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• Permanent daylight time brings late NHL start times in Western Canada

  07-10-2026 17:40 via cbc.ca
  
  Alberta's move to permanent daylight time will turn the Calgary Flames and their fans into night owls a few times this NHL season.
  
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• Alberta Court of Appeal says Impact Assessment Act is still unconstitutional

  10-10-2026 00:16 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Court found that, among other things, the act still grants the power to stop a project in provincial jurisdiction if it has even the smallest impact on federal jurisdiction.
  
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• Encampment removal in Saskatoon ‘very sad,’ but necessary, advocate says

  10-10-2026 00:13 via globalnews.ca
  
  Thursday's removal of a Saskatoon encampment at 20th Street and Avenue K South has left many residents seeking resources from Saskatoon outreach groups, they say.
  
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• 7 Alberta referendum signs vandalized in Fort McMurray

  09-10-2026 23:55 via globalnews.ca
  
  More than half of the signs encouraging Albertans to vote to have a second, binding referendum to leave Canada were vandalized in Fort McMurray over the past week.
  
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• Poilievre to campaign for Canadian unity in Alberta next week ahead of referendum

  09-10-2026 22:44 via globalnews.ca
  
  Pierre Poilievre is scheduled to deliver his speech during the Canada Strong and Free Network conference in Calgary on Oct. 16, followed by an address from Premier Danielle Smith.
  
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• Province interfering in Edmonton housing sets disturbing precedent: Calgary mayor

  09-10-2026 22:17 via globalnews.ca
  
  After ordering Edmonton to overturn its bylaws to scale back infill, Jeromy Farkas said there's nothing stopping the province from imposing its will on Calgary over other matters.
  
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• After days of giving French-only answers in legislature, Kinew wants schools to cover '80s language battle

  09-10-2026 22:05 via cbc.ca
  
  Manitoba's premier wants the province's schools to teach students about the intense public backlash to the expansion of francophone rights in the 1980s.
  
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• Alberta Court of Appeal says Ottawa's Impact Assessment Act is still unconstitutional

  09-10-2026 21:12 via cbc.ca
  
  In a decision issued Friday, the court said that even though Ottawa modified the law after the Supreme Court struck down much of it in 2023, the new law still infringes on provincial jurisdiction.
  
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• Third Toronto soldier charged in kidnapping probe that turned up Armed Forces ammunition

  09-10-2026 20:55 via nationalpost.com
  
  A third Toronto soldier is facing charges in a July kidnapping where police discovered the alleged kidnappers had six different types of Canadian Armed Forces ammunition in their possession.Jack David Miley of Etobicoke is a 24-year-old master bombardier in the 7th Toronto Regiment, a reserve artillery unit based at Moss Park Armoury in Toronto.He is one of seven people facing charges for the July 25 kidnapping of Seyedkasra Hosseini “to hold him for ransom,” according to court docu
  
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• Third Toronto soldier charged in kidnapping investigation turns up Armed Forces ammunition

  09-10-2026 20:55 via nationalpost.com
  
  A third Toronto soldier is facing charges in a July kidnapping where police discovered the alleged kidnappers had six different types of Canadian Armed Forces ammunition in their possession.Jack David Miley of Etobicoke is a 24-year-old master bombardier in the 7th Toronto Regiment, a reserve artillery unit based at Moss Park Armoury in Toronto.He is one of seven people facing charges for the July 25 kidnapping of Seyedkasra Hosseini “to hold him for ransom,” according to court docu
  
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• Third Toronto soldier charged in kidnapping investigation that turned up Armed Forces ammunition

  09-10-2026 20:55 via nationalpost.com
  
  A third Toronto soldier is facing charges in a July kidnapping where police discovered the alleged kidnappers had six different types of Canadian Armed Forces ammunition in their possession.Jack David Miley of Etobicoke is a 24-year-old master bombardier in the 7th Toronto Regiment, a reserve artillery unit based at Moss Park Armoury in Toronto.He is one of seven people facing charges for the July 25 kidnapping of Seyedkasra Hosseini “to hold him for ransom,” according to court docu
  
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• Prince Harry 'slipped into depression' after relocating to Canada

  09-10-2026 20:53 via nationalpost.com
  
  Prince Harry has revealed that he “slipped into depression” for about two weeks after relocating to Canada from the U.K. in 2019.The Prince opened up about his mental health during an episode on the online educational platform, MasterClass. It’s part of a course designed to help people coping with grief.Harry and his wife, Meghan, welcomed their son Archie in May 2019, spending the end of that year in Canada. Theyeventually moved to California, with Harry and Meghan giving up
  
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• Okanagan growers say crop insurance isn’t keeping up with a changing climate

  09-10-2026 20:42 via globalnews.ca
  
  The weather can bring extreme heat, cold, drought, hail or wildfire smoke, and any one of those can wipe out a crop or make grapes impossible to sell.
  
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• A Newfoundlander got a random call from a bunch of Hollywood stars — and just went with it

  09-10-2026 20:37 via cbc.ca
  
  Newfoundlander Paul Matthews picked up the phone last month, not knowing it was Jax Irwin on the other end. Irwin cold calls people on the east coast, just to chat. But that day, she had Hollywood star Josh Hartnett and the cast of a new Netflix show on the line with her.
  
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• The 8 wars Trump claims to have 'settled' in his last-minute Nobel Peace Prize pitch

  09-10-2026 20:02 via nationalpost.com
  
  South African lawyer Navi Pillay was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, despite a last-minute pitch from U.S. President Donald Trump.“I don’t know what their decision is going to be. They have a reputation for maybe not giving it to people like me,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Wednesday when asked about the accolade. “I settled eight wars … I did things that nobody else has ever done. I’m not bragging, I’m just telling you the fact
  
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• Toronto gained nearly 200,000 mayoral voters since 2023. Here's where they are

  09-10-2026 19:50 via nationalpost.com
  
  A report is mapping out the nearly 200,000 new voters that Toronto has gained since 2023, when Mayor Olivia Chow was elected.It found that Spadina-Fort York had the largest increase out of the 25 wards.As Toronto’s mayoral race nears its end — with Chow and Councillor Brad Bradford as the top candidates battling it out in the polls — there have been 194,442 electors added to the voters’ list since the previous election, according to Liaison Strategies , a national public
  
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• 1 in 3 young Canadians use AI once a month for mental health, report shows

  09-10-2026 19:50 via globalnews.ca
  
  One in three young Canadians, say they regularly use generative AI tools at least once a month to support their mental health, a new survey said on Friday.
  
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• Saskatchewan company fined after wash bay attendant pinched between vehicles

  09-10-2026 19:44 via globalnews.ca
  
  An agriculture company was fined $100,000 after pleading guilty to contravening employee safety regulations after a worker was pinched between vehicles in a Saskatoon wash bay.
  
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• Residential school denialism shouldn't be illegal, Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says

  09-10-2026 19:12 via cbc.ca
  
  Residential school denialism is detestable but not illegal, and that shouldn't change, says Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew, who disagrees with federal Manitoba NDPer Leah Gazan's efforts to add it to the Criminal Code.
  
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• Bank of Canada says aging population, low immigration ‘reshaping’ economy

  09-10-2026 19:04 via globalnews.ca
  
  In 2025, Canada’s population growth slowed to 0.5 per cent – the slowest rate of growth in more than a century after 150 years of steady growth.
  
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• How close is Canada to a new West Coast oil pipeline? Here's where it stands

  09-10-2026 18:20 via nationalpost.com
  
  OTTAWA — If you’re wondering how close Canada actually is to building a new oil pipeline from Alberta to the West Coast, this Spelled Out explainer video has you covered.Prime Minister Mark Carney was in Fort McMurray on Oct. 1 to unveil major developments for the proposed pipeline. Now renamed the Pacific Link, it’s being designated a project of national interest, which will put it on a regulatory fast track.If all goes to plan, there’s enough money coming out of this p
  
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• Police watchdog investigating after man injured during arrest on Sask. First Nation

  09-10-2026 18:12 via cbc.ca
  
  The Serious Incident Response Team is investigating after a man was injured while RCMP were arresting him on Mosquito Grizzly Bear’s Head Lean Man First Nation. He was released with no charges.
  
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• Police investigate small plane crash in field near Fergus, Ont.

  09-10-2026 18:07 via globalnews.ca
  
  Police say emergency crews responded at 10:15 a.m. to the crash near the intersection of Beatty Line and Wellington Road 17, north of Guelph.
  
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• From King Charles' private gardens to other royal residences you can now visit

  09-10-2026 17:42 via o.canada.com
  
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• Top court sets sentencing framework for cases involving Indigenous offenders, victims

  09-10-2026 17:39 via cbc.ca
  
  The ruling comes in the case of a Mi'kmaw man with severe mental health challenges who was sentenced in Nova Scotia to five years in prison after pleading guilty to aggravated assault against his partner, a Mi'kmaw woman.
  
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• 10/3 podcast: Quebec’s political shake-up: Are the separatists back for good?

  09-10-2026 17:16 via nationalpost.com
  
  Quebec saw major political upheaval in their 2026 provincial election.The separatists are back in power, and the governing party was wiped out. And there’s still potential for more shake-ups.Phil Authier, political correspondent with the Montreal Gazette, joins host Dave Breakenridge to discuss why the voters soured on the CAQ, whether a separatist win means a referendum is imminent, and the prospects on a minority government lasting more than a few months.Background reading: Analysis: Af
  
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• 'Praise the paragliders': Government-funded journal under review after poem applauds Oct. 7 Hamas attack

  09-10-2026 17:07 via nationalpost.com
  
  An internal review is underway after the latest issue of a journal funded by the Canada Council for the Arts appeared to support terrorism as a form of resistance and featured a poem by a Toronto writer who praises the events of October 7.The poem, called Flood, was written by Bahar Orang and is featured in The Ex-Puritan.In the piece, Orang describes the events of an October morning, a reference to October 7 — the deadliest day for the Jewish community since the Holocaust, when 1,200 Isr
  
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• Workers rescued from Montreal highrise after platform malfunction

  09-10-2026 16:31 via globalnews.ca
  
  Two people repairing windows are safely on the ground after hanging multiple storeys in the air when their platform malfunctioned. 
  
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• Shell to buy 30% stake in proposed Bay du Nord oil project off Newfoundland

  09-10-2026 15:03 via cbc.ca
  
  Equinor says it will retain a 70 per cent operating interest in the project, which would be the first deepwater oil development in Canada if it goes ahead.
  
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• Navi Pillay, who accused Israel of genocide, wins Nobel Peace Prize

  09-10-2026 14:36 via nationalpost.com
  
  South African jurist Navanethem “Navi” Pillay, who headed a United Nations commission that accused Israel of committing genocide in the Gaza Strip, was awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday.The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced the award in Oslo, citing Pillay’s decades-long work in international law and human rights.The committee praised her “extraordinary courage and integrity” in helping advance a more comprehensive international legal order and said sh
  
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