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A man has come forward to talk about his mother who was killed in what appears to be a random attack in Laval.

The father of a 15-year-old Ontario boy who was killed by a 200-pound soccer net says he is honoured that a new provincial law is named for his son, though he would trade everything to be oblivious to the dangers of such nets and have his son back.

Period myths online abound, and many have been around for ages. But platforms like TikTok and Instagram cause these myths to spread faster and reach a wider audience. To combat that, a movement of people is trying to change how we talk — and learn — about our periods.

The RCMP is warning of a growing number of cases of public speech that could incite hatred and is asking whether it has the legal tools to counter the trend.

Alberta Health Services has lifted the boil water advisory for the Calgary community of Bowness.

“If you believe in yourself, you don’t know where it could take you,” Joel Haywood King Handles, the School of Handles Basketball Academy CEO and ex-player told Global News.

As expected, Canadian forward Sarah Fillier was the first player selected in the second Professional Women’s Hockey League draft in history on Monday night. For their part, Montreal turned to a defender with their first selection, but not necessarily the one some observers had anticipated.

The City of Montreal has launched an investigation and suspended an employee after fire prevention officers ordered a number of restaurants to shut their packed outdoor seating areas at dinner time during the busy Grand Prix weekend.

Many businesses in Calgary’s Bowness neighbourhood are feeling the pinch after a water main break and subsequent boil water advisory.

In what continues to be quite a lengthy battle between the Saskatchewan Teacher’s Federation (STF) and the provincial government, it appears as though an agreement will not be reached by the end of the school year.