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• Canadians react to CFB Wainwright explosion and fire

  18-10-2026 16:08 via globalnews.ca
  
  Work is still underway to maintain control of the fire and offers of condolences continue to pour in with dozens injured and at least seven dead.
  
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• Four killed, dozens more injured in CFB Wainwright explosion and fire: PM

  18-10-2026 16:22 via nationalpost.com
  
  Prime Minister Mark Carney confirmed that four people were killed and many more were injured following an explosion and fire at CFB Wainwright in Alberta on Saturday.Around 4 p.m., a fire inside a training area quickly spread beyond its boundaries, requiring “military and civilian emergency services” to attack the fire and assist the affected, according to the latest update from National Defence on Sunday.While officials have yet to confirm the “full extent of the impact&rdquo
  
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• At least seven killed, dozens more injured in CFB Wainwright explosion and fire: report

  18-10-2026 16:22 via nationalpost.com
  
  As the sun rises on the aftermath of a reported explosion and fire at CFB Wainwright in Alberta on Saturday, more details are emerging about the fatal and tragic incident at the base southeast of Edmonton.Around 4 p.m., a fire inside a training area quickly spread beyond its boundaries, requiring “military and civilian emergency services” to attack the fire and assist the affected, according to the latest update from National Defence on Sunday.While officials have yet to confirm the
  
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• He was imprisoned and tortured by the Houthis. He's counselling diplomacy, not war

  18-10-2026 15:00 via nationalpost.com
  
  The Houthis are back on the front page after a week of strikes on Saudi airports, including the main terminal in Riyadh, and the question everyone is asking is how to contain them.The same problem runs through the Bab al-Mandeb, the narrow strait at the bottom of the Red Sea. The Houthis don’t have to sink every vessel or seal the waterway. A few missile hits, or a credible threat of one, are enough to make insurers treat the route as a war zone, jack up premiums, and push some captains t
  
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• Palestinian activist says election delay is about clinging to power, not Israeli 'obstacles'

  18-10-2026 13:36 via nationalpost.com
  
  A Palestinian political activist says the Palestinian Authority postponed next month’s elections in a bid to cling to power, not because of Israeli “obstacles” as the authority’s officials claim.“The main reason to postpone the election was that the current leadership would like to keep its power,” Samer Sinijlawi told National Post. “I’m confident that Israel did not care about these elections. They were busy in their own elections.”He beli
  
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• During waves of separation ideation, national poll probes Canadians' attachment to Canada, their province, and each other

  18-10-2026 13:00 via nationalpost.com
  
  Facing renewed separatist ideation and agitation in Quebec and Alberta, a new national public opinion poll says Canadians feel a strong attachment to their country — stronger than to their province — and share an abiding affinity for fellow Canadians, no matter where they live.With Albertans voting Monday in a referendum asking whether the province should begin the process of holding a vote on separating from Canada and a separatist government elected in Quebec earlier this month, C
  
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• ‘Our river is almost dead’: What’s killing an iconic Miramichi fishery?

  18-10-2026 11:00 via cbc.ca
  
  As Atlantic salmon populations in the Miramichi watershed dwindle, striped bass are surging — and tensions are riding high.
  
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• Montreal borough tightens rules on e-scooters as youth injuries skyrocket

  18-10-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The Montreal borough of Saint-Laurent has adopted a new bylaw banning electric scooters and other motorized personal mobility devices in public areas that fall within its jurisdiction. They're still allowed on bike paths and streets where the maximum speed limit is less than 50 km/h.
  
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• Strong winds spread 'large fire' near Wainwright, Alta., military base, municipality says

  18-10-2026 03:12 via cbc.ca
  
  A large fire originating on a Canadian Forces Base in east-central Alberta has spread rapidly due to Saturday's strong winds, according to the Municipal District of Wainwright.
  
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• Carney says 'serious incident' led to major fire at Alberta military base

  18-10-2026 03:12 via cbc.ca
  
  A large fire originating on a Canadian Forces Base in east-central Alberta has spread rapidly due to Saturday's strong winds, according to the Municipal District of Wainwright.
  
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• Carney says 'serious incident' at Alberta military base led to major fire

  18-10-2026 03:12 via cbc.ca
  
  A large fire originating on a Canadian Forces Base in east-central Alberta has spread rapidly due to Saturday's strong winds, according to the Municipal District of Wainwright.
  
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• Deaths and injuries reported after fire breaks out at CFB Wainwright

  18-10-2026 03:02 via globalnews.ca
  
  Acute Care Alberta said EMS crews were on the scene providing care and transports related to the emergency at CFB Wainwright, located southeast of Edmonton.
  
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• Deadly explosion and fire at CFB Wainwright leads to ‘significant casualties’

  18-10-2026 03:02 via globalnews.ca
  
  Acute Care Alberta said EMS crews were on the scene providing care and transports related to the emergency at CFB Wainwright, located southeast of Edmonton.
  
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• 7 dead, dozens injured in explosion and fire at CFB Wainwright

  18-10-2026 03:02 via globalnews.ca
  
  At least seven people are dead and dozens more left injured from an explosion and fire at the Canadian Forces Base Wainwright, according to multiple military sources.
  
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• Expert says bus model involved in deadly Calgary crash considered ‘extremely safe’

  17-10-2026 23:43 via globalnews.ca
  
  A chain-reaction crash happened when a transit bus hit several vehicles before rear-ending a parked bus, igniting an explosion that left three dead and more than a dozen injured. 
  
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• Ontario to import U.S. electricity this winter, months after Ford threatened to cut power exports

  17-10-2026 20:40 via cbc.ca
  
  Ontario will import power from the United States this winter, the province's independent electricity operator has announced, just a few months after Premier Doug Ford threatened to cut exports to the U.S. amid the ongoing trade war.
  
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• Do Alberta’s temporary residents pay little tax, reap lots of benefits? We asked economists

  17-10-2026 20:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The province has been sharing a lot of big dollar figures in the lead-up to the Oct. 19 referendum — many of them supporting the claim that temporary residents pay little in taxes compared to what they get out of provincially funded public and social services.
  
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• Failed Toronto 18 terror plot ringleader granted full parole

  17-10-2026 19:51 via nationalpost.com
  A ringleader of the failed Toronto 18 terror plot in June 2006 has been granted full parole by the Parole Board of Canada.It concluded on Friday that he no longer shows “any signs of holding onto extremist beliefs or radical ideologies.” Zakaria Amara helped recruit members of a terrorist group.As previously reported by National Post , he was one of 18 people arrested in sweeping national security raids in June 2006. Amara and an accomplice recruited people for a jihadist group that
  
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• Hang with Australian wildlife at this Gold Coast sanctuary

  17-10-2026 18:30 via o.canada.com
  
  I was too amazed at first to register the insistent little nudge on my leg. I had just walked into an enclosure at Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary on the Gold Coast and was overwhelmed by the sight of kangaroos everywhere: mothers and joeys feeding at troughs, others sleeping, and big daddy roos lounging like Burt Reynolds in a Cosmo spread. Read More
  
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• 2 seriously hurt, 11 others injured in B.C. crash that shut down Highway 99

  17-10-2026 18:22 via globalnews.ca
  
  Surrey police initially reported no serious injuries in the crash, but said late Friday night that two among the injured were seriously hurt and one was airlifted to a hospital.
  
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• Quebec author abandons effort to document novel’s origins amid AI allegations

  17-10-2026 18:15 via globalnews.ca
  
  Quebec author Thélyson Orélien has abandoned efforts to compile evidence supporting his denial that artificial intelligence was used to write his novel, his publisher confirmed.
  
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• Surf's up on the Gold Coast, but don't overlook rainforests older than the Amazon

  17-10-2026 17:30 via o.canada.com
  
  I'd watched several classic films — Chasing Mavericks, Riding Giants and local fave Bra Boys — to prepare for the Gold Coast — an Australian surfing mecca. Read More
  
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• Independence supporters rally outside Alberta's legislature Saturday

  17-10-2026 16:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Pro-independence supporters gathered at the Alberta legislature in Edmonton Saturday afternoon, less than 48 hours before referendum day.
  
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• Backstreet Boys’ 12-show Toronto run offers millennials a ticket to simpler times

  17-10-2026 15:53 via globalnews.ca
  
  Nearly three decades after their commercial peak, the Backstreet Boys have booked a staggering 12 shows at Toronto’s Rogers Centre in 2027, citing “overwhelming demand.”
  
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• Stellantis workers begin voting on strike mandate as talks remain stalled

  17-10-2026 15:44 via globalnews.ca
  
  Stellantis workers in Canada begin voting today on whether to give their union a strike mandate as collective bargaining negotiations remain stalled.
  
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• How Canada’s fractured immigration consensus is starting to show up at ballot boxes

  17-10-2026 15:37 via globalnews.ca
  
  It's no secret the long-held Canadian consensus on immigration has fractured — pulled apart by a rapid increase in new arrivals post-pandemic and growing affordability challenges.
  
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• Who's a good mayor? Kitimat adds 2 dogs to the ballot to boost voter turnout

  17-10-2026 14:00 via cbc.ca
  
  With just 21 per cent of eligible voters casting ballots in the last municipal election, Kitimat is hoping two canine candidates can get more residents — including children — interested in voting.
  
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• Voters head to the polls in British Columbia's municipal elections

  17-10-2026 13:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Voters are set to cast ballots in 162 municipalities and 27 regional districts.
  
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• Union decries 'jaw-dropping' increase in violence against Winnipeg School Division staff

  17-10-2026 13:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The union representing educational support staff in Manitoba's largest school division is sounding the alarm over what its president describes as a shocking increase in violence against its workers.
  
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• 'Now is not a time to tremble': Casey Babb's Moral Case for Zionism

  17-10-2026 13:00 via nationalpost.com
  
  At a time when “Zionist” has become, for many, an accusation, Casey Babb’s new book, The Moral Case for Zionism, attempts to reclaim Zionism as a powerful and rational idea — one rooted, he argues, in Jewish peoplehood, historical continuity, national self-determination, cultural revival and democratic aspiration.Babb, director of the Promised Land Project at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute in Ottawa, contends Zionism is not the caricature commonly presented by its criti
  
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