Unpublished Newswire
April 17, 2026 - 06:57 | Allison Jones | The Globe and Mail
Good morning. The NBA and the NHL are entering their playoff seasons – more on that below and many more sports to follow, along with metal tariffs and mailbox changes. But first:
April 17, 2026 - 06:37 | Sarah Wallace | The Globe and Mail
Alberta's governing United Conservatives are looking to take another run at redrawing provincial riding boundaries, setting aside a previous commission’s report and striking a new committee of MLAs to oversee a panel tasked with adding more ridings. It’s a move the Alberta Opposition NDP calls a cynical backdoor scheme to rig the October, 2027 general election.
April 17, 2026 - 06:36 | | The Globe and Mail
A GREAT THINNING of the skies is underway. There are 3 billion fewer birds in North America than half a century ago. Five hundred million fewer in Europe. Seventy-three million fewer in Britain. Worldwide, almost 50 percent of bird species are in decline. What was once called “common” is becoming rare: the “common eider” is now in the same global conservation category as the jaguar.
Dawns and springs are quieter, the air emptier. An ancient avian orchestra is falling silent. An almost unimaginable abundance has been lost.
In August 1861, the American naturalist A. S. Packard...
April 17, 2026 - 06:30 | Jackie Morris | Walrus
After Global News revealed jails in Ontario had accidentally released more than 150 inmates over the past five years, the government vowed to 'get to the bottom' of the issue.
April 17, 2026 - 06:00 | Isaac Callan | Global News - Canada
After Global News revealed jails in Ontario had accidentally released more than 150 inmates over the past five years, the government vowed to 'get to the bottom' of the issue.
April 17, 2026 - 06:00 | Isaac Callan | Global News - Ottawa
