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Politics

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  Chinese hacking is biggest state cyber threat to Canada, spy agency says

  An aggressive Chinese hacking campaign is the most active state cyber threat to Canada, the country's signals intelligence agency said on Wednesday, in the latest warning about clandestine activity by Beijing.

• '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.

• '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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  An Idaho health department isn't allowed to give COVID-19 vaccines anymore. Experts say it's a first

  A regional public health department in Idaho is no longer providing COVID-19 vaccines to residents in six counties after a narrow decision by its board.

• An Ontario woman is facing serious charges after police allege she pretended to be a registered nurse at several Simcoe County facilities, despite being unqualified.

• A measles outbreak has been declared in New Brunswick’s Zone 3, which includes Fredericton and the upper Saint John River Valley.

Sci-Tech

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  Those typing monkeys will never produce Shakespeare's works, mathematicians say

  Talented though they may be, monkeys will never type out the complete works of William Shakespeare, or even a short book, a new study suggests.

• 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.

Entertainment

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  A Palestinian-Israeli collective made one of 2024's most lauded docs. Will it be released in the US?

  “No Other Land,” has been hailed as one of the year's most powerful documentaries, but it's stoked controversy, prompted death threats for its makers and — despite the acclaim — remains without an American distributor.

• Mariah Carey officially kicks off the countdown to Christmas

  Mariah Carey is finally ready.

• Rapper Young Thug is a free man. Here are things to know about his plea

  Rapper Young Thug is a free man after pleading guilty to gang, drug and gun charges.

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  A Vancouver Island woman who refused to accept her daughter died of an accidental overdose is relieved the record has been set straight.

• Vancouver emergency crews faced another year of Halloween chaos Thursday, as assaults, fires, fireworks-related injuries and general public disorder plagued the spooky holiday.

• The family of a missing Surrey teen is growing more concerned – and more frustrated with the lack of progress on a police investigation – as the number of days since his disappearance grows.

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  Two people are in custody after an alleged stolen pickup truck struck a police horse and rammed into three cruisers before crashing into a downtown Toronto store Friday afternoon.

• Mayors from a dozen big cities across Ontario say they want the province to use the notwithstanding clause to pass legislation that would help them handle encampments and addiction in their communities to ensure their requested measures are 'implemented in a timely and effective way.'

• Toronto police say two suspects entered a movie theatre and lit an unknown package, causing a fire that prompted an evacuation Friday evening.

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  A Calgary councillor wants the city to protect drivers from tow truck companies that are "preying" on drivers on scene of car crashes.

• A CN train derailed near Beiseker, Alta., on Friday morning.

• The Calgary Real Estate Board says October home sales were mostly flat compared with last year's levels, but remained around one-quarter higher than long-term trends for the month.

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  EXCLUSIVE

  EXCLUSIVE |

  Internal documents show the National Capital Commission took what it called a 'manageable risk' to lower the standard for what qualifies as thick enough ice in order to squeeze a few more skating days into the Rideau Canal Skateway season.

• Ottawa firefighters have contained a fire at a seniors' home in Richmond.

• The switch to standard time occurs at 2 a.m. on Sunday, with clocks moving back one hour. The end of daylight saving time means it will get darker earlier in the evening, with sunset before 5 p.m. starting on Sunday.

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  Thanks to a private donation, the Old Brewery Mission renovated all its shelters to have semi-private rooms.

• One of Montreal's best-known painters died this week at the age of 96 -- John Little captured the city's working-class neighbourhoods and highlighted an architecture that is fast disappearing.

• A new second-hand store just opened at Quartier DIX30 on Montreal's South Shore where shoppers can find coats, kids' shoes, home decor, and even a Louis Vitton bag.

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  The government of Alberta says its new bill aimed at women's sporting divisions is about inclusion, but advocates don't agree.

• An Edmonton Police Service officer was caught on camera running over a woman with a marked cruiser last month.

• An appeal has been denied to extend the sentence of an Ontario trucker who killed a woman in his Edmonton hotel room in 2011.

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  Nova Scotia's premier is apologizing after a court criticized his government for what it calls a flawed, discriminatory and unfair process that led to two women being rejected for coverage of out-of-province treatments.

• Montreal-based company Westcliff Management, a privately owned real estate development and management company, officially own Dieppe’s Champlain Place Mall as of Halloween.

• The RCMP in Yarmouth, N.S., is investigating the sudden deaths of two people known to each other.

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  Manitoba RCMP are looking for more information after the remains of an infant were identified.

• Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew is not making any commitments on possible new municipal taxes in Winnipeg.

• A 25-year-old man has been charged with multiple offences after he allegedly shot another man with a shotgun during a dispute at a North End home last month.

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  Advance polling stations for the Regina civic election opened Friday morning.

• Swift Current RCMP are looking for two men after a 'serious assault' in the city early Tuesday morning.

• Ward 3 will cover a smaller portion of the city in the south/southwest but has a voting population of 21,078, making it the second highest next to Ward 6 when it comes to the number of eligible voters.

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  Erick Buhr has asked the jury to find him not guilty in his grandmother Viola Erb’s death.

• Waterloo Regional Police are putting out a stern reminder about fireworks safety after a concerning display in Breslau.

• Waterloo Regional Police say charges are anticipated after a tow truck operator was seriously injured helping a disabled vehicle on the side of Trussler Road in North Dumfries Friday afternoon.

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  The family of a man shot and seriously injured at a jobsite 14 kilometres north of Prince Albert late last week is speaking out.

• Soon, Saskatoon residents will know who of the five candidates will take the reins as mayor, and who will join the new mayor at City Hall for the next term.

• SaskPower has been ordered to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars for violating workplace safety rules, but the victim won't receive any of the money.

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  With the surging number of homeless encampments in Ontario cities, Sudbury Mayor Paul Lefebvre has joined other big city mayors in asking the province to back them up when they try and prohibit encampments.

• Two males, including one young offender, were arrested Thursday evening after a shooting at a grocery store on Notre Dame Avenue in Sudbury.

• Police in northern Ontario say a razor blade was found in a child's candy on Halloween night.

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  Already sentenced to spend a life in prison for committing two London murders, William McDonald, 34, continued to add to his already lengthy criminal record while behind bars at Collins Bay Penitentiary.

• The London Fire Department said a blaze that destroyed a south London townhouse Friday killed a dog left home alone.

• Since August 2023, detectives from the Niagara Regional Police Service have been investigating an allegation of sexual assault by a man against a 15-year-old girl.

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  An Ontario woman is facing serious charges after police allege she pretended to be a registered nurse at several Simcoe County facilities, despite being unqualified.

• Christina and Troy Durocher are still struggling to come to terms with how the justice system handled the death of their son two and a half years ago.

• While online shopping has become a multi-trillion-dollar worldwide industry, a new online marketplace launched in Simcoe County in recent weeks is making it easier and more affordable to keep e-commerce local.

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  A Windsor man is on trial for attempting to join a terrorist organization known as the Atomwaffen Division (AWD).

• An Essex couple said they are unhappy with the town over a curb that was installed at the end of their driveway.

• BREAKING

  BREAKING |

  Windsor police have charged a 25-year-old man with first-degree murder in the death of a 69-year-old man in south-central Windsor.

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  Police on southern Vancouver Island are issuing a warning about the dangers of deer rutting season after a dog was gored to death by a buck earlier this week.

• A B.C. Supreme Court judge has granted an order to establish a buffer zone around one of the province's largest Sikh temples this Saturday in advance of expected confrontations between protesters and Indian consular officials.

• Concerns are growing about British Columbia’s local economy as the possibility of another province-wide labour disruption at ports looms.

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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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  Lethbridge County and the towns of Coalhurst, Nobleford and Picture Butte and the village of Barons have signed a new regional emergency management partnership agreement.

• As overnight temperatures continue to dip below freezing, the City of Lethbridge has launched its second annual snow route season ahead of winter.

• The University of Lethbridge Pronghorn Athletics Annual Safe Ride Home campaign is making a return this year, but with a new name.

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  More than half of Ontario's 480 wildfires last summer were in northeastern Ontario, according to new data from the Ministry of Natural Resources.

• 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.

N.L.

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  Teachers in Newfoundland and Labrador say violence is on the rise, averaging 22 incidents per school day

  School staff are being struck more often, students are fighting more frequently, and police are increasingly being called to school grounds, according to data compiled and released this week by the Newfoundland and Labrador Teachers' Association.

• 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.