This year’s 112th Grey Cup drew more Canadians to their television screens than last year.

The broadcast of the 112th Grey Cup on TSN, RDS and CTV averaged 4.03 million viewers, up 12 per cent from 2024, according to a news release from the CFL.

In total, 10 million Canadians tuned in at some point during the game. Viewership peaked at 5.01 million, marking an 11 per cent increase from the previous year.

In the 25–54-year age group, the game averaged 1.24 million viewers, up 12 per cent from last year. The Bud Light Grey Cup Halftime Show drew an average of 4.09 million viewers, with more than half of them under the age of 54.

The broadcast also saw growth in Canada’s three largest cities: Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal with an average of 1.64 million viewers, a 10 per cent increase and the third straight year of growth in those markets.

Online, the CFL’s website and social media channels had record engagement during Grey Cup Week as fans followed Canada’s biggest single-day sporting event.

During Grey Cup Week, CFL/LCF-operated online platforms saw significant year-over-year growth.

There were 36.34 million total impressions on social media, an increase of 172 per cent. Total social media engagements reached 1.69 million, up 115 per cent. Social media video views climbed to 11.43 million, a growth of 126 per cent. Follower growth on social media surged by 567 per cent.

Website performance also saw major gains. Page views increased by 69 per cent, while active users on the website rose by 79 per cent.

The 2026 CFL schedule will be announced Dec. 9th with the 113th Grey Cup on Sunday Nov. 15 and McMahan Stadium in Calgary, Alta.

Saskatchewan craft brewers are among the businesses that could benefit from a new provincial incentive designed to boost investment in small and medium-sized companies.

The government is offering a 45 per cent annual tax credit to investors who put money into eligible Saskatchewan-based businesses. The tax credit is non-refundable, meaning it can only be applied against taxes owing.

“It is a significant tax credit for anybody willing to make that investment,” said Trade and Export Development Minister Warren Kaeding.

Regina’s Pile O’ Bones Brewing employs about 40 people. Founder Glenn Valgardson says raising capital for expansion can be difficult, and a program like this would have helped during their early growth years.

“We had to raise a lot of money the old way,” he said. “We got through it, but it’s very encouraging to see a program like this come out.”

The credit goes directly to investors, rather than to the business, and is available to manufacturers with between five and 50 employees. Saskatoon’s 9 Mile Legacy Brewing says it plans to take advantage of the program.

“We intend to use it, raise money and grow,” said co-founder Shawn Moen. “It unlocks a key barrier to scaling a business — fueling working capital and market presence.”

The government says it expects the program to keep investment in Saskatchewan, help businesses purchase new equipment, upgrade facilities and create jobs.

While many construction projects in Regina are nearing their end, some residents and businesses are wondering when Dewdney Avenue will reopen.

For four years, Rooted Living Designs has made Dewdney Avenue their home.

However, with the street being closed for the past seven months due to the Dewdney Avenue Corridor Revitalization Project, the owner said traffic has been challenging.

“We definitely see an impact with the Dewdney construction and its delay. We have to push every single day to try to get people through our doors,” co-owner Tyler Polowy said.

“We’re one of the only stores impacted by foot traffic on Dewdney. A lot of the restaurants are going for birthday parties, a lot of the esthetic places or tattoo places along here have appointment based so being a retail store, we definitely felt it.”

The City of Regina’s two-year project focuses on replacing aging underground infrastructure along with revitalizing the landscape between Albert Street and Broad Street.

Although Polowy said communication with the city for updates on the project have been consistent, he is still unsure when the street will reopen.

“They have been good with the emails back and forth from the city, and from Lance with the Regina Warehouse District. He has been great as well sending updates monthly,” Polowy shared.

“We were told it was going to be ahead of schedule in September, end of September it was going to be done. Then we were told the end of October. Now we’re being told the end of November. We’re hoping that by the end of November or before the snow hits, that it is open.”

Another business down the street said it’s hopeful the project will be completed by the end of the month.

“The work on Dewdney Avenue is necessary in order to facilitate the development of the Rail Yards Area across the street,” shared Grant Frew, bar manager at Bushwakker Brewpub.

“Right now we’re just doing the finishing touches. We can see the traffic lights are going in. There’s still some work to be done on CN Rail with the train crossing just down the street. The city says it should be ready to go by the end of this month. We can’t wait.”

Frew added the city has been very communicative with his business throughout the construction season.

“From what I can see, and the communication I’ve had with the city, they’ve been fairly transparent and honest. They are feeling confident they’re going to have it done by the end of the month,” Frew said.

“I’m with them, I’m looking forward to it. I have confidence. Fingers crossed, of course, but, yeah it’s looking good.”

Regina fire crews have given the all clear after being called to a house fire Sunday morning in the city’s North Central neighbourhood.

At 7:50 Sunday morning, firefighters were called to the 1000 block of Rae Street for a reported house fire.

Once they arrived, crews quickly controlled the blaze and completed a search of the home.

No injuries were reported at the scene.

An investigation into the incident is ongoing.

Lemon & Lavender, a small locally-owned Toronto storefront filled to the ceiling with gifts, decor and Christmas accessories was bustling with shoppers Saturday - with its online orders also ramping up leading into the holiday season.

But instead of depending on Canada Post to ship customer purchases, owner Christina Kotiadis is choosing to send Christmas deliveries using a private courier, even though it’s more expensive.

“We use our private courier mostly,” said Kotiadis. “Obviously trust has dropped in consumers (and) in businesses for Canada Post.”

Kotiadis says despite the deal reached between the Crown corporation and the postal workers’ union, she and her customers don’t have faith in the mail-delivery service to deliver their packages and purchases on time.

“The Canada Post deliveries to reach our Canada-wide audience have definitely dropped - and that’s because consumers have lost a lot of trust in Canada Post and we have also lost trust in Canada Post,” added Kotiadis.

“It’s very difficult for us to try and relay to the customer if a package is going to be delivered to them or if a greeting card is going to reach their grandchild.”

The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) says plenty of store owners across the country have expressed the same concern and lack of trust in Canada Post leading up to the busiest time of the year.

Businesses have learned the hard way that Canada Post is an increasingly unreliable provider of delivery services - and so many have made decisions to permanently move away from Canada Post, said CFIB President, Dan Kelly, in a Zoom interview with CTV News on Saturday.

“In the 2024 strike, 13 per cent of small businesses said they would not return to Canada Post after that strike. They permanently dropped it and we had a huge number saying that would happen again if there was another job action.”

‘Unusual’ agreement in principle

After more than two years of contentious negotiations and two national strikes, Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) reached agreements in principal for their bargaining units Friday- suspending the strike action, while the language of the agreements is being formalized for a union membership vote.

“It’s unusual what the parties have done here. Typically, union and an organization will come to a memorandum of agreement where they’ve papered all the details of what the deal actually includes,” said employment and labour lawyer, Sundeep Gokhale, on CTV News Channel Saturday. “Here, what they’ve done is say we’ve agreed conceptually on the big picture issues, but now we’re going to put pen to paper and provided that we have an agreement - then we’ll ultimately take it to a ratification vote.”

The two sides had previously been unable to find common ground.

Earlier this week, Canada Post reported a record-high $541-million loss in the third quarter - after it had asked the federal government for a $1-billion loan - adding it will need another bailout by early 2026 after that cash is “fully utilized” by the end of December this year.

Canada Post has suffered more than $5.5 billion in losses since 2018.

In September, Ottawa unveiled changes to the Crown corporation, including closing down some rural post offices and eliminating door-to-door delivery, with mail carriers now delivering items to community mailboxes.

Although some businesses may not be ready to try Canada Post with their deliveries for this upcoming holiday season, there’s hope that the company could regain the public’s trust over time.

“We should absolutely support them to try and revive this company,” said Kotiadis. “They offer fair rates and they get to every Canadian door and they’re our national postal service, so I do believe in them.”

“There are many others desperate to keep this service, especially in remote and rural parts of Canada where Canada Post is the only game in town,” added Kelly. “We need a different Canada Post.. a streamlined Canada Post, with less frequent mail delivery but more frequent package delivery, which is exactly what is necessary and what can be profitable in the future if the company can get its cost-structures in line.”

If the two sides are not able to come to terms on the language of the agreements, then a strike could still potentially take place ahead of Christmas.

Prime Minister Mark Carney is in no hurry to resume trade talks with U.S. President Donald Trump but will speak again with the president “when it’s appropriate,” Carney said on Sunday.

Carney said he expects to speak with Trump sometime in the next two weeks but otherwise stands ready for when the Americans next knock on Canada’s door to return to the table.

“I look forward to speaking with the president soon, but I don’t have a burning issue to speak with the president about right now,” Carney said.

“When America wants to come back and have conversations on the trade side, we will have those discussions.”

The prime minister made the remarks when speaking with reporters at a news conference in Johannesburg, South Africa, where he is attending a G20 Leaders’ Summit, which Trump did not attend.

Trump had scuttled talks last month on his punishing tariffs on steel, aluminum and automobiles after the Ontario provincial government ran an anti-tariff ad blitz across the U.S. that rankled the president.

Ontario’s ad campaign featured clips of former U.S. president Ronald Reagan warning that tariffs lead to trade wars and hurt the American economy.

The federal Conservatives in Parliament have accused Carney of failing to move the needle on the U.S. tariffs, after Carney campaigned in the spring time as being the best choice to quickly resolve the trade dispute.

“They were elected under false pretences,” Conservative MP Pierre Paul-Hus said of the Liberal government during Thursday’s question period in the House of Commons.

“They were supposed to find a solution to the problems with Donald Trump, but they have failed miserably.”

The Liberals have maintained that such trade talks have a natural ebb and flow to them, and that they will eventually resume.

Carney said Sunday he and Trump have both been preoccupied with other matters.

“I’ve been busy. We passed a budget -- a budget that’s going to catalyze a trillion dollars of investment. We have launched new trade agreements. We’ve secured new investment in the country of a size not seen, arguably, before,” Carney said.

“So, we’re busy, he’s got other things to do and we’ll re-engage when it’s appropriate.”

Canada is preparing separately to enter broader talks over the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement, known as CUSMA, the country’s most important free trade pact, set to come up for renewal next year.

Canada’s former chief trade negotiator Steve Verheul has warned members of Parliament that the U.S. will likely seek to ramp up pressure on Canada and Mexico during the review by not supporting an extension of the agreement.

“They’re going to try to use that as leverage,” Verheul told a House of Commons trade committee on Oct. 30.

“The period between January and June will be critical to the future of the CUSMA and to our trading relationship with the U.S.”

Yogurt brand Yoplait has recalled some of its products in Canada due to possible pieces of plastic, according to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA).

“This voluntary recall is being carried out as a precaution due to a potential defect in a packaging component that may result in the presence of plastic pieces in the product,” the company, who triggered the recall, wrote on its website.

The affected products include all Yoplait YOP 200ml drinkable yogurt flavours, including blueberry, strawberry, strawberry-banana, birthday cake, vanilla, banana, raspberry, peach, yuzu mandarin, tropical, blackberry starfruit, lactose free strawberry-raspberry and lactose-free mango.

Affected products also include multi-packs featuring the 200ml Yoplait YOP drinkable yogurt, including the strawberry, vanilla and strawberry-banana pack of 15, the strawberry pack of six, the strawberry-banana pack of six, the strawberry-banana, blueberry, strawberry and raspberry pack of 12 and strawberry and vanilla pack of 12.

Impacted dates include all best-before dates up to Jan. 12, 2026, according to the CFIA notice.

The company says no other Yoplait products sold in Canada are impacted.

According to the CFIA, there have been no reported injuries linked to the consumption of the affected products and the affected products are being removed from the marketplace.

The agency asks individuals to verify if they have an affected product and to not consume, sell or distribute if they do. They also advise consumers to throw out or return the recalled product to the location of purchase if they have an affected product.

The CFIA is conducting a food safety investigation, which may lead to the recall of other products, the notice warns.

U.S. President Donald Trump signed legislation Wednesday that compels his administration to release files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, bowing to political pressure from his own party after initially resisting those efforts.

Trump could have chosen to release many of the files on his own months ago.

“Democrats have used the ‘Epstein’ issue, which affects them far more than the Republican Party, in order to try and distract from our AMAZING Victories,” Trump said in a social media post as he announced he had signed the bill.

Now, the bill requires the U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) to release all files and communications related to Epstein, as well as any information about the investigation into his death in a federal prison in 2019, within 30 days. It allows for redactions about Epstein’s victims for ongoing federal investigations, but DOJ cannot withhold information due to “embarrassment, reputational harm, or political sensitivity.”

It was a remarkable turn of events for what was once a farfetched effort to force the disclosure of case files from an odd congressional coalition of Democrats, one GOP antagonist of the president, and a handful of erstwhile Trump loyalists. As recently as last week, the Trump administration even summoned one Republican proponent of releasing the files, Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado, to the Situation Room to discuss the matter, although she did not change her mind.

But over the weekend, Trump did a sharp U-turn on the files once it became clear that congressional action was inevitable. He insisted the Epstein matter had become a distraction to the GOP agenda and indicated he wanted to move on.

“I just don’t want Republicans to take their eyes off all of the Victories that we’ve had,” Trump said in a social media post Tuesday afternoon, explaining the rationale for his abrupt about-face.

The U.S. House passed the legislation on a 427-1 vote, with Rep. Clay Higgins, R-La., being the sole dissenter. He argued that the bill’s language could lead to the release of information on innocent people mentioned in the federal investigation. The U.S. Senate later approved it unanimously, skipping a formal vote.

It’s long been established that Trump had been friends with Epstein, the disgraced financier who was close to the world’s elite. But the president has consistently said he did not know of Epstein’s crimes and had cut ties with him long ago.

Before Trump returned to the White House for a second term, some of his closest political allies helped fuel conspiracy theories about the government’s handling of the Epstein case, asserting a cover-up of potentially incriminating information in those files.

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