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Rake leaves, keep mowing, aerate, overseed and feed your lawn before the ground freezes. Here is a step-by-step fall lawn care guide for Canadian yards.
Volkswagen is recalling nearly 35,300 2018 Tiguan and Atlas SUVs in Canada because a steering rack mounting bolt can corrode from road salt and break, risking loss of steering control. Dealers will replace the bolt free of charge, and no Canadian accidents or injuries have been reported.
Stelco will lay off 350 workers at its Hamilton plant from Oct. 9 as it idles finishing operations and shifts production to Lake Erie Works, the union says.
About 350 Stelco steelworkers in Hamilton face layoffs as Cleveland-Cliffs idles finishing lines under 50% U.S. tariffs, with work shifting to Lake Erie Works.
Canadian railways hired Black men as sleeping car porters from the late 1800s but barred them from conductor jobs. After the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters filed a 1953 federal fair employment complaint, George V. Garraway became the first Black conductor on a Canadian railway, in 1954 or 1955 depending on the source.
Canada’s average asking rent fell 4.8% to $2,035 in August, the 23rd straight annual decline, with condo and secondary-market rents dropping the most.
Canada launched Alouette 1, its first satellite, on Sept. 29, 1962. Built to last a year, the ionosphere probe worked for a decade and fed nearly 300 papers.
More than 20 tech and VPN firms, including Toronto’s Tailscale and Windscribe, asked the Senate on Sept. 25 to amend Bill C-22 over backdoor and data-retention risks.
Blues defenceman Logan Mailloux needs hand surgery and will miss at least eight weeks, while Mathew Barzal is not ruled out for the Islanders’ opener.
Canada’s population grew just 0.5% to 41.8 million in the year to July 1, the slowest since 1915-16, as temporary residents fell and young adults declined.












