McKenna gets benched, scores in latest Leafs’ loss
Gavin McKenna had the puck on his stick, looking to make a play in the offensive zone with the Maple Leafs already in a hole.
Canada News
Saturday, November 7, 2026
Politics
Cavalry completes comeback to book fourth straight CPL Final
Elva opener and Musse winner erase aggregate deficit, send Cavalry to fourth straight CPL Final
Cousins scores late to lift Senators past Mammoth
Nick Cousins redirected a Thomas Chabot shot with 2:18 remaining in the third period to lift the Ottawa Senators to a 4-2 win over the Utah Mammoth on Saturday night.
Newhook, Fowler lead Canadiens over Maple Leafs
Alex Newhook scored twice in the first period and Jacob Fowler made 26 saves as the Montreal Canadiens topped the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-2 on Saturday.
Edmonton Elks down Lions in front of 40,000, punch ticket to Grey Cup
Playing in their first post-season game since 2019, the Elks won 28-16 over the B.C. Lions in the West Division final on Saturday at Commonwealth Stadium
Elks beat Lions to advance to Grey Cup
Cody Fajardo used his legs and his arms to engineer two fourth-quarter touchdowns to guide the Edmonton Elks to a 28-16 win over the B.C. Lions in the West Division final on Saturday.
Daughter of WWII veteran selling ‘door poppies’ to support local Legion
Margot Rockett’s father served in the Air Force in the Second World War. In the last few years of his life, Rockett said he lived at the Sunnybrook Veterans Centre.
Nice job, folks: Mayor lauds Calgarians for water-saving efforts
Mayor Jeromy Farkas praised Calgarians for keeping water consumption below 500-million litres for three days in a row as the city replaces an important pipe that failed in 2024 and again in 2025,...
Price, Bergeron headline 2026 Hall of Fame class
Carey Price spent a lot of his youth on the road and in the air.
'Hope we don't get tested': Experts say be prepared for disasters as global emergency rules shift
"I think the Wainwright incident was a kind of wake-up call"
Government
City of Toronto to share details of this year’s Winter Services Plan for People Experiencing Homelessness
Media Advisory November 7, 2026 On Monday, Gord Tanner, General Manager, Toronto Shelter and Support Services, will provide an update on the City of Toronto’s 2026/2027 Winter Plan for People...
City of Toronto to host Indigenous Veterans Day ceremony
Media Advisory November 7, 2026 The City of Toronto will host a ceremony to commemorate Indigenous Veterans Day tomorrow. Mayor Olivia Chow will join Canadians in paying tribute to the service and...
City of Toronto commemorates Veterans’ Week
News Release November 5, 2026 The City of Toronto will commemorate Veterans’ Week from Thursday, November 5 to Wednesday, November 11, honouring the sacrifices of those who have given their lives...
Business
Protests against Nova Scotia’s proposed AI data centre held across the province
Hundreds of people opposed to the proposed artificial intelligence data centre in southern Cape Breton demonstrated across the province Saturday afternoon.
Binance CFO Kaiser Ng steps down days after hackers steal $6.3-billion
Justin Yek has been named finance chief of the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange
What the federal budget has in store for Canadian businesses, according to our experts
Readers asked how the budget helps businesses, how Canada plans to manage its debt and what it means for personal investments
Meloni blames pro-Russian hackers for leak of Italian foreign minister’s data on dark web
Antonio Tajani says he has been exposed to ‘threats and intimidation’
Berkshire Hathaway buys back US$9.6-billion of stock as profits declined
Company reported a US$22.1-billion profit, or US$15,502 per Class A share, on Saturday
Ottawa’s federal budget bets, one of Canada’s largest tech takeovers and Florida’s property tax vote vs. snowbirds: Must-read business and investing stories
Plus, what role did the Canada-U.S. trade war play in some key midterm races?
It’s hard to be ‘masters of our destiny’ when our destiny is shaped in the U.S.
Champagne delivered this week’s budget in an environment that had suddenly become both more and less benign for Canada
Canadian veteran group loses federal security contracts to subsidiary of American company
A Conservative motion asking the federal government to cancel a security contract awarded to a Canadian subsidiary of an American company was defeated this week, as the Commissionaires express...
Even socialist Sweden has robust private health care and education. Why shouldn’t Canada?
Sweden’s hybrid system is a compelling case study that has revolutionized the country’s social services
Ousted Paraguayan president placed under house arrest after bank collapse
Collapse of government-linked bank locks nearly half the country’s six million people out of their savings
Community
Whitecaps’ Jesper Sørensen is surely the best coach in MLS
Vancouver cruised to a 2-0 win vs. Montreal on Saturday to close the MLS regular season, finishing first in the Western Conference.
B.C. Lions ousted in West final again — where do they go with the roster from here?
The Lions, who lost 28-16 to Edmonton Saturday, haven't been to the Grey Cup since 2011, the longest active appearance drought in the CFL
Nick Cousins scores late winner as Ottawa Senators beat Utah Mammoth
Two late third-period scores made the difference in a tight contest at the Canadian Tire Centre on Saturday night.
Whitecaps standing strong for Belal Halbouni in his cancer fight
Belal Halbouni has been diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma. He hasn't played since last fall after suffering a knee injury and needing surgical repair.
Canucks begin time zone reality | Connor McDavid’s value | Wayne Gretzky backlash
PJ Ponderings: Where would the Oilers be without Connor McDavid's all-world season to date? Wayne Gretzky still doesn't get it. Plus the pointlessness of Alex Formenton.
Woman hit by bus, killed while riding e-scooter in Vancouver
Neither the victim, nor the man riding with her on the scooter, were wearing helmets.
MacKenzie Weegar thought being an Ottawa Senator, but the Utah Mammoth feels like home
Trade speculation last season nearly brought the veteran defenceman back to his hometown, but now he's happy with how things turned out.
Person dead after shooting in Etobicoke: police
A person has died after a shooting in Etobicoke Saturday, according to Toronto police.
One grizzly bear captured by conservation officers after Bella Coola attack
Extensive testing will confirm if the captured bear is connected to the deaths of a mother and her daughter
CF Montreal's worst season on record ends with 2-0 loss to Vancouver Whitecaps
This was the 14th time this season that Montreal was shut out
Health
Environment
Why the tropics lose the most birds when cities expand
Tropical ecosystems are famous for their teeming, exuberant diversity. In fact, the dramatic increase in biodiversity from the poles to the tropics—known as the latitudinal diversity gradient—is...
Personalized savings reminders can help boost retirement savings
Private retirement savings are an increasingly important topic in public debate. One popular idea is to phrase savings reminders in one of two ways: either you emphasize what someone stands to lose...
Student finds proof of rare wild cat in northern New Mexico
Armed with dozens of motion-sensing cameras, William Grooms spent this past summer documenting wildlife across Carson National Forest in northern New Mexico. It was his first field season collecting...
The hidden ways insects support animal life—from habitat to health—go way beyond being food
There are at least 14 million insect species on Earth, and they play highly diverse roles in sustaining the natural world. Insects provide many well-known benefits—what scientists often call...
Different text genres help doctoral students adapt their writing to reach new readers
An academic abstract, a blog post and a public outreach article all place different demands on the writer. Readers' prior knowledge varies, as does the purpose of the text and what needs explaining....
Two paths, one flux: Trapped ions simulate Aharonov–Bohm interference in a lattice gauge theory
In a new Nature Physics study, researchers demonstrated the Aharonov-Bohm effect in a quantum simulation of a lattice gauge theory using a hybrid trapped-ion quantum computer.
Earth's gravity may have kept the early moon's volcanic heart beating
We typically think of the moon as a static, floating object that has remained the same for basically its entire lifetime, with an occasional asteroid impact serving as an exception. That...
Scientists discover new jellyfish species in waters off Alicante in Spain
The Mediterranean Sea still holds species unknown to science. One of them is Copula lucentia, a tiny jellyfish measuring just a few millimeters. Discovered off El Campello, in Alicante, it was...
Heavy rain can more than double glacier speeds in Alaska
Glaciers are often thought of as unyielding blocks of ice that slowly carve out the landscape as they move downhill by gravity. But sometimes their slow crawl becomes a surge that sees them move...
The introduction of a medieval public health system exposed the population to roundworm
Medieval health and sanitation efforts involved deliberate interventions; however, some of these measures had the opposite effect, leading to an increased spread of disease in Trondheim.
Sports
ISU Figure Skating Grand Prix Cup of China: Men's Free Program - Shenzhen
Watch the men's free program on the third and final day of the 2026 Grand Prix Cup of China.
Maple Leafs hurt by turnovers in loss to Canadiens
The Maple Leafs rallied in the third but it wasn’t enough to overcome an early deficit against the Canadiens.
Defending champion Dunstone tops Schwaller, advances to face Mouat in Masters curling final
Canada’s Matt Dunstone is one win away from his second straight Masters title. The Winnipeg skip scored two in the seventh end and stole one in the eighth to beat top-ranked Yannick Schwaller of...
Fowler channels Price’s poise as Canadiens hold off Maple Leafs
Jacob Fowler showed the calm and poise of freshly enshrined Hall of Famer Carey Price on Saturday, helping Montreal beat the Maple Leafs. As Eric Engels writes, it said everything you need to know...
Penguins’ Crosby moves into sixth all-time in NHL scoring with deflected goal
Sidney Crosby redirects Evgeni Malkin’s one-timer past Darcy Kuemper to extend Penguins’ lead moving past Marcel Dionne into sole possession of sixth place in NHL’s all-time points list.
Walker delivers vicious strike to Cortes Acosta for third-round TKO
Watch as Johnny Walker lands a delayed head kick, then a vicious right hook to earn a third-round TKO over Waldo Cortes Acosta.
Oilers’ Connor McDavid ties Adam Oates with assists in 18 consecutive games
‘It’s so special to play here’: Fowler on playing for Canadiens
Jacob Fowler joins Kyle Bukauskas to discuss Montreal’s response against Toronto, playing in Montreal and Carey Price’s support.
Cousins scores late winner to lift Senators past Mammoth
Senators’ Cousins deflects in late goal to clinch win vs. Mammoth
Watch as Ottawa Senators forward Nick Cousins gets a deflection in front of the net for a late goal in the third to take the lead over the Utah Mammoth.
Technology
The feds plan to merge BDC and EDC. What might that mean for Canada’s largest VC investor?
Government says it expects “greater risk tolerance” from Crown corporations that do business financing. The post The feds plan to merge BDC and EDC. What might that mean for Canada’s largest...
Ottawa earmarks $176 million to establish online super regulator
Federal budget includes five-year investment to develop Digital Safety and Data Protection Commission of Canada. The post Ottawa earmarks $176 million to establish online super regulator first...
Q&A: How hackers turned up the heat on Europe’s fridges
Jeff Shirley of Rivercity Innovations breaks down how the hacks happened, and precautions IoT businesses must take. The post Q&A: How hackers turned up the heat on Europe’s fridges first appeared...
Canada needs a better definition of what makes a company Canadian
The Canadian Shield Institute argues for a new definition of “Buy Canadian,” one that doesn’t include foreign branch plants. The post Canada needs a better definition of what makes a company...
Real-Time Rail payments system to launch Monday, feds say
Canada’s 2026 budget outlines plans to launch the first phase of long-awaited system. The post Real-Time Rail payments system to launch Monday, feds say first appeared on BetaKit.
Canada to implement QSBS-style tax incentive and ‘level playing field’ with US
Feds deliver on tech and VC tax ask with Canada Growth Incentive in Budget 2026. The post Canada to implement QSBS-style tax incentive and ‘level playing field’ with US first appeared on BetaKit.
Canada’s drone ambitions put domestic manufacturers to the test
AVSS CEO Josh Ogden on the skills and design control needed to build a sovereign drone industry. The post Canada’s drone ambitions put domestic manufacturers to the test first appeared on BetaKit.
CPPIB takes $50-million USD stake in AI holding firm Beacon Software
Funding helps lift two-year-old Toronto company’s Series C round to $425 million USD. The post CPPIB takes $50-million USD stake in AI holding firm Beacon Software first appeared on BetaKit.
Wealthsimple unveils AI assistant and major product expansion in latest showcase
The Toronto FinTech firm reveals a dozen new banking, investing, and AI products and features. The post Wealthsimple unveils AI assistant and major product expansion in latest showcase first appeared...
Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk completes second spacewalk, more than six hours long
Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk is safely back inside the International Space Station after successfully completing his second spacewalk in two weeks.
World
Drone attack on Colombian army base kills three soldiers and wounds 16
Colombian President de la Espriella says those behind the attack in Santa Rosa del Sur will have ‘nowhere to hide’.
Earthquake hits central Japan, injuring more than 20 people
The magnitude 5.7 quake hit Shizuoka prefecture, and authorities warn of possible strong aftershocks in coming days.
Trump asks UFC chief Dana White to be White House press secretary
Ultimate Fighting Championship CEO says he will meet with the US president on Monday to discuss the offer.
Egypt sacks winning football coach after wives’ scandal
The Egyptian Football Association has sacked national team coach Hossam Hassan, cutting short a promising tenure.
Uyghurs facing deportation by Thailand say they will be ‘like slaves’ in China
Activists fear Bangkok will give in to pressure from Beijing despite reports of torture and human rights abuses against the mostly muslim ethnic minorityThe deportation of two more Uyghurs to China...
US launches task force to disrupt Iran’s land-based supply routes
The operation is to prevent Iran from using ground routes to transport weapons and other materials, US says.
Canary Islands’ El Hierro declares emergency amid migrant, refugee influx
El Hierro asks Spanish government for help after more than 3,300 people arrived on boats since start of November.
The Trump coalition is shattered - what will Republicans do now?
Republicans can stick with Trumpism or chart a new path, writes BBC Washington correspondent Daniel Bush.
Polish PM calls deadly Krakow shooting an act of ‘terrorism’
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk describes a deadly shooting in Krakow that killed six people as an act of ‘terrorism’.
Iran war live: Blasts heard in Qeshm; US moves to block land supply routes
Iranian state media report blasts on Qeshm Island in Strait of Hormuz and the cities of Jask, Sirik and Bandar Abbas.