Author: Silas Reed
The bodies of two people were found on Tuesday morning in a submerged vehicle in Moncton according to a New Brunswick fire official. The vehicle in Halls Creek was first reported to the local fire department at around 9:20 a.m., after tides dropped enough to reveal it. Get daily National news Get the day’s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day. Platoon Chief Brian McDonald of the Moncton Fire Department says water and technical rescue teams had to make their way across the rushing water to check if anyone was inside.Once it…
B.C. has a new favourite boy name. Oliver has knocked Noah off the top spot for babies born this year in the province.In 2024, 2016 babies were named Oliver, compared with 163 named Noah.Other popular boy names included Liam, Theodore, Lucas, Leo, Jack and Ethan. Get daily National news Get the day’s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day. Olivia once again topped the list for the most popular girl names followed by Charlotte, Isla, Amelia, Emma and Sophia.Only names that occur five or more times are listed in the database. 0:50…
By The Staff The Canadian Press Posted December 31, 2024 2:41 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size A 73-year-old man was found dead after a house fire in the small Nova Scotia community of Shubenacadie. RCMP say that at 7:15 a.m. police and fire services responded to a fire in a home along Highway 215, in the village about 60 kilometres northeast of Halifax. Get breaking National news For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen. Two of the home’s occupants,…
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted December 31, 2024 2:17 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size A second attempt to free a ship stuck in the St. Lawrence River northeast of Montreal won’t take place until Sunday. The Canadian Coast Guard says the owner of the MV Maccoa plans to unload more than 3,000 metric tons of corn to lighten the weight of the vessel. Get breaking National news For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen. The coast guard had…
Norovirus, commonly known as the stomach bug, may be hitting Canadians harder this time of year with reported cases rising above previous averages, according to the Public Health Agency of Canada. Preliminary data from recent weeks shows norovirus cases are being reported countrywide at higher rates than the five-year average from 2019 to 2023, PHAC said in an email to Global News on Monday.The agency noted that while cases are reported to the National Enteric Surveillance Program (NESP), it was unable to provide specific data on the number of cases.“This has been noted for multiple provinces, including Alberta, Ontario and…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Food bank use across Ontario has reached record highs, with Toronto’s Daily Bread Food Bank reporting its largest increase in the 41 years since it opened. According to the Who’s Hungry 2024 report, there were 3.49 million client visits to Toronto food banks like the Daily Bread and North York Harvest — a 32 per cent increase from the 2.6 million visits recorded the previous year.According to the report, one in 10 Torontonians are using food banks to make ends meet and more than 120,000 people accessed food banks for the first…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Premier Susan Holt has made waves as the first female premier of New Brunswick. In a year-end interview with Global News, Holt discussed what her style of leadership could bring to the table, and what she envisions for the province.“I have high hopes for this province and love for this province,” she said.She said it has been an honour and privilege to become premier, after her October election win. Her historic victory also caught the attention of former American presidential candidate Hillary Clinton — who almost made history herself south of the border.…
By The Staff The Canadian Press Posted December 31, 2024 11:55 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size A Nova Scotia provincial court judge has lost her bid for a judicial review of a 2023 decision to dismiss her complaint against the court’s former top judge. Judge Rickcola Brinton had been seeking a review of a ruling by Chief Justice Michael Wood in his capacity as chair of the province’s judicial council.Wood dismissed Brinton’s bid after she alleged that her rights were violated when former provincial court chief judge Pamela Williams threatened her with suspension…
Floating in the duck pond off of Parkside Drive in Toronto is a notorious speed camera that was cut down and tossed into the water. And it’s not the first or second time this speed camera has been cut down — it’s the third time. Faraz Ghloizadeh, the co-chair of Safe Parkside, has been advocating for safety on Parkside Drive for the last decade. He said that on Sunday morning, he followed tracks through the woods that led him to the camera in the water.It’s the third camera to be vandalized at Algonquin Avenue and Parkside Drive; the last two…
By The Staff The Canadian Press Posted December 31, 2024 10:44 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The most common names for newborns in New Brunswick in 2024 were Noah and Charlotte. Service New Brunswick says other popular names this year included Liam, Oliver, Henry, Jack, Olivia, Amelia, Elizabeth and Ellie.There were 5,822 births registered in the province from Jan. 1 to Dec. 15. Get daily National news Get the day’s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day. That’s down from the 6,041 babies born in…