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A growing number of Liberal MPs are banding together to convince Prime Minister Justin Trudeau it's time to step down, although he appears to retain support from his cabinet.

Trade Minister Mary Ng said Friday she had full confidence in Trudeau as word began to spread about a growing revolt. Ng was travelling back to Canada with Trudeau from Laos, where they were attending a summit of southeast Asian countries.

Stéphan Perreault and his team have been helping restore power in North Carolina since Hurricane Helene hit in late September, and they don't expect to be heading home any time soon.

They are some of the hundreds — possibly thousands — of Canadian line workers who have been called into service to help rebuild power grids after Helene and now Hurricane Milton have left millions of Americans in the dark.

Former public safety minister Bill Blair told a federal inquiry Friday he had no knowledge about delays in approving a spy service warrant in 2021 that may have included references to people in his own government.

A commission of inquiry into foreign interference has heard that it took 54 days for the Canadian Security Intelligence Service warrant application to be approved by Blair.

The average turnaround time for such applications is four to 10 days.

Here's a look at some of this week's top news photos as selected by editors.

This drone image provided by Kairat Kassymbekov shows flooding from Hurricane Milton in Tampa, Fla., Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. (Kairat Kassymbekov via AP)

A former public safety minister says he is very worried the unfolding conversation about some parliamentarians being complicit in foreign interference is becoming a "kangaroo court." 

Marco Mendicino told a commission of inquiry into foreign meddling Thursday it is important to follow due process under the law before jumping to conclusions about the conduct of parliamentarians. 

It was a night of firsts for the Oilers as they dowsed the Prince George Spruce Kings 6-3 in their first-ever meeting in the BCHL.

The Green Army was treated to a win and bore witness to four members of the Green and Gold earning their first goals of the season.

Olivier Ciarlo made the start in net for the Green and Gold with some new gear and backstopped the Oilers to a win while making 22 saves in the contest.

The Spruce Kings opened the scoring in the game with a goal from Ethan Montroy just over four minutes into the game.

Southern Alberta is in for an increasingly warm long weekend.

Foothills County has been enjoying daytime highs slightly above the norm for this time of year, and it looks like they won't be dipping down just yet.

Environment & Climate Change Canada Meteorologist Christy Climenhaga says the Thanksgiving long weekend will see the temperature slowly ramp up to well above the brisk conditions one would typically expect during fall.

The number of satellites orbiting our planet has grown massively in the last few years, leading to some concerns that they could start returning to the surface frequently and unpredictably.

Satellites have orbited Earth for almost 70 years, with the Soviet Union launching the first man-made satellite, known as Sputnik 1, into an elliptical low orbit on October 4, 1957.

A call to Okotoks RCMP about a suspicious vehicle resulted in two arrests.

On Thursday (Oct. 10), Okotoks RCMP responded to the suspicious vehicle call, finding two people sleeping inside an SUV.

It was parked on the side of the roadway with a sunshade blocking the view into the vehicle. Officers soon discovered that the SUV had been reported stolen from Calgary.

Two people have been charged as a result of the investigation:

Jordan Scott, 34, of Calgary, has been charged with:

Okotoks Oilers defenceman Ryder de Nys is back with the Green and Gold for another season after getting his first taste of Okotoks Junior A hockey in the 2022-2023 season. 

The offensive defenceman for the Oilers has seen it all since he first started with the Oilers during their last full AJHL season, and is a mainstay of the backend for the Oil for their first full season in the BCHL.