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, and when the program will be available. A senior government source tells Global News the federal government is reviving a Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) program to provide standardized housing blueprints to builders. The...

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, as signs point to some relief on the way.The federal government's newly-announced cap-and-trade framework, aimed at reducing Canada's emissions, is not being well received by the country's oilpatch in Alberta. How the proposed plan would work for the oil and...

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 repressive regime could be living in Canada. With the bloodshed intensifying between Israel and Hamas in southern Gaza, the humanitarian crisis is worsening for Palestinians there who have nowhere to hide from the violent fighting. A look at what the United...

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 Forces have risen more than 3.5% from 2018 to 2022, according to Statistics Canada. Plenty of promises have been made for reforms, but not much has changed. What advocates say needs to be done. With Canada's housing crisis needing to be...

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. As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's corruption trial resumes after being suspended for nearly two months, he's facing growing calls to quit. Daniele Hamamdjian speaks with some people in Jerusalem to hear why they want Netanyahu to...

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 upend it. The Indian government has responded to U.S. allegations of its involvement in a plot to assassinate a Sikh activist living in New York, calling it a "matter of concern," and "contrary to government policy." Why it's much...

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, who has both Canadian and American citizenship. How investigators say the suspected murder-for-hire plot was thwarted, and the link to the June murder of Canadian Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar in British Columbia, as claims grow the Indian government is trying...

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 the temporary ceasefire, the concerns about the youngest hostage, and what one 12-year-old boy says he and other children endured while being held hostage by Hamas. While roughly 270 Canadians and others with ties to Canada are still stuck in the Gaza Strip, some of...

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 pleas for a permanent truce. A British-Palestinian surgeon has returned to London after working at several Gaza hospitals overwhelmed with injured patients. Crystal Goomansingh spoke with Dr. Ghassan Abu-Sittah about the patients he left behind, the horrors...

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 Israel is prepared to resume its campaign in Gaza despite the deal; and the potential ripple effects of the U.S.-brokered deal. Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has presented the federal government's fall economic statement, with...

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 Hamas militants. Why families of the captives are against the idea, and how the proposal sparked a heated debate. Not all of those killed and taken hostage in Hamas's Oct. 7 attack were Israeli. How migrant workers from Thailand became caught in a...

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 to the ruling, and the sentence Veltman potentially faces. A funeral was held in Israel for Vivian Silver, the Israeli-Canadian peace activist among 1,200 people killed by Hamas during the October 7th attacks. Why the 74-year-old's calls for peace endure...

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 the United Nations; what a critical shortage of fuel could mean for aid workers in Gaza; and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's sharp response to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who called on Israel to "exercise maximum...

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 Silver, who died in the Oct. 7 Hamas attack, is being fondly remembered. Her final messages to friends as Hamas gunmen stormed her home. More people have been able to escape the Gaza Strip and make their way back to Canada....

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, the Al-Shifa hospital, Gaza's largest hospital, is on the brink of collapse, as the United Nations warns that Gaza is running out of fuel. The critical care desperately needed, and Gaza's deepening humanitarian crisis. Gazan mothers with high-risk pregnancies were...

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 for civilians remains dire as supplies dwindle and Israel's intensifies its assault. Plus, the consequences of the Middle Eastern conflict in Canada, as the crisis sparks clashes and violent threats in Montreal. The federal Liberals have tabled legislation which would ban...

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 to get out, and Israel's intensifying attacks on Gaza. Israel was founded as a homeland for the Jewish people, but tens of thousands of Arab-Israelis live in the country too. They're descendants of Palestinians who did not flee and were not expelled during the 1948...

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; the next phase of Israel's war on Hamas; an Israeli man hoping for the safe return of his loved ones, and how Hamas fighters stormed into their home on Oct. 7th; and the toll the crisis is taking on journalists and their families. WeWork didn't work....

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 the intensifying attacks of Israel's operation to wipe out Hamas, as the deaths of Palestinian civilians mount. More than 200 people have also been held hostage by Hamas for nearly a month now, and families in Israel are fearful for the safety of their...

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; why Israel is so resistant to letting fuel into Gaza; and how U.S. President Joe Biden is now adding to the pressure on Israel for a humanitarian "pause." Cameron Ortis, the RCMP's former director of intelligence accused of leaking secrets to criminals, has taken the...

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 were lucky enough to leave, as Israel's ground operation in Gaza advances, and desperation grows among those left behind. Also, the fresh warning from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the lack of clarity about whether more than 400 Canadians will...

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 fought; Israel's deadly bombing of Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza; and the UN's warning of an imminent public health catastrophe. With Israel's war on Hamas showing no signs of slowing down, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is...

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 agree to a ceasefire; the warnings from the United Nations to Israel about its response to Hamas; why the UN closed four aid distribution centres in Gaza, despite supplies being badly needed; West Bank residents on their fears of the region...

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, the search for him, what shocked residents are saying, and what's known about the victims. While some humanitarian aid is finally being allowed into the Gaza Strip, the United Nations says that's not nearly enough to meet the essential needs of the more than two...

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 attack by Hamas on civilians in southern Israel on October 7 was the worst in the country's history, and details of how it unfolded are still emerging. Jeff Semple spoke with residents from Sufa, where militants went on a rampage,...