Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Barry Hertz
Publication Date: October 17, 2025 - 06:43
Morning Update: The state of Canadian culture
October 17, 2025
Good morning. We’re diligently checking the origin of our groceries, but where’s the love for the sector that truly defines who we are? Below, a look at our cultural industries in the elbows-up era. Plus, more news on government contracting and a return of the HBC blanket. But first:
Today’s headlines- The federal government will table new legislation next week to change the bail system
- A man has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of 14-year-old Samuel Bird
- A Palestinian woman struggles to leave to reunite with her freed brother in Egypt
Unpublished Newswire
The B.C. government is set to introduce legislation Monday to fast-track construction of a multibillion-dollar power transmission line to the north coast.It’s British Columbia’s big bet: The publicly funded infrastructure project is meant to secure new private-sector investments, including a string of critical-mineral mines, for the sparsely developed northwest corner of the province.
October 20, 2025 - 05:00 | Justine Hunter | The Globe and Mail
Prime Minister Mark Carney's coming cuts to the federal public service are expected to disproportionately impact female, Indigenous, racialized and disabled workers, according to a new analysis. Read More
October 20, 2025 - 04:00 | Matteo Cimellaro | Ottawa Citizen
OTTAWA — Dominic LeBlanc beat cancer.
Now, just five years later, Canada’s minister for Canada-U.S. trade is battling another malignant threat: U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs.
LeBlanc, the Carney government’s minister of just about everything, has spent much of this week in Washington, D.C. as the lead cabinet minister trying to navigate the choppy and unpredictable waters of the Trump administration’s trade policies.
In many ways, LeBlanc was an extreme long shot to be in this position as the cabinet’s point person tasked with one of the country’s most important challenges...
October 20, 2025 - 04:00 | Simon Tuck | National Post
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