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Toronto Blue Jays fans say ALCS Game 7 is like a Canadian heritage moment
To the sound of car horns and chants, thousands of Blue Jays fans poured into the streets of Toronto on Monday night celebrating the team's first World Series berth in more than 30 years. In a nail-bi...
Oct 21, 2025 Johnny Prokos poses at his dad’s hotdog stand on the east side of Rogers Centre in Toronto, on Monday, Oct. 20, 2025. He describes the stadium as a second home to him and his dad and has been to over 500 games. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cassidy McMackon
Amazon cloud outage takes down many online services around the world
LONDON (AP) - A problem with Amazon's cloud computing service disrupted internet use around the world Monday, taking down a broad range of online services, including social media, gaming, food deliver...
Oct 20, 2025
Average home price must fall in Canada to restore affordability, minister says
Federal Housing Minister Gregor Robertson says the average price of housing - not necessarily individual home values - must fall to restore affordability in Canada. Robertson was before the House of C...
Oct 20, 2025
Ottawa hasn't defined 'national interest' under major projects law
The federal government has not issued specific criteria to define the "national interest" under its new major projects law, despite calls from MPs to do so. The Building Canada Act intends to select p...
Oct 20, 2025 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, responds during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday, Oct. 6, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Court challenge to federal election result in Quebec riding won by single vote begins
The lawyer for a former Bloc Qubcois MP who lost her riding by a single vote in the April federal election says a do-over is required. A three-day hearing began this morning in St-Jrme, Que., where Na...
Oct 20, 2025 Bloc Québécois candidate Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné speaks in the oyer of the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Thursday, May 15, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
Liberals say new anti-fraud measures coming with federal budget
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals say they plan to direct banks to have new policies and procedures in place to detect and prevent fraud. The proposed legislative amendments would require that banks obtai...
Oct 20, 2025 Prime Minister Mark Carney jokes with Minister of Finance and National Revenue Francois-Philippe Champagne as they greet families before participating in an announcement at a community centre in Ottawa on Friday, Oct. 10, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Louvre remains closed one day after jewel heist
PARIS (AP) - The Louvre remained closed Monday, a day after historic jewels were stolen from the world's most-visited museum in a daring daylight heist that prompted authorities to reassess security m...
Oct 20, 2025 Soldiers patrol as people queue to enter the Louvre museum that remains closed for the day after Sunday's jewels robbery, Monday, Oct. 20, 2025 in Paris. (AP Photo/Emma Da Silva)
Poilievre calls on Carney to keep federal deficit under $42B in coming budget
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is demanding that Prime Minister Mark Carney cut taxes and keep the federal deficit under $42 billion in the coming budget. It seems clear the latter will not happ...
Oct 20, 2025 Statistics Canada says lone-parent families in which the parent was under 25 saw the largest decrease, falling 15.1 per cent in constant dollars to $24,690 in 2022. (The Canadian Press)
Champagne to announce anti-fraud, financial security measures today as budget nears
The federal Liberals plan to unfurl measures today to counter fraud and strengthen Canadians' financial security - the latest in a series of pre-budget announcements. Finance Minister Franois-Philippe...
Oct 20, 2025
Trump tells Zelenskyy he's reluctant to sell Ukraine Tomahawk missiles after warning Russia he might
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump signaled to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday that he's leaning against selling long-range Tomahawk missiles to Kyiv, while offering optimism t...
Oct 17, 2025 President Donald Trump, left, greets Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House, Friday, Oct. 17, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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