National News

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Nov. 3 ... What we are watching in Canada ...

OTTAWA — Erin O'Toole insists the Conservative caucus is united behind his leadership.

HOUSTON — The Atlanta Braves have won the World Series with a 7-0 win over the Houston Astros in Game 6. More coming. The Canadian Press

CALGARY — A man who was to face trial later this month in the slaying of a family doctor at a central Alberta medical clinic has died. Deng Mabiour, 54, was charged with first-degree murder in last year's death of Dr.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he is confident a "solution" will be reached to allow Canada to honour its war dead on Remembrance Day by lowering the flag to half-mast.

VICTORIA — British Columbia will consult First Nations about deferring the logging of big, ancient and rare old-growth trees across 26,000 square kilometres of forests.

WASHINGTON — The Senate has confirmed David Cohen, a tech executive who once served as chief of staff to the mayor of Philadelphia, to be the next U.S. ambassador to Canada.

WINNIPEG — Manitoba's new premier was sworn into office on Tuesday while her opponent challenged her leadership victory in court. "It's disappointing," Heather Stefanson said. "But I'm not going to let this get (us) off our game, our focus.

GLASGOW, United Kingdom — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is pushing the world to impose a global price on carbon by 2030 that would cover 60 per cent of the planet's greenhouse gas emissions.

MONTREAL — Security experts say the suspected cyberattack on Newfoundland and Labrador's health-care system, which led to the cancellation of thousands of medical appointments and forced a local health authority to revert to using paper, isn't an iso