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Published: October 25, 2026 at 6:14a.m. EDTTORONTO — Narrow aisles, fewer shelves, and plenty of house-brand items: this Loblaw store feels cosier but still offers enough variety for a grocery run. Loblaw’s Danish chief executive, Per Bank, brought a little bit of Europe with him three years ago when he moved here to run the country’s largest grocery chain. “Small discount stores ... I would probably say that’s some of the things I brought to Canada,” Bank said, sitting in the backroom of a small-scale Toronto No Frills on a brisk October morning. In its smaller 5,000-product stores, Loblaw has done away with the deli counters, live pizza stations and fresh bakeries typical of its conventional banners — and shoppers aren’t complaining. While discount stores aren’t a new phenomenon, Loblaw’s transition into a quick in-and-out shopping experience at its discount banners, No Frills and Maxi, has taken it up a notch. Now, many of its discount banners are downsized into something more like a corner store. When he took the helm, Bank said the company had about 43 small-format stores under 20,000 sq. ft. Today, there are more than 75 across the country with an intentional strategy.

Published: October 25, 2026 at 6:00a.m. EDTCHARLOTTETOWN - The halls are busy at the University of Prince Edward Island but for some students staying in school is getting harder to afford. Students from P. E. I. experienced the largest increase in tuition fees this school year, up 4.9 per cent, according to Statistics Canada’s latest Consumer Price Index. That’s more than double the national average of 2.4 per cent. The Island also had the highest annual inflation rate of any province in September, at 5.7 per cent. “The students don’t know if they’re going to be able to pay for education next year. They don’t know if they’re going to continue studying,” said Alissa Sonomura Cyrino, vice-president external of the University of Prince Edward Island Student Union. “There’s a lot of pressure.”Cyrino says students have faced three straight years of steep tuition hikes, including back-to-back increases of up to 6.5 per cent for domestic students. The student union is raising concerns that repeated spikes risk discouraging students from low-income and middle-income households from pursuing higher education.

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PoliticsUpdated: October 25, 2026 at 2:45a.m. EDTPublished: October 24, 2026 at 4:30a.m. EDTDavid Eby’s snap election gamble has handed the B. C. Conservative Party a majority government, CTV News declared first Saturday night. Interim leader Lorne Doerkson’s party was leading or elected in 62 of the province’s 93 ridings when he gave his victory speech to a roaring crowd. “We are going to super-charge British Columbia,” he said. Doerkson will lead B. C.’s first Conservative government in nearly 100 years—while Eby announced he would step down as B. C. NDP leader. Here’s a recap of Saturday’s historic election. Sort byKey detailsB. C. Conservatives win majority, CTV News declaresDavid Eby stepping down as NDP leaderLive election results can be found hereFirst B. C. Conservative government in nearly a centuryInterim party leader will now be premierElection special After five hours, our live broadcast coverage of B. C.'s 2026 snap election has ended. You can rewatch the full special below. ‘We’ll be back,’ says Adrian DixElection night was “immensely disappointing,” but also a familiar feeling for Adrian Dix.

PoliticsUpdated: October 24, 2026 at 11:04p.m. EDTPublished: October 24, 2026 at 4:30a.m. EDTDavid Eby’s snap election gamble has handed the B. C. Conservative Party a majority government, CTV News has declared. Interim leader Lorne Doerkson will lead the province’s first Conservative government in nearly 100 years. Follow the latest election night updates below. Sort byKey detailsB. C. Conservatives win majority, CTV News declaresLive election results can be found hereFirst B. C. Conservative government in nearly a centuryInterim party leader will now be premierCTV News projects Conservative majority David Eby’s snap election gamble has handed the B. C. Conservative Party a majority government, CTV News projects. While some ridings have yet to be declared, interim leader Lorne Doerkson’s Conservatives have secured enough seats to relegate the B. C. NDP back to the Opposition benches after nine years in power. CentreBC leader praises ‘absolute banger of a campaign’Elenore Sturko has no illusions her party will form government, and it will indeed be an uphill battle for her to be re-elected, but she’s proud of what her party has accomplished in such a short time.

PoliticsUpdated: October 24, 2026 at 11:04p.m. EDTPublished: October 24, 2026 at 4:30a.m. EDTDavid Eby’s snap election gamble has handed the B. C. Conservative Party a majority government, CTV News projects. Follow the latest election night updates below. Sort byKey detailsPolls have closed across the provinceLive election results can be found hereBallots cast today will be counted by handSome stations had 'limited hours' CentreBC leader praises ‘absolute banger of a campaign’Elenore Sturko has no illusions her party will form government, and it will indeed be an uphill battle for her to be re-elected, but she’s proud of what her party has accomplished in such a short time. “We’re achieving our goals that we have set out for ourselves in this campaign, which is to introduce British Columbians to CentreBC, to put forward an amazing platform and to greet people on the doors and let them know who we are,” Sturko told CTV News reporter Shannon Paterson. Sturko became leader of the new CentreBC party on the day the writ dropped for the election. Over the next weeks, she campaigned as an alternative for voters who felt the Conservatives and NDP were too extreme.