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Canada's defence minister says some Canadians are rolling up their sleeves to give blood as the military town of Wainwright, Alta., mourns the four soldiers killed in a weekend training exercise gone fatally wrong.
Strong and sudden winds on Saturday sent flames from a nearby grass fire across the Prairie landscape at lightning speed, stopping 84 soldiers at CFB Wainwright in their tracks and sending 39 to hospital, 19 critically.
Among the dead are Sgt. Morgan Wong of Edmonton, Pte. Shaun Farrell of Prince Albert, Sask., Pte. Aidan Goulding of North Vancouver, and Pte. Hayden Lykkemark of Langley, B.C.
Defence Minister David McGuinty says people have been lining up to donate blood, bring meals to first responders, and open their homes to those grieving.
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Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks as Alberta Premier Danielle Smith listens in Fort McMurray on Thursday Oct. 1, 2026. Prime Minister Mark Carney declared the Pacific Link pipeline project to be in the national interest.
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Albertans head to polls in historic referendum on whether they want to stay in Canada
Albertans head to the polls today for a historic vote on whether they want to stay in Canada or hold a second, binding referendum on leaving Confederation.
More than 1.3 million Albertans have already cast ballots by mail or in advance polls in a referendum called by Premier Danielle Smith.
The vote caps months of rallies, speeches and analyses from both sides.
Smith says some Albertans were angry with the state of affairs under former Liberal prime minister Justin Trudeau, and a referendum is now necessary to resolve the matter once and for all.
The separation question is one of 10 on the ballot, as the first nine focus on immigration and Constitutional reform.
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A person pumps fuel in Toronto after gasoline prices rose overnight on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012.
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Statistics Canada set to release September inflation figures
Statistics Canada is set to report inflation data for September today.
A Reuters poll of economists expects inflation accelerated to 3.2 per cent last month, up from three per cent in August.
Economists say persistently high energy prices are the main forces pushing inflation higher right now and they'll be looking for evidence of cost pressures broadening beyond the gas pumps.
The September inflation report will be the Bank of Canada's last look at price data before its next interest rate decision on Oct. 28.
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A group of allied New Brunswick residents opposing what could be the first hyperscale data centre in Atlantic Canada say theyâve uncovered a proposal for a second, smaller one nearby. People in opposition to AI data centres demonstrate outside the council chambers at city hall in Hamilton, Wednesday, July 15, 2026.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nick Iwanyshyn
New Brunswick data centre debate highlights cross-country tension over AI facilities
A New Brunswick man fighting a data centre project near his Saint John home says he's deeply disappointed by what he found in government records.
Chris Watson reviewed documents released by Opportunities New Brunswick and discovered an undisclosed proposal from a U.S. firm seeking power for a large-scale data centre campus in his area.
NB Power confirms it has 10 applications from data centre projects that would need up to 900 megawatts of power, but that applications are confidential.
The Liberal government sees the facilities as an economic opportunity and is developing a policy framework, though Watson wants a moratorium until stronger protections are in place.
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks during the Meta Connect conference, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026, in Menlo Park, Calif. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
AI agents are only as good as the personal information you share. That raises privacy concerns
A Toronto man says Meta's new artificial intelligence agent shared his home address with a stranger without his knowledge.
Matt Robb let the AI agent, called Muse, handle a Facebook Marketplace listing for his keyboard, but within a day an unknown buyer showed up outside his house late at night.
The agent had accepted an offer, shared Robb's address and even sent an automated message telling the buyer he was home, all without Robb's approval.
Experts say AI agents perform better with more personal information, raising privacy concerns, since data the agents have already seen cannot be taken back even if users later withdraw access.
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This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 19, 2026.
Copyright 2026, The Canadian Press. All rights reserved.
Voici pourquoi la chicane entre Varda et Marie-Chantal n'a pas été diffusée à Big Brother
Le lundi 25 janvier, Varda et Marie-Chantal ont dévoilé en confessionnal qu'un événement créait des tensions entre elles à Big Brother Célébrités. N'ayant jamais eu accès aux images montrant la chicane, les fans sont confus alors que des caméras filment les candidats 24 heures sur 24.
Pourquoi est-ce qu'une querelle entre deux candidats ne serait pas montrée, alors qu'elle affecte tout le monde dans la maison, et a même mené à la mise en ballotage des personnes concernées?
L'équipe de production de Big Brother explique ses raisons à Narcity.
La sélection de l'éditeur : Les fans veulent des réponses sur la chicane de Marie-Chantal et Varda à Big Brother
Big Brother Célébrités
Selon ce que Marie-Chantal, Varda et d'autres participants ont révélé lors de l'émission, la bisbille aurait commencé lorsque la chanteuse était sous médication pour sa dent cassée.
Cette soirée-là, Marie-Chantal aurait consommé de l'alcool malgré les contre-indications et aurait passé un commentaire au sujet de la santé mentale de Varda.
Cette dernière, qui essayait apparemment d'inciter Marie-Chantal à aller se coucher, rapporte que ce genre de commentaire est inacceptable.
Cela dit, les images n’auraient pas été diffusées, car elles ne servent pas à faire avancer le jeu côté stratégie :
« Leur récente chicane teinte fortement l’ambiance dans la maison. Comme ça influence l’aventure, il était important d’expliquer la situation et que les deux nous en parlent en confessionnal.
« Il se passe beaucoup de choses dans la maison et on se concentre sur les stratégies et le jeu. Il n’était donc pas nécessaire de rentrer dans le détail pour comprendre le contexte et pour le narratif de l’émission. »
On en voit donc juste assez pour comprendre les décisions stratégiques des joueurs, comme celle de mettre Marie-Chantal et Varda en ballotage à cause de l'ambiance que leur discorde apporte dans la maison.
Lors des dernières éditions d'Occupation Double, comme celle à laquelle Kevin a participé en Afrique du Sud, de gros conflits entre participants ont mené à des prises de positions et des vagues de haine du côté des Québécois.
La section commentaire sur les comptes Instagram de certaines personnalités de téléréalité a déjà dû être fermée, et des messages haineux ont été reçus par centaines par les participants.
Certains ont donc proposé que le « drama » entre les candidats qui n'amène rien au « narratif de l’émission », comme le fait Big Brother, ne soit pas montré pour éviter ces comportements.