Edited by Yiannis Damellos and Mars Strangelove Jr.Source: Global News, reporting by Rachel Morgan, October 18, 2026;Ipsos survey conducted October 13–16.Seven in 10 Albertans intend to vote for their province to remain part of Canada, while fewer than one in four support beginning the legal process for a binding separation referendum, according to a new Ipsos poll conducted exclusively for Global News.
As Trump remains entangled in Midterm Fever and pursues his diesel deal, Egypt is stepping forward with an offer of military support for Saudi Arabia amid escalating missile and drone attacks by Yemen’s Houthi forces. The timing adds another layer of political uncertainty in the Middle East, as the conflict unfolds against the backdrop of electoral pressures in the United States and Israel and the suffering of the Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank. What began as an American and Israeli initiative now threatens critical infrastructure, oil supplies and international shipping routes not only in the Hormuz Strait but also in the Red Sea, raising the prospect of wider military involvement.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Sunday that four members of the Canadian Armed Forces were killed and dozens more seriously injured in a fast-moving fire at Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Wainwright in Alberta, describing the incident as one of the worst peacetime military tragedies on Canadian soil.
The fire broke out at approximately 4 p.m. Saturday in a training area at the base, about 210 kilometres east of Edmonton. Strong winds, with gusts reaching nearly 100 km/h, drove the flames beyond the training area and across the base’s perimeter, complicating the response by military and civilian emergency crews.
Senator Jon Ossoff (D-GA) has accused the Trump administration of engaging in corrupt financial arrangements with Russian President Vladimir Putin to enrich Donald Trump’s family and campaign donors. Speaking at a midterm campaign rally in Atlanta, Georgia, Ossoff claimed that top administration envoys are using their public positions to broker a multi-billion-dollar energy deal with the Kremlin.
Pete Fry, leader of the Green Party of Vancouver, has been elected the city’s new mayor, dethroning ABC Vancouver’s Ken Sim.
As the results started to roll in, Fry jumped to an early lead that never let up. As of the time of publication at 10:42 p.m., the Green leader is ahead with 57,194 votes, followed by Sim with 41,040 votes and TEAM For A Livable Vancouver’s Colleen Hardwick with 10,492 votes. Sim has also delivered his concession speech to Fry.
A significant and tragic fire broke out at CFB Wainwright in Alberta on Saturday night. Details are still coming in, but Premier Danielle Smith and Prime Minister Mark Carney are posting about it. At least seven people are dead, and dozens more left injured from an explosion and fire at the Canadian Forces Base Wainwright, according to multiple military sources.
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"The roof has collapsed onto lower floors, except the west wing, and two-thirds of the exterior has already disappeared," the local prefect, Maurice Barate, said. He called the extensive damage to the 143-year-old building a "catastrophe for heritage" and slammed it as a "deliberate act by hooligans".
There is a cost to the trade war with the United States that Canadians can already feel. It shows up in uncertainty at work, in businesses postponing investment, in jobs lost in industries hit by tariffs, and in the price of keeping a household running. Now, another pressure is building: higher oil prices are threatening to push inflation upward again.
But Canada's story is not simply one of losses. The country has resources, skilled workers, industries capable of adapting and opportunities beyond its largest trading partner. The question is whether we can use those strengths to protect Canadians today while building an economy that will serve them better tomorrow. That requires looking honestly at both sides of the ledger.
Rallies organized by the No Kings network opposed to President Donald Trump were held Saturday in cities and communities across the U.S., with an aim of getting people out to vote early in the midterm elections.
The alternative left to the PSOE will run divided in the November 29 elections in most territories. The latest offers, launched at the stroke of midnight, show the failure of negotiations.October 17, 2026 at 10:31h
The electoral landscape of the alternative left is complicated by a fracture that goes beyond the distribution of positions on the lists. What was achieved in 2023 at the last minute, this time has been impossible. Podemos and the Broad Front will run separately in most territories, with only two exceptions: the Canary Islands and the Valencian Community.
With Alberta’s referendum days away, the U.S. president is linking Canada’s publicly funded health care to a purported $90-billion American loss. The trade arithmetic is misleading, but the political warning deserves Albertans' immediate attention
Donald Trump has offered Albertans a revealing glimpse of how he views Canada—and the relationship he wants between the two countries. In a video circulating on social media, the U.S. president says he does not want to lose $90 billion “for the privilege of allowing Canada to have a health-care system and other things that they shouldn’t be having.”
The assault on French, Belgian and Polish officials follows a severe beating of a Washington Post photojournalist, intensifying pressure on Netanyahu’s government less than two weeks before Israel’s parliamentary election.By Yiannis Damellos and Mars Strangelove Jr.
Israeli settler violence in the occupied West Bank has reached a new diplomatic flashpoint after masked settlers attacked a delegation of European officials on Saturday, October 17, threatening its members, smashing a vehicle window, and injuring a visiting French mayor.
• Huge protests: More than 160 people have been detained across France during demonstrations up and down the country. Officers have deployed tear gas in several cities during clashes with protesters, and a tourist office has been set on fire. Tens of thousands of students, trade union activists and more are taking part in a march on Paris.
• Police defiant: The body overseeing the Paris Police Force defended the actions of its officers and said it will “not back down in the face of rioters.” Anger among those on the streets has been fueled by tactics deployed by police in recent weeks.
• Simmering anger: The government has struggled to contain the student protests, which started in support of striking teachers at a suburban high school, before snowballing into a national crisis and attracting global attention, including from President Donald Trump.
