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Former deputy prime minister Chrystia Freeland says it's important for national security reasons that Canada do everything it can to diversify trade away from the United States.

TORONTO, Oct. 16, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Guardian Capital LP (the “Manager”) announces the following regular cash distributions for the period ending October 31, 2026, in respect of the ETF series of the Guardian Capital funds listed below (the “Guardian Capital ETFs”). In each case, the distribution will be paid on October 30, 2026 to …

Too late for me! One of the unintended consequences of Alberta remaining on summer hours all year is that some Flames games will now start at 9 p.m. As an old man, that is past my bedtime. LOL. JEFFREY ANDERSON (Fortunately, we’ve got you covered for the post-game wrap … calgarysun.com) Don’t like the new …

'It's not really part of the business model to build cash, so we think you will see a combination of ongoing share buybacks combined with organic growth next year, which is a bit of a shift versus the past couple of years'

Transaction in Own Shares October 15, 2026 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Shell plc (the ‘Company’) announces that on 15 October 2026 it purchased the following number of Shares for cancellation. Aggregated information on Shares purchased according to trading venue: Date of Purchase Number …

When a nearly-divorced woman of 60 is forced to move in with her adult son and his family, she faces an existential crisis, and quite possibly a line-up for the bathroom. While this might qualify as your worst nightmare (it’s certainly mine), under the playful pen and skilled direction of Trevor Schmidt, the audience can …

"We want to show what the city would actually like to see in a concrete way"

If UCP supporters had their way we would soon to be headed to an actual vote on leaving Canada — this is a problem for UCP Leader Premier Danielle Smith

Taxpayers can think of about 140 million problems that abolishing the Senate would solve. The unelected chamber is costing people more than $140 million to run this year and it’s cost more than $1 billion over the last decade.

Peer Gynt runs Oct. 23, 24 in Edmonton and Oct. 29 to 31 in Calgary

Q: This summer, my lilacs had leaves that curled up, and upon examining them, there seemed to be a worm inside. The leaves then turned brown. I tried to pick off the affected leaves, but the lilacs are too tall to do this. Is this some sort of miner?  What can I do to prevent …

I am lucky enough to have been to New York City several times. One of my favourite trips was last summer when my wife and I attended the wedding of our son (who studies there) and his wonderful, delightful fiancée (who teaches there). We gained a marvellous daughter-in-law during that visit. But two trips stick …

Character.AI collected millions of users, making it a very appealing acquisition. Google took a unique route to "acquiring" it, hiring away its founders and licensing its technology. Now Character.AI is filing for bankruptcy. Here's what to know.

There are 6 days of advance voting, final voting day is Oct. 24

Senate committee recently tabled eight recommendations to improve “the backbone of the Canadian economy.” The post Q&A: Senator Daryl Fridhandler on why Canada needs to better support its smaller businesses first appeared on BetaKit.

Prime Minister Mark Carney told thousands rallying in Calgary on Thursday night that Albertans should vote to keep the province in Canada, arguing that failing to do so would cause "deep division and great uncertainty."

Countries along NATO’s eastern flank growing increasingly concerned about the risk of escalation of the war in Ukraine.

With just days before Alberta’s vote on an independence referendum, longtime Quebec sovereigntists are distancing themselves from the western province's separatists.

NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO UNITED STATES NEWSWIRE SERVICES OR FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES CALGARY, Alberta, Oct. 16, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — San Lorenzo Gold Corp. (“San Lorenzo” or the “Company”) (TSXV: SLG; OTC: SNLGF) is pleased to announce a best-efforts private placement of up to 7,547,200 common shares of the Company (the “Offered …

The first two confirmed Ebola cases in Kenya have raised urgent questions about the country's public health preparedness and border controls. But the health ministry says there is no need for panic.

India host West Indies in the final match of the tour on Saturday with an all-time classic T20 series level at 2-2.

Citing problems with the data transmission network, Italian authorities have drastically reduced the volume of flights in their airspace. The ENAV authority ruled out malicious activity and said flights remained safe.

A GOP loss in Texas would be a major blow for the US president and the Republicans Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. Donald Trump has accused fellow Republicans of “doing everything possible to make it hard” for Ken Paxton, the Republican nominee in the Texas Senate race. Katie Zacharia, the White House’s new press secretary, has stated that it is “unknown” how much she will engage with the press or hold briefings with reporters, as questions about her legal credentials continue to

Key Permitting Milestones Advancing Under FAST-41Dr. Anne Duncan Hired as GM, Coosa Graphite MinePreliminary Mine Planning and Design Work Underway Westwater Resources, Inc. (NYSE American: WWR), an energy technology and battery-grade natural graphite company (“Westwater” or the “Company”), today announced continued progress related to the Coosa Graphite Mine (“Coosa”) in Coosa County, Alabama. Coosa is …

Turin, 16th October 2026. Iveco Group N.V. (EXM: IVG) (the “Company”) announces that its Shareholders approved all the resolutions proposed by the Board of Directors (the “Board”) to the Extraordinary General Meeting (the “EGM”) held today in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The EGM was held to discuss and adopt resolutions in connection with the voluntary public …

It is Palestine’s olive harvest, but settlers have set their trees and vehicles on fire.

It is the first time the president has addressed nuclear weapons, but he didn't deny US could use 'mother of all bombs'.

The UN is warning that nearly one million displaced Palestinians face flooding risks as winter approaches.

Images from New Zealand aerial survey of Nikumaroro in 1938 offer new clues over aviator’s disappearance A New Zealand museum has released nearly 50 photos from a 1938 aerial survey of the island where Amelia Earhart is believed to have crash-landed, offering amateur sleuths new evidence to scour for traces of the pioneering aviator and her plane. The black-and-white images were published by the Air Force Museum of New Zealand after renewed interest in one of the biggest mysteries of the 20th ce

Joshua Foster pleaded guilty over death of toddler who fell from fourth-floor window of hotel during family holiday A British man has been handed a €3,000 (£2,500) fine after his two-year-old son fell nearly 12 metres (40ft) to his death from the fourth floor window of a hotel in Cyprus. Joshua Foster thought the window was closed when he placed the boy on a sill to show him the view of a waterpark and “lost control” of him, the court previously heard. Continue reading...

Legend of Canadianism includes role as tell at the border

Pope Leo XIV’s recovery from lung surgery has progressed so normally that the Vatican on Friday stopped providing morning updates confirming he had woken up and had breakfast, even as questions swirled about what his cancer means for the the future of his young pontificate. In the near term, Vatican officials were gaming out possible …

From: Will Falk   To: Canadian Healthcare Observers   Date: October 16, 2026   Re:Digital Health, Clinical AI and the Trade War The reality of digital healthcare in Canada has long been that three largest hospital EMR vendors have almost no Canadian presence.  Epic and MEDITECH have zero Canadian employees, and the Cerner part of Oracle only a handful, even as …

Those in positions of public trust ought to be worthy of them

U.S. steel CEO wants PM Carney to join ‘Fortress North America’

While it’s a relief that government will no longer approve MAID for mental illness, it is unconscionable that they will add advance requests

Author Steven Galloway was cross-examined by one of the women he's suing because she is not using a lawyer. Bad call on her part

Navi Pillay has spent her career obsessed with Israel, while ignoring the atrocities of Hamas

FP Answers: Unless he is named specifically in the will as a beneficiary, he may not have inheritance rights if there is a will

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Executing people isn’t barbaric, but showing people being executed would be? How does that make sense?

Data from a recent Bank of Canada survey showed that AI adoption and use by business remains at an early stage

Last year, more than one-third of Canadian businesses had trouble finding candidates with the skills they needed

Two years ago, I could go to my local pharmacy, a five-minute drive away, to get flu and COVID shots at the same time. Since changes made last year by Danielle Smith, I have to travel much farther away to get a COVID shot, to an AHS clinic. I’m a senior and just lucky that …

Our effective tax rates are competitive but our system is too complex and tilts too much toward exploration and development, not processing