In the news today: Update on base fire, Carney in Turkey, Emergencies Act ruling
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed …
Officials to provide update on fatal fire at CFB Wainwright in Alberta
Officials are set to provide an update today about a devastating fire at a Canadian military base in Alberta that left four soldiers dead and dozens more injured.
Maj.-Gen. Wade Rutland of the 1st Canadian Division has said Saturday's blaze began as a grass fire, but a violent windstorm sent flames racing toward soldiers training at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright.
The fire initially sent 39 wounded to various hospitals, and officials said Wednesday that number was down to 27, with 13 in critical condition.
Roughly 150 people attended a vigil late Wednesday at a church in the nearby town of Wainwright, Alta., southeast of Edmonton.
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Carney set for meeting with Turkish president Erdogan in Ankara
Prime Minister Mark Carney will be in Ankara today to kick off a three-day visit aimed at strengthening Canada's ties with Turkey.
Carney is set to meet with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the presidential palace later today to start the first-ever official bilateral visit of a Canadian prime minister to Turkey.
The prime minister flew overnight to Turkey and will lay a wreath at the mausoleum of Turkish founding father Mustafa Kemal Atatürk shortly after arriving.
Carney will depart Ankara tonight for Istanbul, where he is set to meet with Turkish business leaders on Friday before heading back to Canada on Saturday.
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Lower courts' reasoning 'neuters' Emergencies Act, government tells Supreme Court
The Supreme Court is today expected to say whether it will hear federal arguments about the government's legal justification for using the Emergencies Act to quell COVID-era protests four years ago.
The government argues lower courts engaged in "second-guessing with the benefit of 20/20 hindsight" when they ruled its use of the emergencies law was unreasonable.
The top court is slated to rule today on whether to grant the government leave to appeal.
For about three weeks in January and February 2022, downtown Ottawa was filled with protesters, including many in large trucks that blocked streets around Parliament Hill.
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Alleged Tumbler Ridge mass shooting conspirator set to enter plea in U.S. court
The alleged co-conspirator in the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., is expected to enter a plea today at an arraignment in a Seattle courthouse
A grand jury in Washington state last week indicted 30-year-old James Bryant for conspiracy to murder persons in a foreign country.
The criminal complaint against Bryant, who uses female pronouns and goes by the name Melody, alleges she colluded online and gave advice to 18-year-old shooter Jesse Van Rootselaar.
Van Rootselaar killed eight victims last February, including five students and an educational assistant at the local secondary school, before she fatally shot herself as police closed in.
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Firm behind planned Anthropic data centre in Nova Scotia denies owing fees to N.L.
The Newfoundland and Labrador government says it is still owed land fees by the company behind a proposed data centre for Anthropic in Nova Scotia.
But EverWind says it never signed an agreement for the land, nor a contract to pay fees for it.
The dispute involves Crown land reserved by the Newfoundland and Labrador government for EverWind's proposed wind-powered hydrogen project on the Burin Peninsula.
The province charged the company more than $11.4 million a year to set the land aside.
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This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 22, 2026.
Copyright 2026, The Canadian Press. All rights reserved.
Anti-racism group calls for investigation into OPP recruit evaluations
An anti-racism organization is calling for an investigation into how Ontario's provincial police force assesses new recruits, as three Black recruits allege they faced racial discrimination during their year of probation.
The Black Class Action Secretariat says it wants the province's inspector general of policing to examine Ontario Provincial Police probationary evaluation and coaching practices as well as probationary outcome data across the force to look for racial disparities.
The group's director of advocacy says that while the OPP has an internal office that aims to ensure its policies and practices are inclusive, "the question is whether that commitment reaches the coach officer's notebook, the probation file, and the release decisions."
In a news conference today at the provincial legislature, Alain Babineau said there are people within police ranks quietly deciding "who belongs in uniform and who does not."
The call for an investigation comes as the non-profit says three Black recruits stationed in different regions faced a "strikingly similar pattern of discrimination." The OPP says it's looking into those concerns.
The secretariat says the recruits, who are sharing the allegations under pseudonyms under fear of reprisals, were mocked and penalized for their accents and communication styles and disciplined for behaviours common among white officers.
Two of the recruits were dismissed before the end of their probation period, while the other remains on medical leave, the group said.
A spokesperson for the OPP said the force acknowledges the concerns raised by the Black Class Action Secretariat on behalf of the three recruits.
"We take these matters seriously and are reviewing the various concerns brought forth," Staff Sgt. Joe Brisebois said in an email.
The force can't comment on specifics when it comes to employment-related matters, he said.
"What we can say is that the OPP is dedicated to ensuring open, accessible, equitable and respectful workplaces, and is committed to reflecting the diverse communities it serves," as well as ensuring a workplace that fosters a safe and inclusive environment, he said.
"We do not condone or tolerate discrimination or harassment of any kind."
The Inspectorate of Policing, an independent oversight office that opened in 2024, acknowledged The Canadian Press's request for comment Wednesday but did not immediately provide one.
One of the recruits, who used the pseudonym Paul, said Wednesday he has two master's degrees and excelled at the police college, but found himself ridiculed and judged for the way he spoke after joining a detachment in the province's southeast.
"I caught my coach officer and my colleagues ridiculing me. A dispatcher joked on the record about my accent affecting a radio call," he said, phoning into the news conference.
"When I tried to discuss it, it was used against me," he said.
Paul said he was one of three Black officers in his detachment and was released from his position after 10 months. The experience changed his career, he said, adding he is "still trying to heal from the mistreatment and discrimination."
Another of the recruits going by the pseudonym Peter said he "immediately felt isolated" after reporting for duty at a detachment in central Ontario.
"My sergeant would make fun of how I pronounced some words, asking me to repeat things in front of my colleagues so everyone could laugh," he said in a call played at the news conference.
"I wasn't coached at all, it just felt like I was being watched to be documented."
Peter said he was reprimanded for using his phone's GPS to navigate the city when it was a "common practice" among his white colleagues.
The stress eventually caught up with him, and he went on medical leave in the spring, questioning whether to continue on this career path, he said.
Organizers also shared a statement on behalf of the third recruit, who went by the name John. John said he spent a decade in the human service field before becoming an officer, and was stationed at a detachment in southwestern Ontario — the only Black recruit in his platoon.
"I felt there was no trust or confidence in me from Day One," the statement said. "It felt like not only did they expect me to fail, they wanted me to fail."
He also faced reprimand for using his phone GPS when others were doing the same without issue, and at one point had his driving privileges taken away without explanation, he said.
John said he was let go two weeks before the end of his probation, on grounds that he was not a good fit. "What it really meant was that I didn't belong, that they didn't see me as one of them, that they didn't want me there," he said.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 21, 2026.
By Paola Loriggio | Copyright 2026, The Canadian Press. All rights reserved.
Hydro-Québec, STM, SAQ : des sites inaccessibles au Québec à cause d’une faille mondiale
Ce n'est pas ton Wi-Fi qui fait défaut. 👀
Si tu as essayé de payer ta facture d'Hydro-Québec, de planifier un trajet sur le site de la STM ou de commander une bouteille sur le site de la SAQ ce mercredi 21 octobre, tu as probablement vu apparaître une page d’erreur. Ce n'est pas un hasard : plusieurs organisations québécoises et canadiennes ont fermé leur site par précaution à cause d'une faille de sécurité mondiale.
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En cause : PHP, un outil informatique invisible pour toi, mais qui fait fonctionner une bonne partie des sites que tu visites chaque jour. La PHP Foundation, qui gère son développement, a publié un correctif mercredi à 10 h (heure du Québec) et presse tous ceux et celles qui l'utilisent de faire la mise à jour sans attendre, selon son communiqué.
Concrètement, les deux vulnérabilités critiques découvertes dans PHP pourraient permettre à un pirate d’exécuter ses propres commandes sur un serveur à distance, sans même avoir besoin d’un mot de passe. La PHP Foundation leur a attribué une note de gravité de 9,2 sur 10.
Tant que chaque organisation n'a pas installé la mise à jour, son site risque de rester fermé.
Le gouvernement fédéral a d'ailleurs mis certains de ses sites hors ligne, suivant les directives du Centre canadien pour la cybersécurité. « Il s’agit d’un problème global, et d’autres gouvernements et organisations prennent eux aussi des mesures de protection », a écrit sur X Evan Solomon, ministre fédéral de l’Intelligence artificielle.
Quels sites sont touchés?

Au moment d’écrire ces lignes, ces sites étaient inaccessibles en tout ou en partie :
- Hydro-Québec (Espace client)
- Société de transport de Montréal (STM)
- Société des alcools du Québec (SAQ)
- Société de l'assurance automobile du Québec (SAAQ)
- Statistique Canada et certains autres sites du gouvernement du Canada
- Centre canadien pour la cybersécurité
- Certains centres de services scolaires comme Marie-Victorin et des Affluents (y compris la plateforme Moodle)
Qu’est-ce que ça change pour toi?
Pour quelques heures, tu ne pourras peut-être pas payer ta facture d’Hydro-Québec, planifier un trajet sur le site de la STM ou faire certaines démarches en ligne. Rien n’indique que tes données aient été piratées : les fermetures sont une mesure de précaution.
Aucune heure de retour n’avait été annoncée au moment d’écrire ces lignes. Le ministre Solomon assure que les sites touchés reviendront dès que les correctifs seront appliqués : « Nous prenons cette situation extrêmement au sérieux. Nous remercions les équipes de cybersécurité qui travaillent à protéger les services sur lesquels les Canadiens comptent. »
Si ta démarche est urgente, passe par le téléphone ou en personne.
Il est également conseillé de te méfier des courriels et des textos qui te demandent de cliquer sur un lien pour « mettre ton compte à jour ». Attends que le site officiel soit de retour.

Élections Québec engage déjà pour cet automne et ça paie jusqu'à 27,92 $/h
Même la formation est payée! 🤑
Les élections provinciales s'en viennent très bientôt. Le 3 octobre 2022, tu pourras voter pour ceux et celles qui te représenteront au gouvernement. D'ailleurs, tout au long de la campagne électorale qui devrait être lancée sous peu, Élections Québec aura besoin de citoyen.ne aux quatre coins de la province pour aider dans l'organisation et dans le bon déroulement de cet événement marquant.
Bonne nouvelle si tu cherches à te faire un peu d'argent de poche dans les prochains mois, car le recrutement est déjà commencé et plusieurs emplois sont disponibles, en plus d'offrir des salaires avantageux. Ce sont 50 000 personnes qui seront engagées pour l'occasion, et ce, à travers les 125 circonscriptions au Québec.
Pour être admissible à l'embauche, tu devras être disponible durant la période électorale et/ou le jour de l'élection, avoir 16 ans et plus et être citoyen.ne canadien.e. Tu devras aussi résider au Québec depuis plus de six mois et ne pas être sous curatelle ( être jugé.e incapable par le tribunal de prendre soin de toi et de tes biens).
Les salaires varient entre 15,68 $/h et 27,92 $/h selon le poste que tu occupes. Parmi les emplois disponibles, tu pourrais être agent.es réviseur.es et te déplacer afin de rencontrer les électeur.trices, vérifier l'identité des électeur.trices lors du vote, être préposé.e à l'information ou procéder au dépouillement des votes le soir du 3 octobre.
Si cela t'intéresse et que tu désires t'impliquer, tu peux déposer ta candidature en remplissant un formulaire sur le site Internet de Élections Québec.
À noter que toutes les formations nécessaires à l'emploi sont payées.
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