The proposed $3.5-billion acquisition of WestJet Airlines by an affiliate of Onex Corp. moved a step closer to completion after Canada's transportation regulator determined the airline will continue to meet Canadian ownership and control requirements.
Quinn Phillips tells us about a personal trainer who excels in the sport of kettlebell.
Morgan Black tells us about a woman whose first Christmas away from home was made brighter through the Give Me Shelter campaign, which aims to support women and children fleeing domestic violence.
A program that started in Edmonton has now expanded to 18 sites across Alberta. The initiative has helped over 1,500 people, including a father and son who have made fighting cancer a family activity. Su-Ling Goh explains.
In the latest edition of Health Matters, Su-Ling Goh tells us about syphilis rates rising in Alberta and how a father and son have made fighting cancer a family activity.
Edmonton’s Pendennis Hotel has changed hands several times since it was built more than a century ago. As Breanna Karstens-Smith explains, the building is now getting a new lease on life.
The UCP government says it will lean on private clinics to help cut wait times for surgery in Alberta. The procedures will still be paid by the province, but as Tom Vernon explains, the Opposition has concerns about adding more private delivery into the system.
Transportation fees will be going up in February for thousands of Edmonton students who take the bus to school. Sarah Komadina explains why.
"We're hearing loud and clear that the increase is too high," said NPA Coun. Sarah Kirby-Yung.
It's expected to be the defence's final legal argument ahead of the main trial.
The Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019 weather forecast for Edmonton and the surrounding area.
So far this year, the number of syphilis cases reported in Alberta sits at 1,753.
A webcast of Global News Hour at 6 Edmonton with Gord Steinke and Carole Anne Devaney from Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019.
Police said emergency crews were called to the Tomken Road and Derry Road East area just before 6:15 p.m. with reports of a crash.
"I cannot leave my tree sitting there like that," says Karen Ihlenfelt, who has been decorating the tree for nearly 10 years with her family.
A pair of protests were held this week at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Madrid that saw Indigenous activists speak out in opposition to a massive oilsands mine proposed for northern Alberta.
The Liberals, with the support of all opposition MPs but the Conservatives and one Green MP, passed a series of votes on supplementary spending estimates. The estimates passed on a vote of 205-116.
After nearly a year of pushing from owners in Belcarra, water-only access properties are now exempt from the province's speculation tax.
The declaration to join the Canadian Coalition of Inclusive Municipalities in fighting racism was unanimously endorsed by Peterborough city council on Nov. 25.
A century old hotel in Edmonton's Quarters District is getting a new life.
Gord Steinke sits down with developers Lorraine Bodnarek and Ed Cyrankiewicz on the development of the Pendennis Hotel in Edmonton’s Quarters District.
A webcast of the top stories in Global News at 5 Edmonton with Gord Steinke on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019.
An independent report into its response to explosions in a Sherwood Park parkade says that Strathcona County needs to improve its communications and emergency response plan. Julia Wong has the details.
Both suspects had their vehicles impounded for seven days and their licences suspended for 90 days, police say.
Staff noticed some of the trees were about the size of Christmas trees and created the project to get the community involved in maintaining the fuel brake.
