Canada
Canada-India: Expelled diplomat denies involvement in Nijjar murder
India's High Commissioner to Canada denies any involvement in the murder of Canadian Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar, who was shot and killed in B.C. last year.
Parliament returns amid partisan wrangling, rumblings about Trudeau's leadership
Members of Parliament are slated to resume debating a Conservative demand for documents about federal spending on green technology projects. The matter of privilege has all but paralyzed House business as the Liberals try to maintain a grip on an increasingly fractious minority Parliament.
Liberals unhappy with Trudeau ‘don’t have another choice’: ex-BQ leader
Gilles Duceppe said no one is running to replace Justin Trudeau as leader of the beleaguered Liberal party 'because they know they will lose'
Marie-Claude Bibeau se lancera dans la course à la mairie de Sherbrooke
Lundi sera-t-il le grand jour ? Tout semble l’indiquer.
Natalie Jameson leaves P.E.I. cabinet to seek federal nomination
Progressive Conservative MLA Natalie Jameson is leaving the provincial cabinet in order to seek the nomination for the Conservative Party of Canada in the federal riding of Charlottetown. Jameson was the minister of education and early years and minister responsible for the status of women. The riding of Charlottetown has been held since 2011 by Liberal Sean Casey who, last week, said he would endorse the movement within the Liberal caucus to replace Justin Trudeau as leader. In my model, Charlottetown is currently leaning Conservative and if an election were held today, the Conservatives might expect to defeat Casey by about 7 points.
The Provinces
N.B. election day 2024: Voters to decide on 3rd-term government or new direction
New Brunswickers are headed to the polls after a 33-day campaign that has shaped up to be a tight race between Susan Holt’s Liberals and Blaine Higgs’ Progressive Conservatives.
B.C. Election: How the vote recount will work
There are still around 49,000 votes that need to be tallied and that will occur over the weekend of Oct. 26-28
Ontario legislature returns from 19-week break with announcements, protests
The first day back promises to be a busy one, with Energy Minister Stephen Lecce and Housing Minister Paul Calandra making an 8:30 a.m. announcement, Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria introducing a bill aimed at tackling gridlock and advocacy groups planning protests.
Fillmore runs away with mayoral victory in Halifax Regional Municipality
As of 8 a.m. Sunday, Fillmore had tabulated 52,396 votes, more than 21,000 clear of his nearest rival, Waye Mason, who had logged 30,904 votes, with 423 of 427 tables reporting.
Elsewhere
US, Canadian navy ships sail through Taiwan Strait week after China war games
The U.S. Navy's 7th Fleet said Monday that the destroyer USS Higgins and the Canadian frigate HMCS Vancouver made a "routine" transit Sunday "through waters where high-seas freedom of navigation and overflight apply in accordance with international law." The transit demonstrated the United States' and Canada's commitment to upholding freedom of navigation for all countries, it said in a statement.
Trump riffs about Arnold Palmer's genitalia
“Arnold Palmer was all man. And I say that in all due respect to women, and I love women. But this guy, this guy, this is a guy that was all man,” Trump told cheering supporters at a rally at a regional airport named after Palmer. “This man was strong and tough. And I refused to say it, but when he took showers with the other pros, they came out of there, they said, ‘Oh my God, that’s unbelievable.’ ”
Why the Harris campaign has spent $11 million on a Facebook page with 1,000 followers
As Donald Trump and Kamala Harris feverishly chase undecided voters in the final stretch of the presidential campaign, millions of people in battleground states are being served ads on Facebook and Instagram from an obscure page calling itself “The Daily Scroll.”
Vucic Thanks Putin For Russian Energy, Repeats Serbia Won't Sanction Russia
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic spoke by phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin on October, a the first such conversation between the two in two and a half years, according to the Serbian leader.
In Modi's Delhi, Indian Muslims segregate to seek security
Experts link rising segregation to Islamophobia under BJP, which says it doesn't discriminate
Media
CBC's Tait expensed $6,000 for five-day trip to Paris for Olympics
Outgoing CBC President Catherine Tait spent $6,000 — including staying at a $1,000-per-night hotel — for just under five days at the Paris Olympics, an expense observers say is sure to raise eyebrows but is ultimately justifiable.
People think they already know everything they need to make decisions
The work, done by Hunter Gehlbach, Carly Robinson, and Angus Fletcher, is based on an experiment in which they intentionally gave people only partial, biased information, finding that people never seemed to consider they might only have a partial picture. "Because people assume they have adequate information, they enter judgment and decision-making processes with less humility and more confidence than they might if they were worrying whether they knew the whole story or not," they write. The good news? When given the full picture, most people are willing to change their opinions.
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Science and tech
Weed, brains and spider eyeballs: 20 jaw-dropping snapshots of the microscopic world around us
Extremely close-up images of a cannabis plant, spider eyes and a mouse brain are among the winners of the 50th annual Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition.”
The Calendar
- 1030 ET: Sherbrooke, QC: Revenue Min Marie-Claude Bibeau speaks about her political future.
- 1100 ET: HoC Foyer, - NDP MP Bonita Zarrillo speaks about a private member's bill.
- 1100 ET: 430 Wellington - Canadian Heritage (CHPC) | Meeting 132 - Senior Management Compensation at CBC/Radio-Canada
- 1100 ET: 420 Wellington - Environment and Sustainable Development (ENVI) | Meeting 126 - Profits and Emissions Reduction Efforts in Canada's Oil and Gas Industry
- 1100 ET: 125-B West Block - Fisheries and Oceans (FOPO) | Meeting 122 - Impact of the Reopening of the Cod Fishery in Newfoundland and Labrador and Quebec
- 1100 ET: 035-B West Block - International Trade (CIIT) | Meeting 121 - Protecting Certain Canadian Manufacturing Sectors, Including Electric Vehicles, Aluminum and Steel, Against Related Chinese Imports and Measures. Trade Min Mary Ng and Industry Min François-Philippe Champagne to testify.
- 1100 ET: 025-B West Block - Natural Resources (RNNR) | Meeting 110 - Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion
- 1100 ET: 415 Wellington - Public Accounts (PACP) | Meeting 145 - Report 6, Sustainable Development Technology Canada, of the 2024 Reports 5 to 7 of the Auditor General of Canada
- 1100 ET: 330 Wellington - the Status of Women (FEWO) | Meeting 125 - Breast Cancer Screening for Women Aged 40
- 1400 ET: HoC Foyer - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh speaks to reporters.
- 1530 ET: 025-B West Block - Citizenship and Immigration (CIMM) | Meeting 111 - Drafting report
- 1530 ET: 415 Wellington - Indigenous and Northern Affairs (INAN) | Meeting 124 - S-16. Crown-Indigenous Relations Min Gary Anandasangaree to testify.
- 1530 ET: 330 Wellington - Industry and Technology (INDU) | Meeting 140 - Credit Card Practices and Regulations in Canada
- 1530 ET: 430 Wellington - Justice and Human Rights (JUST) | Meeting 116 - Drafting report
- 1530 ET: 225-A West Block - Veterans Affairs (ACVA) | Meeting 109 - Recognition of Persian Gulf Veterans and Reviewing of: (a) the definition of “War”, “Wartime Service”, and “Special Duty Service“; and (b) the Difference, the Process of Determining, and Criteria for Veteran’s Benefits
- 1830 ET: 225-A West Block - Special Committee on the Canada–People’s Republic of China Relationship (CACN) | Meeting 48 - Drafting report
Issued this day ...
… in 2004: Sc #2066a se-tenant pair: Canadian Victoria Cross Winners. Design: Pierre-Yves Pelletier.
This pair was issued on the 150th anniversary of the awarding of the first Canadian to receive the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award in the British decorations system.
Dunn was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions at the Charge of the Light Brigade during the Battle of Balaclava on 25 October 1854, when he was 21 years of age. That’s Dunn’s VC on the left (Sc 2065).
Veterans Affairs Canada says there have been 1,351 Victoria Crosses and three Bars awarded worldwide, 99 to Canadians (Canadian-born, serving in the Canadian Army or having a close link to Canada). If you collected the pane of 16 stamps issued by Canada Post, you would see the centre portion of that pane contains the list of Canada’s VC recipients.
The Victoria Cross has had a bit of an awkward history in Canada. The government of Pierre Trudeau, keen to sever all imperial ties in an era when Trudeau was trying to repatriate our Constitution from Britain, he essentially suspended the decoration. But, after a campaign by advocacy groups, the government of Brian Mulroney would successfully 'repatriate' this medal with a “Canadian” Victoria Cross. That’s what you see on the stamp on the right here (Sc 2066).
But, so far, no Canadian Victoria Cross has ever been conferred; Smokey Smith, who died in 2005, was the last living Canadian recipient of the Imperial Victoria Cross, personally receiving it from King George VI at Buckingham Palace in December 1944.