90 m. ago 'Our journey here continues': Connor McDavid signs new contract with Edmonton Oilers

Connor McDavid has signed a news two-year contract with the Edmonton Oilers, multiple sources now report. Here is how it broke today: Ryan Rishaug @TSNRyanRishaug Hearing sub 14m for 97 Elliotte Friedman @FriedgeHNIC Let’s update this: Connor McDavid will be extending with the Edmonton Oilers. The Athletic’s Murat Ates @WPGMurat Two years, Oilers maintain room […]

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2 h. ago If Trump’s tariffs are ruled illegal, businesses expect refund chaos

(Bloomberg) — President Donald Trump has warned of disaster if the Supreme Court overturns his signature tariffs. For starters, it would unleash a bureaucratic nightmare involving reams of refund paper cheques Should the court uphold a U.S. Court of Appeals ruling that Trump’s country-based tariffs are illegal, the government could owe the bulk of the […]

Economics

2 h. ago Ghislaine Maxwell appeal in Epstein case rejected by Supreme Court

Ghislaine Maxwell is serving a 20-year prison term, though she was moved from a low-security federal prison in Florida to a minimum-security prison camp in Texas in July.

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3 h. ago Canada’s last hockey stick factory survives in face of tariff threats, globalization

Wearing protective gloves and earplugs, a worker feeds lengths of wood into a machine that makes an ear-splitting whine as it automatically cuts a groove into the end of each piece. Nearby, stacks of wooden wedges wait to be slotted into those grooves to form the beginnings of a hockey stick. Further down the Roustan […]

Economics

3 h. ago Truck Driver Fined $20,000 after Scarborough Gas Line Rupture and Failure to Report

Toronto, ON, Oct. 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Ontario Court of Justice has fined Jegatheeswaran Velautham $20,000, plus a 25% victim surcharge, for damaging a natural gas line and failing to report the strike. Mr. Velautham pleaded guilty to violating the Gaseous Fuels Regulation under the Technical Standards and Safety Act, 2000. The incident […]

Transport

4 h. ago La Cour suprême rejette la requête de Ghislaine Maxwell pour annuler sa condamnation

Complice de Jeffrey Epstein, elle a écopé de 20 ans de prison pour exploitation sexuelle.

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7 h. ago Repeat offenders are 'gaming the system,' St. Thomas police chief tells MPs

Nearly one-third of all criminal charges St. Thomas police laid in the past three years were for failing to comply with court orders, the city’s top cop told a committee of MPs. St. Thomas police Chief Marc Roskamp was one of several witnesses invited to testify before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice […]

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8 h. ago Ryan Alford: Confederation may not survive Sean Fraser’s latest folly at the Supreme Court

The notwithstanding clause keeps Canada together

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14 h. ago Heidi Secures $65 Million USD in Series B Funding to Accelerate Building an AI Care Partner for Every Clinician

MELBOURNE, Australia — Heidi, the fast-growing healthcare AI company, today announced the closing of a $65 million Series B funding round, led by Point72 Private Investments with participation from continuing investors Blackbird, Headline, and Latitude, the growth fund of Phoenix Court. This round values Heidi at $465 million and brings total funding to nearly $100 […]

Economics

23 h. ago California governor says Trump is sending 300 California National Guard members to Oregon

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — President Donald Trump is sending 300 California National Guard members to Oregon after a judge temporarily blocked his administration from deploying that state’s guard to Portland, California’s governor said Sunday.  Gov. Gavin Newsom pledged Sunday to fight the move in court.  There was no official announcement from Washington that the California National […]

Politics

24 h. ago Après Carey Price: les Sharks obtiennent le contrat de Ryan Ellis

Un autre pacte imposant s’en va à San Jose.

Economics

25 h. ago ’Proof and pledge of stability’: Supreme Court of Canada marks 150 years

OTTAWA — A century and a half ago, it had only six judges, no permanent home and a less than onerous workload. The Supreme Court of Canada is tracing its storied history, and somewhat humble beginnings, to mark its 150th anniversary this year. As part of the celebrations, the high court plans a ceremonial opening […]

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49 h. ago Sean ’Diddy’ Combs’ lawyers plan to appeal criminal conviction

Sean “Diddy” Combs’ life of luxury atop the hip-hop world vanished with his criminal conviction. He now faces the grim prospect of more years behind bars as his attorneys make plans to appeal. Combs’ carefully cultivated reputation as an affable celebrity entrepreneur, A-list party host and reality TV star came crashing down Friday. The Grammy-winning […]

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51 h. ago Anthony Gismondi: How wineries are forced to adapt to climate change

Many growers struggling to survive in a very different world, where climate change has upended everything they knew to be true about growing grapes and making wine

Society

55 h. ago Immigrant ordered deported in 2017 for ‘serious criminality’ is still in Canada

Ryan Fyfield, who used scissors to cut off an ankle monitor he was issued in the fall of 2023, has another detention review hearing slated for next week

Events

66 h. ago Court Says Firing of Puerto Rico Oversight Members Was Unlawful

The Trump administration overstepped its authority when it fired members of Puerto Rico’s financial watchdog in August, the US District Court of Puerto Rico ruled.

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67 h. ago In Calgary courts: Fraud suspect rushed to hospital from court said he "felt wonky" after taking an extra pill for his heart condition

Noteworthy legal cases in Calgary and area from Sept. 29 to Oct. 3, 2025

Culture

67 h. ago Opinion: Building a stronger Canada depends on expanding and strengthening our skilled trades workforce

Sean Strickland: If we want people to put on a pair of steel-toed boots, jump on a plane, live away from their families, and get their hands dirty building up our country, we need to invest in them. That includes restoring recently sunsetted federal apprenticeship grants programs

Economics

67 h. ago Metro Vancouver restaurants, bars keep pivoting as liquor strike continues

Some Metro Vancouver restaurants and bars have sent staff as far away as the Fraser Valley in search of specific products, in response to a public sector strike that has shut down the province's liquor distribution channels.

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68 h. ago Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs gets 4 years in prison for case involving sex workers, violence and ‘freak

NEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs was sentenced Friday to four years and two months in prison for transporting people across state lines for sexual encounters, capping a sordid federal case that featured harrowing testimony and ended in a forceful reckoning for one of the most popular figures in hip-hop. Combs, 55, was also […]

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