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Clocks fall back in Ontario, Quebec and Atlantic Canada on Nov. 1, 2026, but not in B.C., Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Yukon or the N.W.T.
Apple TV’s Ted Lasso ended its fourth season on Oct. 7 with the episode Being Alive, which drew a C- from AV Club. No fifth season has been announced.
A Russian glide bomb hit two passenger buses in Kramatorsk, in Ukraine’s Donetsk region, on Oct. 8, killing 33 people and wounding 18, Ukrainian officials said.
U.S. agents seized 90 biodiesel shipments bound for a sanctioned Cuban wholesaler at Florida and Texas ports. Here is what it means for Canadians travelling to Cuba.
Kenya confirmed its first Ebola case and death on Oct. 6 after a man returned from Congo. Congo’s outbreak has passed 8,400 cases and 4,000 deaths.
Today’s top Canadian stories in 60 seconds: Emera’s $72-billion merger, $8 billion in Alberta defence spending, gas prices before Thanksgiving and an Oilers win.
About 21,824 people voted on the first advance day of Vancouver’s civic election, the city says. Three more advance days remain before the Oct. 17 vote.
A $120,518.57 Canada Border Services Agency contract in the federal disclosure register is dated nearly two months in the future, and three other recent entries carry dates that contradict their own reporting periods.
In December 1995 the House of Commons unanimously recognized February as Black History Month, on a motion from Jean Augustine, the first Black woman elected to it.
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Newfoundland and Labrador will tear down the Martin Gallant Building in Stephenville Crossing after $5.6 million was spent on a courthouse project that had climbed to a projected $40 million.
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Visas and travel documents for residents of Congo, Uganda and South Sudan stay suspended until Nov. 27, as Congo’s Ebola outbreak passes 4,000 deaths.
CMHC gave Edmonton $9.6 million in bonus housing funding this spring, months after the PBO found the city’s permit gains likely predate the program.
A step-by-step guide to finding and sealing drafts around windows, doors and outlets before winter, using tips from BC Hydro and Save on Energy.
A US court ruling lets border agents search phones without cause, while Canadian law still requires some suspicion for the same kind of search at home.
Elections Alberta says 673,000 people requested mail-in ballots for the Oct. 19 referendum by Friday’s deadline, more than 10 times the 2023 election total.
Court filings show the Belleville synagogue shooter sued the military for $1 million over his COVID-19 vaccine discharge before the deadly attack.


















































