Five stories in the news today, Nov. 3

Five stories in the news for Thursday, Nov. 3

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CLINTON’S TEAM ANNOYED AT LIBERALS AFTER 2014 FUNDRAISER: EMAILS   

Leaked emails show Hillary Clinton’s staff was annoyed with Canada’s federal Liberal party after an Ottawa fundraiser in 2014. A conversation about the event is included in the latest batch of messages supposedly hacked from the account of Clinton’s campaign chairman, and published Wednesday by Wikileaks. An email from top Clinton aide Huma Abedin reads, “there was some unhappiness” that the Liberals hoped to make money from what was supposed to be an “apolitical event.”

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CONSERVATIVES TO FORCE LIBERAL HAND ON ETHICS 

The Conservatives intend to use their opposition day today to debate a motion calling on the House of Commons to give the ethics commissioner power to enforce his directive. The motion, which will be put to a vote later this month, is clearly aimed at putting Trudeau on the spot: either vote against his own ethics directive or support the motion and risk having ethics commissioner Mary Dawson rule against the practice of allowing cabinet ministers to be the feature attraction at fundraisers.

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LISA RAITT JOINS TORY LEADERSHIP RACE 

Conservative MP Lisa Raitt is expected to formally enter the Tory leadership race today. First elected as a Conservative MP in 2008, Raitt served as minister for natural resources, labour and then transport under Harper. She dropped hints about joining the leadership race all summer and last month stepped down from her role as Conservative finance critic so she could continue to explore the possibility of a bid.

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NEW BRUNSWICK PYTHON TRIAL CONTINUES TODAY

More witnesses will be called today in the trial of a man charged in the deaths of two young New Brunswick boys who were suffocated by a python. The trial heard emotional testimony from their mother on Wednesday.

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ANIMAL RIGHTS TRYING TO SAVE ALLEGED FIGHTING DOGS 

A dog sanctuary and an animal rights group are hoping to intervene in a case in which Ontario’s animal welfare organization is seeking court approval to destroy 21 alleged fighting dogs. The Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals filed an application in January in a Chatham, Ont., court to euthanize the animals seized last year in a raid on an alleged dogfighting ring. Dog Tales and Animal Justice say the dogs deserve a proper defence and their lawyers will be in court today arguing for their clients be part of the case.

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The Canadian Press