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Plant garlic four to six weeks before the ground freezes. Here is when to plant by region, how deep and far apart, and how to mulch cloves for winter.
Vancouver bulldozed its Black neighbourhood for viaducts it promised in 2015 to remove. As voters head to the polls, Hogan’s Alley is still waiting.
Canada’s first documented Black resident was bought, sold and chained, yet for decades the record was read as unable to prove he was enslaved. Here is why.
Arturs Silovs made 19 saves in a 7-0 Penguins rout of the Flyers, and Nathan MacKinnon and Artturi Lehkonen scored twice each as Colorado beat Los Angeles 8-4.
Anthony Stolarz made 26 saves and Colton Sissons and Easton Cowan scored in the first as the Maple Leafs beat the Islanders 2-1 for their first win of 2026-27.
On Oct. 1, 1940, a photographer in New Westminster, B.C., caught a five-year-old boy reaching for his soldier father, creating Canada’s best-known war photo.
Ceremonies across Canada honoured residential school survivors on Sept. 30 as Carney said the country owes them action, with just 14 of 94 Calls to Action complete.
Winning numbers for the Daily Grand on Sept. 28, Lotto Max on Sept. 29 and Lotto 6/49 on Sept. 30, plus the next estimated Lotto Max and Gold Ball jackpots.
Winnipeg and Sept-Îles lose door-to-door mail first as Canada Post starts converting 686,000 addresses by 2027, including 56,000 in Calgary and Edmonton.
Ontario’s minimum wage rises to $17.95 on Oct. 1, but a Toronto one-bedroom still eats about 63% of full-time pay, and the GTA living wage is $27.20.












