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Ottawa will give investors of $1 billion or more priority access to binding CRA tax rulings. The program met its 90-day service standard 91 per cent of the time in 2024-25.
Lotto Max, Friday, Sept. 11, 2026: 1, 38, 41, 44, 45, 49, 51, Bonus 47. Lotto 6/49, Saturday, Sept. 12: 1, 3, 17, 20, 26, 32, Bonus 5. Both 6/49 Gold Ball draws came up white, so the Gold Ball Jackpot rolled forward. The next Lotto Max jackpot is $40 million.
Injuries to Matt Savoie and Mattias Janmark have opened two forward spots at Edmonton Oilers camp, and Isaac Howard and Josh Samanski intend to take them.
Just 156 condominium units started construction in the City of Toronto in the first half of 2026, against a previous-decade average of about 7,000 a year. CMHC’s Fall 2026 Housing Supply Report finds Canada’s housing shortfall is now concentrating in the homes people buy, with Toronto rental apartment starts overtaking condo starts for the first time since 1994.
Ottawa named six Canadian suppliers for up to $50 million in drone contracts. Its own backgrounder shows two of the six platforms are made in Britain.
Zachary Bolduc has signed a four-year, US$16.8-million contract extension with the Montreal Canadiens, a US$4.2-million average annual value that keeps the 23-year-old winger from Trois-Rivieres with his home-province club through the 2029-30 season.
Premier Wab Kinew says Manitoba will waive its seven per cent retail sales tax on major capital investments in the Port of Churchill Plus expansion.
Carney says Canada is not seeking EU membership. Article 49 of the EU treaty already limits applications to European states, so no such route exists.
A 2019 exemption letting refugees sponsor undeclared family expired Sept. 10. Ottawa cites integrity concerns; a 2023 memo called the risk minimal.
PC MHA Keith Russell quit Newfoundland and Labrador’s governing caucus Monday to sit as an independent, moments before the Churchill Falls debate began.












