Global National: Aug. 21, 2024 | How did the Sicily superyacht capsize?

Five bodies have been found from the wreck of the Bayesian superyacht that sank off the coast of Sicily, Italy during an intense storm. Heidi Petracek looks at what factors could have triggered the catastrophic chain of events.

An unprecedented labour stoppage is imminent for Canada's two main railway companies, as workers from both Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) and Canadian National (CN) Railway prepare to walk off the job. Mackenzie Gray reports on the pressure to get a deal done, the pessimism over a last-second compromise and the potentially costly consequences for the Canadian economy.

Meanwhile, Heather Yourex-West speaks with farmers about how this would affect their livelihoods and the agriculture industry.

Police across Canada are investigating bomb threats sent to more than 100 Jewish organizations, including synagogues, community centres and hospitals. As Phil Carpenter reports, it’s the latest in a string of anti-Semitic incidents in Canada this year.

One month after the Democrats were struggling to find momentum in the 2024 U.S. presidential election, the party has turned its fortunes around in stunning fashion. Jackson Proskow looks at the excitement among lawmakers at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago, the Republicans supporting Kamala Harris and the warning from a police officer who was injured in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol.

There are questions about Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault potentially breaching ethics rules, as Global News has found that his former company was awarded a federal contract earlier this year, while he was in office and held shares of the company. Krista Hessey reports on her findings from Boissonnault's business dealings.

Plus, North Korea is extremely selective about what it chooses to show to outsiders, yet an Ontario man was able to tune in to a live feed of North Korean state television. Jeff Semple speaks with Peter Fairlie about how he stumbled upon the network, and what he saw.

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[jeepmack]

No wonder i dont watch Canadian news anymore. When the reporter reports his own thoughts about trump and play it off as news. TDS is alive and well in Canadian news

[lostcountryyy]

Whats the problem with the railway companies? wages? scheduling? Our airline employees go on strike, every ones going on strike like wth. Dear CEO's: PAY YOUR EMPLOYEES GOOD! dont take it all for yourselves including board members.

[saxytb]

Kudos to Global for picking very classy looking presenters.

[infolover_]

A wealthy crook met his fate due to a waterspout after evading justice?..., not bad! Teamsters care for their rights but forgot those of the Canadian people!...

[haydendegrow]

I hope the railways do not shut down. Last thing this country needs is a economic shut down, which will happen if they do stop

[csmwrwc]

Their egos weighed too much and they were all standing on one side

[wotan]

I can't see, how a speedy "back to work" legislation could be avoided, since the two major railway together constitute a <de facto> monopoly on freight transport, particularly bulky freight transport. IMO neither the Teamsters, nor CN + CPKC should take Canada and USA hostage to their bargaining disagreement.

[jamesthompson]

No one gets to shut down all hiways across the country.
In this case we have an oligopoly - CN & CP Rail - with absolute control over all shipping E-W.
And we have a single union - the Teamsters - with monopoly control over all shipping.

We should NEVER have permitted a single firm to shut down all shipping by road.
Why would we permit it by rail?
And WHY have we permitted monopolization of rail and unions?

Ottawa WILL intervene. Either NOW, when it's sensible & Canadians will see it as effective leadership.
Or in a week or two, after a shutdown has caused irreparable harm to industry, massive inflation for Canadians, and demonstrated that the Liberal Government isn't fit to govern.

Get off the pot Trudeau - show leadership! Intervene!
And announce an investigation into antitrust violations in both transportation AND union activity.

[JTruthseeker]

Ok so if i'm understanding this correctly an Ontario broadcast engineer is still using an old early vintage 1980s Satellite dish to tap into North Korean TV, now isn't that just interesting.

[natalielongarini]

That must have been so terrifying for the people on that boat

[loriwoloshyn]

Just give the worker's what they are asking for. It's a no brainer, keep the economy moving. Now is not the time for a strike. This is a critical time of year for so many.

[sherreywurz]

Don't do this to the Farmers .Please.
Trudeau better friggin step up and order them back to work.

[brianpeck]

The strike in lebanon looked like a fireworks show

[bcanuck]

Sal Mercogliano of What's going on with Shipping suggested the boat's mast was excessively tall for the size of the boat making it more likely it would flop over during bad weather.

[tonysweet]

Are some kind of shipping contracts in place with CP and CN? Can businesses sue CN and CP for violating those shipping contracts?

[myathehappy_]

Who cares???? What important story are you hiding with this?

[William-ih]

How did it capsize?couldn't handle the wind period

[BDee]

CN rail has locked out their employees. Oh Canada, a joke of a joke country.

[albertplumer]

Hahaha, glovea on, masks now who gained on masks?😢
Taxpayers money in the wind as usual .

[kevin-ynns]

Hmmm I am seeing alot of similarities between North Korean tv and their love for their dear leader with Global, CTV, CBC and their love of our dear leader. I mean government funded is government funded is it not?