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5 Things to Know Today — September 22, 2026

  September 22, 2026 BoC hike odds reach a coin flip. Oil retreats from four-month highs. Trump's Belarus potash play draws fire. A new federal bill speeds up major projects — with strings attached. Here's what moves your money today. 1. BoC October Hike Is Now a Coin Flip The Bank of Canada next meets October 28 , and markets are evenly split on whether it will raise rates for the first time since cutting to 2.25%. The whiplash is largely imported: after the U.S. Federal Reserve hiked 25 basis points to 3.75–4.00% on September 16 in a unanimous 12-0 vote — the first American rate increase since July 2023 — market-implied odds of a matching BoC move jumped from below 10% to roughly 60% in two weeks, according to LSEG Data & Analytics. Before the BoC's September 2 hold, odds of a hold sat at 94%. The 175-basis-point gap between the BoC (2.25%) and the Fed (3.75–4.00%) is the widest since 2022, which puts direct downward pressure on the loonie and upward pressure on Ca...
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Nowhere to Run: Gaza’s Nasser Residents Trapped Between Danger and Desperation

 

Displaced Palestinians flee amid an Israeli military operation, after Israeli forces ordered residents of Gaza City to evacuate to the south.


In Gaza City’s Nasser neighborhood — one of the few areas left relatively unscathed — residents are facing an agonizing choice: stay and risk being caught in the next wave of Israeli military operations, or flee into an already overcrowded and resource-starved south.

Israeli forces have dropped leaflets warning of an imminent takeover of the western district, intensifying fears that tanks will soon roll in. The military says it has already seized control of 40% of Gaza City and struck hundreds of targets in recent days, aiming to dismantle Hamas infrastructure.

For many families, leaving is not an option. With scarce money, no transport, and dwindling safe zones, some say they will remain — even if it means facing the bombardment. Others, like Abu Ahmed, are packing what little they can onto carts and motorcycles, weary from nearly two years of displacement and loss.

The humanitarian toll continues to mount. Local health authorities report dozens killed in recent strikes, including children, and warn of rising deaths from malnutrition. As the fighting closes in, Gaza’s civilians are left with a grim reality: there is no truly safe place to go.


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