government funding. The Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) released its analysis Wednesday of federal commitments and costs associated with co-hosting the 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup, and how much…
Canada’s foreign service cuts are disproportionately affecting positions based abroad, with those rotational positions being eliminated at three times the rate of those for Global Affairs staff based in Canada. Data obtained by The Canadian Press also shows an even larger drop in foreign workers hired at missions overseas, just as the Carney government seeks…
Vancouver’s fire chief says changes were needed to how crews respond to certain medical calls, especially at some of the city’s busiest halls. In the first quarter of the year, there were almost 6,000 apparatus runs from Firehall 2 in the Downtown Eastside. These calls are when a crew and truck respond to an emergency….
Young people are looking for jobs — just not where employers are looking to hire them, a new survey shows. Most small businesses prefer personal connections and networks to recruit young Canadians, with six in 10 (62 per cent) preferring them over online job boards (44 per cent), a survey by the Canadian Federation of…
An Ontario man whose brother died when his call to 911 was dropped and left uninvestigated is urging the provincial government to reform the rules governing call takers in a bid to make sure the tragedy is never repeated. In August 2024, Ralph Buerger called 911 in Niagara Region, desperate for emergency medical help, but…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A major step is underway to extend Montreal’s metro blue line east to Anjou, with excavation now officially in progress. A massive tunnel-boring machine has begun drilling eastbound, launching what will be a two-year effort to carve out roughly five kilometres of tunnel and make way for…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A Vancouver SRO, operated by Atira, which receives most of its funding from the B.C. government, was recently kept open for months for only two tenants. Now, the Gastown rooming house only has one tenant. Robert, who did not provide his last name, is the last tenant…
Siblings Joseph Lambert and Donna Morin wait anxiously at Winnipeg Richardson International Airport for a sister they’ve never met. “I’ll probably just be crying, it’s hard to say what’s going to happen because I’m in shock still,” said Morin. They and their sister, Melody Roberts, are ’60s Scoop survivors, and were separated from their family…
By Bella Finn Global News Posted May 20, 2026 12:35 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Fifteen-year-old Calgary student, Ania Udofia, has placed at this year’s World of 8 Billion International Student Video Contest. Anie was one of 5,000 students to enter the competition, but her project examining methods…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Nakon’i’a with Kunsi is a TV puppet show to hit the screens in the coming year about learning the Nakoda language. The show is currently in production in Saskatoon, and it was all inspired by a close friend of the director. “She teaches children, you know, teaches…
