Shorts
Latest Canadian News & Updates
Breaking stories from across Canada and beyond
Five hardside suitcases sold by Amazon.ca, measured against Air Canada’s 23 kg and 158 cm checked-bag rules, with prices and specs read on Nov. 1.
Environment Canada says near-zero visibility in fog continues across Edmonton and area on Sunday morning, with Red Deer also affected.
The Jane Goodall Act died in January 2025 and the federal government has no plan to revive it, leaving about 23 elephants in Canadian zoos and parks, CBC News reported.
Founded in 1849 in what is now southwestern Ontario, the Elgin Settlement at Buxton sold 50-acre farms to Black settlers, who had 10 years to pay for them.
Toronto homeowners have until Monday, Nov. 2 to apply for 2026 property tax and utility relief; household income must not exceed $62,000.
Four Royal Naval College of Canada midshipmen died when HMS Good Hope sank off Chile on Nov. 1, 1914, the first Canadian casualties of the First World War.
G20 foreign ministers wrapped up Atlanta talks Oct. 31 with no joint communique, split over Ukraine, shipping and critical minerals.
Environment Canada’s forecast for St. John’s calls for wind gusting to 70 km/h, and up to 80 along parts of the coast, followed by flurries on Sunday.
Rain, drizzle and fog are forecast for the Prairies tonight, with a risk of freezing rain in Saskatoon, though no warnings were in effect.
News & Politics
Ontario says sewer-backup flooding in St. Catharines and Lincoln doesn’t qualify for provincial disaster aid, leaving residents in limbo with insurers.
Get The Canada Brief
Our best original reporting and the week's must-know Canadian news, free every Monday morning. Unsubscribe anytime.
Featured Topics
Diana Shnaider rallied past Canada’s Leylah Fernandez 6-4, 5-7, 6-2 on Sunday to win the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo for her sixth career title.
An energy advocate says pump prices may climb another 10 cents a litre by Oct. 12 and up to 15 cents more after that, even with a G7 release of emergency oil.
A Federal Court judge says Ottawa has shirked its duties under a 1997 treaty land deal with 21 Manitoba First Nations, calling the delay “not reconciliation.”
Over 40 million Kurds remain the largest ethnic group without a country of their own. Nick Kossovan asks why Western outrage rallies for Palestinian statehood but stays silent on Kurdistan.
Canada’s goods surplus with the U.S. nearly doubled to $11.2 billion in August as American firms moved shipments ahead of new tariffs, and TD expects a reversal.
The winning numbers for the Tuesday, Oct. 6 Lotto Max draw were 11, 12, 22, 31, 32, 46 and 50, with bonus number 7. The next jackpot is an estimated $80 million.


















































