The Orionid meteor shower peaks around Oct. 21, but a bright moon will wash out fainter meteors. The best window is the dark hours before dawn.

Albertans are voting on 10 referendum questions, including whether to stay in Canada, after 1,356,873 ballots were cast in advance and by mail. Polls close at 8 p.m. MT.

Edmonton administration wants a 25 per cent, three-year tax abatement and a first mover infrastructure program to speed industrial building, after missed targets.

A city traffic study says Belgravia shortcutting delays residents by five to 25 minutes, and administration wants about $2 million for fixes near 114 Street.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Oct. 19 creating a Women’s Health Division at the NIH and a White House task force, with no funding figure attached.

IRCC invited 752 provincial nominees in its Oct. 13 Express Entry draw, with a lowest CRS score of 772. Here is who was eligible and what to do next.

In a work of hopeful fiction, Steven Kaszab imagines Canada sending fuel, medical aid and naval escorts to a blockaded Cuba, and winning the world’s respect.

China’s economy grew 4.5 per cent in the third quarter, beating forecasts, as exports offset weak retail sales and a 20.6 per cent drop in property investment.

Britain’s chancellor delivers his first budget Oct. 28 with a fiscal cushion once put at £24 billion now estimated at £8.5 billion to £16 billion and 30-year gilt yields briefly above six per cent.