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A single ticket sold in Alberta won the record $90-million Lotto Max jackpot on Oct. 20. Here are the winning numbers, Maxmillions and next jackpot.
UK consumer price inflation rose to 3.5 per cent in September from 3.1 per cent, led by a 29.8 per cent jump in motor fuel prices, and markets now expect the Bank of England to raise rates in November.
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.
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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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Nigeria’s health minister said a woman who arrived from Uganda has tested positive for Ebola in Abuja, and 44 contacts are isolated. Canada’s advisory for Nigeria now carries an Ebola alert.
Four Republican and three Democratic senators said Congress banned Russian energy imports in 2022 and demanded the White House reverse its diesel deal with Moscow.
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao urged crypto holders to match security to their holdings after a reported $86-million hardware wallet theft linked to a Ledger reseller.
Incumbent Scott Gillingham holds a 32-point lead over Kevin Klein in a Probe Research poll, but more than half of Winnipeg voters remain undecided with 16 days to go.
Aaron Sorkin’s Facebook sequel debuted in fifth place with an estimated $5.5 million, a fraction of the original film’s $22-million opening in 2010.
EU foreign ministers formally adopted 743 individual and 826 entity listings against Russia on Oct. 12, the largest single expansion since 2022.



















































