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• Inflation stayed at 3% in August as travel costs soared, says StatCan

  14-09-2026 15:04 via globalnews.ca
  
  Statistics Canada says the annual rate of inflation was unchanged at three per cent in August as a slowdown in rising gas prices was offset by higher rent and travel tour costs.
  
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• Carney says closer EU ties 'about sovereignty,' but here's what being part of the EU could mean giving up

  17-09-2026 15:15 via nationalpost.com
  
  European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen promised to bring the EU’s relationship with Canada “to the highest level possible” in a speech on Wednesday, and said she wants to work with Prime Minister Mark Carney to make Canada an “associate member” of the 27-member bloc.The first-of-its-kind designation is the culmination of Carney’s year-plus effort to deepen engagement with Europe amid escalating U.S. tariff action against Canada.Closer cooperation
  
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• Newfoundland and Labrador politicians expected to vote on Quebec energy proposal

  17-09-2026 14:30 via globalnews.ca
  
  Politicians in Newfoundland and Labrador are expected to vote Thursday on whether they support a new 50-year agreement to share energy from Labrador with Hydro-Québec.
  
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• Judge sends Hamilton fentanyl dealer to prison despite 'immigration consequences'

  17-09-2026 13:00 via nationalpost.com
  
  A judge in Hamilton, Ont., has resisted a drug dealer’s attempt to get a lighter sentence because he might be deported to Jamaica.Hopeton McFarlane pleaded guilty in the Ontario Court of Justice to possession of fentanyl for the purpose of trafficking. His lawyer argued unsuccessfully for a conditional sentence, the Crown recommended three years in prison.The judge handed the 28-year-old permanent resident, who emigrated from Jamaica at the age of five with his mother, two years behind ba
  
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• Alleged Bishnoi associate flaunts guns, bullets, cash in video obtained by CBC News

  17-09-2026 13:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Videos seized from the cellphone of an Indian national removed from Canada for alleged links to the Bishnoi gang show him posing with a gun, pointing the weapon at an Edmonton college and posing in front of a burning building.
  
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• 911 service restored after outage hits multiple Canadian communities

  17-09-2026 12:43 via globalnews.ca
  
  Several communities across Canada had issues with 911 calls Thursday morning following a problem with the network.
  
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• 911 outage hits multiple Canadian police forces, service restored for some

  17-09-2026 12:43 via globalnews.ca
  
  Several Canadian police forces are reporting intermittent 911 outages Thursday morning, with some indicating service has been restored.
  
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• Carney welcomes EU's 'associate member' plan, while Trump lashes out

  17-09-2026 12:42 via nationalpost.com
  
  STRASBOURG, FRANCE — Prime Minister Mark Carney welcomed the European Unions’ invitation to become its first ever “associate member,” pitching Canadian energy and critical minerals in exchange for knocking down trade and travel barriers as well as deeper integration on tech, defence and artificial intelligence.On Thursday morning, Carney delivered a speech to hundreds of members of European Parliament (MEP) members as well as EU chief Ursula von der Leyen at the European
  
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• Frank Stronach to be sentenced today for 1977 indecent assault

  17-09-2026 12:30 via nationalpost.com
  
  Autoparts billionaire Frank Stronach, 94, is due in a Toronto courtroom Thursday morning for a sentencing hearing for the crime of indecently assaulting a woman in a Toronto apartment in 1977.Justice Anne Molloy, who found Stronach guilty in June, is to hear Crown and defence arguments before sentencing him for a crime that technically no longer exists, as it was rewritten in 1983 into the broader Criminal Code offence of sexual assault.An offender can only be charged with a crime that was in f
  
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• New arrest, troubles delaying investigation into 2022 Manitoba smuggling deaths revealed in warrant documents

  17-09-2026 12:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Newly obtained search warrant documents reveal police arrested a driver this year believed to have been involved in a human smuggling scheme that led to the deaths of a family of four in Manitoba in 2022.
  
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• Need a new, better drug to tackle a serious illness? In Canada, you have to ‘fail’ on an old drug first

  17-09-2026 12:00 via nationalpost.com
  
  Josh Berman had reached a point where he was in so much pain he could barely sleep. He couldn’t work and was plagued by fatigue that made even simple tasks unbearable.Diagnosed with ulcerative colitis in 2021, a form of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) that causes inflammation and ulcers to form in the lining of the large intestine, he had lost blood and was stranded at home by his 20 to 25 daily trips to the bathroom.“It really becomes kind of an all-encompassing disease at that po
  
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• MP Leslyn Lewis sues her alma mater, and professor for 'traumatizing' job interview

  17-09-2026 12:00 via nationalpost.com
  
  Seeking damages of more than $3 million, Leslyn Lewis, the MP for Haldimand-Norfolk in rural southern Ontario and a former leadership candidate for the Conservative Party of Canada, has brought a defamation claim against her alma mater law school at York University and a professor of refugee law over Lewis’s failed application to a scholar position reserved for a Black person of African descent.Lewis claims Sean Rehaag derailed her short-listed candidacy from the start, by allegedly schem
  
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• Alberta referendum pitches proof of citizenship at the polls, but how common is voter fraud?

  17-09-2026 12:00 via cbc.ca
  
  With the Oct. 19 referendum fast-approaching, we’re taking a closer look at the final immigration-related question.
  
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• After passing Bill 5, Ford government asked staff for suggestions on how to use law

  17-09-2026 12:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  The spring 2025 sitting of the legislature was dominated by Bill 5, a law that would allow cabinet to designate areas where provincial and municipal laws could be suspended.
  
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• PM Carney: ‘Europe and Canada are even stronger together’

  17-09-2026 11:48 via globalnews.ca
  
  Carney's speech comes a day after European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen invited Canada to open discussions to becoming the EU's first "associate member."
  
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• ‘Europe and Canada are even stronger together,’ Carney vows in speech

  17-09-2026 11:48 via globalnews.ca
  
  Prime Minister Mark Carney says deeper cooperation and trade between Canada and the EU can bolster sovereignty and help create the 'next just, stable, and prosperous world order.'
  
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• Toronto cop charged in Project South allegedly didn't care if selling information harmed people

  17-09-2026 11:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Toronto police Const. Timothy Barnhardt knew the information he sold to a civilian from police database searches could help facilitate "serious violence and explicitly stated that he did not care if individuals were harmed," according to newly reportable details from an Information to Obtain application supporting more than 50 warrants in the Project South investigation.
  
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• Millions of fish tested Canada's largest nuclear plant. The incident points to a growing climate risk

  17-09-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  A freak fish event that 'challenged reactor safety' at Canada's largest nuclear plant shows why the nuclear energy governments are relying on to fight climate change must also become more resilient to it.
  
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• Vancouver Canucks return to Penticton for third straight training camp

  17-09-2026 04:12 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Vancouver Canucks are heading back to Penticton for training camp and the team's return is generating plenty of excitement in the South Okanagan.
  
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• New ICE contracts for Quebec-based security firm involved with ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

  17-09-2026 03:30 via globalnews.ca
  
  ICE awarded two new contracts to the American branch of GardaWorld Security in late August.
  
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• Trump says Canada-EU associate membership could be ‘hostile act’

  17-09-2026 02:34 via globalnews.ca
  
  Speaking to reporters in North Carolina, the president said if it's done with "bad intentions" he will "put very heavy tariffs on Europe."
  
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• Canada is investing $150M to make AI safer. Will it work?

  17-09-2026 01:58 via cbc.ca
  
  The federal government is investing $150 million in LawZero, a Montreal-based non-profit working to build a new kind of AI model. Germany is providing an additional 100 million euros. The funding comes amid new, high-profile warnings from AI leaders about existential risks from cutting-edge models.
  
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• Charges dropped against 2 men accused in Toronto Pearson gold heist

  17-09-2026 01:11 via globalnews.ca
  
  Charges against Amit Jalota and Ali Raza, two men accused in connection with the $20-million Toronto Pearson gold heist, were dropped on consecutive days.
  
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• 'Canadians are out of money': Facing big challenges, Poilievre promises big cuts

  17-09-2026 00:59 via nationalpost.com
  
  PENTICTON, B.C. — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre rallied his caucus on Wednesday in the Okanagan Valley by vowing to take a big cut out of government spending.Poilievre’s own climb up the political mountain is looking steeper than ever and, with a new parliamentary session opening next week, he told the majority of his caucus MPs during a speech in Penticton, B.C. that he’s found $150-billion in savings from government spending. He said the money could be used to lower f
  
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• Alberta drivers face another jump at the pump after Illinois refinery outage

  17-09-2026 00:58 via globalnews.ca
  
  This latest price jump isn't the first this year, as the ongoing war in Iran and blockage of the Strait of Hormuz are causing costs to soar.
  
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• New Brunswick’s nuclear power plant expected to be off-line for weeks, official says

  17-09-2026 00:06 via globalnews.ca
  
  A representative for New Brunswick's nuclear power plant says it's expected to remain off-line for a few weeks as they make a repair.
  
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• Preston Manning says he's baffled by people who view Alberta premier as a separatist

  16-09-2026 23:42 via cbc.ca
  
  Conservative elder statesman Preston Manning says he's baffled that some view Alberta Premier Danielle Smith as anti-Canada given her vocal support of Confederation.
  
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• Micro-shelter village being built in Scarborough

  16-09-2026 23:32 via globalnews.ca
  
  A Toronto man who started building tiny homes for those in need is expanding his efforts, creating a micro-shelter village in Scarborough.
  
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• Former co-worker testifies to corporal discipline in Friesen jury trial

  16-09-2026 23:23 via globalnews.ca
  
  A former administrator of the Saskatoon Christian school at the centre of a jury trial took the stand confirming previous victim claims of a policy of physical punishment.
  
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• Diana Fox Carney appointed Canada's 1st ocean envoy, chair of Our Ocean Conference

  16-09-2026 23:20 via cbc.ca
  
  Diana Fox Carney — Prime Minister Mark Carney's wife — is stepping into a new, unpaid role focused on ocean conservation, including chairing an international conference set to take place in Halifax next year.
  
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