NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 07-2009

STEINBACH -- A high-speed crash has left one person dead and the community of Steinbach shaken.

He got more than $2 million, but a Medicine Hat man says his now-deceased Calgary lawyer could've got him more.

Israeli soldiers who invaded the Gaza Strip in January received no clear rules of engagement and operated with a shoot-first-ask-questions-later mentality that significantly increased the danger to civilians.

A $3-billion project to buy new search-and-rescue aircraft kicked off Tuesday in Ottawa amid complaints from aerospace industry officials that government representatives can't even say how many planes will be purchased or when.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper has blamed the uproar over his handling of the Holy Communion host at former governor general Romeo LeBlanc's funeral mass on people trying to cause embarrassment and create division between Catholics and Protestants.

The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team was called out to investigate a fatal shooting at an autobody shop in Surrey, B.C., Monday night.

Some Port Coquitlam homeowners will have to keep their trash safe from bears or face fines up to $150 because of a new city bylaw.

The federal government has brought in new towing policies for the coast guard in response to several probes into last year's deadly accident involving a disabled sealing vessel off the coast of Cape Breton.

A young child in Metro Vancouver is the first known British Columbian to die from the H1N1 influenza virus.

The first edition of the 2009 season TSN Power Rankings were released on Tuesday, and the undefeated Montreal Alouettes topped the list with flying colours. The Saskatchewan Roughriders were ranked second, coming off a 46-36 win over the Toronto Argona

VANCOUVER -- An environmental activist on B.C.'s north coast said Tuesday he took direct action to raise awareness of a consortium of U.S. and Canadian scientists planning to launch a seismic program aimed at unravelling geological secrets of the Coast Mo

A teenage Jehovah's Witness who triggered a cross-country court battle when she refused blood transfusions as part of her cancer therapy has died, renewing debate about the religion's blood ban and its impact on children

There's a fine line between grassroots protest and a lynch mob. Two cases in point: the methadone clinic that was literally run out of Calgary this month (lynch mob) and the outrage over a group home in Strathcona County last month (grassroots protest).

Last winter's cold temperatures did kill some mountain pine beetles in Alberta, but it wasn't enough to reduce the threat of additional infestations, according to recent field surveys.

Vancouver's Gastown district has been designated a national historic site, federal Environment Minister Jim Prentice, who oversees Parks Canada, has announced.

Three cougars that appeared to be stalking people were shot in Princeton, B.C., during the last two weeks, and a veteran conservation officer says he's never seen anything like it.

There are two basic political rules that rookie leaders break. One warns against taking a position that can't be abandoned without severe damage or high risk.

Any team interested in Roy Halladay will have to wait until after it strikes a deal with the Toronto Blue Jays to discuss a contract extension with the ace right-hander. A source close to the situation confirmed Tuesday morning that no negotiating win

The US Navy is preparing to conduct the first test flight of its X-47B Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle (UCAS) at Edwards Air Force Base, California, in November 2009.

Pinellas Park Police say a 20-year-old Ocala woman died early this morning when she was leaning out a moving car and her head hit a mailbox.

Police arrested a Wells man on a drunk driving charge July 6 after a homeowner reported the man was mowing a lawn with a riding lawnmower without consent.

It looks like Tampa Bay Lightning co-owner Len Barrie will have to put his money where his mouth is.

The jet-setting Stelmach government's international travel tab is taking off to record heights at the same time Alberta's revenue stream crashes and social programs face major spending cuts, with the bill totalling more than $333,000 in the first six mont

European Union diplomats and officials have signalled that Canadians could face visa restrictions from member countries, if Ottawa does not lift newly announced visa requirements for Czech nationals.

Someone is sending out mass emails critical of government policies using his name, Edmonton East Conservative MP Peter Goldring said Monday.

A shop owner who painted one of her properties in Chelsea, Que., bright magenta was told Monday night that she can keep the colour, even though she didn't have council's approval before she dipped her paint brushes.

Nine Inch Nails and Ben Harper & Relentless7 will headline the Virgin Festival in Ontario, festival organizers announced Tuesday.

A Pakistani family living together in Montreal for the last eight years reluctantly prepared to be separated Tuesday morning.

A Toronto resident says she'll be killed and her two young daughters forced to undergo painful female genital mutilation if they're deported on Thursday to their native Nigeria.

A Manitoba woman is suing the RCMP, claiming she was repeatedly and needlessly shocked with a Taser while locked in a holding cell.

'Death by Prescription' author Terence Young on his daughter's death, conflicts of interest, and protecting patients.

Masked and hooded Belfast Catholics hurled gasoline bombs, fireworks and other makeshift weapons at police Monday as the most bitterly divisive day on the Northern Ireland calendar reached an ugly end.

The next Harry Potter film has yet to be released but it has already won praise from one of the hardest critics of the boy wizard.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Kennedy Space Center is a seaside symbol of man's scientific ingenuity, but nature flexed a set of mightier muscles yet again on Monday by preventing the launch of the space shuttle Endeavour.

The search for Sir John Franklin's long-lost ships in the Northwest Passage could become a partnership between the Canadian government and an Alberta-based firm, if federal officials agree to come aboard.

A three-year-old boy clung to a plastic toy for almost two hours before being rescued after being swept 12 kilometres down a northern B.C. river early Sunday.

NEWARK, N.J. -- After six years without a Stanley Cup, the New Jersey Devils are handing over the team to the coach who led them to their first NHL title.

Access to the Tsuu T'ina First Nation's casino could be dealt a blow by a proposed Glenmore Tr. interchange, Mayor Dave Bronconnier said Monday. With the spurning of a ring road through their land by Tsuu T'ina voters, Bronconnier said the way is open for

Since then, however, the tough-as-nails Liberal warriors have begun to sound like whiny schoolgirls, complaining about Conservative negative ads. Not only do they whimper when the Conservatives run their ads against Liberal leaders St�phane Dion and Mic

Tammy Key-Fischer first came to the Calgary Stampede in 2001. She brought with her a six-year-old bay colt called Roundpen, which she had been campaigning on the rodeo trail all year.

The future may be the cloud, but it also may be Microsoft that ushers us into that realm of possibility and imagination, microsoft office. Today, Redmond unveiled as a part of Office 2010 a suite of Microsoft Office Web apps that will compete directly wit

Queen Elizabeth has appointed former prime minister Jean Chretien to the Order of Merit, placing him in the exclusive ranks of such figures as Albert Schweitzer, Mother Teresa and Nelson Mandela

Czech-Canadian battle over visas

A Vancouver man who pleaded guilty to smuggling up to 99 Korean citizens into the U.S. was sentenced today to time served after spending two years in custody.

TORONTO - A Mexican couple who were illegally in Canada are now being hunted for the suffocation murder of North York mom and teacher Consuelo Valencia-Russo.

OTTAWA - The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) announced yesterday that it will open a temporary border post in the eastern Ontario city of Cornwall today.

NEWMARKET, Ont. - All the children injured after a school bus rolled over near the northern outskirts of Toronto have been released from hospital.

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Mounting casualties and unprecedented numbers of roadside bomb attacks are more a reflection of increased activity by the international coalition than a sign of a strengthening insurgency, Canada's top soldier in Afghanistan says.

SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has life-threatening pancreatic cancer, a news report said Monday, days after new images of him looking gaunt spurred speculation that his health might be worsening following a reported stroke last yea

Four people were gored, two of them seriously, at the running of the bulls in Pamplona, Spain, on Sunday.

Severe thunderstorms swept through southern Ontario on Saturday, snapping trees and power lines in some areas.

The Queen and her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, have accepted an invitation to visit Canada next year, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced Sunday.

The federal government will spend $300 million over the next decade to clean up toxic waste left on a Labrador airbase during the Cold War when it was in use by the United States Air Force, Defence Minister Peter MacKay announced Sunday.

Brazilian authorities have charged the wife of former boxing champion Arturo Gatti with murder, according to a report on Sunday.

The study by researchers at Keele University found that volunteers were able to withstand pain for longer when they swore compared to when they used words which were not offensive.

TORONTO -- Dario Franchitti overcame a rough early pit stop to win the Honda Indy Toronto on Sunday.

Children nearby thought shots were fireworks

Police in Brazil have detained the wife of Canadian boxer Arturo "Thunder" Gatti as a suspect in his death. The boxer's body was found early Saturday morning in a hotel room at the posh Porto de Galinhas resort.

LONDON -- Two British Sunday newspapers said LaToya Jackson believes her brother Michael Jackson was murdered by a group of conspirators trying to get hold of his fortune.

Paul Tracy thought he had a dangerous job.

LONDON -- Canada became the first nation to get through the qualifying process and confirm their place at the 2011 World Cup when they beat the United States 41-18 in the second leg of their playoff in Edmonton on Saturday.

After three false starts, NASA hopes the space shuttle Endeavour will finally blast off Sunday, sending Canadian astronaut Julie Payette on her second trip to space.

An apparently misidentified sound yesterday brought a crush of police, a bit of excitement and a lot of confusion to a small Garden City street.

A national organization that campaigns against child sexual exploitation is taking aim at what it calls electronic "pimps."

LAS VEGAS - Canadian Georges St. Pierre was dominant in defending his welterweight title against Thiago Alves via decision while heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar stopped Frank Mir in the second round on the milestone UFC 100 card Saturday night.

After remaining in the shadows for months, Wayne Gretzky has emerged and is looking to protect his interests in the Phoenix Coyotes.

A man who appeared in court accused of flashing his penis at a female train guard has walked free, thanks to a tattoo on his manhood.

A Japanese rail firm has introduced a system to check that staff are smiling enough at all times.

Post-game film study is not going to be much fun this week out at the Toronto Argonauts suburban practice facility in Mississauga.

Canadian boxer Arturo "Thunder" Gatti has been found dead in a hotel room in northeastern Brazil

More than 10,000 families will be moved out of historic old city to make room for low-rise apartment blocks

An outrider horse at the Calgary Stampede has died of an apparent heart attack, becoming the fourth animal to perish at the event this year.

Just days after Newfoundland's premier reacted angrily to the Harper government's decision to renege on its promise to establish a new military unit in the province, Defence Minister Peter MacKay will arrive at Goose Bay to announce millions of dollars in

OTTAWA - The commander of the military's Griffon helicopter squadron is defending the safety and performance of his aircraft in Afghanistan following this week's fatal crash in Kandahar.

PAMPLONA, Spain - For a bull, this one was on the smallish side, at just over a ton. And its name, Capuchino, sounded harmless enough, like coffee with frothy milk.

ST. LOUIS - When U.S. astronauts stepped onto the moon on July 20, 1969, their voyage was about exploration, discovery and pushing the boundaries of known technology.

LONDON - Britain's Big Ben is marking its 150th birthday with a celebration in London on Saturday.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper has met with Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican, taking advantage of a rare opportunity to have a private audience with the 82-year-old Catholic leader.

Several ambulances are at the scene of a serious school bus crash north of Toronto that involves 21 children.

TORONTO -- Paul Tracy set the pace Saturday morning during a treacherous practice session at the Honda Indy Toronto.

City police have charged a 27-year-old woman with murder in the death of her 20-month-old daughter, the latest young child to die tragically after going through Manitoba's child-welfare system.

ALSIP, Illinois - Some horrified relatives who searched Friday for loved ones' plots at a historic black cemetery at the centre of a gravedigging scheme near Chicago instead found more human bones on the grounds, prompting authorities to close the cemeter

SEOUL, South Korea - A North Korean army lab of hackers was ordered to "destroy" South Korean communications networks - evidence the isolated regime was behind cyberattacks that paralyzed South Korean and American Web sites - news reports said Saturday, c

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Thunderstorms have thrown a wrench into the plans of Canadian astronaut Julie Payette and the rest of the crew of space shuttle Endeavour.

Columnists Decrease Text SizeIncrease Text Size Text Size Jiri Hudler remains property of the Detroit Red Wings and therefore the recent contract he signed in the KHL is being contested.

MIAMI - Not satisfied with a mere quarter-final berth, Canada's young soccer team took its quest for a Gold Cup title a step further by winning its group in convincing fashion.

OTTAWA -- Watch for political ads coming soon to the side of a bus near you. British Columbia transit officials were on the wrong side of the Charter when they refused to carry messages on the sides of their buses aimed at provincial voters, the countr

Privately funded archeologists will head to the Arctic this fall to search for the lost ships of the fabled Franklin expedition.

Ontario's Special Investigations Unit (SIU) has ruled that an Ottawa police officer who shot and killed a man near Highway 417 and Walkley Road didn't commit a criminal offence.

GREENVILLE, Pennsylvania - A Pennsylvania toddler did such a remarkable job of hiding during a game of hide-and-seek that the family had to call police and firefighters to help find her.

A "disgusting" criminal who spat twice in the eye of an Edmonton police officer after announcing he had the deadly HIV virus was sent to the slammer yesterday.

The steers yesterday had their way more than any other running at the Calgary Stampede rodeo this week.

NEW YORK -- There is about to be a doughnut war in New York.

It's not exactly time for an all-out alert, but if anyone knows where the Grey Cup champion Calgary Stampeders are hiding, head coach John Hufnagel might appreciate a phone call.

Rookie running back DeAndra' Cobb (and you are forgiven for exclaiming "who?") ran his way into the hearts of Hamilton Tiger-Cats fans on Friday night in Vancouver by putting together a memorable debut in a huge victory.

Fifty years after the federal government cancelled the Avro Arrow project, a full-scale replica of the airplane was rolled into position Friday at the Reynolds-Alberta Museum in Wetaskiwin, 70 kilometres south of Edmonton.

Constance Bay has not designated its downtown a red-light district, despite what a racy new sign might have you believe

Here is an unofficial transcript of the question Harper was asked and his English-language response. (He responded somewhat similarly in French).

A young woman with no pre-existing health issues has been confirmed as Calgary's first death linked to the H1N1 flu.

A steer has died at the Calgary Stampede, the third animal fatality during this year's rodeo and chuckwagon competitions

MONTREAL - Air Canada (TSX:AC.B) has been ordered to pay a Montreal doctor $1,000 in compensation for having to perform medical duties during an international flight in 2006.

TORONTO -- The YWCA is evicting a tenant who complained publicly about assault, death threats, drugs and alleged prostitution in a housing residence run by the agency.

TORONTO -- Thanks to a couple of parking tickets on the windshield of a 2009 Toyota Corolla, the case of a missing North York French teacher quickly went from a giant search to find her to an even grander search to find her vicious killer.

RICHMOND, B.C. - A small passenger plane on final approach to the Vancouver International Airport nosedived into the ground and burst into a fireball on Thursday night, killing both people aboard

Seemingly high on his own supply, a Calgary man was busted for allegedly trying to smuggle cocaine into Canada -- and the amount is nothing to sniff at. Agents at the Peace Arch border crossing in Blaine, Wash., found a whopping 108 kg of nose candy -- va

Lieutenant-General Marcel Duval, Commander 1 Canadian Air Division / Canadian NORAD Region, officially opened the new Combined Air Operations Centre (CAOC) in a small ceremony July 9th at 1 Canadian Air Division / Canadian NORAD Region Headquarters in Win

Formidable U.S. spy technology is being tested high above Eastern Ontario's border with New York state, scouting for northern threats against the United States.

Acknowledging the military death toll and the ravages on hardware from roadside bombs in Afghanistan, Canada's top soldier welcomed Wednesday's armoured-vehicle upgrade as a major step in combating "equipment fatigue."