Waymo driverless taxis begin testing in Toronto ‘in the coming days’
Alphabet's Waymo will start the first phase of driverless testing in Toronto within days - the robotaxi technology's first Canadian foothold.
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$90M Lotto Max jackpot carries to Tuesday – with $119 million in total prizes
No winner in Friday's Lotto Max draw - the record $90 million jackpot and an estimated $119 million prize pool return Tuesday, October 20.
Canada Child Benefit lands Tuesday, October 20 – here’s what’s left in 2026
The Canada Child Benefit pays Tuesday, October 20. The remaining 2026 CCB dates: November 20 and December 11.
Anthropic signs lease for first Canadian AI data centre – a $10-billion project in Cape Breton
The Claude maker's first Canadian data centre will anchor a $10-billion EverWind campus in Point Tupper, Nova Scotia, with the first phase online in late 2027.
Alberta referendum eve: Carney warns ‘outside forces,’ Poilievre calls quitting ‘the easy way out’
Final-week blitz before Monday's vote: Carney barnstorms Alberta, Poilievre urges unity, and polls show 70 per cent support for staying in Canada.
First snow of the season: Alberta warnings, B.C. storm, Newfoundland flurries
Snowfall warnings in Alberta, a windy fall storm forecast for B.C.'s Interior and the first accumulating snow in western Newfoundland: winter is knocking early.
Anne Carson wins the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature
The Canadian poet and classicist - one of the most celebrated experimental writers in English - learned of the win while in Iceland.
Ottawa plans to keep mental illness alone excluded from MAID; current law still sets March 2027 date
Ottawa says it will not expand MAID to people whose sole condition is mental illness, but the current law still sets March 17, 2027 as the end of the exclusion unless Parliament amends it.
Banned Chinese cameras still running in federal offices, Joly says it’s ‘unacceptable’
Industry Minister Melanie Joly says some federal organizations are still using Hikvision cameras she banned from Canada last year on national security grounds.
Carney launches 13-member national council to advise on artificial intelligence
The Prime Minister's Office says the National Council on Artificial Intelligence will provide independent, practical advice on Canada's AI transformation.
Sovereignty in the spotlight: PQ win, Musk posts and a Trump call
A PQ election win, Elon Musk pushing Quebec separatism and Carney's call with Trump: Canadian sovereignty dominates the agenda.
Bank of Canada meets October 28 with a hike now expected — and fixed mortgage rates rising
Fixed mortgage rates are rising ahead of the Bank of Canada's October 28 decision - where economists now expect a hike to 2.50 per cent rather than another hold.