Category Archives: National News

Fans buzzing as Blue Jays look for one more win to claim World Series in Toronto
TORONTO - Fans are buzzing in anticipation as the Toronto Blue Jays aim for just one more win on Friday to bring home a World Series title for the first time in more than 30 years. The visiting Jays d...
Canadian Press Oct 30, 2025

Canada helms G7 talks on critical mineral alliance after U.S.-China détente
TORONTO - Canada is heading up talks in Toronto to establish a G7 critical mineral production alliance in what's widely seen as a bid to check China's reign over a supply chain key to everything from ...
Jordan Omstead, The Canadian Press Oct 30, 2025

Financial intelligence agency stresses stepped-up role in fight against fentanyl
OTTAWA - The federal anti-money laundering agency says it made more than 100 disclosures of "actionable financial intelligence" in support of probes into illicit opioids between last November and the ...
Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press Oct 30, 2025

Carney tours Korean shipyard that's vying to build Canada's next submarine fleet
GEOJE - Prime Minister Mark Carney toured a South Korean submarine on Thursday during a visit to the shipyards of Hanwha Ocean, one of two companies vying to build Canada's next fleet of submarines. C...
Sarah Ritchie, The Canadian Press Oct 30, 2025

Fact File: Video shared on X shows Maori haka dancer, not B.C. housing minister
A video was shared on social media this week by accounts claiming it shows B.C. Minister of Housing Christine Boyle dancing and lip-synching to audio of ritual chanting, wearing what appears to be Ind...
Colleen Hale-Hodgson, The Canadian Press Oct 29, 2025

Bank of Canada governor says AI could be both good and bad for Canada's economy
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada says it doesn't know how new artificial intelligence products will affect the Canadian economy. Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem says the technology has the potential f...
Justin Escoto, The Canadian Press Oct 29, 2025

Canada Post cutting jobs as part of restructuring started earlier this year
Canada Post is laying off an unspecified number of staff as part of a corporate restructuring which began earlier this year. In a message to workers, Canada Post chief executive Doug Ettinger says emp...
The Canadian Press Oct 29, 2025 A Canada Post worker arrives for work in Montreal on Tuesday, Dec.17, 2024. (File Photo) THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi

Bank of Canada lowers key interest rate to 2.25% in second straight cut
The Bank of Canada cut its benchmark interest rate by a quarter point Wednesday and signalled it may be satisfied with where the policy rate sits amid ongoing U.S. trade uncertainty. The central bank'...
Craig Lord Oct 29, 2025 The Bank of Canada is seen in Ottawa, on Wednesday, April 16, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Inmate dies in Saskatchewan Penitentiary: CSC
PRINCE ALBERT - An inmate has died in Saskatchewan Penitentiary on Oct. 25, according to a media release by Correctional Service of Canada (CSC). At the time of his death, Craig Papequash was 36-years...
SaskToday Oct 29, 2025

These doctors helped eliminate measles in '98. Here's how they did it
TORONTO - Dr. Arlene King got measles more than 60 years ago, but she still remembers feeling so weak that getting her shoes on was a challenge. It didn't take long for King, who was in Grade 1 at the...
Hannah Alberga, The Canadian Press Oct 29, 2025
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