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Illustrative stock photo: Canadian flag in Canmore, Alberta. Igor Kyryliuk and Tetiana Kravchenko / Unsplash (Unsplash License). Not the G7 meeting. Cropped and resized.
Canada
Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand will represent Canada at G7 talks in France focused on Haiti, artificial intelligence, Ukraine and hybrid threats.
Nov 9, 2026 / 1 min read
Illustrative stock photo: roadwork equipment beside an autumn road. Jason Ng / Unsplash (Unsplash License). Not Delmar Avenue. Cropped and resized.
West Island
Pointe-Claire says Delmar Avenue will have alternating traffic between Augusta Avenue and Hymus Boulevard from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday.
Nov 9, 2026 / 1 min read
Illustrative stock photo: caregiver with two older adults. Age Cymru / Unsplash (Unsplash License). Not the Dorval forum. Cropped and resized.
West Island
A free West Island caregiver forum runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday at the Sarto-Desnoyers Community Centre in Dorval.
Nov 9, 2026 / 1 min read
Illustrative stock photo: indoor craft-market display. Vije Vijendranath / Unsplash (Unsplash License). Not the DDO market. Cropped and resized.
West Island
The 2026 DDO Art and Craft Market is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at Galeries des Sources, with 80 exhibitors and local activities.
Nov 8, 2026 / 1 min read
Illustrative stock photo: Canadian flag in Canmore, Alberta. Igor Kyryliuk and Tetiana Kravchenko / Unsplash (Unsplash License). Not the G7 meeting. Cropped and resized.
Canada
Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand will represent Canada at G7 talks in France focused on Haiti, artificial intelligence, Ukraine and hybrid threats.
Nov 9, 2026 / 1 min read
Illustrative stock photo: apartment housing. Brandon Griggs / Unsplash (Unsplash License). Not a project funded by Budget 2026. Cropped and resized.
Canada
The federal government says Budget 2026 proposes nearly $30 billion for rental assistance, supportive housing, homelessness services and integrated health facilities.
Nov 8, 2026 / 1 min read
Illustrative stock photo: Boxed Water Is Better / Unsplash (Unsplash License). Not a Statistics Canada survey participant. Cropped and resized.
Business
Retail sales reached $76.3 billion in August, up 4.5% from a year earlier, with gains in 15 of 18 commodity classes.
Nov 7, 2026 / 1 min read
Illustrative stock photo: Towfiqu barbhuiya / Unsplash (Unsplash License). Not the federal estimates documents. Cropped and resized.
Canada
Supplementary Estimates B ask Parliament to authorize $22.1 billion in additional spending, including defence, child care and dental-plan funding.
Nov 7, 2026 / 1 min read
Illustrative stock photo: Gautam Arora / Unsplash (Unsplash License). Not a workplace covered by the announcement. Cropped and resized.
Business
Low-wage labour-market applications can now seek employment periods of up to two years, and early-childhood educators gain a regional exception.
Nov 7, 2026 / 1 min read
Illustrative stock photo: street utility work. Chloë Forbes-Kindlen / Unsplash (Unsplash License). Not the Rue Stanley repair. Cropped and resized.
Montréal & Québec
Rue Stanley is closed between Dr Penfield Avenue and Sherbrooke Street West on Sunday while crews respond to a broken water main.
Nov 8, 2026 / 1 min read
Illustrative stock photo: memorial wreaths. David Clode / Unsplash (Unsplash License). Taken at an Australian memorial, not a Montréal ceremony. Cropped and resized.
Montréal & Québec
Veterans Affairs Canada lists Remembrance ceremonies in Montréal West, Montréal-East and Verdun on Sunday, November 8.
Nov 8, 2026 / 1 min read
Illustrative stock photo: highway tunnel. KS KYUNG / Unsplash (Unsplash License). Not a Montréal closure. Cropped and resized.
Montréal & Québec
Major overnight closures are scheduled on northbound Décarie and in both directions through Ville-Marie tunnels from Sunday night into Monday morning.
Nov 8, 2026 / 1 min read