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• Competition Bureau investigating grocery store minimum pricing policies

  28-09-2026 18:21 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Competition Bureau has launched an investigation into the use of minimum advertised pricing policies in the grocery sector.
  
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• Premier Scott Moe goes big on nuclear with plans to explore 2 large nuclear reactors in northwest Sask.

  29-09-2026 21:30 via cbc.ca
  
  Saskatchewan says it wants to have a large nuclear reactor online by 2042. It has also narrowed down the location of further study for its construction ofSmall Modular Reactors (SMR) to the Rafferty site near Estevan.
  
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• N.S. man sentenced to six years for killing ailing wife after they were evicted

  29-09-2026 20:49 via globalnews.ca
  
  Douglas Andrew Smith pleaded guilty in April to manslaughter in the death of his wife, Iris Dodd, in 2022.
  
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• Dangerous high-risk sex offender to live in Surrey, B.C. police say in a warning

  29-09-2026 20:19 via nationalpost.com
  
  Police in Surrey, B.C., have taken the step of advising the public that a dangerous high-risk sex offender will be residing in the community.In a press release and on posts to social media , Surrey Police Services (SPS) said it was issuing a Public Interest Disclosure after being notified that the offender, Leonard Michael Ramstead, will be residing in the city. Ramstead has previously been convicted of sexual offences involving children and is believed to continue to pose a risk for violent se
  
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• Alberta CEOs join ‘stay’ camp as Calgary Chamber warns of separatism economic fallout

  29-09-2026 20:03 via globalnews.ca
  
  A University of Calgary study estimates trade costs would rise by five to eight per cent and Alberta could see up to 175,000jobs cut and a $62-billion annual hit to the economy.
  
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• Police investigating after 10K litres of diesel stolen from 3 Calgary gas stations

  29-09-2026 19:56 via cbc.ca
  
  BG Fuels says it's had 10,000 litres of diesel stolen from three Mobil gas stations in Calgary, with surveillance footage suggesting the fuel was pulled directly out of underground tanks.
  
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• CSIS can break the law. They need to document it better, watchdog warns

  29-09-2026 19:54 via globalnews.ca
  
  The National Security and Intelligence Review Agency (NSIRA) said CSIS did not properly document justifications for illegal activities as required.
  
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• Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe to lay out nuclear development plan

  29-09-2026 19:49 via globalnews.ca
  
  Countries across the globe are either building or promising to construct more nuclear power plants as many look for ways to reduce emissions.
  
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• Rush frontman Geddy Lee endorses Brad Bradford in Toronto mayoral race

  29-09-2026 19:46 via cbc.ca
  
  Canadian vocalist and bassist is openly endorsing the city councillor for Toronto's top job, saying the city needs new leadership.
  
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• Everything you need to know about the 10 questions in Alberta's Oct. 19 referendum

  29-09-2026 19:46 via cbc.ca
  
  CBC News breaks down each of the referendum questions to help voters prepare to mark the 10 ballots.
  
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• $22.4M investment to unlock 165 acres at Kelowna Airport

  29-09-2026 19:39 via globalnews.ca
  
  The federal government is providing up to $22.4 million for infrastructure that will open up the airport land for industrial and aerospace development.
  
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• Immigration increase could be on the horizon, Carney suggests in interview

  29-09-2026 19:34 via globalnews.ca
  
  Prime Minister Mark Carney suggested a "controlled increase" in the country's population could be on the way in a recent interview with the New York Times.
  
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• Carney set to make energy announcement in Vancouver

  29-09-2026 19:34 via globalnews.ca
  
  Carney's announcement comes after LNG Canada said earlier Tuesday that it will go ahead with the multibillion-dollar Phase 2 expansion of its liquefied natural gas export terminal.
  
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• Carney says LNG Canada expansion offers ‘secure’ supply for Asia, Europe

  29-09-2026 19:34 via globalnews.ca
  
  Carney's announcement comes after LNG Canada said earlier Tuesday that it will go ahead with the multibillion-dollar Phase 2 expansion of its liquefied natural gas export terminal.
  
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• Deloitte slashes 2027 economic outlook by 20% as trade tensions worsen

  29-09-2026 19:20 via globalnews.ca
  
  A new report released Tuesday from Deloitte says the Canadian economy performed better than expected so far this year, but that momentum is losing steam amid new trade tensions.
  
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• Map shows the U.S. states hit hardest by Trump's trade war with Canada

  29-09-2026 19:06 via nationalpost.com
  
  The ongoing trade war between the United States and Canada escalated again on Tuesday, as the Trump administration’s import ban on certain Canadian goods took effect. And some U.S. states are being hit harder by the dispute than others.Canada is the U.S.’s second-largest trading partner , after Mexico, and according to a memo from the Advancing American Freedom Foundation (AAF), a conservative public policy organization founded by former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, the annual vo
  
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• Trump’s Canadian booze ban will hurt American restaurants, U.S. body warns

  29-09-2026 18:25 via globalnews.ca
  
  Trump's previously announced bans — which affect some alcoholic drinks, dairy byproducts and motorcycles, among other goods — came into force at 12:01 a.m. ET Tuesday.
  
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• 16 charged in cocaine trafficking investigation in Quebec

  29-09-2026 18:25 via globalnews.ca
  
  The charges are the result of a years-long investigation called "Project Chrome" and led to people ranging in age from 24 to 73 being arrested.
  
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• American taps small Sask. business to solve international photo mystery

  29-09-2026 18:18 via cbc.ca
  
  For more than four years, American Bill Delzell has been trying to figure out the identity of the photographer who captured San Francisco history in the 1960s. Now he's hoping a Sask. company will be able to develop 75 rolls of unprocessed film to crack the mystery.
  
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• Province buys southwestern Manitoba campsite believed to hold unmarked residential school graves

  29-09-2026 18:06 via cbc.ca
  
  The provincial government has bought the private Turtle Crossing Campground in southwestern Manitoba, where potential unmarked residential school graves have been identified.
  
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• N.S. senior killed ailing wife after promising to help her take her own life, court hears

  29-09-2026 17:45 via cbc.ca
  
  Douglas Smith, 75, was sentenced Tuesday for killing his wife in their home four years ago after she had asked for help taking her own life, according to court documents.
  
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• Judge holds decision on Saskatoon encampment injunction

  29-09-2026 16:59 via globalnews.ca
  
  Justice Richard Danyliuk says a decision will need to come "swiftly" after the city paused initiatives to clear encampments from its west end late last week when met with protest.
  
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• Judge tosses drug trafficking convictions for B.C. compassion club founders after constitutional challenge

  29-09-2026 16:42 via cbc.ca
  
  A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has ruled in favour of two harm-reduction activists convicted of drug trafficking who argued they were doing it to reduce the harms caused by toxic drugs.
  
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• Quebec candidates have less than a week to make pitches as election day nears

  29-09-2026 16:02 via globalnews.ca
  
  Talk of possible U.S. interference in the Quebec election continues to swirl going into the final week of the campaign, with six days left.
  
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• Constitutional challenge of activists’ trafficking convictions to get ruling Tuesday

  29-09-2026 15:53 via globalnews.ca
  
  Jeremy Kalicum and Eris Nyx founded the compassion club know as the Drug User Liberation Front and were found guilty last year after Vancouver police raided the club in 2023. 
  
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• B.C. drug activists win constitutional fight, trafficking convictions tossed

  29-09-2026 15:53 via globalnews.ca
  
  Jeremy Kalicum and Eris Nyx founded the compassion club know as the Drug User Liberation Front and were found guilty last year after Vancouver police raided the club in 2023. 
  
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• Province and feds extending affordable child-care program in Ontario, but fees stay the same

  29-09-2026 15:51 via cbc.ca
  
  Ontario and the federal government have agreed to extend the national affordable child-care program in the province for another four years, but it may not live up to its signature goal — lowering parent fees to an average of $10 a day.
  
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• BC Conservative turned NDP Amelia Boultbee won’t run for re-election

  29-09-2026 15:49 via globalnews.ca
  
  Boultbee says she would have liked to continue as legislator, but "politics is hard and it's not always fair" in framing her decision.
  
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• ‘Radicalized’ subculture found among Montreal officers, internal police documents show

  29-09-2026 15:36 via globalnews.ca
  
  The documents include a copy of Dagher's presentation to the municipal committee and draft speaking notes describing how police handled the incident at the Montréal-Nord station.
  
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• Manitoba PCs look for new leader as MLAs return for fall sitting

  29-09-2026 15:19 via globalnews.ca
  
  The move leaves the Tories with 19 seats in the house, compared with 34 for Premier Wab Kinew's NDP, one Liberal and, with Khan, now three Independents.
  
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