Financial Post(2026-10-28 19:08:33) CUPE to call on Ford government to deliver fair standards as child care workers rally at Queens Park TORONTO — As another child care centre in Toronto stands on the verge of a strike, CUPE Ontario will call on the provincial government to take responsibility for a child care system that relies on public funding but leaves workers fighting workplace by workplace for fair wages, benefits and pensions. CUPE Ontario President Yolanda McClean […]
When a joint Canada-European Union statement is issued at their summit kicking off in Montreal on Thursday, there’ll be no mention of “associate membership,” according to reports. Instead, the statement will call for “ever closer associations” between Canada and the 27-member bloc, “short of full membership itself,” Politico reported Wednesday. Germany, France and Greece, while […]
Financial Post(2026-10-28 18:39:45) Transition Industries Signs Definitive EPC Agreement with Siemens Energy and Techint E&C for Pacifico Mexinol’s 210 MW Electrolyzer Facility Definitive agreement advances delivery of the electrolyzer facility supplying renewable hydrogen for ultra-low-carbon methanol production in Sinaloa, Mexico MEXICO CITY — Transition Industries LLC today announced that it has signed a definitive Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) agreement with Siemens Energy and Techint Engineering & Construction (“Techint E&C”) for the approximately 210 MW electrolyzer facility […]
Financial Post(2026-10-28 18:39:09) Digital Commerce Group (DCGroup) Named to Deloitte’s 2026 Technology Fast 50™ Canadian payments infrastructure provider recognized for its significant growth and leadership as Canada’s payment system undergoes a nationwide transformation CALGARY, Alberta — In its first year entering the program, Digital Commerce Group (DCGroup) has been named a top 10 Enterprise Industry Leader by Deloitte Technology Fast 50™, which ranks Canada’s fastest-growing and most innovative technology […]
Financial Post(2026-10-28 18:30:02) Belkin Introduces Infinity Folio for iPad mini, Available Now With a precision-engineered hinge that allows flexible viewing angles, all-around drop protection, and a frosted translucent back panel, Infinity Folio is the perfect companion for iPad mini from day one LOS ANGELES — Belkin, a global leader in consumer electronics accessories trusted by more than 1 billion customers worldwide, today introduced Infinity Folio, a beautifully […]
Last month, the Law Society of Ontario (LSO) did not agree to a formal request from 10 lawyers who wished to add to their Annual General Meeting (AGM) agenda a motion that could have revoked accreditation from Toronto Metropolitan University’s (TMU) Lincoln Alexander School of Law. It would have prevented its graduates from practicing if […]
OTTAWA — The government is indicating it’s open to supporting elements of a private member’s bill to amend the Divorce Act, though it’s not clear what the bill ultimately will look like. Women’s groups warned last week that it appeared the Liberal government had changed its mind and the bill, currently in front of a […]
OTTAWA — Canada has again voted at the United Nations to oppose the U.S. embargo on Cuba as Havana accuses Washington of running a campaign of coercion to sway the vote. In a vote of 130-17 with 25 abstentions, the UN General Assembly today condemned the economic embargo for the 34th year in a row. […]
EDMONTON — The leader of Alberta’s Opposition NDP says Premier Danielle Smith’s governing United Conservatives are cooking the riding boundaries for their own advantage ahead of next year’s election. Naheed Nenshi says a report now before an all-party committee gerrymanders ridings in Lethbridge and Calgary to dilute NDP support in favour of the UCP in […]
The office of Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston has complained to a university professor in Toronto for weighing in with comments about a proposed artificial intelligence data centre. A staffer from Houston’s office sent the complaint last week, emailing a copy of the message to a CBC News reporter and the chair of the professor’s […]
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Democratic campaign for Alaska’s U.S. Senate seat was involved in efforts to place on the ballot a candidate with the same name as Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan in a bid to confuse voters in a race that could determine which party controls the chamber, The New York Times reported Wednesday. […]
Financial Post(2026-10-28 17:57:05) CoLab Named to Deloitte’s 2026 Technology Fast 50™ for Second Consecutive Year Engineering review platform posts 1,075% revenue growth from 2022 to 2025 as manufacturers move to scale engineering judgment with AI. ST. JOHN’S, Newfoundland and Labrador — CoLab today announced it has ranked No. 23 in the “Technology Fast 50” category of Deloitte Canada’s 2026 Technology Fast 50™ program, recognizing the country’s fastest-growing technology companies. With […]
Canadian singer-songwriter Bryan Adams released a new track on Wednesday criticizing U.S. President Donald Trump’s August executive order that changed the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America. Adams, best known for his successful party-rock anthems and love ballads, released the song titled “Lake Ontario” as part of his new album, How’s It Goin,’ which […]
Edmonton Journal - National News(2026-10-28 17:41:23) Snowfall delivers Edmontonians a taste of winter, slick roads Environment Canada forecast two centimetres of snow to fall during the day, followed by an additional two centimetres tonight, with a high of -1 C and a low of -3 C
The Globe and Mail(2026-10-28 17:30:48) Four takeaways from Israel’s deadlocked election Final, official results are expected on Thursday or Friday, but there will likely be weeks of negotiations before a PM is declared – or new elections are called
Financial Post(2026-10-28 17:30:41) Greater Purpose Announces Winners of the 2026 Greater Purpose Awards Honouring Canadian leaders and organizations putting purpose into practice TORONTO, Oct. 28, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Greater Purpose today announced the winners of the 2026 Greater Purpose Awards, recognizing Canadian leaders, businesses and partnerships that integrate purpose into how they lead, operate and grow. The awards were presented at the Greater Purpose Conference on October […]
A former British Columbia New Democrat legislator who lost his Metro Vancouver seat in Saturday’s snap election says the party has soul searching to do after its government was toppled by B.C. Conservatives, who won a decisive majority. Rick Glumac, who had represented Port Moody-Burquitlam since 2017, says in a Facebook post that most British […]
Financial Post(2026-10-28 17:20:52) RBG’s Winter Wonders Returns with Beloved Traditions and New Seasonal Installations BURLINGTON, Ontario — One of the region’s most beloved holiday traditions returns on November 26 as RBG’s Winter Wonders transforms Hendrie Park into a sparkling winter wonderland. Available Thursday to Sunday evenings through January 3, 2027 (some exceptions apply*). Discover dazzling light displays, festive music, glowing campfires, seasonal treats, and immersive experiences. Experience the magic […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Elections are often boiled down to who won and lost, but it’s just as important to understand who voted and how, what motivated voters, and how they feel about important issues facing the country. At The Associated Press, The AP Voter Poll by SSRS is a key part of answering those questions, […]
National Post(2026-10-28 17:13:59) Halloween wouldn’t be the same without these five classic Canadian candies Trick-or-treating as we know it today originated in Canada, so it only makes sense that many of the classic candies we’ve sought from our neighbours for over 100 years originated here as well. Here are five frequent treat bag offerings the kiddos either love or love to trade. Rockets Nearly as synonymous with […]
Financial Post(2026-10-28 17:06:23) When disaster strikes, recreation facilities become essential TORONTO, Oct. 28, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Ontario Recreation Facilities Association (ORFA) wrapped up its annual Symposium this week focused on the vital role of recreation facilities in emergency management planning. “While your local arena may be a designated evacuation centre, much of Ontario’s recreation infrastructure was not built for emergency management,” said Terry […]
Dave Leaderhouse Special to the Herald There is only one word to describe the volleyball match played at Carlton Comprehensive High School on Tuesday between the Carlton Crusaders and St. Mary Marauders and that word is epic. The senior girls’ squads from both schools spent more than two-and-a-half hours on the court battling it out […]
As Israelis await the formation of their next government following this week’s election, the Canadian government has an opportunity to rebuild trust and pursue a practical partnership with Israel rooted in shared strategic interests. The Canada-Israel relationship is larger than any government. It rests on nearly 80 years of diplomatic relations, 30 years of free […]
OTTAWA — A stronger alliance between Canada and the European Union would only include a financial commitment if either side joins specific programs in either jurisdiction, a senior government official said Wednesday. The next steps in that alliance are expected to be finalized and announced Thursday and Friday, during the Canada-EU Summit in Montreal. In […]
Financial Post(2026-10-28 16:47:52) DAELIM BELEFIC Achieves UL and cUL Certifications for 1000kVA Dry-Type Transformers Certifications strengthen DAELIM BELEFIC’s North American dry type transformer offering, supported by manufacturing expansion in China, U.S-based facility and technical service. BEIJING — DAELIM BELEFIC, with a manufacturing center in Jiangsu, China, and a facility in Houston, the United States, today announced that its 1,000 kVA VPE dry-type transformer, model SGB-1000/0.48-0.48, has received UL certification […]
Financial Post(2026-10-28 16:46:14) Cordica Medical Launches New Website Built as a Technical Resource for Medical Device Engineers New cordicamedical.com features more than 50 technical references, interactive engineering tools, and the new home of the Duke Extrusion webstore KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Cordica Medical (Cordica), a medical device contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), today announced its new website, cordicamedical.com, built as a working resource for the engineers and program teams who develop medical […]
A new report from the Fraser Institute calculates that the federal government has paid out more than $110 billion to First Nations for lawsuit and class action settlements since 1974, with the vast majority of that amount coming from recent class action lawsuits. Class action payments since 2007 have cost the government an estimated $83.2 […]
Financial Post(2026-10-28 16:39:34) DP World, Arctic Gateway Group, and CentrePort Canada Sign MOU to Explore New Arctic Trade Corridor Agreement will evaluate opportunities to connect Manitoba’s inland and northern infrastructure with global markets, supporting Canada’s trade diversification VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct. 28, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — DP World, Arctic Gateway Group (AGG), and CentrePort Canada have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to explore the development of an integrated trade corridor connecting Western Canada […]
QUÉBEC — Quebec Premier Paul St-Pierre Plamondon has refused to confirm whether he will attend the Canada-European Union summit organized by the federal government after accusing Ottawa of muzzling him. The summit, which aims to strengthen political partnership between Canada and the EU, will be held in Montreal on Thursday and Friday. Prime Minister Mark […]
Global News(2026-10-28 16:24:04) Dickenson to return as Stampeders head coach/GM Dave Dickenson will return as coach and general manager of the Calgary Stampeders next season, getting another chance to turn the team's fortunes around after it missed the playoffs for the second time in three years.
Andrea Moss Local Journalism Initiative Reporter SaskToday.ca YORKTON, Sask. — Rural voters across Saskatchewan will soon choose councillors and reeves in municipal elections that differ from provincial and federal votes, with a staggered election system that Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM) president Bill Huber says helps maintain continuity in local government. Unlike provincial and […]
President Donald Trump’s campaign to keep Republicans in control of Congress in the Nov. 3 midterms is returning to Ohio for the third time in a month on Wednesday, while former President Barack Obama is set to rally Democrats in Georgia. With less than a week until Election Day, Trump is keeping his focus on […]
OTTAWA — The game of chicken continues between Ottawa and Quebec on the eve of the Canada-European Union summit in Montreal. On Wednesday morning, Quebec Premier Paul St-Pierre Plamondon called on Prime Minister Mark Carney to “reverse his decision” and let him speak at a dinner to be held Thursday evening with European dignitaries and […]
OTTAWA — The game of chicken continues between Ottawa and Quebec on the eve of the Canada-European Union summit in Montreal. On Wednesday morning, Quebec Premier Paul St-Pierre Plamondon called on Prime Minister Mark Carney to “reverse his decision” and let him speak at a dinner to be held Thursday evening with European dignitaries and […]
Financial Post(2026-10-28 16:10:08) GoFundMe Names Stephanie Parks Chief Compliance Officer Former Fiserv executive brings more than 20 years of compliance and risk management experience to the global fundraising platform SAN DIEGO — GoFundMe today announced that Stephanie Parks has joined the company as Chief Compliance Officer. Parks brings more than 20 years of experience leading compliance and risk programs across payments and financial services, most […]
Financial Post(2026-10-28 16:09:34) Orbia Announces Renaming of Building & Infrastructure Business Group to Water & Climate Solutions BOSTON — Orbia Advance Corporation, S.A.B. de C.V. (BMV: ORBIA*) today announced that its Building & Infrastructure business group has been renamed Orbia Water & Climate Solutions, reflecting the evolution of its portfolio and growing focus on solutions that advance water security, climate resilience and sustainable living. Built on decades of expertise in water management, […]
Financial Post(2026-10-28 16:05:53) Cobalt® Boats Redefines Outboard Runabouts with the All-New 2027 265 Coastal Edition A complete redesign, shaped by extensive customer research, debuts at the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show NEODESHA, Kan., Oct. 28, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Cobalt Boats today announced the launch of the all-new 2027 Cobalt 265 Coastal Edition, a ground-up redesign of its coastal outboard luxury runabout lineup. The 265 Coastal Edition will make its […]
Global News(2026-10-28 16:05:51) Alexander, Philpot and Fajardo named MOP finalists The CFL's deadliest passing combo and a veteran quarterback coming off a career year are the finalists for the league's outstanding player award.
Just when you think you have the WHL figured out, the circuit’s teams throw a curveball your way. Those kinds of developments happen in the sports world in general, but they have a greater chance of happening in major junior hockey due to the fact the players are aged 16 to 20. The early part […]
Gerry Chidiac Canadian Member of Parliament Leah Gazan has introduced legislation that would make extreme forms of residential school denialism a criminal offence when they wilfully promote hatred against Indigenous peoples. Canada already has laws against the wilful promotion of hatred. So why do we need another one? And what about freedom of speech? Deliberately […]
Financial Post(2026-10-28 15:50:40) INE Launches Rebuilt eCDFP Certification to Validate End-to-End Digital Forensics and Incident Response Skills Professional-level, hands-on certification prepares DFIR practitioners to preserve evidence, conduct defensible investigations across endpoint, storage, network, and log data, and produce investigation-grade reporting. Cary, NC, Oct. 28, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — As digital investigations increasingly span endpoints, storage media, network traffic, and enterprise telemetry, INE, a leading global provider of hands-on technical training and certifications, […]
Onion Lake RCMP are seeking a person who is wanted for failing to comply with court conditions. Onion Lake RCMP are asking the public to report sightings and information on the whereabouts of 39-year-old Brennan Sakebow. Sakebow is wanted on warrant by Onion Lake RCMP for failing to comply with court-ordered conditions. These charges were […]
Prince Albert RCMP have arrested a wanted person following an investigation on Sturgeon Lake First Nation. According to RCMP on Oct. 21, Prince Albert RCMP were investigating a report of a stolen vehicle at a residence on Sturgeon Lake First Nation when they determined that a wanted individual and firearm were inside the residence. RCMP […]
Global News(2026-10-28 15:34:15) Ontario matches feds’ tax perk for businesses on capital investments Bethlenfalvy says Ontario's measures would provide about $8 billion in relief that will be a boon to the country over the long term by attracting more businesses to the province.
Domestic violence charges of assault and assault with a weapon against the member of provincial parliament for Sault Ste. Marie have been withdrawn. Chris Scott was charged for an alleged incident on Sept. 19, 2025, prompting his removal from the Progressive Conservative caucus. Court documents specified the charges were being treated as alleged intimate partner […]
Global News(2026-10-28 15:33:29) Elks extend head coach Mark Kilam through 2029 The Edmonton Elks have extended head coach Mark Kilam's contract through the CFL 2029 season after he led the club to its best regular season in more than a decade.
OTTAWA — Industry Minister Mélanie Joly says Ottawa is consulting its lawyers about remarks by Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. chief executive Lourenco Goncalves suggesting he bought Stelco to protect his company’s U.S. operations from Canadian competition. She says the federal government is examining the potential legal implications of his comments as the U.S.-based owner of Stelco faces […]
Listening to three former top commanders in the Canadian military at a parliamentary national defence committee hearing can be a scary business. Stuart Beare, a retired lieutenant general who was in charge of all deployed Canadian Forces, spoke of real threats to Canada and the world being at the highest since the Cold War and […]
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada is not yet in a position to reach a trade deal with U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration, even with the congressional midterms just days away. On his way into the weekly Liberal national caucus meeting on Parliament Hill today, Carney said Ottawa is prepared to make a […]
ATLANTA (AP) — Keisha Lance Bottoms talks a lot about the policies she would pursue as Georgia governor. The Democratic nominee is less likely to talk about the history she would make by winning the job. Never has a Black woman been elected governor in any state. The former Atlanta mayor and onetime White House […]
Global News(2026-10-28 15:18:59) 44 arrested, 187 charges laid in Toronto gun and drug probe The investigation, dubbed “Project Matrix,” began on March 1 in a bid to stop illegal firearms, drug trafficking and other criminal activity within the city’s east end.
Financial Post(2026-10-28 15:13:47) Rajant Corporation Appoints U.S. Army Lieutenant General Curtis Buzzard to Board of Directors Former commander of U.S. and NATO security assistance missions for Ukraine brings operational leadership and defense modernization experience MALVERN, Pa. — Rajant Corporation today announced the appointment of U.S. Army Lieutenant General Curtis Buzzard (Ret.) to its Board of Directors. Buzzard brings more than 34 years of leadership experience in military operations, international security cooperation, […]
Global News(2026-10-28 15:11:10) Canada not near trade deal with U.S. before midterms, Carney says The tariffs have also been a sticking point for the U.S. heading into the midterms, with some Republican candidates who previously applauded them changing their stance.
FREDERICTON — New Brunswick is planning to crack down on copper wire theft. The Liberal government says it is moving to restrict the sale of copper wire to licensed salvage dealers. Proposed changes to the province’s Salvage Dealers Licensing Act would only allow people lawfully entitled to possess and dispose of the wire to sell […]
Financial Post(2026-10-28 15:00:04) Europe’s Living Rooms: HEINEKEN and Magnum Photos Release Photoseries Documenting Europe’s Pubs and Bars Includes contributions from eight photographers who have captured moments of social connection in pubs and bars across Europe Celebrates the spaces where people come together and the distinctive character of each venue and city Coincides with new economic analysis showing tourists spend almost €2.5 billion a year on HEINEKEN beers alone – equating to almost […]
TORONTO — Ontario’s environment minister says he hopes to burn more garbage for energy and build more landfills following U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff on Canadian trash. Environment Minister Todd McCarthy says Ontario’s landfills will be full within 10 years and the province needs to act quickly. U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order […]
Financial Post(2026-10-28 14:54:12) DEWA Signs Three Agreements With Global Partners During WETEX 2026 DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) signed three agreements with leading global entities during the 28th Water, Energy, Technology and Environment Exhibition (WETEX 2026). In the presence of HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD&CEO of DEWA, the agreements were signed by Hussain Lootah, Executive Vice President of Transmission Power at […]
Financial Post(2026-10-28 14:43:08) AGI Announces Approval of Debenture Amendments and Provides Update on Strategic Review WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Ag Growth International Inc. (TSX: AFN, AFN.DB.H) (“AGI” or the “Company“) is pleased to announce that the holders (the “Debentureholders“) of its Third Series 5.25% senior subordinated unsecured debentures due December 31, 2026 (the “Debentures“) approved certain amendments to the Debentures at a serial meeting of Debentureholders (the “Meeting“) held today. In […]
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney says at least two Canadians were injured in a high-speed rail crash today in Spain. Carney expressed Canada’s solidarity with victims and family members and indicated Ottawa would help as needed. Spain experienced its second deadly high-speed rail accident this year when one train slammed into another that had […]
Global News(2026-10-28 14:37:40) Quebec government says it plans to end the time change Paul St-Pierre Plamondon wrote on social media on Wednesday that Quebecers will most likely set their clocks back one hour for the final time this weekend.
TORONTO — Ontario is matching the federal government’s recent move to give businesses a tax break on capital investments. Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy made the announcement ahead of the Thursday’s fall economic statement. Last year, Prime Minister Mark Carney and the federal government allowed businesses to immediately deduct 100 per cent of the cost of […]
Financial Post(2026-10-28 14:34:38) It’s Happening – Ikon Pass Winter 26/27 Is Open for the Season at Colorado’s Arapahoe Basin The Snow is Falling, Temperatures are Dropping, Time to Bust Out the Skis & Boards Unlimited Access at A-Basin for Ikon Pass & Ikon Base Pass Holders DENVER — Today, the 26/27 Ikon Pass winter season officially kicked off and is underway at Colorado’s Arapahoe Basin Ski Area. New this season, both Ikon Pass and […]
Toronto Star - Federal News(2026-10-28 14:24:53) Fate of private member’s bill to amend Divorce Act still not clear OTTAWA - The government is indicating it's open to supporting elements of a private member’s bill to amend the Divorce Act, though it’s not clear what the bill ultimately will look like.
Financial Post(2026-10-28 14:20:26) New Rexall Survey Signals Potential Drop in Vaccination Rates as Canada Heads Into Flu Season Less than half of people in Canada know they’re eligible for a flu shot, while only one in four plan to get vaccinated this year Mississauga, ON, Oct. 28, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — As Canada prepares for another respiratory illness season, new national research commissioned by Rexall suggests vaccination rates may continue to decline, with […]
The Globe and Mail(2026-10-28 14:18:04) Quebec plans to end twice-a-year time changes Premier says province hasn’t yet decided whether to keep daylight time or standard time year-round
Toronto Star - Canada(2026-10-28 14:17:46) Canada continues to oppose American embargo on Cuba at UN OTTAWA - Canada has again voted at the United Nations to oppose the U.S. embargo on Cuba as Havana accuses Washington of running a campaign of coercion to sway the vote.
The United Conservative Party government will press ahead with its plan to opt out of federal dental and drug benefit programs in favour of its own made-in-Alberta approach, even though voters rejected a similar strategy in last week's referendum.
Financial Post(2026-10-28 14:05:48) General Land & Power Brings Solar Power and Agriculture Together with the Sollair Energy Project 75-MW solar project in Rocky View County demonstrates an innovative approach to renewable energy and agricultural land use CALGARY, Alberta, Oct. 28, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — General Land & Power (GL&P) is proud to feature the Sollair Energy Project (Sollair), a 75-megawatt (MW) solar energy development spanning 480 acres in Rocky View County. Located north […]
Financial Post(2026-10-28 14:02:56) $20,000 donated by Saskatchewan Blue Cross to six local organizations SASKATOON, Saskatchewan, Oct. 28, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — A simple click can make a big impact. This year, those clicks translated into $20,000 in funding for six Saskatchewan organizations. Through Saskatchewan Blue Cross’ Your Voice, Your Choice program, advisors and employers across the province had a chance to direct funding to causes that matter most […]
Financial Post(2026-10-28 13:53:07) Ras Al Khaimah Signs Landmark Friendship Agreement & 10 MoUs during Historic High-Level Tour of South China RAS AL KHAIMAH, United Arab Emirates — His Highness Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, UAE Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah, witnesses the signing of a historic agreement between Ras Al Khaimah and Fujian Province, China, concluding a six-day China visit. Signed in Fuzhou, the agreement establishes a framework for […]
Financial Post(2026-10-28 13:49:54) Indigenous, labour, and environmental groups unite against Bill C-39 with mass rally in Toronto as part of a Week of Action TORONTO, Oct. 28, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Indigenous leaders across Canada have called for an Idle No More 2.0 in the midst of attacks on Indigenous communities, namely from the federal government’s “Building Canada Strong Act” (Bill C-39). In response, rallies are being held across the country as part of a National Week of Action […]
Financial Post(2026-10-28 13:45:44) Novatech Launches New Website to Better Serve North American Customers AUSTINTOWN, Ohio — Novatech Group, a cutting-edge manufacturer of entry doors, doorglass, patio doors, and tailor-made insulated glass, announces the launch of its new website: www.novatechgroup.com. The new site brings the entire Novatech product portfolio together on one platform for the first time, including industry-leading residential, commercial, and architectural solutions. The new site also makes […]
Financial Post(2026-10-28 13:44:17) GT Metabolic Solutions Announces Series C Growth Investment Led by J.P. Morgan Life Sciences Private Capital MINNEAPOLIS — GT Metabolic™ Solutions, Inc. (“the Company” or “GT Metabolic”), a pioneer in the medical device field and the first to receive FDA De Novo grant and 510(k) clearance for use of magnetic technology to create compression anastomoses (connections between two tubular structures in the body, such as intestines), today announced a Series C […]
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney will attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Antigua and Barbuda next week. Carney and other Commonwealth leaders are set to meet in the Caribbean nation’s capital of St. John’s from Nov. 2 and 4. Topics on the agenda include collaboration on climate change, renewable energy and security, […]
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney will attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Antigua and Barbuda next week. Carney and other Commonwealth leaders are set to meet in the Caribbean nation’s capital of St. John’s from Nov. 2 and 4. Topics on the agenda include collaboration on climate change, renewable energy and security, […]
Financial Post(2026-10-28 13:39:42) Netcracker Showcases Leadership in Driving Business Value for Operators with AI and Automation at FutureNet North America Netcracker to Join Rogers and TELUS in Executive Keynote on Revenue Growth, Superior Customer Experience and AI-Driven Automation WALTHAM, Mass. — Netcracker Technology announced today that it will highlight how its AI and automation solutions are helping customers, including Rogers Communications and TELUS, drive business value and deliver enhanced experiences at FutureNet North America, taking […]
Financial Post(2026-10-28 13:39:01) Docebo Expands Workforce Readiness Platform with Launch of Knowledge and Agents Organizations can now build workforce readiness at enterprise scale, with trusted answers in the flow of work and agents that take on the manual work behind learning. TORONTO — Docebo Inc. (Nasdaq: DCBO; TSX: DCBO) the Enterprise Platform for the AI-era workforce, unifying skills intelligence, learning, and knowledge in one closed loop, announced today that […]
Former federal cabinet minister Carla Qualtrough has been elected president of Swimming Canada, the organization announced Wednesday. The former Paralympic swimmer won three bronze medals representing Canada at the 1988 Seoul and 1992 Barcelona Games. She also won six medals at the 1990 world championships, including four silver and two bronze. Qualtrough later served as […]
Former federal cabinet minister Carla Qualtrough has been elected president of Swimming Canada, the organization announced Wednesday. The former Paralympic swimmer won three bronze medals representing Canada at the 1988 Seoul and 1992 Barcelona Games. She also won six medals at the 1990 world championships, including four silver and two bronze. Qualtrough later served as […]
Jimmy Ylimaki, a Montreal man accused of defrauding American seniors as part of an elaborate grandparent scam network, has pleaded guilty in a U.S. court.
On the eve of the Canada-EU summit in Montreal, Prime Minister Mark Carney and Quebec Premier Paul St-Pierre Plamondon are each urging the other to rethink their their stances on Quebec's role at the event.
Toronto Star - Canada(2026-10-28 13:17:56) Senior B.C. Mountie David Teboul pleads guilty to assault ABBOTSFORD BRITISH COLUMBIA - RCMP Assistant Commissioner David Teboul has pleaded guilty to assault after an off-duty altercation in Abbotsford in July 2025.
Financial Post(2026-10-28 13:10:44) Nova Scotia school support workers set November 2 strike deadline as government fails to reach deal HALIFAX, NS — School support workers across Nova Scotia are preparing for a province-wide strike on Monday, November 2, unless the provincial government and school board employers come forward with an offer that delivers at least $3.50 an hour in wage increases for every worker by 2029. The Nova Scotia School Board Council of Unions […]
Financial Post(2026-10-28 13:09:02) Sparxity Announces Multi-Million-Dollar Sparse-Native Computing Deployment at the Jülich Supercomputing Centre Formerly SpiNNcloud, the company has also announced a strategic rebrand to Sparxity, supporting its vision to only compute what matters DRESDEN, Germany — Sparxity (formerly SpiNNcloud), a leader in sparse-native computing, today announced the deployment of its sparse-native computing rack system at the Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC), one of Europe’s largest supercomputing research centers and […]
Financial Post(2026-10-28 13:08:08) Cognite Reports $1 Billion in Verified AI Value, Confirming Impact of Industrial AI Solutions One year after launching its $100B Moonshot, Cognite reaches major milestone, challenging traditional enterprise software metrics by focusing on bottom-line customer ROI PHOENIX — Cognite, the global leader in Industrial AI, today announced that companies using its Industrial AI and Data Platform have unlocked more than $1 billion in verified, realized value. The milestone comes […]
Financial Post(2026-10-28 13:07:18) Pave Survey Finds U.S. Employees Are Building AI Apps Faster Than Companies Can Support Them Survey of more than 5,500 employees and business leaders shows one-in-four employees use an app they built for work, but scaling remains a challenge BOSTON, Oct. 28, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — A new survey from Pave, the simplest AI app builder for businesses, finds that while employees are eager to build applications with AI—and business […]
Financial Post(2026-10-28 13:05:35) New Horizons Ahead: Applications Open November 1 for the Eighth Annual Air Canada and CAE Captain Judy Cameron Scholarship Eight scholarships will support Canadian women training as commercial pilots or aircraft maintenance engineers Applications open November 1 MONTRÉAL, Oct. 28, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Air Canada and CAE are once again joining forces to support more women building careers in aviation through the Captain Judy Cameron Scholarship. The two Montréal-based global aviation companies announced […]
Financial Post(2026-10-28 13:04:37) Skyhigh Security Redefines Zero Trust for the Distributed AI Era First-to-market Hybrid Mesh SSE secures people, AI agents, and data wherever work happens, with local control and up to 50% lower SSE operating costs SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 28, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The cloud-only era of enterprise security is over. Work now happens everywhere, AI is transforming both the workforce and the threat landscape, […]
Financial Post(2026-10-28 13:02:56) Irina Shayk Returns in a New Light for Donna Karan New York’s Fall/Winter 2026 Campaign NEW YORK, Oct. 28, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Donna Karan New York has always been defined by two enduring muses: the woman and the city. One shapes the other. Together, they embody a spirit that is powerful yet effortless, timeless, and unmistakably modern. Building on the story introduced in Fall 2026, Donna Karan New York […]
Financial Post(2026-10-28 13:00:58) More Canadian Companies Plan to Hire Seasonal Workers, With Full-Time Hires in Mind Most companies see seasonal roles as a great way to identify future full-time talent TORONTO, Oct. 28, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Seasonal jobs may come with an end date, but new survey findings show companies increasingly see them as the beginning of something longer, according to a recent Express Employment Professionals-Harris Poll survey. One in […]
The Globe and Mail(2026-10-28 13:00:00) Think fast: Meet the Technology Fast 50 There’s a theme running through the companies on this year’s Technology Fast 50 list (Spoiler: It’s AI)
The Globe and Mail(2026-10-28 13:00:00) Meet the 2026 Technology Fast 50 Check out this year’s winners of the Technology Fast 50 program
The Globe and Mail(2026-10-28 13:00:00) Six wines to jumpstart your holiday celebrations The 2017 vintage of Dom Pérignon is recommended this week alongside some other collectible wines released in the lead-up to the holiday season
In a more dangerous and volatile world, the Commonwealth remains a constant. Its 56 member nations span the Caribbean, Europe, Africa, North America, and the Indo-Pacific – united by a shared belief that we can achieve far more together than we can alone. Canada is deepening these partnerships to create new economic opportunities and build […]
Global News(2026-10-28 12:57:15) Tech stocks rebounding ahead of U.S. interest rate announcement Tech stocks have surged this week ahead of Wednesday's meeting of the U.S. Federal Reserve with markets anticipating no change to the benchmark U.S. interest rate.
The team fundraising to renovate 24 Sussex Drive in Ottawa says it has already raised millions of dollars and established a new "council" of prominent figures to promote more donations.
Financial Post(2026-10-28 12:49:56) Orca Energy Group Announces UK Employee Redundancy Process and Change to the Board of Directors TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands, Oct. 28, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Orca Energy Group Inc. (“Orca” or the “Company”) (TSX-V: ORC.A, ORC.B) announces the redundancy process for the Company’s employees based in the United Kingdom and Lisa Mitchell’s resignation as a director of the Company. The Company has commenced the process to wind-up its operations based […]
Financial Post(2026-10-28 12:46:26) Cannabix Technologies Evaluating Expansion into Breath-Based Health and Biomarker Market with Proprietary BCU “VOC” Platform VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct. 28, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Cannabix Technologies Inc. (CSE: BLO) (OTCID: BLOZF) (Frankfurt: 8CT) (the “Company” or “Cannabix”), a developer of marijuana and alcohol breath testing technologies, announces that it is evaluating its Breath Collection Unit (BCU) technology, for strategic expansion into the rapidly advancing breath biomarker research and diagnostics sector. […]
President Donald Trump told Texans they’d better accept data centers in their communities and floated making Venezuela the 51st state as he stumped for Republican Ken Paxton, while Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico said a “corruption crisis” plagues U.S. politics. Social media videos believed to be produced with artificial intelligence and linked to Russia are […]
As trade talks intensify ahead of Tuesday's U.S. midterm elections, Prime Minister Mark Carney says his government will only agree to a deal "when it suits Canadians."
Toronto Star - Canada(2026-10-28 12:38:37) Unclear whether Quebec premier will attend EU summit in Montreal QUÉBEC - Quebec Premier Paul St-Pierre Plamondon has refused to confirm whether he will attend the Canada-European Union summit organized by the federal government after accusing Ottawa of muzzling him.
A joint Canada-EU statement expected to be released on Friday is dropping the title of associate member and will instead use softer language promising closer ties, according to sources who have seen the latest draft of the statement.
Global News(2026-10-28 12:22:53) At least 30 dead, 80 injured in central Spain train crash The accident was between two high-speed trains carrying hundreds of passengers and heading in the same direction from the capital Madrid to Seville in southwestern Spain.
Financial Post(2026-10-28 12:12:20) Advisor360° Strengthens Leadership Team With Two Key Executive Appointments New leaders bolster company’s focus on AI innovation, enterprise technology and customer success as Advisor360° executes its next phase of growth NEEDHAM, Mass., Oct. 28, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Advisor360°™, the Autonomous Financial Platform™ for advisors, today announced two senior leadership appointments that further strengthen the company’s ability to execute on its strategic vision and […]
Canada's industry minister says she called the department's lawyers after the head of Stelco's American parent company told CBC News that he only bought the Hamilton steelmaker to stop it undercutting his production facilities in the U.S.
National Post(2026-10-28 12:06:48) On the map: A new view of renting in Hamilton With family-sized layouts, condo-style amenities and a mid-rise design tailored to its surroundings, 500 Upper Wellington stands out atop the Niagara Escarpment
Sault Ste. Marie MPP Chris Scott has been sitting at Queen's Park as an Independent since being arrested for spousal assault and assault with a weapon in September last year.
Financial Post(2026-10-28 11:48:40) TC Transcontinental Announces a Transition in Financial Leadership MONTREAL, Oct. 28, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Transcontinental Inc. (TSX: TCL.A, TCL.B) (“TC Transcontinental”) announces that Donald LeCavalier, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will leave the company on December 31, after two decades of service. Manon Sigouin, currently Vice President, Financial Operations and Corporate Controller, has 28 years of experience within finance at […]
Toronto Star - Canada(2026-10-28 11:48:03) Canada-EU Summit set to launch additional talks on a deeper partnership OTTAWA - A stronger alliance between Canada and the European Union would only include a financial commitment if either side joins specific programs in either jurisdiction, a senior government official said Wednesday.
Financial Post(2026-10-28 11:47:23) Realbotix Relaunched Ask Aria Digital AI Avatar Ask Aria, an AI powered 3D digital avatar, is now available on the Realbotix.com website. Ask Aria delivers expressive conversations and introduces Vinci-powered visual awareness, establishing the foundation for personalized, memory-enabled experiences. LAS VEGAS — Realbotix Corp. (TSX-V: XBOT) (Frankfurt: 76M0.F) (OTC: XBOTF) (“Realbotix” or the “Company”), a developer of humanoid robots and AI systems, […]
Financial Post(2026-10-28 11:46:35) Spanish Mountain Gold Acquires 28 Mineral Claims, Expands Exploration Opportunities to Grow Mineralization VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Spanish Mountain Gold Ltd. (the “Company” or “Spanish Mountain Gold“) (TSXV: SPA; FSE: S3Y; OTCQB: SPAUF) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a purchase agreement dated October 16, 2026, with an arm’s-length vendor, pursuant to which it will acquire 28 mineral claims, an area over 2,000 hectares, that […]
Financial Post(2026-10-28 11:45:53) New Data Reveals Seven in Ten Ontarians Say Burnout Is Making It Hard to Function at Home As Ontarians pull back from friends and skip meals, 60% can’t identify what an occupational therapist does – the professionals who help people manage all aspects of daily life. TORONTO — Burnout is making everyday life harder for most Ontarians, but few know where to turn for help, according to a survey answered among members […]
Financial Post(2026-10-28 11:44:23) AVANTE PARTNERS WITH VANGUARD RISK MANAGEMENT TO LAUNCH MAST PILOT IN GREECE AND IS FEATURED ON ANT1 TV WITH THE MAYOR OF VARI-VOULA-VOULIAGMENI Avante, in partnership with Vanguard Risk Management, has launched a pilot deployment of its MAST platform with the Municipality of Vari-Voula-Vouliagmeni in Greece, combining MAST’s AI-enabled video surveillance with drone-based aerial tracking. The pilot was featured on Greek national broadcaster ANT1 TV alongside the Mayor of Vari-Voula-Vouliagmeni, Mr. Grigoris Konstantellos, providing a live demonstration of […]
Financial Post(2026-10-28 11:40:25) Brookfield Renewable Announces Extension of Voting Deadline and New Meeting Date for Proposed Corporate Simplification Despite almost unanimous support for the Simplification by unitholders casting votes, more voter participation is required to achieve the approval threshold of at least two-thirds of all outstanding units to support The Special Meeting of Unitholders has been rescheduled for November 30, 2026 at (Toronto time) to allow more time for Unitholders who have not yet […]
The Globe and Mail(2026-10-28 11:34:24) Canada and UAE sign trade, defence and energy agreements Canada and the United Arab Emirates have signed a free trade deal that both countries have boasted about reaching in a record time of 47 days. The deal was one of a handful of trade and infrastructure agreements signed during the crown prince of Abu Dhabi's visit to Ottawa.
Toronto Star - Federal News(2026-10-28 11:33:19) Joly consults lawyers on Stelco owner's confessions as deadline looms OTTAWA - Industry Minister Mélanie Joly says Ottawa is consulting its lawyers about remarks by Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. chief executive Lourenco Goncalves suggesting he bought Stelco to protect his company's U.S. operations from Canadian competition.
The Globe and Mail(2026-10-28 11:33:09) Lula says Bolsonaro's exit from Brazil is shameful after defeat President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Tuesday he had just heard that Senator Flávio Bolsonaro had left Brazil, calling it shameful and saying his rival in Sunday's presidential election should have stayed and proven his innocence.
Toronto Star - Canada(2026-10-28 11:25:59) Canada not yet in position to reach trade deal with U.S.: Carney OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada is not yet in a position to reach a trade deal with U.S. President Donald Trump's administration, even with the congressional midterms just days away.
Daylight saving time (DST) traditionally ends on Nov. 1 in Canada, but this year some provinces and territories are preparing to leave seasonal time changes behind. For years, Canadians have called for an end to the twice-yearly clock change, with public consultations in several provinces prompting some governments to move toward making DST permanent. While […]
Global News(2026-10-28 11:00:12) Winnipeg election 2026: Here’s what you should know Polls will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. for Winnipeg voters to determine their next mayor, city councillor and school board trustee.
Students and professors are raising questions about how McGill University handled the admission of a convicted murderer to its law school this fall, as authorities evaluate whether he will remain behind bars.
Financial Post(2026-10-28 10:58:25) Bausch + Lomb Posts Strong Third-Quarter Performance, Raises Full-Year 2026 Guidance Revenue of $1.375 Billion Revenue Grew 7% as Reported and 8% on a Constant Currency1 Basis Compared to the Third Quarter of 2025 GAAP Net Income Attributable to Bausch + Lomb Corporation of $32 Million Adjusted EBITDA (non-GAAP)1 and Adjusted EBITDA Excluding Acquired IPR&D (non-GAAP) 1 of $325 Million Raising Full-Year 2026 Revenue and Adjusted […]
iPolitics - News(2026-10-28 10:57:00) Gull-Masty still quiet on next steps for controversial bill making changes to Indian Act She told iPolitics before a cabinet meeting on Tuesday that she's "looking forward" to detailing next steps for the bill, but her office later clarified that she wasn't promising news anytime soon. The PM said Monday that his government "will be coming soon" with a response to S-2, which has been stalled for months in Parliament.
Financial Post(2026-10-28 10:48:15) PayNet Enables Malaysian Mobile Banking App Users to Make Overseas DuitNow QR Payments via Alipay+ Malaysians can now pay using supported local banking apps in five destinations: Chinese Mainland, Hong Kong SAR, South Korea, the Philippines and Laos. More markets will be added progressively. KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Payments Network Malaysia Sdn Bhd (PayNet) today announced the launch of outbound DuitNow QR payment connectivity through Alipay+, the unified wallet gateway […]
The Globe and Mail(2026-10-28 10:45:00) A bold housing policy gets the boot in Alberta The province forces Edmonton to roll back its zoning reforms, which had fuelled a construction boom
Financial Post(2026-10-28 10:32:52) Beyond the Ballot: More Than 3,500 Back OHIP Petition as Psychotherapy Gaps Come Into Focus Following the province’s response to CBC, a Guelph-led campaign asks what happens to people who need treatment outside existing programs. GUELPH, Ontario, Oct. 28, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — More than 3,500 people have signed a Guelph-led petition calling for expanded OHIP coverage for psychotherapy, according to campaign organizers. Following Ontario’s municipal elections and recent media […]
First Reading is a Canadian politics newsletter curated by the National Post’s own Tristin Hopper. To get an early version sent directly to your inbox, sign up here. TOP STORY On Monday, following a summit between first ministers and First Nations leaders, Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew brandished his Indian status card in front of reporters, […]
The Globe and Mail(2026-10-28 10:23:12) Morning Update: Canada’s UAE balancing act Also in today’s edition: Ottawa’s proposed MAID overhaul and the country’s Eurovision debut
Financial Post(2026-10-28 10:17:25) Canadian Vaping Association Says Flavour Bans Are a Gift to the Illicit Market Ottawa, ON, Oct. 28, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — When a legal product is banned, organized crime is waiting to supply it. Just ask Quebec, The Netherlands, Australia and Mexico, countries that all have thriving illicit vaping markets because flavour options were taken away from adult vapers. Health Canada’s 2026 progress report, Delivering Results: Advancing Canada’s […]
Financial Post(2026-10-28 10:14:34) EcoOnline and ALL4 Join Forces to Increase Risk Visibility and Operational Performance Partnership combines EcoOnline’s connected EcoOne EHS platform with ALL4’s regulatory and technical expertise across safety, chemicals, environmental compliance and sustainability DALLAS — EcoOnline, a global provider of software that transforms how organizations protect people and the planet, today announced a partnership with ALL4, a leading provider of strategic consulting services for organizations navigating complex EHS […]
Financial Post(2026-10-28 10:13:42) Act-On Launches Prebuilt Marketing Automation Solutions for Credit Unions and Regional Banks The launch marks the first phase of a broader vertical-market strategy combining nearly two decades of marketing automation experience, industry expertise and AI PORTLAND, Ore. — Act-On Software today announced new industry-specific solutions designed for credit unions and regional banks, helping financial institutions launch more effective lifecycle marketing programs with greater speed, simplicity and impact. […]
Financial Post(2026-10-28 10:07:31) Blossom Gold Surface Drilling Program Intercepts 128 meters at 1.19gAu/t including 37.1m at 2.82gAu/t at its Rosebud Project TORONTO, Oct. 28, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Blossom Gold Inc. (“Blossom” or the “Company”) (TSX: BGAU, OTCQX: BGAUF) is pleased to announce further drill results from its ongoing 2026 exploration program at the Rosebud Open-Pit Heap-Leach Project (“Rosebud” or the “Project”) in Pershing County, Nevada. This release builds on exploration results reported to date and […]
Financial Post(2026-10-28 10:06:33) Stella-Jones to Participate in the 2026 RBC Capital Markets Global Industrials Conference MONTREAL, Oct. 28, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Stella-Jones Inc. (TSX: SJ) (“Stella-Jones” or the “Company”) today announced that Eric Vachon, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Silvana Travaglini, Senior Vice-President & Chief Financial Officer, will participate in the RBC Capital Markets 2026 Global Industrials Conference in New York, NY, on Monday, November 16, 2026. Management […]
Financial Post(2026-10-28 10:05:25) Nearly Half of Canadians Report Being Targeted by Digital Fraud as Scammers Exploit Familiar Communications and Accounts Fraudsters are using seemingly legitimate texts, calls and emails while targeting existing accounts to exploit consumer trust heading into the holiday shopping season TORONTO, Oct. 28, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — New analysis from TransUnion (NYSE: TRU) shows nearly half (49%) of Canadians surveyed reported being targeted by a fraud scheme through email, online, phone call […]
Financial Post(2026-10-28 10:04:25) Bitget, Reality and Keyring Brings the First Fully Defi Equity Basis to The Market VICTORIA, Seychelles, Oct. 28, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Bitget, the world’s largest Universal Exchange (UEX), has released a joint research report with Reality and Keyring exploring how tokenised equities can support trading strategies beyond traditional stock investing. The study examines how tokenised equities, perpetual derivatives and decentralised lending can work together, with historical simulations examining […]
Young people, at least a portion of them, are on the offensive, with mass protests spreading from Paris and Milan to Katmandu New Delhi and Sri Lanka. A generational war has begun, and its consequences, including for North America, could be devastating. Although conditions differ by country, the spark behind these protests lies in both […]
OTTAWA — The foundation running the government’s efforts to raise money to renovate the prime minister’s official residence says donations are up sevenfold since early August, while also announcing that a council has been created to add fuel to the campaign. In a news release to be released Wednesday, the Rideau Hall Foundation also said […]
The results for the Alberta referendum send a mixed message. The 25 per cent vote for Option B — for a followup referendum to secede — was lower than what I had hoped for, but about what I expected. As I’ve stated repeatedly, I do not support Alberta separation, but I also do not support […]
A publisher and editor of Steven Galloway’s books testified at his defamation trial Tuesday, telling the court that the November 2015 rape accusations against the author derailed his writing career “almost overnight.” “We had to cancel festival engagements. Books were returned from the bookstores,” Louise Dennys told B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver. “It was extraordinary […]
Financial Post(2026-10-28 09:30:55) Rakovina Therapeutics and Celvion Therapeutics Complete AI Analysis Identifying Priority Cancer Indications for Brain-Penetrant ATR Inhibitor Program EMphora™ platform integrates clinical evidence and predictive modelling to help identify promising cancer patient populations and guide the next phase of research VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct. 28, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Rakovina Therapeutics Inc. (TSX-V: RKV) (FSE: 7JO0) (OTCMKTS: RKVTF), a biopharmaceutical company advancing innovative cancer therapies through AI-powered drug discovery, and Boston-based Celvion Therapeutics […]
Financial Post(2026-10-28 09:08:08) Spellbook Announced as One of the Technology Fast 50 Program Winners for 2026 Toronto-based world leader in contract AI infrastructure ranks No. 7 with 5,826% revenue growth from 2022 to 2025 TORONTO — Spellbook, the AI infrastructure for contracts used by 5,000+ teams across 80+ countries, has been recognized by the 2026 Technology Fast 50™ awards program. This year’s theme, Growth Built to Last, celebrates organizations driving sustainable […]
The Globe and Mail(2026-10-28 09:00:00) Is it time to bring the Volkswagen camper back to Canada? Jeremy Sinek still roams Canada’s vastness in an obscure 30-year-old, 280,000-kilometre Eurovan camper and on a recent trip to Scotland rented a model two generations newer to see what we’re missing
The Globe and Mail(2026-10-28 08:40:00) Four elements to consider when passing on wealth early ‘Living gifts are far harder than inheritance because you’re here to see the benefits but also what might go wrong,’ says financial planner Adam Chapman
OTTAWA — When CSIS director Dan Rogers meets staff at one of the spy agency’s offices across the country, there comes a time when he asks the bosses to leave the room. Then, he asks spy agency staff how thing are really going. There’s good reason for the head of the spy agency — who […]
OTTAWA — Quebec Premier Paul St-Pierre Plamondon may have received congratulations from U.S. President Donald Trump on his election win, but that won’t deter him from his goal to force big U.S. streamers to showcase more French content on their platforms. In unveiling his cabinet last week, St-Pierre Plamondon named his most experienced member of […]
VICTORIA — With two-thirds of the seats in the next legislature, the B.C. Conservatives may have a resounding mandate to follow through on their election promises to cut taxes, reduce the deficit and grow the economy at 3.2 per cent — but some economists say the challenge will be doing it all at once. Cutting […]
TORONTO — For Lisa Marr, the government’s decision to ban people from accessing medical assistance in dying for mental illness feels like “a stab in the back.” “They’re not thinking about those people who have lived with it their entire life and have treatment-resistant conditions,” Marr said from her bedroom in Eastern Passage, N.S. “Like […]
OTTAWA — Weeks ago, the government of Prime Minister Mark Carney promised to ban imports of products from Israeli settlements in the West Bank. It’s not clear how or when Ottawa will implement that ban. A group of MPs and senators is urging quick action, while others say Canada should reconsider. Tuesday’s election in Israel […]
TORONTO — In addition to freezing Ontario Student Assistance Program payments to all private post-secondary institutions, the province has paused at least some funding through Better Jobs Ontario, which helps unemployed people get skills training. But the government won’t explicitly say so. There has been no public communication from the government about the status of […]
WINNIPEG — Canada’s run of October voting continues with municipal elections today across Manitoba. In Winnipeg, home to more than half the province’s population, Scott Gillingham is hoping to keep his job as mayor for a second term. Polls have shown Gillingham ahead of the 11 other candidates in the race, although his support has […]
Policy Magazine(2026-10-28 18:02:20) Our Policy Budget 2026 Series Mark Carney has prioritized infrastructure and defence spending per his Build Canada Strong policies/Carney X The November 5th, 2026 federal […]
Policy Magazine(2026-10-28 15:21:21) Social Policy and the Federal Budget By Daniel Béland October 26, 2026 As we head towards the Carney government’s second budget, it is appropriate to […]
I’m taking a week off of premium as I’ve had a family situation that has absorbed a lot of my time this week, but I’ll be back with a barnburner next Friday (11/6).
Pluralistic(2026-10-28 10:54:05) Pluralistic: Agents vs ecommerce (28 Oct 2026) Today's links Agents vs ecommerce: Opacity is a feature, not a bug. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Aibo hacking; Calculator watches; What hath Occupy wrought; Dr Seuss v Trek parody; "Blacks for Trump" x murder-cults; "9 Times My Work Has Been Ripped Off." Upcoming appearances: Vienna, Kilkenny, Courtenay, Vancouver, Folkestone, Oxford, Sheffield, Virtual, Oxford, Montreal. Recent appearances: Where I've been. Latest books: You keep readin' em, I'll keep writin' 'em. Upcoming books: Like I said, I'll keep writin' 'em. Colophon: All the rest. Agents vs ecommerce (permalink) The first widely read piece of tech criticism I ever wrote was "Metacrap: Putting the torch to the seven strawmen of the meta-utopia," a response to the underlying philosophy of the "Semantic Web" that I published in 2001: https://people.well.com/user/doctorow/metacrap.htm The piece holds up surprisingly well today (if I do say so myself), and not just for its criticism of the ontological incoherence of "web semantics." The most relevant concept I develop in that piece is a criticism of any plan that starts with "first, everyone else in the world just needs to set aside their needs and advantages in favor of my priorities, and then my plan will work." This is especially relevant today in the context of "agentic AI." When this idea was first mooted, the big idea was that you could instruct a chatbot to venture out onto the public, unstructured web and it would do your bidding, for example, finding all the flights that fit your criteria and comparing prices for all of them, picking the best one and booking it for you. This idea quickly foundered. Each step in that process was too complex and specialized for a single chatbot; so the notion quickly gave way to "swarms" of specialized chatbots – one to search the web and identify likely travel websites; one to search those websites; one to evaluate flights against your criteria, one to handle the transaction, and so on. Through specialization, these bots could be made far more accurate, but at a price: both the literal price of all the extra computation that goes into powering a "swarm" versus a single process, and the reliability price that arises from complexity. That's because error rates are multiplicative: combine two bots with low failure rates into a single system and that system will have a higher failure rate than any of its components. This compounding error rate only increases as you add more and more bots, so every time you add a new specialized bot to decrease the error rate in its area of specialization, you increase the overall error rate of the system by adding more complexity to it. Despite this, companies pressed on ahead with "agentic," without any regard to the realities or consequences. For example, Microsoft has repeatedly announced that it will modify Windows to eliminate all forms of PC-side privacy and confidentiality, sending a continuous stream of screenshots to Microsoft's cloud servers so that your Microsoft "agent" can access your private data on Microsoft's cloud: https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/06/1000x-liability/#graceful-failure-modes But the real fix for "agentic" is for everyone in the world to rearrange their affairs to the benefit of AI agents. This is the same demand that the Semantic Web people made in the early oughts, and it has the same problems. The Semantic Web people operated on the assumption that there were freestanding, objectively correct ways of describing things and that everyone who put information on the web would eventually come to see that adopting these correct semantics was to everyone's advantage. In reality, these semantic differences are the expression of real, serious, unresolvable philosophical, technical, moral and political arguments. The reason that some media outlets won't describe transwomen as women isn't because they lack an appreciation of objectively correct semantic classifications – it's because they're bigots. That's the same reason "race realists" insist that there is a biological category called "race," that exists despite everything computational genomics has proved: https://pluralistic.net/2020/08/16/combat-wheelchairs/#race-realism In my book The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI, I predicted that a similar dynamic would play out when it came to agentic AI and websites. The reason websites are so inhospitable to bots is that ecommerce sites don't want to be legible to automated tools: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374621568/thereversecentaursguidetolifeafterai/ Ecommerce websites deploy a wide range of sleazy tactics to raise prices, including surveillance pricing: https://pluralistic.net/2026/10/07/gouged/#aeropain They use market power to rig whole categories, forcing prices up: https://pluralistic.net/2026/10/15/enshittipedia/ Multiple law-enforcers, Republic and Democrat, state and federal, have sued companies for "drip pricing" and "junk fees" that make it impossible to know what the actual price is until you've spent a long-ass time going through the purchase process: https://pluralistic.net/2024/06/07/drip-drip-drip/#drip-off Surveillance pricing, drip pricing, junk fees, price fixing and "most favored nation" deals are the source of all the growth in profitability by the economy's largest, most important firms. These tactics require opacity and are antithetical to the kinds of automated comparison-shopping that agentic peddlers promise: https://pluralistic.net/2024/08/14/the-price-is-wright/#enforcement-priorities These tactics are facially illegal and despite this, they are widely practiced. Cheating is so profitable that it's cheaper for firms to buy off regulators and pay fines than it is for them to stop criming. The fantasy that these same companies would welcome agentic shopping bots with open arms is just as implausible as the idea that if we feed enough words to the word-guessing program, it will wake up and become a "super intelligence": https://pluralistic.net/2026/09/18/surprise/#wow-signal What's more, the AI companies know this. Google's big plan to make AI profitable is to sell merchants the power to combine its surveillance data with its AI tools to price-gouge shoppers: https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/21/cod-marxism/#wannamaker-slain And right on time, ecommerce websites are mass-blocking AI agents: https://gizmodo.com/online-shopping-platforms-turn-against-third-party-ai-agents-2000831298 They're doing it in part because AI agents allow shoppers to cheat (for example, by renewing a "temporary" hold on a used item to block other buyers indefinitely), but also because they don't want automation tools on their platforms at all. These tools are a frontal assault on all the most exciting (and sleaziest) ways to make money in the waning hours of end-stage capitalism. Far from welcoming bots, ecommerce sites were always going to block them. It's easy to come up with amazing applications for technology if you're allowed to assume that you can get everyone else in the world to set aside their priorities and their interests in favor of yours. But unless someone has a plan to do that, we shouldn't take them seriously. Hey look at this (permalink) Musk: Inside the Suits https://www.insidethesuits.com/receipts/15-musk-no-further-sales/ "The day all billionaires died…" https://www.patreon.com/noneofthisisok/posts/day-all-died-171938052 Your phone is about to stop being yours https://keepandroidopen.org/ Shitter: Alternative Twitter front-end https://codeberg.org/shitter/shitter Saving Social Security https://prospect.org/2026/10/27/saving-social-security/ Object permanence (permalink) #25yrsago Hack your Aibo https://web.archive.org/web/20010516005338/http://aibohack.com/ #20yrsago History of calculator watches https://watchismo.blogspot.com/2006/10/calculating-history-of-led-calculator.html #15yrsago How Occupy has shifted the national debate https://www.salon.com/2011/10/27/the_victory_ows_has_already_won/ #15yrsago UK public reimbursed Margaret Thatcher was reimbursed for more than £500K in personal expenses https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2011/oct/28/margaret-thatcher-expenses-claim #15yrsago Depression the Hyperbole and a Half way https://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2011/10/adventures-in-depression.html #15yrsago Philippines president Duterte says God threatened to crash his plane if he didn’t stop swearing https://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/international/2016/10/28/duterte-says-god-told-stop-cursing/ #15yrsago Public safety codes are now free online for all https://memex.craphound.com/2016/10/28/public-safety-codes-are-now-free-online-for-all/ #10yrsago Dr Seuss estate has crushed a kickstarter for a Seuss/Trek mashup https://web.archive.org/web/20170425161011/https://www.popehat.com/2016/10/26/popehat-signal-help-defend-a-seuss-trek-parody-under-fair-use/ #10yrsago Undercover with a prepper militia that patrols the border to fight “drug cartels” https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/10/undercover-border-militia-immigration-bauer/ #10yrsago The “Blacks for Trump” guy used to be in a murder cult https://web.archive.org/web/20161027133828/https://fusion.net/story/362459/blacks-for-trump-michael-the-black-man-yahweh-cult/ #5yrsago Europe's trustbusters lose the plot https://pluralistic.net/2021/10/28/clintons-ghost/#filternet #5yrsago All of science gets a general index https://pluralistic.net/2021/10/28/clintons-ghost/#cornucopia-concordance #5yrsago The new DRM-breaking exemptions just dropped https://pluralistic.net/2021/10/28/clintons-ghost/#felony-contempt-of-business-model #1yrago Raymond Biesinger's "9 Times My Work Has Been Ripped Off" https://pluralistic.net/2025/10/28/productive-seething/#fuck-you-pay-me Upcoming appearances (permalink) Vienna: TED AI, Oct 28-30 https://tedai-vienna.ted.com/ Kilkenny (Kilkenomics), Nov 6-8 https://kilkenomics.com/ Courtenay: Enshittification (Sid Williams Theatre Society), Nov 10 https://www.sidwilliamstheatre.com/events/cory-doctorow-talks-enshittification/ Vancouver: BC Policy Solutions Gala, Nov 12 https://bcpolicy.ca/gala/ Folkestone Writers Festival, Nov 16 https://www.creativefolkestone.org.uk/whats-on/cory-doctorow-the-internet-is-broken-now-what/ Oxford: Ministry of the Future, Nov 23 https://ministryforthefuture.co.uk/events.html Sheffield: Reverse Centaur at Juno Books, Nov 25 https://www.outsavvy.com/event/40274/cory-doctorow-in-conversation Virtual: Enshittification, AI, and the Future of Technology (UBC Master of Educational Technology), Nov 28 https://met.ubc.ca/2026/09/met-speaker-series-cory-doctorow-enshittification-ai-and-the-future-of-technology/ Oxford: Bennett Oxford Symposium on Open Code in Science, Dec 9 https://www.bennett.ox.ac.uk/events/2026-bennett-institute-symposium/ Montreal: World Science Fiction Convention, Sep 2-6 https://montreal2027.ca/en Recent appearances (permalink) Clint Eastwood (No Gods No Mayors) https://www.patreon.com/NoGodsNoMayors/posts/clint-eastwood-173008088 Life After AI (Brain Bar) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPPa43-n0vI Terms of Service with Clare Duffy (CNN) https://www.cnn.com/audio/podcasts/terms-of-service-with-clare-duffy/episodes/458ce968-af5d-11f0-b539-13ed2afe25f8 AI, Work, and Power (Software Engineering Daily) AI, Work, and Power https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/podcasts/cory-doctorow-on-ai-work-and-power/ AI, Corporate Power, and the Fight for Worker Control (Plutopia) https://plutopia.io/cory-doctorow-ai-corporate-power-and-the-fight-for-worker-control/ Latest books (permalink) "The Reverse-Centaur's Guide to AI," a short book about being a better AI critic, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, June 2026 https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374621568/thereversecentaursguidetolifeafterai/ "Canny Valley": A limited edition collection of the collages I create for Pluralistic, self-published, September 2025 https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/04/illustrious/#chairman-bruce "Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It," Farrar, Straus, Giroux, October 7 2025 https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374619329/enshittification/ "Picks and Shovels": a sequel to "Red Team Blues," about the heroic era of the PC, Tor Books (US), Head of Zeus (UK), February 2025 (https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250865908/picksandshovels). "The Bezzle": a sequel to "Red Team Blues," about prison-tech and other grifts, Tor Books (US), Head of Zeus (UK), February 2024 (thebezzle.org). "The Lost Cause:" a solarpunk novel of hope in the climate emergency, Tor Books (US), Head of Zeus (UK), November 2023 (http://lost-cause.org). "The Internet Con": A nonfiction book about interoperability and Big Tech (Verso) September 2023 (http://seizethemeansofcomputation.org). Signed copies at Book Soup (https://www.booksoup.com/book/9781804291245). "Red Team Blues": "A grabby, compulsive thriller that will leave you knowing more about how the world works than you did before." Tor Books http://redteamblues.com. "Chokepoint Capitalism: How to Beat Big Tech, Tame Big Content, and Get Artists Paid, with Rebecca Giblin", on how to unrig the markets for creative labor, Beacon Press/Scribe 2022 https://chokepointcapitalism.com Upcoming books (permalink) "The Post-American Internet," a geopolitical sequel of sorts to Enshittification, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2027 "Unauthorized Bread": a middle-grades graphic novel adapted from my novella about refugees, toasters and DRM, FirstSecond, April 20, 2027 "Enshittification, Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It" (the graphic novel), Firstsecond, 2027 "The Memex Method," Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 2027 Colophon (permalink) Today's top sources: Currently writing: “Once Is Enemy Action,” a science fiction novel about the origins of modern technofascism. Today's words: 518 (30331 total). "The Post-American Internet," a sequel to "Enshittification," about the better world the rest of us get to have now that Trump has torched America. 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Globe and Mail - Opinion(2026-10-28 10:45:00) A bold housing policy gets the boot in Alberta The province forces Edmonton to roll back its zoning reforms, which had fuelled a construction boom