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Carrie Best’s Clarion, launched in New Glasgow, N.S., in 1946, printed Viola Desmond’s story. Only 33 issues are known to survive in the provincial archives.
Prime Minister Mark Carney said Narendra Modi will visit Toronto and Ottawa Dec. 11 and 12 as Canada and India push to finish a trade deal by year’s end.
Matchbox Twenty will play Vancouver on May 30, 2027, and Toronto on July 21, 2027, on a 30th anniversary tour. Presale starts Oct. 20 and general sale is Oct. 23.
One year after a youth-led uprising brought Col. Michael Randrianirina to power, Madagascar has taken Russian weapons and trainers and is heading to Moscow for a summit.
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.
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Early results from Alberta’s Oct. 19 referendum show about three-quarters of voters chose to remain in Canada, as separatist leaders vow to keep campaigning.
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CBC News and CTV News project Albertans voted to stay in Canada, with about 76 per cent support in early unofficial counts.
Montreal software company Lightspeed Commerce said 250 roles will be affected through layoffs and vacancies it will not fill, and promised more detail with its Nov. 5 earnings.
International Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu is leading nearly 300 business delegates to Mumbai and Bengaluru this week as Ottawa and New Delhi push to finish a trade deal.
Colombia’s peace tribunal has charged 10 former FARC members, three from the rebel group’s last secretariat, with war crimes against five Indigenous peoples.
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Josiah Henson co-founded the British-American Institute in 1842, a Dawn Township school that split students’ days between lessons and trades until 1868.














































