The attacks pushed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to declare the country is now at "at war'' in a televised address, where he announced a mass army mobilization. [Global]

“I’ve gotten so used to it, now it’s like: ‘Oh, OK, here we go again,’” [Harjit Sajjan] told [NYT correspondent Ian Austen]. “It bewilders me why this is taking place. The only thing that I can think of is that there are some ulterior motives by some other organizations.” [NYT]

Christopher Moore: Good luck to the new Speaker. But it is MPs with a newer truer sense of their own responsibilities that we really need. [History News]

A new study shows that being male, aged 18 to 34 years, living in remote or very remote areas and in regions such as the territories were important factors associated with not having a regular health care provider among First Nations people living off reserve, Métis and Inuit. [Statistics Canada]

The dramatic summer weather that brought wildfires in some parts of the country and heavy rain in others is being reflected in fall colours across Canada, researchers say.

 Premier Blaine Higgs says a letter written by six rebel MLAs to the Progressive Conservative caucus in early August shows they want to "function as an independent group deciding when and where they will be supportive of government’s agenda." And that cannot and will not work, he says. [Telegraph Journal]

In the aftermath of the CAQ’s byelection defeat in Jean-Talon, Quebec Premier François Legault says he was surprised by the negative response following the unexpected announcement of his desire to consult the public on the third link to Quebec City. [CityNews]

Americans are more likely to die before age 65 than residents of similar nations, despite living in a country that spends substantially more per person on health care than its peers. Many of those early deaths can be traced to decisions made years ago by local and state lawmakers over whether to implement cigarette taxes, invest in public health or tighten seat-belt regulations, among other policies, an examination by The Washington Post found. States’ politics — and their resulting policies — are shaving years off American lives. [WaPo]

The "15-minute city" is an urban planning concept that aims to increase quality of life and reduce planet-heating pollution. But it faces obstacles, including conspiracy theories. [NPR]

The premise informing the Act is that certain “digital news intermediaries” (“DNIs”) appropriate news content, pro t from it, and do not properly compensate Canadian news businesses for this “use” due to an unequal bargaining relationship. Unfortunately these assumptions are not correct.  [Google]

Rhodri Talfan Davies, the BBC’s Director of Nations: "We believe Gen AI could provide a significant opportunity for the BBC to deepen and amplify our mission, enabling us to deliver more value to our audiences and to society. It also has the potential to help our teams to work more effectively and efficiently across a broad range of areas including production workflows and our back-office." [BBC]

OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, is exploring making its own artificial intelligence chips and has gone as far as evaluating a potential acquisition target, according to people familiar with the company’s plans. [Reuters]

Gmail users can reply with emoji. Everyone else will get an additional email.  [Ars Technica]