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Nick Caloway is a multi-skilled journalist who was thrilled to join the CBS News New York news team in August 2019. Since then, Nick has covered crime, politics, the pandemic and more across the Tri-State Area.

Today is Wednesday, Oct. 21, the 294th day of 2026. There are 71 days left in the year. Birthdays: Rock singer Manfred Mann is 86. TV’s Judge Judy Sheindlin is 84. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is 77. Film director Catherine Hardwicke is 71. Actor Ken Watanabe is 67. Senator Ted Budd of North Carolina is 55. Actor Andrew Scott is 50. Reality TV star Kim Kardashian is 46. Actor Glenn Powell is 38. Country singer Kane Brown is 33. Singer Doja Cat is 31. Actor Ashley Liao is 25. In 1797, the US Navy frigate Constitution, also known as “Old Ironsides,” was christened in Boston Harbor. In 1805, a British fleet commanded by Vice Adm. Horatio Nelson defeated a French-Spanish fleet in the Battle of Trafalgar; Nelson, however, was killed. In 1940, Ernest Hemingway’s novel “For Whom the Bell Tolls” was first published. In 1944, US troops captured the German city of Aachen — the first German city to fall to American forces in World War II. In 1959, the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Guggenheim Museum opened in New York. In 1966, 144 people, 116 of them children, were killed when a coal waste landslide engulfed a school and some 20 houses in Aberfan, Wales.

U. S. envoy Steve Witkoff arrived in St. Petersburg on Wednesday for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, as U. S. President Donald Trump pushes Kyiv to make a deal that stops the fighting. The visit came a day after Witkoff met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and some European leaders in the Norwegian capital, Oslo. Witkoff planned to return to Oslo for more consultations after his trip to Russia, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre said. “I think we may have entered a phase now where the Russians are also looking for opportunities for diplomacy,” Støre told Norwegian broadcaster NRK on Wednesday morning. Zelenskyy was still in Oslo on Wednesday, where he was visiting the country’s Parliament and meeting lawmakers. Witkoff’s meetings suggested leaders are keen to bring momentum to U. S.-led peace efforts, more than 4 1/2 years after Russia’s army invaded. Efforts by the Trump administration since early last year to end the war have made no significant progress, and there was no suggestion of an imminent breakthrough.

Whether you’re a student, working or retired, whether you’re single, a couple or raising a family, finding an affordable place to live is a major challenge. That does seem to be changing — very slowly — but many voters hope newly elected leaders at city hall can speed things along. CBC Ottawa has been checking in with voters ahead of election day on Oct. 26, and two major issues at the top of people’s minds are affordability and housing. Ottawa Votes 2026What do Ottawa voters want from city hall? Here's what they're sayingOttawa Votes 2026Voters want infrastructure to keep up with houses. Why the mismatch? Ottawa Votes 2026Why doesn’t my bus ever seem to come on time? In this instalment of our series breaking down top issues, we look at why rents are so high and what cities can actually do about it. How did housing get so unaffordable? There isn’t just one reason why it’s costing more to buy or rent. But much of it comes down to a familiar economic idea: too much demand and not enough supply. Housing experts say a rapid increase in immigration, including international students and temporary foreign workers, put a strain on the market, particularly when it comes to rentals.

InvestigatesNearly 130,000 Ontarians now show signs of problem gambling, compared to some 43,000 in 2018, a tripling of the number of people who meet the criteria of gambling too frequently, losing money and struggling with addiction, CBC News has learned. CBC News investigates public health impact of online games, sports bettingListen to this articleEstimated 4 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. The number of problem gamblers in Ontario has spiked and gambling-related suicides have tripled since the expansion of private online casino games and sports betting in 2022, CBC News has learned. (Evan Mitsui/CBC)This story is part of a CBC News series examining the public health impacts of online gambling. Anna, a 51-year-old single mother of two teens, says online slot machine games cost her nearly everything. And even at that point, the Ontario resident says it was hard to stop.

Edmonton·NewSoldiers badly burned when a fire engulfed a military training field face a prolonged and fragile recovery that will test the strength of Alberta's health-care system, warn doctors on the frontline. Severe burns are a ‘lifelong injury’ that will require months, even years of care, specialist saysWallis Snowdon · CBC News · Posted: Oct 21, 2026 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 36 minutes agoListen to this articleEstimated 5 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Emergency crews and military personnel at the Wainwright Health Centre as injured military members are treated after a fire at CFB Wainwright, outside of Wainwright, Alta., on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026. (John Ulan/The Canadian Press)Soldiers badly burned when fire engulfed a military training field face a prolonged and fragile recovery that will test the strength of Alberta's health-care system, warn doctors on the frontline.