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Oh hi, there. The air is getting colder, the days are getting shorter, and the end of the year is creeping up faster than I’d like to admit. But an upside to the calendar racing toward December is that we’re getting a clearer picture of how much government benefits, including Canada Pension Plan payments, could increase next year. And for retirees, there may be some good news. Let’s get into the numbers. On the up and up I would never claim to be an oracle, but I can tell you with a high degree of confidence how much CPP payments will rise in 2027. First, a quick refresher for the uninitiated. CPP payments are adjusted every January to account for inflation. The government looks at how much prices have changed, using Statistics Canada’s Consumer Price Index, over the 12 months ending in October compared with the previous 12-month period. The idea is to help ensure retirees’ pension payments keep pace with the rising cost of living. Jason Yee, principal financial analyst at Finepoint Solutions Inc. in Saskatoon, estimates that CPP payments will increase by – drum roll, please – 2.7 per cent in 2027 for Canadians already receiving benefits.

When a woman has a baby, research has recently found, she loses gray matter from her brain to “prune” it for motherhood. Strangely though, academics haven’t discovered that pregnant women—especially famous ones—also cause a significant part of the population to lose their tiny minds. So we’ll have to go on the evidence before us for that one. I speak of Anne Hathaway, who is pregnant with her third child. Over the weekend, she walked the red carpet for the premiere of her new sci-fi film The End of Oak Street, wearing low-slung jeans and a blue cape-style top that exposed the underside of her stomach—or, as one person in her Instagram comments put it: “The most scary and awkward belly I’ve ever seen.”Oh good, here we go again. Naively, you might have thought that criticizing a woman’s pregnancy wardrobe or accusing her of wearing a fake bump was the sort of thing that belonged in the aughts. Think again.

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PoliticsPrime Minister Mark Carney on Friday criticized a decision to restrict Ukraine's access to Elon Musk's military-grade satellite network, saying the move is costing lives. PM criticizes 'whoever' decided to limit Ukraine's ability to track Russian strikesPeter Zimonjic · CBC News · Posted: Oct 23, 2026 3:16 PM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours agoListen 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. Prime Minister Mark Carney told reporters in Istanbul that he struggles 'for the right adjective to describe whoever' restricted Ukraine's access to Starshield. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press)Prime Minister Mark Carney on Friday criticized a decision to restrict Ukraine's access to Elon Musk's military-grade satellite network, saying the move is costing lives. "I search for the right adjective to describe whoever took this decision, or a group of people took this decision, against a country … that is literally fighting for the lives of its citizens against naked aggression," Carney said in Istanbul. "So are we concerned?

A New York man has been charged with animal cruelty for illegally capturing a great white shark on the eastern shore of Cape Cod. Christopher Stefanou, 30, was arraigned on Wednesday in Barnstable Superior Court on charges including animal cruelty to shark, fishing for shark, mechanical deployment of bait, attempt to capture a shark and possession of protected species shark, according to the Cape & Islands District Attorney’s Office. It is alleged that in October 2025, Stefanou and his crew embarked on a days-long excursion on the eastern shore of Cape Cod with a European client with the goal of capturing a great white shark, the Cape & Islands District Attorney’s Office said.

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