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The cost of living is catching up to a large chunk of Canadians, with almost one in four taking on new debt in the last year, a new report has found. The survey by the Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy (OSB) and the Canadian Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Professionals (CAIRP) also found more…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Alberta’s watershed pipeline deal with Ottawa wasn’t front and centre Friday when Premier Danielle Smith spoke with United Conservative Party faithful at their annual convention. Smith took the stage in Edmonton for the first of many addresses planned for the weekend. It wasn’t until after she spoke…

Europe’s Airbus said on Friday it was ordering immediate repairs to 6,000 of its widely used A320 family of jets in a sweeping recall affecting more than half the global fleet, threatening upheaval during the busiest travel weekend of the year in the United States and sparking disruption worldwide. A spokesperson for Transport Canada told Global News it…

A Republican senator from Indiana has said he will vote against the state’s redistricting plan after Donald Trump used an insulting term for people with intellectual disabilities on social media.Senator Michael Bohacek made the announcement on Facebook, saying he received many questions about his position. Bohacek wrote that he has been “an unapologetic advocate for…

One of the two members of the National Guard who were shot in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday has died, U.S. President Donald Trump announced. Trump said Thursday that Specialist Sarah Beckstrom had died from her injuries and that a second National Guard member, Andrew Wolfe, 24, “is fighting for his life” and “in very bad…

The chief executive of Crown-owned pipeline operator Trans Mountain Corp. says the Alberta-to-British-Columbia conduit has been running at almost full capacity lately, and expansions it and fellow operator Enbridge Inc. are pursuing should provide relief when it’s needed. Trans Mountain said in its third-quarter financial report Thursday that the pipeline averaged 87 per cent utilization…

B.C. Premier David Eby said federal and provincial authorities feel a “huge amount of urgency” to address rising cases of extortion targeting South Asian communities in the province. At a press conference in Surrey Friday, Eby, along with federal Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree, committed $1 million in funding to support extortion victims in B.C….

A man was attacked by a bear while using a public toilet in Japan on Friday, marking the latest incident in a wave of bear encounters in densely populated areas. The attack occurred in the Gunma Prefecture, near Numata railway station, north of Tokyo, Japanese broadcaster NHK reported. Police say the victim, a 69-year-old man…

In a sweeping policy shift, the US Treasury has announced plans to limit federal tax benefits for undocumented immigrants, reflecting President Trump’s directive to prioritize American citizens. This decision comes in the aftermath of a tragic incident involving an Afghan national, which has reignited discussions on immigration from ‘Third World countries. The US Treasury is…

In the aftermath of the shooting of two National Guards in Washington, D.C., U.S. President Donald Trump vowed to “permanently pause” all migration from what he called “third-world countries” and to end millions of “illegal admissions” to the country. In a series of lengthy Truth Social posts that came shortly after Trump announced the death…