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Politics

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  'Fundamental' political shift required to overcome $40 billion NATO spending gap: analyst

  Canada will need a profound shift in political priorities if the country is to ramp up spending to meet its international security obligations.

• Survivors call on Canada to criminalize residential school denialism

  Residential school survivors are calling on Canada to criminalize residential school denialism, echoing one of the findings in a report about unmarked graves and burial sites associated with the institutions.

• 'Not going to play their games,' Singh won't help Tories, Bloc topple the Liberals

  Jagmeet Singh says the NDP will not support the Bloc Québécois and Conservative leaders to help them bring down the Liberal government.

Health

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  Alzheimer Society supports advance MAID requests, but also good dementia care

  The Alzheimer Society says people with dementia should have the right to request medical assistance in dying in advance — but it must not be a replacement for high-quality palliative care.

• Dental-care program hits 1 million patients in first six months, coverage expands

  A million Canadians have received care under the federal dental-care plan six months after the program began, Health Minister Mark Holland said Thursday.

• Premier Doug Ford's government has no strategy to mitigate problems that could result from the province's newly liberalized alcohol sales rules, a health coalition said Thursday, warning that more death, cancer diagnoses and emergency department strains are on the horizon.

Sci-Tech

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  Rover captures peculiar ‘googly eye’ in the Martian sky

  As Phobos, one of Mars’ two moons, passed in front of the sun, it cast a lumpy, potato-shaped shadow on the sun’s face as well as on the Martian surface.

• Scientists find new piece in puzzle of America's oldest tombstone

  The oldest known surviving tombstone in the United States is an elaborate display of wealth — an intricately carved slab of black limestone initially laid in the floor of the second church of Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent British settlement in North America.

• Over four days on the water in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Heather Bowlby and her team from Fisheries and Oceans Canada tagged 15 great white sharks.

Entertainment

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  'Out of control': Room costs spike 10 times higher on Taylor Swift Canada show nights

  The situation facing out-of-town Taylor Swift fans now may be even worse, with some hotel rooms and short-term rentals in Toronto and Vancouver on show weekends costing 10 times more than other weekends.

• One Winnipeg restaurant got a surprise visit from a pair of ‘Lord of the Rings’ stars.

• Shaun White's proposal to Nina Dobrev was romantic gold

  On Wednesday, Nina Dobrew and Shaun White announced that they are engaged on their Instagram pages, with Dobrev posting photos of the pair embracing under an arch of white roses and showing off her five-carat Lorraine Schwartz engagement ring.

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  Mounties in British Columbia have discovered the "largest and most sophisticated" drug-production laboratory in Canadian history, federal investigators announced Thursday, describing the facility as a "super lab" operated by international organized criminals.

• Three and a half years after losing her only child, a Victoria mother has confirmed something she has long believed: her daughter’s death was not an accident.

• November arrives in Vancouver this weekend with shorter days, earlier sunsets – especially after daylight saving time ends Sunday – and the winter holiday season looming on the horizon.

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  A 19-year-old mother has been charged with murder after her baby died in a house fire in Toronto last week, police say.

• An 11-year-old girl is in critical condition after being struck by a Mi-Way bus outside of a school in Mississauga, Peel paramedics say.

• Auston Matthews has come face to face with his look-alike. On Thursday, the Maple Leafs star met seven-year-old Grayson Joseph, who went viral for dressing up as an Auston Matthews hockey card.

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  If you’re looking for a scare this Halloween, you don’t have to look far in Calgary with several homes across the city transformed into haunted houses.

• A man in his 60s was airlifted to hospital in Calgary in life-threatening condition following an e-bike crash near Diamond Valley, Alta.

• Some Calgary city council members are taking issue with comments made by Alberta's addiction minister and are reiterating any decision to close a Supervised Consumption Site at the Sheldon M. Chumir Health Centre is a provincial responsibility.

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  OC Transpo is still not providing a launch date for the new north-south O-Train line, as it focuses on the final "critical milestones" to launch the new rail line that will connect downtown Ottawa and Riverside South.

• The Ottawa Police Service Homicide Unit, and Guns and Gangs Unit are asking the public for help in identifying two persons of interest allegedly involved in a series of criminal incidents that happened in 2021, 2022, and this year.

• It's the spookiest time of the year for these elementary students at St. Gabriel School in Kanata.

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  A Montreal-area woman accused of throwing boiling water on a 10-year-old boy and causing serious injuries has been granted bail.

• The City of Montreal found itself in the middle of a debate this week after complaints were made about a sign that featured a woman wearing a hijab.

• Service is down on the Réseau express métropolitain (REM) after a system failure on two trains, and expected to be back around 5:50 p.m.

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  The Alberta government has tabled three bills that will change, among other things, how transgender youth and athletes are treated in the province.

• The owners of the Whistle Stop Cafe is suing the Alberta government for imposing mandates on businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Alberta's nurses have rejected a new collective agreement proposed by a mediator.

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  A 24-year-old woman has died after she was hit by a Halifax Transit bus Thursday morning.

• Mason Louie of Moncton, N.B., has been decorating his house since 2019, but this year his family received a note calling the display too scary for children.

• The daughter of a Nova Scotia woman who was killed by her husband of 33 years earlier this month in Enfield says she wants police to release more details about domestic violence cases.

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  The organization representing physicians in Manitoba said more work needs to be done to address the surgical backlog in the province.

• A Winnipeg high school football record that has stood since 2009 has been broken by two different players.

• A power outage in a Manitoba town has caused a boil water advisory.

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  Nine of Regina's eleven mayoral candidates faced off in a debate on Wednesday evening, discussing a variety of topics.

• Conservation officers are asking for tips from the public after about 100 snow geese were shot and left to waste near Moose Jaw.

• A Regina man was taken into custody after a business on 5th Avenue was robbed Wednesday night.

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  People living in an encampment in Guelph have been told they have two weeks to pack up and get out.

• One person has been taken to a trauma centre in Hamilton after a stabbing in downtown Guelph on Thursday.

• It might not be a ‘dark and stormy’ night, but trick-or-treaters may get a little wet tonight.

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  Four Saskatoon mayoral candidates had their chance to challenge each other on various issues during a televised debate Wednesday night.

• Saskatchewan RCMP say that human remains found on Monday north of Lloydminster near the Alberta/Saskatchewan border were those of Serayne Kematch.

• The final constituency to decide in Saskatchewan's 2024 election will come down to the final mail-in ballots, with the race still too close to call in Saskatoon Westview.

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  Juanita Migwans – or 'Winnie,' as her family calls her – of M'Chigeeng First Nation has been missing for almost a month.

• Mother intentionally jumps over Niagara Falls with her two children, a 9-year-old and 5-month-old: police

  A 33-year-old mother climbed over a safety rail and intentionally went over Niagara Falls with her two children, a 9-year-old and 5-month-old, according to New York state police, who said Wednesday that search and rescue efforts were unsuccessful.

• Environment Canada issued weather alerts Wednesday in anticipation of heavy rain and the first accumulating snowfall of the season in the northeast with up to 10 cm expected.

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  As reported on Tuesday, police said a man was with his family in a park near King Street and Thames Street, when an unknown man approached.

• On Thursday, Maya Pluchowski resumed with her testimony telling the jury about the moments after an 18-year-old Western University student was shot and killed.

• An opioid alert has been issued by Grey Bruce Public Health (GBHU) after they received a notification of a suspected fatal opioid-related poisoning.

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  York Regional Police (YRP) are on the hunt for a man allegedly involved in the shooting of a 65-year-old man in Schomberg as he walked his dog in February 2023.

• Barrie Mayor Alex Nuttall is ready to take action to address the issue of homeless encampments popping up in open areas, which is bound to come with some backlash.

• Police are searching for a suspect after an alleged assault with a weapon incident that occurred Wednesday evening in Huntsville.

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  A man accused of attempted murder has been arrested for failing to comply with his bail conditions.

• From the outside, Gurneet Kaur’s home in LaSalle, Ont., looks like many others across the country on Oct. 31 — with pumpkins and skeletons galore.

• An official signing of the order to terminate the emergency in Wheatley takes place in Chatham-Kent Thursday afternoon.

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  Mounties in British Columbia have discovered the "largest and most sophisticated" drug-production laboratory in Canadian history, federal investigators announced Thursday, describing the facility as a "super lab" operated by international organized criminals.

• Three and a half years after losing her only child, a Victoria mother has confirmed something she has long believed: her daughter’s death was not an accident.

• Mounties say a hit-and-run driver who struck and killed a 21-year-old father on Vancouver Island last week may not be aware they hit someone.

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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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  A 27-year-old security guard has been charged after an incident where a bar patron sustained life-threatening injuries.

• Parks Canada and the Blackfoot Confederacy have announced a new collaboration.

• A Lethbridge police officer faces multiple charges in relation to an off-duty domestic incident.

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  A 40-year-old suspect has been charged with sexual assault following an incident Wednesday in Sault Ste. Marie.

• Juanita Migwans – or 'Winnie,' as her family calls her – of M'Chigeeng First Nation has been missing for almost a month.

• The City of Greater Sudbury has been chosen to host the Ontario 55+ Summer Games next year.

N.L.

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  Newfoundland and Labrador cautioned about growing debt as province touts success

  Newfoundland and Labrador's auditor general has issued a warning about the province's financial position as the government announced it would finish the 2024-25 fiscal year with a higher-than-expected deficit.

• Police charge off-duty Newfoundland RCMP officer with impaired driving

  Police in Newfoundland and Labrador have charged an off-duty RCMP officer for allegedly driving while impaired, following a crash on Sunday.

• Human remains found in ocean near Placentia Bay ID'd as missing Coast Guard employee

  The human remains recovered off Placentia Bay, N.L., earlier this month have been identified as the coast guard employee who went missing at sea in September.