Business
FedDev Ontario puts nearly $26 million into 31 GTA firms amid U.S. tariff pressure
Regional Tariff Response Initiative funds include $700,000 for Brampton’s Daybar Industries; largest cheques go to SinaLite, Oxygen8 and PakFactory.
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Reviews
Cambridge Melomania A100 SE earbuds earn strong TechRadar marks at US$149
Oct. 2 Special Edition adds Dolby Audio and a blue finish; reviewers praise open sound and codecs, with softer marks for rhythm and touch controls.
Products
ASUS Googlebook 14 hits Canadian stores Oct. 4 from CA$1,799 with Gemini Intelligence
Ultraportable 3K OLED Chromebook-class laptop opens wider retail after September pre-orders; Core Ultra 5 and 7 configs bundling Google AI Pro.
Lifestyle
Canadian brand LIXR’s Pearl Glow serum lands at Sephora Canada for $68
The waterless roll-on illuminator doubles as highlighter and bronzer in four shades, arriving Oct. 2 at Sephora.
Politics
PQ pushes for majority days before Quebec vote as Carney faces sovereigntist test
St-Pierre Plamondon courts undecided voters while CBC notes plans for an independence ministry and a referendum delayed until after Trump leaves office.
Science
Sunnybrook study links menopause blood markers to later cognitive aging risk
Nature Medicine research finds post-menopausal molecular shifts detectable in blood and associated with memory decline and Alzheimer’s risk years later — not a personal prediction tool yet.
Canada
Build Canada Homes commits $25 million to scale Toronto’s Dunn House supportive model
Federal funds would add about 80 homes near Toronto Western Hospital as UHN and the city aim for roughly 200 new supportive units across three sites.
Reviews
Nothing Headphone (1) Pro hits Canada at CA$589.99 with triple drivers and Flat EQ
Early reviews praise studio-leaning sound and design; ANC still trails Sony and Bose. Available now on Nothing’s Canadian store.
Lifestyle
Nuit Blanche Toronto marks 20 years with downtown remounts and an all-night marching band
The free 12-hour art marathon returns Saturday from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m., centering Tomorrow’s Memories around City Hall with more than 70 projects.
Products
MSI’s PRO MAX EDGE AI+ mini PC hits Canadian shelves for on-device business AI
The 4-litre Ryzen AI Max+ 395 system promises local LLMs up to 120 billion parameters and is listed on Newegg.ca from about $7,100 for a 128 GB / 2 TB config.
Money
G7 agrees to release 100 million barrels of oil and diesel to ease price spikes
Canada and allies will front-load a substantial diesel release within 20 days as Canadian diesel hits record highs amid the Iran war and Hormuz disruption.
Technology
Carney launches National Council on Artificial Intelligence to steer AI for All
The new advisory body includes Yoshua Bengio, Michelle Zatlyn and Ajay Agrawal, and will counsel Ottawa on adoption, safety and sovereign AI infrastructure.
World
Zelenskyy presses allies for tighter sanctions after Russian drones choke Kyiv traffic
Overnight strikes closed key Dnipro River bridges; Ukraine’s president says foreign components still feed Russia’s drone and missile production.
Science
New Brunswick will offer free RSV shots to all newborns starting Oct. 13
The province is spending $3.8 million so babies under two can get immunization against respiratory syncytial virus without the hundreds-of-dollars out-of-pocket cost.
Business
Rogers completes $4.35-billion buyout to own all of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment
The telecom giant took the final 25 per cent stake from Larry Tanenbaum’s Kilmer Sports, folding the Leafs, Raptors, Toronto FC and Argonauts into a new Rogers Sports unit alongside the Blue Jays.
Canada
Pacific Link becomes first project listed in Canada’s national interest
Carney and Alberta’s Danielle Smith put the one-million-barrel-a-day West Coast oil pipeline on Schedule 1 of the Building Canada Act, aiming for conditions by September 2027 and operations around 2032–33.
Opinions
Fluency Beats Fashion: The AI Tools That Still Matter for Your Career in 2026
Chasing every new chatbot will not save your career. Building fluency in a short stack of mainstream tools — matched to how you already work — will.
Opinions
The U.S.–Iran war is eight months old, and still has no off-ramp
Washington is assembling a third carrier near Iran. Tehran is shopping a seven-day Hormuz roadmap through Qatar. Military posture, energy markets, and diplomacy are all pointing at November — without agreeing on an exit.