Jack Hilton is well aware he has beat the odds. As a Typhoon fighter pilot, Hilton did more than 100 operations flights across Europe during the Second World War, including D-Day. “In 28 days, I flew 28 times and 28 times you take off and land, you’re pushing your luck,” Hilton recalled on Sunday. He […]
NEW YORK (REUTERS) – Florida Republican Governor Rick Scott, whose lead has narrowed in the state’s US Senate race, filed more lawsuits against local election officials on Sunday (Nov 11), asking a judge to order police to impound voting machines and ballots when they are not in use. On Saturday, a machine recount began in […]
For Chris Lotspeich, Veterans Day is a family affair. It’s a chance to honor his grandfather who served as a naval officer during World War II, and his cousin who still serves as a colonel. But, for the first time, that family celebration took place on Fifth Avenue, where Mr. Lotspeich, 52, and his family […]
Parliamentarians appointed to a new national security committee probably aren’t screened as closely as those working for the agencies that committee oversees. But the Tony Clement sexting scandal will likely prompt questions about whether that needs to change, one former CSIS analyst says. In an interview with the West Block‘s Mercedes Stephenson, Phil Gurski said […]
People gathered inside the Moncton Coliseum Sunday to mark Remembrance Day, one of the many ceremonies held across New Brunswick on Sunday. It was a chance to pay tribute to those who have fought, and those who continue to fight, for our freedoms. “Stop and think,” said Legion Branch 6 Chaplain David Evans. “This is […]
A series of international leaders used a global commemoration of the end of the First World War to warn about the risk politicians who call themselves nationalists pose to a fragile peace, in a message aimed at the American president. What started with the French president saying that nationalist leaders threaten to erase a nation’s […]
A police investigation is underway after a 64-year-old man drove his vehicle into a hole in a Montreal East parking lot on Saturday night. Montreal police spokesperson Caroline Chèvrefils said a 911 call reporting the incident came in at around 10 p.m. Chèvrefils said the motorist was involved in a collision with a truck at the […]
Thousands of people are expected to gather at the University of Alberta’s Butterdome on Sunday morning to pay tribute to Canadians who have lost their lives in military conflicts. The Butterdome event is Edmonton’s largest Remembrance Day event. Global News will livestream the event online beginning at 10:30 a.m. MT. To view the livestream, simply […]
Earlier this week, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was admitted to hospital. Why did the news send many Americans into a tizzy? On Wednesday evening, Justice Ginsburg fell in her office at the US Supreme Court and went to the hospital, where doctors discovered she had fractured three ribs. The reaction from the liberal […]
French and US leaders hold ‘very constructive’ meeting, official says, after a spat over remarks on EU security. French President Emmanuel Macron has sought to defuse a dispute with his US counterpart, hailing the “great solidarity” between the two countries after Donald Trump blasted his proposals for a European army. An official in the French presidency […]