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Ottawa cautions Canadians against travel to Saudi Arabia after airports targeted
Ottawa cautions against travel to Saudi Arabia
Global Affairs Canada has issued an advisory cautioning against travel to Saudi Arabia and specific airports that have been targeted during the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.
The advisory, issued by Canada's embassy in the kingdom, notes the airports in Riyadh and Dammam have been targeted in recent days and the Riyadh airport remains closed.
Saudi authorities have attributed the Oct. 10 attack on Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport to a Houthi missile strike.
The advisory encourages Canadians in the region to book travel through neighbouring countries like Bahrain and Qatar and offers information on ground transport options to those locations.
The advisory says Canadians with expiring visitor visas should arrange to leave Saudi Arabia as soon as possible and warns the embassy will not be able to help with visa extensions or fines for overstaying.
It says travellers should keep a close eye on their flight status because flights can be disrupted by attacks with little or no warning.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 15, 2026.
Copyright 2026, The Canadian Press. All rights reserved.
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Parts of Ontario could get the first snow of the season from a fall storm this weekend
Temperatures near or below zero are forecast in some places.
A fall storm that includes a wintry mix of precipitation is in Ontario's weather forecast.
Some places could get the first snow of the season as temperatures drop to near or below zero and rain turns to snow.
According to The Weather Network, a "classic" fall storm with rain, gusting winds, a temperature drop and snowflakes is expected from Thursday, October 15 to Saturday, October 17.
The forecast has called for a blast of Arctic air that could turn rain showers into a wintry mix and bring the first lake-effect snow of the season to southern Ontario.
A low-pressure system is expected to move through the province on Thursday evening, which means it will be rainy and windy in most of Ontario, with 10 to 30 millimetres expected in southern and central parts of the province.
The Weather Network said rainfall will continue overnight into Friday between Toronto and Ottawa and taper off by the morning, but scattered showers are possible throughout the day.
Then, colder air from the north will surge into the province after the low-pressure system moves out. A "rapid drop" in temperatures and northerly wind gusts around 50 kilometres per hour are forecast on Friday evening.
Some parts of the province could have temperatures near or below 0 C on Friday evening, with the wind chill making it even colder overnight.
The Weather Network said colder air over the relatively warm waters of the Great Lakes could cause lake-effect precipitation and bands of showers downwind of Lake Huron and Georgian Bay.
As temperatures drop, some of the precipitation could turn into snow on Friday evening and overnight into Saturday.
While there is uncertainty about the mixed precipitation and how much of it southern Ontario will get, parts of cottage country and places south and east of Lake Huron and Georgian Bay could get the first snow of the season this weekend.
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Competition Bureau says Quebec real estate board violated abuse of dominance rules
Quebec brokers agree to share data after ruling
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
The Competition Bureau says it has reached a settlement with Quebec's real estate industry association to loosen data-sharing restrictions that violated the Competition Act.
The watchdog says the Quebec Professional Association of Real Estate Brokers and its subsidiary, Société Centris, broke abuse of dominance rules by refusing to provide its members with a real estate data feed, while also restricting how such data could be used.
The bureau says lack of access to that data was likely meant to "impede innovation and limit competition in the real estate brokerage services market."
As part of a consent agreement reached with the association, it will now provide its members with a real estate data feed containing information about sale prices, listing history and property characteristics.
Pierre-Olivier Simard, president of the QPAREB board of directors, says in a statement that the solution is "tailored to the Quebec reality," given that Quebec’s laws are more restrictive than those in the rest of Canada when it comes to the protection of personal information.
The bureau launched its investigation into QPAREB's data-sharing practices in 2023 after a previous case against the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board, in which the watchdog challenged rules that prevented brokers in that region from sharing certain real estate data with their clients through secure online platforms.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 15, 2026.
By Sammy Hudes | Copyright 2026, The Canadian Press. All rights reserved.
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A Wedding Guest Cut The Newlyweds' Cake Just For Herself & TikTok Is Melting Down Over It
"You have no idea how angry this is making me."
Nothing says "pure chaos" like walking up to a newlywed couple's pristine wedding cake and cutting a slice for yourself — before they even get a chance to taste it.
TikTok user @mediocrehailey sparked a major outcry on the app recently, after posting video of herself cutting the first slice of her friend's wedding cake before the bride and groom could even get their moment with it.
And while that sounds like a major power move, it seems she did it entirely by accident.
"Me! A guest at my friend's wedding," reads the caption over her video of the incident, which has gone viral online. "Ignoring the brownie table and confidently cutting myself a slice of HER WEDDING CAKE, thinking uh-oh! They forgot to serve it to everyone else!"
The video shows her not only cutting a slice for herself, but then licking her fingers and dancing away to the DJ's next song, completely unaware of what she's done.
Yikes.
"I know better now," continued her caption. "I hate myself!"
How do you even recover from that, or begin to apologize to the newlyweds?
People did not hold back in the comments, with many ripping her for somehow not reading the room at the wedding. Others were shocked that she shared the embarrassing video on TikTok, where it now has over 5.8 million views.
The top comment under the video read: "You couldn't pry this information out of me if I did this to someone at their wedding," because some things are just better to keep to yourself.
"You have no idea how angry this is making me," wrote another user.
Many users said they would "no longer be on speaking terms" with someone who did this at their wedding.
Another pointed out that "someone was even recording this instead of running up and stopping you."
"Was this your first wedding??" asked another commenter.
Safe to say that people were angry, but it looks like the bride herself managed to get over it.
The poster apologized to the bride and groom in her caption, and the bride showed up in the comments to accept the apology.
"As the bride whose cake this is - SHE IS FORMALLY FORGIVEN AND HAS LEARNED HER LESSON IN WEDDING ETIQUETTE," she wrote.
Phew!
Despite the bride being over the whole kerfuffle, some people are still trying to wrap their minds around the blunder in the first place.
"Omg, so I see that the bride commented forgiving you, but I still need to go through my own emotional process with this one," wrote one user.
So the next time you're at a wedding, learn from this TikToker's mistake and don't help yourself to a slice of cake!