Maple Express | September 13, 2026 — Carney's Investment Summit Opens in Toronto as Protests Loom

1. Carney's Investment Summit Opens in Toronto as Protests Loom

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Protests are planned for the prime minister's high-stakes summit aimed at attracting new investment to Canada, with organizers saying Mark Carney is keeping company with business leaders they say are exacerbating global crises. Hundreds of executives and global asset managers are set to arrive in Toronto for Canada's first-ever investment summit to get a look at major projects in various stages of development.

The summit is a key part of Carney's plan for stimulating $1 trillion in investment in Canada over the next five years. Demonstrators, including labour unions, Indigenous leaders and climate and housing advocates, will mobilize Monday carrying a banner reading "The Many vs. The Money," and plan "direct intervention" with attendees. Organizers say they reject Carney's plan to put Canada's economic future in the hands of CEOs, and worry about the future of public services, pipelines and arms manufacturing.

The prime minister's event kicks off Sunday evening, where he is scheduled to share brief remarks at the summit's welcome reception. Ontario Premier Doug Ford says invitees come from Kuwait, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Singapore, Qatar, Norway, Japan and Australia. "This is about building relationships, opening doors and making the case that Ontario is one of the most investable places anywhere in the world," Ford said in a media statement. He said 15 major projects in Ontario are up for offer, including energy production and transmission, critical minerals and mining, AI and advanced manufacturing.

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2. Tractor Trailer Crash Spills Watermelons, Closes Hwy. 401 Ramp in Halton Hills

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The ramp from Trafalgar Road to westbound Hwy. 401 along with two collector lanes are closed after the driver of a transport truck crashed, spilling watermelons onto the roadway early Sunday afternoon.

The single-vehicle crash happened around noon on Hwy. 401 westbound at Trafalgar Road in Halton Hills, Ontario Provincial Police say. No injuries have been reported. A media officer says it is not known at this time when the roads will re-open.

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3. Mississauga Lounge Shot at for Second Time in a Week, Peel Police Confirm

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A lounge in Mississauga has been shot at for the second time in a week, Peel police confirm. The incident happened at Sapphire Lounge, in the Streetsville neighbourhood, at 168 Queen St. S., south of Britannia Road West.

Peel Regional Police said at around 4 a.m. on Sunday they responded to a call for a shooting at a commercial building near Queen Street South and Tannery Street. A media officer told CP24 that multiple shell casings were located on scene. "There were no reported injuries as the business was closed at the time and no one was inside," Const. Laurie McCann wrote in an email. She added that there were no roads closures at the time of the incident, noting that there is no longer a heavy police presence in the area.

A shooting previously occurred at that same location in the early morning hours of Sept. 7. No injuries were reported in that incident. The investigation is ongoing and anyone with further information is asked to contact PRP or Crime Stoppers anonymously.

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4. Man Critically Injured After Shooting in North York, Section of Lawrence Ave. E. Closed

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Police have closed a large section of Lawrence Ave. E. and are rerouting traffic following an early morning shooting that left a man with critical injuries.

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5. Woman Arrested in Dog Attack That Injured One Person and Critically Injured One Dog

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A woman has been arrested in an investigation into a dog attack last Thursday where two off-leash dogs injured one person and critically injured one other dog.

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6. Urgency High as Toronto Blue Jays Push for a Playoff Spot

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Vladimir Guerrero Jr. was walking to the shower area in the Toronto clubhouse after a 7-3 win over Baltimore when he stopped to look at the TV screen above the stalls. The slugger smiled as the Minnesota Twins recorded a key late-game out in an eventual 4-3 win over Cleveland, the team Toronto is chasing in the race for the final American League wild-card spot. Saturday's results trimmed the Guardians' lead over the Blue Jays to just one game, and Toronto holds the tiebreaker between the clubs.

"It's hard not to pay attention (to other games) but we're all pretty locked in here," said Toronto right-hander Dylan Cease, who'll start Sunday's rubber game against the Orioles. Brett Bateman and Alejandro Kirk homered to power the Blue Jays to their 10th win in 16 games. Spencer Miles opened in a bullpen game that was capped with three outs by closer Louis Varland. The reigning American League champions improved to 74-75 with 13 games left in the regular season, and all of Toronto's opponents have sub-.500 records.

"The urgency level has been high for a while, as has stress, as has everything," said manager John Schneider. "But that's going to be the same going forward." Toronto started the day with a 26.5-per cent chance of reaching the playoffs, per FanGraphs.

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7. Quebec Students Begin Second School Year Without Cellphones

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This school year marks the second since the Quebec government banned the use of cell phones in schools in 2025. The first year of this initiative went "very well," according to Richard Bergevin, president of the Fédération des syndicats de l'enseignement. He notes that teachers are observing that students are more engaged in their learning and are socializing with one another more often.

His observation appears to be corroborated by experts consulted by The Canadian Press and aligns with the findings of the report on the pilot program for this measure, conducted at Oka High School in 2024. The return to organic socialization may have revealed certain shortcomings among students, noted Carolane Campeau, a lecturer at the University of Sherbrooke and an adviser for the PAUSE initiative. She reported that people had mentioned "anecdotally" that certain social skills did not seem to have been practised well before.

Campeau noted this can be accompanied by difficulty managing anxiety among some students who were used to seeking refuge in their screens. The Oka report noted that nearly 40 per cent of girls cited difficulties with anxiety as a negative consequence of the cellphone ban, compared to about 20 per cent of boys. Andréanne Gagné, a full professor at the Université Laval, also says she has observed that schools "have adapted very well," though she noted this is primarily anecdotal, as no data has yet been released for all of Quebec.

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8. Quebec Prayer Restrictions Reshape Rules at Transit Agency, Universities

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Quebec's new restrictions on prayer are changing the rules at public workplaces and university campuses, with employees and students facing new limits on where they can pray. Quebec adopted its secularism law in April, with new rules taking effect Sept. 1 that include a ban on prayer rooms in public institutions such as universities, colleges and transit agencies. The law also prohibits collective religious practices on public roads and in public parks unless a municipality grants permission on a case-by-case basis.

Montreal's public transit agency, the STM, says employees can no longer pray anywhere on its property, including in four wellness rooms where prayer had been permitted alongside meditation, relaxation and yoga. The transit agency says managers who witness religious practices will remind employees of the new rules, while workers can leave STM property to pray during unpaid breaks.

At the Université de Montréal, officials say managers and security staff are being given guidance on the new law, and people who want to pray will be asked to leave campus. Université du Québec à Montréal says it did not have dedicated prayer spaces before the new rules took effect and will comply with the law. Montreal police did not respond to questions about how they will enforce the restrictions.

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9. Celine Dion Delivers an Emotional Comeback Concert in Paris

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Céline Dion teared up as she took to the stage for her comeback concert in Paris and so did most of the 30,000 fans in the audience. The Quebec superstar was emotional as she opened with her song "On Ne Change Pas," one of her early hits. Fans say she showed her voice had not lost a beat during her renditions of "The Power of Love" and "My Heart Will Go On" as she dipped into both her French and English repertoires.

Between songs, Dion told the crowd of 30,000 people that she had made a promise to be back on stage, and that she was fulfilling that vow. She also thanked her fans for their support and their patience while she had stepped away. "And if I may say so," she told the crowd. "I am everything I am because you loved me." Fans described her performance as "operatic" and "majestic." "She was emotional, but also very strong, very passionate and very confident, like Céline we knew," said fan club member Luciano Consentino.

Toronto's Laura Webb and Berta Machado say they had vowed to see a Dion comeback concert since watching the documentary I Am Céline. When they learned it would be in Paris they hesitated. "Then you know what happened?" asked Machado after the show. "We went to the casino and won $18,000." The concert started more than 45 minutes late after tens of thousands of fans streamed into Paris' Plenitude Arena. There are 15 more concerts planned, and all are sold-out.

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10. This Year's Emmys' Theme? Trying to Keep It Together

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When TV's biggest stars walk the red carpet at Peacock Theater in downtown Los Angeles for Monday's Emmy Awards, many of the frontrunners will have something in common — and it's not their designer outfits. This year's nominations have been dominated by characters just trying to get by.

Whereas the so-called Golden Age of Television was once overrun by stories of mostly white male antiheroes up to no good, many of this year's Emmy frontrunners, across some of the biggest categories in comedy and drama, are regular people with good intentions trying to survive in increasingly dire times. From the traumatized doctors on "The Pitt" navigating Trump era cuts and crackdowns, to the city officials on "Widow's Bay" struggling to protect their small town, to the "Abbott Elementary" teachers trying to educate their students in an underfunded public school, this Emmy cycle had a plethora of stories about average people striving to keep their heads above water.

"Everyone is struggling in different ways," said Alan Sepinwall, the former television critic for Rolling Stone who now runs "What's Alan Watching?" after going through his own layoff a year ago. "There's this idea that we've got to figure things out because the system that we either grew up in, or the system that we heard about from the previous generations, is really not quite there anymore. So what do we do?" Earlier this summer, the New Yorker's television critic, Inkoo Kang, described 2026 as "the age of Broke TV." That's certainly the case for Monday's most nominated show, "The Pitt."

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