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Prime Minister Mark Carney's speech will come as a new report from Desjardins estimates the federal budget deficit could be the highest in 30 years.
October 22, 2025 - 09:52 | Ari Rabinovitch | Global News - Canada
Tens of thousands of people who received dental care courtesy of the federal government’s highly touted plan were not eligible, Health Canada announced Tuesday.
The agency said that while the Canadian Dental Care Plan (CDCP) has helped more than 5.5 million people access services they needed but weren’t receiving, it recently identified an internal error in how applicant income was calculated, which led to services being paid for that should not have been covered.
“We are committed to ensuring that publicly funded programs such as the CDCP are administered with integrity, in...
October 22, 2025 - 09:47 | National Post Staff | National Post
Niagara regional police say the suspect wanted for the fatal shooting of an Ontario woman, and linked to an Amber Alert, has been shot and killed by police.
October 22, 2025 - 09:43 | Gabby Rodrigues | Global News - Ottawa
Police in Niagara Region say a suspect linked to a homicide investigation and a now-cancelled Amber Alert was shot dead by police early Wednesday. Niagara police say they found a vehicle containing the male suspect at a gas station in Niagara Falls, Ont., around 2:30 a.m., and officers “became involved” with the vehicle.They say there was an officer-involved shooting, and Anthony Deschepper, 38, was pronounced dead at the scene.
October 22, 2025 - 09:26 | | The Globe and Mail
From Darfur to Donbas, growing numbers of Colombian soldiers-for-hire are leaving their South American home to fight and die in foreign wars, placing Colombia’s mercenaries at the centre of intense controversy at home and abroad.
Colombian fighters are a popular choice for foreign armies: they have active combat experience from the country’s long-running internal armed conflict, often train side-by-side with the United States military, and are willing to work for lower wages than many other mercenaries of their calibre.
But as Colombian fighters flow into the ranks of armies around...
October 22, 2025 - 09:11 | Special to National Post | National Post
Polish border guards detained a 79-year-old Serbian-Canadian citizen wanted by Croatia under a European Arrest Warrant for his alleged involvement in war crimes in 1991, prosecutors said on Wednesday.Croatia says the suspect issued orders and participated in acts including unlawful detention, torture and killings of civilians, as well as looting and arson while serving in Serbian paramilitary forces in the Balkan wars.The man, named only as Zivko Z. because of Polish privacy laws, was detained at Warsaw’s Chopin Airport. He pleaded not guilty to the offences listed in the European Arrest...
October 22, 2025 - 09:06 | | The Globe and Mail
