National News

OTTAWA — A small business group is calling for a quick end to rotating walkouts by Canada Post employees and warns a prolonged strike could bite into profits ahead of the holiday shopping season.

OTTAWA — A Greek anarchist group has claimed responsibility for an attack on the Canadian embassy in the country early Sunday morning.

CHIPMAN, N.B. — A small New Brunswick village is facing a public backlash after its municipal council raised a "straight flag" over the weekend.

TORONTO — Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott says the province will continue to fund overdose-prevention sites but will change their name and focus.

Three relatively strong earthquakes were recorded Sunday night in the Pacific Ocean off Vancouver Island. The U.S. Geological Survey reported a 6.6 magnitude quake about 260 kilometres west of Tofino, followed by a 6.

FREDERICTON — The man charged with murder in a Fredericton shooting spree that left four people dead says he should be "exonerated" immediately because of temporary insanity.

TORONTO — Polls have opened across much of Ontario as voters get set to cast their ballots in municipal elections.

TORONTO — An alleged serial killer who is facing trial in the deaths of eight men with ties to Toronto's gay village has waived his right to a preliminary hearing.

Toronto police say a three-week-old girl has died in hospital after being hurt in an alleged assault. They say the were called to an apartment in the city's east end on Thursday around 11 a.m.

Eight stories in the news for Monday, Oct. 22 ——— CANADA POST HIT BY ROTATING STRIKES The union representing 50,000 Canada Post employees has begun rotating strikes in four cities.