Floor crossing MP speaks out, Super Typhoon hits the Philippines, Quebec Doctors protest, and more
Chris D'Entremont, the former conservative MP who crossed the floor to join the Liberals this week, speaks to CBC News in an exclusive interview. He says the treatment he recieved from some of the party's senoir members - is what convinced him to leave.Also: Typhoon Fung Wong has made landfall in the Philippines. It slammed ashore with winds reaching 200 kilometres an hour and torrential rain...forcing thousands to flee. Its the second typhoon to hit the country in less than a week - after Typhoon Kalmaegi killed over 200 people.And: Thousands of Quebec doctors and their supporters packed an NHL arena today - protesting a new provincial law some of them call draconian. It changes how they're paid and is based, in part, on certain performance targets. That has many of those doctors considering leaving the province entirely.Plus: U.S. government shutdown reaches 40 days, Albertans vying to oust politicians from office, A veteran's family fights for his recognition, and more.
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Chris D'Entremont, the former conservative MP who crossed the floor to join the Liberals this week, speaks to CBC News in an exclusive interview. He says the treatment he recieved from some of the party's senoir members - is what convinced him to leave.
Also: Typhoon Fung Wong has made landfall in the Philippines. It slammed ashore with winds reaching 200 kilometres an hour and torrential rain...forcing thousands to flee. Its the second typhoon to hit the country in less than a week - after Typhoon Kalmaegi killed over 200 people.
And: Thousands of Quebec doctors and their supporters packed an NHL arena today - protesting a new provincial law some of them call draconian. It changes how they're paid and is based, in part, on certain performance targets. That has many of those doctors considering leaving the province entirely.
Plus: U.S. government shutdown reaches 40 days, Albertans vying to oust politicians from office, A veteran's family fights for his recognition, and more.