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The UN’s top official in Haiti told the Security Council on Oct. 19 that gangs are adapting as security operations intensify and that elections are on hold indefinitely.
Manitoba says revenue from a levy on crypto mining and large AI data centres will lower residential Hydro bills by about $50 a year starting early in 2027.
Health Minister Marjorie Michel announced more than $6 million in Toronto on Oct. 20 for substance use and mental health crisis projects serving Black communities, funded under the Black Justice Strategy.
In a short work of fiction, Steven Kaszab tells of a new truck owner whose own dashboard cameras record his road rage.
A Houthi missile strike on a government security training camp in Shabwa province killed 73 recruits, Yemeni officials said, the deadliest attack in months.
Edmonton-area home sales fell 10.3 per cent from a year earlier in September as inventory rose 16.7 per cent, the Realtors Association of Edmonton said.
Putin told U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff that Russia is ready in principle to resume three-way Ukraine talks around Nov. 10, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said after a meeting in St. Petersburg.
Provincial inflation rates for September 2026, from Ontario at 2.5 per cent to P.E.I. at 5.7, with Statistics Canada sources and index levels.
The Milwaukee Brewers and Tampa Bay Rays open the 2026 World Series on Friday, Oct. 23, with the full schedule, start times and TV details for the best-of-seven series.
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Preliminary results show Vancouver voters said yes to all three borrowing questions for the 2027-2030 capital plan. The new council is sworn in on Nov. 2.
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BMO, Scotiabank, Desjardins and RBC Dominion Securities now expect a quarter-point hike to 2.5 per cent on Oct. 28, while TD, RBC Economics and others still see a hold.
Céline Dion slipped during her Oct. 7 show at her Paris residency, got back up and signalled to fans she was fine. Her first run ends Oct. 17.
Solar eruptions on Oct. 6 set off a geomagnetic storm watch and aurora forecasts across most of Canada, and searches for the northern lights are trending nationwide.
Iran’s foreign minister offered to broker talks with the Houthis in a call with his Saudi counterpart, a day after the deadliest strike on a Gulf airport since the war began.
European Union leaders meet in Brussels on Oct. 15 and 16 to discuss energy prices, the 2028-2034 budget, Ukraine, Montenegro’s accession and Middle East shipping security.
The SIU found no grounds to charge a Toronto officer who fired a less-lethal shotgun at a man inside Scarborough Centenary Hospital in June.


















































