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Dodgers head to NLCS after 2-1 win over Phillies
Los Angeles Dodgers' Hyeseong Kim (6) celebrates with Shohei Ohtani after scoring the game-winning run on a ground ball from Andy Pages and throwing error from Philadelphia Phillies relief pitcher Orion Kerkering during the eleventh inning in Game 4 of baseball's National League Division Series Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Mail delivery to resume as Canada Post workers switch to rotating strikes, union says
A member of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers pickets outside of a Canada Post Centre in Richmond B.C., Sept. 26.
Ontario man, member of now-defunct neo-Nazi group, pleads guilty to terrorism charges
Image of Matthrew Althorpe from an agreed statement of facts for guilty plea and sentencing document. HO/Ontario Superior Court of Justice
Genetic study shines light on Toronto’s ancient ‘subway deer’
Collections Technician and Researcher Oliver Haddrath holds a partial skull and antlers from a prehistoric deer specimen at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto on October 9, 2025. (Sammy Kogan/The Globe and Mail)
Canadian woman calls for justice for parents killed in Hamas Oct. 7 attack
Gad Haggai, left, daughter Iris Weinstein Haggai and wife Judi Weinstein Haggai. Gad was shot and killed by Hamas at their Kibbutz on October 7, but Judi Weinstein rang a paramedic’s line to say she had been wounded. The husband’s body was transported to Gaza by Hamas militants. Nothing has been heard of Judi since, and Iris is begging the Canadian government to do more to find her and have her returned. She is on Israel’s hostage list. Courtesy of Iris Weinstein Haggai
Tigers turn to Tarik Skubal in Seattle for winner-take-all Game 5 of ALDS
Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Tarik Skubal reacts after giving up a single to Seattle Mariners designated hitter Mitch Garver during the seventh inning in Game 2 of baseball's American League Division Series, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
Canada should seek central role for NORAD in Golden Dome or risk marginalization, MPs told
Posters for the proposed Golden Dome for America missile defense shield are displayed before an event with President Donald Trump in the Roosevelt Room at the White House, Monday, May 12, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Curling Canada looks to capitalize on Olympic buzz to grow the game
The broom of second Shannon Birchard sweeps in front of a rock from skip Kerri Einarson as they play Team Newfoundland and Labrador at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Calgary, Alta., Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Belichick’s debut season at North Carolina has run into problems on and off the field
North Carolina head coach Bill Belichick, left, watches during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Clemson, Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025, in Chapel Hill, N.C. (AP Photo/Chris Seward)
Blue Jays’ ALDS series pulled in average audience of 3.7 million viewers, Sportsnet says
Toronto Blue Jays manager John Schneider celebrates with players and coaches in the locker room after beating the New York Yankees in Game 4 of baseball's American League Division Series on Wednesday in New York.
RBC pledges $5-million to university agriculture initiative
David Reid drives a seeding rig as he plants a wheat crop on the family farm near Cremona, Alta., Tuesday, May 6, 2025. Wheat is grown on nearly 50,000 farms in Canada and is the fifth-largest wheat producer in the world. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Judge blocks Trump from deploying National Guard to Illinois for two weeks
Demonstrators protest in the 'Free Speech Zone' outside of the immigration processing and detention facility in Broadview, Illinois, on Thursday.
Former CF Montreal midfielder Choinière returns to Stade Saputo in Canada colours
Honduras' Cristopher Melendez, left, and Canada's Mathieu Choiniere (6) vie for the ball during the first half of a CONCACAF Gold Cup soccer match in Vancouver, on Tuesday, June 17, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
Anthem booing is a sad pulse on a once-strong U.S.-Canada relationship
Cathal Kelly
BRP’s vehicles in sights of NATO countries boosting military spending, company says
Workers are seen on the assembly line making snowmobiles at the BRP plant in Valcourt, Que., October, 2020. The company is setting up a dedicated team with its own resources to focus on defence and specialized vehicles after a surge in interest in their products from many countries in recent months, BRP's CEO said.
Top Carney minister and officials remain in Washington for trade talks
Dominic LeBlanc, President of the King’s Privy Council for Canada and Minister responsible for Canada-U.S. Trade, Intergovernmental Affairs, Internal Trade and One Canadian Economy, speaks with reporters at the Canadian embassy in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Trial begins for former Hydro-Québec researcher charged with economic espionage for China
Yuesheng Wang arrives for his economic espionage trial at a courthouse in Longueuil, Que., on Monday.
Corus lenders revisit a well-worn restructuring path
Corus Entertainment’s corporate head office at 25 Dockside Drive on Toronto’s waterfront on Sept 9, 2025.(Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail)
Ontario declares end to measles outbreak after almost a year
A dose of the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccination awaits the next patient during a vaccine clinic at Southwestern Public Health in St. Thomas, Ont. on Tuesday, March 4, 2025.THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Geoff Robins
Sizing up the Blue Jays’ potential ALCS opponents
Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh hits a two-run home run in the ninth inning against the Detroit Tigers during Game 3 of the ALDS at Comerica Park.
Djokovic heads to Shanghai Masters semi-final against No. 204-ranked Vacherot
Novak Djokovic of Serbia returns a backhand shot from Zizou Bergs of Belgium during the men's singles quarterfinal match of the Shanghai Masters tennis tournament at Qizhong Forest Sports City Tennis Center, in Shanghai, China, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
Bright Star is schlocky and sentimental – but Kaylee Harwood is stunning in the lead role
Aisling Murphy
Andreescu, Yuan, advance in doubles play with walkover win at Wuhan Open
Bianca Andreescu, of Canada, reacts during her first round match against Barbora Krejcikova, of the Czech Republic, at the National Bank Open tennis tournament in Montreal, Sunday, July 27, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
Canada’s Strate adjusts to new normal on ski jumping team after strong season start
Canadian ski jumper Abigail Strate poses during a media day organized by the Canadian Olympic Committee in Montreal on Thursday, May 29, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
Aritzia more than triples quarterly profits on back of strong U.S. performance
An Aritzia store is seen Tuesday, July 13, 2021 in Montreal. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
Canadian rider Derek Gee says he faces millions in damages over bid to get out of team contract
Canada's Derek Gee speeds to the finish line of the twenty-first stage of the Tour de France cycling race, an individual time trial over 33.7 kilometres (20.9 miles) with start in Monaco and finish in Nice, France, Sunday, July 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)
Fans took to the streets in Toronto after the Blue Jays punched their ALCS ticket
Fans cheer with a standing ovation for Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Trey Yesavage (39) after he was pulled from the mound during sixth inning MLB American League Division Series baseball action against the New York Yankees, in Toronto, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
Carney appeals to Trump’s love of the puffed-up investment deal
WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 07: U.S. President Donald Trump (R) and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney speak to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House on October 07, 2025 in Washington, DC. Carney and Trump will meet in the Oval Office and later have a bilateral lunch where they are expected to discuss a range of topics including U.S. tariffs. Carney visited the White House earlier in the year after he was elected prime minister. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Harper’s chief of staff Nigel Wright was hailed as future of Conservative Party
Nigel Wright, Managing Director, Onex Corporation. Picture taken on Dec.20/04 Photo by Tibor Kolley
Is this the housing market’s affordability sweet spot?
Calgary saw home sales in September fall by 14 per cent, while supply hit a five-year high.
Judge rejects Drake’s defamation lawsuit over Kendrick Lamar’s diss track Not Like Us
Drake in Los Angeles in 2019. A U.S. federal judge has tossed out a defamation lawsuit he brought against Universal Music Group.
New York Attorney-General Letitia James indicted for bank fraud
FILE - New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks, Feb. 16, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)
Canadian TV pioneer Riff Markowitz created a musical theatre powerhouse
Riff Markowitz, surrounded by chorus line members.
Politics Insider: Carney calls next 48 hours ‘crucial’ to lasting peace in Gaza
Prime Minister Mark Carney credited the “decisive leadership” of U.S. President Donald Trump in helping secure a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
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Gaza ceasefire would represent Trump’s best deal yet, but there is still work to be done
David Shribman
The best fixed and variable mortgage rates of the week
Analysis of financial markets by LSEG currently predicts a 64-per-cent chance of a 25-basis-point cut on Oct. 29, up from odds of only 50 per cent last week.
Global ‘value’ tilt intensifies as U.S. outflows hit ‘growth’ stock funds hardest
FILE PHOTO: A trader works as a screen shows market data behind her at CMC markets in London, Britain, December 11, 2018. REUTERS/Simon Dawson
Dominant Aces on the verge of making short work of WNBA’s expanded finals
Las Vegas Aces center A'ja Wilson (22) and guard Chelsea Gray (12) celebrate during the first half in Game 2 of the WNBA basketball finals against the Phoenix Mercury, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Shopify’s chief revenue officer steps down after more than three years
FILE PHOTO: Shopify logo is seen in this illustration taken, February 11, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
The Q3 earnings season begins next week for Wall Street. Here’s what to expect
Financial information is displayed as traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Head of Major Projects Office sidesteps awkward questions in first committee appearance
The head of the new federal government Major Projects Office Dawn Farrell listens as Prime Minister Mark Carney announces five major projects in Edmonton on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Amber Bracken
Striking Alberta teachers, government to resume bargaining on Tuesday
Teachers and supporters take part in a rally on World Teachers' Day in Edmonton, on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
Cutting these two expenses in her 20s saved this Vancouverite more than $30,000
Alexandra Wei
Two charged and fined for flying drones over Rogers Centre during Blue Jays playoff games
The Canadian flag is displayed on the field during an anthems ceremony ahead of the start of the American League Division Series MLB playoff series between the Toronto Blue Jays and the New York Yankees in Toronto on Saturday, October 4, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
Hamas wants Marwan Barghouti freed in prisoner exchange, but Israel so far refuses
FILE - Marwan Barghouti, center, raises his handcuffed hands in the air on the opening day of his trial in Tel Aviv, Israel, Aug. 14, 2002. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)
As my sons prepare to launch, I’ve learned that the best way to hold on is to let go
B.C. government recruits former federal minister Harjit Sajjan as Ottawa boosts military spending
International Development Minister Harjit Sajjan addresses the media on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday, March 27, 2023. Humanitarian groups are giving Tuesday’s federal budget a thumbs-down, saying it represents a backsliding in progress fighting disease and hunger abroad. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Canadian dollar hits a near six-month low as breach of key technical level ignites selling
Money Matters — which was developed by ABC Life Literacy Canada in 2011 and is delivered annually to thousands of learners through community organizations like Project Search — is just one option available to Canadians looking to increase their understanding of financial matters. The Canadian dollar coin, the Loonie, is displayed Friday, January 30, 2015 in Montreal. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
Public Safety minister says he wants to push through refined warrantless powers to help police
Minister of Public Safety Gary Anandasangaree speaks in the Foyer of the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025. Online claims that it will soon become 'criminal' to own a gun in Canada are misleading; the federal government has prohibited certain guns, but other firearms are still legal to own. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Shares in rare earth companies jump as China expands export controls, tightens semiconductor restrictions
FILE - Workers use machinery to dig at a rare earth mine in Ganxian county in central China's Jiangxi province on Dec. 30, 2010. (Chinatopix via AP, File)
Michael McLeod joins Russian team after acquittal in Hockey Canada sexual assault trial
Michael McLeod leaves the courthouse in London, Ont. on Thursday, May 8, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Geoff Robins
There is a Gaza ceasefire plan and the hostages are coming home. What’s next?
Marsha Lederman
It’s crunch time in New Brunswick’s potato country after a dry, difficult season
’Every electron counts’: Why renewables stocks are back in play
Windmills at the Nysted Offshore Wind Farm constructed by Danish windpower giant Orsted in the Baltic Sea near Gedser in Denmark in September of 2003.
Canada imported nearly 1,800 endangered wild-caught monkeys for research, sparking calls for a ban
A long-tailed macaque which is kept for use in the clinical research is seen inside cage at National Primate Research Center, run by Chulalongkorn University in Saraburi Province, north of Bangkok, Saturday, May 23, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Sakchai Lalit
What does David Eby have to be thankful for? An amateur Opposition in utter turmoil
Gary Mason
Short-bias ETFs see big inflows on stock market pullback bets
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on October 01, 2025, in New York City.
Edmonton police search west of city for missing Indigenous teenager Samuel Bird
Edmonton detective Jared Buhler during a press conference with the family of Samuel Bird in Edmonton, October 1.
U.S. government shutdown could delay release of international trade data, Statscan warns
Statistics Canada building and signs are pictured in Ottawa on July 3, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Ontario to compromise and keep bike lanes on short stretch of Bloor despite appeal
A cyclist rides in a bike lane at St. George St. And Bloor St. West in Toronto on Friday, December 13, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Laura Proctor
This tech company is improving online safety for Indigenous people
Teqare founder Darion Ducharme provides group workshops on online safety for Indigenous people of all ages.
Carney, Anand hail U.S.-backed Gaza ceasefire deal
Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks with reporters as he arrives on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
PepsiCo tops earnings estimates on steady demand for snacks and sodas, names new CFO
FILE PHOTO: Cans of Pepsi are seen at the PepsiCo Walkers factory in Leicester, Britain, August 14, 2024. REUTERS/Hollie Adams/File Photo
What to watch: John Candy’s life in focus; Tim Robinson’s latest cringe comedy
John Candy in JOHN CANDY: I LIKE ME Photo Credit: Prime Video © Amazon Content Services LLC
Delta Air Lines shares rally after offering bullish outlook; other airline stocks also rise
FILE PHOTO: A Delta Airlines passenger jet approaches to land at LAX during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Los Angeles, California, U.S., April 7, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
Copper hits US$11,000 a tonne, nearing all-time peak, as investors bet on shortages
A roll of copper wire; isolated on the white background Collection: iStockphoto Item number: 97244438 Title: Copper wire License type: Royalty-free Max file size (JPEG): 6.7 x 6.7 in (2,000 x 2,000 px) / 300 dpi Release info: No release required Keywords: Color Image, Copper, Cut Out, Electronics Industry, Industry, Metal, Metal Industry, Metallic, No People, Photography, Rolled Up, Square, Steel Cable, Superconductor, White, White Background, Wire
Donald Trump is expanding his list of political enemies. It’s ‘us’ vs. ‘them’
Debra Thompson
Coming soon: Season eleven of Stress Test
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AI requests should begin with introducing yourself and then offering a long query
Harvey Schachter
Grants and rebates lift small businesses out of survival mode
Brothers Tony (left) and Peter Nahas (right) took over their family restaurant business in 2012 with designs on expanding across the country – made possible in part by government funding.
Price cut and all the furniture help sell Blue Mountain property
Done Deal, 225 Yellow Birch Cres., Blue Mountain, Ont.
Home of the Week: On a remote B.C. inlet, a former fish-packing plant finds a second life
Home of the Week, Cassiar Cannery, Lot 44, Cassiar Drive, Port Edward, B.C.
Canada’s banking sector needs more competition, not more regulation, Bank of Canada Deputy Governor says
Bank of Canada Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn Rogers responds to a question during a news conference in Ottawa on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
RBC analyst’s top picks in red-hot copper sector
Scott Barlow
Legal groups seek exoneration of Black man from Halifax hanged in 1935
Daniel Sampson's mugshots, Dec. 14, 1933. // Title: Daniel Sampson mugshot, from Daniel P. Sampson capital punishment case file Reference: RG13-B-1, Volume number: 1587, File number: cc 412, File part: 1—3, e011431917 Cite the image as: Library and Archives Canada, e011431917.
Vancouver realtors ask: If allowed, would foreign buyers come back?
Realtor Manraj Dosanjh poses for a photo in Surrey while saying foreign buyers are dying to get into the real estate market but governments are preventing them. Mr. Dosanjh said many potential buyers are frustrated because they feel like now is an ideal time to buy, as developers are frantically lowering prices in order to clear out inventory during the current slowdown. (October, 3, 2025) (Paige Taylor White/The Globe and Mail)
Hungarian writer Laszlo Krasznahorkai wins Nobel Prize in Literature
(FILE PHOTO) MADRID, SPAIN - OCTOBER 30: Author Laszlo Krasznahorkai poses for a portrait at Residencia de Estudiantes on October 30, 2018 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Carlos Alvarez/Getty Images)
Will Trump win the Nobel Peace Prize?
U.S. President Donald Trump gestures, while he boards Air Force One, as he departs for New York at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S., September 11, 2025. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
Aziz Ansari has become the master of his own good fortune
Aziz Ansari as Ari and Keke Palmer as Elena in Good Fortune. Photo Credit: Courtesy of Lionsgate
Looking for a new fall TV series? The Crow Girl anchors a slate of cozy murder mysteries
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How seriously is corporate Canada taking DEI?
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Canadian reboot of swords-and-sorcery flick Deathstalker slays just a little too hard
Barry Hertz
Thursday’s analyst upgrades and downgrades
the corporate name stands out on tanks shown Friday, June 29, 2018 at the Superior terminal of Enbridge Energy in Superior, Wis.
Morning Update: The numbers behind Alberta’s unprecedented teachers’ strike
Students in Edmonton rallied in support of their teachers.
Fear of missing out trumps other worries as euphoria grips U.S. stock options traders
People walk outside the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., April 8, 2025.
Business Brief: Where U.S. steps back, China steps in
At Mayfair Plaza in Mikocheni, a neighbourhood in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, many of the shops are owned by Chinese businesspeople.
Global trade controls could stop the $4.8-billion eel smuggling crisis
A kilogram of juvenile “glass eels” or elvers can fetch up to $5,000 for legal harvesters. For overseas traffickers, it can fetch even more.
My son Mikheil Saakashvili is a political prisoner. Freeing him is about more than simple justice
Supporters of Georgia's jailed ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili rally outside a clinic, where the politician is being held, to demand his liberation in Tbilisi on July 4, 2023, a day after he appeared extremely emaciated in a court hearing. (Photo by Vano SHLAMOV / AFP) (Photo by VANO SHLAMOV/AFP via Getty Images)
Here are 61 books to add to your must-read list this fall
Deep Sky unveils plans for one of the world’s biggest direct air carbon capture facilities in Manitoba
Deep Sky CEO Alex Petre at the company’s Innisfail, Alta., direct-air-capture facility, where it is testing technology deployed by several vendors to examine overall efficiency and scalability as they remove climate-warming gas from the air.
The dream of a better Lebanon remains afloat
Since 2019, Lebanon has experienced a crisis in its banking sector, economy and currency; a government default on its sovereign debt, just before the COVID-19 pandemic; and a devastating port explosion in the capital of Beirut.
Potential changes in the federal budget would politicize registered charity status
Tim Cestnick
Israeli government ratifies Gaza ceasefire deal in major step toward ending war
People react in Tel Aviv's Hostage Square after news of a ceasefire deal in Gaza. Israel and Hamas agreed to release living hostages in a major step towards ending the devastating conflict.
TSX sees biggest decline in over two months as record-setting rally pauses
A trader works on the trading floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., April 4, 2024.
Before the Bell: What every Canadian investor needs to know today
Futures-options traders work on the floor at the American Stock Exchange (AMEX) at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., October 2, 2025. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
U.S. dollar anxiety drives precious metals rally as gold trade gets crowded
A staff member shows a one-kilogram gold bar at the Galeri 24 gold and jewellery shop in Jakarta, Indonesia, October 9, 2025.
Wall Street’s bull market is nearing three years old and history suggests it’s not even close to ending
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Oct. 1.
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