In the news today: PM applauds Gaza peace deal; Jays beat Yankees, head to ALCS

By Canadian Press on October 9, 2025.

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed…

Gaza peace plan; Canada calls for unimpeded aid

Prime Minister Mark Carney has responded to news that Israel and Hamas have agreed to the first phase of a peace plan that would pause fighting in Gaza.

On the social media platform X, the prime minister offered his congratulations to U.S. President Donald Trump for orchestrating the deal.

He also thanked Qatar, Egypt and Turkey for “their tireless work to support the negotiations.”

The initial phase of the U.S.-backed peace plan calls for Hamas to release all of the 20 living hostages, and for Israel to pull its troops in Gaza back to an agreed-upon line.

Teachers to be locked out; expert questions delay

As an Alberta-wide teachers strike drags into its fourth day, a labour relations expert doesn’t see why the group in charge of bargaining delayed their lockout.

Earlier this week, the Teachers’ Employer Bargaining Association, or TEBA, notified the Alberta Teachers’ Association that a lockout would begin later Thursday.

Jason Foster, a labour relations professor at Athabasca University, said the move, which he called “unusual,” effectively stops teachers from changing how they strike, taking options like rotating job action off the table.

It also means school boards would now have the option to start laying off workers, such as educational assistants and custodians, who have been working since the strike began Monday, he said.

Judge to rule on Hydro-Québec secrecy motion today

A Quebec court judge is expected to rule this morning on whether to redact some of the information to be presented at an approaching economic espionage trial.

The case involves a former Hydro-Québec employee who was charged in 2022 under Canada’s Security of Information Act.

The provincial utility asked the judge to impose a publication ban on some of the information to be discussed in the trial, arguing that it could reveal commercial secrets.

The trial of Yuesheng Wang was scheduled to begin on Monday, but it was delayed due to Hydro-Québec’s motion.

B.C. city councillor running for NDP leadership

Tanille Johnston, a social worker and city councillor for Campbell River, B.C., has launched her bid for the federal NDP leadership.

A news release says Johnston is the first Indigenous woman to seek the party’s top job and that she’s ready to bring “fresh energy and real progressive change” to the party and to Canada.

Johnston was the NDP candidate for North Island—Powell River in the 2025 federal election but lost to Conservative Aaron Gunn.

Jagmeet Singh resigned as party leader after losing his Vancouver-area seat in the election.

Trump’s Tylenol and autism misinformation feeds mom guilt: experts

When U.S. President Donald Trump urged pregnant women to avoid Tylenol because of an unproven belief it can cause autism, Julie Green was brought back to the mom-blaming claims she heard more than a decade ago when her son was diagnosed with the condition.

“It seemed like every couple months there was some new headline. And there was still a lot of like, ‘Oh, did mom do this? Did mom do that?’ A lot of things were tied to pregnancy. And every now and then you’d brace yourself and you’d think, ‘Oh, what did I do?'” said Green, who learned her son had autism when he was three.

“You question absolutely everything,” she said from her home in Kingston, Ont.

“It sounds like a very ludicrous example, but I had real meat cravings when I was pregnant. So I ate a lot of McDonald’s and it’s like, ‘uh-oh, therefore did eating a lot of Big Macs cause autism?”

Blue Jays set for ALCS against Tigers or Mariners

The Toronto Blue Jays are heading to their eighth American League Championship Series — and their first since 2016.

The Blue Jays beat the New York Yankees 5-2 last night at Yankee Stadium to seal the AL Division Series in four games.

Toronto now looks ahead to the ALCS with Game 1 set for Sunday at Rogers Centre against the Detroit Tigers or Seattle Mariners.

Tickets for the best-of-seven series go on sale this morning.

The Tigers and Mariners are tied 2-2 heading into a decisive Game 5 on Friday.

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This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 9, 2025

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