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<div>Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has found himself to be the subject of online criticism after he posted photos with Inuit alongside a caption about meeting with Algonquin Elders on Parliament Hill on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Poilievre rises during Question Period, in Ottawa, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld</div>

Poilievre called out for Truth and Reconciliation Day photos with Inuk elder

Conservative leader improperly identified elder in photo as Algonquin, not Inuk

<div>Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has found himself to be the subject of online criticism after he posted photos with Inuit alongside a caption about meeting with Algonquin Elders on Parliament Hill on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Poilievre rises during Question Period, in Ottawa, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld</div>
<div>Parks Canada says a bear attack in Alberta’s Banff National Park has left two people dead. Hidden Lake is seen in Banff National Park, Friday, Sept 1, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Todd Korol</div>

2 killed in Banff bear attack, grizzly euthanized: Parks Canada

Rescue team had to travel by foot because weather prevented use of helicopter

<div>Parks Canada says a bear attack in Alberta’s Banff National Park has left two people dead. Hidden Lake is seen in Banff National Park, Friday, Sept 1, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Todd Korol</div>
Children play with stones at an Afghan refugees camp on Joint Base McGuire Dix Lakehurst, N.J., on Monday, Sept. 27, 2021. The camp currently holds about 9,400 Afghan refugees and has a capacity to hold up to 13,000. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Andrew Harnik

Save the Children advocate says aid cut hinders Canada’s role in youth rights

In this spring’s budget, Liberals announced 15% drop in funding

Children play with stones at an Afghan refugees camp on Joint Base McGuire Dix Lakehurst, N.J., on Monday, Sept. 27, 2021. The camp currently holds about 9,400 Afghan refugees and has a capacity to hold up to 13,000. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Andrew Harnik
In the last year, Canadian green groups have lodged at least four formal complaints with the Competition Bureau, alleging false or misleading environmental claims by fossil fuel companies. Suncor’s base plant with upgraders in the oil sands in Fort McMurray Alta., on Monday June 13, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson

Environmental groups using competition law to fight fossil fuel sector

Complaints allege false or misleading environmental claims by fossil fuel companies

In the last year, Canadian green groups have lodged at least four formal complaints with the Competition Bureau, alleging false or misleading environmental claims by fossil fuel companies. Suncor’s base plant with upgraders in the oil sands in Fort McMurray Alta., on Monday June 13, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
People march together at the University of British Columbia for National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Vancouver, B.C., Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023. The federal statutory holiday recognizes abuses suffered by Inuit, First Nations and Metis people at hundreds of state and church-run residential schools. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns

‘A shared responsibility’: quotes from the 3rd Day for Truth and Reconciliation

Hundreds gathered across Canada to mark the day on Saturday

People march together at the University of British Columbia for National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Vancouver, B.C., Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023. The federal statutory holiday recognizes abuses suffered by Inuit, First Nations and Metis people at hundreds of state and church-run residential schools. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
Chief Coroner Lisa Lapointe provides an update on illicit drug toxicity deaths in the province during a press conference at B.C. Legislature in Victoria, B.C., on Monday, February 24, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito

Overdoses from smoking toxic drugs outpace B.C. prevention sites

Chief coroner says more supervised places required

Chief Coroner Lisa Lapointe provides an update on illicit drug toxicity deaths in the province during a press conference at B.C. Legislature in Victoria, B.C., on Monday, February 24, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
Vancouver Canucks’ Quinn Hughes, back left, scores his first goal against Edmonton Oilers goalie Stuart Skinner during the second period of a pre-season NHL hockey game in Vancouver, B.C., Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Captain Hughes helps Vancouver Canucks power past Oilers 5-2

Di Giuseppe adds 3 points for hosts in win over Edmonton

Vancouver Canucks’ Quinn Hughes, back left, scores his first goal against Edmonton Oilers goalie Stuart Skinner during the second period of a pre-season NHL hockey game in Vancouver, B.C., Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Tampa Bay Rays catcher Christian Bethancourt (14) is safe at third base after Toronto Blue Jays shortstop Bo Bichette (11) can’t get to the throw during sixth inning American League MLB baseball action in Toronto, Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn

Toronto Blue Jays advance to MLB playoffs despite 7-5 loss to Rays

Jays clinch post-seaon berth after M’s fall to Rangers

Tampa Bay Rays catcher Christian Bethancourt (14) is safe at third base after Toronto Blue Jays shortstop Bo Bichette (11) can’t get to the throw during sixth inning American League MLB baseball action in Toronto, Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks with Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023, at the State Department in Washington. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Stephanie Scarbrough

Blinken on Canada-India rift: ‘Those responsible must be held accountable’

Relations have plumbed new depths since Trudeau cited ‘credible’ intelligence linking India to Nijjar’s death

Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks with Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023, at the State Department in Washington. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Stephanie Scarbrough
The Blue Jays logo is pictured ahead of MLB baseball action in Toronto on Wednesday, April 27, 2022. Sgt. Chantal Larocque, who is an officer with the Anishinabek Police Service, sang the national anthem on Saturday as part of the Major League Baseball team’s ceremony for National Truth and Reconciliation Day. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov

Indigenous police officer hopes to inspire with trilingual ‘O Canada’ at Jays game

Sgt. Chantal Larocque sang the national anthem for the team’s National Truth and Reconciliation Day ceremony

The Blue Jays logo is pictured ahead of MLB baseball action in Toronto on Wednesday, April 27, 2022. Sgt. Chantal Larocque, who is an officer with the Anishinabek Police Service, sang the national anthem on Saturday as part of the Major League Baseball team’s ceremony for National Truth and Reconciliation Day. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov
The maker of the popular video game Fortnite has begun compensating claims in a $2.75-million settlement to a Canadian class-action lawsuit over the inclusion of controversial “loot boxes” in the game. A boy plays “Fortnite” at his Chicago home on Oct. 6, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Martha Irvine

Epic Games, maker of ‘Fortnite’ video game, begins $2.75M settlement payout

The class action was certified by the Supreme Court of British Columbia

The maker of the popular video game Fortnite has begun compensating claims in a $2.75-million settlement to a Canadian class-action lawsuit over the inclusion of controversial “loot boxes” in the game. A boy plays “Fortnite” at his Chicago home on Oct. 6, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Martha Irvine
Dozens of health care professionals across the country are fighting the federal government in court for legal access to psychedelics, namely psilocybin mushrooms, to start offering therapeutic treatments in their practices. Psilocybin mushrooms sit on a drying rack in the Uptown Fungus lab in Springfield, Ore., Monday, Aug. 14, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Craig Mitchell

Federal court ruling sets back health workers seeking psilocybin mushroom access

Health-care professionals want exemption to take magic mushrooms themselves in ‘experiential training’

Dozens of health care professionals across the country are fighting the federal government in court for legal access to psychedelics, namely psilocybin mushrooms, to start offering therapeutic treatments in their practices. Psilocybin mushrooms sit on a drying rack in the Uptown Fungus lab in Springfield, Ore., Monday, Aug. 14, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Craig Mitchell
Siksika Nation member Benedict Crow Chief has filed a human rights complaint against Alberta Health Services and become emotional as he speaks at a news conference on the Siksika Nation 100 kilometres east of Calgary near Cluny, Alta., Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

Siksika man files human rights complaint against Alberta Health Services, hospital

He says his wife died because staff, doctors failed to disclose she had active abdominal bleeding

Siksika Nation member Benedict Crow Chief has filed a human rights complaint against Alberta Health Services and become emotional as he speaks at a news conference on the Siksika Nation 100 kilometres east of Calgary near Cluny, Alta., Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Air Canada pilots are demonstrating at Toronto’s Pearson airport today, calling for better wages and working conditions as talks with the country’s biggest airline continue. Air Canada logos are seen on the tails of planes at the airport in Montreal, Que., Monday, June 26, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Air Canada pilots picket at Toronto’s Pearson airport as talks continue

The Air Line Pilots Association kick-started the bargaining process in June

Air Canada pilots are demonstrating at Toronto’s Pearson airport today, calling for better wages and working conditions as talks with the country’s biggest airline continue. Air Canada logos are seen on the tails of planes at the airport in Montreal, Que., Monday, June 26, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Chief of the defence staff Gen. Wayne Eyre waits to appear before the Standing Commitee on National Defence in Ottawa on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023. The country’s top soldier and outside experts agree cutting almost $1 billion from the Department of National Defence budget will affect the Armed Forces’ capabilities. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby

Defence minister insists $1B spending reduction is not a budget cut

The most recent federal budget projects that the department’s budget will be $39.7 billion in 2026-27

Chief of the defence staff Gen. Wayne Eyre waits to appear before the Standing Commitee on National Defence in Ottawa on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023. The country’s top soldier and outside experts agree cutting almost $1 billion from the Department of National Defence budget will affect the Armed Forces’ capabilities. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen chat during a visit with members of the Canadian Armed Forces at CFB Kingston in Kingston, Ont., Tuesday, March 7, 2023. The top heads of the European Union are expected to visit Canada this year, as officials discuss the possibility of Ottawa joining a major research-funding pact. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

European Union heads to visit Canada amid talks for access to EU science grants

Brussels and Ottawa hold leaders’ summits every two years as part of an agreement signed in 2017

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen chat during a visit with members of the Canadian Armed Forces at CFB Kingston in Kingston, Ont., Tuesday, March 7, 2023. The top heads of the European Union are expected to visit Canada this year, as officials discuss the possibility of Ottawa joining a major research-funding pact. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
The Supreme Court of Canada is seen, Friday, June 16, 2023 in Ottawa. Bill C-92, or An Act Respecting First Nations, Metis and Inuit Children Youth and Families, became law in June 2019. It affirms that Indigenous nations have sole authority of their children and establishes minimum standards in caring for them. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Indigenous groups stand firm with child welfare law before Supreme Court

An Act Respecting First Nations, Metis and Inuit Children Youth and Families became law in June 2019

The Supreme Court of Canada is seen, Friday, June 16, 2023 in Ottawa. Bill C-92, or An Act Respecting First Nations, Metis and Inuit Children Youth and Families, became law in June 2019. It affirms that Indigenous nations have sole authority of their children and establishes minimum standards in caring for them. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
A Saudi Arabian Airlines plane Flight SV872 from Jeddah is shown at an isolated area at Manila’s International Airport in Pasay, south of Manila, Philippines on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016. Saudia, formerly known as Saudi Arabian Airlines, is resuming flights to Toronto in December, after five years of no direct connections with Canada since a 2018 spat over the Liberals’ loud condemnation of the kingdom’s human-rights record. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Aaron Favila

Saudi Arabia resumes flights to Canada as relations normalize after 2018 spat

Saudia, formerly known as Saudi Arabian Airlines, will fly 3 times a week between Jeddah and Toronto

A Saudi Arabian Airlines plane Flight SV872 from Jeddah is shown at an isolated area at Manila’s International Airport in Pasay, south of Manila, Philippines on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016. Saudia, formerly known as Saudi Arabian Airlines, is resuming flights to Toronto in December, after five years of no direct connections with Canada since a 2018 spat over the Liberals’ loud condemnation of the kingdom’s human-rights record. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Aaron Favila
A Sunwing aircraft is parked at Montreal Trudeau airport in Montreal on Wednesday, March 2, 2022.WestJet says it aims to wind down Sunwing Airlines and integrate the low-cost carrier into its mainline business by October of next year. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson

Sunwing Airlines to fold into WestJet within a year

WestJet and Sunwing together make up 37 per cent of seat capacity on direct flights to sun destinations

A Sunwing aircraft is parked at Montreal Trudeau airport in Montreal on Wednesday, March 2, 2022.WestJet says it aims to wind down Sunwing Airlines and integrate the low-cost carrier into its mainline business by October of next year. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
The RCMP logo is seen in Surrey, B.C., on Friday April 13, 2018. The RCMP says it has introduced mandatory security awareness training for employees, one of several changes prompted by the 2019 arrest of a senior civilian member for allegedly leaking classified information. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Security awareness training now mandatory for RCMP after 2019 arrest of member

The report stressed that the allegations against Cameron Jay Ortis have not been proven in court

The RCMP logo is seen in Surrey, B.C., on Friday April 13, 2018. The RCMP says it has introduced mandatory security awareness training for employees, one of several changes prompted by the 2019 arrest of a senior civilian member for allegedly leaking classified information. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck