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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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Prime Minister Mark Carney and his wife Diana Fox Carney board a government plane in Ottawa, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2026.
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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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Trucks are seen in front of the Chateau Laurier hotel as a protest marked by gridlock and blaring horns reached its 14th day in Ottawa on Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022.
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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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James Cody Bryant, centre, is seen in a court sketch drawn during the accused's appearance in U.S. district court in Seattle on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026.
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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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Trent Vichie, founder and CEO of Everwind, speaks during a funding announcement at Everwind Fuels in Point Tupper, N.S., on Friday, Oct. 16, 2026.
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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.
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Le départ volontaire d'Éloïse et Charles d'OD suscite des réactions surprenantes
L'émission d'OD Chez Nous du dimanche 1er novembre était très attendue par le public de la téléréalité. On prévoyait une élimination double et le départ d'Éloïse et Charles d'OD, tant attendu, a créé des réactions mitigées chez les fans.
Le « leader » et la « tricheuse » ont quitté le jeu de leur plein gré, quand Éloïse a réalisé au souper d'élimination avec Jay Du Temple que sa situation était plus grave qu'elle ne l'anticipait. Charles a suivi sa blonde; c'est donc trois candidats qui ont quitté l'aventure, Luis Maxime étant également éliminé.
Trois départs en une soirée, c'était beaucoup d'émotions pour les participants d'Occupation Double, ainsi que pour les auditeurs québécois.
La sélection de l'éditeur : Jay Du Temple fait réagir le public avec un commentaire sur la tricherie d'Éloïse à OD
En général, les gens sont heureux de voir le couple partir.
Mais aussi, plusieurs personnes souhaitent bon courage au couple et les remercient d'avoir donné au public un aussi bon show cette année.
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Il y en a même qui pensent que l'émission sera moins croustillante après leur départ.
D'autres se sont prononcés sur les commentaires haineux que Charles et Éloïse reçoivent.
Deux anciennes candidates d'OD Afrique du Sud, Claudie et Camille, ont expliqué dans leurs storys Instagram du 1er novembre que ces commentaires méchants avaient de gros impacts et pouvaient affecter la santé mentale des candidats les recevant.
Elles demandent aux gens de cesser les messages haineux.
On peut aussi lire une grande quantité de commentaires félicitant Jay Du Temple et la production d'Occupation Double pour la façon dont ils ont géré la situation d'Éloïse.