Canada is forming a 'strategic partnership' with Turkey aimed in part at securing a free-trade agreement, Prime Minister Mark Carney said after a bilateral meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara. Carney is making the first official bilateral visit by a Canadian prime minister to Turkey.

Toronto Crime Stoppers has temporarily stopped accepting tips after it says more than 175,000 of them were stolen by hackers earlier this year, alongside nearly 15,000 names.

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Good morning. Canada and the European Union are preparing to deepen ties on trade and defence, with plans to give Canada associate-member status as both sides seek to reduce their reliance on the U.S. More on that below, along with Danielle Smith’s ultimatum to Alberta separatists and a troubling finding about Canada’s loons.

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Two buses carrying soldiers from Canadian Forces Base Wainwright were greeted by flag-waving supporters on an Alberta highway, days after a deadly fire. Many in the crowd of about 300 also held up signs thanking those troops, who were not among the injured, for their service. Four were killed in the Saturday blaze.

Prime Minister Mark Carney and Ontario Premier Doug Ford unveiled an $8.7-billion joint plan to help tariff-affected industries in the province battered by the trade war. The funds will target steel companies, the auto sector and critical mineral development in Ontario's Ring of Fire.

A new report from Food Banks Canada says nearly 10 million Canadians across the country are struggling with food insecurity. Food banks are feeling the pressure as one in five report running out of food before meeting the needs of all their clients.

Durham regional police say a two-year-old girl was critically injured when a car struck a group of young children and a daycare worker in Oshawa.

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The shark, which was named Bukang-i, was first spotted in the canal on Sept. 18, drawing more than a million visitors.

A First Nations community in Ontario has installed a micro data centre to securely store its records and preserve Indigenous language recordings for future generations. The facility is part of a wider effort to modernize the community’s digital infrastructure and protect its data from climate threats and external control.

Premier Danielle Smith says that Albertans have spoken in Monday's referendum and, as long as she’s in power, separation is a dead issue. Smith, in a TV address to the province, also says challenges with Ottawa will be handled in the courts or through political channels.

A recent paper by the Quebec English-speaking Communities Research Network, which operates out of Concordia University in Montreal, shows that English-speakers are more likely to leave Quebec. But that trend is slowing down, the researchers found.

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Good morning. With Alberta’s separatist question settled for now, attention turns to what comes next for the province and its relationship with Ottawa. More on that below, along with the reopening of plasma donation centres and a new report showing record food bank use among Canadians.

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Sabrina Apitz-Grossman was told 13 months ago that she had about 12 to 18 months to live.

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Provincial leaders outside Alberta welcomed the province’s rejection of separatism in Monday’s referendum, but mostly steered clear of the other questions on the ballot, including those that asked Albertans whether they endorse restricting immigration and changing the Constitution.

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A huge pile of flowers continues to grow at the cenotaph in Wainwright after four soldiers were killed in a weekend training exercise gone fatally wrong. Strong and sudden winds sent flames from a nearby grass fire across the Prairie landscape at lightning speed, stopping soldiers in their tracks and sending 39 to hospital, 19 critically. Six have since been discharged, says the defence minister.