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  Vancouver firefighters are responding to what they describe as a multi-unit, multi-floor blaze at a high-rise in the city's West End Monday afternoon.

• Mounties on Vancouver Island say one person is dead and another is presumed to have drowned after two vehicles were found submerged in a river following heavy rains that washed out roadways across British Columbia.

• A school in Victoria, B.C., went into lockdown Monday before police tasered and arrested a man in the library, according to authorities.

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  The University Health Network (UHN) is making masks mandatory as respiratory illness season ramps up.

• A Durham police officer has been charged criminally after he allegedly failed to render medical assistance to a person in distress.

• A 25-year-old Hamilton man who was shot after letting a six-year-old child play with his gun is facing charges, police say. That’s just one incident in what Hamilton police say has been a record year for shootings in the city.

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  Three people were sent to hospital following a crash on Peigan Trail Monday morning.

• Calgary Parking says there is “no need to worry” about stickers covering the contactless payment sensors on payment machines in the city.

• Police now say a deadly shooting Friday evening in northeast Calgary is linked to organized crime. According to police, about a quarter of the year's total shootings are.

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  A cat rescue southwest of Ottawa is under investigation after allegations of abuse, neglect and falsified medical records have surfaced.

• As federal employees head into the office three days a week under the federal government's new hybrid work model, the City of Ottawa is only requiring its hybrid employees to be in the office a minimum of two days a week.

• Mayor Mark Sutcliffe says the City of Ottawa is taking a "couple of important steps" to reduce heavy truck traffic in the village of Manotick, including banning transport trucks on a section of Manotick Main Street immediately.

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  A Quebec-based religion says Health Canada is dragging its feet on a decision whether to allow members to use magic mushrooms in their ceremonies.

• A 23-year-old woman is recovering in hospital after being shot while lying in her bed in Repentigny, Que. on Friday night.

• Some people living in the Le Plateau-Mont-Royal are seeing red over a new landscaping project meant to bring more green to the neighbourhood.

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  Edmonton Public Schools support workers will go on strike on Thursday.

• Edmonton Oilers head coach Kris Knoblauch told media Monday after practice that although his team's usually potent power play has been sputtering badly to start the season, he's not ready – yet – to make changes to it.

• A Stony Plain basketball coach has pleaded guilty to child pornography charges.

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  �鶹Ӱ�� is projecting the New Brunswick Liberals will form a majority government.

• The investigation into the sudden death of a 19-year-old Walmart employee over the weekend is ongoing in Halifax.

• A very fair and mild October weekend allowed for a few recording-setting high temperatures in the Maritimes.

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  Almost half of the Winnipeg’s construction projects are either done or substantially done, according to the city.

• New data is revealing the good, the bad and the ugly of artificial intelligence in schools.

• Starting next month, all buses in Manitoba will require functional heating systems for passengers.

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  A sentencing decision for a Saskatchewan father withheld his seven-year-old daughter from her mother for more than 100 days in 2021 and 2022 in an attempt to prevent her from getting a COVID-19 vaccine is now in the hands of a Court of King's Bench judge.

• SaskPower is warning customers of an email scam currently making the rounds.

• Regina police are asking the public for help as it searches for a suspect involved in an assault in the North Central area on Sunday.

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  Victims are sharing the lasting impact of the 2023 triple stabbing at the University of Waterloo. The attacker, Geovanny Villalba-Aleman, previously pled guilty to four assault-related charges.

• Testimony continued Monday at the trial of Erick Buhr, who has pleaded not guilty to the second-degree murder of his grandmother, Viola Erb.

• A Waterloo, Ont. tech company says it’s been removed from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s entity list, after previously supplying technology allegedly used for mass surveillance and censorship.

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  A Saskatoon LGBTQ+ advocate says if the Saskatchewan Party's proposed change room policy had been in place when he was a kid, he would not have survived high school.

• The RCMP says a 32-year-old Saskatchewan woman has been charged with criminal negligence and impaired driving after causing a fatal collision in the wrong lane of Highway 11.

• Saskatoon police have arrested a woman who investigators believe may have pushed a 76-year-old man down a flight of stairs on Friday night.

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  It’s a story of survival and perseverance. A Chihuahua and terrier mix named Diamondhas been reunited with her owners after going missing in Markstay-Warren in March.

• An Indigenous group in northwestern Ontario shut down the highway for a couple of hours Monday morning in protest after ancestral remains were found at a construction site.

• Sudbury's Matthew Klug who has been homeless for six months, says he was ordered by bylaw to tear down a structure he built beside his tent.

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  "We cannot allow the dehumanization of women and girls to occur even in its smallest [form]," said Mayor Morgan while speaking at the podium.

• Around 10 p.m. on Oct. 17, police said a teenaged girl met a man in the area of Clarke Road and Wavell Street. The two people struck up a conversation and walked together to the east side of a school in the area.

• A crossing near the intersection of Highbury and Florence was shut down on Monday afternoon for rail repairs.

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  It's a summer-like day in mid-October, with temperatures hitting 24C across Simcoe County, feeling more like 27C with the humidex. These daytime highs aren't unheard of, but they are definitely not the norm.

• Police charged a motorist after a vehicle crashed into a home in Innisfil Monday afternoon.

• Officials say a candle caused a fire that destroyed a mobile trailer in Oro-Medonte early Friday morning.

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  The Windsor Liberation Zone organizers are pleased that the University of Windsor will not reconsider two agreements made with pro-Palestinian protestors. The agreements were signed after a nine-week occupation.

• Despite the uncertainties of caring for a mother with Alzheimer’s disease, Lisa Williams feels fortunate to have the time, energy and support of her immediate family.

• The running community is mourning the death of a runner following the Detroit Free Press Marathon.

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  Mounties on Vancouver Island say one person is dead and another is presumed to have drowned after two vehicles were found submerged in a river following heavy rains that washed out roadways across British Columbia.

• A school in Victoria, B.C., went into lockdown Monday before police tasered and arrested a man in the library, according to authorities.

• Two people have been arrested and one is still at large in the alleged murder of a woman on Vancouver Island whose 2023 overdose death police treated as suspicious.

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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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  Lethbridge police are advising the public of officer training on Tuesday that will happen in two different venues throughout the day.

• Calgary scored three times in the first, and three times in the third as the Hitmen defeated the Lethbridge Hurricanes 6-1 Saturday at the Saddledome.

• The last students to graduate from Lethbridge College will make history this weekend as they cross the stage at fall convocation.

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  Rallies by a group called Voices Against Violence took place across the country on Monday, including Sault Ste. Marie.

• An Indigenous group in northwestern Ontario shut down the highway for a couple of hours Monday morning in protest after ancestral remains were found at a construction site.

• The owners of 73 vacant properties in the Sault have been fined for violations of the city's vacant properties bylaw, including 33 owned by a firm going through a high-profile insolvency process.

N.L.

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  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.

• 83-year-old Newfoundland musician still playing sold-out shows, even with memory loss

  At 2 p.m. on Thursday, the scene at the Lions Club in Clarenville, N.L., rivalled any rowdy St. John's bar that thumps with music late on a weekend night.

• 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.

Politics

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  Former B.C. premier Christy Clark wants to be 'part of the conversation' on Liberal party future

  As Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faces growing pressure to step aside, former B.C. premier Christy Clark says she is open to 'returning to politics' should the position of Liberal leader become available.

• One Liberal MP says he's signed letter asking Trudeau to resign, others remain mum

  Liberal MP Sean Casey is the first to publicly confirm that he has signed a letter calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to resign, arguing it would be in the best interests of the country to let someone else take the reins.

• Alleged assassination target calls expelled Indian high commissioner 'less of a diplomat and more of a hypocrite'

  Gurpatwant Singh Pannun — a dual Canada-United States citizen and the target of an alleged assassination attempt in New York City last year — says the expelled Indian High Commissioner to Canada, Sanjay Kumar Verma, is 'less of a diplomat, and more of a hypocrite.'

Health

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  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.

• The University Health Network (UHN) is making masks mandatory as respiratory illness season ramps up.

• A Quebec-based religion says Health Canada is dragging its feet on a decision whether to allow members to use magic mushrooms in their ceremonies.

Sci-Tech

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  Artificial intelligence a 'double-edged sword' in world of cybersecurity: experts

  In the fight against cyber attackers, they reason AI can help just as much as it harms.

• The image of a sleepy Saskatchewan small town with 'not a lot going on' is a well-known anecdote. However, one Saskatchewan company is hoping to change that – and allow communities both on and off the beaten path to share their stories and advertise what they have to offer.

• 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.

Entertainment

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  Facing 7 more lawsuits, Sean 'Diddy' Combs protests a 'fresh wave of publicity'

  Seven new lawsuits have been filed against Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, including one alleging the rape of a 13-year-old girl. They come as his lawyers tried again Monday to get him freed on bail, and complained that a “fresh wave of publicity” is endangering his right to a fair criminal trial.

• Jennifer Lawrence expecting second child with husband Cooke Maroney

  Jennifer Lawrence will soon be a mom of two. The Oscar-winning actress is pregnant with her second child, a representative for Lawrence told Vogue on Sunday.

• Liam Payne fans gather in great crowds to pay tribute in London's Hyde Park

  London’s Hyde Park was one of the several sites around the world this weekend for an outpouring of love, grief and recollection in honor of Liam Payne, the former One Direction boy band member who tragically fell to his death at a hotel in Buenos Aires last week at the age of 31.

Business

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  Nearly six months after its opening, the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is boosting Canada's energy sector as promised — but questions still linger about who will pay for the project's massive cost overruns.

• A Waterloo, Ont. tech company says it’s been removed from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s entity list, after previously supplying technology allegedly used for mass surveillance and censorship.

• High cost of groceries, rent squeezing Canadians: poll

  High grocery and rental costs are squeezing lower-income Canadians even as inflation trends downward, a new survey suggests.

Lifestyle

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  Husband-and-wife food bloggers show how two chefs can navigate the home kitchen and stay happy

  Husband-and-wife food bloggers and podcasters Sonja and Alex Overhiser have a new cookbook that uses a simple step to keep the kitchen a less heated place for two chefs: clear, alternating roles.

• 83-year-old Newfoundland musician still playing sold-out shows, even with memory loss

  At 2 p.m. on Thursday, the scene at the Lions Club in Clarenville, N.L., rivalled any rowdy St. John's bar that thumps with music late on a weekend night.

• 'It was a good choice': This U.S. couple say their living costs dropped by nearly US$3,000 a month when they moved to Italy

  The retired elementary teachers, Tony and Francine Smarrelli, originally from Syracuse, New York, resolved to leave the U.S. and move to Italy for good. They say they’ve cut back nearly US$3,000 per month on expenses, which amounts to US$36,000 a year, since moving there permanently.

Sports

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  Liberal, Bloc MPs vote not to summon soccer officials for cheating scandal questions

  A parliamentary committee will not question the coaches of the national women's soccer team about the Paris Olympics cheating scandal, after Liberal and Bloc Québécois MPs voted against launching a study today.

• Ken Griffey Sr. and Jr. will be at Lakers' opener, hoping to see LeBron and Bronny make NBA history

  If LeBron James Sr. and his son, Bronny, make NBA history Tuesday night by playing in the same game for the Los Angeles Lakers, Ken Griffey Sr. and Ken Griffey Jr. will be there to witness it.

• A newly minted Winnipegger is hoping a world record attempt will help bring awareness for the need for more pump track facilities in the city.

Autos

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  Thousands of hybrid vehicles recalled in Canada over risk of fire

  An increased risk of fire has prompted the recall of thousands of Honda hybrid vehicles in Canada.

• U.S. to probe Tesla's 'Full Self-Driving' system after pedestrian killed in low visibility conditions

  The U.S. government's road safety agency is investigating Tesla's 'Full Self-Driving' system after getting reports of crashes in low-visibility conditions, including one that killed a pedestrian.

• Canada vowed to clamp down on auto thefts. How is it doing?

  Canada’s border guards have seized more than 1,900 stolen cars so far this year at railyards and ports, which is over a hundred more than in 2023.