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U.S. ambassador offers Canada help almost a week after Wainwright tragedy
U.S. offering help after Wainwright fire
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Keito Newman
U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra says the United States has offered to help following the deadly fire at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright in Alberta.
Four soldiers were killed and 39 injured on Oct. 17 when a fire that began during a training exercise on an anti-grenade launching range was picked up by fierce winds.
The military says the fire swept in less than a minute about a kilometre away to where a different training exercise was taking place on the base about 200 kilometres southeast of Edmonton.
Twenty-seven soldiers remain in hospital, including 13 in critical condition, many of them with severe burns.
In a social media post today almost a week after the tragedy, Hoekstra said the U.S. government has made a formal offer of assistance and resources to Canada's federal government to help support the recovery of soldiers affected by traumatic burns "should it be deemed necessary."
The military says there are three different investigations into the tragedy and could not say when more answers will be available about how the tragedy occurred.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 23, 2026.
— With files from Kyle Duggan and Nick Murray in Ottawa
By Catherine Morrison | Copyright 2026, The Canadian Press. All rights reserved.
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U.S. to drop some tariffs on Canadian exports, says Maine senator
U.S. dropping some tariffs on Canada
A United States senator says nine categories of Canadian exports will be exempted from U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs on Canada.
A statement released by Maine Sen. Susan Collins, a Republican, says the categories include corrugated paper, plastic boxes and several types of machinery important to her state's agricultural industries.
Collins says the tariff exemptions are for products crucial to Maine's agricultural industries, including blueberry, potato, apple and seaweed producers.
It comes just ahead of November's midterm elections and Trump's trade war with Canada has become a ballot box issue in Collins' state.
Trump slammed an array of Canadian products with 50 per cent tariffs in August after trade talks with Ottawa broke down.
He banned imports of certain Canadian goods, including motorcycles and some dairy products, the following month.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 23, 2026.
By Kelly Geraldine Malone | Copyright 2026, The Canadian Press. All rights reserved.
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Manitoba NDP rolls back on child-specific autism plan, will now focus on adults, too
Manitoba NDP rolls back on autism approach
THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
The Manitoba government is no longer pursuing a child-specific autism strategy and will instead have one that focuses not only on children, but also on adults.
Families Minister Nahanni Fontaine says the government has heard the concerns from the public and is acting on them.
She says they will rescind amendments made to a private member's bill that narrowed the approach.
The Autism Strategy Act that Liberal MLA Cindy Lamoureux put forward requires the establishment of a provincewide strategy as well as annual reports to track progress.
Lamoureux says almost everyone she consulted with spoke of the importance of services for adults.
Fontaine says the government is now committed to passing the act in its original form next week.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 23, 2026.
Copyright 2026, The Canadian Press. All rights reserved.
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Tu vas assurément la perdre si tu continues de faire ces 17 choses-là
Être en couple c'est un travail à temps plein. il y aura toujours des hauts et des bas, des moments ou tous les deux vous devrez faire des compromis, à trouver des solutions aux conflits, à faire vivre des moments uniques qui rappel à l'autre que tu l'prends pas pour acquis.
Bien que le parcours que vous tracez à deux ne sera jamais un tracé bien droit, plusieurs aspects clés feront en sorte que vous viserez le même but, la même direction.
Les couples qui durent ou qui se séparent ce sont tous, à un moment ou à un autre, retrouvés à la croisée des chemins. Du genre, ça passe ou ça casse. Peu importe la raison, ce qui fait la différence c'est ce que t'es prêt à faire pour t'améliorer afin que les choses aillent pour le mieux.
Tout est une question de choix, mais assurément, la personne que tu adores, tu vas la perdre si tu continues de faire 17 de ces choses-là:
1. Si tu continues de lui faire sentir qu'il/elle est une option et non une priorité
2. Si tu continues de lui mentir et de croire qu'il/elle l'ignore totalement.
3. Si tu continues de lui manquer de respect au point de lui faire perdre son estime propre.
4. Si tu continues de croire que tu n'as jamais rien à te reprocher et que tout part de lui/d'elle.
5. Si tu continues de prendre tout de lui/d'elle sans jamais redonner en retour.
6. Si tu continues de te soucier toujours et seulement de toi.
7. Si tu continues de jouer avec ses émotions et son corps quand bon te semble.
8. Si tu continues de le/la laisser avec un sentiment de solitude , même quand t'es là.
9. Si tu continues de la/le blesser et d'agir comme si t'avais rien fait.
10. Si tu continues de fuir la confrontation chaque fois que les conflits vous brisent un peu plus.
11. Si tu continues de crier sur lui/elle pour ensuite agir comme si ça ne laissait pas de cicatrices.
12. Si tu continues de la/lui faire sentir que tu désires plus souvent les autres qu'elle/lui.
13. Si tu continues de l'ignorer chaque fois qu'il/elle t'appelle ou te texte.
14. Si tu continues de faire des choix seulement pour toi au lieu de bâtir des projets à deux.
15. Si tu continues de la/le reconquérir pour mieux le/la blesser à nouveau.
16. Si tu continues de la/le laisser se battre seul pour vous deux.
17. Si tu continues de ne jamais te soucier de savoir comment il/elle va.