Shorts
Latest Canadian News & Updates
Breaking stories from across Canada and beyond
Marine Le Pen opened her 2027 presidential campaign in Orléans on Oct. 25, promising to restore the rule of law as an Ipsos poll put her at 32 to 34 per cent.
The winning Lotto 6/49 numbers for Saturday, Oct. 24, 2026 were 9, 20, 22, 29, 37 and 47, with bonus number 32. One Gold Ball ticket won $1 million.
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.
News & Politics
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.
Get The Canada Brief
Our best original reporting and the week's must-know Canadian news, free every Monday morning. Unsubscribe anytime.
Featured Topics
Eric Bauza, the Scarborough-raised actor who voiced Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, died Oct. 25 at 46. His family called his death sudden.
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.
Latvia’s border guard has asked for powers to use force without warning after armed, masked men pushed 20 migrants toward its Belarus border, officials said.
Governor General Louise Arbour presented actor and Parkinson’s advocate Michael J. Fox with the Order of Canada’s top rank at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on Oct. 2.
Test smoke and carbon monoxide alarms monthly and replace smoke alarms every 10 years. Here is a step-by-step guide based on Canadian fire department advice.




















































