In its account of the deadly fire at CFB Wainwright, the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) describes an extraordinary chain of events on Oct. 17.

The base, it says, was monitoring a common grass fire that erupted in “uncommonly strong winds,” with flames soon devouring a kilometre in just 30 to 60 seconds.

The military called the event “entirely anomalous.”

A Global News analysis of satellite imagery and weather records, reviewed by seven Canadian wildfire experts, paints a different picture.

As soldiers continued their training on that day, satellites showed the fire had already spread. But the day before, Environment Canada forecast a cold front bringing powerful winds and later issued wind warnings for the area.

And experts say the flames were unlikely to travel at the speed the military suggests, although estimates made during a traumatic event may understandably be imprecise.

More importantly, however, experts say base leadership should have known the dangers posed by the incoming weather, even if they couldn’t predict the precise timing or consequences.

“This was not unexpected given the forecast cold front, the actively spreading fire and the wind warnings that were issued earlier in the day,” says Jen Beverly, an associate professor of wildland fire at the University of Alberta.

According to the military, four soldiers were killed and 39 injured, including 19 critically, when the fire swept through the military training grounds.

It said the fire rapidly intensified and overran soldiers around 4 p.m.

But satellite imagery and weather records show a two-kilometre stretch of fire at noon was likely spreading as winds picked up and a violent cold front approached.

Nearly two weeks after the disaster, crucial questions remain unanswered: What did commanders know about the growing fire and approaching weather? What warnings were passed on? And why were soldiers still training nearby?

The military says its Board of Inquiry, which will answer those questions, could take more than a year.

But weather records, satellite observations and decades of wildfire research already offer important clues about how the tragedy unfolded.

Global examined the evidence and had seven leading wildfire experts review its findings, reconstructing the hours before the disaster to better understand what happened — and whether the fire behaved as unexpectedly as the military has suggested.

The reconstruction traces how the fire may have spread throughout the day, what warnings were issued, and how a forecast wind shift changed the danger. It also raises questions about how quickly the flames advanced — and why soldiers remained in their path.

Long before it became a military training ground, CFB Wainwright was known as Buffalo National Park, established in 1909 to help save plains bison from extinction. Dozens of the once-overhunted beasts still graze on the base today as a commemorative herd.

Those vast, open grasslands face powerful winds, with few natural barriers to interrupt them as they sweep across the prairie.

While the precise combination of weather and fire conditions on Oct. 17 may have been exceptional, the area has seen destructive winds before.

Exactly nine years earlier, on Oct. 17, 2017, gusts exceeding 100 kilometres per hour derailed 13 railway cars at a trestle bridge west of town.

Local Wainwright residents told Global News the area is known for being windy, but the day’s gusts were extraordinary.

However, forecasts predicted those winds.

Since the previous morning, Environment Canada had forecast strong winds, with gusts expected to rise from 60 to 80 kilometres per hour by Oct. 17. The forecast also predicted a shift in wind direction, from southwest to west, that afternoon.

Two hours before the soldiers were reportedly overrun, at 2:14 p.m., Environment Canada extended a yellow wind warning to Wainwright, indicating “hazardous” winds, and forecast gusts up to 100 kilometres per hour.

The base has its own weather station to monitor conditions, while CFB Wainwright’s standing orders, which set out safety rules, require Range Control to receive forecasts twice daily, at 6 a.m. and 6 p.m.

But it remains unclear who was monitoring the weather on Oct. 17.

In a tense exchange with a reporter days after the disaster, Maj.-Gen. Wade Rutland, speaking on behalf of the military, repeatedly declined to say whether Wainwright had a meteorologist or wildfire-behaviour expert, citing the ongoing investigation. Environment Canada provides meteorologists at some military bases, but confirmed none was stationed at Wainwright that day, adding that the base instead received remote forecasting support from CFB Gagetown in New Brunswick.

“Uncommonly strong winds caused the fire to spread rapidly and shift direction,” Rutland said on Oct. 18, speaking on behalf of the military.

While much remains unknown about that day, wildfire experts consulted by Global News said the forecasts and warnings should have raised serious concerns, particularly with an established grass fire already burning on the base. The approaching front threatened to intensify the blaze and abruptly change its direction.

“It was a classic setup,” said Mike Flannigan, a wildfire researcher at Thompson Rivers University.

“You don’t want to be out in the field on a day like Saturday.”

A grass fire ignited on the automatic grenade launcher range that Saturday, although the military has declined to say precisely when it began. At the time, the Canadian Wildland Fire Information System categorized the wildfire danger in Wainwright as “extreme.”

The military’s account of the blaze’s timing has changed. The morning after the tragedy, officials put the ignition time at around 4 p.m. Later that day, Rutland told a briefing that the fire started “several hours earlier,” adding that officials believed it was “contained.”

Asked how big the fire had grown, he declined to say: “I wouldn’t say it was small nor large.”

Four days later, military officials provided more detail, saying the fire was burning inside an area known as Permanent Danger Area 2, a restricted section of the base where live ammunition is fired, and unexploded munitions pose a hazard.

This “restricted the firefighters’ ability to conduct direct suppressive operations,” they said.

However, the base’s standing orders explicitly exempt firefighting and emergency vehicles from certain restrictions on entering the area, including the grenade range impact zone, although the danger posed by unexploded munitions could still prevent firefighters from entering.

They also give Range Control authority to halt dangerous training and coordinate emergency responses. Units must also report changes in a fire’s intensity, direction and speed.

The military has declined to say whether those procedures were followed on Oct. 17, citing the ongoing investigation.

Military officials said Range Control and the base’s fire department monitored the blaze while soldiers continued training nearby.

But high above the Alberta prairie, satellites captured images of a fire far larger than a small patch of burning grass as early as noon.

U.S. Earth-observation satellite Landsat 8 showed active fire at 12:17 p.m., stretching roughly two kilometres in length across the grasslands, with scorched ground already visible behind the flames.

Using the co-ordinates of satellite-detected hotspots recorded in NASA’s Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS), Beverly estimates the blaze covered roughly 48 hectares — equivalent to about 50 football stadiums, including their surrounding grounds.

The military did not respond to questions about whether it agreed with that estimate.

“A one hectare fire is getting to be problematic… so imagine 50 of those,” Beverly said.

“I was quite surprised that anybody would have been working within several kilometres of an active fire knowing that a cold front was coming and there were wind warnings.”

And those winds were already gathering strength.

The military has described a fire that suddenly intensified as powerful winds swept through the base, overtaking soldiers around 4 p.m. An internal memo obtained by Global News later attributed the rapid spread to an “unexpected and sudden wind change.”

But satellite and weather records suggest the conditions were deteriorating well before then.

At the base airfield, about 15 kilometres from the fire, sustained winds doubled from 15 to 30 kilometres per hour between 1 p.m. and 2 p.m., according to Environment Canada records.

At 2:49 p.m., the U.S. weather satellite NOAA-20 passed overhead and detected heat beyond the earlier fire locations, suggesting the blaze may have been spreading outward.

Based on satellite hotspot data, Beverly estimates the fire had nearly tripled in size, to about 140 hectares, describing it as a “problem fire growing in size.”

Flannigan agrees, noting low humidity and dry grass: “I’d say it was quite active. By two o’clock that fire was running.”

By 3 p.m., temperatures had climbed above 23 C and humidity had fallen below the temperature – a term in fire science known as “crossover” fire conditions. Within an hour, temperatures plunged more than 10 degrees, according to Environment Canada records.

Then the weather began to turn.

At 3:10 p.m., another U.S. weather satellite, GOES-18, which monitors western North America at 10-minute intervals, recorded about 76 megawatts of fire radiative power — a measure of the energy emitted by the blaze. Twenty minutes later, satellite readings showed the fire’s radiative power had surged almost sixteenfold to 1,215 megawatts — before falling sharply over the next 10 minutes.

The readings indicate a major escalation in fire activity as a cold front reached the training grounds, Flannigan said, about 30 minutes before the military said the fire reached soldiers.

As the cold front swept through, Environment Canada recorded an 82-kilometre-per-hour wind gust at the CFB Wainwright airfield at 3:16 p.m. Temperatures plunged more than 10 degrees within the hour.

Beverly described the sudden change in fire behaviour as a textbook example of what happens when a cold front moves across an established blaze.

“This is a well-known pattern,” she said, adding that she teaches it to the students in her undergraduate course.

For soldiers caught in its path, the speed and intensity of the flames could have left little time to escape.

Both the military and Prime Minister Mark Carney have described the fire travelling roughly a kilometre in under a minute, from where it had been burning on the training grounds to soldiers conducting exercises.

Rutland put the time at 30 to 60 seconds, citing a commander on the ground — equivalent to 60 to 120 kilometres per hour if the flames travelled the full distance. However, he acknowledged the fire may have already spread unseen through the terrain, something the investigation would seek to establish.

Three wildfire experts cautioned that estimates made in the chaos of a rapidly advancing fire, particularly one involving serious injuries and loss of life, may understandably be imprecise.

But they also said the reported speed would be extraordinary.

Marty Alexander, one of Canada’s most experienced wildfire researchers, developed a widely used rule of thumb suggesting spread rates of roughly 20 per cent of sustained wind speed under critical burning conditions. His research documented a fire in New South Wales, Australia, that spread at 27 kilometres per hour — the fastest he was aware of.

“A grass fire rate of spread of more than 60 kilometres per hour is very highly improbable,” he told Global.

Researcher Cordy Tymstra said the fastest documented Canadian grass fire he knew of, a fire in Granum, southern Alberta in 1997, averaged 14.7 to 16.8 kilometres per hour — far below the military’s Wainwright estimate.

However, three experts Global spoke to said spotting could have driven the rapid spread, as wind-blown embers ignite new fires ahead of the main blaze.

But they also said whether the fire travelled a kilometre in one minute or several, soldiers caught in its path would have had little chance of escape.

The greater danger, they said, was the forecast wind shift, which could turn the long flank of an established fire into a rapidly advancing front, sending flames racing in a different direction.

All the experts whom Global consulted said it was well understood that a wind shift can intensify an established fire.

“If a two-kilometre fire turns into a two-kilometre fire front, you can’t go sideways,” says Flannigan.

“You can only go directly away from it. But given the speed it was travelling and the terrain, most people couldn’t outrun it.”

The base’s standing orders identify August through October as a high-risk fire period and advise units to plan live-fire exercises in the early morning, when fire danger is generally lower.

The orders also prohibit tracer ammunition, pyrotechnics and white phosphorus during extreme fire danger, but do not specifically list automatic grenade launchers or high-explosive grenades in those fire-hazard restrictions.

Asked about the orders, Rutland described them as a “guideline,” saying commanders must assess multiple factors before deciding whether to proceed with shooting and that soldiers train in all conditions.

It’s commonly known that fires are a recurring hazard at CFB Wainwright, as they are at military bases where live ammunition can ignite dry vegetation. The military also conducts controlled fires in spring to reduce the grass and other material that could fuel future outbreaks. But these too can escape in strong winds.

A 2026 scientific study, in collaboration with the Department of National Defence (DND) and CFB Wainwright, examined an April 2024 prescribed burn at Wainwright that escaped its intended boundaries under strong winds and eventually burned approximately 600 hectares.

In 2017, another military grass fire at CFB Suffield burned approximately 36,000 hectares during strong winds, prompting the military to pledge improvements to its fire-prevention procedures.

It found that half of hazardous incidents at the sites examined had not been investigated and warned that safety risks could be accepted without appropriate authorization or senior management awareness.

The audit did not establish whether those failures occurred specifically at Wainwright.

But two weeks after the disaster, lingering questions remain.

DND did confirm, however, that it has made no changes to safety measures since the tragedy and that its Board of Inquiry has yet to be formally convened, although it expects that to happen “in the near future.”

Other agencies have also been reluctant to release information. Environment Canada initially declined to confirm the timing of weather warnings and recorded wind gusts in response to media questions, but later answered after repeated questions.

Wildfire researchers say the tragedy should prompt a closer examination of how the military assesses fire risks, communicates warnings and trains personnel to respond to changing conditions.

“From a fire science perspective it was predictable, and there should have been information flows and procedures in place to ensure that the fire behaviour was understood by those interacting with fire or working near fire on the base,” said Beverly.

Rutland has said the military’s investigation will be made public, with changes to follow where necessary.

“Where they find our procedures, our training, our equipment, or our policies must change, they will change,” he said.

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The director of an organization supporting dozens of food banks across Saskatchewan says its accounting firm is to blame for the loss of its charitable status.

The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) revoked Food Banks of Saskatchewan’s registration on Sept. 12, 2026, for failing to file its annual return, according to a statement from the agency to Global News.

Executive director Michael Kincade says the accounting firm never submitted the necessary paperwork, even though it was completed and signed.

“This wasn’t an administrative issue on our behalf,” Kincade told Global News in an interview. “We were told it was done.”

The organization then received a notification from the CRA in February that it hadn’t received the return, Kincade said, adding the firm assured him it would be handled.

“I trusted that it was submitted and entered and then in September we got a notice from the CRA that they revoked our charitable status,” he said.

“We did everything we were supposed to do and even follow-ups and so it was not our fault at all.”

All registered charities are required under the Income Tax Act to file annual return information, attachments and financial statements no later than six months after the end of their fiscal year, said the CRA.

Organizations with a revoked status can continue their operations, according to the CRA, but can no longer issue donation receipts or accept gifts from registered charities.

The tax agency says that while it cannot discuss specific cases due to the “confidentiality provisions” of the Act, any organization whose charitable status has been revoked can apply to regain it.

Kincade says his organization is seeking to reinstate its charity status and that all required documents have been filed, adding that it is “business as usual” as it continues to accept donations and work with its 36 member food banks.

But with no timeline for when the organization will regain its status, Kincade says he is worried about how it will impact them as they gear up for the busiest time of the year.

“We’re trying to be upfront with all our donors and let them know what’s going on,” he said. “It’s stressful, but we’ll keep doing what we do.”

Member food banks keep their own charitable status so they are not affected, said Kincade.

Kincade says the accounting firm has accepted responsibility for the error and will cover any penalties.

While he declined to name the firm or share documents, Kincade says it is a national organization and is still helping fix the problem. He added that Food Banks of Saskatchewan has no plans to change accountants.

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TORONTO – Does Scottie Barnes care about setting personal records or reaching milestones? Well, it depends on the time of year.

Barnes scored a career-high 41 points and added five rebounds and five assists as the Toronto Raptors fell to the Orlando Magic 121-114 on Friday in their first NBA Cup game of the season. Barnes said that in the immediate aftermath of the loss he didn’t particularly care about his new single-game points high.

“Right now, no. I think I’ve got to let some time go by. I think that, for sure, before the season I think I wanted to break that,” said Barnes. “But it’s just about trying to be aggressive. I think I did a great job going downhill, being aggressive.”

Part of Barnes’s frustration on the night was that despite making 34 field-goal attempts – many of them as he drove to the net – he only drew three free throws. The Magic as a whole were awarded 29 free throws while Toronto had 15.

“Definitely think I could have got to the free-throw line more,” said Barnes. “I think being that aggressive, only shooting three free throws is kind of crazy.

“But no, it just wasn’t going our way. It is what it is.”

Barnes was asked directly if he thought it was harder for the Raptors to get fouled. After a long pause, he answered with a chuckle.

“Trying to have good P.R. today,” said Barnes, smiling at a nearby member of Toronto’s communications team. “It’s tough out there. Like I said, we’re trying to be as aggressive as we can. I think they’re being aggressive as they can.

“I think that’s enough for me to say. I’m raging on the inside right now, but it is what it is.”

Head coach Darko Rajakovic was willing to be more direct in his post-game news conference.

“For me, a player that gets three foul shots in a game, who scores 41 points and goes to the free-throw line three times, that’s kind of B.S., to be honest with you,” said Rajakovic. “They got to the free-throw line 29 times. We got to the free-throw line 15 times, and I don’t think that we’re more physical or a more aggressive team than them.

“I think that both teams played really aggressive, good basketball, and I think that criteria should be the same on both ends of the floor.”

It was the 16th game of Barnes’s career where he had 30-plus points, five rebounds and five assists. That tied DeMar DeRozan for fourth most in Raptors’ history.

Starting centre Jakob Poeltl had by far his best game of the season. He entered play on Friday averaging 2.8 points, 4.5 rebounds and 0.5 assists per game, but finished with 12 points, 11 rebounds and three assists against Orlando.

“To be honest, I don’t really care about the numbers,” sad Poeltl. “It doesn’t really matter to me if I at the end of game have 10 points, 10 rebounds, or if I have like two points and four rebounds, like whatever, as long as we’re winning the game.”

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 31, 2026.

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Residents of Penticton’s Fairview homeless encampment were forced to pack up and leave Friday, as a court-ordered injunction cleared the site following months of safety concerns.

RCMP officers were on scene to ensure everyone’s safety as outreach workers helped roughly a dozen residents vacate the property.

For John Tanghe, the eviction came with little time to figure out what comes next.

“They decided on Monday that we had to go, and then Friday we got to get out of here,” Tanghe said.

With residents packing up and no resistance reported, authorities allowed people to remain beyond the noon deadline as they worked to clear the site.

But the displacement drew criticism from some Penticton residents, who questioned the timing of the eviction as temperatures drop heading into November.

“This is not going to solve the problem. It’s not very humane. It’s not a humane approach,” said concerned citizen Danielle Savage.

Savage, along with two others, stood near the encampment Friday to draw attention to the impact on those being displaced.

“It’s going on November. It’s freezing out, and people have very modest means to stay warm, and that’s being destroyed today,” she said.

The eviction follows growing safety concerns surrounding the encampment, including several fires. One fire last year spread onto the neighbouring Leisureland RV Centre property, destroying two recreational vehicles.

For Leisureland owner Yvonne Marsden, the removal of the encampment was a long time coming.

“It’s been a very long time coming,” Marsden said.

While she welcomed the move from a business perspective, Marsden also expressed concern for the people being forced to leave.

“As a business owner, happy to see it happen. Personally, though, the support for them — where are they going to go? And I feel for them in that way,” she said.

Questions also remain about what additional supports will be available to those displaced. With shelter space already at capacity, the province would not say whether more resources would be provided, citing its post-election caretaker status.

The latest eviction is reminiscent of efforts to clear the same encampment in June 2025. Despite those efforts, not everyone left, and the camp eventually grew again.

This time, however, the court-ordered injunction gives authorities the ability to enforce the removal of residents from the property.

For some Penticton residents, the focus remains on whether removing the encampment will address the broader challenges facing people experiencing homelessness.

Concerned resident Jeff Andrew says more than simply clearing the site is needed.

“I just don’t see how tearing it down right now will make things better,” Andrew said.

He says the community needs a wider range of services, including shelter options and treatment facilities.

“We need dry shelters, wet shelters, we need detox centres, we need places for people to go during the day and set up during the night,” he said.

For Tanghe, the immediate concern is finding somewhere to go.

“We really don’t know, so I’m gonna start at City Hall. Yeah, that’s where I’m gonna go,” he said.

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TORONTO – Scottie Barnes had a career-high 41 points for the Raptors but Toronto still fell to the Orlando Magic 121-114 on Friday in the first NBA Cup game for both teams.

Desmond Bane scored 28 points, including six three-pointers, as Orlando (2-3) bounced back from a lopsided 129-99 loss in Toronto on Wednesday.

Franz Wagner dropped 26 points and dished out 11 assists for the Magic and Anthony Black also had a double-double with 17 points and 10 assists.

Barnes added five rebounds and five assists for Toronto (3-2). Immanuel Quickley had 17 points with eight assists and six rebounds.

Kawhi Leonard (left knee swelling) remained out for the Raptors, with Ja’Kobe Walter scoring nine points in his place.

Takeaways

Magic: Bane was dialed in from three-point range, going six for 12 from beyond the arc. His shooting performance anchored a superior night for Orlando’s sharpshooters as they cumulatively went 18 for 34 (53 per cent) on all three-pointers.

Raptors: Starting centre Jakob Poeltl had by far his best game of the season. He entered play on Friday averaging 2.8 points, 4.5 rebounds and 0.5 assists per game, but finished with 12 points, 11 rebounds and three assists against Orlando.

Key moment

Raptors reserve Jamison Battle’s layup with 6:07 left to play drew Toronto to within two points of the Magic but Orlando responded with a quick 5-0 run to re-establish the lead.

Key stat

Barnes’s 16th career game with 30-plus points, five rebounds and five assists tied DeMar DeRozan for fourth most in Raptors’ history.

Up next

Toronto: Travels to Los Angeles to face the Lakers on Sunday and the Clippers on Monday.

Orlando: Hosts the Boston Celtics on Sunday afternoon.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 30, 2026.

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A Toronto family injured in a violent home invasion in the city’s affluent Bridle Path neighbourhood says the attack turned the safety of their own home into a “terrifying and life-threatening experience,” as police search for three suspects.

In a statement released Friday afternoon, David Morton, CEO of Toronto-based real estate company MAC Group, said three members of his family were recovering in hospital after being shot during the attack early Thursday. He said all four family members were also attacked with a hammer.

“What should have been the safety and security of our own home became a terrifying and life-threatening experience,” Morton wrote.

“It is difficult to put into words the trauma of experiencing something so horrific in the one place where everyone should feel safest: their own home.”

All four family members are expected to survive, though two reportedly suffered life-altering injuries.

Police first received reports of three people shot inside a residence on Hyde Park Circle at around 3:40 a.m. Thursday.

Investigators said a father, mother and their two adult daughters were inside when masked suspects armed with guns and a hammer forced their way in through the rear door.

Police said the suspects made their way to the second floor and demanded valuables before an altercation with the family. Multiple shots were fired, striking the father and his two daughters.

Police said Friday the three suspects are men believed to be about 20 years old who were wearing dark clothing and face masks. They are considered armed and dangerous and fled the scene in a dark-coloured SUV.

Morton said his family is now focused on recovering from the attack but is also “deeply concerned” about increasing violence associated with home invasions in Toronto.

“No family should ever have to experience this. People should be able to sleep peacefully in their homes without fear of armed individuals breaking in and threatening their lives,” he wrote.

He urged anyone with information to come forward.

“We sincerely hope that the individuals responsible will be identified, apprehended and brought to justice.”

Toronto police Insp. Kristy Smith said Thursday it remained unclear whether anything was stolen or whether the home was specifically targeted.

“Typically in an affluent neighbourhood come nice things,” she said. “There’s always people out there that want to acquire nice things.”

Toronto Police Chief Myron Demkiw said the force is working to identify and find the suspects, with some of its most experienced investigators and specialized teams assigned to the case.

Police said residents in the Bridle Path area can expect an increased police presence in the coming days.

So far this year, 119 home invasions have been reported in Toronto, an increase of more than 32 per cent compared with the same period last year, police said in an email.

Morton said his family has received an outpouring of support following the attack.

“The outpouring of kindness has meant a great deal to us during this incredibly difficult time,” he wrote.

The family is asking for privacy as they recover.

 

 

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The Winnipeg Jets are leaving sunny Florida with some dark clouds hanging over them after yet another loss Friday night.

For the second time this week, the Jets were beaten by the Florida Panthers, this one a 5-2 final, making it eight straight losses and dropping them to 4-7-3 overall.

Anton Lundell scored a hat-trick for Florida, while Seth Jones recorded a goal and two assists.

While the Jets were much more competitive than their last two games, it was the same old result as the Jets never had the lead to continue their losing streak.

“Obviously we don’t like the ending or the score, but we talked about it last night after the game and we talked again today and we came out and we battled,” said Jets head coach Scott Arniel. “That one was a lot closer to how we need to play for 60 minutes. There was a lot of 50-50 puck battles that we came out on the right side and we hadn’t done the last time we played Florida or even the first two periods against Tampa, but now we got to get over the hump, find a way.”

Goaltender Nico Daws made his first start for the Jets since being acquired from New Jersey in a trade last week and made 33 saves.

Kyle Connor and Morgan Barron scored the goals for Winnipeg in the loss as Barron notched his first of the season to make it a one-goal game in the third period.

“It was great to kinda get us back in the game and bring it back to within one,” Barron said. “But it kinda dissipates pretty quickly. Not much feels too good right now. We’re trying to get out of this slump and obviously these points are really important.

“This isn’t the direction we want our season to go. I don’t think it’s the direction we think our season should go, so, just kinda got to strap up and figure it out.”

The Jets finally ended a 0-for-17 drought on the power play. But they’ve have been outscored in the first period 14-7 in their first 14 games and have given up the first goal in their last six straight contests.

“Get ourselves back to the drawing board here,” said Arniel. “And look at some things. It doesn’t get any easier. We go right into Carolina for an afternoon game. Like I said earlier, that compete, how we were battling. That has to be a constant.”

Florida struck first on the powerplay with just under two minutes left in the opening period as Sam Reinhart took a pass down low and casually walked in front, beating Daws with a shot and opening the scoring.

Under three minutes into the second, the Panthers found the back of the net again on a Lundell shot for a two-goal lead.

Later in the period, the Jets received a gift after a delay of game penalty issued to the Panthers was challenged by Florida, but was unsuccessful, and the failed challenge gave Florida another penalty and a two-minute two-man advantage for the Jets.

It took them nearly the full two minutes to score, but Connor was able to make a nifty deke and beat Panthers goaltender Akira Schmid to cut the lead in half. It was Connor’s team-leading 11th of the season.

But another Panthers powerplay later in the period led to another Panthers goal, this time off the stick of Jones who creeped in from the point and one-timed a pass in the slot.

It was Jones’ third point of the night, giving him six points against the Jets in the two games they’ve played this week.

Winnipeg got back to within one almost halfway through the third when Barron won a puck battle along the boards and headed towards the net where he beat Schmid with a shot.

But the Panthers added the insurance marker after the Jets left Lundell uncovered in front of the net and he tapped in a rebound. He would complete his hat-trick with an empty-netter late in the game.

The Jets went with 11 forwards and seven defencemen on the night, with Tyrel Bauer coming into the lineup in place of Brad Lambert.

And just when you think the Jets schedule couldn’t get any tougher, they’ll take on the defending Stanley Cup champion Carolina Hurricanes on Sunday with puck drop just after 1 p.m.

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NEW YORK – Ottawa Senators forward Hayden Hodgson has been given a two-game suspension for boarding, the NHL’s department of player safety said Friday.

Hodgson boarded Los Angeles defenceman Brandt Clarke midway through the second period of the Kings’ 6-5 overtime victory on Thursday night.

Hodgson was assessed a major penalty for boarding and a game misconduct.

He will forfeit US$8,762.88 in salary.

The money goes to the players’ emergency assistance fund.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 30, 2026.

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For the first time, British Columbians will not be falling back this November and won’t have to remember to change their clocks.

But not getting an extra hour of sleep might not be the only thing that is missing this weekend, as the province transitions to permanent Pacific daylight time.

The first few days could present confusion around travel and glitches with technology.

Starting Sunday, Nov. 1, B.C. will only be two hours behind eastern time and one hour ahead of U.S. states in the Pacific Time Zone.

Technology expert Andy Baryar warns of the impact this might have on any scheduled appointments.

“Our phones might say one time, but our calendar, our meeting requests, the meetings we already scheduled, might say another,” he said.

“And so what we need to do and what people need to do is really check to make sure those are synched, because you might have an hour difference, depending on where that meeting was created and when it was created — especially reoccurring meetings.”

Sports fans will notice a difference as well.

The Whitecaps game on Sunday is at 1:30 p.m., but it is listed as 2:30 p.m. in some places and 4:30 p.m. ET, which is off by an hour.

The Whitecaps issued a reminder on its Facebook page.

The Vancouver Canucks will see almost a dozen Saturday games pushed back to 8 p.m. to accommodate TV schedules.

Staff at Vancouver International Airport say they have worked closely with airlines to support the transition and ensure smooth operations for passengers travelling through the airport.

“Any passengers impacted by adjusted flight times will already see those times reflected in their travel information. No further action is required,” the airport said in a statement.

The organization said that with B.C. remaining on daylight saving time year-round, airlines have adjusted their winter flight schedules, particularly for routes connecting Vancouver with destinations that continue to change their clocks seasonally.

The majority of flights arriving from or departing to destinations outside B.C. have seen schedule adjustments of approximately one hour compared with last winter to accommodate the new time zone orientation, the airport stated in a release.

Those new flight times are already reflected in passenger itineraries.

Passengers are reminded to check with their airline if they have any questions.

B.C. is one of several provinces that elected this year not to continue the time changes.

The Maritime provinces as well as Quebec and most parts of Ontario and Nunavut, will adhere to the time old tradition of turning their clocks back while B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Yukon and the Northwest Territories will remain on permanent DST.

This week, Quebec said it intends to end the time changes after this fall.

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A decision a decade and a half ago to establish her business in Saskatoon’s Riversdale neighbourhood has paid off in a big way for Christie Peters. The Saskatoon business owner and chef says the location appealed to her because of its proximity to the river, and that it was up and coming area.

“And I had seen other restaurants in Vancouver that I worked at succeed very well in areas like Gastown, and I thought this would be a great time to try a restaurant as a young person where I could actually afford the rent,” said Peters. “So, we gave it a shot with the Hallows in 2011 in the old Golden Dragon building.”

The Hallows remained open until the building was torn down nine years later. Fortunately, she said a new building for Primal had already been acquired. Primal opened in 2015 and has since become a nationally recognized place to dine in Canada, cracking the top 100 restaurants in Canada recognized by Open Table, in 2021. Pop Wine Bar, which is right across the street, followed in 2022.

With all the success she has enjoyed, Peters said she is very proud to have been invited to the fermentation lab in Copenhagen, which was the best restaurant in the world at the time of her visit.

She was also invited to be a judge on the Wall of Chefs, something she called an incredible experience.

“When I moved to Vancouver, my first chef was Chef Rob Feenie and he had his own show at the time, I when I ended up at Wall of Chefs, I was sitting right next to Rob Fenny. So, it had all come full circle. It was great to have a friend there, and it was just a real special moment for me,” Peters said.

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