Within the information immediately: Speaker vote within the House and the Blue Jays begin post-season play

Rota invited a veteran who served in a Nazi unit within the Second World War to the House of Commons chamber, and requested parliamentarians and dignitaries to applaud the person as a hero.

Experts say that is one for the historical past books, as a result of it’s taking place mid-session slightly than after a federal election — one thing that’s solely occurred twice earlier than.

A handful of Conservative, Liberal and NDP MPs, together with Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, have introduced their curiosity in taking over the position.

Trial to begin in case of alleged RCMP leaker

More than 4 years after Cameron Jay Ortis was charged with breaching Canada’s secrets and techniques legislation, the previous RCMP intelligence director is about to get his day in courtroom, beginning with jury choice immediately.

Ortis was taken into custody in Ottawa in September 2019 — an arrest that deeply shocked the nationwide police drive.

As the pinnacle of the RCMP’s National Intelligence Co-ordination Centre, Ortis had access to a few of the nation’s most intently held data.

Ortis is charged with violating the Security of Information Act by allegedly revealing secrets and techniques to 3 people and attempting to take action in a fourth occasion, in addition to breach of belief and a computer-related offence.

Jon Doody, co-counsel for Ortis, says his shopper plans to plead not responsible to all costs.

London attack accused’s trial continues immediately

Crown prosecutors are anticipated to current extra proof immediately on the Ontario trial of a person accused of killing 4 members of a Muslim household in an alleged act of terrorism.

Nathaniel Veltman is accused of intentionally hitting 5 members of the Afzaal household together with his truck whereas they had been out for a walk in London, Ont., in June 2021. 

Veltman has pleaded not responsible to 4 counts of first-degree homicide and one rely of tried homicide. 

Jurors have seen video of Veltman telling a detective he had been motivated by white nationalist beliefs that he saved non-public to keep away from detection by authorities.

He was additionally seen telling the detective that his attack was politically motivated and an act of terrorism. 

Election Day in Manitoba may make historical past

Manitobans are to make historical past immediately as they forged closing ballots in an election that has adopted 4 weeks of guarantees, debates and controversial ads.

If Heather Stefanson leads the incumbent Progressive Conservatives to a 3rd consecutive majority, she would develop into the primary lady to be elected premier in a Manitoba basic election. Stefanson took excessive spot midterm in a celebration management race after former premier Brian Pallister retired in 2021.

If the New Democrats win after seven years in Opposition, chief Wab Kinew would develop into the primary First Nations premier of a province in Canada. His late father was not allowed to vote as a young man underneath Canadian legislation on the time.

Opinion polls have prompt the New Democrats have a lead, particularly in Winnipeg, the place 32 of the 57 legislature seats are. Tory help dropped in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, as hospitals struggled to take care of rising case numbers and dozens of intensive-care sufferers had been flown to different provinces.

Court win for Squamish Nation mission in Vancouver

A large Vancouver housing growth spearheaded by the Squamish Nation has cleared a authorized hurdle after a B.C. Supreme Court choose rejected a problem by a residents’ affiliation over lack of session. 

The Kits Point Residents Association had been searching for to have the Senakw mission’s providers settlement between the First Nation and the City of Vancouver declared illegal.

The mission on the foot of the Burrard Street Bridge main into Vancouver’s downtown core is slated to incorporate 6,000 rental items, and is being funded by $1.4 billion in federal loans.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was on the positioning final yr when the mission broke floor, and former Vancouver mayor Kennedy Stewart touted the event as “the largest First Nations economic development in Canadian history.”

Eating dysfunction ER visits up amongst adolescents

The largest soar in Ontario emergency room visits and hospitalizations for consuming issues in the course of the first 30 months of the pandemic was seen in adolescents aged 10 to 17, in line with a brand new examine. 

Using provincial well being knowledge from two durations — January 2017 to February 2020 and March 2020 to August 2022 — researchers calculated and in contrast the anticipated and noticed charges of consuming disorder-related hospital visits for numerous age teams.

They discovered that the speed of ER visits within the 10-to-17 age group was 7.38 per 100,000 within the latter interval, up 121 per cent over the anticipated charge of three.33, primarily based on pre-pandemic traits.

Hospital admissions for consuming issues additionally rose amongst adolescents, by 54 per cent, however dropped for all grownup age teams.

The examine, printed Tuesday within the Canadian Medical Association Journal, additionally confirmed that ER visits for consuming issues had been 13 per cent greater than anticipated amongst young adults between the ages of 18 and 26. 

Blue Jays kick off playoff collection with Twins

The Toronto Blue Jays kick off their American League wild-card playoff collection with the Minnesota Twins immediately at Target Field in Minneapolis.

The Twins will host the best-of-three collection after profitable the AL Central division.

The Blue Jays superior to the playoffs by claiming the league’s third and closing wild-card spot.

Toronto is making its second straight playoff look.

The Jays hosted Seattle final fall after taking the primary wild-card spot, however misplaced in two video games to the Mariners.

Jays right-hander Kevin Gausman will get the beginning for Game 1 towards the Twins.

The Blue Jays haven’t superior previous the wild-card spherical of the playoffs since 2016.

This report by The Canadian Press was first printed Oct. 3, 2023

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