Mental-health consultation. Illustrative stock photo by Vitaly Gariev / Unsplash. The people shown are not identified with a funded project.
Canada
More than $6 million in federal funding will support substance-use, mental-health and crisis-response projects serving Black communities.
Canadian currency. Illustrative stock photo by PiggyBank / Unsplash. It does not depict a specific budget measure.
Canada
Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne says the federal government will table Budget 2026 on November 5.
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Canada
Six recipients have been named for the 2026 Governor General’s Awards in Commemoration of the Persons Case, including one youth honouree.
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Canada
Federal, provincial and municipal governments are investing more than $23 million in 10 water and wastewater projects across Newfoundland and Labrador.
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Canada
The Public Health Agency of Canada says the multi-jurisdictional measles outbreak that began in October 2024 is over after more than two months without a linked case.
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Canada
Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand is scheduled to meet Dominican Republic Foreign Minister Víctor Bisonó in Canada on October 19.
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Business
Canada has detailed a $130-million package for five projects focused on agriculture, economic reform, private-sector development and financial inclusion in Bangladesh and Thailand.
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.
