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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.
U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff arrived in St. Petersburg on Oct. 21 for Ukraine talks with Russian officials, a day after meeting Zelenskyy in Oslo.
A Missouri man who stabbed his pursuer fled to Upper Canada, and a 2-1 ruling nearly sent him back. A Toronto court freed John Anderson on Feb. 16, 1861.
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.
On Oct. 21, 1910, the cruiser Niobe steamed into Halifax harbour, giving Canada’s new naval service its first large warship and a date now marked as Niobe Day.
Kirill Marchenko scored in his return to Columbus and Easton Cowan added a short-handed goal as the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Blue Jackets 6-2 on Tuesday.
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Polls in Toronto’s municipal election open Monday, Oct. 26, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Here is the ID to bring, how to find your voting place and what is on the ballot.
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Polls in Toronto’s municipal election open Monday, Oct. 26, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Here is the ID to bring, how to find your voting place and what is on the ballot.
The IMF and World Bank annual meetings opened in Bangkok on Oct. 12 with 18,000 registered, a war-hit oil market and public debt at its highest since the Second World War.
Premier-designate Paul St-Pierre Plamondon plans a homelessness summit and pay freeze first, and says a referendum is no immediate priority in a minority.
Alberta employment rose by 23,000 in September and its jobless rate fell to 6.4 per cent, even as Canada lost 68,000 jobs, Statistics Canada said.
The Canada Energy Regulator approved a Trans Mountain tolls deal that lets the pipeline contract up to 90 per cent of its capacity, up from 80 per cent.
Premier Danielle Smith ordered Edmonton to restore its pre-2024 infill rules and older parking minimums within three months. Council meets Oct. 16 to respond.

















































