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Montreal·BreakingThe City of Saint-Hyacinthe, located in the province's Montérégie region, is reporting that an incident is prompting the evacuation of a local CEGEP. In its news release, the city did not specify what the incident is.'Emergency teams are on site,' city saysCBC News · Posted: Oct 20, 2026 1:27 PM EDT | Last Updated: 8 minutes agoListen to this articleEstimated 1 minuteThe 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 evacuation was announced just before 1 p.m. on Tuesday. (Luc Lavigne/Radio-Canada)The City of Sainte-Hyacinthe, located in the province's Montérégie region, is reporting that an incident is prompting the evacuation of local CEGEP. In its news release, published just before 1 p.m. on Tuesday, the city did not specify what the incident is. It also said some nearby streets would be closed as well. The city says "emergency teams are on site. "A spokesperson for provincial police said the incident appears to be linked to a laboratory, and that there are no injuries. This story will be updated.

MILWAUKEE -- Two Kenosha brothers who paid $1,000 each for a Milwaukee Brewers "Timeless Ticket" more than a decade ago say the team isn't fully honoring the promise that came with it — the chance to sit in the best available seats for a game as big as the World Series. Kevin and Kyle Deaton say they were stunned when they saw the seating options made available to Timeless Ticket holders last week: terrace level seats or standing room only, priced at or below what the two brothers paid for their tickets in 2015. The tickets, according to the information card, "may be redeemed for the best available seat locations, subject to ticket availability at the time of redemption. " The brothers argue the Brewers aren't living up to that language. "When you promise somebody the best seat available, and you give them pretty much the worst seats that you have in the whole stadium, I would say, no. They're not honoring it," Kyle Deaton said. Kevin and Kyle Deaton say they were stunned when they saw the seating options made available to Timeless Ticket holders.

The giving, some of which is still underway, will make him one of the largest known left-leaning donors in the midterms. His team provided details on the donations before most of them show up in new campaign finance filings Tuesday and Thursday. “He believes in participation in our democracy,” Howard Wolfson, Bloomberg’s political adviser, said in an interview. “And obviously, the scale of his participation, given his resources and his means, is greater than other people’s financially. But other people are participating in different ways.”Will the money make a difference? After all, Bloomberg spent more than $1 billion on his own failed 2020 presidential campaign. “He is of the view that resources matter in campaigns,” Wolfson said. Still, Wolfson said that Bloomberg, 84, who exited elected office more than a decade ago, “expects a result.”Bloomberg is particularly focused on ensuring a sizable Democratic majority in the House of Representatives, the chamber that Democrats are most hopeful of flipping and that he tends to focus on.

After the majority of Albertans voted to remain in Canada, the Canadian dollar increased in value and some business leaders say the result should bring confidence to consumers and business owners alike. “Businesses, workers and communities can feel more confident with this result. As we digest the results of this process, we are reminded that we can never take national unity for granted. It is cultivated day by day,” said Candace Laing, president and CEO of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, in a statement. “Alberta is central to economic security and opportunity in Canada and we must now turn our attention squarely to the needed work to collaboratively build a stronger, resilient, united economy from coast to coast to coast.”The Business Council of Alberta’s president, Adam Legge said in a statement it’s “delighted” with the results as it “provides an important foundation” for the province’s economy, as well as families and workers to move forward with more certainty. Story continues below advertisement

A few months after landing a huge government contract, the AI transportation company ASI will be taking off to new heights with a significant infusion of venture capital. The Boston company, which relocated from Silicon Valley in 2024 and changed its name from Air Space Intelligence, said on Tuesday it had raised $325 million from a group of investors led by Spark Capital and including industry giant Andreessen Horowitz and Craft Ventures, the firm cofounded by former White House AI czar David Sacks. The deal values ASI at $3 billion, the company said. The company is developing AI models for use in key parts of the transportation, energy and military industries, which can’t afford to rely on the hallucination-prone large language models developed by OpenAI, Anthropic, and others. In June, ASI won a 12-year, $875 million contract from the US Department of Transportation and Federal Aviation Administration to modernize the National Airspace System, which tracks and guides aircraft across the country. This month, the Army awarded ASI a five-year, $99 million contract for command and control software.

Schaffer, 42, lives in the Berkshires and relies on pick-up orders from Stop & Shop. Because she lives in a rural area, Peapod grocery delivery is unavailable at her address. The company’s website directed her to order groceries through third-party apps like Uber Eats, but the service does not deliver in her area, either. “The thought of shopping in store after a long day of work — or anytime — sounds absolutely terrible,” said Schaffer, a part-time triage nurse who homeschools her two sons, ages 10 and 12. Physical stores remained open throughout the disruption, and Stop & Shop offered in-person shoppers 10-percent-off discounts, up to $10 in savings, through this Thursday. “We are truly sorry for the inconvenience caused by this temporary outage of Stop & Shop’s app and website,” company president Roger Wheeler said in a statement. “I want to assure everyone that our stores, pharmacies, and fuel stations are open to serve you, and that our team is working around the clock to resolve this as quickly as possible.”Hannaford’s site came back online on Tuesday afternoon.