Unpublished Newswire
Good evening, let’s start with today’s top stories:The Israeli military has taken control of the Rafah border crossing, the main corridor for humanitarian aid into Gaza from Egypt. Meanwhile, Israel’s invasion of Rafah – where more than a million displaced people have accumulated – gained steam.A UNRWA spokesperson said that almost no aid was reaching the Gaza Strip as a result of the takeover. Last week, World Food Programme director Cindy McCain said the northern Gaza Strip was experiencing a “full-blown famine.” Today, WFP said it had enough food in stock to supply the centre and...
May 7, 2024 - 17:14 | Prajakta Dhopade | The Globe and Mail
Kelowna city council approved a 4.7 per cent tax hike Monday, despite an attempt by one councillor to get his peers to slow the tax roll.
May 7, 2024 - 17:11 | Kathy Michaels | Global News - Canada
Intact Financial Corporation on Tuesday announced a partnership to provide eligible Albertans and British Columbians with wildfire loss prevention and suppression services.
May 7, 2024 - 17:05 | Sean Previl | Global News - Canada
The Sask. Party government says the province has seen a record number of surgeries.
May 7, 2024 - 17:05 | Brody Langager | Global News - Canada
The president of the University of British Columbia says its endowment fund doesn’t directly own any stocks that are the target of divestment demands by pro-Palestinian protesters who have set up an encampment on the Vancouver campus.Benoit-Antoine Bacon says the targeted companies are instead part of “pooled funds and managed by external investment managers,” making up 0.28 per cent of the endowment fund UBC says is worth about $2.8 billion.
May 7, 2024 - 17:05 | | The Globe and Mail
On May 8, the National Public Alerting System, Alert Ready, will send out an emergency alert test message at 1:55 p.m.
May 7, 2024 - 17:05 | Daisy Woelk | Global News - Canada
