The headline was clear: this is a budget built on a big dependence on spending. $25B for housing. $30B for defence. $51B for infrastructure.

The money, of course, will come from cuts. 10% reduction in the public sector, among other things (that’s 16,000 fewer jobs there in the next year).

And it comes with a big deficit. Lower than what some economists predicted, but still big.

More than 100 volunteers transformed Port Stanley, Ont., into a sea of red this week, installing 15,500+ knitted and crocheted poppies across the town to honour veterans. 

Beloved children’s author Robert Munsch has donated his collection of story drafts, publisher notes, and fan letters to the Guelph Public Library, offering a rare look into the creative process behind classics like "The Paper Bag Princess" and "Love You Forever."

Dreams really do come true: A 70-year-old Brampton woman went back to sleep after her husband woke her to tell her she’d won $250,000 in the lottery because it hadn’t fully sunk in.

The Humboldt Broncos, who know the life-saving power of blood donation firsthand, are taking part in the Fall Get Together Challenge, a national initiative that promotes group blood donations.

7-foot-9 Canadian teen Olivier Rioux broke a basketball record in his college debut, becoming the tallest player in NCAA history and holding the Guinness World Record as the world’s tallest teenager.

A West Island woman with a rare condition has regained her independence thanks to her service dog, Remi, after once fearing she’d need to move into assisted living.

Add this to the Heritage Minute lineup: A young moose trapped in a horse paddock near Clinton, B.C., found freedom thanks to a Canadian flag. After hours of failed rescue attempts, the animal was guided out through an open gate and back into the wild as officers waved the flag to coax it along.

Once thought extinct, the Canada goose, the honking, pooping bird we love to hate, now overruns our cities and towns, and a new report looks at how humans are largely to blame.

A couple of Northern Ontario polar bears, Henry and Ganuk, at the Cochrane Polar Bear Habitat celebrated Polar Bear Week by devouring a massive 1,400-pound pumpkin.

A 12-foot female great white shark has become the first free-swimming shark in Canadian waters to be tagged with a fin-mounted satellite transmitter near Nova Scotia.

B.C.’s smoothest criminal… with arch support: A Kelowna security camera captured an unusual theft after a suspect broke into an orthopedic shoe store around 4 a.m. and stole four pairs of men’s shoes worth $1,300.

The Florentine Diamond, a priceless gem with a history stretching back to the Medici family, was thought lost after World War Two, but it’s been revealed that it has sat for more than 100 years in a Canadian bank vault… Oops 🤭

Blue Rodeo guitarist Jim Bowskill is thrilled after his stolen folding bike was recovered in Winnipeg, nearly a month after it went missing during a visit to The Forks while the band played shows at the Burton Cummings Theatre.

Assault and baguette-ery avoided: A former Justice Department employee who threw a sandwich at a federal agent during Trump’s law enforcement surge in Washington was found not guilty of assault.

Nearly half of Canada's population tuned into the Toronto Blue Jays World Series game, making it the most-watched English-language broadcast in Canadian history outside of the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.

I was ridin' through the 6 with my woes: Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow was spotted riding her bike in a Dodgers jersey this week, making good on a bet with Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass after the Blue Jays’ Game 7 World Series loss.

Move over, Royal Ontario Museum: The Toronto Marriott is putting the Blue Jays’ “postseason sofa” on display, the very couch where Addison Barger crashed before hitting his historic Game 1 grand slam in the 2025 World Series.

Some Jays fans are blaming the “Drake Curse” for the Game 7 loss, with some pointing to the rapper’s trolling of Shohei Ohtani following Toronto’s Game 5 win.

Not his crowning moment: Prince Harry has apologised to Canada after wearing a Los Angeles Dodgers hat to a World Series game against the Toronto Blue Jays, joking he was “under duress” and only wore it to be polite to the team’s owner who invited him.

With the FIFA World Cup coming to Canada next year, some of the country’s biggest music stars, including Alessia Cara, Charlotte Cardin, Nelly Furtado, The Tragically Hip, Loud Luxury, and Zeds Dead, are teaming up for a themed album.

Tow-truck ETA? 2026: An Edmonton man is struggling to get an abandoned SUV removed from his west-end street after being told by city crews it could take nearly a year to be towed.

Halifax is taking a new approach to neighbour disputes with The People Project, led by the United Way, which connects residents with a trained mediator to resolve issues from noise and pets to property line disagreements in a confidential process instead of involving bylaw enforcement.

Windy? Cold? Perfect Canadian tee time: As winter nears, a golf course in Calgary refuses to close, letting diehard golfers play through windy November days until the snow finally sticks.

Over the next five years, 100,000 Ontarians will take part in one of Canada’s largest genetic screening projects, testing for hereditary cancer risks and a condition linked to high cholesterol, giving participants and their doctors tools to prevent disease.

A Moncton bar owner says he’s still dealing with red tape and extra costs when buying alcohol from other provinces, despite New Brunswick’s claims of easing interprovincial trade barriers.

Canadians should have no trouble finding a Christmas tree this year, but the Canadian Christmas Trees Association is asking shoppers to be open to the variety available.