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Ex-Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams disbarred
FILE – In this Feb. 10, 2017, file photo, Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams speaks during a news conference in Philadelphia. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court disbarred Williams, the city of Philadelphia's former top prosecutor, in a Thursday, Oct. 19 order retroactive to when the court suspended his license on April 13, the latest blow to the jailed ex-district attorney who pleaded guilty in a bribery scandal in June. Williams faces up to five years in prison at his sentencing scheduled Tuesday, Oct. 24. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
Czechs begin voting in parliamentary election
Czech billionaire and leader of the ANO 2011 political movement Andrej Babis takes a photo with two girls after casting his vote during the parliamentary elections in Pruhonice, Czech Republic, Friday, Oct. 20, 2017. Czechs are voting in a parliamentary election whose result could see yet another euro-skeptic government on the continent. Two hundred seats are up for grab in the lower house of Parliament in the two-day ballot that began on Friday. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Russia accuses US govt of pushing for its Olympic exclusion
Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures leaves the plenary session of the an annual meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, pool)
John McCain memoir, 'The Restless Wave,' coming in April
FILE - In this Oct. 16, 2017 file photo Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., receives the Liberty Medal from the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia. An upcoming memoir from McCain has taken on new meaning since he first decided to write it. “The Restless Wave” is scheduled to come out in April, 2018, Simon & Schuster told The Associated Press on Friday, Oct. 20. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
QuickList: September inflation rates for Canadian provinces, territories
Secret evidence should not be allowed in civil cases
The government has failed to justify the need for the radical and controversial innovation and Canadians should question whether it’s a good idea.
The Latest: Lawyer says actress accusing Weinstein is scared
FILE - In this Jan. 8, 2017 file photo, Harvey Weinstein arrives at The Weinstein Company and Netflix Golden Globes afterparty in Beverly Hills, Calif. The Weinstein Co.’s board said in a statement Tuesday that Weinstein had resigned. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)
QuickList: September inflation rate for selected Canadian cities
Power to the people: 2 Italy regions to hold autonomy votes
Politics Briefing newsletter: Bill Morneau’s busy week
Minister of Finance Bill Morneau announces the government's economic update during Question Period on Parliament Hill, Oct. 19, 2017.
Friday’s analyst upgrades and downgrades
Report on Colleges
Sitter who fed Xanax to toddler who later died gets prison
US gives Pennsylvania Real ID extension until October 2018
Inflation accelerates to 1.6% in September; retail trade contracts in August
‘Weird’-looking Senate carpet cost $7,000 to replace (twice)
The Canadian Senate chamber is pictured here. The carpet that was replaced was in the office of Louise Mercier, which is across the street from Parliament Hill.
Man arrested near Denzel Washington movie set in Boston
India looking forward to visit by US secretary of state
Wild boars rampage through German town, injure at least 4
Police say car fire caused by improvised explosive device
'You are my slave:' School ends Civil War dress-up activity
Corrie Davis is photographed during an interview in Kennesaw, Ga., Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017. A new battle line has formed in the national debate over Civil War flags and symbols. The school last month invited fifth-graders to dress up as characters from the Civil War. Davis, the mother of a 10-year-old black child says a white student dressed as a plantation owner approached him and said "You are my slave." Davis says she wants Cobb County school officials to understand the pain that caused her son. She also wants the school to stop the annual Civil War dress-up day. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Man gets 20 years for killing mother in South Carolina
Trump’s border wall models take shape in San Diego
Crews work on a wall prototype near the border with Tijuana, Mexico, Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017, in San Diego.
Spacewalking astronaut copes with frayed tether, bad jetpack
This still image provided by NASA shows astronaut Joe Acaba during a spacewalk at the International Space Station on Friday, Oct. 20, 2017. Commander Randy Bresnik floated accompanied by Acaba, teacher-turned-astronaut . Their main job is to replace a blurry camera on the new robotic hand that was installed by spacewalkers two weeks ago. (NASA via AP)
EU weighs cutting pre-membership funds to troubling Turkey
Pennsylvania man accused of choking woman over iPad passcode
Police investigate second shooting in a week on VSU campus
Toronto in the running as efforts to woo Amazon’s new HQ reach ludicrous proportions
Scott Barlow
Trump blames 'radical Islam' for uptick in crime in Britain
Pelican found dead, bound with tape and rope in Alabama
Pope sends rare condolence after Malta journalist is slain
Pope Francis delivers his blessing during his weekly general audience, in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Romanian border police take 28 migrants into custody
Kurz tasked with forming new Austrian government
Austrian President Alexander van der Bellen welcomes Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz, from left, for talks following Sunday's election at the Hofburg palace in Vienna, Austria, Friday, Oct. 20, 2017. Kurz will get the order for forming a new government by the president. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)
The Latest: Somalia to announce 'state of war' on al-Shabab
Men walk near destroyed buildings as thousands of Somalis gathered to pray at the site of the country's deadliest attack and to mourn the hundreds of victims, at the site of the attack in Mogadishu, Somalia Friday, Oct. 20, 2017. More than 300 people were killed and nearly 400 wounded in Saturday's truck bombing, with scores missing. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)
What every Canadian investor needs to know today
Friday’s Insider Report: Companies insiders are buying and selling
A BRP Can-AM Spyder Roadster.
Friday's small-cap stocks to watch
Father, 3 children die in Italy fire that may have been set
Uganda expels North Korea military experts over UN sanctions
P&G tops 1Q profit forecasts
B.C. family plagued by bedbugs on nine-hour flight to London
Raiders score on final play to beat Chiefs 31-30
Khalil Mack and Derek Carr of the Oakland Raiders celebrate after the Michael Crabtree’s game-tying touchdown is confirmed by officials with no time left on the clock at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum on October 19, 2017 in Oakland, California.
Flames lose 2-1 as Hurricanes complete sweep
Carolina Hurricanes goalie Scott Darling celebrates a win with his teammates against the Calgary Flames at Scotiabank Saddledome on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017.
The Latest: Federal troops take disputed town from Kurds
"Fire Emblem Warriors" a surprisingly smooth hybrid of two disparate gaming series
Letestu scores overtime winner as Oilers beat Blackhawks 2-1
Edmonton Oilers' Mark Letestu (55) celebrates with teammates after scoring against the Chicago Blackhawks in overtime on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017, in Chicago.
At GE, a new urgency to return to industrial roots
FILE - In this Monday, June 12, 2017, file photo, the General Electric logo appears above a trading post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. The ambition of new GE CEO John Flannery to pare away everything that could stand in the way of General Electric’s return to its industrial core emerged Friday, Oct. 20, 2017, with plans to expel more than $20 billion in operations over the next couple of years. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
2 dead, 9 sick in suspected mushroom poisoning in Denmark
Uganda police hold opposition leader over attempted murder
What rich people ask their accountants
Poland: Man sets self on fire, has note blaming ruling party
Lobster seized at Halifax airport amid tensions over Indigenous fishery
Lobster boats head to drop their traps from Digby, N.S. on Saturday, Oct. 14, 2017. Fisheries officials have seized three tonnes of lobster amid tensions over the Indigenous fishery in Nova Scotia.The lobster was seized Monday at Halifax Stanfield International Airport, the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans confirmed Friday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
Blue Ridge Parkway expects this weekend to be busiest
Trump promises tax cuts as Senate GOP paves way with budget
German prosecutors charge former Majdanek death camp guard
FILE - In this Nov. 9, 2005 file photo watch towers and the barbed wire fence of the former Nazi death camp Majdanek are photographed outside the city of Lublin in eastern Poland. German prosecutors say friday, Oct. 20, 2017 they have charged a former guard at the Majdanek death camp with being an accessory to murder on allegations the 96-year-old served during a period when at least 17,000 Jews were killed. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, file)
Morning Update: Dalhousie student facing disciplinary action; latest from Ontario gas-plant trial
Ontario Regional Chief Isadore Day waits to appear at the Commons Aboriginal affairs committee on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Thursday, April 14, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Kenya's police say 4 killed in opposition demonstrations
A pedestrian walking with crutches tries to flee as police fire tear gas grenades, at demonstration against police killings of protesters and opposition supporters, in downtown Nairobi, Kenya Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017. Police fired tear gas grenades and rifles in the air to disperse around 20 activists as they were still gathering in Uhuru Park, despite a court order Tuesday that removed the government's ban on demonstrations. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
NATO, Russia envoys to hold rare joint meeting in Brussels
10 Things to Know for Today
Woman fatally stabbed in Toronto apartment; suspect in custody
Can you cook without knowing your history?
Chef Alan Kerr, centre, and students in the integrated culinary production class at Niagara College prepare chicken in several international styles.
'My music is like a female Ed Sheeran meets Gwen Stefani'
Alexi Halket is enrolled in the independent songwriting and performance program at Seneca College in Toronto.
Ontario college faculty on strike
College faculty walk the picket line outside Algonquin College, in Ottawa, on Monday, Oct. 16
New to Canada, struggling to find work
Despite PhDs and extensive work experience abroad, immigrants Shereen Shokry and Humayun Kabir had trouble finding work in Canada. They are now teaching at colleges.
Seven reasons you shouldn’t get involved in your recent grad’s job search
Peter Caven
Consumers hungry for smarter produce labels
About one-quarter of Accu-Label’s sales are in Canada, with the rest in the United States and Mexico, says Joe Sleiman, who is president of Accu-Label Inc. and Ag-Tronic Control Systems Inc.
Oct. 20: Legislated face time. Plus other letters to the editor
Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard: ‘You speak to me, I speak to you, I see your face, you see mine. It’s part of communications. It’s a question in my mind that is not solely religious, it’s human.’
How to beat procrastination – now
Harvey Schachter
Norway government gets 1st woman foreign minister
Countries with the highest pollution deaths, mortality rates
Delhi's landmark India Gate, a war memorial, is seen engulfed in morning smog a day after Diwali festival, in New Delhi, India, Friday, Oct. 20, 2017. Environmental pollution - from filthy air to contaminated water - is killing more people every year than all war and violence in the world. One out of every six premature deaths in the world in 2015 - about 9 million - could be attributed to disease from toxic exposure, according to a major study released Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017 in The Lancet medical journal. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
French-led EU push for heftier tax on internet giants stalls
Russia's Lavrov warns one-sided changes could sink Iran deal
Why the U.S. stock surge may well stall. (And it’s not a Trump rally!!!)
The Latest: King: Catalonia is "an essential part" of Spain
Catalan police officers cordon off the area as protesters gather at the gates of the Spanish central government offices in Barcelona to protest against the National Court's decision to imprison civil society leaders, Spain, Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017. A National Court judge ordered the preventive jailing of ANC's Jordi Sanchez and Omnium's Jordi Cuixart for allegedly orchestrating protests in mid-September that hindered a judicial probe into preparations for the Oct. 1 referendum that has been deemed unconstitutional. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Lebanon's parliament passes first budget since 2005
Daimler profits hit by costs of diesel emissions recall
FILE - In this Feb. 2, 2017 file photo the logo of Mercedes is photographed in Stuttgart, Germany. German automaker Daimler says net profit fell 16 percent in the third quarter as a voluntary recall to improve diesel emissions hurt earnings at its Mercedes-Benz luxury car brand. Net profit fell to 2.3 billion euros from 2.7 billion in the same quarter a year earlier despite a 6 percent increase in sales revenue to 40.8 billion euros. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, file)
A hockey puck for the blind, and other college research
‘How do I manage my job and school and family?’
According to Statistics Canada, students aged 20 years and older accounted for just over 65 per cent of full- and part-time enrolments in the country’s colleges for the 2014-2015 school year.
Somalia readies for 'state of war' as death toll up to 358
Protesters march as they carry placards reading "Out Al Shabab", left, and "Oh God, have mercy on the dead" near the scene of Saturday's massive truck bomb attack in Mogadishu, Somalia, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017. Thousands of people took to the streets of Somalia's capital Wednesday in a show of defiance after the country's deadliest attack, as two people were arrested in connection with Saturday's massive truck bombing that killed more than 300. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)
Effort vs. intelligence: The woman who paved the way for education
Gary Mason
World shares rise as investors await Japan vote, Fed pick
FILE - This Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014, file photo, shows the facade of the New York Stock Exchange. U.S. stocks were up slightly in early trading Friday, Oct. 20, 2017, as investors cheered a crop of strong company earnings. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
Egypt releases Irish-Egyptian after 4 years in detention
Butter shortage in France amid global demand for pastries
Hurricanes, earthquakes estimated to cost insurers $95B
FILE - This Sept. 21, 2017 file photo shows the damaged home of Ashley Toledo's mother in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, in Punta Diamante, Puerto Rico. Authorities warned that people in wooden or flimsy homes should find safe shelter before Maria's expected arrival. "You have to evacuate. Otherwise, you're going to die," said Hector Pesquera, the island's public safety commissioner. "I don't know how to make this any clearer." (AP Photo/Jorge A Ramirez Portela, File)
Syrian refugee detained in Greece on terror charge
Survivors attend benefit concert for Vegas shooting victims
The Latest: France's Macron hails freeing of Syria's Raqqa
This Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017 frame grab made from drone video shows damaged buildings in Raqqa, Syria two days after Syrian Democratic Forces said that military operations to oust the Islamic State group have ended and that their fighters have taken full control of the city. (AP Photo/ Gabriel Chaim)
The Latest: Ryan says GOP working on 4th tax bracket
Six stories in the news for today, Oct. 20
Sarah Hoffman, newly appointed Alberta Deputy Premier is sworn in, in Edmonton Alta, on Monday February 2, 2016. Canada's health ministers are looking at ways of working together, including an electronic prescription database, to fight the growing crisis in opioid addictions. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
Alabama inmate defiant before execution for killing officer
This undated photo released by the Alabama Department of Corrections shows Alabama inmate Torrey Twane McNabb, who was convicted in the 1997 shooting death of Montgomery police Officer Anderson Gordon two decades ago. The Alabama attorney general's office plans to ask justices to lift a stay blocking the Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017, scheduled execution of 40-year-old McNabb. (Alabama Department of Corrections via AP)
The Latest: German business supports EU stance on Brexit
Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar arrives for an EU summit in Brussels on Friday, Oct. 20, 2017. European Union leaders conclude a two day summit on Friday in which they discussed migration, digital economy and Brexit. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)
Charges, insults fly after Trump aide assails congresswoman
President Donald Trump shakes hands with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Oct. 20, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
B.C. woman plagued by bedbugs on airplane not surprising, says expert
Seven-year-old Molly Reid is seen on a British Airways flight on October 10, 2017 in this handout photo. Heather Szilagyi was on a British Airways flight with her seven-year-old daughter and fiancee Eric Neilson on Oct. 10 when she said they noticed what appeared to be bedbugs crawling out of the seat in front of them. She said the flight attendants couldn't move them because there were no other available seats on the plane. After landing, Szilagyi discovered they were covered in bites. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, Heather Szilagyi *MANDATORY CREDIT*
La Loche school shooter carried out plan with 'stark efficiency:' Crown
Members of the RCMP stand outside the La Loche Community School in La Loche, Sask. Monday, Jan. 25, 2016. Final submissions are expected today at the sentencing hearing for a teenager who shot and killed four people and injured seven others at a home and a high school in northern Saskatchewan.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
UBC students learn to care for Indigenous people by understanding racist legacy
First-year University of British Columbia medical student, Dakota Peacock, right, and UBC faculty of pharmaceutical sciences' Jason Min pose in this undated handout photo. The University of British Columbia is on mission to train future doctors, dentists and other health-care providers to treat Indigenous patients by learning about the pain inflicted by past Canadian policies. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, UBC Public Affairs *MANDATORY CREDIT*
Feds say police cannabis testing ongoing, rules on edibles in place in one year
Ginette Petitpas Taylor, Minister of Health, stands during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017. It's cannabis day today at the meeting of federal, provincial and territorial health ministers in Edmonton. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Spanish PM to unveil measures to fight Catalan separatists
People walk past a Catalan flag reflected on the ground in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017. Spain's government on Thursday immediately rejected a threat by Catalonia's leader to declare independence unless talks are held, calling a special Cabinet session for the weekend to activate measures to take control of the region's semi-autonomous powers. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Uninsured rate up to 12.3 per cent amid "Obamacare" turmoil
Graphic shows Gallup poll of U.S. adults who say they lack health insurance; 2c x 3 inches; 96.3 mm x 76 mm;
Chinese official: Fallen politician plotted against leaders
N.B. judge upholds dismissal of charges in police shooting of businessman
Const. Patrick Bulger, left, walks into the courthouse in Bathurst, N.B. on Friday, February 24, 2017. A judge will decide today whether to resurrect manslaughter charges against two constables in the police shooting of a New Brunswick businessman. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Kevin Bissett
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