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CBC News and Radio-Canada report that Ottawa quietly suspended the purchase of 16 US-made UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters for Canada's special forces just before trade talks with the Trump administration began — part of a wider rethink of American defence buys, with the F-35 already on ice.
U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra warned Canadians to "keep your nose out of American politics" ahead of the midterms. Industry Minister Mélanie Joly fired back: Canada "would never" interfere in U.S. elections.
The Supreme Court of Canada hears the Ontario Place Protectors' constitutional challenge to the Rebuilding Ontario Place Act today in Ottawa — a ruling that could limit how far any Canadian government can go in shielding its own projects from the law.
Elections Alberta says 174,532 people voted on the first advance polling day for the Oct. 19 referendum — far above the 2023 election's daily average. With 418,000 mail-in ballots approved, turnout could be historic.
Arsalan Chaudhary, the admitted ringleader of the $22-million Pearson gold heist, told a Brampton court he lost his share of the loot after fleeing to Pakistan, where he says he was kidnapped and forced to reveal where he hid the gold and cash.
Russian ballistic missiles hit Kyiv's CHP-4 power plant and a nine-storey apartment block late Tuesday, killing 2 and injuring 21 — as Zelenskyy says Western allies gave no advance warning for the second night running, putting Trump's "energy ceasefire" in doubt.
Chrystia Freeland's memoir 'Unreliable Boyfriend' hit shelves October 13 — and its biggest claims are about what the Trump team does behind closed doors. Inside the book, the 'doughnut strategy,' and why it lands just before the CUSMA review.
Katie Zacharia's first White House press briefing lasted just 14 minutes with three questions — and one viral "my president... sorry, my husband" slip. Inside the rocky debut everyone's talking about.
Saudi Arabia issued its first-ever aerial alert for Mecca as Houthi strikes set Aramco's Dhahran HQ ablaze, the coalition hit Sanaa fuel depots, and Pakistan pledged to defend the kingdom.