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CBC.ca

Renee Good's family sues U.S. government, ICE officer and others over Minneapolis killing
Lawsuits filed by Renee Good's family allege wrongful death, conspiracy and other violations in the 37-year-old's fatal shooting by a U.S. immigration officer during an immigration crackdown in January.

Canada Malting plant could collapse at any moment, engineering report says
According to an engineering firm's report, the Canada Malting plant in Montreal's Sud-Ouest borough could collapse at any moment. The report states “controlled demolition is the only possible, safe and rational solution to eliminate the critical danger that this building represents.”

This is how fast Swiss glaciers, the 'water tower of Europe,' are melting away
Glaciers in Switzerland lost 5.5 per cent of their ice volume this year, the second-biggest percentage drop on record. It's part of a trend that could have big impacts in a country reliant on hydropower and which acts as the 'water tower of Europe,' feeding its major rivers.

Canadian Olympian Claire Thompson retires from PWHL to pursue medical career
Defender Claire Thompson, one of Canada's top women's hockey players, is retiring from the sport to become a doctor. The 28-year-old played with the PWHL's Vancouver Goldeneyes last season.

Alto high-speed rail project could cost more than originally thought: budget watchdog
Building the proposed high‑speed rail project between Toronto and Quebec City could cost between $75 billion and $113 billion — higher than some of the official initial estimates, according to a new report from the Parliamentary Budget Office.

Minimum wage increases in 5 provinces: Man., Sask., Ont., P.E.I. and N.S.
Minimum wage hikes from 25 to 40 cents take effect Thursday in five provinces.

Judge dismisses sexual assault case against Trailer Park Boys star Mike Smith
A sexual assault case against Trailer Park Boys actor Mike Smith was dropped in Dartmouth provincial court on Thursday. The complainant says the trial was dismissed because she was "unwilling to sacrifice" her mental health to go through the criminal justice process.
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Toronto Star

Carney gives Alberta pipeline special interest designation, to be called Pacific Link
Carney is scheduled to be in Fort McMurray, Alta., with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith to deliver the news.

Mark Carney designates West Coast pipeline as first national-interest project
Prime Minister Mark Carney will use contentious powers his government created to fast-track a major new oil pipeline to the West Coast, driving forth the publicly financed project that faces stiff resistance from environmentalists and Indigenous groups just weeks ahead…

AI agent attempted to hack Library and Archives Canada, says U.S. research group
Transluce incident report details "aggressive attempts" to access public data on Canadian and U.S. government web pages.

Toronto municipal election candidates can put up campaign signs starting Thursday
The campaign signs will have to follow a strict set of rules or risk getting removed by the city.

Many Canadian kids don't feel like they belong in sport. How can we change that?
Jumpstart has partnered with ThinkSport and is looking to direct more of its $30 million in annual funding toward fixing systemic problems in the Canadian sport system.

I’m the 32-year-old who was running for Ontario Liberal leader. Now I’m withdrawing from the race. Here's what I learned about politics
Solutions to big problems exist, but they require politically difficult changes.

BlackBerry is betting big on cars, robots and AI. It's paying off
The Waterloo tech company's reinvention is delivering results. So why is the market still not convinced?

Dementia turned her husband into a violent stranger. Inside a Toronto family's nightmare
Steve Dawson's four children have a 50/50 chance of inheriting the genetic mutation responsible.

Guelph university’s homecoming party was out of control — and it's put other schools on alert
Community leaders urge new approaches, with help from governments, after a chaotic weekend that sent dozens to hospital.

Brampton refuses to disclose records on Patrick Brown home renovations. Decision called 'secretive'
Brampton officials say releasing information on Brown's building permits would endanger the "life and physical safety" of an unnamed individual.
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Globe and Mail

Indian pilot hailed as hero after his lifesaving actions on FlyDubai flight to Israel
Capt. Smit Machchhar was seriously injured in Wednesday’s attack

What to know about pentobarbital, the drug used in the failed execution in Tennessee
It is a barbiturate, a class of drugs that depresses the central nervous system
Why bond yields are rising and why everyone should care
Rising bond yields are one of the few forces in the world strong enough to get politicians to snap to attention. They can also have a big impact on Americans' personal finances and on the broader economy. The bond market can dictate how much ordinary people have to pay on their mortgages and car loans, as well as how much they earn from their savings accounts and 401(k) plans.
Student protests rage across France as PM holds crisis meeting
Demonstrations have become a political flashpoint at a sensitive moment for the government, which announced a series of unpopular spending cuts

Russian drone hits Kyiv school as Moscow keeps up relentless aerial siege
Children and staff at the school were in shelters when the drone hit, Mayor Vitalii Klitschko said, and its warhead didn’t explode

Trump and Vance hit the campaign trail in deep-red areas ahead of midterms
Trump’s travel on Thursday to Texas and Oklahoma kicks off what the president said will be a 32-day campaign blitz leading up to Nov. 3
FlyDubai pilot who averted disaster hailed as hero
The Indian pilot who helped avert a potential disaster aboard a FlyDubai flight was described as an 'incredible person' by his former neighbour on Thursday. Smit Machchhar was allegedly stabbed by his colleague during an attempt to crash the aircraft.
Tennessee unable to carry out the execution by lethal injection of Christa Pike
Tennessee officials were unable to put Christa Gail Pike to death Wednesday for a 1995 murder, media witnesses said, after the lethal injection was halted for hours as courts considered a last-minute appeal of what would have been the state’s first execution of a woman in at least 200 years.

Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike survives execution attempt after two lethal doses
Failure renews the debate about the state’s procedures and its use of single-drug lethal injections

Investigators probe attacker’s motive after FlyDubai flight to Israel escapes disaster
All possible scenarios for Wednesday’s attempted hijacking, from terrorism to mental disorders, are being looked into, official says
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Global News

Indian airline captain hailed as hero after cockpit attack on FlyDubai flight
Capt. Smit Machchhar was seriously injured in Wednesday's attack. Passengers described how the pilot still managed to open the cockpit door to let them in.

Iran may have played part in U.S.-run Fairford air base incident, U.K. says
Five British men in their 20s were arrested Sunday on suspicion of explosives offenses and planning an act of terror, before being released on bail a day later.

Pilot on Israel-bound flight stabbed another, tried to crash, Netanyahu says
The FlyDubai flight traveling from the United Arab Emirates to Israel landed safely after issuing an emergency alert and abruptly descending thousands of feet (meters).

U.S. military says the last of its troops in Iraq have withdrawn
The withdrawal, agreed on two years ago, comes against the backdrop of the ongoing war between the United States and Iran that has also sometimes spilled over into Iraq.

Canada extends travel restrictions related to Ebola outbreak for 60 days
Canadian citizens or permanent residents who have been in one of the affected countries need to quarantine for 21 days upon their return to Canada.

Shooting leaves 4 dead, 4 wounded in Caribbean tourism destination
The Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force said that officers responded to reports of gunfire in Green Hill, a district located outside of the capital city of Kingstown.

Hurricane Polo: Mexico’s Baja California braces for life-threatening floods
As swirling clouds and strong winds marked the region, the national coordinator of Mexico’s Civil Protection Agency reported that Polo would make landfall later in the afternoon.

U.S., China to slash tariffs on goods worth US$30B after Trump-Xi meeting
The details came days after Chinese President Xi Jinping met with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington in his first state visit to the U.S. since 2015.

Pope Leo says medically-assisted dying is ‘false compassion’
The issue roiled French politics for years before resulting recently in legislation allowing adults with incurable illnesses to receive lethal medication.

U.K. police arrest 5 men near air base, suspected of preparing terror act
Police said Sunday that the men were detained on suspicion of offenses under the Explosives Act, and that army bomb-disposal experts were examining several vehicles.
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New York Times

Supreme Court, Taking On Trump Immigration Agenda, Will Review Migrant Detention Policy
The administration’s policy of detaining immigrants who crossed the border illegally years ago and holding them without a bond hearing has divided lower courts.

Who’s to Blame When A.I. Goes Rogue?
Many think artificial intelligence companies should be held liable for their runaway technology. But legal scholars say applying existing law could be messy

The Cornell Rape Investigation: Five Takeaways
The New York Times obtained more than 1,000 pages from the university’s internal inquiry into accusations by “Jane Doe.” Here are the revelations so far.

How a Cornell Student Went From Shame to Action
The woman known as “Jane Doe” was initially embarrassed about what happened at a fraternity party in 2024, but soon concluded: “I was assaulted.”

John Roberts Retreated to His Island. Supreme Court Critics Found Him.
After decades of potlucks and paddle-boarding on Maine’s midcoast, rising anger and protests have left the Supreme Court’s chief justice more isolated than ever.

The Middle School Kids Trying to Make Sense of Stalin’s Tyranny
Middle school introduces us to complicated history. These kids wrote a play about Joseph Stalin.

Renee Good’s Family Sues ICE Agent and Trump Officials Over Minnesota Killing
The fatal shooting of Ms. Good set off protests during the Trump administration’s immigration operation early this year in Minnesota.

A Hacking Competition Shows the Power of China’s Approach to A.I.
The winner of a cybersecurity contest prevailed by relying on an ‘open weight’ Chinese model — another sign that available A.I. systems could already be too powerful to easily regulate.

Statement Written by Police in Cornell Assault Case Omitted Her Claim She Was Raped
Documents obtained by The New York Times show that the campus police at Cornell University sent a condensed statement to a prosecutor, who then declined to bring charges.

What Did Christa Pike Do? What to Know About the Botched Tennessee Execution.
Ms. Pike, 50, survived two doses of lethal injection in Tennessee. She was sentenced to death for the 1995 murder of a classmate.
CNBC

GM reports 5.5% decline in third-quarter U.S. sales as EV sales drop
GM's sales of all-electric vehicles are down across the board, as enthusiasm for electric vehicles wanes.

10-year Treasury yield climbs to a 24-year high amid relentless global bond sell-off
Treasury yields were higher on Thursday as investors kept selling government debt.

SpaceX set to launch Google AI chips into orbit in push toward space-based data centers
SpaceX plans to launch Google tensor processing units into orbit on Planet Labs satellites.

Trump’s AI lunch included every major tech company. Except Apple
Apple's absence from Trump's AI lunch raised eyebrows, but the company is known to look out for its own interests.

Judge dismisses Reflecting Pool case permanently, cites risk Trump will force new charges
President Donald Trump had criticized D.C. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro after she moved to drop the Reflecting Pool case.

Accenture rallies more than 20% after earnings beat, heads for best day ever
Shares of Accenture surged Thursday after the company's fiscal fourth-quarter results beat estimates.

Oil prices rise as Chinese refiners reportedly ban October fuel exports; Brent crude above $100
It comes after a report that Chinese refiners suspended October fuel exports to protect domestic supplies.

UK Prime Minister Burnham says Iran 'played a part' in British air base incident
RAF Fairford has been used as the U.S. Air Force's command outpost for operations from Europe and for American strikes on Iranian missile sites.

Trump Accounts have auto-enrolled more than 60 million children, Treasury says
More than 60 million children have been automatically enrolled in Trump Accounts, according to a Treasury Department announcement exclusively provided to CNBC.

Micron beats on earnings and issues strong guidance as data center revenue jumps 11-fold
Micron is up over 500% in the past year as the company benefits from soaring AI demand.
Washington Post

Singapore launches government dating app as birth rate plunges
The city-state’s hands-on government helps with housing, health care, marriage, having kids and retirement. Add dating to the list.

A harrowing cockpit attack leaves investigators scrambling for answers
Authorities were trying to determine how an Omani co-pilot nearly succeeded in crashing a Tel Aviv-bound jet and whether there were others involved.

Who is the Indian pilot who fought off his cockpit attacker?
Captain Smit Machchhar once said he had planned to join his family’s textile business before being bitten by the “aviation bug.”

Pilot on Tel Aviv-bound flight tried to crash plane after cockpit stabbing, Netanyahu says
Flydubai Flight 1073 was carrying about 180 passengers to Tel Aviv from Dubai when it made the emergency landing in Saudi Arabia.

U.K. sees ‘strong indications’ that Iran played role in air base incident
Police did not detect explosives in vans found near Royal Air Force Fairford, adding uncertainty around a suspected terrorism plot.

U.K. accuses China of operating institute as front for espionage
The “espionage alert” issued by MI5 is part of an extraordinary shift by the British government to raise public alarms about the scale and threat of Chinese espionage.

U.S. withdraws forces in Iraq as balance of power shifts to Iran
U.S. military forces departed from bases in Iraq on Wednesday, a milestone in two bloody decades of American involvement.

Senate blocks measure requiring report on Israeli violence in West Bank
Nearly all Senate Democrats voted to require the State Department to report on Israeli settler violence in the West Bank.

U.S. ends health aid to Zimbabwe after ‘America First’ deal is spurned
The African nation refused to make an agreement with the Trump administration, which has sought to slash foreign assistance and impose new terms on recipients.

Fog of war? Ukraine says Russian attacks are changing the weather.
Smoke and soot from Russian airstrikes left particles in the air that combined with moisture to create a dense blanket of gray over Ukraine's war-ravaged capital.
BBC

Tennessee halts executions after death row inmate Christa Pike survives hers
Christa Pike was transported to hospital after the failed attempts. Her condition remains unknown.

Burnham's Man City comments 'completely out of touch', Tories say
The prime minister said he would be "really concerned" if the club's owners sell up after Premier League rule breaches.

Netanyahu says flight attacker 'underwent Islamist radical indoctrination'
Israel's prime minister says the pilot who tried to take over the Flydubai plane clearly intended to "down the plane".

Man City to argue sponsorship deals came from Abu Dhabi government
Manchester City's appeal against the Premier League's verdict hinges on the club's claim that its sponsorship deals came from the Abu Dhabi government.

Man City to argue sponsorship deals came from Abu Dhabi government
Manchester City's appeal against the Premier League's verdict hinges on the club's claim that its sponsorship deals came from the Abu Dhabi government.

Hundreds of criminals start leaving prison under new early release scheme
Around 4,500 inmates are expected to be released early by June 2027 under a scheme designed to stop prisons becoming full.

Who is the 'hero' Indian pilot who was stabbed on Israel-bound flight?
Capt Smit Machchhar was attacked by another pilot onboard the Flydubai flight bound for Tel Aviv.

'Overcrowded' and 'set up to fail': Freed prisoners react to early release scheme
Offenders speak to the BBC as the first wave of early releases see hundreds of prisoners freed.

Scottish Sikh activist Jagtar Singh Johal freed on bail after nine years in Indian prison
The Sikh activist from Dumbarton was arrested in 2017 in connection with alleged terror offences.

Injured O'Reilly withdraws from England squad
Nico O'Reilly withdraws from the England squad for their final two Nations League games of the international break because of injury.
The Independent

Man guilty of one punch killing of younger brother during drunken ‘playfight’ at social club
Brent Clayton told police he had ‘chinned’ his younger brother Simon while out drinking
Christa Pike execution latest: Outrage after Satanic killer survives two lethal injections and is rushed to hospital
Pike was due to be the first woman put to death in the state in more than 200 years

EU officials meet to strengthen border agency as activists sue over alleged migrant abuses
European Union officials are meeting to strengthen border controls and curb migration

A new Trump proposal would require tax filers to disclose citizenship status to the IRS
The Trump administration has proposed a change to the 1040 tax form that will require Americans to disclose their citizenship and residency status
Christa Pike's failed execution reignites debate over death penalty
The convicted murderer was rushed to hospital after being heard snoring inside the execution chamber
Israel flight hijacking latest: Pilot ‘used axe’ to attack co-pilot before passengers using toilet raised alarm
The flight from Dubai to Israel plunged approximately 13,000 feet in 30 seconds after the pilot lost control of the aircraft
World’s tallest wind turbine unveiled in effort to harness stronger winds
The massive turbine is taller than the Eiffel Tower in Paris

UK in emergency talks with EU over diesel supplies after Trump threat
European countries have come under pressure after Donald Trump threatens to ban US exports of diesel

Farage’s reaction to Burnham’s new Brexit stance shows the battle lines for the next election have already been drawn
Nigel Farage believes Andy Burnham’s decision to open the door to returning to the EU could benefit Reform. Regardless, the decision to reignite the Brexit debates will play a central role when Britain next goes to the polls, writes Kate Devlin

Burglar who headbutted and killed elderly man while protecting his wife jailed
86-year-old John Burke was attacked in the home he shared with his wife Peggy


























