Big Headlines: Gunfire exchange near Belleville synagogue injures 2 and Parliament returns after a 3-month break

Frequency Podcast Network. Stories that matter. Podcasts that resonate. Two people are in hospital, including a police officer, after a shooting near a synagogue where worshippers were marking Yom Kippur. Hi, I'm Vrjesh Dave. This is Big Headlines, everything you need to know to be in the know in just five minutes.

In Ontario, two people, including a police officer, are hurt after a shooting incident near a synagogue where worshippers were marking Yom Kippur. Officers say a 29-year-old man armed with a rifle exchanged gunfire with police officers in a residential neighbourhood near the Sons of Jacob Synagogue in Belleville around 7

o'clock Eastern last evening. The officer is in critical but stable condition and the suspect has life-threatening injuries. Ontario Premier Doug Ford responded on X saying he's quote, disgusted by the shooting. Parliament will get back to work today after a three month break with the trade war with

the US and Prime Minister Mark Carney's move to formalize closer ties with the European Union top of mind. At a news conference after a meeting with Norway's visiting Prime Minister in Ottawa, He clapped back at criticism about some prior absences from the House of Commons while dealing

with some major global issues. He says important legislation is on the way. The core of our agenda is to build Canada strong. The next phase of that will be legislation we will introduce this week.

We've given notice of this, in our view, the most consequential economic legislation, certainly of this parliamentary session, arguably over the course of the next few years. his caucus on Friday, Carney said his government would remain laser focused on bringing down

costs for Canadians as well as defending the country's sovereignty. Carney says he'll attend question period before flying to New York City to attend the UN General Assembly. Conservative leader Pierre Poliev says Canada will never be a part of the European Union. During a rally, Poliev said Canada already has a free trade agreement with Europe and

close defense ties throughout NATO. That's nothing new and we continue to support all of that. 99% of our goods go to Europe, tariff-free right now. But what we will not support is forcing on Canadians

European taxes, European laws and reckless European-style immigration. The Prime Minister says the House of Commons will debate and vote on the partnership. Also making big headlines, Montreal City Council is set to debate a proposed by-law this week that could ban people from insulting municipal employees and police officers.

If passed, residents who insult city staff can face fines between $301,000 for a first offense, with repeated offenses adding up to fines as high as $2,000. The draft bylaws' current wording would ban insults, harassment, threats, abuse, and intimidation, as well as offensive and aggressive behavior.

It also includes provisions saying city employees could refuse to provide services to someone who misbehaves. Montreal City Council has two meetings scheduled for this week. Mary Lynn Finlay resigned as the leader of British Columbia's Conservatives over the

weekend after weeks of upheaval in the official opposition caucus. A statement from her office posted to social media says it wasn't an easy decision, but it's believed she was the right one for our movement and for our province. Her tenure as Conservative leader, which lasted less than four months, was marked by infighting,

firings and a string of defections by sitting legislators and the recent revelation that a private investigator had been hired to look into her critics. Finley added she would remain the conservative candidate in the September 26th by-election in Abbotsford Mission as she aims to secure a seat in the legislature.

If you haven't listened yet, today on The Big Story, how Ontario kept a man in isolation for more than 20 years. Host Maria Kastain speaks with Jacques Gallant, courts and legal affairs reporter for the Toronto Star to discuss his four-part investigative series, 20 years in isolation, and how Ontario's

only maximum-security psychiatric facility is keeping patients in isolation without what seems like meaningful review. Why do you think that segregation gets more, I guess, buzz than seclusion does? That's a good question. I've wondered that a lot doing this work. And one thing that

I've realized is people are really hesitant to question decisions made by doctors because at the end of the day, I mean, at the end of the day, it is a doctor's decision ordering seclusion. And so people are hesitant. And I discovered this as I was interviewing opposition critics at Queen's Park about this. People are like, yeah, this seems a bit concerning,

also, it's like really shouldn't like kind of play quarterback on like what a doctor thinks is necessary for a patient. You can listen to the full episode wherever you get your

podcasts. Now you're in the know. Thank you for listening to Big Headlines. Make sure you follow, share and review Big Headlines. Today's episode was written by Colin Robertson. and Rekha Maturo is our lead producer.

I'm your host, Virgash Dave. Thanks for listening. We'll talk to you tomorrow.