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• ‘Unauthorized activity’ affecting Ontario courts leads to data breach

  11-09-2026 14:43 via globalnews.ca
  
  The statement, posted Sept. 2, indicates the incident unfolded on June 30 when Thomson Reuters Canada detected “unauthorized activity” on its C–Track case management platform
  
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• Biologists are fighting this invasive plant – by hand – to protect some Quebec waters

  12-09-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Water chestnut, an invasive aquatic species, multiplies quickly and blocks the light other species rely on. The watershed council for the Vaudreuil-Soulanges area is working to eradicate it from the Ottawa River and the Lake of Two Mountains.
  
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• 9/11 archives: Christie Blatchford inside the World Trade Center on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2001

  12-09-2026 03:00 via nationalpost.com
  
  Writer Christie Blatchford had two powerful arrows in her quiver: empathy and outrage. There were good guys and bad guys, and God help you if you were picking on the good guys and Blatch knew about it.There was no better example of the immense firepower she wielded with these sometimes-contradictory qualities than 9/11.Blatch, a Governor-General’s-Literary-Award-winning author who worked for every major Toronto daily during her 45-year career, died in February 2020 after falling ill while
  
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• Alberta government launches ad campaign on referendum questions

  12-09-2026 02:02 via cbc.ca
  
  The Alberta government has launched a $4-million advertising campaign outlining its position on the 10 questions in the Oct. 19 referendum.
  
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• Lethbridge firefighters honoured at annual memorial: ‘What we signed up to do’

  12-09-2026 01:30 via globalnews.ca
  
  Twenty-five years after the 9/11 terrorist attacks killed hundreds of firefighters, members across North America still gather to honour the fallen.
  
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• 'Canada is everyone, for everyone': Carney meets with Alberta remain campaigners

  12-09-2026 01:20 via cbc.ca
  
  The head of the Forever Canadian group campaigning for Alberta to remain in the federation said Friday Prime Minister Mark Carney has been a "calm" and "reassuring" presence for Albertans.
  
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• Mark Carney meets with ‘Forever Canadian’ campaigners in Banff

  12-09-2026 00:47 via globalnews.ca
  
  The prime minister was cheered by about 50 supporters of the Forever Canadian campaign, almost all holding red and white signs and some wearing the maple leaf.
  
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• Dawson community marks 20 years since college shooting

  12-09-2026 00:25 via globalnews.ca
  
  Survivors and family members reflected on the tragedy's legacy and ongoing calls for stronger gun-control measures.
  
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• How 9/11 changed Canadian airport security

  11-09-2026 23:52 via nationalpost.com
  
  A travelling parent with kids cannot take a 460-millilitre jar of peanut butter through airport security. It’s not an allergen issue, but rather it is too large: a spreadable food, treated like a liquid. But any number of containers of it less than 100 ml is OK.At one airport, a blazer comes off; at another, it stays on. The same thing with shoes and laptops, all according to the rules that can look arbitrary or capricious to onlookers.For Margaret Bloodworth, the former deputy minister o
  
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• Peace Garden ceremony at Canada-U.S. border marks 25th anniversary of 9/11 attacks

  11-09-2026 23:24 via globalnews.ca
  
  Hundreds gathered at the International Peace Garden to remember the 9/11 terrorist attacks in a ceremony that also affirmed close bonds between Canada and the United States.
  
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• Lake Ontario merchandise turns Trump order into fundraiser to protect the lake

  11-09-2026 23:22 via globalnews.ca
  
  A Lake Ontario-inspired phrase is being turned into merchandise, with part of the proceeds going toward protecting and restoring the lake.
  
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• Stellantis signs MOU on Brampton, Ont., plant as talks with union break down

  11-09-2026 22:57 via globalnews.ca
  
  Stellantis has signed a memorandum of understanding with Roshel for the potential sale of its idled Brampton assembly plant as Unifor pauses contract talks.
  
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• Gander gave Americans a lift on 9/11. 25 years later, it was the other way around

  11-09-2026 22:55 via cbc.ca
  
  On a day when the compassion of people in Gander, N.L. was being celebrated, a chance encounter at a chicken restaurant led to a tour bus of Americans repaying the favour.
  
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• New accessible playground opens in Saskatoon

  11-09-2026 22:34 via globalnews.ca
  
  A new playground in Saskatoon was revealed September 10th, allowing Makenna Hiebert to play without barriers. Something her mom says should be the standard.
  
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• Drone-powered ad for PC Health chatbot slammed as 'dystopian' by some residents

  11-09-2026 22:32 via cbc.ca
  
  On Thursday night, more than a thousand drones lit up the sky above Toronto's waterfront displaying a list of health-related questions in what turned out to be an ad campaign for a new President's Choice AI-powered chatbot.
  
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• Accused in Edmonton temple attack has history of violence driven by delusions, parole documents show

  11-09-2026 22:26 via cbc.ca
  
  Federal parole board documents show the 27-year-old man charged in a stabbing inside an Edmonton Sikh temple last month had a history of “serious and impulsive” violence, often driven by delusions, paranoia and conspiracy theories.
  
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• Nova Scotia to expand protections for people affected by AI-generated intimate images

  11-09-2026 22:06 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Nova Scotia government says new legislation will expand protections for people affected by intimate images created or altered by AI without their consent.
  
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• Gas prices are expected to drop soon, but geopolitical risks remain

  11-09-2026 21:17 via globalnews.ca
  
  Consumers in Canada could see some relief at gas pumps starting next week as gas refineries go through regular seasonal changes, but how much prices will drop is unclear.
  
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• 10/3 podcast: Quebec election: Can the CAQ survive a resurgent PQ?

  11-09-2026 19:46 via nationalpost.com
  
  Amid an ongoing trade war with the U.S., Quebec voters will head to the polls this fall.Will new CAQ leader Christine Fréchette manage to repeat what Mark Carney did for the federal Liberals, renewing a long-standing government for a new mandate? Or will the resurgent Parti Québécois unseat the CAQ after eight years in government?Phil Authier, political correspondent with the Montreal Gazette, joins host Dave Breakenridge to discuss how the political landscape in Quebec has
  
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• LeBlanc says no meetings scheduled with U.S. while Mexico works towards a deal

  11-09-2026 19:44 via nationalpost.com
  
  OTTAWA — Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc said there are no meetings scheduled in Washington, even as Mexico and the United States are reportedly working towards a completed bilateral deal by November.“They’ve been at this for a number of months, and speeding towards a deal two months from now doesn’t feel like speed,” said LeBlanc, during a cabinet retreat in Banff, Alta., on Friday. “But they are they are having those conversations as we did, as w
  
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• 13-year-old charged after firearm seized at Ajax hotel: Durham police

  11-09-2026 19:08 via globalnews.ca
  
  A 13-year-old boy is facing multiple weapons charges after Durham police say a firearm was seized during an investigation at an Ajax hotel.
  
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• Toronto police make another arrest in 2022 Scarborough shooting death

  11-09-2026 18:58 via globalnews.ca
  
  Toronto police say it has made another arrest in connection to the shooting death of a man in a Scarborough plaza nearly four years ago.
  
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• Giant MapQuest directions to Lake Ontario appear on billboards across Canadian and U.S. cities

  11-09-2026 18:43 via nationalpost.com
  
  Navigation app MapQuest has put up billboards across Canada and the U.S. detailing directions to Lake Ontario, in its latest act of defiance against U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order renaming the body of water to “Lake America.”The app collaborated with creative agency Quality Meats to install the billboards, and the company shared in an email with National Post that the six-foot posts have been erected in six cities: Toronto, Chicago, New York City, Los Angeles, S
  
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• American navigation company is not changing Lake Ontario to 'Lake America' after Trump's executive order. Here's why

  11-09-2026 18:43 via nationalpost.com
  
  Navigation app MapQuest has put up billboards across Canada and the U.S. detailing directions to Lake Ontario, in its latest act of defiance against U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order renaming the body of water to “Lake America.”The app collaborated with creative agency Quality Meats to install the billboards, and the company shared in an email with National Post that the six-foot posts have been erected in six cities: Toronto, Chicago, New York City, Los Angeles, S
  
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• Why are rising bond yields spurring alarm? And what do they mean for you?

  11-09-2026 18:24 via globalnews.ca
  
  Consumers could be facing higher borrowing costs for longer as bond markets are once again signalling rising economic risk to the finance and investing community.
  
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• Canada still talking trade with U.S. officials despite no meetings: LeBlanc

  11-09-2026 18:12 via globalnews.ca
  
  Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc says that while Canada isn't currently in official trade negotiations with the U.S., officials on both sides are still talking.
  
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• Travel between Canada and U.S. was going up before trade talks collapsed

  11-09-2026 17:40 via globalnews.ca
  
  In August, Canadians made 2.6 million return trips from the United States, up 8.8 per cent from the same month in 2025. This marked the fifth consecutive month of growth.
  
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• A one-time $150 Canada disability benefit supplement is going out next week

  11-09-2026 17:36 via globalnews.ca
  
  The federal government is about to send out payments of $150 to Canadians who qualify for the Canada Disability Benefit (CDB).
  
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• Hoekstra says U.S. needs ‘our allies on board’ to counter terrorist threats

  11-09-2026 17:18 via globalnews.ca
  
  The U.S. ambassador attended a memorial in Gander, Newfoundland to mark the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on New York City.
  
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• Trump derails the Quebec campaign, but the PQ leader would rather not talk about that

  11-09-2026 16:59 via nationalpost.com
  
  MANSEAU, QC — Parti Québécois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon would rather not talk about U.S. President Donald Trump — or his trade war with Canada.In fact, St-Pierre Plamondon has said he is uneasy with words of war to describe the tensions with the U.S. and instead refers to it as a “commercial conflict.” He insists that the job of an aspiring premier is to appease anxieties and not increase them.The PQ leader would have much rather preferred spending th
  
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