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  The majority of mail-in ballots tallied this weekend for the final count in B.C.'s nail-bitingly close 2024 provincial election went to the NDP, increasing the party's chances of clinching a third term.

• Two of the three recounts in B.C.’s 2024 provincial election have been completed, with no change to the standings in either riding.

• A minor earthquake shook off the coast of B.C. Monday morning, which registered at a magnitude of 4.1, according to federal officials.

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  Toronto police say a suspect vehicle involved in a downtown shooting Sunday night that left one person seriously injured crashed into an Etobicoke school and caught fire.

• Monthly food bank use soars to record 2 million, driven by cost of groceries, housing

  Canada's reliance on food banks has soared to a grim new milestone, according to data from Food Banks Canada.

• A major amusement park is part of Ontario's grand vision to turn the Niagara region into Las Vegas north, but Marineland may not fit the bill, the provincial tourism minister says.

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  Canada is on track to be the world's third-largest wheat exporter for the second year in a row as crop production in the prairie provinces continues to increase.

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

• Why a group of Canadian doctors says workplace sick notes need to go

  Canadian doctors are calling for employers and schools not to require sick notes when it comes to short-term minor illnesses.

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  OC Transpo is pausing running on the new north-south light rail transit line over the next three days for “minor construction activities,” after the Trillium Line pulled into the station to complete the 21-day trial running period.

• Ottawa implemented the new three-item limit on all households that receive curbside waste pickup on September 30, with the goal of extending the life of the Trail Road Waste Facility until 2024.

• Ministry of Transportation traffic cameras showed a vehicle on fire on the shoulder of the eastbound lanes of Hwy. 417 near Moodie Drive at 6:40 a.m.

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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.

• Montreal police is investigating after shots were fired in Kirkland on the West Island.

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  Leon Draisaitl scored his second goal of the game 18 seconds into overtime and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Detroit Red Wings 3-2 on Sunday night.

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  Cloudy skies and a chance of some scattered pockets of precipitation in the Edmonton area today.

• Monthly food bank use soars to record 2 million, driven by cost of groceries, housing

  Canada's reliance on food banks has soared to a grim new milestone, according to data from Food Banks Canada.

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  Monday is the first full day of campaigning in the Nova Scotia provincial election.

• Glen Savoie has been named interim leader of New Brunswick’s Progressive Conservatives.

• A snowfall warning is in effect in the Cape Breton Highlands with 'significant snowfall' in the forecast Monday.

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  A North End home went up in flames early Monday morning.

• Manitoba RCMP are asking for the public’s help finding a missing 40-year-old man who was last seen in Selkirk.

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  Candidates across Saskatchewan have made their final pitches to potential voters as the 2024 campaign comes to a close and election day arrives.

• Election day has arrived in Saskatchewan. With it, the last wave of voters prepare to cast their ballots and decide who will form government in the province.

• Two of the three recounts in B.C.’s 2024 provincial election have been completed, with no change to the standings in either riding.

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  Police responded to a reported break-in at a home in the area of Natchez Road and Carson Drive around 11:45 p.m. Saturday.

• A team of researchers at the University of Waterloo are introducing a technology capable of delivering an entire course of antibiotics in one tiny dose.

• Emergency services were called just before 6:30 p.m. Friday to respond to a collision involving a Mazda and a pedestrian in the area of Highland Road and Lawrence Avenue.

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  Candidates across Saskatchewan have made their final pitches to potential voters as the 2024 campaign comes to a close and election day arrives.

• Election day has arrived in Saskatchewan. With it, the last wave of voters prepare to cast their ballots and decide who will form government in the province.

• It's been a long month of policy announcements, campaigning, new promises, and speculation leading up to today. Polls are set to close Monday evening, and the outcome will shape the next four years of Saskatchewan's government.

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  Gold prices have surged in 2024. Here’s how to get in on the gold rush

  Not all that glitters is gold, but the value of the precious metal has been surging this year.

• 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.

• The Repeat Offender Parole Enforcement (R.O.P.E.) squad is searching for a man known to frequent the Orillia area.

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  According to AM800 News, the fire broke out at the home next to an apartment building around 3 a.m.

• Windsor-Tecumseh MPP Andrew Dowie has been acclaimed as the Ontario Progressive Conservative party’s representative for the riding in the next provincial election.

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

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  The majority of mail-in ballots tallied this weekend for the final count in B.C.'s nail-bitingly close 2024 provincial election went to the NDP, increasing the party's chances of 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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  Poilievre promises to abolish federal sales tax on new homes under $1 million

  Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says if his party forms government, it will scrap the federal sales tax on new homes sold for less than $1 million and push provinces do to the same.

• 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.

Health

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  Why a group of Canadian doctors says workplace sick notes need to go

  Canadian doctors are calling for employers and schools not to require sick notes when it comes to short-term minor illnesses.

• 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.

Sci-Tech

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  Margaret Atwood, unworried by AI, continues prolific writing career

  Renowned Canadian author Margaret Atwood, who is currently writing her memoir, said in an interview that she is too old to be worried about the rise of artificial intelligence and described herself as still having a 'good time' writing.

• A team of researchers at the University of Waterloo are introducing a technology capable of delivering an entire course of antibiotics in one tiny dose.

• 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.

Entertainment

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  Adele and Celine Dion share heartfelt embrace and shed tears in sweet concert encounter

  Adele and Celine Dion were each brought to tears after an emotional interaction during Adele's concert at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.

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

• Actor Gerard Depardieu will not appear in a French court for his trial on sexual assault charges

  French actor Gerard Depardieu, who is facing trial for the alleged sexual assaults of two women on a film set in 2021, won't appear before a criminal court in Paris on Monday due to health reasons, his lawyer said.

Business

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  Volkswagen's employee council says the automaker plans to close at least 3 German plants

  Volkswagen has informed employee representatives that it wants to close at least three plants in Germany, the head of the company's works council said Monday.

• American Airlines tests boarding technology that audibly shames line cutters

  American Airlines is testing a new technology at three airports across the U.S. during the boarding process that aims to cut down on passengers who try to cut the line.

• 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.

Lifestyle

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  Once illegal, this Japanese alcohol is making a comeback

  One bar in Tokyo has been trying to reintroduce to locals and visitors alike a taste of doburoku, one of the oldest and most controversial drinks in Japanese history.

• 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.

Sports

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  Dwyane Wade's new statue goes viral after Miami Heat unveiling and more from around the NBA on Sunday

  Dwyane Wade’s status as a Miami Heat legend was further cemented on Sunday as the franchise unveiled an eight-foot statue of the three-time NBA champion.

• Leon Draisaitl scored his second goal of the game 18 seconds into overtime and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Detroit Red Wings 3-2 on Sunday night.

• Man United fires Erik ten Hag after troubled start to the season

  Manchester United finally ran out of patience and fired manager Erik ten Hag on Monday after a troubled start to the season which has left the 20-time English champions languishing in the Premier League amid a period of major upheaval at the club.

Autos

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  Volkswagen's employee council says the automaker plans to close at least 3 German plants

  Volkswagen has informed employee representatives that it wants to close at least three plants in Germany, the head of the company's works council said Monday.

• 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.