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Modular housing was a hit in Sweden but a bust in the U.S. How will Canada do?; Workers look on from a modular home under construction during an announcement for the new federal agency Build Canada Homes, in Ottawa on Sept\. 14\. The federal government's newly launched homebuilding agency aims to fund the construction of 4,000 modular homes on federal land starting next year\.

Modular housing was a hit in Sweden but a bust in the U.S. How will Canada do?

October 8 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

Like Sweden, Japan and the U.S. before it, Canada will start experimenting with scaled-up factory-built housing next year — and it has plenty of lessons to learn from countries where the industry has already matured.
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Canada and Germany talk maritime drones as Europe worries about threats to undersea infrastructure; Undersea cables, like this one seen in Italy in 2005, are critical infrastructure that carry everything from internet to electricity around the world\.

Canada and Germany talk maritime drones as Europe worries about threats to undersea infrastructure

October 8 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

Senior defence officials from Germany and Sweden visited Canada in the last week where discussions included rapidly evolving drone technology and capabilities. The discussions unfolded against a backdrop of rising concern about how to protect undersea cables and pipelines from attack. 
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Carney raised Keystone XL pipeline revival in meeting with Trump; Prime Minister Mark Carney shakes hands with U\.S\. President Donald Trump at the start of a meeting in the Oval Office in the White House in Washington, D\.C\., on Tuesday\.

Carney raised Keystone XL pipeline revival in meeting with Trump

October 8 , 2025 at 04:00:33 a.m. EDT • :

Relief for Canada from U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum may come thanks to renewed interest in a pipeline project first proposed more than 15 years ago.
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Scientists based in Australia, Japan and U.S. awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry; A screen displays a Nobel Prize medal ahead of the announcement of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm on Wednesday\.

Scientists based in Australia, Japan and U.S. awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry

October 8 , 2025 at 06:27:01 a.m. EDT • :

Scientists Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for the development of metal-organic frameworks," the award-giving body said on Wednesday.
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Via Rail pays out $31M in travel vouchers because of delays; A Via Rail train is seen on tracks in Dorval, Que\., as it heads out of Montreal on Friday, May 23, 2025\.

Via Rail pays out $31M in travel vouchers because of delays

October 8 , 2025 at 04:00:22 a.m. EDT • :

Via Rail has offered $31 million in travel vouchers to hundreds of thousands of passengers whose trains were more than one hour late since last fall, mostly as a result of new speed limits at rail crossings on CN tracks. 
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Ships spew pollution into our port cities. Plugging them in could clear the air; A cruise ship docked in Sydney, N\.S\., continues to spew smoke\. Many ships continue to burn diesel while in port to power electricity on board unless they can plug into shore-based power\.  

October 8 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

Ships spew pollution into our port cities. Plugging them in could clear the air

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Peer countries are tightening regulations on crypto ATMs to fight fraud, so why isn't Canada?; Det\. Sgt\. Ray Aceti led a crypto ATM fraud awareness campaign for Niagara Regional Police which saw him and other officers install warning posters beside 85 machines in the area\.  

October 8 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

Peer countries are tightening regulations on crypto ATMs to fight fraud, so why isn't Canada?

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Yankees battle back to take down the Blue Jays 9-6 and force Game 4; New York Yankees second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr\. hits a solo home run in the fifth inning against the Toronto Blue Jays\.  

October 7 , 2025 at 11:44:16 p.m. EDT • :

Yankees battle back to take down the Blue Jays 9-6 and force Game 4

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It's 'full steam ahead' for the F-35 program until told otherwise, defence official says; A U\.S\. air force F-35A fighter performs over the Ohio River during the Owensboro Air Show, on Sept\. 14, 2024, in Owensboro, Ky\. Canada is committed to buying at least 16 of the stealth fighter jets\. Official word on further purchases is overdue\.  

October 7 , 2025 at 07:15:39 p.m. EDT • :

It's 'full steam ahead' for the F-35 program until told otherwise, defence official says

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An air traffic control tower was unstaffed. Is this the U.S. government shutdown breaking point?; A plane takes off from Hollywood Burbank Airport as operations resume a day after the airport operated for hours without a staffed control tower due to staffing shortages amid the U\.S\. government shutdown in Burbank, Calif\., on Tuesday\.  

October 7 , 2025 at 06:02:58 p.m. EDT • :

An air traffic control tower was unstaffed. Is this the U.S. government shutdown breaking point?

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October 7 , 2025 at 05:43:56 p.m. EDT • :

First Nations University faculty call for dissolution of board, suspension of executives

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October 7 , 2025 at 04:41:15 p.m. EDT • :

Daughter of Robin Williams calls AI videos of late actor 'disgusting' amid generative AI Wild West

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October 7 , 2025 at 04:51:17 p.m. EDT • :

MPs grill long ballot organizer during tense committee meeting

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October 7 , 2025 at 06:08:58 p.m. EDT • :

Remove 2nd-generation cut-off from Indian Act, witnesses tell Senate committee

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October 7 , 2025 at 05:51:35 p.m. EDT • :

5 premiers urge Carney to withdraw court submission on notwithstanding clause

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