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Carney’s Liberals are preparing to table a ‘big, bold’ budget today. Here’s what you should know
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4 November 2025, 8:01 pm
U.S. government begins prosecuting case against man who threw sandwich at federal agent
A pink banner depicting a masked man throwing a sandwich is unfurled by people at an outdoor demonstration.

Opening arguments began Tuesday in the trial of Washington, D.C., resident Sean Charles Dunn, a U.S. Justice Department employee who threw a sandwich at a federal agent in August and was subsequently fired by President Donald Trump's administration.


4 November 2025, 6:54 pm
Chrysler recalling 20,000 Jeep vehicles in Canada due to faulty battery that can catch fire
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Owners of the vehicles — which include Jeep Wranglers with model years between 2020-2025 and Jeep Grand Cherokees with model years from 2022-2026 — are being advised to park the vehicles outside and away from structures until a remedy for the problem is determined.


4 November 2025, 6:38 pm
Tamara Lich appealing mischief conviction
Freedom Convoy organizer Tamara Lich, right, and her lawyer Lawrence Greenspon walk outside the Ottawa Courthouse on July 23, 2025.

A lawyer for Lich, one of the central figures of the 2022 Ottawa protest, argues the judge who found Lich guilty of mischief misapplied evidence during her trial.


4 November 2025, 6:16 pm
This is how much the Earth will warm with countries' new climate plans, UN says
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Countries have submitted their most recent round of promises and plans to fight climate change, and the UN has tallied them up in a new report. Here is its latest projection for how much the Earth is now expected to warm by the end of the century, and how Canada and the U.S. are contributing.


4 November 2025, 6:06 pm
NYC mayor's race draws attention, but California, Pennsylvania votes Tuesday could shape national politics
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4 November 2025, 5:18 pm
Shortage of prescription painkillers in Canada expected to last until 2026
A closeup shows the hands of a woman in a white lab coat in a store, holding a prescription in one hand and a box of medicine in her other.

Canadian pharmacists say a shortage of medications that contain oxycodone is expected to continue into the new year, while supply of another type of painkiller has increased since a countrywide disruption in the summer.


4 November 2025, 3:57 pm
Win or lose at the Supreme Court, Trump has other tariff tools at his disposal
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The U.S. Supreme Court takes on a major case on Wednesday when it decides if President Donald Trump has the authority to use a law usually cited in emergencies for the imposition of tariffs on other countries. While they may not be as blunt as the law Trump has cited, there are a handful of other laws the president can cite to utilize tariffs for leverage and revenue.


4 November 2025, 3:46 pm
E-borrowing exceeds print at Vancouver libraries — can it keep up with the cost?
The Vancouver Public Library main branch in downtown Vancouver seen from Robson Street.

For the first time in its history, loans of digital materials, such as e-books, e-magazines and music, have exceeded those of physical copies at the library, although online facsimiles cost three to five times as much.


4 November 2025, 3:00 pm
Bridgerton and Wicked star Jonathan Bailey named People magazine's Sexiest Man Alive for 2025
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The Bridgerton and Wicked star has won the hearts of audiences and the internet alike with his British charm, and is the first gay man to hold the title.


4 November 2025, 2:35 pm
With hiring of coach Sandy Brondello, Tempo set immediate winning expectation
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Toronto Tempo general manager Monica Wright Rogers had just introduced Sandy Brondello as the team’s inaugural head coach minutes earlier on Tuesday at a press conference in downtown Toronto, and she was already thinking about what that could mean for a roster that is currently blank.


4 November 2025, 2:25 pm
Israeli military's former top lawyer arrested days after resigning over leaked video of alleged prison abuse
A military chief sits in court.

Israeli police have arrested a former top military chief legal officer, days after she handed in her resignation over a criminal inquiry into a leaked video that shows soldiers allegedly abusing a Palestinian detainee.


4 November 2025, 2:19 pm
Liberals to table budget today that will 'define our next century,' Carney says
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4 November 2025, 12:40 pm
Robert Munsch’s personal archives to be donated to new central library in Guelph, Ont.
Children's storyteller Robert Munsch, left, and illustrator Michael Martchenko working together in Scholastic Canada's offices.

The Guelph Public Library in Ontario is receiving what it says is an “extraordinary gift” from beloved children’s author Robert Munsch, who is donating his personal archives for research and display. The collection includes original drafts of his stories, notes from publishers, fan letters, photographs, published work and other artifacts. 


4 November 2025, 12:00 pm
Dick Cheney, powerful and polarizing U.S. vice-president to George W. Bush, dead at 84
Portrait of a bald man in a suit with an American flag lapel pin.

Dick Cheney, the hard-charging conservative who became one of the most powerful and polarizing vice-presidents in U.S. history and a leading advocate for the invasion of Iraq, has died at age 84.


4 November 2025, 11:44 am
How more than 100 volunteers painted Port Stanley red to pay respect to veterans
Kathy Howarth, left and Jackie Valotaire stand in front of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 410, where the second-floor railing has been covered in poppies.

Wherever you go in Port Stanley, you’re sure to be surrounded by the poppies, whether they’re pinned up on park benches, wreathes, storefronts, signs or elsewhere. It's all thanks to the efforts of 106 volunteers that made it happen.


4 November 2025, 10:00 am
McMaster research targets menstrual cup ‘mess’ with absorbent tablets to tackle period stigma
A bloody piece of a cotton-like material in front of a menstrual cup.

McMaster University professor Zeinab Hosseinidoust worked alongside associate professor Tohid Didar to create smart tablets that work with menstrual cups to make them more accessible and reduce the “mess” that can come along with them.


4 November 2025, 9:00 am
Food prices in Canada keep climbing, but these grocery items will give you sticker shock
A composite image shows file photos of coffee, nuts, and frozen hamburgers for sale in grocery stores

Shoppers paid four per cent more at the grocery store in September. Here's what food items cost the most, and why.


4 November 2025, 9:00 am
Why a beloved literary publisher is running out of a backyard shed in New Brunswick
A man in a cap operates a handheld printing press

Gaspereau Press, a boutique Canadian publishing company and printing press, is changing hands and moving to a new base of operations — a converted garage in Keagan Hawthorne’s backyard in Sackville, N.B.


3 November 2025, 9:17 pm
Leader Currie Dixon says voters 'chose change' as Yukon Party wins majority government
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"What a night and what a result," Dixon said in a victory speech late in the evening. The Yukon Party won in 14 of the territory's 21 ridings, with the NDP set to become the official opposition.


3 November 2025, 3:00 pm