A small B.C town is buzzing after the world’s richest man made an unexpected touchdown this past weekend. Elon Musk, the CEO of X and Tesla and a former White House adviser, landed in Bella Bella on B.C.’s Central Coast on Saturday in a small private aircraft before being flown out by helicopter. He returned to the…
Canada is leading the way when it comes to volunteering to work at the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Organizers of the Canadian end of the tournament say Toronto and Vancouver rank one-two among the 16 host cities in the number of applications. Of the more than 565,000 total volunteer applications to date, over 180,000 are…
Vivian Paguio and her family are desperate to get to Toronto for a funeral. However, the Air Canada strike has thrown a wrench in their travel plans. “The amount for five of us is $11,000,” Paguio told Global News as they tried to find another airline on Sunday to take them. When they returned to…
Catherine Galliford, a former high-profile RCMP spokesperson who later sued the force alleging widespread sexual harassment, has died at the age of 58. Galliford, who spoke on behalf of the force during high-profile cases like the Air India bombing trial and the investigation into serial killer Robert Pickton, rose up the RCMP ranks in the 90s and…
Brandie Wilkerson and Melissa Humana-Paredes are golden again on home sand. The Paris Olympics silver medallists defeated Germany’s Svenja Muller and Cinja Tillmann on Sunday to capture the Montreal Elite16 title on the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour. Wilkerson and Humana-Paredes took the gold-medal match in straight sets (21-15, 22-20) at Parc Jean-Drapeau, two years…
Officials in Nova Scotia say a wildfire in the western part of the province has grown and could force people out of their homes. But cooler temperatures and low winds have helped firefighters in Newfoundland and Labrador. The Long Lake wildfire is expected to grow, said Scott Tingley, manager of forest protection with Nova Scotia’s…
Travellers in Canada and abroad scrambled to secure flights on Sunday after striking Air Canada flight attendants defied a federal back-to-work order, abruptly halting the airline’s plans to resume operations. Lila Rousseaux, who was scheduled to fly home with her family from Zurich to Toronto on Sunday, told CBC News she spent all of Saturday glued to…
Olympic and world champion Camryn Rogers of Richmond, B.C., won the women’s hammer throw at a Diamond League meet in Chorzow, Poland on Saturday. On her second attempt, Rogers threw 75.39 metres to take the top spot, ahead of Finland’s Krista Tervo (72.74) who finished second and Silja Kosonen (72.40) in third. WATCH | Rogers captures Diamond League hammer throw victory…
A Quebec man in his 80s has died after being caught in a rock landslide at a municipal beach in the Gaspé region early Saturday morning, Quebec provincial police said. The name of the victim was not disclosed. Police said the incident took place at Henderson Beach, located in the town of New Richmond, which…
Police say a major highway in British Columbia was temporarily shut down on Saturday afternoon after a bull on the loose wandered into the middle of the roadway, blocking the traffic. Abbotsford police said on social media that its emergency crews were on scene to deal with the bull on Highway 11, and that a stretch of…
