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• CFL names Stewart Johnston as football league’s new commissioner

  02-04-2025 16:31 via globalnews.ca
  
  Stewart Johnston has served as president of TSN since 2010.
  
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• Animal shelters struggle to keep up with demand as food prices skyrocket for pets

  07-04-2025 13:18 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Nova Scotia SPCA says that demand in all six locations in the province has increased, but donations remain low and there are calls to to help those in need.
  
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• Ontario judge recalls lawyers in supervised consumption site case

  07-04-2025 13:03 via globalnews.ca
  
  An Ontario judge has asked lawyers to return to court in the challenge to a new provincial law that bans supervised consumption sites within 200 metres of schools or daycares.
  
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• Home insurance bills will be higher in 2025 due to severe weather: experts

  07-04-2025 10:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  In 2025, home insurance rates have risen 5.28 per cent, well above the rate of inflation, according to a report published by My Choice Financial, a Canadian insurance aggregator.
  
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• Fraudsters hijacked GTA man's company record, tried to mortgage its $12M property for cash

  07-04-2025 10:00 via cbc.ca
  Hitender Sharma was shocked to learn someone had changed his holding company's corporation record to leverage the mortgage-free commercial property it owns for cash. Sharma's case and a handful of others are raising questions about the security of business records in Ontario.
  
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• Jays, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., agree to 14-year, $500M US extension: reports

  07-04-2025 07:01 via cbc.ca
  
  The Toronto Blue Jays and slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr. have agreed to a 14-year contract extension worth $500 million US, according to multiple media reports.
  
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• Ex-Conservative candidate says party removed him over past podcast comments

  07-04-2025 07:00 via cbc.ca
  
  A former Conservative candidate in the Metro Vancouver riding of New Westminster—Burnaby—Maillardville says he was removed from the party's slate because of comments he made about the Chinese government in a podcast four years ago.
  
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• Southern Alberta man returns ancient artefact to Costa Rica

  07-04-2025 01:31 via globalnews.ca
  
  A jade amulet given as a gift more than 50 years ago has been returned to Costa Rica after a Southern Alberta man learned of its cultural significance.
  
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• Parties dropping candidates well into campaign despite 'invasive' and 'secretive' vetting process

  06-04-2025 22:24 via nationalpost.com
  
  'What I'm surprised about is that this isn't happening to dozens more,' says crisis communicator and political consultant
  
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• Supporters rally to save giant Drumheller, Alta., dinosaur from demolition

  06-04-2025 20:24 via cbc.ca
  
  A decision to dismantle Tyra the Tyrannosaurus, known as the world's largest dinosaur, has drawn public backlash and a petition to save the structure has more than 20,000 signatures.
  
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• 'Special to the world': Supporters petition to save Drumheller, Alta., dinosaur

  06-04-2025 20:24 via cbc.ca
  
  A decision to dismantle Tyra the Tyrannosaurus, known as the world's largest dinosaur, has drawn public backlash and a petition to save the structure has more than 20,000 signatures.
  
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• Over 50,000 Hydro One customers without power in Ontario

  06-04-2025 19:47 via globalnews.ca
  More than one million Ontario homes and businesses experienced outages since last weekend's ice storm and subsequent days of high winds and heavy rain.
  
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• Outages after Ontario ice storm drop below 70,000 as restoration continues

  06-04-2025 19:47 via globalnews.ca
  
  More than one million Ontario homes and businesses experienced outages since last weekend's ice storm and subsequent days of high winds and heavy rain.
  
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• Poilievre promises to fund 50,000 addictions recovery spaces

  06-04-2025 19:42 via nationalpost.com
  
  'No middlemen, no bureaucracy, just real help for those who need it'
  
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• NDP focus on rent control as Conservatives tackle addictions treatment

  06-04-2025 17:39 via globalnews.ca
  
  The leaders are rounding out their second weekend of the campaign trail, with policy announcements including rent control and addictions treatment.
  
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• Liberals widen lead to double digits over Tories in Canada election: poll

  06-04-2025 17:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Liberals now lead the Conservatives by 12 points as the federal election campaign enters its third week, according to an Ipsos poll conducted exclusively for Global News.
  
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• Ottawa man charged after lockdown on Parliament Hill, police say

  06-04-2025 16:14 via cbc.ca
  
  Ottawa police say a 31-year-old man has been arrested after Saturday's hours-long lockdown on Parliament Hill.
  
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• Maple leafs deck out Manitoba's legislature for a celebration of Canadian pride

  06-04-2025 15:59 via cbc.ca
  
  A display of Canadian and Manitoban pride adorned the grounds of the Manitoba Legislative Building on Sunday afternoon for a rally hosted by the province.
  
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• Mi'kmaw man gets house arrest after failing to argue 'aboriginal right to traffic in cannabis'

  06-04-2025 15:30 via nationalpost.com
  
  Darren Charles Marshall argued 'that he was exercising a treaty or aboriginal right to traffic in cannabis,' but the judge said 'there was no foundation to support such a conclusion.'
  
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• We still need America, and other truths from former MP Candice Bergen

  06-04-2025 15:00 via nationalpost.com
  
  The Conservative stalwart asks: 'Who gave (Mark Carney) the mandate to say we’re cutting off our relationship with the U.S.?'
  
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• Canadian ties front and centre for restaurants after decor, menus revamped

  06-04-2025 14:59 via globalnews.ca
  
  As Canadians continue to look for ways to support businesses here at home, some restaurants are making it no secret how their allegiance lies with Canada.
  
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• Ottawa police face questions over Parliament Hill barricade after arrest

  06-04-2025 14:35 via globalnews.ca
  
  Ottawa police say they arrested a man without incident Saturday night after he barricaded himself inside Parliament Hill.
  
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• Ottawa man who barricaded himself in Parliament Hill charged: police

  06-04-2025 14:35 via globalnews.ca
  
  Ottawa police say they arrested a man without incident Saturday night after he barricaded himself inside Parliament Hill.
  
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• Canadian car dealership expects price hikes soon over auto tariff dispute

  06-04-2025 13:26 via globalnews.ca
  
  The general manager of a Ford dealership in Dartmouth, N.S. said that 75 per cent of the cars in his showroom are manufactured south of the border.
  
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• ‘Absolutely devastating’: Dartmouth residents face round of evictions over development

  06-04-2025 13:22 via globalnews.ca
  
  On April 2, the developer distributed a pamphlet to everyone living in the community, informing 143 households at Ocean Breeze Village they would be evicted by March 31, 2026.
  
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• Tariffs on Canadian goods having a 'devastating effect,' U.S. farmers say

  06-04-2025 13:00 via cbc.ca
  
  American farmers say U.S.-imposed tariffs on Canadian goods are having a "devastating effect" on the local agriculture sector south of the border.
  
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• Some small Alberta villages say voting themselves out of existence may be a path to prosperity

  06-04-2025 13:00 via cbc.ca
  
  There are two fewer villages in Alberta this year and a third may soon emerge. Caroline and Halkirk are now hamlets within their respective rural municipalities, while Delia is set to vote on its future later this month.
  
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• Inside the NDP’s struggling campaign as party faces possible collapse

  06-04-2025 12:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Global News travelled with Singh the first week of the federal campaign and witnessed a leader struggling to attract large crowds and facing repeated questions about his future.
  
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• What did homeowners do with green rebates, and did they make a difference?

  06-04-2025 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The federal government provided $2.6 billion for heat pumps, solar panels, insulation and other green upgrades to Canadians' homes through the Canada Greener Homes Grant. But did it make enough of a difference? A new report takes a closer look.
  
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• What did Canada's billions for green home renos do? Not enough, report says

  06-04-2025 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The federal government provided $2.6 billion for heat pumps, solar panels, insulation and other green upgrades to Canadians' homes through the Canada Greener Homes Grant. But did it make enough of a difference? A new report takes a closer look.
  
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