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Politics

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  Ottawa says businesses can request tariff exemption on Chinese goods

  The federal government says businesses can now request remission from newly announced tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles and steel and aluminum products.

• Cabinet minister who is quitting voices confidence in Trudeau

  One of four Canadian cabinet members who are stepping down said on Friday that he has confidence in Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and he played down polls predicting the Liberals will badly lose in the next election.

• Indian diplomats 'clearly on notice' after high commissioner expulsion: Joly

  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.

Health

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  Ontario mayors ask for mental-health law reviews in wake of opioid, encampment crisis

  Ontario Big City Mayors are asking the province to review mental-health laws and whether to expand the scope of involuntary treatment for people who are addicted to drugs and live on the streets.

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

  The Canadian Cancer Society and other health advocates say 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.

• 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.

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.

• Judge delays order in antitrust case requiring Google to open up its app store

  A federal judge on Friday delayed an order requiring Google to open up its Android app store to more competition until an appeals court decides whether to block the shake-up because of legal questions surrounding a jury's verdict that branded Google as an illegal monopolist.

• 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.

Entertainment

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  Taylor Swift is coming to Toronto and the city is working to shake off its gridlock problems by implementing a '"limited activity zone' around the Rogers Centre during the two-week period when she is scheduled to play six sold-out shows.

• Cheryl Cole pays tribute to Liam Payne, condemns 'abhorrent' reports about his death

  Liam Payne's former partner, Cheryl Cole, paid tribute to the late singer in a statement on Friday in which she pleaded for sensitivity in coverage of his death.

• 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.

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  Mounties in Surrey say they're investigating a "possible arson" in the city's Newton neighbourhood Friday.

• A British Columbia family is pleading for information about the disappearance of their son, who was 22 years old when he vanished from Kelowna 18 years ago.

• Vernon Adams Jr. has watched the B.C. Lions' struggles from a unique vantage point. And the quarterback's assessment of what's plagued the team is simple.

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  A 20-year-old man and a 17-year-old boy are facing multiple charges after allegedly firing gunshots at a Jewish girls' school last weekend.

• Police say five suspects from Hamilton are facing charges in connection with the sexual assault of a female youth in Vaughan earlier this month.

• 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.

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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.

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  Calgary police have released photos of a man they want to speak with as part of an investigation into a death at SAIT.

• Calgary police are asking for public assistance to help them identify a suspect they believe was involved in a series of drug store thefts.

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  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.

• If you’re heading out trick or treating this Halloween, you may end up with more chips, gummies, licorice, and other goodies – rather than chocolate. Cocoa prices have spiked, and that could be playing a trick with what your kids come home with and what you give out on Halloween night.

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

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  If you were hoping to buy a bottle of Pinot Grigio to kick off the weekend in Quebec, you're not going to be happy.

• Police say a woman in her 40s is in life-threatening condition after she was struck by a vehicle in the Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension borough Friday afternoon.

• Several Montreal residents are still unable to return home two months after a massive water main burst flooded streets and apartment buildings in Ville-Marie.

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  One person is in custody after a standoff in Camrose, Alta. that lasted nearly 18 hours.

• Alberta Animal Rescue Crew Society North Haven Adoption Centre was robbed during business hours on Wednesday.

• A sweet Edmonton staple is celebrating 15 years in business and one can only imagine how intricate the birthday cake is.

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  When municipal elections go ahead on Saturday, Halifax will elect a new mayor for the first time in 12-years.

• Food insecurity is a constant problem across the Maritimes and food banks are preparing their shelves for the high demand they expect to see during the holidays.

• An 18-year-old woman has been arrested in connection with a shooting that prompted an emergency alert in the Salisbury and Moncton areas of New Brunswick last month.

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  Winnipeg police are investigating after officers had to help rescue a man trapped in the basement of a North End home on fire Friday morning.

• Health-care support workers in Manitoba have officially ratified a new deal agreed to earlier this month.

• The Manitoba government will look at proactively releasing more information about its out-of-province travel expenses, Premier Wab Kinew said Friday.

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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.

• A man from Prince Albert has died following a collision between a semi and an SUV on Highway 2 near Chamberlain, Sask. on Thursday.

• 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.

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  Viola Erb died as a result of “external neck compression and blunt force head trauma,” the forensic pathologist who conducted her autopsy told court on Friday.

• Ontario Big City Mayors are asking the province to review mental-health laws and whether to expand the scope of involuntary treatment for people who are addicted to drugs and live on the streets.

• The “comet of the century” will still be visible for another few days in North America.

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  Mark Arcand was re-elected to a third term as Tribal Chief of the Saskatoon Tribal Council (STC).

• 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.

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  Greater Sudbury Police are looking for witnesses and video of an assault that took place late Thursday evening or early Friday morning at the intersection of Cedar and Young streets downtown.

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

• A man from northwestern Ontario has his fishing licence suspended for three years and faces fines of $15,870 for illegally selling leeches and baitfish.

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  Isabella Restrepo resumed with her testimony on Friday, telling the jury the frightening details surrounding the shooting death that took place at a bush party for young people off of Pack Road in south London on July 30, 2021.

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

• Ontario Big City Mayors are asking the province to review mental-health laws and whether to expand the scope of involuntary treatment for people who are addicted to drugs and live on the streets.

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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.

• 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.

• Provincial police spent two hours on Wednesday targeting commercial trucks travelling through Bolton in violation of the town’s No Truck Route.

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  First responders from across Essex County spent their Friday learning how to rescue large animals in the event of an emergency.

• A Chatham-Kent doctor is facing several sex-related charges involving a minor.

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

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  British Columbians go to the polls on Saturday after a too-close-to-call campaign that saw David Eby's New Democrats and John Rustad's B.C. Conservatives tangle over housing, health care and the overdose crisis — as well as plastic straws and a billionaire's billboards.

• 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.

• Vernon Adams Jr. has watched the B.C. Lions' struggles from a unique vantage point. And the quarterback's assessment of what's plagued the team is simple.

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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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  While the start to fall has seen above-average temperatures for much of southern Alberta, the first chance of winter is in the forecast for Monday evening, which has many in Lethbridge preparing.

• The Brooks Bandits may have changed leagues, but they haven’t changed their winning ways.

• 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.

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  A man from northwestern Ontario has his fishing licence suspended for three years and faces fines of $15,870 for illegally selling leeches and baitfish.

• 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.

N.L.

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  Is it pickled fat? Pierogi? Newfoundland 'blobster' expert eyeing weird beach goo

  A Newfoundland scientist known for identifying a gelatinous, rancid mass that washed up on the island's shores decades ago is hoping to get his hands on a slice of the strange white globs appearing on the province's beaches.

• 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.