Global National

Global National episodes:

• 01.29.2024

  Global National: Jan. 28

  Professional Canadian hockey player Alex Formenton turned himself over to police in London, Ont., on Sunday. The former Ottawa Senators left winger was seen entering the police station around noon. This comes as the latest in the ongoing investigation into...

  
• 01.28.2024

  Global National: Jan. 27

  Saturday is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. It's a time to reflect and remember one of the darkest times in human history. As part of the campaign in Canada, public venues across the country, including monuments, city halls, public legislatures, and...

  
• 01.18.2024

  Global National: Jan. 17

  While the rest of Canada is used to snow, southwestern British Columbia isn't, and a serious dump of heavy, wet snow has brought that region to a standstill. The headaches for drivers and air travellers in Metro Vancouver; the power...

  
• 01.17.2024

  Global National: Jan. 16

  Canada's high inflation rate is stubbornly sticking around. What this could mean for interest rates. And as Canadians lament the rising cost of food, now the country's largest grocer is reducing its discounts on items that are about to expire....

  
• 01.16.2024

  Global National: Jan. 15

  After Albertans were warned to conserve power because the electrical grid was under unprecedented pressure due to frigid weather, there are now concerns about what the grid can handle. How Saskatchewan stepped in to help while firing shots at the...

  
• 01.12.2024

  Global National: Jan. 11

  The White House has confirmed both the U.S. and the U.K. have carried out strikes on Houthi-related targets in Yemen. The Houthis have been attacking cargo ships in the Red Sea in a show of support for Hamas as Israel's...

  
• 01.11.2024

  Global National: Jan. 10

  While winter officially began in December, it took a few weeks for the weather to catch up, as strong weather systems are now wreaking havoc all over Canada. The mess and the misery in the Maritimes, Quebec, and Ontario; how...

  
• 01.10.2024

  Global National: Jan. 3

  At least 100 people have been killed in Kerman, Iran after a pair of explosions at a commemoration for Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who was assassinated in a U.S. drone strike in 2020. The deadliest attack on Iran in more than...

  
• 01.10.2024

  Global National: Jan. 8

  While investigators work to figure out what caused an Alaska Airlines' Boeing 737 Max 9 plane panel to suffer a mid-flight blowout, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board says pilots reported pressurization warning lights on three previous flights of the...

  
• 01.10.2024

  Global National: Jan. 9

  The new year is starting with a winter wallop, with most of Eastern Canada expected to be blanketed by heavy snowl, which could cause travel headaches. What's being forecast in the eastern provinces, and how that weather is affecting Western...

  
• 01.05.2024

  Global National: Jan. 4

  Rogers and Bell will both soon raise the prices of some of their wireless phone plans, adding more pressure on top of the rising cost of living. How a lack of competition among major cellphone carriers in Canada is contributing...

  
• 01.03.2024

  Global National: Jan. 2

  A Japan Airlines jet has erupted into flames after colliding with a coast guard plane at Tokyo's Haneda Airport, killing five people on board the latter aircraft. Everyone on the passenger plane survived. How some of those passengers are describing...

  
• 01.02.2024

  Global National: Jan. 1

  A deadly 7.6-magnitude earthquake and dozens of aftershocks have rocked central Japan, trapping people under the rubble of collapsed buildings, and forcing thousands of residents out of their homes and into evacuation centres. The tsunami fears, the warnings to displaced...

  
• 12.29.2023

  Global National: Dec. 28

  A 17-year-old boy is dead, and another teenager is missing, after four teens fell through the ice on Ottawa's Rideau River. What is known about the incident so far, and how it adds to a growing list of ice-related accidents...

  
• 12.28.2023

  Global National: Dec. 27

  Viewer discretion is advised. As Israel intensifies its operation to wipe out Hamas, more than 21,000 people have been killed in Gaza since October 7, according to the enclave's Hamas-ran health ministry -- while violence is also on the rise...

  
• 12.27.2023

  Global National: Dec. 26

  As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vows to fight Hamas "until the end," more Gazans are dying. How long Israel's army chief is predicting the war will last, and why Israel is no longer automatically granting visa to United Nations...

  
• 12.26.2023

  Global National: Dec. 25

  Israel's war on Hamas is not letting up during the holidays, as the Gaza Strip suffered one of its deadliest nights since Oct. 7. How grief has replaced festive celebrations in Bethlehem, a city which is usually bustling at Christmas;...

  
• 12.22.2023

  Global National: Dec. 21

  Ontario company BTNX produced millions of COVID-19 rapid tests which were distributed in schools, hospitals and grocery stores across Canada. The federal government paid $2 billion for 400 million kits. But Jeff Semple explains why this brand of test may...

  
• 12.21.2023

  Global National: Dec. 20

  In Ottawa, the teenaged boy accused of plotting an attack against Jewish people has appeared in court, where he faces several terrorism charges. RCMP say the teen possessed the key ingredients to make a TATP bomb. How easy it is...

  
• 12.20.2023

  Global National: Dec. 19

  A volcanic eruption has opened up a massive, fiery fissure in southwestern Iceland, with nearby residents watching closely to see where the lava will flow. What led up to the volcano finally erupting after weeks of intrigue, how long the...

  
• 12.19.2023

  Global National: Dec. 18

  A teenaged Ottawa boy accused of plotting an attack against the Jewish community has been hit with new charges. What the new counts are, and how this case coincides with the terrorism case against three teens and a 20-year-old man...

  
• 12.15.2023

  Global National: Dec. 14

  The population of Rafah, the most southern city in the Gaza Strip, has ballooned since the start of Israel's war on Hamas, draining already scarce medical supplies. A Doctors Without Borders emergency coordinator in Rafah tells Global News about the...

  
• 12.14.2023

  Global National: Dec. 13

  Countries at the COP28 conference have agreed to "transition away" from fossil fuels. The deal is billed as historic, but critics say it falls short of what needs to be done to avert the climate crisis. The details of the...

  
• 12.13.2023

  Global National: Dec. 12

  For the first time since the Oct. 7 attacks, Canada is now calling for a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, as international pressure mounts on Israel to show restraint. The mounting destruction and devastation in Gaza, which aid groups are calling...

  
• 12.12.2023

  Global National: Dec. 11

  The federal government has unveiled the Canadian Dental Care Plan, which will eventually help about nine million Canadians who do not have private dental insurance. Who's eligible, what will be covered, what won't be, the concerns from the dental industry,...

  
• 12.08.2023

  Global National: Dec. 7

  Though many Canadians are already struggling to pay for food and more price increases are expected, the 2024 Food Price Report indicates costs will be rising at a slower pace next year. What some Canadians about the current sticker shock,...

  
• 12.07.2023

  Global National: Dec. 6

  Canada has launched a deportation case against Seyed Salman Samani, who is believed to have served as a senior official in the Iranian government, and was found living in Toronto. How it ties into concerns that more members of Iran's...

  
• 12.06.2023

  Global National: Dec. 5

  Israel's unrelenting mission to destroy Hamas has Israeli forces moving deeper into southern Gaza, making life even worse for Palestinians who have nowhere to flee. The dire situation in the city of Khan Younis. Sex assaults within the Canadian Armed...

  
• 12.05.2023

  Global National: Dec. 4

  With Israel's ground offensive in southern Gaza growing, Palestinians there say they're running out of places to stay safe from the bombardment. How this new phase of the violent conflict is unfolding while the U.S. urges Israel to show restraint....

  
• 12.01.2023

  Global National: Nov. 30

  After Israel and Hamas agreed to another hostage-prisoner exchange and extend its temporary ceasefire by another day, mediators are working around the clock to extend the deal. The growing anxiety over the fragile agreement, as more violent incidents threat to...

  
• 11.30.2023

  Global National: Nov. 29

  An agent of the Indian government directed one of its citizens to hire a hitman to assassinate a Sikh activist living in New York, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. That activist is believed to be Gurpatwant Singh Pannun,...

  
• 11.29.2023

  Global National: Nov. 28

  Hamas has released 12 more hostages in exchange for another 30 Palestinians detained in Israeli prisons, and more aid is arriving in the Gaza Strip, as pleas persist to extend the pause in fighting. What could change the terms of...

  
• 11.28.2023

  Global National: Nov. 27

  More Hamas-held hostages and Palestinian prisoners are being released as part of the deal between Israel and Hamas, which is now being extended. How much longer the pause could last for, how Hamas might benefit from this extension, and the...

  
• 11.22.2023

  Global National: Nov. 21

  Israel and Hamas have reportedly reached a deal that will see the release of several Hamas-held hostages in exchange for a pause in the fighting in Gaza and the release of Palestinian prisoners. The details of the tentative agreement; how...

  
• 11.21.2023

  Global National: Nov. 20

  U.S. President Joe Biden is optimistic a deal to release some hostages in Gaza is near, as premature babies get a chance at life after being evacuated from Al-Shifa Hospital. Far-right Israeli lawmakers want the death penalty imposed on captured...

  
• 11.17.2023

  Global National: Nov. 16

  An Ontario jury has found Nathaniel Veltman guilty of four counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder for the 2021 London, Ontario truck attack that killed four members of the Afzaals -- a Muslim family. The reaction...

  
• 11.16.2023

  Global National: Nov. 15

  Israel says it has completed a "precise and targeted" mission inside the Gaza Strip's largest hospital, Al-Shifa, where Israeli authorities claim Hamas militants are operating a command centre. What Israel claims it has found inside the facility; the criticism from...

  
• 11.15.2023

  Global National: Nov. 14

  As the Israeli Defense Forces conduct a “precise and targeted operation” in Gaza's Al-Shifa hospital, there are reports of mass graves being dug outside the facility. How conditions just keep getting worse at Gaza's largest hospital. Canadian-Israeli peace activist Vivian...

  
• 11.14.2023

  Global National: Nov. 13

  Vivian Silver, a Canadian activist who hadn't been seen since Hamas' surprise attack on Israel on Oct. 7, is dead, a close friend tells Global News. What's known about her death. As the bloodshed between Israel and Hamas rages on,...

  
• 11.10.2023

  Global National: Nov. 9

  Israel is refusing calls for a ceasefire in its war on Hamas in Gaza. Yet it has begun daily four-hour humanitarian pauses in the region, allowing people to flee south and avoid the worst of the bloodshed. Why the situation...

  
• 11.09.2023

  Global National: Nov. 8

  The Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, which has been the only way for some people stuck in the region to escape the bloodshed between Israel and Hamas, is closed again. The growing desperation from civilians...

  
• 11.08.2023

  Global National: Nov. 7

  The Canadian government says 59 Canadians have finally crossed the border from the Gaza Strip into Egypt, but hundreds remain stuck in the region while Israeli soldiers fight with Hamas militants. Some of the Canadians relieved to finally be out;...

  
• 11.07.2023

  Global National: Nov. 6

  Gaza's health ministry, run by Hamas, says more than 10,000 people have been killed in the Gaza Strip since the Israel-Hamas conflict flared up, and more bloodshed is expected as Israel's military pushes deeper into the territory. A look at...

  
• 11.03.2023

  Global National: Nov. 2

  Calls for a pause in Israel's brutal fighting in the Gaza Strip are growing, as Israel vows to get revenge on Hamas for its surprise attack on Oct. 7. What some desperate people have resorted to as essential supplies dwindle;...

  
• 11.02.2023

  Global National: Nov. 1

  For the first time in almost a month, the Rafah border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt has temporarily opened, allowing more than 300 foreign nationals and severely injured Palestinians to finally get out. Some of the people who...

  
• 11.01.2023

  Global National: Oct. 31

  Israel and Hamas' violent conflict has seen both sides provide conflicting information on several deadly incidents, and those claims are nearly impossible to independently verify from the Gaza Strip, where nobody is allowed in or out. The info war being...

  
• 10.31.2023

  Global National: Oct. 30

  Israel's military is pushing deeper into the Gaza Strip, aiming to wipe out Hamas and rescue more than 200 hostages still being held by the militants. The growing desperation among civilians in Gaza; why Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu won't...

  
• 10.27.2023

  Global National: Oct. 26

  Police in Maine are hunting for Robert Card, who's accused of shooting and killing at least 18 people and injured 13 others in the normally quiet city of Lewiston. How the FBI surrounded the suspect's house, what's known about Card,...

  
• 10.26.2023

  Global National: Oct. 25

  Israeli airstrikes have pummelled the Gaza Strip for nearly three weeks since Hamas militants unleashed a brutal massacre. What Gazan hospitals are running out of; the heartache one Canadian man is experiencing; and his message to Canada's government. The surprise...

  
• 10.25.2023

  Global National: Oct. 24

  Yocheved Lifshitz, an 85-year-old Israeli woman who was kidnapped and held hostage by Hamas for more than two weeks, is talking about her frightening ordeal. What Lifshitz says she endured, what the militants told her, and how they treated her,...