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Updated: 18 October 2026, 5:16 a.m. EDT (Toronto) Pete Fry has defeated incumbent Ken Sim in Vancouver’s municipal election held on Saturday, 17 October. The city’s unofficial results , checked early Sunday, showed the Green candidate with 98,494 votes to Sim’s 67,467, with all 149 voting places reporting. The figures remain preliminary. Vancouver says the official election results, including the separate plebiscite questions, will be declared by 4 p.m. local time on Wednesday, 21 October. CityNews reported Sim’s concession and Fry’s victory speech on election night. Fry said Sim had offered to help with the transition. The result ends Sim’s bid for a second term after four years in office. The preliminary council count also points to a change in control at city hall. Four Green candidates, four COPE candidates, OneCity’s Lucy Maloney and ABC Vancouver’s Mike Klassen occupied the ten leading positions on the city’s results page. Fry served two terms as a city councillor before this ma...

Updated: 18 October 2026, 4:17 a.m. EDT The fire that spread beyond Canadian Forces Base Wainwright in Alberta was being held by 11 p.m. MDT on Saturday, 17 October, the Municipal District of Wainwright said in an update reported by The Associated Press . The district said property and critical infrastructure were protected and no evacuation order was in place at that time. Firefighting crews would continue monitoring the area, according to the district’s statement cited by Agence France-Presse . The overnight update followed an earlier rapid spread of flames in strong winds. Defence Minister David McGuinty confirmed that people had died and others were injured in the incident. Authorities had not provided a confirmed casualty total or established the cause in the reports reviewed for this update. The RCMP were involved in the investigation, AP reported. The Canadian Armed Forces said a range fire was reported at about 4 p.m. Saturday and had extended beyond the training area, accordin...

Updated: October 17, 2026, 11:16 p.m. EDT (Toronto) Cole Caufield scored 54 seconds into overtime to give the Montreal Canadiens a 4–3 win over the Buffalo Sabres at Bell Centre on Saturday, October 17. His second goal of the night settled the contest after Buffalo had erased a two-goal deficit, according to the Sabres’ official post-game report . Josh Norris opened the scoring for Buffalo in the first period. Montreal answered through Zachary Bolduc on the power play before Caufield put the home side ahead. Alexandre Texier then extended the Canadiens’ lead to 3–1 in the second period. Jack Quinn began Buffalo’s comeback with a shorthanded goal, and Tage Thompson tied the game at 10:12 of the third period. Caufield’s unassisted overtime winner ended the rally and secured the extra point for Montreal. Sabres goaltender Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen finished with 30 saves on 34 shots. Buffalo moved to 4–3–2 and completed its week of Atlantic Division games with six points from a possible eight. ...

Updated: October 17, 2026, 10:16 p.m. EDT (Toronto) People were killed and injured in an incident at CFB Wainwright in Alberta that caused a major fire on Saturday, Defence Minister David McGuinty said, according to Associated Press reporting . His statement did not give a casualty count. The Canadian Armed Forces said a fire was reported on the base’s range at about 4 p.m. local time on October 17 and spread beyond the training area, according to a military statement published by The Border Pulse . Emergency services were responding, and the situation remained ongoing. The Municipal District of Wainwright said the fire had crossed the base fence, with crews from multiple jurisdictions responding. In its update reported at 7:13 p.m. Mountain time, the district said no evacuation order was in place. Residents were asked to avoid the incident area and keep roads clear for emergency vehicles. The district also said it had established an Emergency Coordination Centre. The cause of the inci...

Updated: 17 October 2026, 6:22 p.m. EDT Barcelona beat Real Betis 5–2 at La Cartuja in Seville on Saturday, 17 October, extending their perfect La Liga start to nine victories from nine matches. Lamine Yamal, Rodri, Gabriel Jesus, Eric García and Dani Olmo scored for the visitors, according to Barcelona’s official match report . The result left the league leaders on 27 points. Yamal opened the scoring before Valentín Gómez equalised for Betis. Rodri restored Barcelona’s lead before half-time with his first goal for the club, putting the visitors 2–1 ahead at the interval. Jesus made it 3–1 after the break, but Ez Abde quickly reduced the deficit. Betis then lost Facundo Bernal to a straight red card following an incident involving Yamal. García and Olmo added the final two goals as Barcelona took control against ten men. Cadena SER’s independent report corroborated the result and the sequence of scorers. Barcelona’s club report says the nine-win league start equals Real Madrid’s openi...

Updated: 17 October 2026, 5:19 p.m. EDT No selection matched all seven numbers in Canada’s Lotto Max draw on Friday, 16 October, leaving the main jackpot at $90 million for the next draw on Tuesday, 20 October. Loto-Québec’s official results list the main numbers as 01, 11, 13, 36, 41, 43 and 51, with 52 as the bonus number. The seven-number jackpot category recorded no winners. Five winning selections matched six numbers plus the bonus, with each receiving $154,039. A further 166 selections matched six numbers, each worth $4,727.50, according to the published prize breakdown. The separate Maxmillions draws produced five winning selections worth $1 million each. Four were recorded in Ontario and one in Quebec. These prizes are separate from the unclaimed main jackpot. For Tuesday’s draw, Loto-Québec lists an estimated $90 million jackpot, 20 Maxmillions prizes and 90 Maxplus prizes of $100,000. This update reports Friday’s completed draw; it is not a new Saturday draw result.  

Updated: October 17, 2026, 12:44 p.m. EDT (Toronto) The Golden State Valkyries are scheduled to host the Atlanta Dream in Game 1 of the WNBA Finals at Chase Center in San Francisco on Saturday, October 17. Tip-off is at 3:30 p.m. Eastern, or 12:30 p.m. Pacific, according to the league’s confirmed schedule . The game had not started at this update. The best-of-seven series will produce a first-time champion, with both franchises seeking their first WNBA title. Golden State enters as the second seed and Atlanta as the fourth. The Valkyries’ game-day preview notes that both teams advanced through the semifinals in three-game sweeps: Golden State beat Las Vegas, while Atlanta eliminated New York. For Canadian fans following the championship, the next confirmed game is Monday, October 19, at 8 p.m. Eastern, also at Chase Center. The series then shifts to Atlanta for Game 3 on October 21 and Game 4 on October 24. Games 5 through 7 will be played only if needed; no result or series lead has ...