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Viewfinders unveil Tennessee fall colours for the colorblind
This Oct. 26, 2017 photo shows Amber McCarter, a 22-year-old from Tennessee who is colorblind, looks out from Mt. Harrison at the Ober Gatlinburg resort through a viewfinder designed to help see more colors. Tennessee tourism officials have installed the colorblind viewfinder there, in addition to viewfinders in two other scenic spots in the state. (AP Photo/Jonathan Matisse)
Columbus takes advantage of short-handed NYCFC 4-1
Streetwise newsletter: Teachers to sell British airport stakes, Innergex-Alterra in $1.1-billion deal
Passing driver rescues 2 men trapped in upside down truck in Saskatchewan slough
Olympic flame arrives in South Korea for 2018 Winter Games
Report says food quality, portions, triggers in Saskatchewan Penitentiary riot
Connor Hellebuyck stays on a roll with Jets’ win against Wild
Winnipeg Jets goalie Connor Hellebuyck makes a save on Minnesota Wild forward Joel Eriksson Ek on Oct. 31, 2017.
Hellebuyck, Jets continue roll with 2-1 win against Wild
Prosecutors: Manafort has disclosed varying levels of wealth
Paul Manafort leaves Federal District Court in Washington, Monday, Oct. 30, 2017. Manafort, President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, and Manafort's business associate Rick Gates have pleaded not guilty to felony charges of conspiracy against the United States and other counts. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Trudeau, Singh offer condolences in wake of New York City terror attack
Authorities stand near a damaged Home Depot truck after a motorist drove onto a bike path near the World Trade Center memorial, striking and killing several people Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017, in New York. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
Former military captain at Manitoba base pleads guilty to accessing child porn
Winnipeg councillor against addiction treatment centre, wants residents' views
For son and wife of Magnitsky, Canadian law is a step toward justice for all
Nikita Magnitsky and his mother, Natalia, pose for a portrait on Tuesday in Ottawa. Ms. Magnitsky’s husband, Sergei, a lawyer probing corruption and human-rights violations, died in a Russian prison.
Can the Leafs reclaim their local lustre?
From the Jays to the Raptors, the Leafs face a lot of competition in the Toronto for the hearts and dollars of the fans. The Leafs built on last season’s success by exploding out of the gate this season, led by budding superstar Auston Matthews.
BC NDP both applauded and warned about proposed municipal election financing rules
B.C. Municipal Affairs Minister Selina Robinson in Coquitlam, B.C., on May 7, 2017.
Mentally-ill female inmates housed in male facility: report
Ombudsmna says Canada’s federal prisons, “serve no underlying correctional or rehabilitative purpose.”
Foreign home buyers on the rise in Vancouver area, figures show
Condos and apartment buildings are seen in downtown Vancouver in this file photo.
Texas needs $61B from federal government for Harvey recovery
Horgan firm on avoiding rate shock ahead of Site C review results
Excavation for the Site C dam project continued on the north bank of the Moberly River in September.
Halloween parade marches on amid heavy security after attack
Heavily armed police guard as people watch during the Greenwich Village Halloween Parade, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
10 Things to Know for Wednesday
Pitt Meadows councillor to step down in new year after sexual assault conviction
David Murray has resigned from city council in Pitt Meadows, B.C.
Prince Harry visits Chicago school, talks at Obama summit
Colombian President Santos envisions peace for his country
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos meets with The Globe and Mail’s editorial board in Toronto on Monday. During the discussion, Mr. Santos advocated for a more health-based approach to his country’s efforts to rein in drugs, including the production of cocaine.
Report slams use of court-imposed ‘red zones’ in Vancouver
The intersection of Main Street and East Hastings Street in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. Researchers studied "red zones" that ranged from a single block to the entire Downtown Eastside neighbourhood.
British Columbia looks to protect big game animals as it amends hunting rules
Trees burned by a wildfire are seen on the side of a mountain in Williams Lake, B.C., on July 31, 2017.
Australian immigration camp on Papua New Guinea loses power
In this undated photo released by Refugee Action Coalition, refugees and asylum seekers hold up banners during a protest at the Manus Island immigration detention centre in Papua New Guinea. As Australia moved to close a detention center for asylum seekers it won't allow on its shores, Papua New Guinea's government warned the 600 men who want to stay at the Manus Island facility they may be removed if they stay beyond a Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017 deadline. (Refugee Action Coalition via AP)
The Latest: Tribe nixes plan to build tram in Grand Canyon
This artist rendering provided by Confluence Partners, LLC, depicts a proposed aerial tramway, at right, that would ferry tourists from the cliff tops of the east rim of the Grand Canyon to the water's edge of the Colorado and Little Colorado Rivers below. Navajo Nation lawmakers will consider a plan Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017, to build an aerial tram to carry visitors to the bottom of the Grand Canyon. The special session in Window Rock, Arizona, will be the first time the full Tribal Council takes up the bill. (Confluence Partners, LLC via AP)
Mueller's Russia investigation extends beyond collusion
Special counsel Robert Mueller, the former director of the FBI appointed to lead the Justice Department investigation into Russian influence during the U.S. presidential election, leaves a series of closed meetings of the Senate judiciary committee in Washington on June 21.
Talks to move Toronto’s illegal Moss Park drug-use site indoors fail
A volunteer places a sign for the pop-up drug-use site at Moss Park in downtown Toronto in this file photo.
Number of foreign homebuyers up slightly in Metro Vancouver
Condo towers are seen in downtown Vancouver, B.C., on Tuesday August 15, 2017. The latest property transfer data released by the British Columbia government shows the percentage of sales involving foreign nationals in Metro Vancouver inched up between April and September. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
NPR chief placed on leave after report of sexual harassment accusations
Michael Oreskes poses for a photo at the Associated Press headquarters in New York on March 18, 2015.
The Latest: Nurse plans to use settlement for aid projects
Chart: Foreign buyers in the Vancouver region
Missouri attorney general demands opioid distributor records
Lost-at-sea saga marked by inconsistencies, changing stories
Jennifer Appel, center, raises her arms from bridge way of the USS Ashland Monday, Oct. 30 at White Beach Naval Facility in Okinawa, Japan. At left is Tasha Fuiava, and at right the Ashland’s Command Master Chief Gary Wise. The U.S. Navy ship arrived at the American Navy base, five days after it picked up the women and their two dogs from their storm-damaged sailboat, 900 miles southeast of Japan. (AP Photo/Koji Ueda)
Dad of missing woman says police took DNA to test against B.C. farm remains
Traci Genereaux is seen in this undated handout photo. The father of a missing woman says police told him his DNA would be tested against remains found on a British Columbia farm that is the subject of a large-scale search. Darcy Genereaux said he was asked to give blood last week as part of the investigation into the disappearance of his daughter, Traci Genereaux, who was 18 when she was last seen in May in Vernon, B.C. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, Darcy Genereaux *MANDATORY CREDIT*
Judge gives reprieve to Montana coal mine, averting layoffs
FILE - In this Nov. 9, 2010, file photo, a mine employee stands in the entry of the Signal Peak Energy's Bull Mountain mine in Roundup, Mont. A judge has given a reprieve to the owners of the central Montana coal mine who had warned layoffs were imminent after the mine’s expansion plans were blocked. U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy said Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017 that preparatory work in the expansion area can proceed while the mine’s climate change impacts are further studied. (AP Photo/Janie Osborne,File)
NPR chief placed on leave after sex harassment accusations
FILE - In this March 18, 2015 file photo, former Associated Press Vice President and Senior Managing Editor Mike Oreskes poses for a photo at AP headquarters, in New York. Oreskes, current vice president of news and editorial director at National Public Radio, has been placed on leave following a published report that he abruptly kissed two women who were seeking jobs while he was Washington bureau chief at The New York Times in the 1990s. He was vice president and senior managing editor at The Associated Press between 2008 until he joined NPR in 2015. (AP Photo/Chuck Zoeller, File)
Alberta’s privacy chief reviewing 800,000 deleted government e-mails
Alberta privacy commissioner Jill Clayton is investigating the deletion of emails by government and political staff.
The Latest: 2 states warn against big changes in grouse plan
The Latest: 1 fight, 1 arrest outside speech by commentator
Russia probe snags Democratic interests, too
FILE - In this July 25, 2016, file photo, John Podesta, Clinton campaign chairman, speaks during the first day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. The indictment that alleges covert foreign lobbying by two former Trump campaign officials is casting shadows on three powerful Washington lobbying and legal firms, with Democratic as well as Republican ties, broadening the stakes of the Russia investigation to both parties and drawing in Tony Podesta, the brother of Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Conservatives raise most money in third quarter, but Liberals narrow the gap
Supporters take their seats during the opening night of the federal Conservative leadership convention in Toronto on Friday, May 26, 2017. The Conservatives continued to raise more money than any other federal party during the third quarter of the year but the ruling Liberals closed the gap somewhat. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
Utah nurse settles over rough arrest caught on video
FILE - In this July 26, 2017, frame grab from video taken from a police body camera and provided by attorney Karra Porter, nurse Alex Wubbels is arrested by a Salt Lake City police officer at University Hospital in Salt Lake City. Wubbels, who was arrested for refusing to let a police officer draw blood from an unconscious patient said Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017, that she was settling with Salt Lake City and the university that runs the hospital for $500,000. (Salt Lake City Police Department/Courtesy of Karra Porter via AP, File)
House intelligence panel to interview Kaveladze
A look at attacks where vehicles have been used as weapons
Luego de 91 años, ya se podrá bailar en bares de Nueva York
B.C. premier says Site C could end up in Supreme Court over Indigenous rights
The Site C Dam location is seen along the Peace River in Fort St. John, B.C., Tuesday, April 18, 2017. Premier John Horgan says British Columbia's $8.8 billion Site C dam project could face lengthy legal battles over Indigenous rights and may eventually end up in the Supreme Court of Canada.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
Clinics, animal groups help people living in poverty care for their pets
Kim Monteith, manager of animal welfare at the B.C. SPCA, plays with a dog at a free animal health clinic in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, B.C., on Oct. 26, 2017.
In photos: Vehicle strikes cyclists in New York City
Investigators are near the Home Depot truck which struck down multiple people on a bike path, killing several and injuring numerous others at the crime scene in lower Manhattan in New York, NY, U.S., October 31, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Watchdog raids offices of grocery retailers in price-fixing probe
Bitcoin gains more currency with forthcoming futures market
ABA: Federal judicial nominee from Omaha 'not qualified'
Lexpert roundup: Otsuka buys Daiya; Kirin to sell Amgen; Sprint, T-Mobile merger stalls
Man captured on video in racist rant in Abbotsford, B.C., is sentenced
O'Shea doesn't tip his hand on who starts for Bombers in season finale
Winnipeg Blue Bombers' head coach Mike O'Shea scratches his chin on the sideline during the second half of a CFL football game against the B.C. Lions in Vancouver, B.C., on Friday July 21, 2017. Mike O'Shea was playing a guessing game on Tuesday. The Blue Bombers head coach held a closed practice and then wouldn't reveal which quarterback would start Friday in Calgary as he's likely to hold out injured veteran Matt Nichols. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
The real John Kelly slowly revealing himself at White House
New 4th terminal to make Cancun Mexico's No. 2 airport
Court hears Alberta man confessed to police he was involved in family's murder
10 commercial satellites launched from California
American Airlines CEO meets with NAACP over bias complaints
5 things to know about spat between Guy Ouellette and anti-corruption unit
Former Wildrose leader Brian Jean declines key role with UCP
Brian Jean at the Wildrose Special General Meeting in Red Deer, Alta., on July 22, 2017.
CBO says $1.2 trillion needed for nuclear weapons overhaul
Editorial cartoons for November, 2017
Correction: Sage Grouse-Conservation story
FILE - In this April 20, 2013 file photo, male greater sage grouse perform mating rituals for a female grouse, not pictured, on a lake outside Walden, Colo. Two governors are warning the Trump administration against big changes in a plan to protect the ground-dwelling bird across the West, saying it would send a message to states not to bother cooperating to save other imperiled species. Colorado's John Hickenlooper and Wyoming's Matt Mead said Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017 that a 2015 plan for the greater sage grouse came from long negotiations among governments, conservationists and industry. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
Globe editorial: A judge bans federal election deposits, and it makes sense
People exit a voting station on election day in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on Monday, Oct. 19, 2015.
Globe editorial: Time to plug the conflict-of-interest loophole
Mary Dawson, Canada's Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner, speaks during an interview at her office in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, on Thursday, March 19, 2015.
Business Highlights
California wildfire insurance claims top $3.3 billion
FILE - In this Oct. 9, 2017 file photo, a wildfire moves closer to North Tustin homes along the 261 freeway in Tustin, Calif. Dave Jones, California's insurance commissioner, said Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017 that losses from a series of wildfires in the state in October now exceed $3.3 billion. (Cindy Yamanaka/The Orange County Register via AP, File)/The Orange County Register via AP)
These stocks are set to see big moves Wednesday
The pressure is on for Facebook. Amazon.com Inc. and Google Inc. blew past expectations with their quarterly results last week, sending their respective share prices to new highs.
Airbus alerts U.S. of possible rules breach on military-arms exports
Airbus’ announcement that it may have breached U.S. export rules comes on the heels of the European plane maker’s pending partnership with Bombardier, which agreed to relinquish majority ownership of its line of C Series jets to Airbus for no cash considerations.
A 6.8 per cent dividend yield that's actually safe
Future son-in-law charged in killing of Ohio school teacher
Former Wildrose leader Brian Jean declines key role with United Conservatives
Wildrose leader Brian Jean celebrates the yes vote during the Unity Vote at the Wildrose Special General Meeting in Red Deer Alta, on Saturday, July 22, 2017. Former Wildrose leader Brian Jean will not be taking an active role in the United Conservative Party opposition at the Alberta legislature - at least for now. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
Evening Update newsletter: Canada’s economy, boreal caribou, Trump-Russia
Ontario’s Slate Islands, an archipelago on Lake Superior, is a provincial park where boreal caribou have lived safe from predators for more than 100 years.
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‘Everyone should have an Aunt Mary. I am so grateful I had mine.’
Mary Genord.
Industry group warns Ottawa that excessive cuts to drug prices could be harmful
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Watchdog probes grocery sector over alleged bread price fixing
A Metro grocery store in Toronto is shown in this file photo.
The Latest: Lawsuit targets rollback of birth-control rule
Canadian artist Bernie Miller loved machine-age paradox
A rendering of sculptor Bernie Miller’s piece Bloody Saturday, which will be installed near Winnipeg's City Hall to coincide with the centenary of the Winnipeg General Strike in 2019.
Owner of Biltmore Estate dies at his North Carolina home
Former congresswoman asks for delay in fraud sentencing
B.C. LNG backers plot to fight Ottawa’s anti-dumping duty
B.C. LNG projects big and small are worried that a new anti-dumping tariff of up to 45.8 per cent against fabricated industrial steel components will wipe out efforts to control costs.
Texas Gov. Abbott in Washington to pitch $60B recovery bill
FILE - In this Sept. 27, 2017, file photo, a boat is submerged in a damaged marina from Hurricane Harvey in Beaumont, Texas. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is in Washington, on Oct. 31, making the case to the White House and top Capitol Hill leaders for a $60 billion Texas Gulf Coast rebuilding package. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)
Charlottesville protest organizer allowed to move for job
Chinese official defends jailing of Uyghur-Canadian dissident Huseyin Celil
Huseyin Celil and one of his youngest children in a photo taken shortly before his arrest in 2006.
Alberta's privacy chief reviewing 800,000 deleted government emails
California governor heads to Europe for climate talks
FILE - In this July 17, 2017 file photo Gov. Jerry Brown, discusses the passage of a pair of climate change measures at a Capitol news conference in Sacramento, Calif. Brown is continuing his international fight against climate change with an 11-day trip to Europe with stops at the Vatican and a United Nations conference in Germany. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
Pruitt guts EPA science panels, will appoint new members
FILE - In this June 2, 2017 file photo, Environmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt speaks in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. Pruitt says he will replace the panels that advise him on science and public health issues with new members holding more diverse views. He announced the changes on Oct. 31, saying many previously appointed to the boards were potentially biased because they had received federal grants. The panels advise EPA on a wide range of issues, including drinking water standards and clean air regulations. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
Shiltz to become 12th post-Calvillo starter for Alouettes; Pipkin also to play
Tiffin University quarterback Antonio Pipkin throws a pass during a drill at pro day at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, Thursday, March 23, 2017. Matt Shiltz will get the start and Antonio Pipkin will take his first CFL snaps as the Montreal Alouettes audition their young quarterbacks for next season in the last game of a miserable 3-14 campaign against the Tiger-Cats in Hamilton. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Paul Vernon
Former Rutgers coach charged with stealing from parks system
Muni bond Tuesday update: 10-year yield decreases
Canadian prisoner in China has been re-educated, sentence cut: party official
FILE-- Huseyin Celil, of Burlington, Ont., is seen in this undated handout photo. A top Chinese Communist Party official says a Canadian imprisoned in China for more than a decade had his life sentenced reduced because he took part in a re-education program. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-*MANDATORY CREDIT*
How major US stock indexes fared on Tuesday
Nielsen's top programs for Oct. 23-29
Ontario man who pleaded guilty to terror charge sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison: lawyer
Kevin Omar Mohamed, shown in an image from a social media post.
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