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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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  Bird flu spreading faster than 2023 in the EU, data shows

  Bird flu has been spreading faster in the European Union this season than a milder 2023, raising concerns of a repeat of previous crises that led to the deaths of tens of millions of poultry and renewing fears that it could expand to humans.

• B.C.’s Interior Health Authority was fined nearly $250,000 after 10 workers were exposed to illicit substances at a hospital in Penticton.

• 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.

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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  Mariah Carey officially kicks off the countdown to Christmas

  Mariah Carey is finally ready.

• Drake has released a new music video for his track 'No Face,' and Scarborough residents will likely know exactly where it was filmed.

• Heidi Klum and Janelle Monae wear elaborate E.T. costumes for their Halloween parties

  Heidi Klum and Janelle Monae opted for out-of-this-world Halloween costumes this year — both choosing to dress as the stubby alien E.T. for their parties on opposite coasts.

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

• A university basketball star on Vancouver Island is speaking out about the treatment she's received as a transgender athlete.

• A convict who became Canada 's youngest designated dangerous offender after sexually assaulting a three-month-old baby is seeking escorted leave from prison to attend Indigenous cultural ceremonies in Vancouver.

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  More than 44 years after human remains were found in a rural area of Markham, Ont., police are revealing that the deceased was an inmate who had escaped prison just a month before his body was found.

• Toronto police say 59 suspects are facing a total of 300 charges in connection with an auto theft and re-vinning probe.

• Two people were taken to hospital after police responded to a man following around strangers in Brampton late Thursday night.

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  A new domestic violence report out of the University of Calgary could help flag early warning signs.

• Firefighters needed to rescue the occupants of a burning home in Penbrooke Meadows after one of the evacuees climbed out of an upstairs window and was stranded on the roof.

• A Danielle Smith leadership vote and policy surrounding gender and net-zero emissions targets will take centre stage when the United Conservative Party Annual General Meeting (AGM) gets underway Friday.

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  An Ottawa resident is facing charges in connection to a fatal crash on Highway 417 in Ottawa's west end last May. Emergency crews responded to the head-on collision on Highway 417 by Kinburn Side Road just before 9:30 a.m. on May 14.

• The Royal Canadian Legion's Montgomery Branch in downtown Ottawa is for sale, 60 years after the Legion opened the renovated headquarters. The listing on Realtor.ca shows Branch 351 on Kent Street is for sale at $2.999 million.

• Drivers will be paying more to park at several municipal parking lots in Ottawa, including the two lots in the ByWard Market. The short-term parking rate at the parking garage at 70 Clarence Street increases to $2 for 30 minutes.

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  Public transit users in Montreal are faced with service disruptions on two fronts on Friday as part of the REM and the green line on the Metro are shut down.

• The bronze statue of the famous Formula 1 driver Gilles Villeneuve that was erected in front of the museum dedicated to his memory, in Berthierville, Que. was stolen.

• There will be several major road closures in and around the Montreal area, including on the Ile-aux-Tourtes Bridge and the Ville-Marie Expressway (R-136) towards downtown.

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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.

• A Danielle Smith leadership vote and policy surrounding gender and net-zero emissions targets will take centre stage when the United Conservative Party Annual General Meeting (AGM) gets underway Friday.

• A 19-year-old woman was injured in a hit-and-run crash northwest of Edmonton last week.

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  'Stand by your sons, daughters': New Brunswick woman named national Silver Cross Mother

  Maureen Anderson, who lost both her sons to their overseas service in the Canadian Armed Forces, has been named this year's national Silver Cross Mother.

• A 19-person cabinet has been announced in New Brunswick, the day before Saturday’s swearing-in for the premier and ministers.

• The Nova Scotia RCMP says a razorblade and pre-rolled cannabis joints were found in separate treat bags on Halloween.

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

• A former Manitoba hockey coach has pleaded guilty to luring and sexually assaulting a teenage player.

• A 1970s film that found a cult following in Winnipeg is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a series of special events.

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  A newly elected Saskatchewan Party government got back to work on Thursday, with returning and new government members meeting for the first time.

• The Regina Humane Society (RHS) is asking for help as it deals with a large number of puppies currently in its care.

• Children's doctors reporting unusual increase in walking pneumonia cases in Canada

  Children's hospitals across the country are seeing an unusual increase in the number of serious and more complicated cases of walking pneumonia affecting much younger patients, according to medical experts.

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  Erick Buhr, the man accused of killing his grandmother, Viola Erb, is now representing himself at his second degree murder trial.

• A Guelph man is facing assault charges after a stabbing in downtown Guelph.

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  An 80-year-old Cambridge woman is dead following a crash in Cambridge Thursday morning.

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  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.

• A newly elected Saskatchewan Party government got back to work on Thursday, with returning and new government members meeting for the first time.

• Bobby Cameron will serve another term as Chief of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN), following an election at Saskatoon’s TCU place on Thursday.

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

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

• An engineer who filed false reports that said a tailings dam protecting the Magnetawan River had been repaired has been fined $5,000.

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  The St. Thomas Fire Department says it was an extreme case of renoviction that led to the closure of an apartment building in the south end of the city, following numerous safety violations.

• The city of London is contributing more than $3 million for an office to residential conversion downtown.

• 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.

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  A federal offender wanted for breaching his statutory release in July has been apprehended.

• Now that Halloween is over and done with, many will be looking for ways to be rid of their pumpkins.

• Ontario Provincial Police have charged a resident of the apartment building on King Street with arson.

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  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.

• While patrolling for stolen vehicles in the Bothwell area around 12:15 a.m. on Oct. 29, police saw a pickup truck approaching. After getting the license plate, an office tried to make a U-turn, but the truck sped away.

• The Town of Tecumseh is getting $240,000 from Ontario for a beautification project through the Rural Economic Development (RED) program.

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

• A university basketball star on Vancouver Island is speaking out about the treatment she's received as a transgender athlete.

• A convict who became Canada 's youngest designated dangerous offender after sexually assaulting a three-month-old baby is seeking escorted leave from prison to attend Indigenous cultural ceremonies in Vancouver.

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

• A three goal outburst in the first period of Wednesday night’s game against the Swift Current Broncos was all the Hurricanes need on their way to 3-1 win at home against the Swift Current Broncos.

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

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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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  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.