Christmas Day, Friday, Dec. 25, 2026, is a paid holiday across Canada. Boxing Day, Saturday, Dec. 26, is a paid holiday only federally and in Ontario.

President Donald Trump said Oct. 19 he would join a meeting with Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin on nuclear arms. The Kremlin says it could happen at APEC in China next month.

The Rays lead the Guardians 3-2 in the ALCS and can reach the World Series against the Brewers with a Game 6 win in Tampa Bay on Monday night.

Cleveland-Cliffs says Stelco had its best quarter in two years, yet it is pressing ahead with up to 500 layoffs and blames Ottawa’s steel import rules.

Montreal’s Inovia Capital has closed US$200 million of a US$325 million target for Fund VI, which it calls its first AI-native early-stage fund.

NATO jets were scrambled Oct. 18 after an unidentified object crossed into Lithuania; Latvia warned three regions and debris hit a car.

Zelensky says Washington approved only part of a NATO-funded Patriot order, while a U.S. official called the claim not true.

Canada’s annual inflation rate rose to 3.1 per cent in September from 3.0 per cent in August as gasoline prices climbed 27.8 per cent, Statistics Canada said.

Health Canada’s black-and-white ‘High in’ symbol flags packaged foods with a lot of saturated fat, sugars or sodium. Here is what triggers it and which foods are exempt.