B.C. municipal leaders call for ‘uniform approach’ to e-scooter use
They say the B.C. Motor Vehicle Act has not kept pace with the changing transportation needs and the rules for using e-scooters vary by municipality and need a uniform approach.
Ebby Wentworth, Winnipeg News
Wednesday, September 16, 2026
Politics & Government
What does it mean for Canada to become EU’s first associate member
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says the two sides would create a ‘common prosperity and economic space’
What is an ‘associate member’ of the EU? Nobody in Europe seems to have a clue
European journalists, political staffers and members of the European parliament were left scratching their heads
Ottawa won’t say if people misused a now-defunct refugee residency sponsorship policy
The Immigration Department refuses to say whether applicants misused a refugee permanent resident sponsorship policy which was allowed to expire last week after Ottawa cited "potential integrity...
$1.4B of federal grants spent on research about Justin Trudeau’s speeches, Canadian dancefloors, and low-carbon videogames: CTF
Taxpayers’ watchdog questions how many of the funded topics resonate with most Canadians
Business & Economy
Air Canada Congratulates Mark Nasr, Executive Vice President & Chief Operations Officer, on Being Named to Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 Award for 2026
MONTRÉAL, Sept. 16, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Air Canada today congratulated Mark Nasr, Executive Vice President & Chief Operations Officer, on being named to Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 Award for...
Hitachi and Mission Critical Group Enter Strategic Partnership to Accelerate Joint Development and Global Expansion of Data Center Solutions
Leveraging Hitachi’s physical AI technologies and Mission Critical Group’s strengths in modular power infrastructure to expand the HMAX Data Center portfolio and strengthen end-to-end energy...
OpenAI agents probed Hugging Face for weaknesses two months before hack
Activity from rogue agents have fulled questions among lawmakers and AI safety advocates
CN and Amtrak Reach Agreements to Strengthen Passenger Rail Service and Safety
WASHINGTON and HOMEWOOD, Ill., Sept. 16, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — CN (TSX: CNR) (NYSE: CNI) U.S. rail subsidiaries (Illinois Central Railroad Company and Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company,...
Canadian wheat production drops, canola output flat, StatCan says
Canadian farmers will produce 11 per cent less wheat and about the same amount of canola as they did last year, Statistics Canada said on Wednesday in its first crop production report of 2026.