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RCIPosted: October 8, 2026 2:25 PMJohn Paul Tasker (new window) · CBC NewsThe Republican candidate in a pitched battle for Michigan's open Senate seat is calling on U. S. President Donald Trump to end the trade war with Canada. Mike Rogers released a new 30-second ad criticizing the tariffs while sitting in a sports bar with a Labatt beer, a Canadian brand popular in border states like his. Here in Michigan we know that Canada is not on our enemy. We need to end this tariff war now, Rogers says in the ad, as an image of the Ambassador Bridge, which connects Windsor and Detroit, appears on screen.

Canada has updated travel advisories for the United States, Mexico and other popular destinations. Two different storm systems could impact travellers to the U. S. and Mexico this month. There are updates for Hurricane Isaias expected to hit the Gulf Coast of the U. S. and Tropical Storm Simon forecast for Mexico.

The Commissioner of Official Languages of Canada is rebuking Air Canada’s outgoing CEO for a condolence message he delivered almost entirely in English after a deadly plane crash in New York earlier this year. The commissioner’s annual report says the office received a large number of complaints after Michael Rousseau posted a four-minute video that only included two French words — “bonjour” and “merci.”“The intensity of the reactions and the high volume of complaints received in response to this video show that both of our official languages genuinely matter to the Canadian public and that we must continue to protect them,” Burke told reporters in Ottawa, adding that the complaints are still under investigation.

Forty years after persons with disabilities were brought within Canada’s employment-equity framework, the unresolved question is strikingly basic: whether the law intended to measure their equality at work should use the same understanding of disability Canada has already adopted in its accessibility law. Jobs and Families Minister Patty Hajdu speaks with reporters in the House of Commons foyer on Sept. 21, 2026, after Government House Leader Steven MacKinnon, left, tabled Bill C-39, the Building Canada Strong Act. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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Prime Minister Mark Carney responded Thursday to tech industrialist Elon Musk’s endorsement of provincial separation movements by saying Canada’s future will be decided by its citizens — not by large U. S. tech firms. Speaking at a news conference in Sherbrooke, Que., Carney said Canadians can live their lives in Quebec and across the country “free from interference from foreign governments and large tech firms that think they can tell us what to do.”

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Drone testing in Ontario Tech University's ACE Climatic Wind Tunnel. OSHAWA, ONTARIO – Ontario Tech University has reached a significant milestone in its contribution to Canada’s defence priorities by qualifying as a supplier in the federal government’s Defence Drone Initiative (DDI) Marketplace. Prominently, Ontario Tech is the only university in Ontario among the qualified suppliers, positioning the university to compete for future Department of National Defence contracts supporting the development and testing of Canadian drone and autonomous technologies.

After Elon Musk called on Quebec to separate, Carney and Poilievre dismiss ex-Trump advisor WATCH ABOVE: Canadians will decide the future of Canada, not “large tech firms that think they can tell us what to do,” Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Thursday, responding to Elon Musk’s comments that three Canadian provinces “should separate” from Canada – Oct 9, 2026

2027 Honda Civic Sedan and Hatchback to arrive soon at Honda dealerships, with the new Sport-L trim joining the Civic lineup by the end of the year New Sport-L trim adds leather, power-adjustable and heated rear seats, while Hatchback also receives dual-zone climate control and heated steering wheel

Canada's best rugby party returns to BC Place on March 6–7, 2027. Fourteen-minute matches, the world's best sevens teams, costumes and a crowd like no other. This year, you can get first access before anyone else, through our new priority access window. You're cheering on Canada in Toronto and Ottawa this fall. Next stop: Vancouver, for the fastest, loudest weekend in Canadian rugby. Canada's best rugby party returns to BC Place on March 6–7, 2027. Fourteen-minute matches, the world's best sevens teams, costumes and a crowd like no other. This year, you can get first access before anyone else, through our new priority access window. Sign up now, and you'll get early access to 2-day passes, along with first pick of our new seating options. HOW IT WORKS

Prince Harry is opening about about his move to Canada in late 2019 and the toll it took on his mental health. In a new MasterClass, which is a streaming platform for online learning, the Duke of Sussex said he experienced an “adrenaline crash” after relocating from England to Vancouver Island in 2019. “It was myself, my wife and our son Archie, and we moved to Canada to get some space away from everything just to be able to think,” Harry said, according to People and The Hollywood Reporter.