Top Results For: australia

Months after Australia’s landmark social media ban went into effect for youth under age 16, it’s being called toothless. The country has struggled to implement age-checks on users across most major platforms, a new report finds. Touria Izri explains.

Following Toronto’s World Cup debut as a host city Friday, Vancouver now takes centre stage as it hosts Australia and Turkey Saturday night at BC place. As Sarah MacDonald reports, passionate fans of both teams are ready for a big night.

WATCH: Uniglobe Carefree Travel and Qantas Airways share options to fly to Australia from the prairies and a 20-night stay in the deal of the day.

A one-tonne elephant seal in Tasmania, Australia — dubbed “Neil the Seal” by locals — has gone viral for his destructive tendencies. The five-year-old mammal has been caught, on several occasions, crashing his body into things like fences and cars, when he’s not relaxing in the sun. Officials have urged people to leave Neil alone...

Britain will soon join a growing global trend by banning children under the age of 16 from using social media apps. Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced the decision on Monday, saying the country will follow the same model as Australia by administering multimillion-dollar fines for platforms that fail to enforce the ban. Laura Casella has...

BC Place’s stadium gates are now open for the first of seven World Cup games in Vancouver. Taya Fast reports from Main Street SkyTrain station, as tens of thousands of fans make their way to the venue for the Australia-Turkey match up.

In response to a growing body of evidence about the harm social media can do, the federal government is planning to ban Canadian children under the age of 16 from using it. Australia was first to do this and governments around the world have been accelerating their plans to implement age restrictions that limit what...

Montreal’s police force is facing one of its most serious racism scandals in decades. Two officers have been suspended with pay and 14 others reassigned after allegations of racist conduct toward members of the public. Mike Armstrong was at SPVM headquarters for the announcement in a rare late-night news conference Friday. Following Toronto’s World Cup...

In response to a growing body of evidence about the harm social media can do, the federal government is planning to ban Canadian children under the age of 16 from using it. Australia was first to do this and governments around the world have been accelerating their plans to implement age restrictions that limit what...

In May of 2025, Daphne Goldberg was diagnosed with Myeloproliferative Neoplasm  (MPN), a rare blood cancer. Her only hope for survival is a stem cell transplant from a matching donor. After a series of stem cell drives across Canada, United States, United Kingdom, and Australia, Goldberg’s perfect match was found. Susan Hay has the story.

Tropical Cyclone Narelle made landfall in Western Australia on Friday, disrupting production at liquefied natural gas plants and cutting off power to thousands of residents.

This week in Minute at the Movies with Todd James: Hugh Jackman and Bill Skarsgard are outlaws hunted by the offspring of their victims in “The Death of Robin Hood.” A supernatural entity stalks two gay teenagers in the Australian conversion therapy drama “Leviticus.”

Australian punters and kickers are taking over CFL special teams, and it’s no different here in Saskatchewan.

Rumours are swirling that Kendall Jenner and Jacob Elordi are dating. The pair have been acquainted since 2022, according to People magazine, but an insider stated they have been “getting to know each other the last couple of months.” The rumours intensified following their appearance the first weekend of Coachella. Then, Charlize Theron and Taron...

EDITOR’S NOTE: On Tuesday evening, at 6:45 p.m. ET, the Quebec government confirmed the marsupial had been caught following an operation. ORIGINAL STORY: Kangaroos and wallabies are a common site in many Australian neighbourhoods, but you wouldn’t expect one to hop by your yard in the suburbs of Montreal. On Tuesday evening — after a...

Tomorrow marks what would have been Queen Elizabeth’s 100th birthday. King Charles will honour his late mother with a recorded address. Also – after months out of the spotlight, we learn about Sarah Ferguson’s whereabouts, and join up with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle as they visit Australia. 

In a Global News exclusive, Education Minister Paul Calandra says the province is exploring the option of banning social media for those under 16 years old. This will follow other countries, such as Australia, that have passed bans of their own. Caryn Lieberman reports.

Britain is weighing new limits on children’s access to social media, including a potential ban for those under 16, as concerns grow over online harm. Prince Harry praised Australia’s world-first restrictions, while Meghan said she faced “10 years” of daily online abuse. Prime Minister Keir Starmer is urging tech companies to do more to protect...

Katy Perry is denying the sexual assault claims made by actor Ruby Rose, who accused the pop star of assaulting her at a nightclub in Australia nearly 20 years ago. In a statement shared with the Los Angeles Times on Monday, a representative for Perry said the allegations that Rose shared on social media “are...

Australia was the first country to ban social media for kids under 16 years old and now Greece is looking to do the same. Here at home, it appears Canadians would support a similar law. Caryn Lieberman reports.