Illustrative stock photo: Ali Bakhtiari / Unsplash (Unsplash Licence). Assorted historical stamps, not the Force 136 issue. Cropped/resized by WordPress.
Canada
A new stamp honours the roughly 150 Chinese Canadians who served with the clandestine Second World War unit Force 136 and Australia’s SRD.
Illustrative stock photo: Wolfgang Weiser / Unsplash (Unsplash Licence). Not the Guy-Lafleur bridge or the new panels. Cropped/resized by WordPress.
West Island
Two interpretation panels now trace the century-long history of the link between L’Île-Bizard and Sainte-Geneviève and explain the bridge’s name.
Illustrative stock photo: Md. Kamal Uddin / Unsplash (Unsplash Licence). Not the reported Pointe-Claire work. Cropped/resized by WordPress.
West Island
Soil boring is scheduled this week near Maywood and Duke-of-Kent, Newton Square Park and Seigniory Park.
Illustrative stock photo: Yuri Krupenin / Unsplash (Unsplash Licence). Not the reported Pointe-Claire pickup. Cropped/resized by WordPress.
West Island
Pointe-Claire says unfinished recycling collection in District 4 should be completed Tuesday, November 3.
Illustrative stock photo: Ali Bakhtiari / Unsplash (Unsplash Licence). Assorted historical stamps, not the Force 136 issue. Cropped/resized by WordPress.
Canada
A new stamp honours the roughly 150 Chinese Canadians who served with the clandestine Second World War unit Force 136 and Australia’s SRD.
Illustrative stock photo: ACatInABox / Unsplash (Unsplash Licence). Illustrative of Canadian fuel costs, not a specific forecast price change. Cropped/resized by WordPress.
Business
Governor Tiff Macklem told MPs that higher oil prices have worsened the inflation outlook, while the Bank forecasts modestly stronger growth.
Illustrative stock photo: Anastassia Anufrieva / Unsplash (Unsplash Licence). Not a Bill S-8 investigation. Cropped/resized by WordPress.
Business
The proposed federal bill would tighten money-services registration, restrict large cash transactions and allow lawful mail searches under existing criminal statutes.
Illustrative stock photo: Scott Graham / Unsplash (Unsplash Licence). Not an Express Entry application. Cropped/resized by WordPress.
Canada
Express Entry now awards a new Labour Market Integration factor for Canadian work experience or a qualifying high-wage offer, while LMIA requirements change.
Illustrative stock photo: Ales Nesetril / Unsplash (Unsplash Licence). Not an asylum application or claimant. Cropped/resized by WordPress.
Canada
New federal regulations create one online application process for inland and port-of-entry asylum claims and add rules for paused or reinstated cases.
Illustrative stock photo: Papaioannou Kostas / Unsplash (Unsplash Licence). Not consultation participants. Cropped/resized by WordPress.
Canada
Health Canada says nearly 6,000 people contributed to a consultation that will inform a federal strategy due in early 2027.
Illustrative Manitoba harvest: Andrew Draper / Unsplash (Unsplash Licence). Cropped/resized by WordPress.
Canada
Statistics Canada says field-crop production rose 11 per cent in 2025, while Québec led national fruit-harvest growth since 2002.
Illustrative stock photo: Jason Leem / Unsplash (Unsplash Licence). Not a survey photograph of Québec’s 2026 outbreak. Cropped/resized by WordPress.
Montréal & Québec
Québec says spruce budworm damage increased in 2026, with 21.3 million hectares of public forest now affected.
Illustrative stock photo: Lars Bo Nielsen / Unsplash (Unsplash Licence). Not the Saint-Léonard program or its participants. Cropped/resized by WordPress.
Montréal & Québec
The borough’s Mega Hub-Social will offer free after-school activities at four Saint-Léonard locations over the next two years.
Illustrative stock photo: Jim Petkiewicz / Unsplash (Unsplash Licence). Not L’Octogone. Cropped/resized by WordPress.
Montréal & Québec
A strike by Montréal professionals is reducing Friday-to-Sunday hours at LaSalle’s L’Octogone library while essential services remain available.
