Maple Express | November 10, 2026 — Canada-China trade hits quarterly record as Carney heads to Asia

1. Canada-China trade hits quarterly record as Carney heads to Asia

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New third-quarter figures compiled by the China Institute at the University of Alberta show Canadian exports to China climbing toward record levels, just as Prime Minister Mark Carney prepares to travel to China and hold a bilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping next week. Institute director Philippe Rheault said exports are set to hit record highs this year and the numbers are still accelerating. Total two-way trade reached $36.78 billion in the quarter, the highest quarterly level on record, driven largely by energy.

Crude oil shipments to China jumped 159 per cent to an average of 327,000 barrels per day, with much of the gain credited to extra capacity from the Trans Mountain pipeline. Rheault said many experts expected most Canadian crude reaching tidewater to go to California rather than Asia, and that prediction "has been disproved emphatically" — almost all of it is going to East Asia, mostly China. Chinese tariffs on Canadian agricultural products have also eased: canola meal exports rose to $360.3 million from $12.9 million a year earlier, peas to $147.6 million from $9.2 million, and beef to $181.4 million after being virtually non-existent a year ago.

National domestic exports to China rose about $4.32 billion year-over-year, with Alberta and Saskatchewan accounting for nearly 78 per cent of the increase. Some experts urged caution. Vina Nadjibulla, CEO of the Centre for Strategic Statecraft, noted that nearly 70 per cent of Canada's canola seed exports went to China in 2024, giving Beijing significant leverage it has used during political disputes. She argued Canada should expand trade with China while developing other markets, so the goal is to reduce strategic dependence rather than shift it from one major power to another. Canada still exports roughly ten times as much to the United States as to China. Carney leaves Wednesday on an Asian tour that includes the ASEAN summit in the Philippines, the APEC summit in China where he is expected to meet Xi, and the Francophonie summit in Cambodia.

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2. Stellantis sells Brampton assembly plant; union calls it a betrayal

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Stellantis announced late Monday that it will sell its Brampton assembly plant to Roshel, a Canadian defence technology company, for an undisclosed amount, with the deal expected to close by the end of the year. The companies said the sale will "create a path to return the Brampton Assembly Plant to productive industrial use." More than 2,200 workers have been on layoff there since production was paused in December 2023. Stellantis CEO Antonio Filosa said the company takes its responsibilities to employees and their families seriously and remains committed to working with Unifor on a fair resolution after three years of paid layoff.

At a Monday evening news conference, Unifor President Lana Payne said the sale "has been and will be an unacceptable outcome for our union and our members." She said selling an auto assembly plant and losing vehicle production capacity is devastating for the Canadian industry, for the country and above all for workers who gave so much to the company, "because once that capacity is gone, it's often gone for good." She called the sale a worst-case scenario and said Stellantis "has betrayed our members with an underhanded deal to sell the plant and walk away from its commitments to these workers," adding that letting the deal proceed is a critical failure of the national auto strategy. Unifor Local President Vito Biato said workers had built the best cars for the company for decades and were now left chasing rumours.

Roshel said it plans to create a new centre of excellence for advanced manufacturing that will help Canadian companies serve customers at home and export to allied markets. It did not say how many people would be employed, stating only that the completed facility will bring much-needed manufacturing space and jobs to the Toronto area. Roshel CEO Roman Shimonoz told CTV News the company intends to maintain the plant's purpose and keep employing people under automotive activity, and is exploring ways to create thousands of jobs. In May 2022, the federal government agreed to provide Stellantis with $529 million to retool its Brampton and Windsor plants.

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3. Toronto woman accused of defrauding charity of more than $500K

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A Toronto woman is accused of defrauding a registered charity in the GTA of more than $500,000 while employed by the organization. Police say the accused carried out a series of fraudulent transactions and misappropriated funds at an unnamed charitable organization. Annabelle Menezes, 47, of Toronto, was arrested on Oct. 20 and charged with fraud over $5,000, uttering a forged document and laundering proceeds of crime.

The allegations have not been tested in court. Menezes is scheduled to appear in court on Dec. 17. Police say the investigation is ongoing and ask anyone with information to call 416-808-7300.

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4. Early-morning shooting in Etobicoke leaves one man dead

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One male is dead after a shooting in Etobicoke early Tuesday, Toronto police say. Paramedics said they were called to the area of Martingrove Road and Finch Avenue at about 1:10 a.m. for a possible shooting.

A male victim was found suffering from gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene, police confirmed. Investigators have not released information on possible suspects, saying only that the probe is ongoing. This is a breaking news story.

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5. Man stabbed in East York; police search for suspect

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A male was rushed to hospital after being stabbed in East York on Monday evening, Toronto police say. The incident happened at around 8:34 p.m. in the area of Overlea Boulevard and Thorncliffe Park Drive.

The victim was taken to hospital via emergency run, and police later said the injuries are believed to be non-life-threatening. Police say the stabbing occurred outdoors. No suspect information has been released and the circumstances remain unclear.

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6. Woman taken to hospital after being struck by driver in Mississauga

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A woman was taken to hospital after being hit by the driver of a vehicle in Mississauga on Monday afternoon. Peel Regional Police said officers responded to Duke of York Boulevard and Burnhamthorpe Road West at about 3:40 p.m. after reports of a pedestrian being struck.

Investigators say the driver then ran into a pole. The victim suffered non-life-threatening injuries, police said.

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7. Two Milton teens charged in 'grandparent scam'

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Two teens from Milton each face several charges in connection with a "grandparent scam" that cost a Niagara Region victim a large sum of money, police say. Niagara Regional Police said officers were called to an address in the town of Pelham on Sept. 4 for a fraud report. The victim said they received a call on Sept. 3 from someone posing as their nephew, who claimed to have been arrested while being driven home by an acquaintance and needed bail money.

A person hired through a legitimate courier company came to the victim's home to collect the cash and delivered it to one of the suspects, unaware the package contained proceeds of crime. The same caller rang again the next day asking for "lawyer expenses," and another courier was sent. The victim needed to arrange a different pickup time and phoned their real nephew, who said he had never been arrested and never asked for money — prompting the victim to contact police. Detectives determined the courier had been requested by someone in the Milton area.

On Nov. 7, a 17-year-old boy from Milton was arrested and charged with 10 offences, including attempt to commit an indictable offence (fraud), possession of proceeds of property obtained by crime over $5,000, possession of an identity document, possession of cocaine and fentanyl for the purpose of trafficking, and possession of counterfeit money. The next day, a 16-year-old boy from Milton was arrested and charged with fraud under $5,000, possession of proceeds of property obtained by crime under $5,000 and attempt to commit an indictable offence (fraud). The accused cannot be identified under the Youth Criminal Justice Act. The allegations have not been tested in court, and both were released with future court dates.

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8. Ford says parents of youth accused in Air Cadets attack 'should be ashamed'

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Ontario Premier Doug Ford is speaking out about the assault of an Air Cadets supervisor in Hamilton earlier this month, calling it "the most disgusting thing you could ever do." The 59-year-old Canadian Armed Forces member, identified by family as Kenneth Kunkel, was supervising poppy distribution on Nov. 1 when two youths allegedly approached his cadets in front of a restaurant at The Centre on Barton and blew a loud air horn into their ears.

Kunkel followed the suspects into the restaurant and confronted them, at which point he was allegedly assaulted by a woman not involved in the initial altercation. A male youth then allegedly struck him multiple times before fleeing. Kunkel suffered life-altering injuries, and his son told CTV News last week that his father has not regained the ability to walk. Asked about the case at a news conference in Peterborough on Monday, Ford said the parents of the youth now facing charges "should be ashamed."

"I hope the parents are listening. You should give your kids a little ass whooping in the woodshed as far as I am concerned," Ford said. "A kid beating up cadets that are trying to serve our country? It is the most disgusting thing you could ever do." A 12-year-old youth was charged with assault and a 48-year-old woman was charged with aggravated assault; police have not identified the woman. Ford called the alleged behaviour "absolutely disgusting" and asked, "Where are the parents?" In a statement last week, Kunkel's son Christopher said his understanding is that his father was trying to de-escalate the situation when he was attacked, and that the cadets "deserved to be safe and so did the person responsible for their wellbeing." The attack has drawn widespread condemnation, including from federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and Hamilton Mayor Andrea Horwath.

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9. Thousands of Canadian students leave poppies on veterans' graves

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Ahead of Remembrance Day, fourth graders on Prince Edward Island spent part of Monday morning placing poppies on the graves of veterans, joining children across the country in the annual tribute. The 'No Stone Left Alone' initiative began 15 years ago in Edmonton and has grown into an international movement. Last year about 17,500 students took part in 220 communities across six countries, honouring nearly 115,000 veterans, according to the organization.

At Sherwood Cemetery in Charlottetown, students fanned out with bags of poppies, taking time to learn about the veterans buried there. At the headstone of Sgt. Cyril Bertram Crummey, two young girls learned about the airman from Newfoundland and Labrador whose plane went missing on a training flight in 1943; his body was later recovered from the sea and he was buried on P.E.I. at just 23. "He did something he loved and he died doing it," said nine-year-old Gwen Christian.

Bill Crabb, the organization's P.E.I. co-ordinator, was part of the military group that helped start the initiative while posted in Edmonton. He recalled attending similar events as a child and hearing veterans of the world wars describe their experiences, and said that with the First World War generation gone and so few Second World War veterans left, the responsibility for keeping their message alive now falls to those who served in modern conflicts. "It's important to let them know what generations before them endured," said Crabb, a retired chief warrant officer who was an armoured soldier and served on missions to Bosnia, Afghanistan, Israel and Syria. "To kneel at their gravesite, to say their name, to have a moment of reflection, I think it's very touching." Canadians will mark Remembrance Day on Wednesday.

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10. Ottawa says about 4,306 Second World War and Korean War veterans still alive

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The number of living Canadian veterans of the Second World War and the Korean War has fallen sharply since last Remembrance Day. Veterans Affairs Canada says the estimated population of living veterans from those two wars has dropped to approximately 4,306, down from 5,649 a year earlier.

The department said it did not have a specific breakdown this year for the separate conflicts or by gender. In 2025, it estimated there were 3,691 surviving Second World War veterans and 1,909 from the Korean War. Most Second World War veterans are now at least in their late 90s, while Korean War veterans are in their early to mid-90s. The 2021 Census made a rare count of Canadians who served in the military, reporting 461,240 Canadian Armed Forces veterans living in Canada with an average age of 61. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 10, 2026.

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