NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 09-2010

A funeral was held Saturday for an 82-year-old woman who was found slain three weeks ago near Sherbrooke.

Canadians scouring want-ads or those nervously hoping they'll hang on to their jobs are unlikely to get much comfort from job figures in the coming months as the unemployment rate is expected to stubbornly hover around the eight per cent mark, experts pre

Queen Elizabeth II is used to having her portrait painted -- though rarely at breakfast, and by her husband.

What motivates us to give our money away? Most of us would say we donate to charity for that "warm glow" of knowing we helped our fellow man. But research suggests we're more influenced by guilt, self-interest and sometimes, to look better to the opposite

The hundreds of Tamil migrants who travelled across oceans on rickety boats to come to Canada faced danger at every turn.

A geologist says that the powerful earthquake that struck a New Zealand city on Saturday morning appears to have torn a new fault line in the Earth's surface.

A survivor of a boat capsize in central Congo says at least 200 people are feared dead after the engine caught fire and led the vessel to overturn.

Beer guzzling, belching, hideous dress sense - and that's some of the nicer things the rest of the world said about British women.

Tens of thousands of Nova Scotians remained without power early today in the wake of damage from hurricane Earl.

The Hubble space telescope has returned to view one of its favourite subjects - a giant stellar explosion that was first seen on Earth in 1987.

LONDON, Ont. - They're in a fight that could shape wind power in Ontario, billions of dollars of investment and the green reputation of Dalton McGuinty's Liberals.

Measuring the success or failure of Canada's combat mission in Kandahar will depend on how events unfold this month and next around a downtrodden village cluster deep in Panjwaii district.

The European Space Agency has released dramatic satellite images of the colossal iceberg that broke away from a Greenland glacier last month and is drifting into Canada's Arctic waters.

Not since the anti-Catholic movement of the late 19th century has the U.S. known a religious panic such as the one that is now linking Muslims to terrorism, forbidding the building of mosques in many U. S. cities and towns, and poisoning the climate of co

Bob and Hazel Keller were excited to stumble upon a voucher from the Vancouver planetarium promising a private party at the facility's observatory, complete with an on-staff astronomer. The only problem? It was more than two decades old.

Fans of the Saskatchewan Roughriders paraded down the streets of Regina on Saturday afternoon, one of the highlights of the CFL team's 100th-anniversary celebrations

A B.C. marine biologist wants his study of underwater noise to be used to protect whales off Canada's West Coast. For the past three years, the University of British Columbia's Rob Williams has dropped microphones down to the ocean's floor to record the s

Indonesia's smoking toddler has kicked the habit.

BP PLC was on Saturday slowly raising the 300-ton blowout preventer that failed to stop oil from spewing into the Gulf of Mexico, careful not to damage or drop a key piece of evidence in the spill investigation.

Universities across the country are offering workshops, seminars and tipsheets on social media etiquette to new students, warning them of the potential consequences of posting every drunken moment online.

A girl under the age of 18 was held against her will at the same time as Dustin LaFortune, according to court documents in a gruesome case involving allegations of forcible confinement and assault.

The experts doubt anyone would have noticed, but a 4.8 magnitude earthquake hit a remote region of the Northwest Territories.

A private funeral is planned for a Newfoundland soldier who died of injuries he suffered in a roadside bomb blast in Afghanistan.

RCMP in northern New Brunswick are looking for help from the public to find a missing 14-year-old boy.

Kanye West reached out to fans -- and those who hate him -- in a string of posts on Twitter this morning, addressing his on-stage interruption of Taylor Swift and remarks made five years ago about former U.S. president George W. Bush.

Craigslist appears to have shut down the "adult services" section of its website at the urging of 17 U.S. state attorneys general.

British Columbia's near record salmon run is being closed to commercial fisherman too early, one Conservative MP says.

An apparent attempt by a group of senior RCMP officers to push Commissioner William Elliott from his job has been unsuccessful, according to a Saturday newspaper report.

New Zealand's prime minister says it's a miracle no one was killed in the massive 7.1-magnitude earthquake that rocked the nation's South Island early Saturday and razed dozens of buildings.

A 54-year-old man drowned west of Halifax on Saturday, after trying to secure a boat that had broken free of its mooring as tropical storm Earl barrelled through the province.

Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach will be meeting with one of the most prominent lawmakers in the U.S. next week to discuss the province's oilsands.

North America's oldest Sikh temple society needs to modernize century-old traditions before more youth are lost to gang violence, says a spokesman for a group that has sued the society over its membership process.

The gusty winds of Hurricane Earl have begun blowing across parts of Nova Scotia, though forecasters say the tropical storm has weakened overnight.

Prison expansion to make room for an expected inmate influx is moving ahead in Canada, with the federal government rolling out plans in recent days to spend $105 million on new cells at three prisons in Western Canada and one in Nova Scotia as part of a m

Historians hope buried documents will lead to the still-missing ships of doomed 1845 Franklin Expedition

The Conservative government has been warning of the increasing threat of Russian excursions into Canadian airspace, but newly released details about such air patrols show that the majority don't even involve Canadian territory or interceptions by Canadian

One of the world's most luxurious private yachts made an unexpected appearance recently in the High Arctic hamlet of Pond Inlet, Nunavut, on its way through the Northwest Passage.

Earl weakened to a tropical storm from a hurricane late Friday night but was still expected to bring heavy rain and strong winds as it remained on course for the Maritimes.

The current captain of Canada's national soccer team cut his teeth with the Toronto Lynx before earning a move to Europe. He played his first game for Canada in a 1997 exhibition match at Toronto's Varsity Stadium.

A specialized vehicle called an Amphicar, capable of travelling on land and in water, had to be fished out of the Red River in Winnipeg after it broke down..

British archeologists have completed conservation of rare wall paintings near the city of Petra, Jordan, that are more than 2,000 years old.

A car involved in a bizarre East Vancouver traffic accident was lifted out of a building excavation site Friday, 24 hours after the vehicle landed on its roof in the huge hole.

A B.C. freedom-of-information advocacy group and the provincial NDP have filed formal complaints, saying they were denied government HST documents they should have been given.

A Sikh youth group says it's time that North America's oldest Sikh temple society modernize century-old traditions to prevent young people from joining gangs.

Teskey has been charged with six counts of possession of a controlled substance and the alleged drugs seized were cocaine, methamphetamine, marijuana, psilocybin ( magic mushrooms), MS Contin (a morphine-based painkiller)

Smiles replaced frowns on the B.C. sideline Friday night as the Lions regained some confidence, snapping a seven-game losing streak with a 38-17 drubbing of the Montreal Alouettes.

Native leaders are calling for an independent probe into the police shooting death in Seattle of a B.C. First Nations carving artist.

It could take days, even a week, before a fuel tanker carrying 9.5 million litres of diesel gets dislodged from a sandbar in the Northwest Passage.

Nasa is aiming to get closer to the Sun than ever before, with plans to plunge a car-sized unmanned spacecraft into the star's outer atmosphere.

A French historian claims Winston Churchill ordered the assassination of Benito Mussolini as part of a plot to destroy potentially compromising letters he had sent to the Italian dictator.

"I've got him, Crack," said Major Travis Brassington, deputy commanding officer of 409 Tactical Fighter Squadron, about five seconds into the race of a CF-18 Hornet against the Ferrari Enzo.

Gallagher, a married father of two, died in his residence in Port au Prince, as he was on a nine-month UN peacekeeping mission.

A German bomber that never made it to the coast during the Battle of Britain - shot down on Aug. 26, 1940 - has been found again.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper's chief of staff Guy Giorno is stepping down, according to a report, leaving a large void in the PMO.

The City of Iqaluit has received federal funding to develop a 100-year vision for a more environmentally sustainable city.

Volunteers in Port Grevelle want to install lights at a monument they built, but the county halted the development when one neighbour objected.

Looking to remain in top spot of the CFL's East Division, the Montreal Alouettes (6-2) come off a bye week ready to protect their home turf when the lowly B.C. Lions (1-7) come in for a visit Friday night.

A surprise fossil field at a glacier in B.C.'s Kootenay National Park contains at least eight new species that lived 505 million years ago.

The NHL and NHLPA have reached an agreement to revise the rules that regulate long-term contracts as part of a global settlement on Friday, allowing Kovalchuk's contract with the New Jersey Devils to pass.

Sex assault charges have been laid against a 24-year-old man who police allege had illicit sexual relations with a 14-year-old girl in Castlegar, B.C., and posted photos of her on her Facebook site.

Former Cuban dictator Fidel Castro made a bold public appearance Friday, warning thousands of students at the historic University of Havana of what he believes is the world's looming nuclear threat.

The broken blowout preventer whose failure allowed millions of litres of crude oil to spew freely into the Gulf of Mexico was removed Friday from a BP well on the ocean floor.

TORONTO - Sheralynn Kennedy says if her stepfather were alive today, he'd be proud she wants to dedicate her life to helping troubled teens. The 18-year old is entering the University of Winnipeg on scholarship with the ultimate dream of earning a PhD in

A teen who admitted spraying anti-Jewish slogans in southwest Calgary is the first person in the city to be convicted of a hate crime, according to police.

The B.C. government is using a new piece of legislation that allows it to recover medical expenses to sue the pilot and others involved in a fiery balloon crash that killed two people and injured several others.

Two men and one woman are facing charges for allegedly holding another man captive in a downtown Vancouver luxury high-rise on Thursday evening, say police.

The Canadian Hurricane Centre in Halifax is telling Islanders to get ready for hurricane-force winds and rain sometime Saturday afternoon.

A major earthquake has hit New Zealand's second largest city of Christchurch.

Saint John will host a game of the Canadian Hockey League Super Series between Canada and Russia this fall.

Fans of the Saskatchewan Roughriders have another item they can put in their collection of club gear: one dollar coins, or loonies, celebrating the 100th anniversary of the team.

The Canadian Space Agency announced veteran astronaut Chris Hadfield will become the first Canadian to take command of the International Space Station.

OTTAWA - The shadow war fought in Afghanistan by Canada's ultra-secret, special forces will also end next year when the army ceases combat operations in Kandahar, says the general in charge of the country's overseas command.

The remains of a huge 12,000 year old feast have been found in a cave in Northern Israel.

Europe's Herschel space telescope has looked on as an old giant star wallows in a "steam bath".

The Chinese navy has begun artillery exercises in the Yellow Sea, days before the US and South Korea hold similar manoeuvres there.

An ancient reef found in the Pacific may provide clues to what will happen to coral when sea temperatures rise.

Environment Canada has issued a tornado watch for parts of Southern Alberta.

On Oct. 13, the author of Going Rogue will speak, dine and mingle with guests as one of six writers invited to speak at the Vancouver Club by the Bon Mot Book Club.

The supervising corporal on-duty on at the RCMP detachment on Aug. 18, along with two constables, are the subject of internal and criminal investigations because of allegations they watched seven minutes of sex between two female detainees on closed-circu

The WHL's Vancouver Giants and Kamloops Blazers will clash in Whitehorse to headline a busy day of festivities during CBC's Hockey Day in Canada on Feb. 12.

Canadian officials say they have entered talks with the British government on how best to preserve the wreck of HMS Investigator, a 19th-century British naval ship that was found in Arctic waters this summer.

A hostage-taking at the Discovery Channel network headquarters near Washington, D.C ended late Wednesday afternoon after police shot the gunman.

The federal government has extended the contract of Quebec-based L-3 Communications MAS to maintain its fleet of CF-18 fighter jets for up to another decade.

Smoking is now banned on all properties and in all facilities under the jurisdiction of the Vancouver Park Board.

Bees found in downtown Toronto and the Okanagan desert are among 19 new species discovered by a university graduate student while he was working on his PhD.

The Royal Newfoundland Regiment says a soldier who died this week after an explosion in Afghanistan marked its first combat loss since the First World War.

Months before assault victim Dustin LaFortune showed up at a Regina hospital disfigured and emaciated, someone in Calgary had called 911 about the case, police have confirmed.

Archaeologists in Jordan have unearthed a 3,000-year-old Iron Age temple with a trove of figurines of ancient deities and circular clay vessels used for religious rituals, officials said Wednesday.

Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs announced a new line of iPods on Wednesday, including a Nano model that has a touch screen and lacks buttons.

The NHL has until 5pm Eastern to render a verdict on the latest contract offer between the New Jersey Devils and Ilya Kovalchuk. The league must either approve the reported 15-year, $100 million deal or reject it.

The honking plastic horns that caused such an uproar at the World Cup have been shut out of Champions League and European Championship qualifying matches.

Three bombs ripped through a Shiite Muslim religious procession in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore on Wednesday, killing 25 people and wounding about 150 others, officials said.

Despite pressure from patients to fund studies into a controversial theory on multiple sclerosis, the federal health minister says there is not enough evidence to move ahead with any more studies.

The first evacuation has been ordered as the downgraded but still powerful Hurricane Earl makes its way towards the U.S. and Canadian east coast.

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