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An Argentine federal judge dismissed the LIBRA cryptocurrency investigation into President Javier Milei and 10 others on Oct. 23, finding no criminal fraud.
CREA now expects 444,530 home sales in 2026, down 5.2%, its third forecast cut this year, as higher fixed mortgage rates and rate-hike fears weigh on buyers.
The Meta Quest 3 512GB sells for $829.99 on Amazon.ca. Here is what owners praise, what they complain about and how it compares with the cheaper Quest 3S.
The N.W.T. government has published a land use plan for Yellowknife Airport that names the west side terminal area as the preferred long-term development space.
Ottawa and the N.W.T. have nominated the nearly 1,800-kilometre Mackenzie River, known as Dehcho, Deho and Kuukpak, to the Canadian Heritage Rivers System.
Federal Greener Homes grants are closed, but provinces and utilities still offer energy bill help this winter. Here is every open grant, rebate and crisis fund by province, with amounts and deadlines.
The Bank of Canada decides on its 2.25 per cent policy rate Wednesday, inflation sits at 3.1 per cent, and the next benefit payments land Nov. 10, 20 and 26.
HomeStars says its Energy Squeeze report, based on an Opinium survey of 2,000 people in September 2026, found 62% of Canadians are more worried about money than ever and one in five young adults has borrowed to pay an energy bill.
A running list of Halifax road, sidewalk and transit disruptions for the week of Oct. 26 to Nov. 1, from the municipality’s own notices.
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Express Entry’s Oct. 26 draw invited 792 provincial nominees with a CRS cut-off of 761, the largest PNP round since June, ahead of Nov. 3 scoring changes.
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Desjardins says a delay in payments to other institutions’ Visa cards is fixed after its credit card system overhaul, but some members still report problems.
On Oct. 10, 1970, the FLQ kidnapped Quebec cabinet minister Pierre Laporte from his front lawn, deepening the October Crisis that gripped Canada.
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Steven Kaszab argues that people sleeping rough in deadly cold should be taken to safety and assessed, and that society should stop enabling addiction.
Ottawa extended three temporary EI measures for tariff-hit workers past Oct. 10, but Service Canada still listed the old end date as of Sept. 24.
Sass Jordan, the Montreal-raised rock singer who won a Juno Award in 1989 and judged Canadian Idol, died Oct. 2, her family said. A cause has not been released.



















































