Family stranded on Saskatchewan island found after three days: RCMP say three adults and a 16-year-old left Barge Landing by boat on Oct. 21 heading for Wallaston Lake

The Globe and Mail wins two major EPPY awards: Newspaper takes home awards for Best News Website and Best Home Page

Fed ends QE, sees ‘underlying strength’ in economy: Move signals turning point for the U.S. to begin tightening its monetary conditions

Canadian teacher will be tried in Indonesia over child rape allegations: Neil Bantleman, who is originally from Burlington, Ont. and taught at a private school in Calgary for a decade, was detained in July along with an Indonesian teaching assistant

U.S. nurse fights Maine quarantine over Ebola fears: “If the restrictions placed on me by the state of Maine are not lifted by Thursday morning, I will go to court to fight for my freedom,” Kaci Hickox said

Fiat Chrysler shares soar on spinoff of iconic sports car maker Ferrari: Auto maker says spinning off Ferrari is part of a plan to raise capital to support the new merged car makers’ future growth

Canada has staked its future on the oil sands. The Harper government vilifies pipeline opponents as radicals bent on undermining the national interest, while environmentalists paint the Prime Minister as public enemy No. 1 on climate change. Is there a middle ground?

This month, Report on Business magazine devotes an entire edition to the oil sands. Read it here: http://tgam.ca/oil

Hockey great Gordie Howe showing signs of improvement after suffering stroke: Family releases a statement through the Detroit Red Wings

Mulcair says Ottawa shooter a criminal, not a terrorist: Mulcair’s comments were met with immediate condemnation from Conservatives and the leader of the Liberal party

Johnny Cash’s son arrested for stripping at Newfoundland airport: The Mounties say the son of the late Johnny Cash was arrested Monday afternoon after he stripped down to his underwear in an airport

Moment in time: Oct. 29, 1946 -- Star of India gem stolen from New York museum 

For champion surfer, violin virtuoso and thief Jack Roland Murphy, a.k.a. Murf the Surf, one of the greatest jewel heists in history was astonishingly easy to pull off. Windows leading to the American Museum of Natural History's hall of gems didn't have alarms, nor were they closed, but cracked open about five centimetres to ventilate the fourth floor at night. A guard used to keep watch after hours, but the security measure had been scrapped to save money. Meanwhile, an alarm connected to display cases holding the two-billion-year-old, golfball-sized Star of India and other precious gems didn't work because the batteries had been dead for months. Luckily, police received a tip about Murphy and his two accomplices and found the world's largest blue star sapphire in a Miami bus-terminal locker a few days later. -- Renata D'Aliesio

Image: C. Chesek/American Museum of Natural History

Elizabeth May was ‘shaken up’ by Ottawa attack when she sent Ghomeshi tweets: ‘I think Jian is wonderful. Likely TMI for an old fogey like me, but his private life is none of our beeswax,’ May had tweeted Sunday