Global National: Oct. 24

Yocheved Lifshitz, an 85-year-old Israeli woman who was kidnapped and held hostage by Hamas for more than two weeks, is talking about her frightening ordeal. What Lifshitz says she endured, what the militants told her, and how they treated her, as families of other hostages remain in agony waiting for word about their loved ones. A Hamas spokesperson says the group is in talks with other countries to free more people from the Gaza Strip, but claims they want the conditions to be right and the airstrikes on Gaza to stop first. Crystal Goomansingh spoke with Ghazi Hamed, a member of the political bureau of Hamas in Gaza, about the hostages and Hamas' violent conflict with Israel. Hundreds of Canadians are still trapped in the Gaza Strip, with little to no humanitarian aid. What some of the stranded Canadians are experiencing. A Federal Court judge has approved a $23-billion settlement, the largest in Canadian history, for more than 300,000 First Nations children and their families who've suffered from the federal government's chronic underfunding of on-reserve child-welfare services. The significance of the historic agreement, and what advocates say still needs to be done. And he was a very good boy for a very long time. Bobi, certified as the world's oldest dog to ever live by the Guinness World Records, has died. The story of the 31-year-old Portuguese pup; what dog owners say is the secret to your canine living a long, healthy and happy life; and what will be done with the late pet's DNA.