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• After decisive defeat, Alberta separatists turn their attention to Smith and the UCP

  20-10-2026 12:36 via globalnews.ca
  
  Separatist leader Jeffrey Rath says they’ve built a movement of thousands of committed volunteers and will try to “take ownership” of Alberta’s governing party.
  
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• Ontario public-sector unions push province for workplace AI safeguards

  20-10-2026 12:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Local bargaining units are being told to investigate how AI is showing up in workplaces and to identify potential risks.
  
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• Canadians quickly falling behind on their mortgages: Benchmark Canada

  20-10-2026 12:00 via nationalpost.com
  
  Countries don’t typically get report cards, but there are hard facts that can be collated, assessed and compared. Enter Benchmark Canada, a new project from the Macdonald-Laurier Institute that brings together more than 40 different metrics that measure this nation’s performance. This fall, the National Post is examining many of those findings. Canadians have a reputation for paying their mortgages on time, but more homeowners are falling behind, a potential warning sign for the cou
  
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• Alberta referendum a notable chapter in long history of grievance with Ottawa

  20-10-2026 11:19 via globalnews.ca
  
  While the majority of Albertans opted to stay in Canada, the referendum brought to light grievances towards the federal government that go back nearly a century. 
  
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• Montreal man faces massive medical bills after emergency spinal surgery

  20-10-2026 11:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  A Montreal man from the Philippines says he could face more than $1 million in medical bills after undergoing emergency spinal surgery without provincial health coverage.
  
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• McGill law students petition for convicted murderer to return to studies

  20-10-2026 11:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Some McGill law students are calling on the university to allow a convicted murderer on day parole to return to his studies amid a growing campus controversy.
  
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• 'Very much an open question': Carney's West Coast pipeline project could run into legal pitfalls

  20-10-2026 10:00 via nationalpost.com
  
  OTTAWA — The federal government has promised to have shovels in the ground in the less than a year on the construction of a new pipeline to the West Coast, but lawyers and legal academics are warning the project could face legal challenges in court.The pipeline, called Pacific Link, is the first project to be designated within the national interest under the federal government’s Bill C-5, also known at the Building Canada Act.The legislation allows Cabinet to give projects in the na
  
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• Stelco's U.S. owner says steelmaker had 'strongest' quarter since acquisition as massive layoffs underway

  20-10-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Stelco's third quarter this year was its "strongest" since the U.S. company acquired it in 2024, according to its owner. At the same time, hundreds in Ontario are set to lose their jobs in Hamilton and Nanticoke. Layoff notices started rolling out earlier this month.
  
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• Incoming Quebec premier asks lieutenant-governor to skip cabinet's swearing-in

  20-10-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  In a letter sent Monday to Lt.-Gov. Manon Jeannotte, the Parti Québécois leader stated his incoming government will not allow a representative of the British Crown to preside over the event.
  
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• A contractor left this Toronto man without a roof. His insurance company is denying his claim

  20-10-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  What began as a simple knock on the front door last spring has resulted in an elderly Scarborough man living out of a suitcase, his home roofless and in ruins. While police are investigating a possible fraud, the man says he can't afford to rebuild his roof with his insurance claim denied.
  
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• Alberta referendum voters reject separatism, choose to stay in Canada

  20-10-2026 08:19 via globalnews.ca
  
  Most of the province of Alberta has rejected a formal referendum on separatism and would rather remain part of Canada.
  
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• B.C. soldier who died at CFB Wainwright ‘loved his army family’, mom says

  20-10-2026 05:02 via globalnews.ca
  
  His mother told Global News that her son wouldn't want anyone to dwell on his death, but to pray for his fellow wounded soldiers.
  
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• 'I don't take that lightly,' says Melissa Syer, about her decisive win in Yellowknife mayoral race

  20-10-2026 04:53 via cbc.ca
  
  Melissa Syer has defeated Garett Cochrane in the race to be the next mayor of Yellowknife in Monday’s municipal election. Cochrane conceded not long after polls closed, as Syer held a decisive lead.
  
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• Alberta voting locations extend hours after late openings, delaying referendum results

  20-10-2026 01:47 via globalnews.ca
  
  Elections Alberta says that for various reasons some locations opened late, so it cannot release unofficial results until 10 p.m. when the last polling station closes.
  
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• Witness at Toronto gold heist trial says snitching is never 'a positive thing' but his sudden memory loss isn't out of fear

  20-10-2026 01:21 via nationalpost.com
  
  The star witness at the Toronto airport gold heist trial — who admitted to being a mastermind of one of the biggest gold heists in history — said several times that he didn’t have an opinion on snitching, but it turned out he really did.After days of court testimony marked by low-energy, little memory, and complaints of “feeling triggered” by questions, Arsalan Chaudhary was asked if his reticence was more about prison culture than mental health.“It’s h
  
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• 'Not out of the woods': Family rallies around soldier badly burned in CFB Wainwright fire

  20-10-2026 01:04 via cbc.ca
  
  Before he was airlifted to hospital and intubated, Sean Hiatt managed to call his mom and tell her he'd been injured in a training accident at CFB Wainwright. He was coherent at the time, according to his sister, and it gave the family hope. Now they're focused on his immediate care, and taking things 12 hours at a time.
  
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• B.C. judge rules Abbotsford killers' Charter rights were breached

  20-10-2026 00:43 via cbc.ca
  
  The family and friends of Arnold and Joanne De Jong will have to wait until the new year for the three killers of their loved ones to be sentenced, after a judge ruled a lack of access to earlier parole breaches the killers' Charter rights.
  
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• Canada’s 2-year measles outbreak officially over: PHAC

  20-10-2026 00:30 via globalnews.ca
  
  The measles outbreak started in October 2024 and has continued for about two years, with more than 6,400 cases reported during that time.
  
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• Man who lost legs to MS warming heads and hearts by knitting tuques on custom-made cot

  20-10-2026 00:28 via cbc.ca
  
  Leonard Foidart built a cot so he can knit comfortably while lying down. The 84-year-old from Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes, Man., lost his legs decades ago and finds it difficult to sit but loves to knit, donating more than 1,000 tuques in the last five years.
  
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