1. Ebola in North America: An unidentified man at a Dallas hospital has tested positive for Ebola, the first case of the disease to be diagnosed in the United States. The patient is in isolation at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital, after travelling to the U.S. from Liberia. Canada's Health Minister Rona Ambrose, alongside Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Gregory Taylor, is expected to share her reaction at a news conference in Banff, Alta. this morning.
2. Canadian found: Chilean searchers have found the bodies of two professional skiers, including Canadian Jean Philippe Auclair, who had been missing since an avalanche swept them away while they were hiking the 3,600-metre San Lorenzo mountain. They disappeared Tuesday, when a wall of rocks and snow dragged them to a stream in Argentine territory.
3. Anti-extremism handbook controversy: The RCMP is distancing itself from a new handbook aimed at protecting Canadian Muslim youth from the influence of terror groups. The Mounties say they can't support the booklet's "adversarial tone," despite their contributing to one chapter.
4. Aging advantage: Good news on this National Seniors Day! A new global index names Canada the fourth-best country in which to be a senior citizen. The HelpAge International's 2014 Global AgeWatch Index ranked Canada behind Norway, Sweden and Switzerland, but ahead of 92 other countries in the categories of income security, health, personal capacity and having an enabling environment.
5. Headgear flip-flop: The Conservative government is overturning an RCMP decision to replace Mounties' cold-weather muskrat fur hats with wool tuques. The RCMP had planned to start using wool tuques in a nod to the demands of animal-rights activists, but speaking in the House of Commons Tuesday, Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq said the decision would be reversed.
