GOOD MORNING
A family in Ontario is pleading for help after their daughter goes missing in British Columbia, Canada's public safety minister says the proposed firearms bill is needed to curb gun violence, and the Toronto Blue Jays learn who their wild-card playoff opponent will be.
Here's what you need to know to start your day.
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'Disappeared without a trace'
Jaqueline McDermott, 22, from Kitchener, Ont., has been reported missing in B.C., and her family is putting out a plea across the country for help.
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Firearms bill
Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino told a House of Commons committee Tuesday that Bill C-21, the proposed legislation to further restrict access to handguns in Canada, is critical to ending gun violence.
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Pumping anxiety
Drivers across Canada were bracing for a big bump in the price at the pumps today, with whispers of a 10-cent hike. But according to the CAA's gas price tracker, as of 4 a.m., the national average price of gas had actually slipped..
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Another Nobel
This year's Nobel Prize in chemistry has been awarded in equal parts to Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and K. Barry Sharpless for developing a way of 'snapping molecules together.'
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Wild-card foe
The Toronto Blue Jays are slated to take on the Seattle Mariners in the American League wild-card round. The series will lead off Friday at the Rogers Centre.
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Remembering country music legend Loretta Lynn, who died Tuesday at the age of 90.
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With COVID-19 on the rise, should you be wearing a mask again? Here's what experts are saying.
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