Six stories in the news for Friday, Sept. 29——VERDICT DUE TODAY IN RCMP LABOUR CODE TRIALA New Brunswick judge is expected to hand down a ruling today on federal labour code charges against the RCMP related to the deaths of three officers in Moncton in 2014. The RCMP has pleaded not guilty to failing to provide officers with the appropriate equipment and training. ——ALSO IN THE NEWS TODAY:— Former U.S. president Barack Obama will give a speech in Toronto at an event hosted by think tank Canada 2020. — A sentence expected today in the case of Ismael Habib, convicted of attempting to leave Canada to join ISIL. — Statistics Canada will release the GDP by industry for July and industrial product and raw materials prices for August.

Source: National Post September 29, 2017 08:15 UTC