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VANCOUVER – Ethan Meyer ran to a third-place finish and Jenna Conrad cracked the top 10 as the University of Calgary Dinos cross-country teams took on much of the Canada West field Saturday at the Western Canadian Challenge. Both the men's and women's races were run over 8 kilometres at UBC Farm. Hosted by the UBC Thunderbirds, the meet served as a final tune-up for many conference programs ahead of the Canada West Championships.

Five Ontario Sires Stakes records were smashed, and memorable victories were tallied one after another on the $2.8 million Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Super Final card on a beautiful-but-chilly Saturday, Oct. 10 evening at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Trainer John Pentland scored a Super Final double with offspring sired by Bulldog Hanover, led by a jaw-dropping 1:48.1 Canadian, track and OSS record set by Jersey Bulldog in the rookie filly pace.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Parampreet Singh, 60, of Davis, was sentenced by U. S. District Judge John A. Mendez to 10 years in prison and ordered to forfeit $2 million for conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine, heroin, opium, and ketamine, U. S. Attorney Eric Grant of the Eastern District of California announced this week. According to court documents, Parampreet Singh, was the leader and organizer of a conspiracy to coordinate drug deals involving cocaine, heroin, opium, and ketamine in Canada. He and co-defendants Ranvir Singh, 43, of Sacramento, Amandeep Multani, 38, of Roseville, and others arranged these transactions from California using encrypted cellphone apps.

October 11RadioDuration 19:01This year marks a decade since Medical Assistance in Dying became legal in Canada. And this past week, the federal government announced plans to both indefinitely exclude MAID for people solely suffering from mental illness, and open up the possibility for people to give advance consent for the process in some circumstances. Piya Chattopadhyay speaks with Dr. Ramona Coelho and Dr. Stefanie Green about their perspectives on these latest moves, as well the possibilities, pitfalls and future of MAID in Canada.

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Dr. Kristen Splinter (she/her) is a Professor and Managing Director of the Water Research Laboratory at UNSW Sydney, Australia. Originally from Canada, her research focuses on understanding and predicting how coastlines change, from individual storms through to long-term coastal evolution. She works across shoreline monitoring, coastal erosion and recovery, remote sensing, and the development of next-generation coastal prediction models that combine physical understanding with data-driven and machine learning approaches. Kristen is a member of the leadership team of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Our Future Oceans, where she contributes to interdisciplinary research supporting the resilience of coastal and marine environments. Her work is driven by a belief that better coastal futures depend on bringing together diverse knowledge, observations, and technologies to improve our understanding of dynamic coastal systems. She is also co-founder of Comomola (COastal MOrphodynamics and Machine LeArning), an international network connecting coastal scientists and machine learning researchers around the world.

Skip to Main ContentAccessibility HelpMenuCBC GemCBC ListenSearchQuick LinksNewsSportsRadioMusicListen LiveTVWatchsportsTop StoriesOlympicsHockeyCurlingVideoSchedulesShowsFeaturesAll SportsVideoCanada West Women's Soccer: UNBC Timberwolves vs. Thompson Rivers WolfPack | CBC.ca LoadedCanada West Women's Soccer: UNBC Timberwolves vs. Thompson Rivers WolfPackOctober 10|Duration 2:01:42October 10SportsDuration 2:01:42closed captionWatch the University of Northern British Columbia Timberwolves face the Thompson Rivers University WolfPack in Canada West women's soccer action from Hillside Stadium in Kamloops, B. C.

British ColumbiaThe campaign director for the B. C. Conservatives is facing criticism over anti-Islam posts she shared on social media earlier this year, just days after the party fired another candidate over his own offensive posts. National Council of Canadian Muslims 'deeply hurt' by social media posts from Katy MerrifieldArden McLeod · CBC News · Posted: Oct 10, 2026 9:43 PM EDT | Last Updated: October 11Listen 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. Katy Merrifield, campaign director of the B. C. Conservative party, is facing criticism for anti-Islamic posts on social media. (katy_merrifield/X)The campaign director for the B. C. Conservatives is facing criticism over anti-Islam posts she shared on social media earlier this year, just days after the party fired another candidate over his own offensive posts. Campaign director Katy Merrifield posted on X in June in response to a U. K. inquiry about child sexual exploitation: "F--k Islam. Defend Western civilization. " The post was later removed.

Twin Butte’s Ridge Flundra finished his first Canadian Finals Rodeo second in Canada in junior steer riding after moving up one spot during four rounds in Edmonton. IMAGE: Canadian Finals RodeoTwin Butte’s Ridge Flundra finished second in Canada in junior steer riding at his first Canadian Finals Rodeo, earning $8,045 during his 2026 season. Ridge Flundra is coming home from his first Canadian Finals Rodeo as the second-best junior steer rider in the country. The 15-year-old from Twin Butte finished the CFR in Edmonton on Saturday with $8,045 in season earnings, second only to champion Ryder Topolinski of Grande Prairie. Ridge came into the finals ranked third and moved up a spot over four rounds, finishing $281 ahead of Hayes Howe of Irvine. He placed second twice in Edmonton. On opening night, he scored 74.25 points on C-Bar’s 46 Maneater, and on Friday, he rode Lazy 2’s C44 for 76.50. Those two rides earned him third in the aggregate and $1,600 at the finals. It was a tough week to stay aboard, too: across the four rounds, only 11 of 24 rides were qualified rides. In Saturday afternoon’s fourth round, Ridge was given a re-ride after starting on steer 915.

Skip to mainSat, October 10, 2026 at 11:54 p.m. UTCTwo people have died after authorities say a single aircraft crashed in a field in Fergus, Ont., Friday, catching fire. The blaze was successfully extinguished, but police confirmed that the two passengers in the plane were pronounced dead on scene. No other injuries were reported, and Ontario's transportation safety division is now investigating the crash.

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