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Politics

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  'I'm ready for an election': Bloc beginning talks to topple Trudeau gov't as ultimatum expires

  Bloc Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet is starting to talk to other opposition parties about bringing down Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's minority Liberal government.

• Poilievre says it would be 'not fair' for Liberals to replace Trudeau as leader

  Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre thinks it would be 'not fair' for the Liberals to oust Prime Minister Justin Trudeau now, as in his view they are 'morally obligated' to keep him.

• Senior Modi cabinet minister linked to India-supported violence in Canada: officials

  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister David Morrison has confirmed a report that Canada is alleging an Indian cabinet minister and close adviser to Prime Minister Narendra Modi ordered intelligence-gathering operations of Canadians.

Health

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  Long COVID can have wide-ranging impacts, but is most commonly associated with brain fog, breathing difficulties and debilitating fatigue.

• The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says an Ontario facility producing plant-based milks was not adhering to Health Canada’s policies on listeria prevention prior to an outbreak that led to three deaths.

• Colorado teen fights kidney failure after eating McDonald's Quarter Pounders

  A 15-year-old high school freshman is hospitalized with severe complications of food poisoning after eating McDonald’s Quarter Pounder hamburgers three times in the weeks before a deadly E. coli outbreak was detected.

Sci-Tech

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  China's new crew has arrived at space station in sign of growing influence in space field

  A Chinese space ship carrying a three-person crew docked with its orbiting space station Tuesday as the country seeks to expand its exploration of outer space in competition with the United States, even as it looks for cooperation from other nations.

• 'Halloween comet' breaks apart after flying close to the sun

  A recently discovered comet that some stargazers had hoped to see during Halloween week has disintegrated before the day of ghosts and ghouls.

• Critical Antarctica glacier appears to be smoking in rare view from space

  A vital glacier in western Antarctica appears to be smoking in a rare view captured by a NASA satellite earlier this month.

Entertainment

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  The headliners for the region’s biggest outdoor country music festival are locked in, and once again, the multi-day event has garnered big names.

• Teri Garr, the offbeat comic actor of 'Young Frankenstein' and 'Tootsie,' has died

  Teri Garr, the quirky comedy actor who rose from background dancer in Elvis Presley movies to co-star of such favourites as 'Young Frankenstein' and 'Tootsie,' has died. She was 79.

• Lost Chopin music uncovered in 'thrilling' discovery

  A curator at a museum in New York City has discovered a previously unknown waltz written by Frederic Chopin, the first time that a new piece of work by the Polish composer has been found in nearly 100 years.

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  Langley RCMP have released a new photo of missing 82-year-old Jane Whitehouse, revealing the clothes she was wearing before she disappeared.

• A controversial plan to eradicate invasive deer on a small B.C. island is facing more criticism. The next phase of killing European fallow deer on Sidney Island involves fencing them in before they're shot. But that plan is having some unintended consequences.

• A B.C. judge took the extraordinary measure of preventing a woman's medically assisted death, issuing an 11th-hour court order to halt the procedure, according to documents filed over the weekend.

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  The Ontario government will give each taxpayer a $200 rebate. Premier Doug Ford made the announcement Tuesday and said the rebate will also extend to families with children, with an additional $200 per eligible child.

• No injuries were reported following a two-alarm fire in North York early Wednesday morning.

• Two people have been arrested and charged after more than 200 victims across Ontario were defrauded in a door-to-door sales scheme.

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  More than 600,000 Americans living in Canada are eligible to vote in next week's election, and even Canadian citizens have a lot at stake in the outcome.

• A woman was seriously injured after being hit by a vehicle in the community of Fairview on Tuesday afternoon.

• Calgary police have released photos of a man allegedly responsible for a bear spray attack at Market Mall last month.

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  Ontario Provincial Police confirm an arrest has been made in connection with a fatal boat crash on Bobs Lake in eastern Ontario over the Victoria Day long weekend.

• OC Transpo says maintenance work is being “triaged as effectively as possible” to increase bus availability over the next few weeks, after nearly 2,000 bus trips were cancelled over eight days due to a backlog in bus maintenance and traffic congestion.

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  Loblaw opens its new ultra-discount grocery store in Brockville, Ont. today, promising customers will save up to 20 per cent on everyday grocery and household essentials.

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  A Toronto man says the Airbnb he was staying at in Montreal last week was robbed and learned that his losses are not covered by the short-rental company.

• Walking from his apartment to classes and then to the University of Florida’s basketball facility, Olivier Rioux poses for dozens — sometimes hundreds — of pictures a day.

• Concerned about the impact of the presidential election on Quebec exports, Premier Francois Legault will be going on a mission to Washington in early 2025.

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  Premier Danielle Smith says she is taking steps to keep Albertans warm this winter while keeping their utility bills low.

• A new report says when the province deregulated electricity generation in 2001, it forced Albertans to pay billions more for their power.

• The world's best hockey player and star captain of the Edmonton Oilers appears to be out of action for at least one game, but it could be for longer.

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  Nova Scotia’s Department of Labour has lifted its stop-work order at a Halifax Walmart more than a week after the body of 19-year-old Gursimran Kaur was discovered in an industrial oven in the store’s bakery.

• Authorities believe they have solved a cyber crime spanning schools in Ontario and the United States, and the suspect at the centre of the investigation is a 14-year-old Nova Scotia boy.

• Nova Scotians – including the province’s top politicians – are continuing to express outrage after four people showed up at a Halloween dance dressed in Ku Klux Klan costumes.

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  A new report says the city could hire staff to inspect inner city parks and playgrounds for needles and knives, but any plans would come with a price tag.

• Nearly two months after Manitoba’s school cellphone ban came into effect, the policy is receiving some mixed signals.

• For the second time in as many days, a woman was carjacked in Winnipeg.

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  With the Saskatchewan Party's victory in the 2024 provincial election, here's a look back at what the incoming government has promised to voters.

• Saskatchewan's provincial election saw the upset of several long time Saskatchewan Party MLAs who lost their seats in urban ridings.

• The Saskatchewan Party has maintained its hold onto power, battling its way to a fifth consecutive majority government.

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  After the Guelph Police Service announced a plan to ramp up enforcement on drug use in downtown Guelph, business owners are sharing their thoughts on the plan.

• The Waterloo Region District School Board (WRDSB) announced, and then abruptly reversed, a plan to remove garbage bins from classrooms.

• Councillors with the City of Kitchener voted in favour of hitting the brakes on a plan that would see more speed cameras installed in front of schools.

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  With the Saskatchewan Party's victory in the 2024 provincial election, here's a look back at what the incoming government has promised to voters.

• A Saskatoon woman is calling for improvements to safety on public transit following a string of bear spray attacks on city buses.

• Considering they’re only a couple years removed from trick-or-treating, the Saskatoon Blades had some fun at practise today.

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  Three suspects arrested in West Nipissing earlier this year were part of a group of five who robbed banks across the province, Ontario Provincial Police said Tuesday.

• The owner of a convenience store and gas bar in North Bay’s northwest end says a road construction project has hurt his business so severely, he might have to close.

• In Sudbury on Monday, Ontario Premier Doug Ford was asked when the four-laning of Highway 69 would be completed, a project that has been decades in the making.

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  Mayor Josh Morgan’s proposed 2025 Municipal Budget sets a tight deadline for senior governments to fund 90 existing shelter spaces in London — or potentially see them close Dec. 31.

• Homelessness that would have reduced the minimum setback distance between tents and residential property lines to 25 metres.

• "We want to close the gap. We want team based and all community health workers to actually get paid a fair wage and dare I say, a living wage," said Marg Alfieri, Registered Dietician and Chair of the Grand Bend and Area Community Health Center.

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  The headliners for the region’s biggest outdoor country music festival are locked in, and once again, the multi-day event has garnered big names.

• Emergency crews in Clearview Township battled flames and heavy smoke Tuesday morning as a fire raged through a large home.

• Casino Rama Resort is looking to fill nearly 30 positions as it begins a major refurbishment project.

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  The Windsor Pickleball Club wants to see new padding installed along walls at the Windsor Family Credit Union (WFCU) after a member fatally hit their head while playing the sport.

• Speaking on CTV Windsor's sister station AM800, Windsor Mayor Drew Dilkens took aim at the federal government, claiming it is failing to act to manage the heightened hazmat risk.

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  Cineplex Entertainment has said inspections found no sign of pests at their Devonshire Mall movie theatre, despite a video circulating on social media suggesting otherwise.

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  A B.C. judge took the extraordinary measure of preventing a woman's medically assisted death, issuing an 11th-hour court order to halt the procedure, according to documents filed over the weekend.

• Hours after the premier addressed reporters, the incoming leader of the Opposition held his own news conference dialling back the rhetoric that fired up B.C. Conservative supporters on election night.

• Vanita Lindsay has been paid $8,816.20 for a job she has never worked.

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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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  Food Banks Canada's annual Hunger Count report shows more Canadians than ever are resorting to food banks.

• RCMP say a Medicine Hat man was killed in a collision between an SUV and a motorcycle in southeast Alberta on Sunday evening.

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

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  Just two days ahead of Halloween, the City of Sault Ste. Marie has awarded several local homes and one business for having the best decorations for the season.

• The Sault Ste. Marie Region Conservation Authority is issuing a flood outlook statement to residents regarding current watershed conditions.

• An early morning complaint of a man slumped over the steering wheel of a minivan with its engine running in Elliot Lake last week led to impaired driving charges and drug seizures.

N.L.

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  Police charge off-duty Newfoundland RCMP officer with impaired driving

  Police in Newfoundland and Labrador have charged an off-duty RCMP officer for allegedly driving while impaired, following a crash on Sunday.

• Human remains found in ocean near Placentia Bay ID'd as missing Coast Guard employee

  The human remains recovered off Placentia Bay, N.L., earlier this month have been identified as the coast guard employee who went missing at sea in September.

• 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.