Archive photo of Chinook Regional Hospital in Lethbridge, Alberta, used illustratively; it is not a Yukon facility. Photo: Graham Ruttan / Unsplash, Unsplash Licence. Cropped and resized.
Canada
Canada and Yukon have reached an agreement in principle that would provide about $52.1 million over seven years once a final health accord is signed.
Illustrative volunteers-and-supplies photo. Photo: Joel Muniz / Unsplash, Unsplash Licence. Cropped and resized.
Canada
The federal government is providing $15.6 million to help the Canadian Red Cross maintain a trained, scalable emergency-response workforce.
Illustrative Canadian farm photo. Photo: Ali Kazal / Unsplash, Unsplash Licence. Cropped and resized.
Business
Canadian canola prices increased for a seventh straight month in August, while lentil and slaughter-cattle prices weakened in several provinces.
Illustrative northern-river photo. Photo: Kristoffer Tuoma / Unsplash. Cropped and resized.
Canada
Canada and the Northwest Territories have accepted the Mackenzie River’s nomination, beginning a planning process rather than granting immediate heritage-river designation.
Illustrative retail photo. Photo: Matt Hanns Schroeter / Unsplash. Cropped and resized.
Business
Retail commodity sales totalled $77.8 billion in July, 5.0% more than a year earlier, with automotive fuels leading the increase.
Illustrative mining photo. Photo: Dominik Vanyi / Unsplash. Cropped and resized.
Business
Statistics Canada estimates critical-mineral production generated $26.3 billion in nominal GDP in 2024, about 0.9% of the national economy.
Illustrative shipping-container photo. Photo: Fejuz / Unsplash. Cropped and resized.
Business
Two federal reports summarize feedback on proposed measures to strengthen Canada’s forced-labour import ban and supply-chain due-diligence rules.
Dene fish and hunt camp on the Mackenzie River. Photo: Alan Emery / Unsplash. Cropped and resized.
Canada
Bill C-27 has received Royal Assent, giving legal force to a self-government treaty with the Sahtu Dene and Métis of Norman Wells.
Illustrative community photo. Photo: Hannah Busing / Unsplash. Cropped and resized.
Canada
Finance Canada and the Canada Revenue Agency are seeking feedback on registration, digital service, compliance and appeal processes for registered charities.
Illustrative home photo. Photo: Venrick Azcueta / Unsplash. Cropped and resized.
Business
The federal government has announced a $2-billion retrofit package, including proposed heat-pump rebates of up to $10,000 for eligible lower-income households.
Illustrative athletics photo. Photo: Nicolas Hoizey / Unsplash. Resized.
Canada
Federal funding for 2026–27 includes support for safe sport, anti-doping and work against competition manipulation.
Icelandic coastal landscape. Photo: Oskar Kadaksoo / Unsplash. Resized.
Canada
Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand will visit Reykjavík on October 8 and 9 for the Arctic Circle Assembly and meetings with Icelandic leaders.
