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Politics

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  Parliament returns amid partisan wrangling, rumblings about Trudeau's leadership

  The House of Commons returns today from a week-long break, but it's unlikely to be business as usual.

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  EXCLUSIVE | Expelled Indian diplomat denies involvement in Sikh leader's murder, claims 'no evidence presented'

  India's High Commissioner to Canada denies any involvement in the murder of Canadian Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar, who was shot and killed in B.C. last year.

• 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.

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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  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.

• Simple Plan latest Canadian act to get documentary treatment at Prime Video

  The Canadian pop-punk band Simple Plan will be the subject of a forthcoming documentary on Prime Video, which is slated to debut sometime next year.

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  Police are seeking dash cam footage to piece together the final moments of a woman who drowned in the Fraser River more than two weeks ago.

• Two men charged in the killing of former Air India bombing suspect Ripudaman Singh Malik have pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in a British Columbia court.

• 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.

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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 police have released photos of a missing teen in an effort to locate her.

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

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

• OC Transpo says the line finished the test with a 14-day rolling average on-time performance of 99.5 per cent.

• 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.

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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 65-year-old Repentigny man is facing charges after allegedly drunkenly firing a shotgun in his apartment and injuring a young woman who was sleeping in her bed two floors above.

• One in five Montreal children could be starting school on an empty stomach, according to a new report by Montreal public health.

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

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

• Police in Fort McMurray are investigating after a teepee in front of a local school was vandalized.

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  New Brunswickers will cast their votes today in what is predicted to be a tight provincial election.

• The investigation into the sudden death of a Walmart employee over the weekend is still underway, but few details are being provided.

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

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  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.

• A 13-year-old boy has been seriously injured in a shooting in northern Manitoba.

• A 17-year-old girl is facing charges in connection with a machete attack involving two teenage boys outside a Winnipeg school.

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

• The Regina Police Service has charged a 17-year-old in connection to a stabbing that occurred outside a downtown business.

• A construction firm has pled guilty in the case of a serious workplace injury in 2023 near Moose Jaw.

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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.

• 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.

• Three people from Brantford are facing charges after 6.3 kilograms of cocaine was seized during search warrants at five southwestern Ontario locations.

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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.

• 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.

• A sentencing hearing resumed Monday for the Saskatchewan man who 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.

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  The defence for a woman accused of second-degree murder in Sudbury admits she stole from the male victim, but insists the man was already dead when she arrived in his apartment.

• 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.

• A 29-year-old man believed to be carrying a loaded pistol is wanted on Manitoulin Island by Anishnaabe police who say they suspect he fled to Sagamok First Nation.

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  Police say that on Saturday, September 28, at around 3:00 p.m., a woman was in the women’s changeroom of the Canada Games Aquatics Centre on Wonderland Road.

• “I'm really trying to encourage my neighbors to get out and vote... this is the kind of opportunity that comes by - you know, only once, right?” said Mildmay area resident, Tony Zettel.

• Students at Fanshawe College say that they’re concerned they’ll be caught in the middle of a labour dispute that could affect their school year.

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  The unprecedented civilian court prosecution of a Canadian soldier accused of sexual assault and forcible confinement against a female military member while at Canadian Forces Base Borden in 2018 has gone to trial.

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

• The vibrant fall colours attract people from all over hoping to get that perfect shot, but police warn that driving significantly slower than the speed limit to check out the changing of the leaves can not only be dangerous, but it could result in charges.

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  Liberation Zone members, along with the University of Windsor Students Alliance, will hold a news conference Monday at 1 p.m.

• Windsor police officers have arrested a suspect and seized four shotguns after an investigation.

• A 16-year-old boy, who is facing assault and weapons charges, has been arrested for violating bail conditions.

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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.

• 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.

• A police investigation is underway after a cyclist was struck and killed by a pickup truck while participating in an organized bicycle race on Vancouver Island.

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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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  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.

• 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.

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  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.

• Three young children were unhurt when a vehicle they were in crashed into a ditch Oct. 14 in Sandy Lake First Nation in northwestern Ontario.

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.