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Billboard Canada named Summer Walker, Bebe Rexha and Chxrry among honourees for its Women in Music event at Rebel in Toronto on Nov. 24, alongside Cardi B.
Ontario will let people with mild hearing loss buy hearing aids without a prescription, opening the door to hearing features in earbuds such as AirPods Pro.
Ottawa is consulting on its first comprehensive space law and has released a framework to protect GPS-style navigation and timing signals Canadians rely on.
Ottawa unveiled a $1.75B Venture and Growth Capital Plan, including a first $75M stream for pre-seed and seed startups, with bids open until Jan. 21, 2027.
More than 5,000 CUPE school support workers in Nova Scotia could walk off the job as early as Monday after a conciliator declared a bargaining impasse.
Four countries signed the Badr memorandum in Doha on Oct. 21 to cooperate on joint military production, training and research.
The Trump administration is asking the justices to pause a federal judge’s order that halted border wall construction in Texas’ Big Bend region while a challenge to environmental waivers proceeds.
Italy’s cabinet approved aid for hauliers, farmers and fishermen on Oct. 22 as fuel-price blockades left shelves bare and two Calabrian airports without jet fuel.
The European Parliament gave its 2026 Sakharov Prize to the International Criminal Court on Oct. 22, two weeks after the United States sanctioned the court.
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Vancouver Coastal Health urges anyone who touched a skunk in the West End or Stanley Park from Sept. 22 to Oct. 17 to get assessed after a rabies case.
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Devin Cooley stopped 36 shots and two first-period power-play goals were enough for the Calgary Flames to beat the Minnesota Wild 2-1 on Thursday night.
Four polls released Oct. 8 to 10 give Flávio Bolsonaro a lead of about four to six points over President Lula ahead of Brazil’s Oct. 25 runoff.
The Supreme Court is weighing an FCC policy that gives party committees low political ad rates, after a lower-court order was paused on Oct. 8 ahead of the Nov. 3 midterms.
Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected in Alberta this week and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre speaks in Calgary Oct. 16, as the separation referendum nears.
Universal’s horror film Other Mommy topped the North American box office with an estimated $27.5 million, while Sony’s The Social Reckoning opened fifth at $5.5 million.
Stelco told Ottawa its planned layoffs do not breach its Investment Canada Act undertakings, defying a five-business-day ultimatum from Industry Minister Mélanie Joly.
















































