NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 04-2009

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - The hemispheric summit that leaders feared would implode over Washington's chilly relations with Cuba and Venezuela was declared a success Sunday

Roberto Luongo carried the Vancouver Canucks for two games. Specialty units helped them take a 3-0 series lead against the St. Louis Blues.

Randy Ferbey defeated Glenn Howard 10-7 for the 2009 Grey Power Players' Championship on Sunday, earning him the final direct berth into the Canadian Olympic curling trials in December.

Forward Milan Lucic of the Boston Bruins has been suspended for one game for delivering a "reckless" check late in his team's lopsided 5-1 win Saturday over the Montreal Canadiens in Game 2 of their Stanley Cup playoff series.

The St. Louis Blues had their boisterous sold-out crowd on their side. The Vancouver Canucks possessed a suddenly hot power play.

The Liberals posted the worst record for voting of the four parties in the House, standing to be counted fewer times on average than even Bloc Quebecois MPs. And when Liberal MPs did show up, they voted the same way as the Conservatives 79 per cent of the

Harper, who arrives on the island today fresh from the Summit of the Americas which was held in Trinidad & Tobago over the weekend, is making the first-ever visit by a Canadian Prime Minister to Jamaica.

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - The acting commander of NATO forces in southern Afghanistan is hopeful of progress in the anti-narcotics offensive in the country that produces the bulk of the world's opium.

Blasting off on a historic trip to the International Space Station, Canadian Julie Payette will have a critical front-row seat normally occupied by Americans.

OTTAWA - Potheads and marijuana activists are expected to spark up on Parliament Hill tomorrow for the annual 4:20 celebration.

Rear Admiral Bob Davidson knows first hand what its like for Canadian sailors pursuing pirates in dangerous waters off Somalia.

Archaeologists will begin excavating sites in Egypt this week in an attempt to uncover what is thought to be the tomb of Cleopatra, a queen of ancient Egypt, and her lover, Roman general Mark Antony.

His name is Jacques Caron, and for most of Marty Brodeur's stellar career he's been the New Jersey star's goaltending coach

CALGARY - Gassing up your vehicle is expected to be relatively cheap this summer - one of the few silver linings to the recent economic misery.

CFB Petawawa, Ont. - The stress of multiple tours in Afghanistan is showing, as military families on this sprawling base and across Canada seek help in growing numbers.

A man who was acquitted in the death of an eight-year-old Kelowna, B.C., girl 15 years ago is suing a former RCMP sergeant who he claims got three men to beat a confession out of him.

With his eyes fixed firmly in front, kite surfer Sir Richard Branson seems not to have noticed that he has a naked girl clinging to his back.

Harper insists he's not at odds with other leaders, but clash of ideologies still evident...

NATO forces foiled an attack by Somali pirates on a Norwegian tanker then briefly detained seven gunmen after hunting them down under cover of darkness, NATO officials said on Sunday.

Centre Marc Savard starred with two goals and two assists Saturday night as the Boston Bruins dominated the Montreal Canadiens 5-1 in Game 2 of their best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final playoff.

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The Israeli military is preparing itself to launch a massive aerial assault on Iran's nuclear facilities within days of being given the go-ahead by its new government.

Premier Gordon Campbell put on his cowboy boots for his first visit of the provincial election campaign into NDP-held territory.

OTTAWA -- The federal government has limited options for dealing with allegations of inflated ticket prices at Ticketmaster, an internal document suggests.

In the latest high-seas drama off the Horn of Africa, bandits seized a Belgian ship with 10 crewmembers near the Seychelles islands on Saturday and started hauling it toward Somalia, while in a separate incident, NATO forces rescued 20 fishermen from pira

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Canada stands to benefit from the warming relations between the United States and its regional rivals, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Saturday, commenting on the Obama effect at the Summit of the Americas.

Feral rabbits have been the bane of the University of Victoria for years, but now the problem is moving off campus. No one knows when the first rabbit appeared on campus, but an estimated 1,500 of them currently call it home.

Our porous, northern border with Canada is finally getting the attention it needs, eight years after the attacks of 9/11 raised fears that terrorists would creep south across 4,000 miles of all-but-undefended frontier.

The Vancouver Canucks used the same script to sweep the first two games of their Western Conference quarter-final series against the St. Louis Blues.

Save-On-Foods agreed Thursday to sponsor the HD broadcasts for Games 3 and 4 and, if necessary, Game 6 from the Scottrade Center in St. Louis.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper arrived in Trinidad and Tobago Friday for the fifth Summit of the Americas, in what some are saying could be the last meeting of its kind.

The three Navy SEAL snipers who killed the pirates off the coast of Somalia last weekend were lucky the buccaneers were gullible enough to allow their lifeboat to be towed farther out to sea by the U.S.S. Bainbridge.

The new Port Mann bridge will open a year earlier than expected, B.C. Liberal Leader Gordon Campbell announced during a campaign stop in Surrey Friday morning.

An armed man was arrested Friday afternoon after he broke into the RCMP detachment in Princeton, B.C., earlier in the day with hopes of shooting any officers inside, police said.

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Flooded homeowners risk being ticketed by the RCMP north of Winnipeg for trying to sneak past barricades to check on their cottages and property.

HALIFAX, N.S. - Defence Minister Peter MacKay says Ottawa will not accept a helicopter contracted for the military unless it meets specifications set out by the Defence Department.

Okay, the jitters associated with a Stanley Cup playoff debut should no longer be a problem for the younger members of the St. Louis Blues. Guys, there are no more mulligans.

The HMCS Winnipeg will escort a UN World Food Program ship through pirate-infested waters so it can deliver supplies

ST. ANTHONY, N.L. - A polar bear that had been spotted near this Newfoundland town was tranquilized and then killed Thursday after a veterinarian determined the animal was badly injured and unlikely to recover.

Boston Bruins defenceman Zdeno Chara broke a tie midway through the third period with a power-play blast, helping lift his team to a 4-2 victory Thursday over the Montreal Canadiens

Martin Havlat's second goal of the game came just 12 seconds into overtime, giving the Chicago Blackhawks a 3-2 win Thursday over the Calgary Flames

Asked which party they would support if an election were held tomorrow, 36.7 opted for the Liberals while 30.2 per cent chose the Conservatives.

Canada's top military official has apologized for a decision which delayed the repatriation of a fallen soldier and reportedly prevented some of her fellow soldiers from taking part in the ceremony.

Ald. Druh Farrell says she's pushing ahead with plans to block off two lanes of Memo-rial Drive between 10th Street and 3rd Street N.W. on Sundays in August.

A town south of Kandahar City is to become the focus of intense attention as part of a new Afghan-Canadian strategy to try to defeat the Taliban insurgency town by town.

The Tamil Tigers directly controlled a Canadian registered non-profit organization that fundraised and produced propaganda for the Sri Lankan guerrillas, according to RCMP documents released yesterday.

MONTREAL -- Hockey legend Guy Lafleur is going to take the stand later today at his trial on a charge of giving contradictory testimony.

Mayor Sam Katz has signed an order declaring a state of emergency for low-lying portions of Winnipeg as the Red River continues to rise.

TORONTO -- A security guard is "very lucky" to be alive after he was shot in the chest at Yorkdale mall this afternoon.

CONOVER, N.C. -- Authorities say two Domino's Pizza workers in North Carolina face felony charges after a video posted on YouTube showed one of them putting cheese in his nostril and waving meat under his rear end while assembling a sandwich.

Scientists investigating the flow of blood-red water from beneath the glacier discovered the bacteria, which have survived for millions of years, living on sulfur and iron compounds, they report in Friday's edition of the journal Science.

UN nuclear inspectors ordered to leave North Korea left the capital Pyongyang on Thursday and flew to Beijing, a diplomat close to the International Atomic Energy Agency said.

Turkish authorities have arrested a man planning on assassinating US president Barack Obama.

VILSECK, Germany - A U.S. army soldier convicted of murder in the 2007 killings of four bound and blindfolded Iraqis was sentenced Thursday to life in prison.

Emergency vehicles are on the scene of a crash between two semi-trailers on the Trans-Canada Highway at Deacon's Corner, east of Winnipeg.

Although spring began weeks ago, winter appeared to be making a return appearance around Saskatchewan on Thursday. In the morning, winter weather warnings were being issued for Hudson Bay, Humboldt, Melfort, Nipawin, Tisdale and Wynyard.

Vancouver police are looking into a jewelry-store heist, but it's not just the suspected thieves they are investigating.The store owner is also under scrutiny for allegedly shooting one of the thieves

An apparently distressed passenger aboard a small charter flight Wednesday night to Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, forced open the aircraft's door and leapt to his death, police said.

Spain's attorney general has rejected an attempt to bring a criminal case against six former US officials over torture allegations at Guantanamo Bay.

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell dropped his serious campaign tone Wednesday and took time to hug some trees, shoot some hoops and toss a few baseballs.

Nunavut Premier Eva Aariak says the European Union should not be allowed to join the Arctic Council, given its proposal to ban the import of seal products.

Luciano Barra has re-jigged his projections for the 2010 Vancouver/Whistler Winter Olympics and the nation destined to win the most medals is ... the true north strong and free.

Daniel Sedin had one goal and one assist as the Vancouver Canucks held on to beat the visiting St. Louis Blues 2-1 in Game 1 of their Western Conference quarter-final at General Motors Place on Wednesday night.

Vancouver is exploding with hockey fever and even if you're not a hockey fan it's hard not to be impressed.

Police in Surrey, B.C., are warning people to secure their belongings while driving after a young woman was apparently killed by her laptop last month.

Air Force members are currently helping Canadian Rangers patrol Ellesmere Island as part of Operation Nunalivut 2009

Two female soldiers have now been killed on deployment with Task Force Afghanistan.

A Toronto car thief stole a stolen car, police say. The car was stolen Friday morning when it was left running outside a variety store parking lot at Airport Rd. and Derry Rd. E. in Malton

L'AQUILA, Italy - Reviving L'Aquila's once-vibrant university and student life are key to restoring a city that was turned into a ghost town by last week's quake.

A 16-year-old boy was arrested at C.W. Jeffreys Collegiate after officers found a loaded handgun on him this morning, police allege.

RICHMOND, B.C. - Mounties say a woman shot and killed inside her Mercedes Benz in Richmond, B.C., appears to have been the victim of a targeted attack.

ST. ANTHONY, N.L. - Weather is forcing wildlife officials to wait until Thursday to try to tranquilize an injured polar bear in northern Newfoundland.

Not too many clubs had a better finish to the season than the Vancouver Canucks. The St. Louis Blues were one of them. The two streaking clubs kick off their Western Conference quarterfinals matchup tonight at Vancouver's GM Place.

CAIRO -- Archeologists next week will begin excavating three sites in Egypt near the Mediterranean Sea that may contain the tombs of doomed lovers, Cleopatra and Mark Anthony.

MOMBASA, Kenya -- Pirates vowed to hunt down American ships and kill their sailors Wednesday and French forces detained 11 other hijackers in a high-seas raid, raising tensions a day after an abortive attack on a U.S. freighter loaded with food aid.

Afghan women protesting against a new law that severely undermines women's rights were pelted with stones in the country's capital Wednesday, say reports.

Forget about the Northwest Division crown, a franchise-best 11-game home winning streak and his 28 points in 41 regular-season games.

A massive police operation targeted 156 people in early-morning raids on Wednesday aimed at disrupting suspected Hells Angels drug and gang activity in Quebec and New Brunswick.

A youth court judge in Montreal on Wednesday found a 13-year-old Sikh boy guilty of assault after he was accused of threatening a schoolmate with a ceremonial hairpin in 2008.

A delegation of residential school survivors has been granted a rare private audience with the Pope in the Vatican, fuelling hope that Benedict XVI will apologize for abuse in institutions run by Roman Catholic missionary congregations.

The Vancouver Canucks needed a record-setting run to fight back from a January slump and clinch the Northwest Division in their final game of the season

John Tavares may well be a member of the New York Islanders when the NHL draft takes place in June.

Newfoundland and Labrador politicians are calling on the federal government to station a search and rescue helicopter in St. John's.

More than 1 in 5 returning from Afghanistan suffer psychiatric problems, documents show

TORONTO -- "Corner Gas" ended its celebrated six-year run Monday with a plot that saw humble hero Brent Leroy reaffirm his small-town roots and cleverly riffed off series creator Brent Butt's own rise to TV sitcom stardom.

The Obamas' new dog, Bo, made his long-awaited debut on the grounds of the White House Tuesday.

Vandals have kicked to pieces 20 grave markers belonging to war dead and veterans at a Port Alberni, B.C., cemetery. The violence has devastated local veterans and their families.

Trade Minister Stockwell Day paid an emotional tribute to victims of last year's earthquake in China's Sichuan province on Tuesday in what was both a message of condolence and an attempt to mend strained ties with the communist government.

Tearful soldiers carried the casket of Trooper Karine Blais onto a waiting plane at Kandahar Airfield in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday during a solemn ramp ceremony honouring a woman described as "full of energy" and "friendly to everyone."

North Korea signalled Tuesday it would pull out of nuclear disarmament talks and restart a plant that makes bomb-grade plutonium following a rebuke from the UN Security Council over its recent launch of a long-range rocket.

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Canada's storied Van Doos bade a solemn farewell to an energetic young soldier Tuesday who "loved to smile," but whose death two weeks into her first tour of duty served as a grim beginning to the legendary Quebec regiment's latest

Calgary police have a man in custody following a sex assault on a five-year-old girl.

A Titanic mortuary bag and a carved table leg are on display in Halifax for the 97th anniversary of the sinking of the famous ship.

Noise and vibrations caused by wind turbines are causing sleep disruptions and other health problems among people who live nearby, some Ontario residents say.

A new survey of P.E.I.'s salmon rivers finds that 11 of the 33 rivers bearing salmon in the 1990s no longer have any of the fish.

A landlord who owns most of the units in a Maple Ridge condominium complex is under fire from residents, police and district officials, who say most of the drug-related crime in their city originates in his run-down suites.

The federal government is taking steps toward creating and protecting Canada's largest national historic site, on the shores of Great Bear Lake in the Northwest Territories, Environment Minister Jim Prentice said Tuesday.

The campaign for the May 12 provincial election in B.C. officially got underway Tuesday afternoon after Premier Gordon Campbell visited Government House in Victoria to ask Lt.-Gov. Steven Point to dissolve the legislature.

MOMBASA, Kenya - Undeterred by American and French hostage rescues that killed five bandits, Somali pirates brazenly hijacked three more ships in the Gulf of Aden, the waterway that's become the focal point of the world's fight against piracy.

Trooper Karine Blais, 21, died and four other soldiers were wounded late Monday afternoon when their armoured personnel carrier rolled over a roadside bomb in the Shah Wali Khot district, north of Kandahar.

The Canucks start their playoff run this week, and Vancouver business owners are hoping a team winning streak will offer a good boost to the local economy.

CALGARY -- The answer to the question of exactly where Earth's atmosphere gives way to the bleakness of beyond is blowing in the winds of space, suggests research from the University of Calgary.

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Afghanistan's future will be decided by the crucial battle for control of the southern part of the country where Canadian troops are located, a top NATO commander said Monday.

Vancouver Canucks goaltender Roberto Luongo was named the NHL's first star of the week, the league announced Monday.

British Columbia's attorney general suggested Monday that criminal charges could be laid against the four Mounties involved in the Taser-related death of Polish immigrant Robert Dziekanski.

Delaying efforts to replace Canada's 40-year-old navy supply ships will damage the service's frigate, according to documents obtained by CBC News.

A Florida woman who set up a webcam in her home turned on from work to see burglars robbing her in real-time.

Canadian credit continued to tighten in the first quarter of this year and businesses see their sales, investment and hiring activity weakening over the next year, two Bank of Canada surveys showed on Monday.

A man faces a hefty fine and a driving ban after being caught having sex with his girlfriend while speeding on a motorway in Norway, police have said.