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• How Canada’s fractured immigration consensus is starting to show up at ballot boxes

  It's no secret the long-held Canadian consensus on immigration has fractured — pulled apart by a rapid increase in new arrivals post-pandemic and growing affordability challenges.

  Canada

  47 mins
• Pope Leo will leave the hospital Saturday following lung cancer surgery, Vatican says

  Pope Leo XIV is being released from the hospital on Saturday, four days after lung cancer surgery, and will deliver the traditional noon blessing on Sunday.

  World

  59 mins
• Zelenskyy urges support for new U.S. sanctions on Russia after Trump puts them on hold

  The White House decision has further raised fears that Ukraine could be left exposed to Moscow’s escalating assaults with winter approaching.

  World

  1 hour
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• Scuffles break out as protesters rally across France, joining students

  Police used tear gas to push back people wearing hoods and masks and throwing fireworks at officers in the Place de la République, northeast of the Paris city center.

  World

  1 hour
• Trump puts new Russia sanctions that he recently signed into law on hold, citing national interest

  Named after late South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, the legislation had sought to clamp down more quickly on the flow of financial resources fueling the war against Ukraine.

  U.S. News

  10 hours
• Jackson-Davis has 23 points in Raptors loss

  Trayce Jackson-Davis led all scorers with 23 points — including 15 made free throws — but the Toronto Raptors still fell to the Detroit Pistons 129-125 on Friday in the final pre-season game for both teams.

  Sports

  Oct 16
• Multi-vehicle crash including double-decker bus closes Highway 99 in Delta

  A serious multi-vehicle crash closed Highway 99 just east of the Highway 91 interchange in Delta on Friday afternoon. It was caught on camera.

  Traffic

  Oct 16
• Chinese state-owned XCMG facing lawsuits alleging it defrauded Canadian equipment dealers

  At Vancouver's law courts on Friday, veteran heavy equipment dealer Ryan Martin said they started with XCMG in 2017 and business was good up until about 2021.

  Oct 16
• WATCH: Global National – Oct. 16

  Watch the full broadcast of Global National with Dawna Friesen

  News

  Oct 16
• Body of missing man found in Okanagan Lake after 23 days

  A specialized volunteer dive team from Manitoba helped find the body of a missing paddleboarder after he disappeared during a sudden storm near Fintry Provincial Park.

  News

  Oct 16
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• B.C.’s advanced polls open as Conservatives say a costed platform is coming soon

  Interim leader Lorne Doerkson said on Friday that he has seen the platform but wants to make sure they're aren't going to promise anything the party "can't make happen."

  Politics

  Oct 16
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• A federal IVF program will harmonize ‘patchwork’ approach, experts say

  Data collected by Ipsos for Fertility Matters Canada (FMC) found that 46 per cent of Canadians with an opinion on it support the proposed federal IVF funding program.

  Health

  Oct 16
• Vancouver police say 3 unprovoked stranger assaults took place in 1 day

  Vancouver police are asking the public to help them identify suspects in three unprovoked stranger assaults that occurred across the city in one day.

  Crime

  Oct 16
• As Alberta referendum nears, seeds to dispute results planted online: report

  McGill’s Media Ecosystem Observatory has been keeping tabs on the occasionally fraught online discourse surrounding the Alberta referendum.

  Canada

  Oct 16
• What France’s spiking bond yields, rising debt mean for Canadian borrowers

  Canadian borrowers may wind up paying more for some mortgages and other loans as government bond yields continue to rise worldwide, including in France.

  Economy

  Oct 16
• FBI offers $150K reward for arrest of 75-year-old woman wanted in $30M scam

  Mary Carole McDonnell is accused of defrauding nearly $30 million from banks and other financial institutions in a year-long scheme while posing as a fake heiress.

  Crime

  Oct 16
• Carney wraps up pro-Canada barnstorming tour in hometown of Edmonton

  Prime Minister Mark Carney, standing with Alberta's premier and other politicians, channelled author Charles Dickens in saying the referendum comes at the best and worst of times.

  Politics

  Oct 16
• BC NDP to invest in involuntary care beds at Okanagan Correctional Centre in Oliver

  The BC NDP pledged to expand voluntary treatment across the province and stated that 35 Foundry centres are open or on the way, including in Kelowna, Penticton and Vernon.

  Politics

  Oct 16
• As U.S. shifts peptide rules, these are the risks experts want you to know

  As peptides are pushed by self-prescribed 'wellness influencers,' experts weigh in on their targeted uses, consequences of misuse, and how they became a social media trend.

  Health

  Oct 16
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• ‘Albertans are not quitters’: Poilievre pushes referendum vote to stay in Canada

  Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he understands the disillusionment with the state of affairs in Canada, but quitting is the easy way out and Albertans are not quitters.

  Politics

  Oct 16
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• Burnaby man receives 3.5 years in jail for cross-Canada sextortion

  Crown and defence counsel said the online communications Anwer Jelassi had with the teen girls he demanded money from were “insulting, demeaning and hostile.”

  Crime

  Oct 16
• Jon Gosselin speaks out to support son Collin amid allegations against Kate

  Collin Gosselin recently released his memoir and spoke about what he alleged took place behind the scenes of the popular reality TV show, 'Jon and Kate Plus 8.'

  Entertainment

  Oct 16
• Stelco layoff legal challenge timeline is in ‘days,’ Joly says

  Approximately 90 workers received notices last week, and the first layoffs took effect Sunday, the president of United Steelworkers local 1005 previously told Global News.

  Canada

  Oct 16
• Youth found guilty in Ottawa 2023 terror plot to kill Jewish people

  A judge has found a youth guilty of two terrorism-related charges stemming from an alleged 2023 plan to kill Jewish people in Ottawa.

  Crime

  Oct 16
• 4 in 10 women don’t know where to seek support for menopause: report

  Around four in 10 (40 per cent) Canadian women reported that they do not know where to seek menopause care, a report by health care and insurance organization GreenShield said.

  Canada

  Oct 16