Turkey To Investigate Bombings
Turkey is appointing a four-member panel to investigate two suicide bombings in Ankara that killed 95 people.
The government says 160 people injured in the yesterday's blasts remain in hospitals.
A Turkish news agency reports police have detained 14 suspected members of the Islamic State group in the central city of Konya but it's not clear if the arrests are related to the attacks.
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Big Day For Advance Polls Friday
Elections Canada estimates about 850,000 people voted on Friday as advance polls opened across the country.
That's up 26 per cent from the last federal election and up a whopping 90 per cent over the first day of advance polling in the 2008 election.
Advance polls will be open today and tomorrow as well.
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Wolves Near Victoria Beach Killed
An official with Manitoba Conservation and Water Stewardship says a pair of wolves that killed three dogs in the Victoria Beach area has been destroyed.
Barry Verbiwski says relocating the wolves wasn't feasible because they would likely be driven out or killed by other wolves in the new location.
The wolves were killed by a professional trapper that was hired last month.
Pet owners have been urged to keep their dogs and cats indoors, while area residents have been told to take precautions if walking or biking.
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Poloz Talks Interest Rate Cuts
The head of Canada's central bank says interest rate cuts this year may lead to higher household debt in the short term, but will benefit the economy over the long haul.
Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz told the Institute of International Finance in Lima, Peru, that by lowering interest rates to counter slumping oil prices, the Canadian economy will be able to recover more quickly.
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Good Year For Prairie Pumpkins
There may be a US pumpkin shortage this year, but growers on the Canadian Prairies are reporting plenty of gourds this season.
Joan Merrill of Robertson Valley Farms southwest of Saskatoon says plenty of heat and sufficient rains in August mean this year's pumpkin crop is at least average.
Schreimer Farms in Otterburne, Manitoba, reports conditions have been almost ideal lately and the pumpkin crop appears to have weathered a small frost last week.
In the US Midwest this year, between 50 and 60 per cent of the region's crop was wiped out by record rain in June.
