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Yukon has closed the Donjek sheep management unit to licensed hunting until Oct. 31, 2027, after a July survey counted 38 non-lamb sheep, up from 30 in 2023.
Toronto AI customer service company Ada is combining with California-based Dialpad, in a deal reported to value Ada near $600 million, well below its 2021 peak.
The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 809.12 points, or 2.28 per cent, at 36,341.40 on Wednesday as U.S. stocks surged after the midterm elections and oil prices fell.
New Jersey Devils goaltender Connor Hellebuyck said “very challenging circumstances involving my family” were among the reasons he asked the Winnipeg Jets for a trade.
Carney told reporters in Antigua that Canada wants to build consensus as Commonwealth leaders press Britain on a slave trade apology and reparations.
Quebec’s Court of Appeal heard two days of arguments on whether staking an online mining claim triggers a duty to consult the Anishinabeg of Lac-Barrière.
Premier Paul St-Pierre Plamondon says public-finance ‘surprises’ left by the CAQ complicate the PQ’s pledge to balance the books, as Quebec’s pre-election deficit forecast stood at $5.2 billion.
Twelve vacuum cleaners sold on Amazon.ca, from budget sticks to Dyson and Miele, with prices checked Nov. 3 and plain advice on what to buy.
Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit has charged an OPP officer with assault causing bodily harm over a Dec. 2025 arrest in Caledon East. The charge is unproven.
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Black executives in Canada’s core federal public administration rose to 255 from 128 after the Clerk’s 2021 call to action, but their share of executive jobs still trails their share of the workforce.
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U.S. officials called the Nov. 2 strikes on Iran’s Qeshm Island limited and defensive, while Qatari mediators wait for answers from Tehran and Washington.
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar said Colombia will inaugurate its embassy in Jerusalem next week, reversing the Petro government’s 2024 break in ties and reviving a move most countries have avoided.
The CFIA says Nora’s Mint Chip Non-Dairy Frozen Dessert contains peanut that is not listed on the label. Here is how to identify the recalled tub and what to do with it.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the 2026 Peace Prize to South African jurist Navi Pillay for her work promoting peace and international law.
Ottawa Public Health listed eight restaurants and stores where two confirmed measles cases may have exposed people between Oct. 1 and Oct. 3.
South Africa’s Home Affairs department withdrew an asylum intake directive on Oct. 9, days after anti-immigration protests turned violent in Durban and Soweto.
















































