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Prime Minister Mark Carney says U.S. President Donald Trump seems to be afraid to make a World Series bet with him as the Toronto Blue Jays take on the Los Angeles Dodgers. “I think he’s afraid to make a bet. He doesn’t like to lose,” Carney joked Thursday when reporters asked him about a possible wager as he stopped by the Jays’ practice at the Rogers Centre.“He hasn’t called, he hasn’t returned my call yet on the bet so I’m ready,” Carney said. “We’re ready to make a bet with the U.S.”Earlier Thursday, Carney and Ontario Premier Doug Ford both predicted the Blue Jays will win the World Series in six games, though so far neither has plans to attend in person.Ford said at the end of a press conference at a nuclear plant with Carney that he would be watching Friday’s game from his “man cave...

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted October 23, 2025 2:54 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Quebec government says it will ban religious symbols in the province’s daycare centres. Secularism Minister Jean-François Roberge says there is a “broad consensus” that Quebecers want secularism to be strengthened.The announcement follows a recommendation to extend the ban to daycares made this summer by a committee tasked with advising the province on how to enhance secularism. Get daily National news Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affai...

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he predicts the Toronto Blue Jays will win the World Series and that he will be watching it from his “man cave” at home, given the sky-high ticket prices. “I’m going to be realistic, so I’ll say the Jays in six,” Ford said at an unrelated press conference on Thursday, alongside Prime Minister Mark Carney, who agreed with Ford’s prediction.The Blue Jays advanced to the World Series with their win over the Seattle Mariners on Monday and will play the L.A. Dodgers — the defending champions.“I’m going to be sitting in my man cave because I’m not paying, whatever, 1,500 bucks for a ticket,” Ford said, referring to the steep prices of tickets being sold online. Get breaking National news For news impacting Canada and around the w...

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Prime Minister Mark Carney again said on Thursday that Canadians need to be prepared for “sacrifices” ahead of the federal budget, but isn’t saying yet what those will be. During a joint press conference with Ontario Premier Doug Ford on Thursday, Carney was asked what those sacrifices might be after he had said in a speech Wednesday night that Canadians must be prepared.“We’ll have a budget and all aspects of the budget will reveal that,” Carney said on Thursday.However, Carney reiterated that the federal government would “maintain support to Canadians, particularly those who are most vulnerable.” Get daily National news Get the day's top news, politica...

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted October 23, 2025 9:22 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Liberal government is expected to pitch tougher bail and sentencing standards for violent crime in legislation Thursday. A news release said Justice Minister Sean Fraser will speak to reporters about the bill in the afternoon. 2:07 Liberals to introduce bail reform legislation Prime Minister Mark Carney said last week the legislation would make bail mor...

Just three years after Canada called China a “disruptive global power,” Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says Canada now views Beijing as a strategic partner in a dangerous world. Anand told The Canadian Press on Monday that a strategic partnership with China means going beyond allowing individual irritants to strain the entire relationship and permitting Canada to advance its economic and security interests.“It’s necessary for us to lay the foundation, if we are going to find areas where we can further co-operate,” she said. 2:44 Canada’s trade war with US, China fractures Carney’s ‘Team Canada’ approach “There are going to always be chal...