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PoliticsCanada's fisheries minister will be travelling to China at the end of the month, ahead of a looming tariff deadline affecting the lobster and crab industries. Market access for Canadian fish, seafood and deepening trade relations are key priorities, spokesperson saysKate McKenna · CBC News · Posted: Oct 15, 2026 10:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: October 15Listen to this articleEstimated 2 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. Minister of Fisheries Joanne Thompson will travel to China later this month, where she will push to improve market access for Canadian fish and seafood, according to a spokesperson. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press)Canada's fisheries minister will be travelling to China at the end of the month, ahead of a looming tariff deadline affecting the lobster and crab industries. As part of an agreement in January, China suspended a 25 per cent tariff on Canadian lobster and crab until the end of the year.

British ColumbiaFour horses were travelling from across Western Canada to compete in the Equestrian Canada National Dressage West championship in Langley. Three were killed in a crash, and another was injured. Police say the driver hit a rock wall on Highway 1 in southeast B. C.; 3 horses killed and 1 injured in crashAlanna Kelly · CBC News · Posted: Oct 07, 2026 6:31 PM EDT | Last Updated: October 8Listen to this articleEstimated 3 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. Mackenzie Abbott is seen beside Fearless, a horse that was killed during a highway crash in B. C. while travelling to the National Dressage and Para Dressage Championships West in Langley on Oct. 6, 2026. (Submitted by Amelia Carter)The Canadian equestrian community is mourning the death of three horses after a collision in B. C. The horses were travelling from Manitoba and Alberta to Langley on Monday, to compete in the 2026 Equestrian Canada National Dressage West championship at the Thunderbird Show Park. At 8:45 a.m. local time on Oct. 6, officers with the B. C.

On Monday, Albertans vote on whether to stay in Canada or hold another binding referendum on quitting Canada. If the vote goes as polls suggest, a majority of Albertans will mark an X to stay in Confederation, and Premier Danielle Smith has said if that’s so, she expects everyone to accept it and move on. Leaders of the independence movement contest that. And political watchers are divided about whether separation — previously a fringe sentiment — will now be a prominent, permanent feature of Alberta’s political landscape, as in Quebec. Julian Castro-Rea, a political-science professor at the University of Alberta who studies the separation debates in Quebec and Alberta, believes as long as Alberta feels alienated from the Canadian capital — feeling that Ottawa benefits from Alberta’s resource economy without giving back — the movement will have fuel. “Even if the referendum is lost, the westernization will still be around, because it’s kind of a way which, traditionally, Albertans have related to the rest of Canada,” says Castro-Rea, who believes western alienation may remain indefinitely. Story continues below advertisement

It’s no secret the long-held Canadian consensus on immigration has fractured — pulled apart by a rapid increase in new arrivals post-pandemic and growing affordability challenges. Now, that fracture is starting to show up at the ballot box. The Parti Québécois won a minority mandate in Quebec on a platform that included promises of tighter immigration controls, which the party linked to protecting French culture and easing pressure on public services and housing. And when Albertans head to the polls Monday to vote on whether to hold a future referendum on separation from Canada, they’ll also be answering five separate questions on immigration being pushed by the government of Alberta Premier Danielle Smith. Those questions include:— Should the province should have more say over economic immigration?— Should provincially funded services should be restricted to citizens, permanent residents and those with “Alberta-approved” immigration status? Story continues below advertisement