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The World Food Programme is cutting Gaza food aid from 1.6 million to 1.1 million people a month, halving rations and saying it needs US$450 million.
MAK Acquisition Corp. said Oct. 20 it ended its deal to take Richmond, B.C.-based UniUni public after the delivery firm exceeded a loss limit in the agreement.
More than $1.2 billion has been paid to over 30,000 removed First Nations children, the AFN said, and claims stay open until March 10, 2028.
A U.S. food importer and a proposed class of importers asked the Court of International Trade on Oct. 20 to strike down the 50 per cent tariffs on Canadian goods imposed under a 1930 law.
Quebec’s police ethics tribunal found two Sûreté du Québec officers discriminated against Leslie Blot because of his race during a 2020 stop. Suspensions of 35 and 20 working days were reported Oct. 15.
Steven Kaszab argues that Juneteenth, a date too easily forgotten, marks the start of a long Black struggle for education, fair work and a share of the American Dream.
Knight Therapeutics has recalled three lots of Dantrium Intravenous over particulate matter in a Type I recall posted by Health Canada on Oct. 19.
One Degree Organic Foods has recalled 907-gram bags of Sprouted Whole Wheat Flour sold in nine provinces over a misleading gluten-free claim, the CFIA said.
U.S. President Donald Trump endorsed Benjamin Netanyahu over the weekend, but polls a week before Israel’s Oct. 27 vote show neither bloc near the 61 seats needed.
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Quebec’s police ethics tribunal found two Sûreté du Québec officers discriminated against Leslie Blot because of his race during a 2020 stop. Suspensions of 35 and 20 working days were reported Oct. 15.
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Tampa Bay won the ALCS 4-2 on homers from Junior Caminero and Yandy Diaz and will face the Milwaukee Brewers in the World Series.
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Tampa Bay won the ALCS 4-2 on homers from Junior Caminero and Yandy Diaz and will face the Milwaukee Brewers in the World Series.
Italy will deploy 500 soldiers with judicial police powers to Milan after two days of clashes and looting at cost-of-living protests, Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said Oct. 20.
Ukraine’s president began talks with U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff in Oslo on Oct. 20, hosted by Norway and Finland, a day before Witkoff was due in Moscow.
Toronto actual housing starts fell 61% in September from a year earlier while Calgary and Vancouver rose, CMHC data show, a split that tracks the condo slump.

















































