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Jesse Marsch wants to see more from Canada’s men’s soccer team. While the head coach liked much of what the squad displayed in their first games following this summer’s World Cup, at the end of the international window, he told the group there’s still ample work to be done. “My message to the team was that the performance was good. It was like a seven-and-a-half, maybe pushing toward an eight, right?” Marsch said on Tuesday after the Canadians fell 1-0 to the United States in a friendly matchup in St. Paul, Minn. “I don’t want to be overly critical because I think there’s a lot of good going on. It’s just you’d like to see a team on the pitch that’s more decisive and ready to take moments. And we’re not quite there yet.”It’s been a historic year for Marsch and his team. Canada earned its first win in a men’s World Cup when it thumped Qatar 6-0 in Vancouver, then took its first win in the tournament’s knockout round, defeating South Africa 1-0 in the round of 32. The storybook run ended with Morocco taking a 3-0 victory in the round of 16.

Psiphon, a software company spun out of the Citizen Lab that helps internet users living under oppressive regimes evade online censorship, plans to leave Canada if the federal government’s lawful-access bill passes in its current form, reports The Globe and Mail. If passed, Bill C-22 would require electronic service providers to make secret changes to their systems to provide police services and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) with surveillance and monitoring capabilities.

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On this page you will find: What changes to Canada’s refugee claim process on November 3 What happens to unfinished IRCC Portal applications The November 2 deadline for existing refugee claims Special rules for claims started with the CBSA How the change fits into Canada’s wider asylum reforms What Bill C-12 means for the refugee claim process Canada will change the way asylum seekers submit refugee claims online from November 3, 2026, as Ottawa begins putting a broader overhaul of the asylum system into operation. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has announced that changes to asylum applications through the IRCC Portal will take effect on that date. The most immediate issue is for people who have already started, but not yet submitted, a refugee claim. Claimants who want their application processed under the existing system should submit it through the IRCC Portal by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on November 2, 2026. Those who submit before the deadline will generally not have to provide the new information being introduced from November 3 unless IRCC specifically asks them to do so.

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Confidence in the Canadian housing market came under renewed pressure in September as escalation in the trade war with the United Sates, and rising long-term interest rates put buyers on the defensive. Most local real estate boards reported a drop in home resales including Vancouver, Fraser Valley, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Hamilton, Kitchener-Waterloo, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and Quebec City.

EP Plenary session - September 2026 - Formal sitting with Mark CARNEY, Canadian Prime Minister © European Union, European Parliament , via Wikimedia Commons Given concerns about what the U. S. envisioned for “digital trade alignment,” consider the possibility that the package required Canada to keep its cloud market open to U. S. companies, gave them equivalent access to government procurement, and restricted the implementation of a “Buy Canadian” approach to sovereign cloud. The U. S. would also set the standard for Canadian privacy law, Canadian law enforcement and security agencies would not wield powers over cloud providers that conflict with U. S. rules on government access to data, and the U. S. could suspend or revoke the deal if it concluded that Canada no longer met its standards. In return, the deal would allow Canadian companies to compete for sensitive U. S. government cloud contracts on the condition that the data centres, the data and the staff were U. S. based, staff were U. S. citizens, and the Canadian government was restricted from accessing the data in the U. S.

TorontoFlu cases are popping up across the province and some doctors say the season is ahead of schedule this year. Wash hands, stay home if you're feeling sick, say health care professionals ahead of Thanksgiving weekendListen 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. You're not imagining it — flu season has started early this yearOctober 6|Duration 2:10Some Ontario doctors say they're noticing an early start to this year's flu season in their waiting rooms, as influenza cases tick up across the province ahead of schedule. Flu cases are popping up across the province and some doctors say the season is ahead of schedule this year. Toronto General Hospital infectious diseases specialist Isaac Bogoch says it’s nothing out of the ordinary, though Ontario has been seeing an uptick in cases ahead of Thanksgiving and Halloween weekends. "It's an early rise but it absolutely is a rise," he told CBC Toronto Monday. "Flu season starts in the fall and it's the fall.

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Sometimes, anti-free-trade politicians tell on themselves. President Trump and other so-called “America First” Republicans are the clearest examples. When “tariff” is literally your favourite word, it’s pretty clear where you stand. But irresponsible appeals to economic nationalism aren’t always so overt. Indeed, in Canada today, harmful economic nationalism is masquerading as patriotism, and it threatens to undermine a cross-partisan, pro-growth consensus. Prior to the emergence of the 1980s free trade consensus, leaders from across the political spectrum were very comfortable openly arguing for protectionism. This was useful in Canada because it meant that we could have an honest  conversation. Economists, business leaders, and other free traders could make the argument against protectionism when it reared its ugly head, and Canadians could decide. Indeed, such a debate transpired in the years leading up to the ratification of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Canadians had a choice—they could choose free trade, or they could choose insularity. They chose well.

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PoliticsPublic Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree says "gaps" in Canada's security screening need to be addressed following the arrest of a Canadian NATO intern in Belgium on espionage charges. MPs investigating security screening process after high-profile summer arrestCatharine Tunney · CBC News · Posted: Oct 05, 2026 2:43 PM EDT | Last Updated: October 5Listen 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. Two men walk past the NATO logo at the alliance's most recent summit in Turkey. A Canadian intern was arrested on espionage charges in Belgium in July. (Hussein Malla/The Associated Press)Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree says "gaps" in Canada's security screening need to be addressed following the arrest of a Canadian NATO intern in Belgium on espionage charges. Anandasangaree faced an hour of grilling from MPs on the House of Commons public safety and national security committee on Monday, who are probing how the intern gained security clearance from Ottawa to work at the military alliance.

Black women twice as likely to face maternal complications: studyOctober 5|Duration 2:02A new study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal has found that Black Canadians face higher risks of complications during pregnancy, birth and postpartum compared to white Canadians — sparking renewed calls for culturally responsive care. The most comprehensive study yet of maternal health in Canada has found Black Canadians face a much higher risk of serious complications during pregnancy, labour, delivery and postpartum than white people — underlining the urgent need for better data tracking and tools to eliminate systemic anti-Black racism in our health-care system, researchers and advocates say. The research, published Monday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ), looked at more than 108,000 in-hospital deliveries to Black people, and more than 1.3 million in-hospital deliveries to white people across the country between 2012 and 2023.