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• Canadians most likely to be born on Sept. 20, Statistics Canada reports

  16-10-2026 19:29 via nationalpost.com
  
  If you had a birthday last month, happy belated. Also, you’re not that special.Statistics Canada has just released information on the number of live births in Canada, broken down by month and, even further, by date. Upon crunching the numbers, they determined that Sept. 20 was the most likely date on which to be born between 1995 and 2025.That might seem random, but it’s part of a larger trend. The second most common birthday is just two days earlier, on Sept. 18. Third is Sept. 25.
  
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• Canada war-gamed a U.S. invasion. A former NORAD commander explains why

  17-10-2026 10:00 via nationalpost.com
  
  WASHINGTON, D.C. — In recent weeks, we’ve learned that Canadian military leaders war-gamed U.S. military action against Canada earlier this year, with Prime Minister Mark Carney having described it as an “extreme tail risk,” in an interview last month with the New York Times.That revelation was a stark reflection of an increasingly strained relationship amid the tariff war, even as Arctic, missile, drone, and homeland-defence threats continue to rise. To understand how t
  
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• Millions in funding put toward Manitoba First Nations Police, safety officers

  17-10-2026 02:34 via globalnews.ca
  
  Manitoba First Nations police and safety officers will receive $163.5 million from the provincial and federal government, but some First Nation leaders say it's not enough.
  
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• Margaret Atwood tells journalists to 'search deep within your hearts' over Steven Galloway coverage

  17-10-2026 00:14 via nationalpost.com
  
  Canada’s most respected writer gave a backhanded scolding to the country’s media establishment at a charity gala for failing to cover the firing and blacklisting of author and former professor Steven Galloway, and for only coming late to this scandalous story of sex, creative writing and alleged defamation.“Finally the Canadian press is covering it, after eight years of mostly not,” Margaret Atwood said while accepting an award from Journalists for Human Rights in Toront
  
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• ‘Crypto King’ spent $16.3M of investor funds on cars, credit cards, jets, security, accountant testifies

  17-10-2026 00:09 via cbc.ca
  
  Self-described “Crypto King” Aiden Pleterski spent nearly half of the $36.3 million investors gave him on himself and paid out about the same amount to investors as returns between 2020 and 2022, according to a senior forensic accountant who testified at his trial in Toronto’s Superior Court on Friday.
  
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• 10/3 Podcast: What's driving Alberta separatists?

  17-10-2026 00:03 via nationalpost.com
  
  Will Albertans vote to remain a part of Canada, or will they vote to start the process to hold a vote on separation?That question is the main focus in Monday’s referendum in Alberta, which features a host of questions on immigration and constitutional issues.For many Canadians, the question of “Who are these separatists?” has proven elusive.National Post Western Canada correspondent Jesse Snyder joins host Dave Breakenridge to discuss why separatists feel so emboldened despite
  
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• A federal IVF program will harmonize ‘patchwork’ approach, experts say

  16-10-2026 23:37 via globalnews.ca
  
  Data collected by Ipsos for Fertility Matters Canada (FMC) found that 46 per cent of Canadians with an opinion on it support the proposed federal IVF funding program.
  
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• Mark Carney makes case against Alberta separatism to his boomer base

  16-10-2026 23:31 via nationalpost.com
  
  RED DEER, Alta. — Prime Minister Mark Carney on Friday made his final plea to Albertans to vote against separating from Canada, part of his ongoing tour of the province aimed at swaying public opinion just days before Monday’s independence referendum.At a brief stop in Red Deer, Alta., Carney told a gathering of supporters that the country must remain united at a time when it faces “threats to our sovereignty,” claiming also that the days of a fractured relationship betw
  
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• Cause of fiery Calgary bus crash that killed 3 passengers, injured 16 under investigation

  16-10-2026 23:31 via globalnews.ca
  
  Calgary police are working to determine the cause of a fiery city bus crash that killed three passengers and injured 16 others, including a police officer who helped save a child.
  
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• Nackawic mill workers and union push for government action as shutdown looms

  16-10-2026 22:51 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Nackawic mill is set to temporarily idle on Nov. 4. The company attributed the decision to "prevailing market conditions" and other challenges.
  
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• Police identify suspect van after caregiver, 60, left to die on side of road in Vaughan

  16-10-2026 22:50 via globalnews.ca
  
  The woman from Richmond Hill was travelling to her job as a live-in caregiver when she was hit. Her body laid on the side of the road for two days before a passerby spotted it.
  
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• Toronto 18 ringleader no longer shows signs of extremism, granted full parole: board

  16-10-2026 22:39 via globalnews.ca
  
  The board’s decision comes two decades after the dismantling of the homegrown plot that shocked the country and shifted public discourse around terrorism.
  
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• High-profile legionnaire apologizes following profanity-laced outburst at Carbonear, N.L., wedding reception

  16-10-2026 22:23 via cbc.ca
  
  A wedding reception at the Royal Canadian Legion branch in Carbonear ended earlier this month in an angry outburst after high-profile legionnaire and veteran Berkley Lawrence confronted the bride as she prepared to throw her wedding bouquet.
  
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• As Alberta referendum nears, seeds to dispute results planted online: report

  16-10-2026 22:20 via globalnews.ca
  
  McGill’s Media Ecosystem Observatory has been keeping tabs on the occasionally fraught online discourse surrounding the Alberta referendum.
  
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• Crown to seek dangerous offender status for Daniel Senecal, convicted of sexually assaulting toddler

  16-10-2026 22:02 via cbc.ca
  
  The Crown Attorney's Office will seek a dangerous offender status for a registered sex offender who pleaded guilty in June to sexually assaulting a toddler in Welland, Ont., causing what were described as potentially life-threatening injuries.
  
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• What France’s spiking bond yields, rising debt mean for Canadian borrowers

  16-10-2026 21:47 via globalnews.ca
  
  Canadian borrowers may wind up paying more for some mortgages and other loans as government bond yields continue to rise worldwide, including in France.
  
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• Canadians living in the United States charged with voting in U.S. federal elections

  16-10-2026 21:43 via nationalpost.com
  
  Two Canadian citizens living in New York have been charged with voter fraud after voting in United States federal elections, authorities and court documents allege.Paula Stitt, 57, has been living in Albany, N.Y., for 31 years as a lawful permanent resident but never became a U.S. citizen, according to a criminal complaint filed in court.She is accused of voting in at least two federal elections in 2024: a primary election in June for the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives, and the U
  
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• Advocacy group issues urgent call to combat radicalization after youth found guilty of plan to kill Ottawa Jews

  16-10-2026 21:37 via nationalpost.com
  
  A Canadian Jewish advocacy group has issued an urgent call to confront the radicalism that generates terrorism after an Ontario criminal court judge found a male youth guilty of two terrorism-related charges arising from a 2023 plan to kill Jewish people in Ottawa.The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs released a statement via X late Friday saying that “Jewish Canadians should not have to wait for a mass-casualty attack before every tool available is used to confront this threat.”
  
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• Environment Canada issues overnight frost advisory for Toronto

  16-10-2026 21:28 via globalnews.ca
  
  The agency issued a yellow warning Friday morning and said “freezing temperatures are expected tonight into Saturday morning.”
  
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• Carney wraps up pro-Canada barnstorming tour in hometown of Edmonton

  16-10-2026 21:13 via globalnews.ca
  
  Prime Minister Mark Carney, standing with Alberta's premier and other politicians, channelled author Charles Dickens in saying the referendum comes at the best and worst of times.
  
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• Carney and Smith link up to pitch pro-Canada vote ahead of Alberta referendum

  16-10-2026 21:13 via globalnews.ca
  
  Prime Minister Mark Carney, standing with Alberta's premier and other politicians, channelled author Charles Dickens in saying the referendum comes at the best and worst of times.
  
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• Former politician Perrin Beatty tragically loses second son, who died four days after his wedding

  16-10-2026 20:49 via nationalpost.com
  
  Tragedy has struck the Beatty family for a second time. After losing his oldest son, Christopher, in a motorcycle accident in 2008, former federal cabinet minister Perrin Beatty has had to say goodbye to his only other child after an automobile accident last month took the life of Patrick Caverhill Beatty.Patrick died just four days after his wedding to Nabiha Paracha, in a crash that injured his wife. The two had been married at an outdoor ceremony overlooking Lake Muskoka, in cottage country
  
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• Pierre Poilievre urges Albertans not to ‘quit’ on Canada ahead of separation vote

  16-10-2026 20:27 via globalnews.ca
  
  Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he understands the disillusionment with the state of affairs in Canada, but quitting is the easy way out and Albertans are not quitters.
  
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• ‘Albertans are not quitters’: Poilievre pushes referendum vote to stay in Canada

  16-10-2026 20:27 via globalnews.ca
  
  Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he understands the disillusionment with the state of affairs in Canada, but quitting is the easy way out and Albertans are not quitters.
  
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• Whistler resort exudes luxury year round, but its surprising flex is the convenience

  16-10-2026 20:22 via o.canada.com
  
  Whistler, B.C. is known for its world-class snow, but you don’t need a ski pass to justify a trip. As a Vancouverite who's fallen off skiing in recent years, I've been finding more reasons to head up in summer and fall than I ever did in ski season: the longtable dinners at Araxi and Wild Blue, the fall food and drink festival, the hiking and biking trails that take over once the lifts slow down. In winter, it’s a ski-in/ski-out paradise, and in the summer, it transforms into a lush
  
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• Stelco layoff legal challenge timeline is in ‘days,’ Joly says

  16-10-2026 20:05 via globalnews.ca
  
  Approximately 90 workers received notices last week, and the first layoffs took effect Sunday, the president of United Steelworkers local 1005 previously told Global News.
  
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• Hitachi announces $479M plan to build transformer insulation factory in London, Ont.

  16-10-2026 19:50 via globalnews.ca
  
  The 21,000-square-metre facility would be the first in Canada to produce pressboard — a material made from paper pulp that's key to keeping transformers cool.
  
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• Claims made by Jewish Canadian Armed Forces members in $150M racism class action rejected: report

  16-10-2026 19:50 via nationalpost.com
  
  More than two dozen Jewish members of the Canadian Armed Forces who made claims in a $150-million racial discrimination settlement against the military were told they did not meet the racial identity criteria, according to the Canadian Jewish News.One member, Capt. Rabbi Jonathan Jaffit, is taking legal action .He alleges that Deloitte, the accounting firm in charge of processing the claims, is not applying the terms of the final settlement agreement and is denying access to funds for claimants
  
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• Court documents show FSIN knew ISC audit decision months before informing members

  16-10-2026 19:44 via globalnews.ca
  
  Documents show the FSIN applied for a judicial review in August, alleging procedural unfairness following ISC’s decision that the organization owes $12.4 million.
  
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• France to decide next month on extradition of ex-Manitoba law dean in fraud case

  16-10-2026 19:36 via globalnews.ca
  
  A former law dean at the University of Manitoba wanted on a fraud charge is expected to learn next month if he will be extradited from France.
  
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