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Steven Kaszab argues that people sleeping rough in deadly cold should be taken to safety and assessed, and that society should stop enabling addiction.
Ottawa extended three temporary EI measures for tariff-hit workers past Oct. 10, but Service Canada still listed the old end date as of Sept. 24.
Sass Jordan, the Montreal-raised rock singer who won a Juno Award in 1989 and judged Canadian Idol, died Oct. 2, her family said. A cause has not been released.
Latvia’s border guard has asked for powers to use force without warning after armed, masked men pushed 20 migrants toward its Belarus border, officials said.
Governor General Louise Arbour presented actor and Parkinson’s advocate Michael J. Fox with the Order of Canada’s top rank at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on Oct. 2.
Test smoke and carbon monoxide alarms monthly and replace smoke alarms every 10 years. Here is a step-by-step guide based on Canadian fire department advice.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security wants colleges to pay $70,000 per student for post-study work authorization. Comments are due Nov. 9.
Judd Caulfield scored his first NHL goal and Anaheim handed Winnipeg its first regulation loss of the season with a 5-1 win on Friday night.
A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck central Panama on Oct. 9, injuring at least 27 people, damaging roads and buildings and briefly triggering a Pacific tsunami warning.
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Conservative Party of Quebec Leader Éric Duhaime wants a moratorium on Quebec City’s $7.6-billion tramway. Mayor Bruno Marchand says he will not back down.
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Victoria-based Tiny paid about $1.9 million for Oso Cloud’s assets, lifting its pro forma annual recurring revenue to about $75.4 million, the company said.
Toronto police will decommission the voluntary Vulnerable Persons Registry on Nov. 3, 2026, leaving families who rely on it asking what replaces it and what happens to their data.
Victoria-based Tiny paid about $1.9 million for Oso Cloud’s assets, lifting its pro forma annual recurring revenue to about $75.4 million, the company said.
A Mexican judge convicted three men on Oct. 9 of murdering two Australian brothers and an American friend on a 2024 Baja California surf trip. Sentencing is set for Oct. 16.
On Oct. 10, 1970, the FLQ kidnapped Quebec cabinet minister Pierre Laporte from his front lawn, deepening the October Crisis that gripped Canada.
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