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National security strategy to address array of threats coming soon: Carney adviser
New national security strategy imminent: adviser
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
A senior federal adviser says the Liberals are poised to release a new national security strategy — the first such policy in more than two decades.
David Morrison, senior diplomatic and international affairs adviser to Prime Minister Mark Carney, says the strategy will look to bolster Canada's defences against an array of security threats.
Morrison told MPs on the House of Commons public safety and national security committee this week he hopes the strategy will be public within a few weeks.
Privy Council Office spokesperson Mélany Gauvin says the coming strategy will increase Canada's focus on economic security.
In 2004, the Liberal government of Prime Minister Paul Martin released Securing an Open Society, the most recent complete national security policy.
Two years ago, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau directed officials to deliver a renewed national security strategy in 2025.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 23, 2026.
By Jim Bronskill | Copyright 2026, The Canadian Press. All rights reserved.
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B.C. election at a glance: NDP talks nursing ratios, Conservatives tout Surrey plan
B.C. election at a glance: Nursing, Surrey, arts
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
The British Columbia election campaign is in its closing stages, with advance voting wrapping up ahead of final voting day on Saturday.
Here are some of the latest developments on the campaign trail.
ADVANCE VOTING DROPS SHARPLY
Six days of advance voting have ended, with Elections BC data showing numbers are down more than 11 per cent compared to 2024, bucking a two-decade upward trend.
There were 891,348 advance votes cast from Friday to Wednesday, representing about 24 per cent of all registered voters.
That compares to more than one million advance votes cast in 2024, when numbers spiked 49 per cent over the previous election.
This year's advance voting period overlapped with the municipal election that had its final voting day last Saturday.
EBY AND DOERKSON FOCUS ON SURREY
Interim B.C. Conservative leader Lorne Doerkson has unveiled what he calls the "Surrey success plan" for B.C.'s second-largest city.
Both Doerkson and NDP leader Eby have been concentrating on vote-rich Surrey in the final week of the campaign.
Doerkson says his party's plan has three pillars, health care, transit and transportation.
Both parties have pledged new hospitals and to extend the SkyTrain to Surrey's Newton neighbourhood, but differ on how to handle traffic problems, with the Conservatoves vowing to scrap an upgrade of the Massey tunnel in favour of a 10-lane bridge.
Doerkson is scheduled to hold a rally in the city that has 10 ridings later Thursday, while Eby was in Surrey on Wednesday and held a rally near city hall that drew hundreds of supporters.
The NDP leader, campaigning in Vancouver on Thursday, called Surrey "a vitally important city in the province."
NDP VOWS TO PUT NURSE-PATIENT RATIOS INTO LAW
Eby says the NDP would put minimum nurse-to-patient ratios into law.
He says in a campaign stop outside Vancouver General Hospital, where he was surrounded by nurses and other health care workers that establishing the ratios is "technical work" and they will vary depending on what type of care is being provided.
Eby says that work is already underway, and putting the ratios into legislation will ensure "nurses are not diverted to other purposes."
The NDP says in a statement that Eby has committed to adding 1,000 training places for nurses, nurse practitioners, allied health workers and care aides.
GREENS ROLL OUT RED CARPET FOR THE ARTS
The BC Greens have announced the party's plan to support the arts, from the movie industry to local performing spaces.
Leader Emily Lowan says the party would make it easier to film, perform and create in B.C.
She says underinvestment in the arts and the "cost-of-living crisis" have meant the closure of community arts spaces and put "downward pressure" on artists who make the province vibrant.
The party says it will make B.C. the easiest place in North America for film permitting, bring in simpler zoning and lower fees for smaller venues booking local artists, and increase the BC Arts Council budget by more than 50 per cent to $65 million.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 22, 2026.
By Canadian Press Staff | Copyright 2026, The Canadian Press. All rights reserved.
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Cette friperie à Montréal est parfaite pour trouver ton costume d'Halloween à bon prix
Pas besoin de te ruiner pour le costume parfait! ✨
Avec les partys d'Halloween qui s'ajoutent à ton calendrier, tu risques d'avoir besoin d'un ou plusieurs costumes, et il faut le dire, ceux faits maison ont souvent un look plus authentique que ceux que tu peux acheter dans les magasins éphémères dédiés à cette fête. Si tu veux justement te servir de ta créativité pour te déguiser cette année, une friperie de Montréal est l'endroit idéal pour dénicher des morceaux uniques à bon prix.
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La Chiffonnière Friperie & Café, aussi appelée La Chiffonnière Friperie et Brocante, se décrit également comme une costumerie, où pièces funky et costumes remplissent les rayons. Tu peux donc entrer sans trop savoir ce que tu cherches et ressortir avec un ensemble complet qui risque de faire fureur.
Et à voir les dernières publications de la boutique sur Instagram, il y a de quoi laisser aller ton imagination. Des fantômes qui ont visiblement un faible pour la mode aux sorcières au look mystérieux en passant par des personnages tout droit sortis d'un film d'horreur, les possibilités semblent assez nombreuses. Tu pourrais aussi bien recréer une tenue inspirée de Scream que te concocter un costume de créature étrange ou un ensemble digne d'une soirée d'Halloween rétro.
Pour ce qui est des accessoires, tu peux mettre la main sur des lunettes vintage, des chapeaux, des bijoux, des bottes, des cuissardes et toutes sortes de vêtements qui pourraient donner une touche originale à ton déguisement. Et le plus intéressant, c'est que plusieurs de ces morceaux pourront facilement retrouver leur place dans ta garde-robe une fois l'Halloween passée.
Côté prix, les accessoires et les costumes d'Halloween les plus simples se vendent entre 5 $ et 30 $. Tu peux notamment dénicher des perruques, des masques et quelques déguisements à petit prix. Pour les pièces plus uniques, comme les costumes complets ou les vêtements d'époque, il faut plutôt prévoir entre 40 $ et 80 $. Que tu souhaites assembler un costume de la tête aux pieds ou simplement trouver quelques accessoires pour transformer des vêtements que tu possèdes déjà, tu pourras donc adapter tes recherches à ton budget.
Ton prochain costume coup de cœur pourrait bien être une trouvaille de seconde main, et personne d'autre à ta soirée ne risque d'avoir exactement le même.
La Chiffonnière Friperie & Café
Prix : Entre 5 $ et 80 $
Adresse : 1840, rue Ontario E., Montréal, QC
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