We begin another week of Posted with this tidbit: it was on this day in 1957 that Los Angeles police told Elvis Presley he was not allowed to wiggle his hips onstage. That approach did not — we repeat, did not —stop the sexification of the industry, in case anyone out there has not seen a music video or live concert since the late '50s. Madonna alone would have given every one of those L.A. cops an instant heart attack.
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Ron Wadden, Posted curator-in-chief
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It's election day in Saskatchewan, nine days after it was election day in British Columbia, and it's too early to say who will emerge victorious in either one. Two recounts and a count of mail-in and assisted telephone ballots failed to decide a handful of B.C. races over the weekend, although the NDP appears to have a better chance at forming government. Nathan Griffiths has the latest on the B.C. situation, while you can expect plenty of coverage of the Saskatchewan vote later today via the Regina Leader-Post and Saskatoon StarPhoenix. Nova Scotia, not wanting to be left out, will have its own provincial election on Nov. 26.
- Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is promising to eliminate the federal sales tax on new homes that sell for less than $1 million, should he become prime minister. The Canadian Press has more here.
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"Well done, kiddo. Great to see you got an 'extending' in math!" That's one response students might hear from a parent when report cards come home in B.C. households, but they're just as likely to hear: "Extending? What does that mean?" It's one of the "descriptive" grades being given out instead of the more standard A, B, C system. A recent examination of parents' understanding of the new method of evaluating student performance suggests most parents are baffled.
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On the list of Canada's most noteworthy exports — lumber, petroleum, maple syrup, and hockey players — we can add one more: methamphetamine. A report from the Criminal Intelligence Service Canada warns that Canada has an "oversaturated" meth market and some of the excess is being shipped through Canadian ports to other markets. Kim Bolan and Zak Vescera have this story.
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"The federal government is truly the champion of defamation of Quebec’s secularism, which is no stranger to the woke movement that presents secularism as a form of racism when it is actually a form of living together in peace." — Parti Québécois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, who is interpreting the controversy surrounding 11 now suspended teachers at a Montreal school as a sign of "religious infiltration" and "Islamist infiltration" of Quebec schools.
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"It doesn’t change anyone’s life to have the information we have gained — namely, that 2136,279,841-1 is not divisible by any smaller integer except itself and 1. If GIMPS folded up tomorrow, as one supposes it eventually will, there would be no specifiable injury to mankind. But mathematical chimera-chasing of this kind is known to pay off in unexpected ways..." — Colby Cosh, hailing the latest success of GIMPS, the disconcerting acronym for the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search.
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Radon: A radioactive noble gas that is colourless and odourless. More to the point, it is also the leading cause of lung cancer among non-smokers. The number of Canadian homes with dangerous levels of radon has more than doubled in the last 12 years, a new study reports. Kenn Oliver has more on what to do about that. Meanwhile, in unrelated but relevant news, testing on human subjects is underway on BNT116, an mRNA vaccine treatment for lung cancer. It aims to reduce tumour growth in patients with cancer or prevent its recurrence. Jasmine Ryu Won Kang has that story.
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7: The number of "large-scale butter thefts" in Guelph, Ont., in the last 10 months. They're not just snagging a few sticks to get through a dinner party. Police put the value of two recent thefts at $936 and $958. How long will it be before butter is displayed behind locked cabinets? Don't laugh. That's happening in Russia these days, where a shortage of imports has caused butter prices to soar.
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This might not be of interest to readers who don't live in Montreal or travel there, but it might be for traffic nerds from all over: The Gazette has put together a quiz to test the knowledge of Montreal road markings, many of which are new, from stripes to little yellow triangles to symbols that suggest radioactivity. Even the locals are having a tough time deciphering them all.
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If you like a taste of Christmas mixed in with your Halloween decorations, Edmontonians know where to go: Jerry Dolynchuk's home in north Edmonton, where his $150,000 spread draws visitors from far and wide, as well as the occasion Grim Reaper, maybe.
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Ice dancers Emilea Zingas and Vadym Kolesnik perform during Skate Canada in Halifax on Saturday. It's refreshing to see the guy flying through the air for a change, though it wasn't enough to get the Americans onto the podium. In fact, the top two spots went to Canadian dancers, Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier, and Marjorie Lajoie and Zachary Lagha. Fellow Canadians Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps won the pairs event.
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