Thursday, September 24, 2026

Chief Mountain port of entry in Alberta closes for the season

Chief Mountain port of entry

September 23, 2026        Calgary, Alberta             Canada Border Services Agency

The Chief Mountain port of entry at the Canada-United States land border between Alberta and Montana is closing for the season on Wednesday, September 30 at 6:00 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time (MDT). It will reopen in the spring of 2027.

Due to its high elevation and harsh winters, the Chief Mountain port of entry only operates

Joint statement on protecting progress and renewing resolve: Ending child, early and forced marriage

September 23, 2026 - New York City, New York - Global Affairs Canada

“Every girl deserves the right to learn, to lead, to make her own choices and to shape her own future.

“Yet every year, an estimated 12 million girls are married before the age of 18, denying millions their rights, opportunities and potential. Child, early and forced marriage remains one of the most widespread violations of girls’ rights, driven by poverty, inequality, conflict,

Build Canada Homes announces the launch of the Canada Rental Protection Fund

Ottawa, Ontario, September 22, 2026 — Preserving affordable rental homes and increasing housing supply are essential to ensuring Canadians can continue to live in the communities they call home. As housing demand grows, protecting existing affordable rental housing is an important part of maintaining affordability across the country.

Build Canada Homes (BCH), the federal Crown corporation dedicated to scaling up the

Minister Sidhu strengthens Canada’s trade and investment ties with Association of Southeast Asian Nations

September 23, 2026 - Manila, Philippines - Global Affairs Canada

This week, the Honourable Maninder Sidhu, Minister of International Trade, concluded his participation in the Fifteenth Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Economic Ministers-Canada Meeting, in Manila, the Philippines, further strengthening Canada's presence in the Indo-Pacific. Minister Sidhu advanced negotiations toward free trade

Competition Bureau secures agreement with Kalibrate to protect competition in the retail gas industry

September 24, 2026 – GATINEAU (Québec), Competition Bureau

The Competition Bureau has reached a consent agreement with Kalibrate to address competition concerns related to one of its data analytics products, which collects and distributes detailed data from gas stations across Canada.

A Bureau review concluded that the Kalibrate Market Intelligence product allowed

CCGS Des Groseilliers successfully completes Exercise ARCTIC GHOST with partners near Cambridge Bay, Nunavut

September 24, 2026 – Ottawa, Ontario – National Defence / Canadian Coast Guard

Canadian Coast Guard Ship (CCGS) Des Groseilliers successfully completed Exercise ARCTIC GHOST alongside His Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) Robert Hampton Gray and partners from the Canadian Armed Forces and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

Exercise ARCTIC GHOST is a multi-day, Canadian Coast Guard (CCG)-led security

Minister MacKinnon marks World Maritime Day

September 24, 2026     Ottawa, Ontario       Transport Canada

The Minister of Transport and Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, the Honourable Steven MacKinnon, today issued the following statement:

“Today, Canada marks the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) World Maritime Day. This year’s theme, ‘From Policy to Practice: Powering Maritime Excellence,’ is a call to countries around the world to turn shared ambition into concrete results. That means