NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 03-2010

A growing number of Muslims are making their home in Gatineau, and many say they feel comfortable in this part of Quebec

Military officials in Edmonton held a barbecue Friday as a send-off for 130 soldiers who will be heading to Afghanistan in the next few weeks.

A small CN Rail shed in the riding of a black Nova Scotian cabinet minister has been defaced with racist graffiti such as "KKK" and a swastika, along with taunts against the police and messages glorifying marijuana.

One snowmobiler has died and two others were injured in an avalanche near Revelstoke, B.C., the second fatal slide involving snowmobilers in the area in seven days.

A young man is hoping to avoid a criminal record after admitting Thursday he beat a husky puppy to death 21/2 years ago.

Even though Canadian medal program was routinely bashed by British media, UK Sport will employ similar idea

OTTAWA - Another Conservative cabinet minister is apologizing over a run-in with airport security.

The RCMP are sending a plane to try to rescue about 12 people left stranded by thawed winter roads near the northern Manitoba community of Wrong Lake.

The teen who killed a woman four years ago when he drove a van into a group in Kensington celebrating the new year has been deported to India.

MONTREAL - The man targeted in Thursday's shooting at a downtown Montreal clothing store that left two people dead was able to escape through the back door of his store.

City council approves new condo towers in Thornhill neighbourhood.

Police have arrested one man and are looking for another in the theft of over $7,000 worth of jewellery from an unconscious elderly woman just moments before she died in a Toronto hospital.

Eighty-five per cent of the sturgeon species in Europe and Asia are threatened with extinction, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, based in Switzerland.

Roberto Luongo made 32 saves as the Vancouver Canucks beat the San Jose Sharks 3-2 on Thursday night.

Veterans Affairs Minister Jean-Pierre Blackburn caused a fuss when airport security stopped him from carrying a bottle of tequila onto a plane in Ottawa, just four days after Helena Guergis berated airport employees in P.E.I., CTV News has learned

NEW YORK - ABC News has hired Christiane Amanpour, one of CNN's best-known personalities for her hard-nosed reporting from war zones over the past two decades, to host its Sunday morning political talk show starting this summer.

Canada earned a place at the FIFA under-17 women's World Cup after posting a 1-0 semifinal win over the United States on Thursday at the CONCACAF U17 women's soccer championship in Alajuela, Costa Rica.

The outlook for the lumber sector in B.C. Interior, ravaged by the mountain pine beetle, isn't as pessimistic as an industry report would suggest, Forests Minister Pat Bell said Thursday Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2010/0

Police say the youth shot to death Wednesday in Surrey, B.C., was likely the victim of a targeted killing.

Air Canada is standing by a pilot at the centre of a bizarre incident two years ago in which co-workers refused to fly with him, fearing he was suicidal and accusing him of threatening to ditch his aircraft in the Atlantic Ocean.

A Somali man, who was ordered deported from Canada because of his criminal past, appears to have gone underground and is currently wanted on a Canada-wide warrant

OTTAWA - She was happy, relieved and calm when police called to say her 73-year-old husband had been murdered.

A Saint John historian is leading a fundraising campaign to give Charles Gorman, the late world champion speedskater, a proper tombstone. Harold Wright went looking for Gorman's grave recently and found it was lying unmarked in Old Cedar Hill Cemetery.

WINNIPEG - People in Manitoba's Red River Valley should be able to breathe more easier this spring than the thousands who have been trying to hold back rising waters upstream in North Dakota.

A legislative committee has opened the door on Thursday to having an independent panel review the contentious MLA pension plan.

Canadian opinion tends to be split on the issues of legalizing marijuana and reintroducing capital punishment, an EKOS poll released Thursday suggests.

Scientists have created the first device to render an object invisible in three dimensions. The "cloak", described in the journal Science, hid an object from detection using light of wavelengths close to those that are visible to humans.

Scientists have discovered a new species of dinosaur that was closely related to the Velociraptor. The 1.8m-long predator was a dromaeosaurid - a family of theropod dinosaurs from which modern birds descended.

Two Army bomb disposal experts have been awarded the George Cross for their heroics in Afghanistan. A posthumous honour goes to Staff Sergeant Olaf Schmid, 30, who made safe 70 devices before his death in October. The GC was also conferred on his comrade

Nigeria has recalled its ambassador to Libya after leader Muammar Gaddafi suggested Nigeria be divided into two states - one Christian and one Muslim.

As the weather warms and beaches beckon, an overwhelming number of Canadians worry that contaminated lakes will threaten their favourite summer swimming spots, results of a study released yesterday suggest.

Decorated Paralympian Colette Bourgonje added a second medal to her 2010 collection on Thursday, earning bronze in the women's 5km sitting cross-country ski race at Whistler Paralympic Park.

B.C.'s highest court has ordered a dairy farm in the Fraser Valley that sells unpasturized dairy to stop packaging or distributing its raw milk products.

A group of Toronto-area men are accused of orchestrating a series of violent gang sex assaults against four victims they met at a local church, police alleged Thursday.

MONTREAL - Two people are dead following a shooting at a clothing store in downtown Montreal Thursday afternoon.

Roberto Luongo is expected to get the call on Thursday night as the Vancouver Canucks host the San Jose Sharks, another team with a struggling Olympic goalie.

VOLGODONSK, Russia - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Iran's new Russian-built nuclear power plant will begin operating this summer, even as the United States called for Russia to delay the startup.

The aerial bombing of Dresden, Germany, during the Second World War killed as many 25,000 people, significantly fewer than has been estimated in the 65 years since the bombing took place, a new report has found.

Canadian and Inuit leaders say they're relieved that a U.S.-backed proposal to ban the international trade of polar bear parts was defeated at a UN wildlife conservation meeting in Doha, Qatar, over concerns it would hurt indigenous economies and argument

Toronto police have arrested a man in connection to the theft of a dying woman's jewelry.

Two hunters from Quebec have been charged with killing endangered caribou in Labrador. Medrick and Alex Guy Mestenapeo were arrested Thursday and charged with killing and possessing an endangered or threatened animal, as well as unlawfully carrying a fire

One of B.C.'s most notorious gang members, Jonathan Bacon, 28, and two associates will face a new trial for weapons and drugs charges that were previously tossed out by a lower court.

Actor Fess Parker, who played American frontier heroes Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone, died Thursday. He was 85.

There will be no Canadian hockey hat trick in Vancouver. Canada was upset 3-1 by Japan in the Paralympic sledge hockey semifinal on Thursday.

The gold medals keep coming for Canada's Paralympic team. Canada has doubled its gold medal tally by winning three in Whistler, B.C., Thursday.

The National Hockey League has suspended Anaheim Ducks blueliner James Wisniewski eight games for his hit on Chicago Blackhawks' Brent Seabrook.

The NHL's discipline practices have been under the microscope in recent weeks, and another ugly incident has taken place that is likely to test the system further.

NHL disciplinarian Colin Campbell will be at TD Garden in Boston tonight for the Bruins' game against the Pittsburgh Penguins, but he won't be there merely as a spectator.

Joseph brothers face off in first round, among 12 Canadians in tournament

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency cut off access to American markets for the Toronto plant at the centre of an ongoing listeriosis investigation connected to tainted deli meats while allowing the company to continue to produce food for Canadians, Canwes

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - They are supposed to be our exit strategy. But the latest Canadian government quarterly assessment raises concern about the number of soldiers leaving the Afghan National Army, which is expected to take over security in key Kand

A Quebec man fined $718 for speeding on the Champlain Bridge says he shouldn't have to pay the penalty because there are two sets of traffic laws on the province's books.

Bauer Hockey Corp. is recalling 13 models of junior hockey sticks due to excessive lead levels in the sticks' paint.

Broadcast Date: March 18, 1998 Something's fishy in the tiny Minnesota town of Northwest Angle Inlet and it's not the tasty walleye, the 104 townsfolk say. Their town, physically cut off from the rest of the U.S., is troubled by Canadian rules forcing gu

West Vancouver police are reviewing their dog-training program after a police dog attacked and injured a teenager during an exercise.

Researchers have created a "quantum state" in the largest object yet.

EDMONTON - The life-saving skills of a city soccer mom were put to the test when a friendly kids versus parent game nearly turned tragic.

OTTAWA - When Maria Al-Masani was a little girl growing up in Yemen, she would often find herself glued to her family's TV watching beauty pageants from around the world.

TORONTO - A judge has ruled that an Air Canada jet never should have been allowed to take off from Pearson Airport after it became known that the pilot had threatened on a previous flight to "ditch" his passenger-filled plane into the Atlantic Ocean.

TORONTO - Two scheming thieves robbed an unconscious, elderly woman of her jewelry moments before she died in a Toronto hospital.

KENORA, Ont. -- In hindsight, an Edmonton man may have wanted to let the Kenora OPP officer pass him by without drawing attention to himself

EDMONTON - An Edmonton man has been put behind bars for trying to kill his "best friend" in a bizarre case that a judge compared to the "dark plot" of an Elizabethan-era play.

Thursday's decision occurred after Japan, Canada and scores of poor nations opposed the measure on the grounds that it would devastate fishing economies. Only the United States, Norway and Kenya supported the proposal outright

Two British soldiers have died after an explosion in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence has said.

Ukrainian archaeologists say they have identified the remains of HMS Prince, a British naval vessel that sank off Balaclava during the Crimean War.

Bored and confined to a wheelchair for months, Danish-Norwegian artist Nina Maria Kleivan saw inspiration in her newborn child and began to sew. Read more: http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=2690533#ixzz0iVGb3WVc The National Post is

A study by the National Research Council has found that most of the requirements for the military's new search-and-rescue aircraft are unacceptable and it has recommended the Defence Department rewrite the specifications, the Citizen has learned.

The second of the two Canadian Navy ships deployed to Haiti in the aftermath of a devastating earthquake, arrived back in Halifax Wednesday morning.

Fresh tensions between Canada and Russia emerged Wednesday after Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told a session of his Security Council that his country must be prepared to defend its claims to Arctic mineral riches.

The evidence against convicted serial-killer Robert Pickton was "overwhelming," and he does not deserve a new trial on six counts of murder, B.C. prosecutors say.

Vancouver Canucks forward Mikael Samuelsson will miss two to three weeks with a shoulder injury.

REGINA - The Saskatchewan NDP wants the federal government to fully disclose decades-old intelligence gathered on socialist icon and former premier Tommy Douglas.

The federal government has launched a new avalanche warning system, four days after two snowmobilers died in a B.C. slide.

Flashbulbs popped and children cheered as retired NHL star Ron Ellis cradled it in his hands, which were sheathed in white gloves to prevent fingerprints from being left on what is likely the most adored six-ounce piece of rubber that has ever been welcom

The number of violent crimes in Vancouver jumped 30 per cent during the Olympics, police say.

Many Canadians enjoyed the warmest St. Patrick's Day ever Wednesday, with many places in the country logging record high temperatures with spring still officially a week away.

Standing at the top of the podium never gets old for alpine skier Lauren Woolstencroft, just harder.

Chris Jarvis of Southend, England, says wearing his hood up is his religious right.

Last week, Theresa Fraser, 77, of Garden of Eden, N.S., received a letter from Revenue Canada, addressed to her estate, claiming she was dead.

TORONTO - A 17-year-old boy is in hot water after a dangerous March Break experiment turned into an explosive situation, nearly burning down a neighbour's house.

WINNIPEG - A Somali refugee deemed by a federal judge to be too dangerous to stay in Canada and slated for deportation has been released in Winnipeg, the Winnipeg Sun has learned.

LONDON, Ont. - A University of Western Ontario professor has solved a 37-year-old lunar mystery.

TORONTO - Transit riders may never know what discipline - if any - is slapped on a TTC bus driver given a breathalyzer test and a 72-hour licence suspension while on duty with passengers on board her bus.

The Canadian dollar rallied above 99 U.S. cents Wednesday morning, its highest level in almost 20 months, putting it a step closer to being on an equal footing with the U.S. dollar.

After a mysterious delay of more than an hour, Prime Minister Stephen Harper took another step into the world of YouTube on Tuesday evening, with a pre-taped interview that addressed a range of issues including Canada's marijuana laws.

SUVA, Fiji - The South Pacific island nation of Fiji has suffered overwhelming damage from a powerful cyclone that battered its shores for more than three days, the prime minister said Wednesday as relief operations were launched in the country's northern

The closing ceremonies for the 2010 Winter Paralympics have gone from a no-show to a live show on the official broadcast network for the Games.

Nearly 400 years after the death of William Shakespeare, scholars are ready to add a new play to his canon.

Owners of exotic animals in B.C. are scrambling to meet an April 1 change in provincial law that puts strict limits on owning, exhibiting and breeding the pets they already own and prohibits any future importation of the animals into B.C.

Officials in Prince George, B.C., are pinning their hopes on the construction of the region's first mosque to help attract Muslim professionals and their families to the city.

The Opposition called on the Quebec government to clamp down on so-called reasonable accommodation of minority groups after the province's human rights commission ruled that the health insurance board has no obligation to satisfy religious or cultural pre

RCMP in B.C. say they have stopped searching at the site of a deadly avalanche and are now focusing on whether charges should be laid.

Canadian paralympic skier Viviane Forest won the bronze medal in the women's giant slalom at Whistler.

The Nexus One can now be purchased and shipped to Canada through Google's website for US$529. One model is ready to work on the Rogers 3G network and the other is compatible with Wind Mobile's network. The Nexus One is not yet compatible with the Bell and

Figure skater Joannie Rochette will not face sanction from the International Skating Union, despite a decision to participate in a TV special that put her at odds with the skating body.

The Vancouver Canucks will try to extend their seven-game home winning streak when they take on a New York Islanders club that will be looking to avoid a ninth straight setback on the road tonight at GM Place.

One of the officers on the ill-fated Queen of the North has been charged with criminal negligence causing the deaths of two people, in the sinking of the BC Ferries vessel off the West Coast in March 2006.

The gold-medal puck is going to the Hockey Hall of Fame.