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Politics

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  'If it were me, I'd be leaving': Longtime Liberal New Brunswick premier Frank McKenna on whether Trudeau should go

  Former New Brunswick Liberal premier Frank McKenna says if he were in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s shoes, at this point in the government’s mandate, he would step down.

• People with disabilities ask feds to restore 'hope' and raise benefit amount

  Heather Thompson is one of 600,000 working-age Canadians with disabilities that the federal government said it would help lift out of poverty with the Canada Disability Benefit, which takes effect next July. The program is meant as a top-up to existing provincial and territorial income supports.

• Ontario Premier Doug Ford said he doesn't "think it's fair" nurses and doctors have to pay for parking at the hospitals and health-care facilities that they work at, after ���۴�ý Toronto highlighted the issue earlier this week

Health

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  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.

• Frozen waffles recalled across Canada, U.S. over Listeria concerns

  A U.S.-based food manufacturer that supplies frozen waffles to major grocery chains across North America has launched a voluntary recall over concerns its products carry the potential for illness.

Sci-Tech

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  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.

• How to prepare your online accounts for when you die

  Most people have accumulated a pile of data -- selfies, emails, videos and more -- on their social media and digital accounts over their lifetimes. What happens to it when we die?

Entertainment

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  Beyoncé endorses Kamala Harris in joyful speech at Houston rally: 'I'm here as a mother'

  'I’m not here as a celebrity, I’m not here as a politician. I’m here as a mother,' Beyoncé said at a campaign rally for Kamala Harris.

• Phil Lesh, founding member of Grateful Dead and influential bassist, has died at 84

  Phil Lesh, a classically trained violinist and jazz trumpeter who found his true calling reinventing the role of rock bass guitar as a founding member of the Grateful Dead, died Friday at age 84.

• Judge upholds dismissal of involuntary manslaughter charge against Alec Baldwin in on-set shooting

  A New Mexico judge has upheld her decision to dismiss an involuntary manslaughter charge against Alec Baldwin in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of a Western movie.

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  The final count of ballots in the 2024 B.C. election begins Saturday, with more than 66,000 mail-in and absentee votes potentially yet to be counted across the province's 93 electoral districts.

• 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.

• 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.

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  Canadian Ryan James Wedding finished in 24th place in the parallel giant slalom at the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City, but the snowboarder wouldn’t go on to improve his results in Torino four years later.

• 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.

• A man has been hospitalized after being shot in Mississauga.

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  Mr. Steam got its online business listing back.

• Argentine star Lionel Messi was on the bench to start Inter Miami CF's game in Toronto on Saturday.

• The Blue Line will be closed between McKnight-Westwinds and Whitehorn stations starting at 6 a.m. Saturday.

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

• A former CTV Ottawa broadcaster is headlining an art gallery with landscape paintings this weekend.

• Ottawa Fire Services says a driver has been safely extricated from a vehicle that landed in a ditch following a three-vehicle collision in the city's south Friday afternoon.

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  Montreal police (SPVM) are investigating an alleged case of voyeurism on the metro involving an 18-year-old woman, with video footage of the incident now circulating on social media

• In the wake of the Bedford school controversy, opposition parties called on the government to defund private religious schools, a proposal that Quebec’s main private school association says would end up costing the government and parents more.

• Quebec's social services minister says he's outraged by reports that educators at a detention centre for youth in Montreal had sexual relations with minor detainees — and that one of the employees allegedly had a baby with a teenage resident.

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  Stuart Skinner made 27 saves for his fifth career shutout and Evan Bouchard and Mattias Ekholm each had a goal and an assist as the Edmonton Oilers snapped a two-game losing skid with a 4-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday.

• Argentine star Lionel Messi was on the bench to start Inter Miami CF's game in Toronto on Saturday.

• A former Alberta teacher has been sentenced to four years for sexually abusing a student.

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  The GoFundMe page for the family of an employee found dead at a Halifax Walmart last weekend has paused donations after almost $200,000 was raised in roughly 24 hours.

• Halifax police have arrested a fourth person in a homicide case involving a 16-year-old boy who went missing two years ago.

• For the first time in 20 years, Skate Canada International competition is back in Halifax.

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  The mystery of a 100-year-old letter sent from Manitoba to Ireland is slowly unraveling thanks to the work of one amateur sleuth.

• Winnipeg police are looking for a suspect after a woman's dorm room was broken into at the U of M and she was assaulted.

• Repairs to the historic 110-year-old rail bridge at The Forks could come with a multi-million dollar price tag.

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  Saturday will mark the end of the CFL regular season, and the Saskatchewan Roughriders will have their eyes on Winnipeg’s matchup versus Montreal to know if they have a chance of clinching the West Division.

• With mere days until votes are counted up – the provincial party leaders have entered the final phase of campaigning and are looking to appeal to undecided voters for support.

• With an attempt to address the shortage of housing available in the community, the City of Yorkton has started a housing incentive program where new builders will receive a 50 per cent rebate on residential lots, and a full tax exemption for five years.

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  Fire crews responded to a fire at a Waterloo waste management site Friday evening.

• Geovanny Villalba-Aleman, the man who stabbed three people in a gender studies class at the University of Waterloo, says he ‘acted dumb’.

• All the evidence has now been called at the trial of Erick Buhr, who has pleaded not guilty to second degree murder in the death of his grandmother, Viola Erb.

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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 Saskatchewan woman is worried her child might die before receiving life-saving surgery and tests as he sits on the province's surgical waitlist.

• The Saskatchewan RCMP is releasing the names of two suspects arrested on Thursday for a violent vehicle theft that triggered a widespread police search.

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  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.

• The Town of Cochrane plans to roll out its $10-lot program in a month or two.

• Provincial police say there is an active investigation going on in the Town of Huntsville.

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  Cornelius Woelke and his two boys, who were badly burned in a fire in Springfield, Ont., are continuing their recovery in hospital.

• In case you missed it, ���۴�ý London has gathered all of the top local stories from this week into one video for your convenience.

• 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.

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  Provincial police say there is an active investigation going on in the Town of Huntsville.

• Several students have been banned from being spectators at school sporting events, and others suspended from school, after verbal and physical exchanges at a high school soccer game.

• A 15-year veteran officer with the South Simcoe Police Service has been charged with discreditable conduct following an allegation of sexual assault.

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  A U.S. citizen was arrested by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Gorder Howe International Bridge on Oct. 18 for an active warrant for possession of synthetic drugs.

• The Greater Essex County District School Board (GECDSB) has announced they’ve completed the installation of Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) at all Board-owned and operated sites. This includes every elementary and secondary school.

• In case you missed it, ���۴�ý Windsor has compiled all of the top local stories from this week into one video.

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  The final count of ballots in the 2024 B.C. election begins Saturday, with more than 66,000 mail-in and absentee votes potentially yet to be counted across the province's 93 electoral districts.

• 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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  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.

• With Halloween less than a week away, organizations in Lethbridge are preparing to get in on the trick-or-treating fun.

• The City of Lethbridge is bringing forward a water conservation policy, the first of its kind for the city.

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  The union that represents hospital workers across the province is used a symbol from Greek mythology Friday in Espanola to drive home its campaign about the perils of privatization in health care.

• CTV's Coats for Kids is nearing the end of its donation window, with the need as strong as it’s ever been.

• The Anishinabek Police Service and the Ontario Provincial Police are investigating the circumstances around a death in Fort William First Nation.

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.