Seven stories in the news today, Nov. 10

By The Canadian Press

Seven stories in the news today, Nov. 10, from The Canadian Press:

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SENATE TORIES EXTEND OLIVE BRANCH TO TRUDEAU

Conservative senators don’t plan to be an ideological roadblock to the Liberal government’s legislative agenda. Sen. Claude Carignan, the Conservative leader in the upper chamber, says his senators won’t abuse their majority status in the upper chamber to thwart Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s agenda.

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RCMP STYMIED IN PROBE OF HILL SHOOTER’S GUN

The RCMP believes it has “come to a dead end” in its probe of where Parliament Hill shooter Michael Zehaf Bibeau got his gun — one of the most vexing questions about the events of Oct. 22, 2014. The Mounties continue to investigate several threads of what happened that day, including whether Zehaf Bibeau had accomplices, but have not gathered evidence sufficient for criminal charges.

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HOSPITALS URGED TO EXTEND VISITING HOURS

The Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement is calling on all hospitals, long-term care homes and other health-care facilities to expand access for visitors. The federally-funded group says every patient in hospital should be able to have family members and friends spend time by their side. The organization has launched a campaign called Better Together: Partnering with Families.

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FATHER OF AFGHAN VET FACES OBSTRUCTION TRIAL

The father of a highly decorated soldier will face an Ontario provincial court judge today in connection with the August 2014 arrest of his son. Bryan Fitzgerald, of Morrisburg, Ont., was accused of trying to obstruct a heavily armed police officer who arrived at the family home to arrest his son Collin, a former Canadian Forces corporal, on a charge of breaching bail conditions.

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ALL EYES ON VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS

Valeant Pharmaceuticals will provide an update today on its latest plans to address concerns that have battered Canada’s largest drugmaker, including how it intends to replace U.S. mail-order pharmacy partner Philidor Rx Services. Chairman and CEO Michael Pearson and other top officials are also expected to discuss the company’s operations in its third conference call in less than a month.

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SHELL CEO: CARMON CREEK NOT AN OILSANDS RETREAT

The CEO of Royal Dutch Shell says a decision to back away from its Carmon Creek oilsands project in Alberta last month does not mean it’s backing away from the oilsands in general. Ben van Beurden told reporters last week that his company ranks investment opportunities project-by-project, not region-by-region.

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GILLER PRIZE TO AWARD $100,000 TO ONE AUTHOR TONIGHT

One Canadian author will be $100,000 richer tonight after the Scotiabank Giller Prize is awarded at a glitzy gala in Toronto. There are five finalists for this year’s award, including Toronto author Andre Alexis for “Fifteen Dogs,” which won the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize last week.

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ALSO IN THE NEWS TODAY …

— A coroner’s inquest continues in Toronto into the 2008 death of Katelynn Sampson. The seven-year-old girl was killed by her guardians after they beat her for months until her body went into septic shock.

— A trial continues in Toronto for Everton Biddersingh, charged with first-degree murder in the death of his daughter.

— In Halifax, the lawyer for William Sandeson is to appear in court to set dates for a preliminary hearing. Sandeson is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Taylor Samson.

— SNC-Lavalin CEO Neil Bruce will speak to the Montreal Council on Foreign Relations.

— In Ottawa, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Sophie Gregoire-Trudeau will address youth in attendance on We Day.

— Twenty-one Canadian veterans of the Second World War receive the French Legion of Honour at a ceremony in Ottawa.

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