Author: Harry Miller

The GST/HST credit is now the Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit. The next payments are Jan. 5 and April 5, 2027, with maximums of $679 for singles, $890 for couples and $234 per child.

The Canada Workers Benefit pays up to $1,665 for single workers and $2,869 for families for 2026, plus an $860 disability supplement. Income limits, ACWB advance dates, how to claim it and worked examples from CRA figures.

Environment Canada’s seasonal maps and The Weather Network’s October previews point to a mild start to winter 2026-27 as El Niño strengthens, with outlooks for B.C., the Prairies, Ontario, Quebec, Atlantic Canada and the North.

The Weather Network says a record El Niño should bring a warmer-than-normal start to winter across Western Canada, with fewer Prairie storms.

Statistics Canada says Canadian-resident return trips from the United States rose 6.8 per cent in September, the sixth straight monthly gain, but car trips remain 31.1 per cent below 2024.

Pittsburgh Penguins forward Ben Kindel is conscious, alert and stable after a medical episode on the team plane forced it back to Salt Lake City.

The actress told listeners of her podcast MeSsy that her doctor concluded she never had multiple sclerosis, more than five years after her 2021 diagnosis.

Ottawa builders sold 521 new homes in September, up 81.5% from a year earlier, the Greater Ottawa Home Builders’ Association said, led by townhouses and single-detached homes.

Treaty 8 Grand Chief Trevor Mercredi and former AFN national chief Matthew Coon Come reacted to Alberta’s vote to stay in Canada, APTN News reported.

Toronto actual housing starts fell 61% in September from a year earlier while Calgary and Vancouver rose, CMHC data show, a split that tracks the condo slump.