Canada Unveils $1.75B Venture and Growth Capital Plan
Ottawa announced a $1.75 billion venture and growth capital plan, from pre-seed to later stages, aiming to draw $3.8 billion more in…
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Canada Opens Space Act Consultations, PNT Plan
Ottawa opened consultations on a new Canadian space act and released its first plan to make positioning, navigation and timing services…
$880M for Canadian Researchers and Students
Health Minister Marjorie Michel announced $880 million: $400M+ for 439 CIHR health research projects and $480M+ in awards for 6,485 grad…
$204K for Indigenous Projects in N.L.
Ottawa announced $204,681 for three Indigenous-led projects in N.L.: powwow grounds in Conne River, business forums and Mi'kmaq culinary…
ICE Pact: Canada Hosts Icebreaker Talks
Canada hosted Finland and the U.S. in Québec City and Ottawa on Oct. 19-21 for ICE Pact icebreaker talks, with all three now having…
Canada's New Red Tape Directive: $2-for-$1 Rule
Treasury Board's new Cabinet Directive on Regulatory Competitiveness and Red Tape Reduction takes effect Dec. 31, 2026, with a $2-for-$1…
$254M for Saint John Trade Corridor: Port and Rail
Transport Canada will invest up to $254 million in the Saint John Trade Corridor: port warehouses, dredging, a CBSA container exam site and…
Canada-Ontario $8.7B tariff plan for steel and autos
Carney and Ford announced an $8.7-billion plan on Oct. 21, 2026: a $5.2-billion steel fund, $2.5 billion for auto plants and money for Ring…
Joshua Kutryk's first spacewalks: Oct. 29 and Nov. 5
CSA astronaut Joshua Kutryk and NASA's Anil Menon will install the space station's last two roll-out solar arrays on spacewalks on Oct. 29…
Edmonton–Frankfurt nonstop flights start June 1, 2027
Lufthansa Group's Discover Airlines will fly Edmonton to Frankfurt three times a week from June 1 to October 30, 2027, on an Airbus…
Canada food bank visits hit record: HungerCount 2026
Food Banks Canada's HungerCount 2026 counted 2.35 million visits in March, up 8.7% in a year and 117% since 2019. One in three visits was…
Canada's federal budget 2026 date set for November 5
Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne says Budget 2026 arrives on Nov. 5, the second fall budget under PM Mark Carney. Key numbers…
Toronto traffic congestion is easing, city data shows
Toronto's Travel Time Index fell to 1.587 in July 2026 from 1.738 two years earlier. What the number means, why it dropped and what it…
Quebec's maple syrup reserve has run dry
Quebec maple producers say the province's strategic syrup reserve is down to zero after strong demand, and they want help growing output…
No Canada-U.S. trade deal expected before midterms
Canadian officials have told industry groups not to expect a U.S. trade deal before the Nov. 3 midterms, CBC News reports, as a Jan. 1…
PBO cuts Canada growth forecast to 0.9% for 2026
The Parliamentary Budget Office now expects Canada's economy to grow 0.9% in 2026 and 1.5% in 2027, citing new U.S. tariffs, with a $63.3B…
Canada inflation rises to 3.1% in September 2026
Canada's consumer prices rose 3.1% in the year to September 2026, up from 3.0% in August, as gasoline jumped 27.8%. Grocery inflation…
Alberta votes to remain in Canada
About 76.5% of counted ballots backed staying in Canada in Alberta’s Oct. 19 referendum, CBC News projects. Results on nine other questions…
B.C. local vote day overlaps provincial advance polls
B.C. holds municipal elections on Oct. 17 while advance polls for the Oct. 24 provincial election are also open, an overlap Elections BC…
Ontario to import 600 MW U.S. electricity
IESO says it secured a six-month 600 MW firm import from Alpha Generation from Nov 1, 2026, while Ontario’s electricity rebate is set to…
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