Unpublished Newswire
In 1935, shortly after midnight at a jail behind the old courthouse in Halifax, Daniel Perry Sampson was executed by hanging.Mr. Sampson’s death was the culmination of a sensational murder case. The middle-aged Black labourer had been charged with the killing of two white boys in 1933. There was a deluge of local outcry and national attention: “Stabbing of Boys Alleged Confessed by Halifax Negro” read The Globe’s front-page headline late that year.
October 9, 2025 - 08:00 | David Ebner | The Globe and Mail
Vancouver realtor Marty Pospischil has been getting the calls for a few months now. Americans looking to flee the current chaos phone to talk about buying a new base in Vancouver, a home to live in while they go through the immigration process.And he has to tell them: ‘So sorry, but you’re not allowed to buy anything here because Canada has a ban on foreign investors in all of the country’s major cities.’
October 9, 2025 - 08:00 | Frances Bula | The Globe and Mail
In a certain sense, I have been an employee of the Canadian government for the roughly eighteen months during which I wrote my book, How Artists Make Money and How Money Makes Artists. Not in the sense of having job security or benefits or a pension contribution or a direct supervisor or a specific place to be or a title, but who’s to say that those are what make a job (neither Uber nor the New York Times offers them)? In the important sense, though—the sense where they give me money and I provide them with tangible proof that I have been working along the parameters we agreed upon when...
October 9, 2025 - 06:30 | David Berry | Walrus
Good morning. Nearly 750,000 students are stuck at home while the Alberta government and teachers’ union argue over pay and class size – more on that below, along with the Blue Jays’ series win and James Comey’s not-guilty plea. But first:Today’s headlinesIsrael and Hamas agree to the first phase of a Gaza ceasefire dealNo going back to the former free trade system, Lutnick saysMcGuinty defends Canada’s Golden Dome collaboration with the U.S., citing potential threats
October 9, 2025 - 06:28 | Danielle Groen | The Globe and Mail
The Toronto Blue Jays beat the New York Yankees 5-2 to win their American League Division Series in four games. Nathan Lukes had a two-run single to help send the Blue Jays to the AL Championship Series for the first time in nine years.
October 9, 2025 - 06:24 | | The Globe and Mail
Toronto Blue Jays fans erupted in jubilation thanks to their team’s first trip to the American League Championship Series since 2016. Toronto defeated the New York Yankees 5-2 at Yankee Stadium to win the best-of-five ALDS 3-1, and will face either the Detroit Tigers or Seattle Mariners next.
October 9, 2025 - 06:20 | | The Globe and Mail
