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By Staff The Canadian Press Posted October 13, 2026 4:08 pm Updated October 13, 2026 6:36 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Rides at two Canadian theme parks were closed after a man in the United States fell to this death from a Six Flags roller-coaster in Georgia. Two rides at Canada’s Wonderland in Toronto and another at La Ronde in Montreal were temporarily shuttered “out of an abundance of caution,” the parks said. Six Flags owns Wonderland and recently sold La Ronde.A 42-year-old man was killed while riding a roller-coaster at Six Flags…

Albertans — some sporting Canadian flags on their clothes — trooped to the polls Tuesday to decide whether the province should still be a part of Canada. Elections Alberta opened the doors at just over 300 polling stations for the first of five days of advanced voting ahead of the official Alberta referendum polling day on Oct. 19.It was a day of long lineups, short lineups, a few tech glitches and, for comic relief, a face full of stickers.In Edmonton, one downtown polling station saw a lineup that stretched almost half a block after doors opened at 9 a.m., with…

Days after Ukrainian military drones took down several Russian data centers, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy claimed that the campaign had hurt Russia’s disinformation efforts. “It suddenly became a little easier to breathe on many social platforms,” Zelenskyy said Monday. “There was less hate, less division, and fewer provocations.”Zelenskyy isn’t the first to assert that the drone operation, which targeted data centers belonging to the Russian technology company Yandex, has cut down on spam and disinformation campaigns fomented by Russian bot farms. Social media users have claimed they’ve noticed less traffic on posts by MAGA-affiliated accounts, as well as those associated with…

Reuniting with Cody Fajardo is paying huge dividends for Austin Mack. Through 16 games in his first season with the Edmonton Elks, Mack has established career highs in catches (79), yards (1,229) and touchdowns (eight). Mack last had numbers like these in his first CFL campaign with the Montreal Alouettes in 2023 (78 receptions, 1,154 yards, four TDs).The constant in both equations, though, is Fajardo. The veteran quarterback was with Montreal in 2023, leading the team to a Grey Cup championship that season.This year, Edmonton (12-4) will return to the CFL playoffs for the first time since 2019. It will…

Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to attend two Forever Canadian rallies in Alberta this week, just ahead of the province’s referendum. On Oct. 19, Albertans will vote on the whether to stay in Canada or hold a future separation referendum. There are also nine other questions involving constitutional and immigration issues.The “Forever Canadian” campaign, launched by Alberta’s former deputy premier Thomas Lukaszuk, seeks to encourage Albertans to vote to stay in Canada.The organization’s website says Carney was invited to one rally in Calgary on Oct. 15 and another in Edmonton on Oct. 16. The Prime Minister’s Office confirmed Carney…

TORONTO – Kawhi Leonard is set to make his re-debut for the Toronto Raptors on Tuesday. Leonard was in the starting lineup as Toronto hosted the New York Knicks in a pre-season game. It’s the two-time NBA Finals MVP’s first game for the Raptors since he was traded by the Los Angeles Clippers back to Toronto this past off-season.“His minutes are going to be limited, but it’s going to be super important to to get him there with our guys on the court, to get him integrated,” said Raptors head coach Darko Rajakovic in a pre-game media availability. “It’s very…

Apple’s ad introducing its new HomeView smart display is a little unusual. It’s fast-paced and unruly, depicting a family of five as they rush through the morning routine. There’s yelling and mess, misplaced keys and discarded eggshells. Apple’s typical vibe is clean, simple, orderly; this commercial is chaos.But the spot has parents — those with teen children in particular — feeling seen.I’ll admit that it stressed me out the first time I watched it, too. Mornings getting my five-year-old out the door are a special breed of chaos, and usually culminate in us playing whatever ad-libbed game will get him…

Ontario’s medical regulator approved significant changes Tuesday to the way doctors prescribe safer supply drugs, in an effort to reduce the amount of opioids making their way to the streets. The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario’s board of directors will soon implement several changes to the practice of prescribing safer supply, which are medications given to people at high risk of overdose as an alternative to illicit opioids.The board met Tuesday and passed a motion to enact the changes following a discussion on the proposals.The college will make it mandatory for physicians to prescribe safer supply medications only…

Former Jon & Kate Plus 8 star Collin Gosselin is accusing his mother Kate Gosselin of abuse. During an interview with ABC News’ Juju Chang, Gosselin, 22, shared what he alleged took place behind the scenes of the popular reality TV show that he grew up on.“Simply put, my whole life that I lived was a lie,” Gosselin said. “All the things you see on TV, lies.”Gosselin said that he and his seven siblings were being “overworked” and “exploited” while filming the reality series. The Gosselins famously had eight children (now 22-year-old sextuplets Aaden, Alexis, Collin, Hannah, Leah and Joel, and…

More AI agents will soon be able to browse and purchase from Shopify listings, marking an expansion of the company’s agentic commerce ambitions.Shopify announced Tuesday it will let shoppers configure their AI agents to purchase products on their behalf, giving more agents access to over a billion listings in Shopify’s catalog. (The catalog consists of both items on and off Shopify storefronts.) In September, Shopify announced it was partnering with Meta to allow its Muse agent to browse and purchase items on a human’s behalf; now, shoppers can use any agent without a partnership integration.To set up the feature, customers…