Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Barry Hertz
Publication Date: October 17, 2025 - 06:43
Morning Update: The state of Canadian culture
October 17, 2025
Good morning. We’re diligently checking the origin of our groceries, but where’s the love for the sector that truly defines who we are? Below, a look at our cultural industries in the elbows-up era. Plus, more news on government contracting and a return of the HBC blanket. But first:
Today’s headlines- The federal government will table new legislation next week to change the bail system
- A man has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of 14-year-old Samuel Bird
- A Palestinian woman struggles to leave to reunite with her freed brother in Egypt
Former Bloc Quebecois MP Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagnes is challenging the federal election results in the Terrebonne riding where she lost by a single vote.
October 20, 2025 - 16:00 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Canada
It's do or die for the Toronto Blue Jays tonight as they try to clinch a spot in the World Series, and with a home game advantage fans are heading to Rogers Centre in hopes of witnessing history.
October 20, 2025 - 15:58 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Ottawa
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney promised months ago that his government would double Canada’s current rate of residential construction to reach 500,000 homes per year, but that target is “ambitious” according to Housing Minister Gregor Robertson.
At the House of Commons committee on finance on Monday, Robertson was being grilled on his government’s commitment by Conservative finance critic Jasraj Singh Hallan when he said that ramping up construction up to that level would not happen overnight.
“Canada is not building at that scale. That is a longer-term goal over a decade,”...
October 20, 2025 - 15:48 | Catherine Lévesque | National Post
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