Los Angeles may be about 2,500 kilometres from Calgary, but for some Albertans the wildfires that are devastating southern California are too close to home. Global News spoke to several Albertans living in the City of Angels. While the inferno bears similarities to the fire that ravaged the town of Jasper last summer, the ex-pat…
A divided U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday rejected President-elect Donald Trump’s bid to delay his sentencing in his hush money case in New York. The court’s 5-4 order clears the way for Judge Juan M. Merchan to impose a sentence Friday on Trump, who was convicted in what prosecutors called an attempt to cover up…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Canadians travelling to the United Kingdom will now need to apply and pay for a travel permit — not a visa — before entering the country. The U.K.’s Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA), which rolled out on Wednesday, is required for short-term visits of up to six months…
Wildfires continue to rage in California, with five deaths announced and reports that over 1,000 buildings have been destroyed so far, impacting residents and visitors alike. A former Winnipegger who has been living in Los Angeles for the past three years told 680 CJOB’s The News that while he’s safe from the disaster, it’s hitting dangerously…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size As a catastrophic wildfire situation continued to unfold in Los Angeles on Thursday, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announced her province is preparing to help with the natural disaster. “We are preparing to deploy incident command team support to California, as well as additional wildfire-fighting resources, including water…
Hockey. Outdoors. In Florida. Next season, the NHL is making it happen — twice. The NHL announced Wednesday that the Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers will play host to the New York Rangers at loanDepot Park in Miami — home of baseball’s Marlins — on Jan. 2, 2026, in the Winter Classic, with the Tampa…
Drinking one large glass of milk — including varieties fortified with calcium — or eating foods like yogurt that have the mineral each day may cut the risk of developing colorectal cancer by nearly one-fifth, according to a large study out of the United Kingdom. The study, published Wednesday in Nature Communications, found that consuming an…
The loonie is struggling, putting a premium on anything Canadians buy that comes with a price tag in U.S. dollars. With the Canadian dollar languishing around 69.5 cents US — floating near four year lows compared to the American greenback — experts say there are some steps consumers, investors and travellers can take to ease…
Firefighters battled to control a series of major fires in the Los Angeles area early Thursday that have killed five people, ravaged communities from the Pacific Coast to Pasadena and sent thousands of people frantically fleeing their homes. Ferocious winds that drove the flames and led to chaotic evacuations have calmed somewhat and were not…
Google failed to persuade a federal judge to dismiss a privacy class action claiming it collected personal data from people’s cellphones after they switched off a button to stop the tracking, paving the way for a possible August trial. Chief Judge Richard Seeborg of the federal court in San Francisco rejected arguments that the search…
