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PM Trudeau names Anita Anand transport minister after Pablo Rodriguez quits cabinet

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tapped Treasury Board President Anita Anand to take on additional duties as Canada's minister of transport on Thursday.

Tensions flare between Poilievre and Singh in the House after NDP says it will back Trudeau Liberals

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh got into a heated exchange in the House of Commons on Thursday, just minutes after Singh announced his party would not be supporting the Conservatives' first non-confidence motion against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government.

Canadian women among those who allege Harrods boss sexually abused them

CTV News has learned there are multiple Canadian women alleging they were victims of sexual abuse at the hands of the late Harrods boss Mohamed Al Fayed.

The RCMP has lost 205 firearms since 2020, including 3 submachine-guns

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police has lost 205 firearms since 2020, including more than 120 handguns and at least five fully automatic weapons like machine-guns.

Shohei Ohtani becomes the first major league player with 50 homers, 50 stolen bases in a season

Shohei Ohtani became the first major league player to hit 50 home runs and steal 50 bases in a season, with the Los Angeles Dodgers star going deep twice to reach the half-century mark and swiping two bags to get to 51 against the Miami Marlins on Thursday.

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Woman dead, toddler uninjured following B.C. police shooting, watchdog says

B.C.'s police watchdog is investigating the death of a woman who was shot by the RCMP after allegedly barricading herself in a room with a toddler early Thursday morning.
Missing six-year-old boy disappeared after school breakfast program: Manitoba RCMP

Shamattawa RCMP are searching for a missing six-year-old boy who hasn’t been seen since Wednesday morning.
'Devastating': Residents reeling after boy, 5, allegedly murdered by mother near Montreal

Friends and strangers have set up a makeshift memorial outside the home of a five-year-old boy who was found dead yesterday in Coteau-du-lac.
The RCMP has lost 205 firearms since 2020, including 3 submachine-guns

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police has lost 205 firearms since 2020, including more than 120 handguns and at least five fully automatic weapons like machine-guns.
Stay of proceedings requested after B.C. RCMP officer's obstruction conviction

The lawyer for a B.C. RCMP officer convicted of obstruction for telling a witness to delete cellphone video following the violent 2017 arrest of Dale Culver has requested a stay of proceedings.
'It's disgusting': Quebec minister reacts after body of boy, 14, found near Hells Angels hideout

The province's public security minister said he was "shocked" Thursday amid reports that a body believed to be that of a 14-year-old boy was found this week near a Hells Angels hideout near Quebec City.

World

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is being investigated for collecting dead whale

A federal law enforcement agency confirmed it's opened an investigation into Robert F. Kennedy Jr. after he allegedly cut off the head of a dead whale and took it home two decades ago.
Kentucky sheriff charged in killing of judge at courthouse

A judge in a rural Kentucky county was shot and killed in his courthouse chambers Thursday, and the local sheriff was charged with murder, police said.
Israel warned the U.S. that an operation in Lebanon was coming but gave no details, officials say

Israel warned U.S. Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin in a call Tuesday that a military operation was going to take place in Lebanon but gave no details, U.S. officials said Thursday. The same day of the call, in an attack widely blamed on Israel, thousands of pagers belonging to Hezbollah militants exploded.
Woman raped by stepfather as a child tells her story in Kamala Harris campaign ad

A 22-year-old woman who became an abortion rights advocate after she was raped by her stepfather as a child tells her story in a new campaign ad for Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris.
Widespread adoption fraud separated generations of Korean children from their families, AP finds

South Korea’s government, western countries and adoption agencies worked in tandem to supply some 200,000 Korean children to parents overseas, despite years of evidence they were being procured through questionable or downright unscrupulous means, an investigation led by The Associated Press found.
Israeli security services arrest Israeli man over alleged Iranian-backed assassination plot

Israeli security services said on Thursday they had arrested an Israeli citizen on suspicion of involvement in an Iranian-backed assassination plot targeting prominent people including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Politics

Labour Day train delay isolated incident, Via Rail CEO tells MPs

The head of Via Rail says a train delay over the Labour Day long weekend was an isolated incident.
Tensions flare between Poilievre and Singh in the House after NDP says it will back Trudeau Liberals

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh got into a heated exchange in the House of Commons on Thursday, just minutes after Singh announced his party would not be supporting the Conservatives' first non-confidence motion against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government.
PM Trudeau names Anita Anand transport minister after Pablo Rodriguez quits cabinet

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tapped Treasury Board President Anita Anand to take on additional duties as Canada's minister of transport on Thursday.

Health

Ontario minister and ex-CFL player Neil Lumsden will donate his brain for concussion research

Ontario’s Minister of Sport, Neil Lumsden, will donate his brain to research.
American companies advertising MRI services to Manitoba patients

Manitobans are getting another reminder of how long wait times are for diagnostic images.
A gold mining town in Congo has become an mpox hot spot as a new strain spreads

A new strain of the virus is spreading, largely through skin-to-skin contact, including but not limited to sex. A lack of funds, vaccines and information is making it difficult to stem the spread, according to alarmed disease experts.

Sci-Tech

Boeing Starliner astronauts are unexpectedly spending Election Day in space. Here's how they will cast votes

Thanks to a special Texas law, NASA's Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, the two veteran astronauts, will still be able to perform their civic duty, voting absentee from low-Earth orbit for the U.S. election in November.
Lebanon bans pagers, walkie-talkies from flights

Lebanese authorities on Thursday banned walkie-talkies and pagers from being taken on flights from Beirut airport, the National News Agency reported, after thousands of such devices exploded during a deadly attack on Hezbollah this week.
NASA replicates Mars 'spiders' in lab in groundbreaking experiment

NASA scientists have successfully replicated spider-like shapes found on the surface of Mars in a laboratory setting for the first time.

Entertainment

'Russians at War' producers threaten legal action against TVO for pulling documentary

Lawyers representing the producers of 'Russians at War' say they may pursue legal action against Ontario's public broadcaster for pulling support for the controversial documentary amid outcry from the Ukrainian community and some Canadian politicians.
This Canadian city was a category on Jeopardy this week

Viewers of Jeopardy got a chance to test their knowledge of trivia about B.C.'s biggest city Wednesday night.
Florence Pugh says her body 'went into a bit of trauma' after shaving her head for movie role

British actress Florence Pugh has revealed that shaving her head for her latest movie role was a 'really bizarre' experience that sent her body 'into a bit of trauma.'

Business

Sask. court orders trial in fraud case after $100K in stolen cash was traded for bitcoin

A case involving stolen funds from a Saskatchewan business being used to purchase cryptocurrency will be heading back to the courts, thanks to a new decision by Saskatchewan's Court of Appeal.
Nike names Elliott Hill as CEO, replacing John Donahoe

Nike Inc. said Thursday it has named Elliott Hill as its president and CEO, replacing John Donahoe, who will retire next month.
Maple Leaf refutes bread price-fixing claims ahead of attempt to add it to lawsuit

Maple Leaf Foods asserted its innocence in an alleged bread price-fixing scheme ahead of a hearing to determine whether it will be added to an ongoing class-action lawsuit.

Lifestyle

Chef brings another Toronto restaurant to Michelin stardom

Only one Toronto restaurant earned a Michelin star this year, but it is not a first for the chef who brought the establishment to stardom.
Heroic dog saved his northern Ont. owner who had a massive heart attack

They say a dog is a man’s best friend. In the case of Darren Cropper, from Bonfield, Ont., his three-year-old Siberian husky and golden retriever mix named Bear literally saved his life.
Influencer couple denies leaving kids alone on cruise

For most people, dinner on a cruise ship is a time to relax. But when influencer couple Abby and Matt Howard decided to kick back with a dinner à deux, they ended up kicking up a storm.

Sports

Shohei Ohtani becomes the first major league player with 50 homers, 50 stolen bases in a season

Shohei Ohtani became the first major league player to hit 50 home runs and steal 50 bases in a season, with the Los Angeles Dodgers star going deep twice to reach the half-century mark and swiping two bags to get to 51 against the Miami Marlins on Thursday.
Vancouver Canucks star goalie Thatcher Demko working through rare muscle injury

Vancouver Canucks goalie Thatcher Demko says he's been working his way back from a rare lower-body muscle injury since being sidelined in last season's playoffs.
Injury-plagued season continues for Jays' Bichette, now out with fractured finger

Toronto Blue Jays shortstop Bo Bichette returned to the 10-day injured list Thursday due to a right middle finger fracture.

Autos

Woman steals Porsche, runs over owner after responding to Mississauga Auto Trader ad

Video of a brazen daylight auto theft which shows a suspect running over a victim in a stolen luxury SUV has been released by police west of Toronto.
Some Ontario EV plants are hitting the brakes. Does that mean Canada's ambitions are under threat?

The plant was expected to produce batteries for a million electric vehicles a year. Once up and running, it was supposed to create hundreds of permanent jobs in a small southeastern Ontario municipality. But two years later, spending on the construction of the Umicore plant has been delayed in what the company calls a "significant worsening of the EV market context."
Classic car in the family since 1958 stolen from Winnipeg garage

A Winnipeg man is asking for help after a classic car that has been a part of his family since the 1950s was stolen from his garage.

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