Seven members of Burnaby’s Urban Search and Rescue team are preparing to return home from Venezuela, where they have been working to find and rescue people affected by back-to-back earthquakes. “The experience has been a difficult one for our team,” president Ryan Berry said. The team of volunteers, including two firefighters, paramedics, law enforcement officials…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Efforts are now underway to recover a vessel and the six people presumed drowned off the coast of Richmond. Richmond RCMP said four men and two women remain unaccounted for and are presumed drowned after a charter boat sank off the coast of Richmond, in the Roberts Bank…
Crews in Kananaskis are starting to assess and clean up the damage to roads and trails caused by heavy rainfall that prompted a local state of emergency for the provincial park. According to Environment and Climate Change Canada, more than 100 mm of rain fell from Friday night through Monday morning, with the rain continuing…
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s office is shrugging off a United Conservative backbenchers’ public opposition to the government’s deal with Ottawa to get an oil pipeline built. Smith has long pointed to the memorandum of understanding as proof the country can work, arguing that it can help tamp down separatist sentiment as her province readies for…
WARNING: This story contains details that may be upsetting to some readers. Discretion is advised. Victoria police say two men are in custody and facing charges in connection with a violent sexual assault at a home in the 1100 block of Meares Street. Deputy police chief Jamie McRae told reporters on Tuesday that Victoria police…
A German film starring actor Armie Hammer, which was reportedly rejected by the country’s ratings board for allegedly “inciting violence against immigrants,” secured global distribution for a limited time thanks to an intervention by X owner and trillionaire Elon Musk. Citizen Vigilante, starring Hammer, whose Hollywood career was derailed by sexual assault allegations in 2023, was…
Blake Lively is seeking over US$8 million in legal costs from Justin Baldoni and Wayfarer Studios despite their agreement to resolve their legal differences in May, according to a legal filing submitted on Tuesday. In the legal filing, obtained by Global News, Lively’s lawyers disclosed the amount of $7,495, 526.87 in lawyer fees from two…
When Guelph, Ont., police asked a man who crashed his vehicle for his keys, the driver gave officers something unexpected: a potato. Police responded just after 4 a.m. on Tuesday to a call of a crash involving an SUV pulling a trailer. Upon arrival, a man was found sleeping behind the wheel of the driver’s…
The official cause of death has been revealed for Daveigh Chase, the actor who appeared in The Ring and voiced Lilo in the animated film Lilo & Stitch. Chase died of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) with other significant conditions, including chronic polysubstance use, according to the Los Angeles County medical examiner records, obtained by Global News….
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A woman has been injured and police are searching for two suspects after gunshots were fired during a violent home invasion in Brampton, Ont. Around 4 a.m. Tuesday, Peel Regional Police said they received multiple 911 calls about a disturbance at a home in the area of…
