New details emerge about alleged Project South plot to kill Ontario jail guard
A judge agreed with parts of a request from a media consortium to loosen a publication ban on evidence found by York Regional Police.
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Thursday, September 17, 2026
Politics & Government
Key transcripts that led to Project South probe will remain under publication ban, Ontario Superior Court rules
Transcripts contain comments that would ‘deeply offend’ the public and sway potential jurors, Justice Laura Bird says
Trump calls possible Canada-EU move a hostile act after escalating trade war
Speaking to reporters in North Carolina, the president said if it's done with 'bad intentions' he will 'put very heavy tariffs on Europe.'
Millions of fish tested Canada's largest nuclear plant. The incident points to a growing climate risk
A freak fish event that 'challenged reactor safety' at Canada's largest nuclear plant shows why the nuclear energy governments are relying on to fight climate change must also become more resilient...
What does Carney’s investment summit mean for clean energy?
Industry watchers hope bringing large investors to Canada can help boost interest in Canadian renewables and raise the billions of dollars that will be needed. But where the money will land is still...
Business & Economy
PathPilot Launches to Close Canada’s Career Guidance Gap, as New Data Shows Most Are Navigating an AI-shaped Labour Market on Their Own
New data finds the majority of Canadians believe younger people will have the skills to fill Ottawa’s 90,000 promised AI jobs, while only 44 per cent believe they personally could compete for one....
BlackRock® Canada Announces September Cash Distributions for the iShares® ETFs
TORONTO, Sept. 17, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited (“BlackRock Canada”), an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK), today announced...
Rakovina Therapeutics Announces Appointment of New Scientific Advisory Board Member
Yale physician-scientist and biotech entrepreneur Dr. Ranjit Bindra brings deep expertise in DNA repair, synthetic lethality and brain tumor therapeutics VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Sept. 17, 2026...
Nicolas Berg appointed CEO, UK Insurance, Sompo
LONDON, Sept. 17, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Sompo International Holdings Ltd. today announced that Nicolas (Nic) Berg is appointed CEO of Sompo’s UK Insurance business, effective October 1, 2026,...
STUDY: Income Growth Now Determines Affordability in Canada’s Rental Market, Not Rent Price or City Size
New report reveals that despite rent price declines, Canadian renters struggle to balance housing costs and other financial obligations TORONTO — Rent prices have eased for renters across Vancouver...
Environment & Climate
Access-to-nature crisis ‘on par with that of Victorian Britain’s filthy air’
Research finds many in England lack proximity to green and blue spaces as Labour urged to speed up manifesto pledgeNearly half of all parliamentary constituencies in England have low access to nature...
Country diary: Facing the flax – this city was once built on the stuff | Mary Montague
Botanic Meadow, Belfast: I visit my local community garden, and the woman who has returned to growing this graceful crop that eventually becomes linenIn my hands is a brownish-grey hank of flax yarn....
2025 was among driest years on record for world’s rivers, study finds
Analysis of global resources reveals depletion in world’s water savings bank to 42% below normal levels last yearRivers across the world experienced one of their driest years in more than three...
‘Like a Disney movie’: Three wild dog brothers make Africa’s longest journey
As three siblings came of age and had to leave their pack, scientists tracked the dogs’ perilous 2,500-mile odyssey to find their own territoryIt sounds like a Disney movie: three wild dogs, all...
English Heritage trains new generation of scythers to maintain meadows and craft
Initiative aims to keep alive age-old skill, and at Muchelney Abbey in Somerset improve habitat for rare shrill carder beeIt sounds like something out of a Thomas Hardy novel: a merry band of men and...