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Descrease article font size Increase article font size A woman from Ontario is $20 million richer after winning the Lotto Max jackpot from Dec. 20, 2024, draw. Anna Pelka, who works in the health-care industry, said she has been playing the lottery for the past seven years, often purchasing different OLG tickets.She never expected to win but always dreamed of what she would do if she hit the jackpot. “It’s so unreal and absolutely life changing,” she said.Her long-sought after dream turned into a reality when she picked up a Lotto Max Quick Pick ticket when she stopped to fill…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A Manitoba company is developing the camera systems that will eventually be on every school bus in the country. MJG Technologies says it plans to install four cameras on the exterior of the buses that can see 50 feet in every direction, plus a blind spot monitoring system that will beep whenever it detects motion in a driver’s blind spot when the vehicle is travelling at low speed.Canada will be the first country in the world to require “perimeter visibility systems,” which will be on all new buses as of November 2027.…
Canada’s mortgage market is reacting to fears this week that United States President Donald Trump’s threatened tariffs could deliver a sharp blow to the Canadian economy. Experts say that home buyers and owners with a mortgage up for renewal could secure a cheaper rate amid the dysfunction, but also warn that the forecast for the spring housing market is far from clear thanks to the lingering uncertainty.The five-year Government of Canada bond yield saw a sharp decline on Monday in the wake of Trump’s weekend announcement that blanket tariffs would hit the Canadian economy on Tuesday — an order that…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Global News has obtained video of an interception by the RCMP of migrants illegally entering Canada from the United States as Ottawa ramps up border security amid growing pressure from the new Trump administration. Aerial video shared with Global News on Wednesday was taken from a surveillance aircraft as Mounties stopped the migrants near the Emerson border crossing in Manitoba last month.The video shows thermal imaging of six people who were arrested crossing the border illegally on Jan. 14. The people were from Chad, Jordan, Sudan and Mauritania, Global News has learned.…
Canada and the United States are set to battle in women’s hockey during a tense time that has seen fans boo the singing of the American anthem at sporting events. The two nations will face off on Thursday in Halifax as part of the Rivalry Series — a five-game series put on by Hockey Canada and USA Hockey that wraps up Saturday in Prince Edward Island.The Halifax match — the first in Canada since the series began in November — will be played at a time when political tensions between Washington and Ottawa reach new highs.Those tensions, started by U.S.…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The RCMP plans to hold a news conference in Edmonton on Wednesday afternoon to speak about “three border-related events in Alberta and Manitoba.” The news conference is set to take place at 2 p.m. local time and Global News plans to livestream the event. That livestream can be viewed at the top of this article.Police did not provide details about what the events entailed, but noted Mounties responded to them “as part of ongoing efforts to secure the shared Canada-U.S. border.”Since taking office, U.S. President Donald Trump has been threatening to impose…
The same government that banned single-use plastics for environmental reasons has been quietly crushing thousands of decommissioned RCMP vehicles for the past four years, Global News has learned. The RCMP has the largest law enforcement fleet in North America, consisting of approximately 12,000 vehicles. Around 1,600 are retired from service each year, along with more than 4,700 light-duty vehicles like snowmobiles and ATVs. Historically, they were auctioned off, earning about $8 million at resale.But after a Nova Scotia man went on a killing spree in 2020 using a fake RCMP car, the public safety minister in 2021 put a moratorium…
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted February 5, 2025 1:29 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Quebec City officials are reminding the public not to boo the 11- and 12-year-old American hockey players who will be in town for a prestigious international peewee tournament that begins next week. Mayor Bruno Marchand noted that some fans have been booing the American anthem at NHL and NBA games ever since U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to impose crippling tariffs against Canada.He told a news conference that he understands the desire to send a message to the…
The morning after four people were found dead on Carry the Kettle Nakoda Nation, the community and police continue to search for answers. Carry the Kettle Chief Scott Eashappie took to social media Wednesday to provide an update on the situation.“We have had many leads yesterday morning and still ongoing this a.m. to the tragedy that has occurred in our homes, I want to say thank you to all those that have brought forward some closure to what has happen,” his post reads.“We currently have four people with no confirmation of names as the crime scene is still ongoing, the…
Liberal leadership contender Mark Carney wants Canada to look beyond the United States to bolster its roster of trade partners amid ongoing tariff threats from President Donald Trump. He also teased tax cuts for middle-class Canadians and accelerated plans to meet NATO defence spending targets if his campaign to become Liberal leader and the next prime minister is successful.Carney, speaking in Windsor, Ont., in front of the Gordie Howe International Bridge on Wednesday, said Canada should remain “closely integrated” with the U.S. in sectors such as automotive, energy and security where the North American neighbours have strong ties.But he said,…
