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Seven of the 14 jury awards in the Canadian Wood Council’s 2026 program went to Canadian projects, including a Saskatchewan powwow arbour.
The Canadian Wood Council announced the 2026 Wood Design & Building Award winners at the Calgary Wood Solutions Conference.
Alberta’s UCP caucus voted along party lines to endorse new riding boundaries, which go into a bill the justice minister expects to pass by year’s end.
Five Chromebooks sold by Amazon.ca, from $446 to $649, with specs, who each is for and how to choose.
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.
Health Canada says to get vitamin D daily from food or a supplement. Here is the guidance for adults, older adults and breastfed babies.
About 20 people were taken to hospital after a shuttle bus carrying data centre workers crashed on Highway 39 near Mackenzie, B.C., RCMP said.
Ten gift ideas for a husband from real Amazon.ca listings, from a $6.99 back scratcher to a $69.99 heated massager, with prices, ratings and what to know before you buy.
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.
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On Sept. 26, 1997, a split Supreme Court of Canada restored a Halifax youth’s acquittal and ruled that a Black judge’s remarks on police did not show bias.
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Canada has the fifth-strongest passport in the Commonwealth, with access to 183 destinations without a visa in advance. See all 56 countries ranked, and where Canadians still need a visa.
Ottawa’s AI transparency consultation closes Sept. 23, 2026. Canada has had no AI statute since AIDA died in January 2025, leaving businesses a patchwork.
Roberts Bank Terminal 2 carries 370 binding conditions from its 2023 approval. National interest status targets one remaining permit. Comments close Oct. 1.
Federal departments flagged only two minister’s office contracts in 2026. A review of the full history of that field in Ottawa’s contracts register shows it is barely used and demonstrably miscoded.
Ottawa issued 3,500 permanent residence invitations to health and social services workers on Sept. 4. Provincial licensing, not immigration, is the slow step.
Cree filmmaker Georgina Lightning, 63, died Saturday after a horse veered off the track and struck her in the media area at an Alberta Indian Relay race.
Maurice Duplessis died Sept. 7, 1959, in Schefferville, the northern Quebec mining town he named himself. His death opened the way to the Quiet Revolution.
Average hourly wages rose 2.0 per cent in August while consumer prices climbed 3.0 per cent. For Canada’s lowest-paid quarter of workers, the gap was wider.
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