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Politics

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  'Time to clear the air': Some Liberal MPs want secret ballot vote on Trudeau's leadership

  A growing number of Liberal caucus members are calling for a secret ballot vote to decide whether Justin Trudeau should step down as party leader.

• 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 to do the same.

• Google exempt from Online News Act for 5 years, must pay news outlets $100M: CRTC

  The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission has granted Google a five-year exemption from the Online News Act, ordering it to pay $100 million to Canadian news outlets within 60 days.

Health

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  Potential organ donors opting out of programs after reports of man mistakenly declared dead

  Transplant experts are seeing a spike in people revoking organ donor registrations, their confidence shaken by reports that organs were nearly retrieved from a Kentucky man mistakenly declared dead.

• Ottawa said it will not challenge a Quebec law that allows people to request medical assistance in dying (MAID) in advance.

• 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.

Sci-Tech

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  Fitness app Strava gives away location of Biden, Trump and other leaders, French newspaper says

  An investigation by French newspaper Le Monde found that the highly confidential movements of U.S. President Joe Biden, presidential rivals Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, and other world leaders can be easily tracked online through a fitness app that their bodyguards use.

• British man sentenced to 18 years for using AI to make child sexual abuse imagery

  A British man who used artificial intelligence to create images of child abuse was sent to prison for 18 years on Monday.

• 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.

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.

• Colin Farrell finishes Dublin Marathon while pushing friend in a wheelchair

  Colin Farrell took time out from his acting schedule on Sunday to complete the Dublin Marathon – while pushing an old friend in a wheelchair.

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

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  Incumbent B.C. Premier David Eby’s NDP appears poised to win the province’s nail-biting 2024 election – and could potentially retain the party’s majority, by the narrowest of margins.

• It’s time to kiss goodnight to cruise ship season in Vancouver. And what a season it’s been—with a record 1.32 million passengers coming through.

• Langley RCMP have confirmed the grey Dodge Grand Caravan that a missing 82-year-old woman was last seen driving, was found on a remote service road, far from where she lives.

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  The TTC is sharing details about how it plans to cope with the massive influx of Taylor Swift fans into Toronto’s core during the superstar’s six-show stay in the city.

• A 31-year-old man died in hospital over the weekend after being found critically injured in an underground parking garage in North York late last week.

• An 'iconic' gorilla that has lived at the Toronto Zoo since it first opened in 1974 is experiencing health issues and will be kept from the public as he receives treatment.

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  Nearly a decade after Anthony Heffernan was fatally shot by a police officer inside a northeast Calgary hotel room, his family continues to fight for accountability.

• The Alberta government introduced its promised amendment to the provincial Bill of Rights on the first day of the legislature's fall sitting on Monday, a move Premier Danielle Smith said will "strengthen" human rights protections and "ensure our province remains one of the freest societies in the world."

• A provincial income tax cut could be coming for Albertans, along with a reprieve at the pumps, in connection with the price of oil.

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  Grief counsellors are at Perth and District Collegiate Institute in Perth, Ont. today, as family, friends and the community mourn the death of 15-year-old Reese Stanzel.

• Some of the people who knew Brkti Berhe, the woman killed in an Ottawa park in what police have said was femicide, are remembering her as a devoted wife, loving mother, and pillar of the community.

• Suspended Ottawa lawyer James Bowie has been ordered to pay $235,000 in damages to a former client after he repeatedly suggested she pay for his legal services with oral sex and released personal details about her online after the allegations were reported by ���۴�ý Ottawa.

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  A new study suggests Montrealers are going downtown less often with four in 10 saying they go less often than before the pandemic.

• Montreal's mayor says a welcome sign depicting a woman wearing a veil that adorns a lobby at city hall will be taken down in the name of secularism.

• Ottawa said it will not challenge a Quebec law that allows people to request medical assistance in dying (MAID) in advance.

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  Edmonton Police Service (EPS) has dismantled one of the ‘most elaborate encampments’ officers have ever seen.

• The Edmonton Oilers, who gave up three goals on six shots at Nationwide Arena, and trailed the Columbus Blue Jackets 3-0 after the first period, had more things to worry about than making a comeback on Monday night.

• The Alberta government introduced its promised amendment to the provincial Bill of Rights on the first day of the legislature's fall sitting on Monday, a move Premier Danielle Smith said will "strengthen" human rights protections and "ensure our province remains one of the freest societies in the world."

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  A group of Cape Breton firefighters are apologizing after four people showed up at a Halloween dance dressed in what appeared to be Ku Klux Klan costumes.

• The Saint John Police Force is asking for the public’s help in locating a man wanted on a Canada-wide warrant in connection with a shooting incident in the city over the weekend.

• Halifax Regional Police is investigating two break-and-enters in parking garages early Sunday morning.

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  An assault on a woman at a University of Manitoba dorm room has left students on edge.

• A Winnipeg woman is recovering after being run over by her own vehicle during a carjacking this weekend.

• Manitoba's chief electoral officer is calling for a legal crackdown on disinformation about provincial elections, including the conduct of election officials and electronic vote-counting machines.

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  Polls have now closed and counting has begun to determine the winners of the 2024 Saskatchewan provincial election.

• With multiple polls suggesting a tight race to the finish for Saskatchewan's major political parties – here are the ridings where some extra attention may be required.

• 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.

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  What role does ideology play in the sentencing of the man who pleaded guilty to four charges in an attack at the University of Waterloo?

• The Guelph Police Service is planning to dedicate more resources to ensuring public safety in the city’s downtown area as part of an ongoing initiative.

• After 14 years of repairing and selling bicycles out of the garage of her home, a Guelph, Ont. woman’s efforts have ended – for now, at least.

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  Polls have now closed and counting has begun to determine the winners of the 2024 Saskatchewan provincial election.

• RCMP collision analysts are investigating after a school bus crashed southwest of Tisdale on Monday.

• This provincial election is shaping up to be a nail biter, with data heading into today’s election showing the two front runners neck and neck.

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  Ontario Premier Doug Ford in Sudbury on Monday afternoon to make an infrastructure funding announcement at a wastewater facility.

• A landlord in Sault Ste. Marie discriminated against a man who is deaf and has limited sight, the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal has ruled.

• Two people were busted in Nipissing First Nation trying to use fake money to buy machinery, Anishinabek Police Service says.

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  South Bruce residents narrowly voted in favour of plans to bury Canada’s most radioactive nuclear waste under their municipality on Monday.

• An Oxford County retirement residence at the centre of a fraud investigation has announced it will be closing its doors next month, leaving residents and their families with just a couple of weeks to find alternate accommodations.

• A pickup truck and car collided in the Huron County village of Nile this afternoon, sending as many as five people to hospital.

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  A Midland senior has resorted to living in her shed out of desperation

• Ontario’s Special Investigation Unit has not confirmed the identities of three people found dead inside a home in Huntsville as the community is left reeling.

• Marred by several delays, the trial of alleged human traffickers Lauriston and Amber Maloney finally got underway on Monday in a Bradford courtroom, with a woman who worked and lived with the couple testifying.

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  Windsor police officers are asking for the public’s help to identify two suspects related to the death of a 69-year-old man in south-central Windsor.

• A new study estimates $14 billion in milk has “disappeared” from Canada between 2012 and 2021.

• With more and more people turning to food banks for help, operators in Windsor-Essex are looking for a government intervention.

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  Incumbent B.C. Premier David Eby’s NDP appears poised to win the province’s nail-biting 2024 election – and could potentially retain the party’s majority, by the narrowest of margins.

• Mounties are investigating after the remains of at least one person were found following a house fire on Vancouver Island on Monday morning.

• The last of three recounts in British Columbia's closely contested provincial election has concluded with B.C. NDP candidate Dana Lajeunesse still leading in the Juan de Fuca-Malahat riding.

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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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  A Sault Ste. Marie woman had a close encounter this weekend with a group of coyotes -- and her small dog just narrowly escaped serious injury.

• A seminar took place Monday in North Bay with law enforcement agencies, traffic experts and other community partners looking to try and end impaired driving.

• A landlord in Sault Ste. Marie discriminated against a man who is deaf and has limited sight, the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal has ruled.

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.