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LNG Canada’s partners approved a $33-billion second phase in Kitimat, B.C., doubling capacity to 28 million tonnes a year, as critics raise emissions concerns.
Obby Khan quits as Manitoba PC leader days after surviving a 13-6 caucus vote. Konrad Narth takes over as interim leader with the 2027 election a year away.
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins will miss the Oilers season opener against Vancouver with a lower-body injury, and Babcock may split McDavid and Draisaitl.
Ontario holds 43.7 per cent of Canada’s bank mortgages but 50.9 per cent of those in arrears, and drove 85 per cent of the past year’s rise, CBA data show.
Trump trade adviser Peter Navarro told Canadian lobbyists to leave the U.S. and warned against election meddling. Carney laughed and said he had no response.
Prime Minister Mark Carney announced $1.2 billion for ocean protection on Sept. 29, including $740 million for ocean conservation, two days before Ottawa’s expected Oct. 1 decision on Alberta’s proposed West Coast oil pipeline.
B.C. NDP Leader David Eby proposes a 2% tax on finished condos left unsold for a year, targeting about 5,000 empty Metro Vancouver units worth some $4.4B.
The Toronto Maple Leafs acquired winger Kirill Marchenko from the Columbus Blue Jackets in a seven-player trade Monday, sending Matthew Knies the other way, then signed Marchenko to a six-year, $75-million contract.
Toronto biotech Biossil raised US$153 million at a US$1-billion valuation in an OpenAI-led round announced Sept. 28, making it Canada’s newest unicorn. The company uses AI to find new uses for drug candidates that failed in clinical trials, BetaKit reported.
U.S. import bans on Canadian beer, wine, spirits, whey and some motorcycles took effect Sept. 29. The banned goods were worth about US$967 million in 2025, roughly 87 per cent of it alcohol, according to American Action Forum estimates reported by CP24.












