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Politics

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  Bloc won't hold Liberals 'hostage' over seniors' benefits: cabinet minister

  Liberal cabinet minister Steven Guilbeault says the Liberals will not be 'held hostage' by the Bloc Quebecois' demand to expand Old Age Security to more seniors.

• 'We've been here before': Trudeau says Canada will prioritize interests in potential U.S. trade renegotiation

  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says that if the next U.S. president re-opens trade negotiations for the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), Canada will prioritize its own interests.

• Minister says not enough beds for involuntary addictions care across the country

  The minister of mental health and addictions says there are not enough beds in jurisdictions across the country to support involuntary treatment for addictions and mental health.

Health

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  Common heart conditions raise the risk of dementia, experts say

  If you are one of the millions with heart disease, you have a higher risk for future dementia, according to the American Heart Association.

• Wastewater tested in Halifax in 2023 contained almost twice the amount of cannabis metabolites compared with samples taken from other big cities in Canada, like Toronto or Montreal.

• Twin boys born conjoined celebrate 1st birthday after separation surgery

  Twin brothers who were born conjoined recently celebrated their first birthday after undergoing successful separation surgery.

Sci-Tech

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  Look up: Northern lights could be visible across Canada this week

  The northern lights could be visible across most of Canada this week.

• The largest storm in our solar system is moving unexpectedly, scientists say

  New observations of Jupiter's Great Red Spot captured by the Hubble Space Telescope show that the 190-year-old storm wiggles like gelatin and shape-shifts like a squeezed stress ball.

• Avian enthusiasts try to counter the deadly risk of Chicago high-rises for migrating birds

  Rescue groups are busy each spring and fall when migrating birds fly into homes, small buildings and sometimes Chicago's skyscrapers and other hulking buildings. Chicago is a major migratory path in the U.S.

Entertainment

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  Sean 'Diddy' Combs to stay in jail while appeals court takes up bail fight

  A federal appeals court judge has ruled to keep Sean 'Diddy' Combs locked up while he makes a third bid for bail in his sex trafficking case, which is slated to go to trial in May.

• Al Pacino says being a new dad at 84 is a 'mini miracle'

  Al Pacino is enjoying being a late-in-life dad. The legendary actor talked about being a father to a brood, including to 16-month-old Roman with producer Noor Alfallah.

• 'Emotional train wreck': Filming of Swissair Flight 111 movie hits close to home

  Set to premiere next year, the film '111' is a joint Canadian-Swiss production that follows the interwoven stories of four people in the aftermath of the Sept. 2, 1998 Swissair crash near Peggy's Cove, N.S.

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  B.C. Conservatives Leader John Rustad says it will be up to voters to judge his party's candidates as he stood by a pair whose remarks on Indigenous and Muslim people drew condemnation from election rivals and other critics.

• In a rare occurrence, a bona fide great white shark washed up on a B.C. beach Thursday.

• More than 170,000 British Columbians cast their ballots Thursday in the first day of advanced voting for the 2024 provincial election. The total set a record, beating the previous high by nearly 45,000 votes, according to Elections BC.

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  Cindy Ali, the Toronto mother who was acquitted in the 2011 death of her 16-year-old daughter Cynara after serving more than four years in prison, is suing Toronto police and the city for more than $10 million.

• A pedestrian is in hospital with serious injuries after a driver struck them with their pickup truck before careening into a residential fence and ending up in a backyard swimming pool.

• Police are looking for a suspect who allegedly threw a coffee at a woman’s vehicle and then shot at her windshield following some sort of dispute that began at a Tim Hortons in Pickering on Friday morning.

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  Calgary police have released the identity of a man shot to death in the community of Forest Lawn on Thursday.

• Calgary police are looking for thousands of dollars worth of medical equipment that was stolen out of a vehicle in the northwest community of Montgomery in September.

• After fleeing Gaza City last October, time was ticking before Ashjan AbuRabee had to give birth to her fourth child.

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  The temporary LaSalle Causeway bridge in Kingston, Ont. will be fully closed on Tuesday to create temporary access for marine traffic, according to Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC).

• A Manotick business has been left stunned as thieves made off with $90,000 worth of jewelry.

• The Ottawa Police Service is asking the public for help in identifying a suspect involved in an alleged "possible" attempt to abduct a group of children in the Orleans area last weekend.

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  Montreal police have arrested two young adults in connection with the deadly fire in Old Montreal last week that killed a mother and her young daughter.

• A woman from Montreal's South Shore appeared in court on Friday on charges of aggravated assault after allegedly scalding a 10-year-old boy with boiling water more than one week ago.

• Quebec's education ministry said it is bringing in what it calls 'unprecedented measures' after a government investigation found teachers at a school in a Montreal school had created a 'climate of fear and intimidation.'

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  For the second day in a row, the province announced on Friday the closure of a daycare in Edmonton.

• A program providing financing for clean energy retrofits will open permanently to Edmontonians on Oct. 17.

• Edmontonians are being asked to become leaf fans – not to be confused with Leafs fans, of course.

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  More than a month after the murder of Nova Scotia woman Esther Jones, her family continues to grapple with the loss.

• It's not the most auspicious Thanksgiving weather for the Maritimes as a series of low pressure systems and weather fronts move through the region bringing inclement weather.

• One of Halifax’s 16 mayoral candidates, Andrew Goodsell, is pushing for voting access for people experiencing homelessness, like him.

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  Two Winnipeggers have been arrested after images and videos were posted online of animals being tortured and killed.

• A 37-year-old Winnipeg man has been charged with multiple offences after videos filmed in a public pool change room were seized by police.

• Mounties are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man whose body was pulled from the Red River last month.

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  Regina will vote for a new mayor, city council and public and separate school board trustees on Nov. 13.

• Darian Durant and Roy Shivers will headline the 2024 Saskatchewan Roughriders’ Plaza of Honour class and will be honoured with a special ceremony at halftime during Saturday’s matchup versus the BC Lions.

• Sienna Berns, a 16-year-old defensive back for the Regina Victorias, has become the first female recipient of the NFL Canada Way to Play Award.

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  Kitchener, Ont. native Steven Lorentz scored his first goal for the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday night.

• Staff at the Guelph consumption and treatment services (CTS) site say many people who use its services have already stopped going following the Ford government's announcement that it is among 10 locations closing this year.

• Toronto police have identified the woman who was allegedly killed by a suspected serial killer earlier this month.

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  The Saskatchewan New Democratic Party laid out its platform on Friday, ahead of the Oct. 28 provincial election.

• A Saskatoon-based company was hit with a $70,000 fine this month for a 2022 incident where a worker was seriously injured after falling from a scaffold.

• A basement fire in Saskatoon's Mayfair neighbourhood briefly had crews on their back foot on Thursday night, as the area became too hot to work inside.

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  Two sisters from Ontario travelled to Newfoundland to spend time with their mom after they learned she lost $20,000 to a romance scam.

• An Ontario man said he feels 'devastated' after learning his identity was stolen to take out two fraudulent loans under his name.

• Glenn Thompson packs his E-bike to make the short trip back to the room he’s renting. Just a few short weeks ago, he was living in a tent.

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  Striking union workers at Western University have voted in favour of their new contract.

• Around 3:45 a.m. on Thursday, police said two men forced their way into a home in the area of Ashley Crescent and Ashley Place where the homeowner woke up to the commotion.

• A controversial sign has temporarily moved to a neighbour’s lawn just outside of Goderich, but the message on it, ‘White Lives Matter,’ remains the same.

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  A family of six has lost all their personal belongings after their house was destroyed by an explosion on the eve of the Thanksgiving Day long weekend.

• Provincial police remind motorists about the importance of buckling up after an officer discovered a passenger sitting on a kitchen chair inside the vehicle during a traffic stop in the Town of the Blue Mountains.

• An Aurora man convicted of refusing to provide a breath sample and dangerous driving causing bodily harm in a crash five years ago offered an apology to the family during a sentencing hearing on Friday.

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  A University of Windsor board member is calling for a pause on controversial agreements made with pro-Palestinian protesters who occupied part of the campus earlier this year.

• A Toronto man is facing 30 charges after a woman told Windsor police officers she was being forced to work in the sex trade.

• A Woodslee resident has pleaded guilty to unsafe and illegal hunting practices.

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  B.C. Conservatives Leader John Rustad says it will be up to voters to judge his party's candidates as he stood by a pair whose remarks on Indigenous and Muslim people drew condemnation from election rivals and other critics.

• Homicide investigators have searched a home and a business in connection with a fatal assault earlier this week on northern Vancouver Island.

• In a rare occurrence, a bona fide great white shark washed up on a B.C. beach Thursday.

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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 Interfaith Food Bank is busy preparing Thanksgiving bundles and has some tips for anyone hoping to cut down on their holiday dinner costs.

• A weapons complaint that led to the temporary lockdown of two Lethbridge schools Thursday turned out to be no threat, police said in a media release.

• Thousands more Lethbridge residents will soon be without a family doctor.

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  A 34-year-old in Sault Ste. Marie who was wanted for a probation violation was found this week with a switchblade, drugs, a digital scale and $5,170 in cash.

• Someone spitting in the face of a victim escalated into a suspected weapons incident Thursday in Sault Ste. Marie.

• Someone who bought a lottery ticket in Parry Sound, Ont., last year is about to miss out on a $100,000 prize if they don't claim it within the next two weeks.

N.L.

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  'Crack houses' across rural Newfoundland? RCMP has no reports supporting MP's claim

  A Conservative MP from Newfoundland and Labrador says some small towns in his rural riding are overrun with crime, but police say they haven't received reports to that effect.

• Self-identifying Indigenous group got $74M in federal cash, Inuit leader wants change

  As millions in federal funding flow into a Labrador group whose claims of Inuit identity have been rejected by Indigenous organizations across Canada, a national Inuit leader worries the Liberal government is putting the rights of Indigenous Peoples at risk.

• Marathon goat: Animal runner wins hearts and a medal after crashing Newfoundland race

  He may not have logged the fastest time or even gone the full distance, but residents of a Newfoundland town agree the goat who unexpectedly joined the local weekend half marathon was the event's undisputed champion.