Vancouver advance voting is open Oct. 7 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at 59 places. Here is who can vote, what ID to bring, and the mail ballot deadline for Oct. 17.

A Missouri man who escaped slavery faced extradition from Canada West in 1860. The fight over John Anderson ended with a ruling on Canadian judicial independence.

The CCB payment date for November 2026 is Nov. 20. CPP and OAS are paid Nov. 26. Dates for provincial benefits and what is not paid in November.

Elections Alberta says more than 3,000 mail-in referendum ballots came back with missing forms or ID problems. Voters have until Oct. 19 to fix them by email.

Standing Buffalo Dakota Nation and Carry the Kettle First Nation want answers, or a pause, on Bell’s AI data centre near Regina, citing water and treaty rights.

On Oct. 7, 1763, King George III issued the Royal Proclamation, creating the Province of Quebec and setting rules for Indigenous land that still shape Canadian law.

The Beach O’ Pines deed barred buyers of “negro race or colored blood”. In 1950 the Supreme Court of Canada voided it, but not on human-rights grounds.

Three New Hampshire men pleaded guilty to U.S. federal wildlife charges after at least 41 poached bobcats were sold through a fur auction in Canada, officials said.

Auston Matthews scored with 14 seconds left in overtime for Toronto, Owen Power won it for Buffalo, and Carolina beat Montreal 6-4 at the Bell Centre on Oct. 6.