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While roughly half of the population will experience menopause, many women in Canada struggle to find resources that can help them through this phase, a new report has found. Around four in 10 (40 per cent) Canadian women reported that they do not know where to seek menopause care, a new report by health care and insurance organization GreenShield says. The barriers are particularly striking for racialized women in Canada, 45 per cent of whom say they are unaware of where to seek help for perimenopause or menopause symptoms. Only one-third of racialized women said they had discussed their symptoms with a health professional, compared to roughly half of women respondents overall. While some workplaces have supports available for menopause, nearly one in four said those supports at their workplace were not “culturally appropriate.”

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Over $13-million has been set aside to help people with heating upgrades to their homes across Newfoundland and Labrador. Federal Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin was in St. John’s earlier today for the announcement. Federal Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin in St. John’s (VOCM News)The feds are ponying up $10.5-million, and both NL Hydro and Newfoundland Power are putting up a combined $3-million. The program, which will be delivered through Take Charge NL, will help over 1,400 homeowners and renters access things like heat pump and insulation upgrades, as well as an energy assessment and tailored recommendations. The announcement comes on the heels of Ottawa’s new National Heat Pump Rebate, which will be launched next year and which is a separate pot of money.

BNN Bloomberg is Canada’s definitive source for business news dedicated exclusively to helping Canadians invest and build their businesses. The Canadian Real Estate Association has downgraded its forecast for home sales activity in 2026 for the third straight quarter. CREA now expects a total of 444,530 homes to be sold by the end of this year, representing a 5.2 per cent decrease from 2025. That’s down from its July forecast of a 1.4 per cent year-over-year decline, which marked a reversal from its April forecast of a one per cent gain. The association had predicted 5.1 per cent growth year-over-year in January. CREA also projects the national average home price to tick 0.2 per cent higher on an annual basis to $681,681 this year, which is around $5,000 lower than predicted in the summer. Most recent real estate news from BNNBloomberg.caThe association said its revised forecast comes amid a “roller-coaster year,” with the global energy crisis fuelling inflation risks and affecting borrowing costs.

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Tom majored in International Business at Amsterdam’s Higher School of Economics and later completed an Executive MBA in Energy Transition at the University of Groningen.… Brent holds near $105 as Iranian tanker attacks and multiple geopolitical conflicts keep oil markets on edge. October 16, 2026Oil prices have been relatively rangebound this week as the current modus operandi of frequent Hormuz transits and frequent Iranian drone attacks found an equilibrium point around $105 per barrel for ICE Brent. Production shut-ins triggered by Hurricane Isaias no longer provide bullish support as total offline capacity in the US Gulf of Mexico dipped to 200,000 b/d by Friday, with offshore production returned to its pre-Isaias state at some point next week. Hence, oil markets are back to watching and analyzing wars – be it US vs Iran, Russia vs Ukraine or Saudi Arabia vs Yemen’s Houthis. Houthi Strikes Move Closer to Saudi Oil’s Nerve Centre.

CityAM.com is the online presence of City A. M., London's first free daily business newspaper. Both platforms cover financial and business news as well as sport and… The IMF warns that AI could affect 60% of jobs in advanced economies, potentially undermining income tax revenues.

Conservation officers laid charges after two years to two Nova Scotia businesses for illegally buying lobster in the province. Independent Fisheries and 3329874 Nova Scotia Ltd., both in Shelburne County, have several charges from the Department of Natural Resources. The press release by the government notes that the investigation is ongoing and it’s possible more charges could be laid.

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Member states of the International Energy Agency, including Canada, will release 20 million barrels of diesel “as soon as possible” into the global market to ease the pressure on fuel costs, the agency said in a statement. Crude oil exports through the Strait of Hormuz are slowly recovering after more than half a year of conflict between the United States and Iran but oil prices still face volatility, with the rising cost diesel at the centre of the turbulence. In March, IEA members agreed to release more than 400 million barrels of oil from their emergency reserves to calm oil markets. Canada agreed to release a total of 23.6 million barrels – the third highest volume released by an individual member. On Thursday, the IEA confirmed that over 330 million barrels of emergency reserve oil had been released since March, with another 100 million to go. Of the remaining 100 million barrels, 20 million will be released “as soon as possible,” the agency said. Story continues below advertisement

Just visiting a page or refreshing an app can be enough to fall victim to a malware attack in which your personal data is stolen from a laptop or phone, researchers have found. You are not even required to “click” on anything. An Israeli spyware firm has been found to be behind the first-known instance of “zero-click” targeted advertising in which fraudsters or spies can steal private data and send it to external servers, with Al Jazeera journalists among the victims. Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3A world on trial: How lawyers documenting Israeli abuse pay a pricelist 2 of 3EU lawmaker investigating surveillance hacked by Israeli spyware, report sayslist 3 of 3UK, US, Netherlands warn of Iran-linked spywareend of listIn June 2025, 45 devices used by Al Jazeera staff – including several who reported on sensitive subjects – were targeted with spyware which installed itself without the need to open or download any files. An investigation by the Canada-based academic research unit Citizen Lab, prompted by Al Jazeera’s initial internal probe into the issue, discovered that the Israeli company Candiru was behind the attacks.

Nova ScotiaA massive data centre to provide computing power for artificial intelligence is under pre-construction just outside a town on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. EverWind Fuels will own it, an unnamed AI company will lease itTaryn Grant · CBC News · Posted: Oct 16, 2026 10:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours agoListen to this articleEstimated 6 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. Nova Scotia announced on Friday morning that a data centre to power artificial intelligence is under construction in Cape Breton. (Taryn Grant/CBC)A massive data centre to provide computing power for artificial intelligence is under pre-construction just outside Port Hawkesbury in Cape Breton. EverWind Fuels said it will build the facility in two stages, with the first phase to come online by the end of 2027 and the second in 2028. The company, headed by Australian-American private equity veteran Trent Vichie, had previously confirmed it has data centre ambitions, but said little else. On Friday, EverWind released more information about its plans.

Elon Musk, Tesla’s CEO and co-founder of SpaceX, recreated a “Knight Rider” moment, showing off his companies’ engineering capabilities with a supercar equipped with cold-gas thrusters developed using SpaceX technology. Tesla's share price increased on Friday, largely due to the hype, but while the demonstration impressed, analysts see limited commercial value in the new model.