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Politics

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  More Trudeau cabinet ministers not running for re-election, sources say shuffle expected soon

  Federal cabinet ministers Filomena Tassi, Carla Qualtrough and Dan Vandal announced Thursday they will not run for re-election. Senior government sources tell �鶹��ý at least one other, Marie-Claude Bibeau, doesn't plan to run again, setting the stage for Justin Trudeau to shuffle his cabinet in the coming weeks.

• Singh 'doesn't understand' why Poilievre won't get top security clearance

  NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says it's very disturbing that Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre won't get the top-level security clearance needed to view classified documents on foreign interference.

• Mom urges chiefs to vote in favour of landmark $47.8B child welfare reform deal

  The representative plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit against Canada are urging First Nations chiefs to accept a landmark $47.8-billion child welfare reform deal.

Health

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  More details expected on proposed deal that would see tobacco giants pay billions

  More details are expected today on a proposed deal that would see the three major companies pay out billions of dollars to provinces and territories as well as smokers and their loved ones.

• If your Apple Watch alerts you to sleep apnea, here's what it means and what to do next

  Already multitool smart devices, Apple Watches added another buzzworthy feature last month: an app to detect sleep apnea.

• Older patients, non-English speakers more likely to be harmed in hospital: report

  Patients who are older, don’t speak English, and don’t have a high school education are more likely to experience harm during a hospital stay in Canada, according to new research.

Sci-Tech

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  Google adds first Indigenous language in Canada to its translation service

  One of the most widely spoken Indigenous languages in this country is now available through Google's translation service, the first time the tech giant has included a First Nations, Metis or Inuit language spoken in Canada on its platform.

• Meta attempts to crack down on sextortion in new campaign

  Meta has launched a new campaign to protect teens and children from social media sextortion scams. It’s designed to help teenagers and their parents easily spot online scammers, who trick young people into sending intimate photos and use financial blackmail, threatening exposure.

• TikTok let through disinformation in political ads despite its own ban, Global Witness finds

  Just weeks before the U.S. presidential election, TikTok approved advertisements that contained election disinformation even though it has a ban on political ads, according to a report published Thursday by the nonprofit Global Witness.

Entertainment

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  Mitzi Gaynor, star of 'South Pacific,' dies at 93

  Mitzi Gaynor, the effervescent dancer and actor who starred as Nellie Forbush in the 1958 film of 'South Pacific' and appeared in other musicals with Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly, has died. She was 93.

• Former members of One Direction say they're 'completely devastated' by Liam Payne's death

  The former members of English boy band One Direction reacted publicly to the sudden death of their bandmate, Liam Payne, for the first time on Thursday, saying in a joint statement that they're 'completely devastated.'

• A photographer snorkelled for hours to take this picture

  Shane Gross, a Canadian marine conservation photojournalist, has won the title of Wildlife Photographer of the Year.

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  B.C. NDP Leader David Eby slammed his billionaire constituent Chip Wilson – again – on the campaign trail, following the publication of an op-ed by the Lululemon founder.

• Forecasters have elevated their warnings about an atmospheric river system that is expected to hit coastal British Columbia on Friday, bringing potential flooding, heavy rain and high winds.

• The agency that regulates real estate agents in B.C. has cancelled the licences of a man and his personal real estate corporation after he admitted to using an unregistered mortgage broker and submitting "falsified income and savings information" on two mortgage applications.

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  A Toronto senior who paid $27,000 for a shoddy roofing job is relieved that more than 10 roof companies offered to help after seeing her story on �鶹��ý Toronto.

• Advocates for breast cancer survivors and people who have had ostomy surgeries, such as colostomies, are calling for changes to the way an Ontario program covers certain medical devices, saying it leaves them paying a lot of money out of pocket.

• No injuries have been reported following a three-alarm fire at a home in the Beaches.

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  Calgary police say despite an autopsy being conducted, it's not yet known what caused the death of a young woman at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology.

• A Calgary dad is pleading to have his modified 1999 Honda Civic returned after it was stolen by thieves in the community of Legacy over the Thanksgiving long weekend.

• After more than seven years of construction, a new cancer centre in Calgary will open to patients and researchers.

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  CTVNewsOttawa.ca looks at things to do in Ottawa and eastern Ontario this weekend.

• Some doctors in Ottawa say the pile of paperwork they're doing every day has been steadily growing as more public service workers seek doctor's notes in order to receive accommodations to work from home.

• Environment Canada's forecast calls for a stretch of above-seasonal temperatures in Ottawa and eastern Ontario through the weekend and into next week, with highs ranging from 18 C on Saturday to 23 C on Monday.

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  Montreal police arrested five suspects following two separate investigations involving crimes targeting a Verdun bar and a downtown restaurant.

• Three people were injured after an attack in a park in Montreal's east end Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve borough.

• A man is dead, confirmed Quebec provincial police, after being struck by a car on Highway 10 in Brossard on Montreal's South Shore.

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  It's been one month since Alberta's premier announced $8.6 billion to build 90 new schools over the next three years. The province says the move gives parents more options, with public, private and charter schools eligible. More choice has led to several opinions about how public money should be spent.

• RCMP are looking for witnesses in what they believe was the criminal death of a five-year-old girl at Wabamun Lake on Sunday.

• Edmonton education support staff could be heading to the picket lines.

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  The Fredericton Police Force says three more teenagers have been charged with manslaughter in connection with the death of a man in the city last month.

• A new study says nearly four in 10 Canadians are worse off financially than they were a year ago.

• With a crowded field of 16 candidates vying to be Halifax's next mayor, candidates have not always found it easy to stand out. But one thing sets Andrew Goodsell apart and makes him uniquely positioned to comment on a central campaign issue: he is living rough in a tent in the city's south end.

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  A 52-year-old man has been charged after six bison were killed in an illegal hunt on a Manitoba farm.

• There are 42 stray dogs in the care of the Winnipeg Animal Services – nearly double the facility’s normal capacity.

• Over the past several years, the Winnipeg has been the backdrop for dozens of Hallmark holiday movies and this year several more are being added to the growing list of feel-good, seasonal films that are Manitoba-shot.

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  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.

• An Amber Alert issued by Waskesiu Lake RCMP for a 5-day-old baby boy has been cancelled.

• Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe announced Thursday that if re-elected his party's 'first order of business' would be to introduce a policy that would ban 'biological males' from changing with 'biological females' in school changerooms.

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  Trustees with an Ontario school board are responding to criticism over a $45,000 trip to Italy, where they purchased more than $100,000 worth of religious statues.

• Two police officers took the stand Thursday to describe what they found on Erick Buhr's clothing after his grandmother, Viola Erb, was attacked.

• A Canadian former Olympic snowboarder who is suspected of being the leader of a transnational drug trafficking group that operated in four countries is wanted for allegedly orchestrating the murder of an 'innocent' couple in Ontario in 2023, authorities say.

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  An Amber Alert issued by Waskesiu Lake RCMP for a 5-day-old baby boy has been cancelled.

• Saskatoon mayoral candidate Cary Tarasoff says it's time for the city to get its finances back on track after building a reputation of overspending and mismanaging costly projects.

• The Prince Albert Police Service is investigating after unidentified human remains were found in the city.

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  A Canadian former Olympic snowboarder who is suspected of being the leader of a transnational drug trafficking group that operated in four countries is wanted for allegedly orchestrating the murder of an 'innocent' couple in Ontario in 2023, authorities say.

• A Quebec-based company that supplies hydro turbines and generators has been fined $80,000 after a millwright was critically injured at a job site last year in Iron Bridge, Ont.

• An intoxicated person living on Highway 17 in Spragge, Ont., has been arrested for making repeated false 911 calls in a span of several hours Oct. 11.

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  Londoners gathered at the South London Community Centre Thursday for one of several meetings put on by the city to discuss possible ward boundary changes and provide feedback.

• West Elgin fire crews say flames were pushing through the roof when they arrived on Graham Road just after 2:00 p.m.

• OPP closed a section of road in Middlesex County on Thursday morning following a crash.

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  A man is behind bars after allegedly stealing two vehicles in a 24-hour period.

• An Orillia man has been arrested four months after a collision on Highway 12 in Ramara Township that police say claimed the life of a senior.

• On Thursday, provincial police issued a reminder to the public about the warning signs of fraud involving online transactions and financial transfers.

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  Passengers riding on Via Rail's most heavily travelled corridor may endure a slower trip after Canadian National Railway Co. imposed restrictions on Via's new trains.

• Windsor police are investigating shots fired in a quiet east Riverside neighbourhood.

• LaSalle police say they have identified the youth responsible for writing a threatening message in a bathroom at Sandwich Secondary School.

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  B.C. NDP Leader David Eby slammed his billionaire constituent Chip Wilson – again – on the campaign trail, following the publication of an op-ed by the Lululemon founder.

• Forecasters have elevated their warnings about an atmospheric river system that is expected to hit coastal British Columbia on Friday, bringing potential flooding, heavy rain and high winds.

• The Transportation Safety Board says a mistake by a Canadian Pacific Railway supervisor set off a crash between a freight train and a railway work vehicle in Cache Creek, B.C.

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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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  With Halloween just around the corner, the Lethbridge Bulls staff have been hard at work getting Spitz Stadium ready for a different sort of fall classic.

• Lethbridge post-secondary schools are trying to navigate recent changes to the cap on international students, announced by the federal government in January.

• More than 600 students on the Piikani Nation will soon have a new space to learn after the federal government announced funding Thursday morning.

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  Surveillance cameras that are used to both deter crimes and help investigations will soon be installed throughout Sault Ste. Marie.

• A Quebec-based company that supplies hydro turbines and generators has been fined $80,000 after a millwright was critically injured at a job site last year in Iron Bridge, Ont.

• A physician shortage is again forcing the closure of the emergency department at the Thessalon Site of the North Shore Health Network.

N.L.

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  How gloves belonging to Audrey Hepburn and Marilyn Monroe wound up in Newfoundland

  A five-hour drive from St. John's, N.L., and well off the beaten path, Point Leamington seems an unlikely spot for a one-of-a-kind tourist attraction.

• '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.