🎤 JUST IN: Some Backstreet Boys fans say their new Toronto seats are no better

🔹 Presale seats for the Rogers Centre residency were later flagged as obstructed; some moved fans told CBC their new seats are farther back and still blocked
🔹 Live Nation apologized; the 12 shows run Feb.–March 2027

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🗣 Canadian English: parkade

🧣 In Canada, a parkade is a building with several levels where you leave your car. You'll hear it at malls, hospitals, airports and downtown offices: "I'm on level 3 of the parkade."

🔊 Say it: par-KADE (rhymes with "parade")
🔜 "It's snowing, so let's park in the parkade instead of the street."

🌎 Same thing, different English:
🇨🇦 parkade 🇺🇸 parking garage 🇬🇧 multi-storey car park

💡 Careful: The word is a blend of "park" and "arcade." Many Canadians also say "parking garage," and a flat outdoor lot is a "parking lot," not a parkade. Outside Canada, the word is also used in South Africa.

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🐟 Where to eat in St. John's: Ches's Famous Fish and Chips

A Newfoundland institution since 1951, when Ches Barbour started frying the cod he caught himself that morning. Still family-run, it's a classic stop for crispy battered cod and hand-cut chips.

🔹 1 pc fish and chips $14.99, 2 pc $19.99 (menu prices, before HST)
🔹 Order "chips, dressing and gravy" the Newfoundland way: Poutine & Dressing $15.99, fishcake fritters from $4.99
🔹 Hours: Sun–Wed 11am–9pm, Thu–Sat 11am–10pm
🔹 Original shop: 9 Freshwater Road

💡 Tip: Leave room for a slice of lemon meringue or coconut cream pie ($5.99). There are four more locations around St. John's, Mount Pearl and Bay Roberts.

📍 Google Maps: Ches's Famous Fish and Chips

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🌳 Where to go in Quebec: Mount Royal Park, Montréal

The mountain in the middle of Montréal is the city's big green escape. The park was inaugurated in 1876, so 2026–27 is its 150th anniversary year, with events running until May 2027. Walk up through the woods to the Kondiaronk lookout for the classic view over downtown and the St. Lawrence, then wander down to Beaver Lake (Lac aux Castors).

🔹 Price: free entry; the park's parking lots are paid
🔹 Hours: open every day, 6 a.m. to midnight
🔹 Walk: Chemin Olmsted is an 8.3 km walking trail to the summit; or take the stairs from Rue Peel and Avenue des Pins
🔹 Transit: Metro Mont-Royal, then bus 11 west to Remembrance/Chemin du Chalet or Lac-aux-Castors

💡 Tip: In winter the same park has tubing, sledding, skating and snowshoe trails. Stay on the marked trails to protect the forest.

📍 Google Maps: Mount Royal Park

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🕑 JUST IN: Most of Eastern Canada turns clocks back an hour tonight, but the West won't

🔹 Most of Ontario, Quebec and the Atlantic provinces fall back at 2 a.m. Sunday as daylight saving time ends.
🔹 Most of B.C., Alberta, Manitoba and the N.W.T. no longer change clocks, joining Yukon and Saskatchewan. Quebec says it plans to end the switch too.

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🎤 JUST IN: Drake bankrolled k-os's first album in 11 years

🔹 The Toronto star put hundreds of thousands of dollars into "BLackneck" and is listed as executive producer, k-os told The Canadian Press
🔹 Much of the album was recorded at his parents' farm near Whitby, Ont.

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🗣 Canadian English: poppy

🧣 In Canada, "a poppy" in November usually means the small red lapel pin worn to remember those who died in war. Millions of Canadians wear one from late October until Remembrance Day, November 11.

🔊 Say it: PAH-pee (rhymes with "floppy")
🔜 "I picked up a poppy at the mall and pinned it on my left side, over my heart."

🌎 Same thing, different English:
🇨🇦 Remembrance Day 🇺🇸 Veterans Day 🇬🇧 Remembrance Sunday

📜 Remembrance Day is also called Poppy Day. The symbol comes from "In Flanders Fields," written in 1915 by Canadian Lt.-Col. John McCrae.

💡 Careful: In the U.S., poppies are mostly worn on Memorial Day in May, not on Veterans Day.

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🌭 Where to eat in Vancouver: Japadog on Robson Street

Vancouver's most famous street snack: hot dogs with Japanese toppings. It began in 2005 as one cart at Burrard and Smithe, when city rules let street vendors sell little more than hot dogs.

🔹 Order the Kurobuta Terimayo: pork sausage, teriyaki sauce, Japanese mayo, fried onions and seaweed (about $11–12 plus tax on delivery apps)
🔹 Sides: "shaked" fries in butter and shoyu or seaweed flavour, takoyaki, matcha desserts
🔹 Hours (official site): Mon–Sat 10am–10pm, Sun 10am–6pm
🔹 530 Robson St, downtown, a short walk from Vancouver City Centre station (Canada Line)

💡 Tip: The Robson store has the fullest menu and a roof over your head, handy on a rainy November day. The original cart is still at 899 Burrard St.

📍 Google Maps: Japadog Robson St

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🍁 Where to go in Manitoba: The Forks, Winnipeg

Where the Red and Assiniboine rivers meet, people have gathered for over 6,000 years — Indigenous traders first, then fur traders, settlers and newcomers. Today it is a national historic site with riverside paths, a busy indoor market and a food hall, right in downtown Winnipeg.

🔹 Free to walk around, open year-round · Market building 7am–10pm daily · Shops Sun–Thu 10am–6pm, Fri–Sat to 7pm · Food hall Sun–Thu 11am–9pm, Fri–Sat to 10pm · 1 Forks Market Rd
💡 Tip: Come back in deep winter, when the frozen Nestaweya River Trail can stretch up to 10 km for skating — check trail conditions first.
📍 Google Maps: The Forks

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🗳 JUST IN: Carney calls 6 federal byelections for Dec. 7

🔹 Three seats are in Quebec, two in Ontario (Scarborough North, Brantford-Brant South) and one in Saskatchewan (Yorkton-Melville).
🔹 The Liberals hold a thin 173-seat majority. The results won't change who governs, but wins would add to it.

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🧬 JUST IN: A DNA test bought on sale showed a Toronto performer he has 35+ half-siblings

🔹 Noam Tomaschoff learned at 31 he was donor-conceived, he told CTV's Your Morning
🔹 He turned it into "Our Little Secret: A True New Musical," at Mirvish in Toronto Nov. 3–22

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🗣 Canadian English: riding

🧣 In Canada, a riding is an electoral district: the area whose voters elect one member, like an MP in Ottawa or an MPP/MLA in a province. You'll see it all over the news ahead of the Dec. 7 byelections in six ridings.

🔊 Say it: RYE-ding (rhymes with "hiding")
🔜 "Who's the MP for your riding?"

🌎 Same thing, different English:
🇨🇦 riding 🇺🇸 district 🇬🇧 constituency

💡 Careful: It has nothing to do with horses here. The word comes from an old word meaning "a third," from the old Ridings of Yorkshire in England. Officially, Canada also says "electoral district," and in French it's "circonscription."

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🥪 Where to eat in Montréal: Schwartz's Deli

Montreal smoked meat is the city's signature sandwich, and Schwartz's has been making it on St-Laurent since 1928, in its original spot. The brisket is marinated for 10 days, smoked overnight, steamed all day and sliced by hand, then piled on rye bread.

🔹 Smoked meat sandwich $17.25, poutine $15.95, fries $4.95 (CAD, taxes extra)
🔹 Open daily: Sun–Thu 10 a.m.–11 p.m., Fri–Sat 10 a.m.–midnight
🔹 3895 Boul. Saint-Laurent, in the Plateau

💡 Tip: There are no reservations, so try to go outside the lunch and dinner rush. Add a pickle and a black cherry soda on the side.

📍 Google Maps: Schwartz's Deli

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🏛 Where to go in Alberta: Royal Alberta Museum, Edmonton

The largest museum in western Canada, right in downtown Edmonton. It moved into its new 419,000 sq. ft. home in 2018 and covers Alberta from the Ice Age to today, a perfect warm stop as the cold sets in.

🔹 Natural History and Human History halls, plus a Bug Gallery with live critters and a Children's Gallery
🔹 Adult $25, senior $16, youth (7–17) $12, family $55, kids 6 and under free
🔹 Wed and Fri–Sun 10 a.m.–4 p.m., Thu 10 a.m.–8 p.m.; closed Mon and Tue (except holiday Mondays)
🔹 9810 103a Avenue NW, near Churchill LRT station
🔹 New exhibition "Hockey: Faster Than Ever" opens Nov. 26

💡 Tip: Go on a Thursday evening for longer hours, and check the museum's Getting Here page, since nearby construction affects some streets and a pedway section until Nov. 30.

📍 Google Maps: Royal Alberta Museum

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🛢 JUST IN: B.C. First Nations take Ottawa to court over the Pacific Link oil pipeline

🔹 Nine nations filed eight Federal Court challenges to its "national interest" designation, saying Canada failed its duty to consult.
🔹 The line would carry 1 million barrels of oil a day from Alberta to a port near Delta, B.C.

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🎬 JUST IN: Heated Rivalry star Hudson Williams calls co-star Connor Storrie his "platonic soulmate"

🔹 On Season 2 of CBC's The Assembly, he took questions from autistic and neurodivergent interviewers and said their bond will never turn romantic.
🔹 He also opened up about his ADHD. The episode is on CBC Gem.

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🗣 Canadian English: snowbird

🧣 A snowbird is a person, often retired, who leaves the Canadian winter behind to spend a few months somewhere warm, like Florida or Arizona, and comes home in the spring.

🔊 Say it: just "snow" + "bird", stress on SNOW
🔜 "My grandparents are snowbirds. They drive to Florida every November and come back to Ontario in April."

🌎 Where you'll hear it:
🇨🇦 snowbird 🇺🇸 snowbird 🇬🇧 rarely used (dictionaries mark it North American)

💡 Careful: With a capital S, the Snowbirds are the Royal Canadian Air Force's aerobatic jet team, based in Moose Jaw, Sask. To birdwatchers, a snowbird can also be the dark-eyed junco.

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🫖 Where to eat in Victoria: Murchie's Tea & Coffee

A proper tea break in B.C.'s capital. John Murchie founded the company in 1894, and the Government Street store and café sits steps from the Inner Harbour. You order at the counter from a wall of 130+ teas and 25 coffee roasts, then pick a scone, square or cake from the bakery case.

🔹 Café: Mon–Sat 7:30 a.m.–6 p.m., Sun 8 a.m.–6 p.m. (shop daily 9–6)
🔹 Price: budget-friendly café menu; whole cakes to order from $37.95 (6"), 24 hours' notice
🔹 Address: 1110 Government St, downtown Victoria

💡 Tip: Order a pot of tea with a warm scone, then pick up some loose tea from the shop side as a souvenir.

📍 Google Maps: Murchie's Tea & Coffee

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