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Canadian News

CTV News
Government backtracks on new Remembrance Day wreath policy

The Epoch Times
NS Legislation Permits Military Members to Wear Uniforms in Public Spaces - More - More

Global News
Feds quiet on Trump stake in Canadian minerals company

CBC News
What could be the future of GM's Oshawa plant?

CBC News
Should Canada stop changing the clocks twice a year? MP says it's about time.

CBC News
Carney to return to Washington as Trump's tariffs hit sectors hard

The Canadian Press
Toronto home prices decline, sales up 8.5% in September

CBC News
Calgary experiences hottest September on record, driest in 140 years

CTV News
Canada-bound commercial trucks face long lines at border crossings due to processing delays

CTV News
Two L’Assomption police officers pull man from burning car

The Guardian
Fears Quebec Starbucks gang shooting could signal shift to brazen tactics

CTV News
Calgary doctors, autism advocates concerned about Trump’s Tylenol claims

CBC News
Vancouver wildlife photographer eclipses global competition with dramatic shot during solar event - Photos

Radio-Canada
Espace Aéro : Boeing confirme un investissement de 110 M$ dans le Grand Montréal

Radio-Canada
Les compressions au service de passeport ciblent les minorités, dénonce un syndicat

Canadian Commentary

The Editorial Board | The Globe and Mail
Welcome back to office life, and to reality

Noé Chartier | The Epoch Times
The Diverging Cultural Paths of American and Canadian Militaries

Derek H. Burney | The Hub
The U.N. is irrelevant, the U.S. is retreating, and the decline of the world order continues

Allen Sutherland | National Post
Sutherland: Public service cuts are coming — Here’s how to handle them

Daniel Leblanc | Radio-Canada
Achats militaires : Ottawa veut se libérer de sa dépendance aux Américains

Hugo Lavallée | Radio-Canada
États-Unis : une paralysie budgétaire aux conséquences plus lourdes cette fois-ci?

Laurent Mercier-Roy | Radio-Canada
Pourquoi la génération Z se soulève-t-elle aux quatre coins du monde?

International News

NBC News
Treasury touts 'first drafts' of Trump dollar coin planned for next year - More

NBC News
Third day of federal funding impasse brings Trump layoff fears

The Associated Press
Government funding vote fails again in Senate as hopes fade for quick end to shutdown

NPR News
GOP blames government shutdown on health care for undocumented people

CNN News
Government shutdown likely to linger as Trump administration warns of layoffs

Agence France-Presse
US government shutdown seen dragging into next week

CNN News
Protesters rally outside Illinois ICE facility as Kristi Noem watches from rooftop

MSNBC News
Pete Hegseth taps MAGA extremist to push military ‘cultural refresh’

The Associated Press
Trump no longer distancing himself from Project 2025, as he uses shutdown to further pursue its goals

NBC News
How 'normal' guides JD Vance's political worldview

The Associated Press
Trump was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize before. Experts say he’s unlikely to win this year.

The Associated Press
Trump asks nine colleges to commit to his political agenda and get favorable access to federal money

NBC News
Apple removes ICEBlock app after criticism from Trump administration - More

BBC News
NASA research probe accidentally lands on Texas farm - More

NPR News
Sean Combs sentenced to over four years in prison for prostitution-related charges

Reuters News Agency
NTSB, FAA to investigate after two Amazon delivery drones crash in Arizona

NBC News
Statue of Trump and Epstein holding hands returns to the National Mall

MSNBC News
The ridiculous reason Team Trump fired the director of the Eisenhower library

MSNBC News
FIFA official throws cold water on Trump’s World Cup threat

NBC News
Minnesota measles cases nearly double as U.S. outbreaks continue

The Associated Press
Trump pauses $2.1B for Chicago infrastructure projects

NBC News
Fire at Los Angeles-area Chevron oil refinery is contained

Reuters News Agency
Manchester police may have shot two of the synagogue attack victims, one fatally - More

The Guardian
Manchester synagogue terrorist was on bail for alleged rape

NBC News
First woman is named Archbishop of Canterbury - More

The Guardian
Trump casts shadow over Nobels as prize-awarding body warns academic freedom at risk

CTV News
AI helps German historian identify Nazi killer in infamous Holocaust image - More

CBS News
More unidentified drones halt flights at Munich airport amid sightings near Belgian air base

NBC News
A 'drone wall'? Europe floats a high-tech response to Russian threats.

The Associated Press
Zelenskyy warns that Russian drones endanger Chernobyl and other nuclear plants in Ukraine

NBC News
U.S. to expand intelligence assistance to Ukraine for strikes on Russian energy facilities

The Associated Press
Putin praises Trump but warns supplies of U.S. long-range missiles to Ukraine will badly hurt ties

MSNBC News
Trump: Agreement with Hamas 'must be reached' by Sunday or 'all hell' will break out - More

NPR News
Hamas agrees to parts of a Gaza peace plan

BBC News
Hamas says it agrees to release Israeli hostages but seeks changes to US Gaza peace plan

NBC News
Death toll rises to nine as rescuers search for trapped Indonesian students

NBC News
Japan may be about to make history with its next prime minister

NBC News
Asahi cyberattack could leave Japan without its most popular beer

The Guardian
Hegseth says four killed in US strike on alleged drug boat off Venezuelan coast

NBC News
Trump has 'determined' the U.S. is in 'armed conflict' with drug cartels - More

Radio-Canada
Paralysie budgétaire : Donald Trump menace de supprimer les « agences démocrates »

Radio-Canada
Elon Musk appelle au boycottage de Netflix à cause d’un personnage transgenre

Agence France-Presse
Deux morts et trois blessés dans un attentat devant une synagogue de Manchester

Radio-Canada
Une « frontière fantôme » divise toujours l’Allemagne, 35 ans après la réunification

Agence France-Presse
Le Hamas dit avoir besoin de temps pour étudier le plan de Trump sur Gaza

International Commentary

Grégoire SAUVAGE | France 24
Generation Z is stirring up rebellion across borders, from Morocco to Madagascar

Miranda Yaver | MSNBC News
TrumpRx: The biggest questions about Trump’s plan to reduce prescription drug costs

Terry Tang | The Associated Press
How ‘woke’ went from an expression in Black culture to a conservative criticism

Lawrence O’Donnell | MSNBC News
Disaster-in-Chief Day 3

Heather Cox Richardson | Letters from an American
Trump is tying himself to Project 2025

David French | The New York Times
Incompetence Isn’t an Upgrade Over D.E.I.

Jay Caspian Kang | The New York Times
Can the Democrats Take Free Speech Back from the Right?

Moustafa Bayoumi | The Guardian
When will US generals stand-up to Trump?

Mark Hertling | The Bulwark
Questions After Quantico

Dave Philipps | The New York Times
Veterans See Costs and Risks in Hegseth’s Military Rewind to 1990

Steve Benen | MSNBC News
Trump picks a convenient time to change his tune about the Project 2025 agenda

Polly Toynbee | The Guardian
If you liked Brexit, you’re going to love what the Conservatives want next

Una Mullally | The Guardian
The Irish language is a joy, not a burden

Sophie-Hélène Lebeuf | Radio-Canada
Paralysie de l’État : quand Trump utilise l’appareil fédéral contre la « gauche radicale »

Books

Kyle Chayka | The New Yorker
Cory Doctorow's new book: The Age of Enshittification