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Politics

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  PM Trudeau doesn't think his leadership is in danger, as ministers voice confidence in him a day before key Liberal meeting

  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he doesn't think his leadership is in danger, one day before a highly anticipated Liberal caucus meeting where his future at the helm of the Liberal party is expected to be up for discussion.

• Former Conservative leader says Trudeau 'should move on' amid efforts to oust him

  Former Conservative leader Erin O'Toole says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau 'should move on,' as he faces growing inner-caucus turmoil.

• It's been 10 years since a man with a rifle shot and killed Cpl. Nathan Cirillo, an honour guard stationed at the National War Memorial. Mark Sutcliffe, now the mayor of Ottawa, looks back on that day and the ways Ottawa has changed.

Health

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  What is 'pink cocaine'? Designer drug linked to Liam Payne and named in Diddy lawsuit

  A partial autopsy has revealed that former One Direction singer Liam Payne had multiple substances in his system when he plunged to his death from a third-floor balcony in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

• 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.

• One dead in multistate E. coli outbreak tied to McDonald's Quarter Pounders, CDC says

  The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a food safety alert Tuesday regarding an E. coli outbreak that it says is linked with McDonald's Quarter Pounders.

Sci-Tech

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  A giant meteorite boiled the oceans 3.2 billion years ago, but provided a 'fertilizer bomb' for life

  A massive space rock, estimated to be the size of four Mount Everests, slammed into Earth more than 3 billion years ago — and the impact could have been unexpectedly beneficial for the earliest forms of life on our planet, according to new research.

• The estimated population of North Atlantic right whales increased in 2023, but a group of international marine scientists say human behaviour still poses a significant threat to the critically endangered species.

• 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.

Entertainment

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  Initial report shows Liam Payne had cocaine in his system when he died, says Argentine official

  An initial toxicology report for ex-One Direction singer Liam Payne, who died last week after falling from a third-floor hotel balcony in Buenos Aires, showed that he had cocaine in his system after his death, an Argentine official said.

• It was lights, cameras, and action at a beachfront Manitoba community last week as a Hollywood movie shoot took over the town once again.

• Harvey Weinstein has chronic myeloid leukemia, Reuters reports citing NBC

  Former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein has chronic myeloid leukemia, NBC News reported on Monday, citing sources.

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  A Vancouver couple who live across the street from McBride Park on the city's west side say they repeatedly told the city a tree on the southern edge of the park posed a danger – but nothing was done.

• The search for a man who went missing amid last weekend’s atmospheric river in Coquitlam, B.C., has entered its third day.

• Mounties in British Columbia say a second person has been found dead after two vehicles ended up in a river on Vancouver Island when a road washed out amid torrential rains over the weekend.

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  TTC staff are recommending that the transit service ban lithium-ion-powered mobility devices like e-scooters and e-bikes through the winter months due to the risk of fire in adverse conditions such as salty roads.

• Police have released video footage of a recent home invasion in Richmond Hill as they search for three outstanding suspects who they say may have returned to the residence the following day to take another vehicle.

• A multi-vehicle collision on the Toronto-bound QEW has shut down all but one lane of traffic during rush hour on Tuesday, says the OPP.

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  A new study suggests the Government of Alberta purposely pushed false narratives around public safety to scale down safe supply in the province.

• An electrical grid alert was issued throughout Alberta on Tuesday morning as temperatures cooled.

• Police have identified the victim of a deadly shooting late last week in northeast Calgary.

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  Memorials and tributes are taking place across Ottawa on Tuesday to remember Cpl. Nathan Cirillo, an honour guard stationed at the National War Memorial, killed 10 years ago today.

• Residents of Ottawa's Rideauview neighbourhood say an aggressive wild turkey has become a problem.

• Man charged after attempting to force his way into the House of Commons: police

  On the tenth anniversary of the shooting on Parliament Hill, a man was arrested and charged with trespassing as he attempted to push past security guards into the House of Commons.

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  Quebec Premier Francois Legault promised on Tuesday to toughen secularism measures in schools, saying he was 'shocked' by revelations about a Montreal public school where a group of teachers had tried to introduce what the premier described as 'Islamist' beliefs.

• The Quebec government wants to hear Quebecers' thoughts about scrapping the twice-yearly time change, but it isn't promising to act on them.

• A Montreal borough and Muslim leader are pushing back against the head of the Parti Québécois after he accused a local library of promoting a "religious invasion" by posting a photo of a young girl wearing a hijab for a storytime event.

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  Police are looking for a man and a woman who robbed an Edmonton jewelry store earlier this month.

• A change of usual blueline sides? That's all right with Edmonton Oilers defenceman Darnell Nurse.

• Epcor says it has begun treating an Edmonton stormwater pond to remove invasive goldfish.

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  Police have confirmed the body of an employee who died at a Walmart in Halifax over the weekend was found in a walk-in oven.

• A member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party is crossing the floor and joining the Progressive Conservatives.

• Communities east of Alberta set record high temperatures for an Oct. 21 while Alberta itself contended with the first snowfall of the season in some areas.

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  A pilot project that brought seasonal washrooms to the 750-kilometre stretch of highway has wrapped up.

• The Manitoba government is restoring the 1:1 apprentice-to-journeyperson ratio.

• A number of Manitoba communities kicked off the week by breaking decades-old heat records.

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  Saskatchewan's Conflict of Interest Commissioner (COIC) has found that former Saskatchewan Party MLA Gary Grewal violated legislative rules by profiting from hotels while they were party to government contracts.

• Two holes found in the window of a Saskatchewan Party campaign office were not caused by a gun, Regina police have reported.

• Hundreds of voter information cards have landed in the wrong hands.

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  No one was hurt after playground equipment went up in flames at a Kitchener, Ont. park.

• At least seven large-scale butter thefts have been reported in Guelph, Ont. over a 10-month period, including two hauls in just the last month.

• Videos of a meteor shower seen across southwestern Ontario have been popping up across social media since Monday night.

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  A Saskatoon family is voicing concerns after paying twice as much PST as expected on a recently purchased truck.

• Hundreds of voter information cards have landed in the wrong hands.

• A city planning document for the Bus Rapid Transit system (BRT) sparked controversy over the weekend, with three civic election candidates alleging Confederation Mall was at risk of being demolished and replaced with dense housing.

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  Now that the jury has begun deliberating in the Sudbury murder trial of Felicity Altiman, here are some of the interesting courtroom moments they didn't get to hear.

• After operating for 51 years, General Motors has announced it is closing the Kapuskasing Proving Ground, a facility the automaker used to test the durability of its vehicles in cold weather.

• Police have confirmed the body of an employee who died at a Walmart in Halifax over the weekend was found in a walk-in oven.

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  A father and his two children who suffered severe burns in a Springfield, Ont. house fire have undergone surgery.

• A meteor lit up our region's sky last night – with a large fireball shooting across the horizon over Lake Erie at around 7:00 p.m.

• On the stand of a London courthouse on Tuesday, Rachel Johnson described how a fun bush bash birthday party on July 30, 2021 turned deadly.

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  Emergency crews rushed to the scene of a serious collision in Barrie’s south end involving a passenger vehicle and a motorcycle.

• Police laid two dozen charges in connection with a month-long investigation into a criminal auto theft enterprise.

• A woman who alleges a Canadian soldier sexually assaulted her while at Canadian Forces Base Borden in 2018 came under fire by the accused’s defence lawyer in a Barrie courtroom on Tuesday.

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  ‘Vampire Zombies…from Space!’ and ‘Thundersnake’, two films that are showing at the Windsor International Film Festival (WIFF), were both shot across the city and in the County of Essex.

• Before the Town of Essex adopts it's new Master Plan for Land Use, staff will work to identify best proper use for future developments across the municipality.

• NextStar Energy is celebrating the official start of battery module production.

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  Mounties in British Columbia say a second person has been found dead after two vehicles ended up in a river on Vancouver Island when a road washed out amid torrential rains over the weekend.

• With the B.C. election too close to call, Dr. Bonnie Henry was asked Tuesday how she feels about the possibility of a party that has repeatedly called for her firing forming government.

• The B.C. Greens say Sonia Furstenau will be staying on as party leader, despite losing her seat in the legislature in Saturday's provincial election.

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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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  The health of honeybees will be the focus of a presentation at the University of Lethbridge on Wednesday evening.

• 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.

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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.