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Politics

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  House committee to summon RCMP, ministers over allegations of Indian interference

  The head of the RCMP and Canada's ministers of foreign affairs and public safety will be summoned to testify at a House of Commons committee about the bombshell allegations made this week about Indian state-sponsored interference in Canada.

• The federal and Manitoba governments have signed a deal to expand food programs.

• More Trudeau cabinet ministers not running for re-election, sources say shuffle expected soon

  Federal cabinet ministers Filomena Tassi, Carla Qualtrough and Dan Vandal announced Thursday they will not run for re-election. Senior government sources tell ���۴�ý at least one other, Marie-Claude Bibeau, doesn't plan to run again, setting the stage for Justin Trudeau to shuffle his cabinet in the coming weeks.

Health

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  More details expected on proposed deal that would see tobacco giants pay billions

  More details are expected today on a proposed deal that would see the three major companies pay out billions of dollars to provinces and territories as well as smokers and their loved ones.

• Tobacco settlement will not protect future generations from addiction: advocates

  The Canadian Cancer Society says a proposed settlement that may see tobacco companies pay out billions of dollars would do little to prevent future generations from becoming addicted to smoking.

• If your Apple Watch alerts you to sleep apnea, here's what it means and what to do next

  Already multitool smart devices, Apple Watches added another buzzworthy feature last month: an app to detect sleep apnea.

Sci-Tech

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  Google adds first Indigenous language in Canada to its translation service

  One of the most widely spoken Indigenous languages in this country is now available through Google's translation service, the first time the tech giant has included a First Nations, Metis or Inuit language spoken in Canada on its platform.

• Meta attempts to crack down on sextortion in new campaign

  Meta has launched a new campaign to protect teens and children from social media sextortion scams. It’s designed to help teenagers and their parents easily spot online scammers, who trick young people into sending intimate photos and use financial blackmail, threatening exposure.

• TikTok let through disinformation in political ads despite its own ban, Global Witness finds

  Just weeks before the U.S. presidential election, TikTok approved advertisements that contained election disinformation even though it has a ban on political ads, according to a report published Thursday by the nonprofit Global Witness.

Entertainment

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  One Direction was the internet's first boy band, and Liam Payne a critical part of it

  How One Direction became the internet's first boy band.

• Mitzi Gaynor, star of 'South Pacific,' dies at 93

  Mitzi Gaynor, the effervescent dancer and actor who starred as Nellie Forbush in the 1958 film of 'South Pacific' and appeared in other musicals with Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly, has died. She was 93.

• ‘Kindness’ influencers on TikTok give money to strangers. Why is that controversial?

  Every Christmas growing up in Minnesota, Jimmy Darts' parents gave him US$200 in cash: US$100 for himself and US$100 for a stranger. Now, with over 12 million followers on TikTok and several million more on other platforms, philanthropy is his full-time job.

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  An atmospheric river weather system has hit much of coastal British Columbia, bringing heavy rain, high winds and the risk of flooding.

• Catching a taxi from the Vancouver International Airport costs up to $9 more under new flat-rate zone fares that were quietly implemented earlier this month.

• Friday marks the last day of campaigning in the 2024 B.C. provincial election. British Columbians head to the polls Saturday to decide who will represent them in the legislature.

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  Toronto Fire will be investigating the cause of a “stubborn” three-alarm fire that gutted a Beaches home early Friday morning.

• A high-ranking Toronto police officer who admitted to helping several members of the service cheat on promotional exams is appealing her demotion, arguing that she was “villainized” for conduct which was “rampant” throughout the organization.

• New condo sales in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area are continuing to drop off, falling 81 per cent in the third quarter of 2024 compared to the same period last year, according to a new report by Urbanation.

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  An Alberta court has found a Langdon man who attacked and fatally injured his mother in 2023 was not criminally responsible in her death.

• Alberta municipalities are getting their first look at new rules around local political parties and how they will be funded.

• The nearly year-long saga of a supposed exhibition coming to Calgary featuring the works of artist Banksy may finally be over.

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  The national capital region will be basking in the fall sun over the coming days, with near summer-like temperatures in the forecast.

• Ottawa Public Health is urging all residents to protect themselves against the flu and COVID this fall and winter. Shoppers Drug Mart pharmacist Jordan Clark spoke with CTV Morning Live about what you need to know about the COVID shot, flu shot and RSV protection this fall.

• The Ottawa Police Service says a driver on a sexual assault warrant was stopped Wednesday in the city's south end following an alert from the cruiser's Auto Licence Plate Recognition (ALPR) camera.

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  Quebec’s parks management agency (SEPAQ) plans to shoot 287 deer in parks south of Montreal as part of its plan to control animal populations and protect biodivesity.

• Montreal should soon house some 900 households in new off-market housing units after the federal, provincial and municipal governments dished out a total of $340 million to support the development of 893 social and affordable housing units through nine community organizations.

• Montreal police arrested five suspects following two separate investigations involving crimes targeting a Verdun bar and a downtown restaurant.

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  Police in Camrose, Alta. have been engaged in a standoff with a person in a home since Thursday afternoon.

• Alberta municipalities are getting their first look at new rules around local political parties and how they will be funded.

• The festival city might be short on actual festivals this weekend, but there's no shortage of other things to do in and around Edmonton.

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  With a crowded field of 16 candidates vying to be Halifax's next mayor, candidates have not always found it easy to stand out. But one thing sets Andrew Goodsell apart and makes him uniquely positioned to comment on a central campaign issue: he is living rough in a tent in the city's south end.

• The Fredericton Police Force says three more teenagers have been charged with manslaughter in connection with the death of a man in the city last month.

• An investigation is underway after a fatal car crash in Nova Scotia's Hants County on Thursday.

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  The federal and Manitoba governments have signed a deal to expand food programs.

• A British travel documentarian's YouTube video announcing his move to Winnipeg, Man. has gone viral, with Manitobans praising the transplant's kind words about his new Prairie home.

• An animal rescue group in Manitoba is warning the public after an animal it recently released into the wild was caught in an illegal trap.

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  SaskPower was sentenced Friday morning in a Weyburn courtroom, receiving a record fine, after being found guilty of three workplace-safety related violations when two experienced employees were killed on the job in 2020.

• Cleanup and removal of the locomotive and around 20 cars that derailed following a fatal collision with a tractor near Gerald, Sask. is expected to take weeks, CN Rail says.

• A new unit to the Regina Police Service (RPS) has been introduced that is meant address the unique and complex needs of the downtown area.

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  Trustees with an Ontario school board are responding to criticism over a $45,000 trip to Italy, where they purchased more than $100,000 worth of religious statues.

• Two police officers took the stand Thursday to describe what they found on Erick Buhr's clothing after his grandmother, Viola Erb, was attacked.

• Guelph Police have arrested a man after a woman said she was sexually assaulted on the University of Guelph campus.

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  Saskatoon police are asking the public for help tracking down a person of interest in an ongoing aggravated and sexual assault investigation.

• Saskatoon mayoral candidate Cary Tarasoff says it's time for the city to get its finances back on track after building a reputation of overspending and mismanaging costly projects.

• Over 3,500 high school students from Prince Albert and area got to explore future career opportunities on Wednesday.

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  Potential unmarked burials have been detected at a former residential school in northern Ontario.

• A man from Trout Creek, Ont., has been fined $10,000 for illegally killing a moose in November 2023.

• A Quebec-based company that supplies hydro turbines and generators has been fined $80,000 after a millwright was critically injured at a job site last year in Iron Bridge, Ont.

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  A robbery investigation by London police has resulted in the arrest of a 14-year-old boy.

• After just six months on the job, the city manager for St. Thomas has announced his resignation. Hired in April, Michael Bradley has now accepted a position in his hometown of Brantford as the Chief Administrative Officer.

• Construction of a fourth Imagine Build home is underway on the Oneida Nation of the Thames. The work coincides with a fundraising road hockey tournament.

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  The City of Barrie relocated its two automated speed enforcement cameras to help deter motorists from poor driving behaviours in school zones.

• One person has died following a collision with a train in Bracebridge Thursday evening.

• A man found guilty of dangerous driving causing death in 2021 heard from the victim’s family in a Barrie courtroom on Friday ahead of his sentencing.

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  A second suspect is wanted in connection to a commercial break-and-enter investigation.

• Windsor police are warning the public about an increase in break-ins and thefts from vehicles.

• The Windsor police is reminding the public of some road closures on Sunday for the annual Detroit Free Press Marathon.

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  An atmospheric river weather system has hit much of coastal British Columbia, bringing heavy rain, high winds and the risk of flooding.

• A 53-year-old man has been arrested and charged with manslaughter in connection with a fatal stabbing on Vancouver Island more than two years ago.

• Friday marks the last day of campaigning in the 2024 B.C. provincial election. British Columbians head to the polls Saturday to decide who will represent them in the legislature.

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  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.

• Nearly two years after a man was stabbed to death in downtown Kelowna, RCMP have made an arrest in the case.

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  With Halloween just around the corner, the Lethbridge Bulls staff have been hard at work getting Spitz Stadium ready for a different sort of fall classic.

• Lethbridge post-secondary schools are trying to navigate recent changes to the cap on international students, announced by the federal government in January.

• More than 600 students on the Piikani Nation will soon have a new space to learn after the federal government announced funding Thursday morning.

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  Members of the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service’s traffic unit are investigating a motor vehicle crash that occurred earlier this week.

• Ontario's top court breathed new life into a Charter challenge of the provincial government's emissions target on Thursday, a decision heralded as a major victory for the group of young people -- including 17-year-old Sophia Mathur from Greater Sudbury -- who brought the case and others looking to hold governments to account on climate change.

• Surveillance cameras that are used to both deter crimes and help investigations will soon be installed throughout Sault Ste. Marie.

N.L.

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  How gloves belonging to Audrey Hepburn and Marilyn Monroe wound up in Newfoundland

  A five-hour drive from St. John's, N.L., and well off the beaten path, Point Leamington seems an unlikely spot for a one-of-a-kind tourist attraction.

• 'Crack houses' across rural Newfoundland? RCMP has no reports supporting MP's claim

  A Conservative MP from Newfoundland and Labrador says some small towns in his rural riding are overrun with crime, but police say they haven't received reports to that effect.

• Self-identifying Indigenous group got $74M in federal cash, Inuit leader wants change

  As millions in federal funding flow into a Labrador group whose claims of Inuit identity have been rejected by Indigenous organizations across Canada, a national Inuit leader worries the Liberal government is putting the rights of Indigenous Peoples at risk.