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By The Staff The Canadian Press Posted February 18, 2025 4:22 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Nova Scotia government has introduced legislation to repeal the province’s fixed election date, give it the power to fire the auditor general, and increase politicians’ pay. Proposed changes to the Elections Act come less than four years after the Progressive Conservative government adopted a bill that set elections on the third Tuesday of July every four years. Get breaking National news For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered…

The Delta Air Lines regional jet that crashed at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport on Monday appears to have suffered a right main landing gear failure during a high vertical speed approach and hard landing, a veteran pilot says. The pilot, who has flown the CRJ aircraft across North America for years, shared their assessment with Global News after watching videos of the aircraft’s final approach prior to the crash multiple times.Global News is not identifying them because they are not authorized to publicly comment on aviation incidents.Of the 76 passengers and four crew members aboard, 21 people, including a child,…

Antonine Maillet — novelist, playwright, and proud Acadian — has died at the age of 95. Her publisher, Leméac, announced the news Monday on social media, saying the author had died overnight at her home in Montreal.Born in New Brunswick, she became the first Canadian writer to receive the prestigious French literary award Prix Goncourt in 1979 for her novel “Pélagie-la-Charette.” Throughout her career her work was deeply inspired by the history, language, folklore, and traditions of the Acadian people, with more than 20 novels and 12 plays to her name.“Through her talent and eloquence, Antonine Maillet firmly established the…

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted February 18, 2025 2:00 pm Updated February 18, 2025 2:05 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size A Quebec coroner will investigate the death of a 57-year-old man found inside a snow-covered vehicle with its engine running, after two major snowstorms hit the city over four days. Montreal police Const. Florence Stafford says a 911 call came in at about 8:15 a.m. for someone unconscious inside a parked vehicle in the city’s Villeray—St-Michel—Parc-Extension borough.The engine was running and the vehicle was covered with snow after more than 74 centimetres fell…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Travellers arriving at or departing Vancouver International Airport should check with their airline for their flight status due to the plane crash at Toronto’s Pearson airport on Monday. Staff at YVR said that while departures and arrivals at Pearson resumed following the crash, the situation will continue to impact flights connected to Toronto.The incident may lead to ongoing flight delays or the need for flight rescheduling, YVR said in a statement posted online.Information on delayed or cancelled flights can be found on the YVR website. 2:28 Pearson crash impacts at YVR Delta…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Pope Francis on Tuesday said he had accepted the resignation of a Canadian bishop who has been named in a class-action lawsuit against the church that alleges sexual assault. The pope did not give a reason for replacing Jean-Pierre Blais, the 75-year-old bishop of Baie-Comeau in the predominantly French-speaking province of Quebec, and the diocese said the resignation was not linked to the allegations. He also named a replacement: Reverend Pierre Charland, 62, currently a leading member of Canada’s Roman Catholic Franciscan order.In a statement, the pope noted that any bishop who…

Canada has reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N5 avian influenza on a non-commercial backyard layer poultry farm in the eastern part of the country, the World Organisation for Animal Health said on Tuesday. The spread of avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, has ravaged flocks around the world, disrupting supply and fuelling higher food prices. Its spread to mammals, including dairy cows in the United States, has raised concerns among governments about a risk of human transmission. 1:53 Bird flu cases concern disease experts as seasonal influenza numbers soar Trending Now Analysis of the H5N5 virus detected in Canada’s…

By Dylan Robertson The Canadian Press Posted February 18, 2025 10:35 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says she wants Canadians to play a role in keeping the peace in Ukraine after Russia’s war ends. U.S. President Donald Trump has pledged to hold talks with Russian officials on how to end the war, which started with Moscow’s 2014 invasion and escalated to a full-scale war almost three years ago.Joly says Canada continues to ask the U.S. to include Ukraine in those talks, after Washington suggested Ukraine will lose territory…

A new video has emerged showing the moment a Delta Air Lines flight crash landed and overturned at Toronto Pearson International Airport. The video, shared by X user @airmainengineer, shows the plane approaching the runway, touching down and bursting into flames. The plane then slides across the runway and overturns and flames continue to billow out.Global News has not been able to confirm who shot the video originally. Story continues below advertisement At least 18 people, including a child, were injured after the Delta plane — a Bombardier CRJ900 — crash landed Monday afternoon.Pearson officials said the incident occurred around 2:30…

The spate of recent aviation disasters and close calls have people worried about the safety of flying. A Delta Air Lines jet flipped on its roof while landing Monday at Toronto’s Pearson Airport, but all 80 people on board survived and those hurt had relatively minor injuries, the airport’s chief executive said.Snow blown by winds gusting to 65 kph swirled when the flight from Minneapolis carrying 76 passengers and four crew attempted to land at around 2:15 p.m. Communications between the tower and pilot were normal on approach and it’s not clear what went so drastically wrong when the plane…