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Politics

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  CSIS director David Vigneault stepping down after seven years on the job

  David Vigneault says he is stepping down from his job at the head of Canada’s spy agency. The director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, who spent seven years at the helm, is leaving the public service altogether.

• Canada to host the 70th annual NATO session in Montreal

  Canada will host the 70th annual session of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Parliamentary Assembly from Nov. 22 to 25 in Montreal, Que.

• Conservatives paid $8.5M on advertising in 2023, trouncing Liberals, NDP

  The well-funded Conservative Party of Canada spent more than $8.5 million on advertising last year, substantially exceeding what its political rivals dropped to get their message out.

Health

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  A brand of instant noodles sold in B.C., Alberta and Ontario has been recalled due to undeclared peanut in the ingredients – posing a potential allergy risk to consumers.

• Kris Jenner learns her ovaries will need to be removed because of tumour on 'The Kardashians'

  In the episode, streaming now, the matriarch of one of the world’s most famous families learns she will undergo surgery for a tumour on her ovary.

• Popular weight loss and diabetes drugs linked to increased risk of rare form of blindness

  People who take Ozempic or Wegovy may have a higher risk of developing a rare form of blindness, a new study suggests. Still, doctors say it shouldn’t deter patients from using the medicines to treat diabetes or obesity.

Sci-Tech

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  High-speed hippos can get airborne, says new study

  Hippos can get airborne when moving at high speeds over land, according to a new study.

• 60 million-year-old seeds reveal that dinosaur extinction paved the way for grapes

  Grapes have been intertwined with the story of humanity for millennia, providing the basis for wines produced by our ancestors thousands of years ago — but that may not have been the case if dinosaurs hadn’t disappeared from the planet, according to new research.

• Marine mammal rescuers in British Columbia are searching for an entangled humpback whale in the waters off northern Vancouver Island.

Entertainment

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  Grammy award-winning musician Jennifer Gasoi said being locked out of her Facebook page, thanks to a phishing scam, is affecting her ability to do her work and connect with her fans.

• Director accused in French cinema's #MeToo wave charged with rape and assault of actors

  A prominent French film director has been handed preliminary charges of rape, sexual assault and violence by a French judge investigating a case involving female actors, the Paris prosecutor's office said Thursday.

• Judge clears way for Alec Baldwin to go to trial next week after last-minute efforts to toss 'Rust' case fail

  A New Mexico judge has cleared the way for the prosecution of Alec Baldwin next week, refusing the latest in a series of attempts by the actor and his legal team to have his criminal case connected to the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the 2021 set of the film 'Rust' dismissed.

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  A father living in an RV in B.C.’s Fraser Valley with his toddler for more than a year has become even more desperate to find housing after facing a tragic loss.

• Cleanup is underway in Abbotsford after spilled firefighting foam ended up in a local creek Wednesday night.

• Vancouver’s magnificent mountain vistas will be front and centre at city hall next week, when councillors will debate whether to ease view protection rules to make room for more construction.

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  All LCBO stores are closed on Friday as thousands of workers hit the picket lines after their union and employer failed to reach an agreement.

• All LCBO stores across the province are closed for two weeks starting Friday as workers go on strike for the first time after their union and employer failed to reach an agreement.

• Two Toronto city councillors are asking staff to develop a rats reduction strategy by the latter half of next year to deal with infestations, but some say the problem needs immediate action.

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  Stampede Park opened for a sneak-a-peek Thursday night and launched festivities for the 10-day event, which is expected to bring an economic boost.

• Simon Nash spent days scrambling to clean and collect extra children's play equipment after thieves got away with a custom-made portable playground.

• A Calgary taekwondo instructor is facing child pornography charges.

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  All LCBO stores are closed on Friday as thousands of workers hit the picket lines after their union and employer failed to reach an agreement.

• Veteran broadcaster Patricia Boal has been named anchor of CTV News at Six, CTV News Ottawa announced Thursday.

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  The Montreal fire service said its inspectors were refused access to do a safety check at the pro-Palestinian encampment at McGill University on Thursday.

• Montreal police are investigating after a man was attacked with a blunt object in an alley near the Mont-Royal metro station in the Plateau.

• In the wake of the legal challenge to Bill 21 on the secular nature of the State, Quebec Attorney General Simon Jolin-Barrette has asked Supreme Court Justice Mahmud Jamal to recuse himself, fearing that he "does not have the impartiality required to hear this case."

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  Two insurance providers in Alberta have announced plans to stop offering automobile insurance to customers in the province.

• An Edmonton woman says she's losing hope as her husband has been left waiting for months to see an oncologist after being diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer this spring.

• Edmonton police are releasing photos of a vehicle whose occupants they believe may have seen activity related to a recent homicide in the Mill Creek Ravine.

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  A suspected shark sighting caused a popular Nova Scotia beach to close temporarily Thursday.

• A shelter in place order issued in Fredericton Thursday has been lifted.

• The RCMP has arrested a 36-year-old Wentworth, N.S., man wanted on two provincewide arrest warrants.

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  Manitoba Hydro may needs billions of dollars worth of upgrades for aging infrastructure.

• The search continues for two missing fishers who never returned home from a hunting trip.

• A West St. Paul home is a total loss after it went up in flames Thursday.

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  The Government of Saskatchewan has filed an injunction in light of the federal government sending the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) after the province’s bank account, Premier Scott Moe said on Thursday.

• Because of heavy rain and cooler conditions in parts of the province, crop development is falling behind normal for this time of year.

• A water treatment plant nearly a decade in the making is now up and running on the Star Blanket Cree Nation.

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  A wrestling fan from Guelph, Ont. thought he was down for the count after winning tickets to a “once-in-a-lifetime” WWE event in Toronto.

• All LCBO stores are closed on Friday as thousands of workers hit the picket lines after their union and employer failed to reach an agreement.

• A Good Samaritan is stepping up to help a senior after his Cambridge apartment flooded, destroying most of his belongings.

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  Greg Fertuck will spend life behind bars with no chance of parole until he is 90 years old, a judge ruled on Thursday at Saskatoon's Court of King's Bench.

• A Saskatoon man is recovering in hospital after falling three storeys off the roof of a downtown building on Canada Day.

• A leaked document reveals a Saskatoon city councillor's involvement at a private Christian school embroiled in abuse allegations.

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  The driver of a commercial motor vehicle has been charged after police noticed something dangling underneath the vehicle.

• One suspect from Sudbury and two from southern Ontario have been charged after a group of masked people broke into a home on Colonial Court early Wednesday morning.

• All LCBO stores are closed on Friday as thousands of workers hit the picket lines after their union and employer failed to reach an agreement.

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  All LCBO stores are closed on Friday as thousands of workers hit the picket lines after their union and employer failed to reach an agreement.

• On Thursday, over a hundred Londoners attended a ‘bridge party’ to celebrate completion of the new span over the Thames River connecting the Old South neighbourhood to the downtown.

• A tight-knit Huron County community remains in disbelief after learning a 13-year-old local boy has been charged with first-degree murder. The age of the accused, confirmed by the court, has sent shockwaves through the village of Holmesville.

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  The Town of Bracebridge is second-guessing its $10 million funding commitment to Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare (MAHC) after its board voted to proceed with its controversial two-hospital redevelopment proposal.

• One person is in the hospital following a tractor-trailer rollover on a ramp to Highway 400 late Thursday afternoon.

• Police say the death of a man found in a grassy area near a Highway 400 ramp in Barrie late last month is not considered suspicious.

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  All LCBO stores are closed on Friday as thousands of workers hit the picket lines after their union and employer failed to reach an agreement.

• Disappointment lingers over the property of a Riverside couple that was told to remove landscaping from their front lawn after a resident complained that it doesn’t conform to the city’s public right-of-way encroachment bylaws.

• The Chatham-Kent Barnstormers have been swinging for the fences in their debut season – and the community appears to be behind them.

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  A Greater Victoria man has been arrested and released from custody after police seized several guns, thousands of rounds of ammunition and four and a half kilograms of cocaine from a home in Langford, B.C., last week.

• It may not be on most people's minds, but COVID-19 is on the rise again in B.C.

• A British Columbia seismologist says there's nothing dangerous or unusual about a recent flurry of earthquake activity off the west coast of Vancouver Island.

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  Mounties are urging the public to be vigilant following a suspected gang shooting in B.C.'s southern Interior that left a 40-year-old man injured this week.

• British Columbia residents are being told to brace for a coming heat wave that could send temperatures into the high 30s and beyond, with the government reminding people to check in on their neighbours.

• A swath of B.C.’s southern Interior is being told to brace for potential severe thunderstorms Tuesday.

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  Nearly 2,000 athletes will compete in 20 events over four days during the 2024 Southern Alberta Sumer Games. After months of planning, organizers are thrilled to welcome families from all over southern Alberta to Coaldale, Alta.

• One of two men accused of conspiring to kill Mounties at the border blockade at Coutts, Alta., characterized the protest as a last stand and told his mother there “will be a war” if police moved in.

• With the recent moisture and cooler temperatures, fire bans and restrictions in the Lethbridge area are no longer in effect.

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  A federal appeals hearing ended Thursday involving three homeowners from Elliot Lake, Ont., seeking to have radioactive rock removed from their homes.

• The Sault Ste. Marie Police Service recently welcomed three new constables to its “police family.”

• Sault Ste. Marie native and four-time Stanley Cup champion Marty Pavelich has died.

N.L.

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  Newfoundland and Labrador premier takes aim at Ottawa over reopened cod fishery

  Newfoundland and Labrador's Liberal premier is once again opposing a decision made by the federal Liberals — this time about the reopening of the province's commercial northern cod fishery.

• Evacuation order lifted in central Labrador after wildfires forced them to flee

  There was relief in central Labrador Wednesday night as officials lifted a wildfire evacuation order, allowing people to return to their homes in Churchill Falls two weeks after they were asked to flee.

• Newfoundland and Labrador fishers say commercial cod fishery should not reopen

  The union representing inshore fish harvesters in Newfoundland and Labrador is calling on the federal government to reverse its recent decision to reopen the commercial Northern cod fishery.