A man accused of beheading a fellow passenger aboard a Greyhound bus in Manitoba this summer has been found fit to stand trial for second-degree murder.

Conservative candidate Peter MacKay and Green Party Leader Elizabeth May squared off in a debate Monday, for the first time in their contested Nova Scotia riding.

Conservative Leader Stephen Harper weathered attacks from the other party leaders on his economic plan Monday, as Canada's top bank economists predicted a coming recession and the TSX took another tumble.

The Toronto stock market closed down nearly 573 points Monday, after getting battered in early-day trading. South of the border, the Dow Jones fell below the 10,000 mark for the first time in four years.

Ask a pollster, an academic and two political organizers whether polls drive voter preference or if voter preference drives the polls and you invariably arrive at conflicting views of how such tallies will effect ballot casting on Oct. 14.