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  The B.C. NDP has claimed the majority of mail-in ballots tallied so far this weekend for the final count in the province’s nail-bitingly close 2024 election, increasing the chances of the party clinching a third term.

• One person has been rushed to hospital with serious injuries following a stabbing in East Vancouver Sunday.

• A massive mudslide closed the freeway south of the Canada-U.S. border in Bellingham, Wash. Sunday.

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  Ontario is moving to extend a 5.7-cent cut to the provincial gas tax until next summer.

• More Torontonians will be able to get their doses of a new COVID-19 vaccine on Monday. Here's what to know.

• Federal Transport Minister Anita Anand is requesting a meeting with her provincial counterpart to tackle the rising issue of re-Vinning and fraudulent vehicle registrations.

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  A Calgary MP is collecting names on a petition in hopes of saving the Olympic Plaza bricks.

• Tracey Rice's son Dylan Sparks is the reason she has spent the better part of a decade building para powerlifting to becoming a more common sport within the para athlete community.

• One person is in hospital with potentially life-threatening injuries after a crash between a motorized scooter and a vehicle.

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  Last year, seven-year-old Jack was diagnosed with hereditary spastic paraplegia type four (SPG4), a disease that affects less than 0.01 per cent of the population.

• A 17-year-old Ottawa driver was caught speeding nearly 90 km/h over the speed limit on Highway 417.

• Ontario Provincial Police say a 16-year-old has been charged with second-degree murder after a 15-year-old was found dead at a home in Perth, Ont. Friday afternoon.

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• As synthetic drugs grow stronger, experts warn that overdoses pose an even greater threat, particularly to young people. Dr. Nicholas Chadi, a pediatrician at Sainte-Justine Hospital, is sounding the alarm about the rising dangers of these substances.

• Stem cell biologist Jacob Hanna has received a lot of worldwide attention since his team at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel created a synthetic human embryo.

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  A pedestrian is dead after she was hit by a vehicle early Sunday morning in north-central Edmonton.

• Here's when you need to change your clock back

  Millions of Canadians will notice their clocks turn back by one hour on Nov. 3, marking the end of daylight saving time this year.

• The King's representative to Canada is in Alberta for her first official visit to the province.

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  With a provincial election announcement expected Sunday, Nova Scotia’s political party leaders have announced events.

• Water service is temporarily shut down near 6135 Almon Street in Halifax.

• Queen’s District RCMP in Nova Scotia is investigating a single-vehicle fatal collision that occurred Saturday on Highway 103 in Port Mouton, N.S.

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• Winnipeg police are looking for a suspect after they say a man was attacked by someone with a machete early Friday morning.

• An estimated 6,000 children died in residential schools, though experts say the actual number could be much higher.

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  A pair of new pre-election polls indicate that the Saskatchewan NDP has a slight lead ahead of election day.

• A Regina resident turned to Saskatchewan's privacy watchdog after discovering the manager of a clinic they had never been to had snooped on their eHealth record over 30 times.

• No injuries have been reported in connection to a house fire in Regina’s North Central neighbourhood Saturday evening.

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  Ghosts and ghouls put their golfing skills to the test at Merry-Hill Golf Club’s annual Scary-Hill event on Sunday.

• Police are investigating after a Guelph home was broken into early Saturday morning.

• Middle school and high school aged students learn about the possibilities of engineering at the Go ENG Girl event at Conestoga College on Saturday.

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  Saskatoon fire crews responded to a major house fire on the 400 block of 24th Street West on Friday evening.

• A pair of new pre-election polls indicate that the Saskatchewan NDP has a slight lead ahead of election day.

• The Saskatoon Police Service is cautioning residents about a phone scam involving fraudulent lottery claims.

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  Ontario Premier Doug Ford will be in Sudbury on Monday, his office says.

• Here's when you need to change your clock back

  Millions of Canadians will notice their clocks turn back by one hour on Nov. 3, marking the end of daylight saving time this year.

• Trump refers to CNN's Anderson Cooper by a woman's first name

  Former U.S. president Donald Trump has repeatedly referred to CNN anchor Anderson Cooper with a woman's first name in recent days as the Republican presidential nominee focuses his closing message on a hypermasculine appeal to men.

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  Victor Garber got teary-eyed when he walked into a brunch in his honour Sunday in London, Ont.

• Trillium Care in Norwich, Ont. has announced they will be closing their facilities, citing “an emergency lack of financial resources necessary to sustain daily operations.”

• Two new interchanges have opened in St. Thomas, Ont. but one main artery is set to close Monday for construction.

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  Huntsville OPP and the Special Investigations Unit (SIU) are conducting a homicide investigation after three individuals were found dead in a Huntsville neighbourhood Friday evening.

• Bracebridge OPP are searching for two suspects who allegedly broke into a Gravenhurst jewelry store early Saturday morning.

• A man was charged after allegedly crashing into a parked OPP cruiser in Tay Township early Sunday morning.

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  One suspect has been arrested after an armed robbery took place in Windsor.

• Police have charged a man with robbery after an incident Saturday afternoon in Chatham.

• Donated and reusable household items piled up in trucks outside the Windsor Family Credit Union Centre Saturday afternoon in an effort to divert goods from the landfill.

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  The B.C. NDP has claimed the majority of mail-in ballots tallied so far this weekend for the final count in the province’s nail-bitingly close 2024 election, increasing the chances of the party clinching a third term.

• There were tense moments at a ferry terminal outside Victoria, B.C., on Friday after the lion’s share of standby spots on an early sailing were claimed by “assured loading” passengers – leaving regular customers who had been waiting for hours out of luck.

• Hulitan Early Years Centre is a brand new, 48-seat childhood learning centre in Colwood. It was built to support Indigenous children throughout the capital region.

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  More than two years after Alannah Brown and Douglas Barker were found dead north of Penticton, police are asking for help identifying a vehicle they believe was associated with the crime.

• Dave Lindsey began growing giant pumpkins to bring a bit of magic to his grandkids' Halloween.

• A U.S. District Court judge in Montana has sentenced a 27-year-old man from Kelowna, B.C., to 18 months in prison for using fake names to buy guns with the aim of selling them in Canada.

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  A tentative agreement has been reached between the City of Lethbridge and more than 900 employees belonging to CUPE Local 70.

• The Hurricanes will be happy to be back home in Lethbridge Saturday night after losing their third in a row on the road Friday night, a 4-1 decision to the Broncos in Swift Current.

• About 15,000 students are enrolled at Lethbridge’s post-secondary schools, and now the city is working with those schools to try to find ways to get them s to stick around a while.

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  A female athlete from Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., achieved two big goals at the 2024 World Triathlon championships in Spain last weekend.

• Creditors have moved to take ownership of most of the properties in northern Ontario owned by a group of 11 insolvent companies.

• Ontario Provincial Police have been cleared in the case of a woman who crashed her vehicle intentionally while she was high on drugs and fled into the woods earlier this year.

N.L.

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  Women's hockey is growing, but junior athletes play fewer competitive years on average. A new league aims to change that

  Teams are facing off in a new eastern Newfoundland hockey league aiming to bring competitive play — and a few extra years on the ice — for young women in the province.

• Remains of missing Kansas man found at scene of western Newfoundland hotel fire

  Investigators found the remains of a 77-year-old American man on Wednesday at the scene of a fire that destroyed a hotel in western Newfoundland earlier on the weekend.

• 77-year-old Kansas man missing after hotel fire in western Newfoundland

  Police in western Newfoundland say a 77-year-old man visiting the province from Kansas is missing after a fire at a hotel in Deer Lake, N.L.

Politics

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  Another bumpy week ahead as Trudeau faces deadlines from Liberal MPs, Bloc

  Another week, another raft of imminent challenges to Justin Trudeau's leadership of both the country and the Liberal Party.

• With Indian diplomats expelled, RCMP commissioner says 'significant reduction' in public safety threat

  RCMP Commissioner Mike Duheme says there has been a “significant reduction”to the public safety threat since six Indian diplomatic officials were expelled from the country last week.

• Minister apologizes for government's handling of First Nations' money in 1800s

  Minister Gary Anandasangaree has apologized to a group of Ontario First Nations for mismanagement of their money over a century ago.

Health

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  Health Canada warns against use of baby walkers available on eBay.ca

  Health Canada released an advisory last week that warns against the use of baby walkers available on eBay.ca, saying the products may pose a risk of injury and that baby walkers are banned in Canada.

• Frozen waffles from Whole Foods join Canadian recall list over listeria concerns

  Whole Foods Market is joining the growing list of brands whose frozen waffles have been recalled in Canada this week because of possible listeria contamination.

• Angela Salvatore had been away from her father's hospital bedside for just over an hour when she says she got a frantic call from a nurse, pleading with her to calm him down.

Sci-Tech

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  It's almost Halloween. That means it's time for a bat beauty contest

  The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has hosted the online competition since 2019 to raise awareness about the bat's ecological importance.

• AI-generated child sexual abuse images are spreading. Law enforcement is racing to stop them

  Law enforcement agencies across the U.S. are cracking down on a troubling spread of child sexual abuse imagery created through artificial intelligence technology — from manipulated photos of real children to graphic depictions of computer-generated kids.

• Ferb, an Oklahoma family's pet tortoise that went missing in August, returns home

  The search for a popular tortoise that went missing from his home in Piedmont is over after his owner said he came home.

Entertainment

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  'Venom: The Last Dance' misses projections as superhero films' grip on theaters loosens

  'Venom: The Last Dance' showed less bite than expected at the box office, collecting US$51 million in its opening weekend, according to studio estimates.

• Timothee Chalamet crashes his own lookalike contest after police shut down crowded event

  Actor Timothee Chalamet made a surprise appearance at his own look-alike contest in Lower Manhattan on Sunday, a well-attended event that drew an order to disperse from police and at least one arrest.

• What could be more timely than an epic, award-winning (Pulitzer, Tony) American drama about money problems?

Business

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  Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week

  Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week: Bank of Canada, GDP figures, and results for Enbridge, Parkland, and Imperial Oil.

• Natural gas producers await LNG Canada's start, but will it be the fix for prices?

  Natural gas producers in Western Canada have white-knuckled it through months of depressed prices, with the expectation that their fortunes will improve when LNG Canada comes online in the middle of next year.

• 'Shock-prone world' highlights need for productivity: Bank of Canada governor

  Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem says the world has become more prone to supply shocks which create more risks to inflation, but the central bank is in a better place to deal with them now that inflation is under control.

Lifestyle

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  British chef Jamie Oliver urges followers to help solve the 'grate cheese robbery'

  British chef Jamie Oliver is asking for help to solve the mystery of a missing award-winning cheddar, worth US$390,000.

• He lost a finger and survived a kidnapping. Then, this climber took on a 9,000-foot 'death-trap'

  With jaw-dropping big wall ascents and a life packed with adrenaline and adventure, climber Tommy Caldwell has had a career worthy of – and captured by – a feature film.

• Witches walk among us — but they're not like the fictional ones you grew up with

  Two witches talk about their daily rituals, from spell-casting to TikTok posting, and how they discovered their magic.

Sports

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  A female athlete from Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., achieved two big goals at the 2024 World Triathlon championships in Spain last weekend.

• Indiana Fever fires coach Christie Sides, becoming 6th WNBA team to make a change

  The Indiana Fever fired coach Christie Sides on Sunday, the organization announced.

• Real Madrid, Spanish league and government condemn racist insults against Yamal in league 'clasico'

  Real Madrid, the Spanish league and the local government condemned racist insults against Barcelona's player Lamine Yamal during Saturday's 'El Clasico.'

Autos

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  Here's what buyers should know before making a used car purchase in Canada

  Based on initial appearances, there are signs indicating the automobile industry is in healthy shape – for now.

• A town in southern Alberta will be one of the first to let golf carts be driven on select roads as part of a provincial pilot program.

• Thousands of hybrid vehicles recalled in Canada over risk of fire

  An increased risk of fire has prompted the recall of thousands of Honda hybrid vehicles in Canada.