Author: Canada News Media Staff

Paul St-Pierre Plamondon was sworn in as Quebec premier on Oct. 21 with a 23-member PQ cabinet. Elsie Lefebvre takes higher education, housing, status of women and Lanaudière.

A single ticket sold in Alberta won the record $90-million Lotto Max jackpot on Oct. 20. Here are the winning numbers, Maxmillions and next jackpot.

UK consumer price inflation rose to 3.5 per cent in September from 3.1 per cent, led by a 29.8 per cent jump in motor fuel prices, and markets now expect the Bank of England to raise rates in November.

The UN’s top official in Haiti told the Security Council on Oct. 19 that gangs are adapting as security operations intensify and that elections are on hold indefinitely.

Manitoba says revenue from a levy on crypto mining and large AI data centres will lower residential Hydro bills by about $50 a year starting early in 2027.

Health Minister Marjorie Michel announced more than $6 million in Toronto on Oct. 20 for substance use and mental health crisis projects serving Black communities, funded under the Black Justice Strategy.

A Houthi missile strike on a government security training camp in Shabwa province killed 73 recruits, Yemeni officials said, the deadliest attack in months.

Edmonton-area home sales fell 10.3 per cent from a year earlier in September as inventory rose 16.7 per cent, the Realtors Association of Edmonton said.

Putin told U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff that Russia is ready in principle to resume three-way Ukraine talks around Nov. 10, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said after a meeting in St. Petersburg.

Provincial inflation rates for September 2026, from Ontario at 2.5 per cent to P.E.I. at 5.7, with Statistics Canada sources and index levels.