Global National: Aug. 27, 2024 | Young Canadians struggling most to pay bills, Equifax warns

As many Canadians try to stay financially afloat amid the country's growing cost of living crisis, more people are using credit cards to get by. Equifax Canada now says the average credit card balance has risen to its highest level since 2007. Eric Sorensen reports on the worsening problem of consumer debt and how much money the average Canadian owes on their credit card.

It's been a long summer for Calgary, which has been plagued with multiple stretches of water restrictions since the city's water main broke in June. As Heather Yourex-West explains, Mayor Jyoti Gondek is warning the city "will run out of water" if usage doesn't drop soon.

The Israeli military says it has rescued a hostage who was being held in Gaza, the eighth since the militant group's surprise Oct. 7, 2023 attacks on Israel. Mike Armstrong looks at the emotional homecoming, and how the hostage, a father of 11, was rescued.

As Russian missile strikes continue to target Ukraine's power system, Ukraine says it now controls 100 settlements in Russia's Kursk region. Redmond Shannon explains what Ukraine is testing to give its military a boost, what Moscow is warning Washington about, and what Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy plans to present to U.S. President Joe Biden and both of America's 2024 presidential candidates, Vice-President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump.

As Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's cabinet wraps up its annual retreat, new polling shows the Liberals lagging far behind the Conservatives. Mackenzie Gray reports on how the Liberals are trying to get back on track before next year's federal election.

Whooping cough cases are on the rise across Canada, and Toronto Public Health has confirmed that the number of whooping cough cases have more than doubled the pre-pandemic average. As Shallima Maharaj reports, the public health agency is reporting 99 cases in Toronto so far this year compared to the pre-pandemic five-year average of 38.

Plus, while it's not unusual to find bits and pieces of old sailing vessels washed up along Canada's East Coast, the shipwrecks of three century-old wooden ships have been discovered on a beach in Summerville, N.S. Heidi Petracek explains how the old boats were discovered and the rich history of how they got there.

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