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Bette Midler revisits 'old friends' - her star-making songs
FIFA blocks stadium rock concerts ahead of 2018 World Cup
Manitoba RCMP tweet as slain teen in effort to stir leads in cold case
Kerrie Ann Brown is shown in this undated handout image. The RCMP in Manitoba is trying an unorthodox strategy to solve a 30-year-old cold case - tweeting as the victim. Kerrie Ann Brown was 15 when she walked out of a party in Thompson, Man., never to be seen again. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO
Ohio school, feds complete agreement in blind student's case
FILE – In this Jan. 13, 2014, file photo, Aleeha Dudley, a blind student, poses in her off-campus apartment at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Federal authorities said Monday, Oct. 17, 2016, that they have completed an agreement with Miami University that resolves allegations in Dudley's lawsuit that it violated the Americans with Disabilities Act. The Justice Department, the Ohio university and Dudley jointly filed a motion in Cincinnati asking a judge to approve a consent decree that requires Miami to provide disabled people an "equal opportunity" to benefit from the school's services, programs and activities. (Bob Garlock/Dayton Daily News via AP, File)
Liz Weston: The best ways to build credit now
FILE - This file photo provided by NerdWallet shows Liz Weston, a columnist for personal finance website NerdWallet.com. (Dylan Entelis/NerdWallet via AP, File)
Small plane's wing strikes woman after landing in Slovenia
Filipino ambassador says wanted drug suspect arrested in UAE
War-crimes symbol Srebrenica gets Bosnian Serb mayor
Beer-throwing suspect at Blue Jays game no longer with Postmedia
Baltimore Orioles' Hyun Soo Kim gets under a fly ball as a beer can sails past him during seventh inning American League wild-card game action against the Toronto Blue Jays in Toronto in an October 4, 2016, file photo.
Bosnian charged with trying to mail firearm magazines to US
Ontario Teachers' buys wineries, Wine Rack stores for $1.03 billion
Austria's right-wing presidential hope says disputed book OK
Records: Phone failed to trigger bomb outside police station
In this Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016 photo, the exterior of the police station is shown in the town of Nederland, Colo. The U.S. attorney's office in Colorado officially confirmed Monday that a California man was arrested in connection with a homemade explosive left outside the police station in Netherlands. (AP Photo/Sadie Gurman)
At booming Jim Beam, strikers complain of grueling workweeks
Lithuania wants Gorbachev to testify in war crimes trial
FILE - In this Jan. 14, 1991 file photo, Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev says in Moscow that a local military commander ordered the use of force in the breakaway republic of Lithuania, where an assault by Soviet troops on Jan. 13, 1991 claimed 14 lives. On Monday, Oct. 17, 2016, a Lithuanian court has called on Gorbachev to testify in a mass trial related to the 1991 crackdown on the country’s independence movement. (AP Photo/Boris Yurchenko, File)
Jordan: Activists seek stiffer sentences for honour killings
Markets Right Now: Stocks move slightly lower on Wall Street
Caterpillar CEO to retire next year
FILE - In this Wednesday, June 26, 2013, file photo, Caterpillar Inc. Chairman and CEO Douglas R. Oberhelman delivers the keynote address to the Illinois Chamber of Commerce annual meeting & business leaders luncheon in Chicago. On Monday, Oct. 17, 2016, Caterpillar said Oberhelman will retire from the company in 2017 and will be replaced with Jim Umpleby, who has worked at the company for more than three decades. Oberhelman, 63, will leave the company at the end of March. He has been CEO since 2010 and has been with Caterpillar Inc. for more than 41 years. (AP Photo/Scott Eisen, File)
Ontario Teachers buys Constellation’s Canadian wine business for $1.03-billion
Bottles of Jackson-Triggs wine are seen in this file photo.
White mayor who acknowledged racist posts allowed to resign
US factory production rebounded in September
FILE - In this Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2016, file photo, a group of workers at the C.C. Filson Co. manufacturing facility work at their sewing machines, in Seattle. On Monday, Oct. 17, 2016, the Federal Reserve reports on U.S. industrial production for September. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
Posthumous book by Shimon Peres coming next spring
FILE - In this Monday, Feb. 8, 2016, file photo, Israel's former President Shimon Peres poses for a portrait at the Peres Center for Peace in Jaffa, Israel. The HarperCollins imprint Custom House told The Associated Press on Monday, Oct. 17, 2016, that Peres’ “No Room for Small Dreams” will be published April 4. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty, File)
Danish airports, square evacuated due to bomb threats
CO2 to fish food, other ideas advance in $20M XPRIZE contest
Yet another round of sweeping changes, but some curling calm restored
Team Newfoundland and Labrador skip Brad Gushue reacts as his shot enters the house during the gold medal game against Team Alberta at the Brier curling championship Sunday March 13, 2016 in Ottawa. Elite curlers now have the same fabric — an "ugly mustard yellow" as skip Brad Gushue describes it — in their broomheads. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
At least 18 dead in Brazilian prison mutinies
New CCM can do things most other 'adventure' motorcycles can't
CCM GP450
Monday's analyst upgrades and downgrades
A Canadian Pacific Railway crew works on their train at the CP Rail yards in Calgary, Alberta, April 29, 2014.
FBI moves to dismiss lawsuit over Charleston church shooting
Monday’s TSX breakouts: A stock yielding 5.6% with 11 dividend hikes in 12 years
Jennifer Dowty
Former executive of failed Keys resort charged in $300M scam
Top Links: What CMHC’s ‘red alert’ on housing really means
Scott Barlow
The Latest: NC gov.: Burning of GOP office 'unimaginable'
Russian broadcaster RT says UK bank suspends its accounts
Manufacturing in New York state slides again in October
In this May 11, 2016 photo, a No. 7 subway train rides the rails in the Queens borough of New York. In the background is the Manhattan skyline. On Monday, Oct. 17, 2016, the Federal Reserve of New York releases its October survey of manufacturers in the state. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
Germany appeals for deal to save jobs at supermarket chain
Supervalu to sell Save-A-Lot chain for $1.37 billion
FILE - In this April 12, 2011 file photo, shopper Andrew Boston leaves the Save-a-Lot grocery store with his purchases in Northfield, Ohio. Supervalu said Monday, Oct. 17, 2016 that it is selling its Save-A-Lot supermarket chain for $1.37 billion to Canadian private equity firm Onex Corp. The deal is expected to close before the end of January. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta, File)
Cdn officials hopeful despite failure of weekend talks to salvage trade deal
Belgium's foreign minister Didier Reynders, left, speaks with EU Council High representative Federica Mogherini during a meeting of EU foreign ministers at the EU Council building in Luxembourg, Monday, Oct. 17, 2016. European Union foreign ministers debated Monday whether to extend sanctions against the Syrian regime as political efforts to secure a cease-fire and access for humanitarian aid falter. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)
Mistral Venture Partners raising second tech VC fund
A stack of Canadian $100 Dollar bills
British baritone Simon Keenlyside headlines Mozart HD
This image released by The Metropolitan Opera shows British baritone Simon Keenlyside during a performance of Mozart's “Don Giovanni.” (Marty Sohl/The Metropolitan Opera via AP)
Toni Braxton back on tour following lupus hospitalization
FILE - In this June 26, 2016, file photo, Toni Braxton poses in the press room at the BET Awards in Los Angeles. Braxton cancelled her Oct. 15, 2016, show in Cleveland after being hospitalized for complications in her battle with lupus. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
UK police say toddler missing for 25 years died in accident
FILE - In this Monday, Sept. 26, 2016 file photo, British officers and members of the Greek rescue team search an area of land on the southeastern Greek island of Kos. A British toddler who went missing on a Greek island 25 years ago is believed to have been killed in a construction-site accident that was covered up for almost a quarter of a century, police said Monday, Oct. 17, 2016. (Nikos Panagiotopoulos/InTime News via AP, file)
Kuwait sets parliamentary election for Nov. 26
FILE - This Dec. 16, 2012 file photo shows a General view of Kuwait's National Assembly during the inauguration of the 14th Legislative Term of the National Assembly in Kuwait. Kuwait's Cabinet has resigned and its parliament was dissolved Sunday, Oct. 16, 2016, over a "lack of cooperation," setting the stage for early elections. Kuwait's state-run television and news agency made the announcement after an emergency government meeting. In a decree, Kuwait's ruling emir Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah said "given the circumstances in the region ... and the security challenges" he had ordered the parliament dissolved. (AP Photo/Gustavo Ferrari, File)
Health ministers meet to demand more from Ottawa
Federal Health Minister Jane Philpott will meet with representatives from the provinces and territories to discuss health-care funding n Oct. 17, 2016.
Ann Patchett admits her bestselling 'Commonwealth' hits close to home
“Commonwealth,” published by Harper, is the seventh novel by Ann Patchett, who also wrote “Bel Canto” and “State of Wonder,” along with three books of non-fiction. Patchett is seen in this undated handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO
Proportional representation: fair, but unsatisfying
André Blais
Nightclub fire memorial reaches $2M fundraising goal
File - In this Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013, file photo Diane Gomes, of Johnston, R.I., left, and Elaine Grant, of Lincoln, R.I., center, display artist's renderings of a planned permanent memorial for victims of The Station nightclub fire, a blaze that claimed the lives of 100 people, during ceremonies at the site of the fire, in West Warwick, R.I. Organizers of the effort to build a permanent memorial at the site of the February 2003 blaze at the Station nightclub in Rhode Island announced Monday, Oct. 17, 2016, that they have achieved their $2 million fundraising goal. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
Judge: Give Florida voters chance to fix vote-by-mail ballot
Monday's small-cap stocks to watch
Lithuania's health minister dies at 34
Protesters throw excrement at South African university
Before the Bell: Stocks set to fall as earnings in focus
Colin Cieszynski
Polish court at heart of conflict marks 30th anniversary
A man walks past the Constitutional Tribunal building, in Warsaw, Poland, Friday, Oct. 14, 2016. An international human rights body, the Venice Commission, has criticized Friday the new legislation in Poland regulating the Constitutional Tribunal, the nation's top legislative court, saying the new law "gives excessive power to parliament and the executive over the judiciary." (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)
Bank of America's profits rise 6 per cent, beats estimates
This Monday, July 18, 2016, photo shows the top of a Bank of America ATM booth, in Woburn, Mass. Bank of America is scheduled to report financial results, Monday, Oct. 17, 2016. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
Indonesia prosecutors seek prison for Uighur accused of plot
Two men attacked in downtown Halifax by bandits who demand pants: police
Rogers ousts Guy Laurence as CEO
Guy Laurence, President and Chief Executive Officer at Rogers Communications Inc., is stepping down.
Mourning Thais dye clothes as prices for black apparel surge
A woman walks in front of a display of mannequins wearing black and white clothing at a shopping mall in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, Oct. 17, 2016. Authorities are urging calm as social media throbs with criticism of people who aren't wearing black and white clothing to mourn the revered monarch and some arch-royalists take to reprimanding people in public. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
Rogers chairman fills in as CEO while awaiting arrival of Joe Natale
Rogers President and CEO Guy Laurence speaks at the company's AGM in Toronto on Tuesday April 21 , 2015. Rogers Communications says Guy Laurence has stepped down as president and CEO, effective immediately. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
Trump tweet on rigged election
North Korea says it wants UK to pull out of military drills
Gunmen attack Niger prison holding extremists, 1 dead
Bautista, Pillar looking for answers at the plate ahead of Game 3
Toronto Blue Jays' centre-fielder Kevin Pillar (right) and third baseman Josh Donaldson takes part in a team practice in Toronto, Sunday, Oct.16, 2016. Pillar didn't mince words when talking about his team's sudden inability to drive in runs."Well it would help if (the bottom of the order) got on base," the Blue Jays centre-fielder said. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov
The Latest: US says Aleppo pause 'too little, too late'
China launches its longest crewed space mission yet
Muskrat Falls protests ramp up as flooding set to begin in swath of Labrador
The construction site of the hydroelectric facility at Muskrat Falls, Newfoundland and Labrador is seen on Tuesday, July 14, 2015. Police have arrested some protesters who were blocking the entrance of the Muskrat Falls work site in Newfoundland and Labrador. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
Germany: man admits offering infant daughter on eBay
Several injured in explosion at BASF facility in Germany
FILE - The Feb. 18, 2016 file picture shows parts of BASF chemical plant at Ludwigshafen, Germany. Chemical company BASF says several people have been injured in an explosion at a facility in southwestern Germany. Company spokeswoman Ursula von Stetten said the explosion occurred late Monday morning Oct. 17, 2016 at a river harbor in Ludwigshafen, where BASF is based, that is used to unload flammable liquids and liquid gas. ( Uwe Anspach/dpa via AP,file)
Philippine president's China trip puts US ties to the test
FILE - In this Sept. 7, 2016 file photo, Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang, left, and Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte link arms during the ASEAN Plus Three summit in the ongoing 28th and 29th ASEAN Summits and other related summits at the National Convention Center in Vientiane, Laos. After lashing out at longtime ally America, the new Philippine president is making a state visit to China in a charm offensive that will help define how far he wants to shift allegiance from treaty ally the U.S. to an Asian superpower locked in a territorial standoff with his small, impoverished country. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez, File)
EU steps up pressure on Congo to end unrest, organize polls
FILE - In this Friday, June 24, 2016 file photo, Vote Leave campaigner Boris Johnson arrives for a press conference at Vote Leave headquarters in London . In the crucial days before Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson embraced Britain’s “leave campaign,” he wrote a newspaper column explaining why Britain should remain inside the European Union _ but those forceful words were never published before Britain’s June 23 vote. The Sunday Times has now published Johnson’s pro-EU column, which outlines his fears about leaving the EU on SUnday, Oct. 16, 2016. (Mary Turner/Pool via AP, File)
High school graduation rate hits record high of 83.2 per cent
President Barack Obama greets students after speaking at Benjamin Banneker Academic High School in Washington, Monday, Oct. 17, 2016, where he highlighted the steady increase in graduation rates. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
The Latest: Hoboken rail service fully restored after crash
Germany: threats of violence emailed to schools
Police stand in front of the Reclam High School in Leipzig, Germany, Monday Oct. 17, 2016. Police say that schools in at least two German cities have received threats and authorities are working to figure out who and what is behind them. Police in Leipzig said at least seven schools in Leipzig received threats by emails on Monday, though it wasn’t clear exactly what was threatened, news agency dpa reported. Officers were sent to the schools, and students and teachers had to remain in the buildings. ( Sebastian Willnow/dpa via AP)
Mozambican leader killed in 1986 plane crash is remembered
Bridge defendant: Top officials knew traffic study story
Somalia shuts down newspaper, arrests editor
Does good performance give me leverage in severance negotiations?
Technology and markets are driving employment in the right direction
Rick Lash of the Korn Ferry Hay Group.
A perfect circle: rethinking your top team
Harvey Schachter
Darryl Stewart: ‘In a horizontal market … just carve out a vertical niche’
Darryl Stewart in Winnipeg Manitoba, October 12, 2016.
Oct. 17: Poisoned Conservative leadership chalice? Plus other letters to the editor
A street sign in the childhood hometown of Bob Dylan, winner of the 2016 Nobel Prize in literature, is seen in Hibbing, Minn.
Amnesty: Nauru won't investigate crimes against refugees
Canucks stun Hurricanes with comeback, overtime win
Vancouver Canucks centre Brandon Sutter tries to get a shot past Carolina Hurricanes goalie Eddie Lack as Carolina Hurricanes defenseman Justin Faulk looks on during second period NHL hockey action in Vancouver, B.C., on Sunday, Oct. 16, 2016.
Rolling Stone defamation trial over rape article begins
Sabrina Erdely, center, enters the federal courthouse in Charlottesville, Va., on Monday, Oct. 17, 2016. Erdely, author of "A Rape on Campus," a discredited Rolling Stone article detailing an alleged rape at the University of Virginia, is being sued by Nicole Eramo, a UVa administrator included in the story. (Ryan M. Kelly/The Daily Progress via AP)
Ontario proposes two-year hold on new water-taking permits
Nestle Waters Canada sits on a large tract of land in Puslinch Township where they have numerous monitoring wells scattered throughout the property.
Equatorial Guinea calls for end to French case against VP
London police to be fitted with body worn video cameras
Ecuador: We have 'temporarily restricted' Assange's internet
FILE - In this Oct. 4, 2016 file photo, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange participates via video link at a news conference marking the 10th anniversary of the secrecy-spilling group in Berlin. WikiLeaks said on Monday, Oct. 17, 2016, that Assange's internet access has been cut by an unidentified state actor. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)
14 migrant children arriving in UK from Calais migrant camp
Migrants stand in a makeshift migrants camp near Calais, France, Sunday, Oct. 16, 2016. The government is gradually deporting migrants without right to asylum and relocating the rest to more than 160 centers around France. It is expected to close the camp in the coming weeks but no official dates have been announced. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
Veteran North Korean diplomat reappears in state media
New Canadian housing rules start today: How they’ll ‘harden’ the landing
Doctors hail China's pledge to stop harvesting inmate organs
Six stories in the news today, Oct. 17
The new (non-tech) tech luminaries
Margaret Magdesian was a medical researcher who came up with a new way to grow spinal cord cells. The then founded a company, Ananda Devices.
Review: 2017 Dodge Challenger is a big, old-fashioned, meathead of an American car built in Canada
Driving a powder blue Dodge Challenger to the 100th Meridian.
Joe quit his job six years ago – and never looked back
Joe wondered whether he could retire at 58 and maintain the same lifestyle. Because he has been a responsible saver and a hands-on investor, six years later it turns out that he could afford to do just that. Joe wonderedVICTORIA, BC: SEPTEMBER 1, 2010 - Financial Facelift Hugh Morton in Victoria, BC. (Photo by Deddeda Stemler for the Globe and Mail)
Canadian courts languish as vacancies on bench remain unfilled
Federal Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould told her provincial counterparts on Friday that she is reviewing the appointment process and intends to name judges soon.
After multilateralism and bilateralism, Canada needs a bundled approach to trade
The future of trade in Canada depends largely on the outcome of two recent deals – the TPP and the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement with the EU.
Naming is a good start – but we need to do more for reconciliation
Why Canada’s banks are so silent on mortgage changes
A broker puts up a For Sale sign before an open house in Toronto in this 2015 file photo.
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