Glenn Beck is raising concerns about a new banking initiative in Canada that would allow money to move between financial institutions as programmable digital tokens, warning that the same technology designed to make payments faster and more convenient could also be used to restrict access to funds.

Beck said the six largest banks in Canada are working together on the effort: Royal Bank, TD, BMO, Scotiabank, CIBC, and National Bank.

The Toronto Sun is one of Canada’s largest-circulation daily newspapers — a Postmedia chain flagship, tabloid-format, with a reach that extends well past Toronto into Ontario’s suburbs, the 905, and syndicated op-ed distribution across the country. It is not a fringe blog.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has escalated tensions with the United States by suggesting that he has prepared for the possibility of an American military invasion.

The extraordinary scenario joins a broader dispute involving tariffs, suspended trade negotiations, China and the European Union.

“I think you have a responsibility in these roles to look at extreme tail risk,” Carney said recently.

Convicted child killer Shane Ertmoed, who is serving a life sentence, has been granted a 60-day unescorted temporary absence from prison to take cooking classes.

Ertmoed was denied day parole last year because he still posed a risk of serious harm to others.

Ertmoed, then 24, was convicted in 2002 of the sexual assault and killing of 10-year-old Heather Thomas.

Hope you weren't planning on holding off on the winter tires much longer.

The Old Farmer's Almanac has released its October weather forecast for Southern Quebec, and it's already pointing to a specific window when the season's first snow could show up, well before Halloween decorations even come down.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen proposed making Canada the European Union’s first “associate member” during her State of the Union speech in Strasbourg on September 16, 2026. She directly addressed Canada’s prime minister in the chamber and cast the move as a way to link democracies in a tense world. Major outlets confirmed the proposal and its significance as a public overture from the top of the European Commission.