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• 'Troubling signs': Health Canada to review tobacco strategy as smoking rate spikes a day ago  –  Health Canada is looking for outside experts to review its tobacco control strategy — a federal program that appears to have hit a wall after years of helping to drive down smoking rates.
• Language barrier makes court baffling for many Inuit, justice workers say
• Mounties expected 1,000 claims in sexual harassment suit. So far, they’ve got 3,131
• The St. Michael's secret is out, but only to those who didn't already know: Robyn Urback
• Risk of mudslides looms for northern California after wildfire
• Esi Edugyan wins 2nd Scotiabank Giller Prize for Washington Black

• Auditor general trashes Liberal plan to keep CF-18s flying until 2032 a day ago  –  Canada's auditor general has shot down the Liberal government's handling of the air force's aging CF-18s in a blistering report that raises questions about national security, and even long-term safety, regarding the viability of the country's frontline fighter jets.
• CRA service, rural internet and heritage sites: Highlights from the AG's report
• Victims of sexual misconduct not treated in 'respectful manner' by military, says auditor
• Inmate accused of disarming guard and shooting visitor at Kingston hospital
• Dead whale found with 115 plastic cups, 2 flip-flops in its stomach
• Top Kremlin critics aim to stop Russian from becoming Interpol head
• Missing helicopter found after search by Quebec provincial police, army
• Ivanka Trump used personal email for government work
• Some Saudi royals turn against crown prince after Khashoggi murder
• Mistrial declared in Dennis Oland's murder retrial over 'improper' background checks on jurors
• What it's like seeing your carjacker shoot himself in the leg with a shotgun

• India's 1st women's hockey team enjoys smooth skating in Alberta a day ago  –  India's top female hockey players learned the game on frozen Himalayan ponds using second-hand gear nabbed from their brothers.
• Why is there no romaine lettuce recall after E. coli outbreak 2 years in a row, expert asks
• Police officer denied promotion because of race, hearing told
• Sergeant-at-arms, clerk at B.C. Legislature on leave amid criminal probe
• U.S. stands by Saudi Arabia as purported transcript of Khashoggi killing goes public
• Trump says U.S. won't punish Saudis for role in Khashoggi killing
• Ottawa ready to order Canada Post back to work
• Worst may be yet to come for cannabis execs, pot users looking to cross Canada-U.S. border, experts say
• Police investigate after receiving videos of another alleged assault from St. Michael's College School
• Global markets sink again as tech and retail stocks drop
• David Johnston has spent $76K in 6 months since leaving Rideau Hall

• Bitcoin bust and tech stock decline may be blips or symptoms of wider slump: Don Pittis 11 hours ago  –  Cryptocurrencies have fallen sharply. So have tech stocks and oil. Is it coincidence or a re-emergence of the so-called death cross?
• Harmless viral Facebook post is another reminder how easy it is to make online fakes
• What will Doug Ford's climate change plan look like? For hints, check out Australia
• Loblaws cranks up self-checkout with app that scans items while you shop
• B.C. College of Physicians wants 'Dr. Lipjob' sent to jail
• The NDP is in trouble — and that's bad news for the Conservatives
• What Trump surrendered by giving Saudi crown prince a pass in Khashoggi's killing
• South Korea's Kim Jong-yang named Interpol president
• Canadians giving up necessities, going into debt to pay for prescriptions, study finds
• 'We need your help,' St. Michael's principal tells alumni at emergency meeting
• Skyscraper elevator plunges 84 floors — and everyone survives

• Migrant caravan waits on U.S. doorstep after judge blocks Trump's asylum ban an hour ago  –  Migrants camped in Tijuana are weighing their options after a California court blocked U.S. President Donald Trump's asylum ban for illegal border crossers.
• Elon Musk's pot-smoking podcast sparks NASA workplace safety review of SpaceX
• Statistics Canada blames guns, gangs as homicide rate hits 10-year high
• After massive oil spill, spotlight shifts to agency regulating N.L. offshore industry
• Morneau to outline plan to boost business competitiveness in fiscal update
• Proposal to pay sperm and egg donors, surrogates spawns controversy
• Ottawa gives formal notice of back-to-work legislation in Canada Post dispute
• Man critically injured after brawl at Pusha T concert
• Trump reportedly told lawyers he wanted to prosecute Comey and Hillary Clinton
• Genital mutilation charges dismissed in Detroit-area case
• The straight poop on disposable diapers, from cloth alternatives to a recyclab