Illustrative conservation image. Photo by Steven Kamenar / Unsplash.
Canada
Canada will send delegations to COP17 in Armenia and COP31 in Türkiye, with biodiversity finance, Indigenous leadership, methane and electrification among its stated priorities.
Illustrative workplace meeting. Photo by Redd Francisco / Unsplash.
Canada
Canada will change Express Entry scoring on November 3, adding weight for eligible Canadian work experience and qualifying high-wage job offers.
Illustrative stock photo of a high-speed passenger ferry. Photo by Rusty Watson via Unsplash. Cropped and resized by West Island Blog. It does not depict the Yarmouth–Bar Harbor ferry or the 2027 service.
Canada
The Cat ferry will continue its seasonal Yarmouth, Nova Scotia–Bar Harbor, Maine service from May through October 2027.
Illustrative stock photo of an airport terminal. Photo by Big Dodzy via Unsplash. Cropped and resized by West Island Blog. It does not depict Thompson Regional Airport or the rehabilitation project.
Canada
The province says its $15-million commitment has been fully disbursed toward a Thompson Regional Airport project valued above $105 million.
Illustrative stock photo of a vaccine being administered. Photo by Ed Us via Unsplash. Cropped and resized by West Island Blog. It does not depict a Manitoba measles case or the province's outbreak response.
Canada
Manitoba public-health officials ended the outbreak designation October 16, reporting no deaths but 52 hospitalizations since 2025.
Illustrative stock photo of a paperboard takeaway cup. Photo by Kelly Sikkema via Unsplash. Cropped and resized by West Island Blog. It is an illustrative stock image and not evidence from the trade case.
Business
The Canadian International Trade Tribunal found a reasonable indication that dumped and subsidized Chinese paperboard cups and containers harmed domestic industry.
Illustrative stock photo of an industrial factory floor. Photo by Shavr IK via Unsplash. Cropped and resized by West Island Blog. It does not depict Hitachi Energy's London facility or the planned production line.
Business
Federal funding will support a $478.8-million London, Ontario project producing transformer insulation for Hitachi Energy operations including Varennes, Québec.
Illustrative stock photo of vocational metalwork training; not a funded Canadian project. Photo by Septian Setiawan via Unsplash. Cropped and resized by West Island Blog.
Canada
Ottawa has opened three apprenticeship-training funding streams within a planned investment of more than $430 million over five years.
Illustrative stock photo of a padlock on a computer keyboard. Photo by Sasun Bughdaryan via Unsplash. Cropped and resized by West Island Blog.
Canada
The National Association of Friendship Centres will receive $800,000 over five years for an Indigenous-led online-safety education project.
Illustrative stock photo of a classroom workshop; not participants in the funded project. Photo by Quilia via Unsplash. Cropped and resized by West Island Blog.
Canada
A $1.6-million federal grant will fund trauma-informed workshops for at-risk and incarcerated youth in Manitoba and Alberta.
Illustrative stock photo of a wooded lake island; not the Garden Islands. Photo by Siddharth Patel via Unsplash. Cropped and resized by West Island Blog.
Canada
Canada and Shoal Lake No. 40 First Nation have reached a $17.45-million settlement over seven Garden Islands promised under Treaty 3.
Illustrative stock photo of aerial wildfire suppression; not a documented 2026 Canadian fire. Photo by Margaret Giatras via Unsplash. Cropped and resized by West Island Blog.
Canada
More than 5,400 wildfires burned about 4.5 million hectares across Canada in 2026, according to an October federal update.
