NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 05-2011

Two feet that washed ashore on two separate B.C. islands in 2008 belonged to a 21-year-old Surrey resident who went missing four years earlier, according to the provincial Coroners Service.

Queen Elizabeth used her speech at a state dinner honouring U.S. President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle to celebrate common bonds between the United States and Britain that she says go beyond military and diplomatic ties.

Is it possible for a single brand to be so dominant in its market that it can't grow any larger?

Scientists have set a new data speed record using just a single laser to transmit the equivalent of 700 DVDs in one second.

Conservative candidate Ted Opitz was declared the winner of the election race in Etobicoke Centre on Monday, after the results of a judicial recount were released.

Up 3-1 in the West final against the San Jose Sharks and a victory away from advancing to their first Stanley Cup final since 1994, they would like to deliver the knockout punch to the Sharks on Tuesday and steer clear of a return trip to Northern Califor

Tim Thomas stopped 33 shots after allowing another early goal, and Brad Marchand scored the winning goal to lead Boston to a 3-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Monday night and put the Bruins one win away from the Stanley Cup finals.

NATO warplanes repeatedly hit targets in Tripoli early Tuesday in what appears to be the heaviest night of bombing of the Libyan capital since the Western alliance launched its air campaign against Moammar Gadhafi's forces.

Twelve people were killed and a number of others held hostage in a highly co-ordinated attack by Pakistani militants that resulted in two high-value U.S.-made planes being destroyed.

About 250 residents of the devastated Alberta town of Slave Lake got a chance to look at the remains of their hometown Monday, and there were conflicted emotions about what they saw.

Oops, he did it again. A Christian radio host who predicted the apocalypse would come last Saturday, now says he made a mistake and it will occur on October 21.

Security forces and opposition tribal fighters battled with automatic weapons, mortars and tanks in the Yemeni capital on Monday after efforts to negotiate a peaceful exit for President Ali Abdullah Saleh collapsed.

Chile has exhumed the remains of President Salvador Allende for an autopsy to determine whether he committed suicide or was assassinated during the 1973 military coup.

Federal and state officials outlined a series of projects Monday to pinpoint how far Asian carp have advanced toward the Great Lakes and remove as many as possible from a Chicago waterway that offers the nuisance fish a direct path to Lake Michigan.

Ash from an Icelandic volcano is being blown toward Scotland, forcing one airline to cancel nearly all its flights and Barack Obama to cut short his visit to Ireland amid fears of the huge flight disruptions that stranded millions of passengers a year ago

NATO says four of its service members have been killed in an explosion in eastern Afghanistan.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday endorsed a court order requiring California to cut its prison population by tens of thousands of inmates to improve health care for those who remain behind bars.

A domestic dispute on Montreal's South Shore may have been at the root of a shooting involving two provincial police officers that left one dead and the other wounded.

Towns and cities along the Richelieu River are on high alert as strong winds force water from Lake Champlain to spill into the river southeast of Montreal.

A massive tornado that tore a 10-kilometre path across southwestern Missouri killed at least 116 people as it smashed the city of Joplin, ripping into a hospital, crushing cars and leaving behind only splintered tree trunks where entire neighbourhoods onc

Minnesota House Republicans invited anti-gay preacher Bradlee Dean of You Can Run But You Cannot Hide to give the morning prayer. The prayer was so offensive to many legislators that House leadership brought in the chaplain to redo the prayer.

The Stanley Cup playoffs have seen its share of bizarre games over the past two springs, but the Vancouver Canucks victory in the West final on Sunday may top the list.

Three people face a laundry list of charges after allegedly taking guns and drugs to a party in their car.

Sperm whales speak in distinct regional dialects that appear closely linked to different "cultural groups," a Canadian researcher says.

SAN JOSE -- The San Jose Sharks insist they're sorry they happened, but hope to take full advantage of the injuries to Vancouver Canuck defencemen Christian Ehrhoff and Aaron Rome when the Western Conference Final resumes Sunday afternoon.

Ballard lost his spot on the Canucks blue-line to Rome after Game 2 of the second-round series against the Nashville Predators, and hasn't played since.

According to Dave Lozo of NHL.com Sharks forward Jamie McGinn will not be suspended for his hit on Vancouver defenseman Aaron Rome. The hit took place in the third period of game three in the Western Conference Finals.

It appears that the end is not near, despite an apocalyptic prophecy from an American preacher who stated that the Rapture would occur on Saturday at 6 p.m.

TORONTO - Finding an albino raccoon is rare, but the chances of finding three in a litter of four? Try odds of one in 10 million.

A mandatory evacuation order has been extended for thousands of residents in the fire-ravaged Alberta town of Slave Lake, which is normally a destination for many during the Victoria Day long weekend.

Canadian drivers will take their families on road trips this summer, enjoying stunning views as they follow highways that cut through some of the most beautiful areas of the country.

Gunmen wearing suicide vests have stormed a government building in eastern Afghanistan and are in a shootout with Afghan security forces, Afghan officials said.

Simon Gagne scored just under seven minutes into the third for the winner and assisted on a Martin St. Louis empty-net goal in a 5-3 home victory on Saturday afternoon, as the Eastern Conference final is now tied after four games.

Embattled Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh says he will sign a deal, which requires him to step down after 32 years in power, but many remain skeptical since he has backed away from two previous deals.

Alassane Ouattara has been inaugurated as Ivory Coast's president in a stately ceremony he should have enjoyed six months ago, but was prevented from holding by the entrenched ruler who refused to accept his election defeat and nearly dragged the nation i

A Vancouver Island man and his family are $36 million richer after winning Friday's $36-million Lotto Max jackpot, a Victoria television station has reported.

A woman who tried to sell a rare hunk of moon rock for $1.7 million US was detained when her prospective customer turned out to be an undercover NASA investigator, officials say.

With threatening weather again on the horizon, Quebec Premier Jean Charest called for more Canadian soldiers to help residents in the flood-ravaged region south of Montreal.

The unusually large brains of mammals apparently didn't evolve so that we could ponder philosophy -- but so we could sniff our way to success. A new analysis of some of the earliest mammals and mammal-like creatures shows their complex brains evolved in s

An outbreak of highly-contagious equine herpes in Western Canada has forced many rodeo organizers to cancel events.

The Lachenaie, Que., native posted a four-lap average of 227.472 m.p.h. on the final qualifying attempt Saturday. That knocked 2008 Indy winner Scott Dixon off the pole.

Some shut themselves inside to pray for mercy as they waited for the world's end. Others met for tearful last lunches with their children, and prepared to leave behind homes and pets as they were swept up to heaven.

Retired Conservative MP Stockwell Day says he's backing the provincial Liberals in British Columbia because any other choice would result in an NDP-led government.

NHL tough guy Derek Boogaard died accidentally because of a fatal mix of alcohol and oxycodone, a Minnesota medical examiner said Friday.

435 Transport and Rescue Squadron, a CC-130 Hercules squadron based at 17 Wing Winnipeg, deployed to Sicily on May 17 in support of Operation Mobile.

Donald, the fluffy, six-week-old eaglet, is making a full recovery after a daring tree-top rescue that is allowing him to compete for meals with his two siblings.

Two siblings from Iqaluit are encountering polar bears, rocky terrain, moving ice and other challenges as they try to become the first to kite-ski the Northwest Passage.

The Vancouver Canucks may be without defencemen Christian Ehrhoff and Aaron Rome when they continue the Western Conference final against the San Jose Sharks on Sunday afternoon.

Police divers have retrieved the body of a man after a truck appeared to have been deliberately driven off a B.C. ferry dock on Vancouver Island.

Watching the San Jose Sharks melt down in Game 2 of the NHL Western Conference final brought back some old memories for the Vancouver Canucks.

Depending on your beliefs, Saturday, May 21 is Judgment Day or party time. For those in the repent camp, it is the day of "The Rapture," when Jesus Christ will return to earth to rescue the souls of believers and vanquish the rest.

A male helicopter pilot helping battle a forest fire near Slave Lake died Friday afternoon when his aircraft crashed into the lake.

A large, agitated beaver attracted a crowd in Fort Smith, N.W.T., this week when it meandered through town and got hissy with a German shepherd.

A measure that would prohibit the teaching of homosexuality in Tennessee public schools has passed the Senate.

What does a world-class, lightning-fast commando force need after a decade of hunting the Taliban in the dust and dirt of Afghanistan? Canoes, apparently.

Curtis James Haas, 50, has pleaded not guilty to manslaughter and drug trafficking. His preliminary hearing ended Thursday with a provincial court judge ruling there is sufficient evidence to proceed to a trial.

New data released by NASA shows that the atmosphere above eastern Japan was flooded with electrons and heated dramatically in the days before the devastating March 11 earthquake.

Tim Thomas made 31 saves for his first playoff shutout this season and second overall, rookie Tyler Seguin scored his fourth goal in the last three games and the Boston Bruins beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-0 in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals Thu

A 74-year-old B.C. man with a record of just one crime half a century ago has now been barred from the U.S. as a threat to national security.

A bird with an arrow in its neck is giving new meaning to the phrase "wild goose chase."

Dark energy is real and it is causing spacetime and the universe to expand at an increasing speed, a new study says.

A baby eagle snagged on fishing line in its Vancouver Island nest has been successfully freed in a rescue operation Thursday.

The 2011 Atlantic hurricane season will bring an above-average 12 to 18 named storms, and six to 10 of them will likely become hurricanes, the Canadian Hurricane Centre said Thursday.

Vancouver Canucks forward Mikael Samuelsson has undergone surgery for a sport hernia and torn abductor tendon, the team announced on Thursday.

A female Canucks fan flashed her breasts during Vancouver's 7-3 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Wednesday night, and the internet has been abuzz ever since.

"We're working strategically with the groups affected, with all the industry players, whether it's the Cargills of the world or the railways, for that matter," says Gerry Ritz.

Winnipeggers are scooping up luxury homes at a record-setting pace, according to a new report from RE/MAX Canada. A RE/MAX official said the most luxury homes sold in Winnipeg in a single year is 283 and it was set last year.

Ecologists routinely overestimate the rate at which animal and plant species go extinct as their habitat is destroyed because a widely used calculation method is flawed, a Canadian researcher says

Kevin Bieksa continues to be one of the shining lights for the Vancouver Canucks in their playoff run that now is only two wins away from a berth in the Stanley Cup final.

Manitobans hoping for a break in the flooding disaster got more bad news on Wednesday, as officials said there's a new crisis area in the flood zone, along the Portage Diversion where the west bank of the channel dike has been seeping and needs major repa

Dennis Cheeseman, one of two men convicted in the 2005 deaths of four Alberta RCMP officers on a farm near Mayerthorpe, Alta., was denied parole Wednesday.

Heavy rain has forced officials in central B.C. to order the evacuation of seven homes in the village of Burns Lake, while another home on the Cottonwood River near Prince George was destroyed on Tuesday .

The first interim CH-148 Cyclone helicopter set down at 12 Wing Shearwater last week to support training of Canadian Forces aircrew and technicians for the Maritime Helicopter Project.

As the Libyan war enters its third month the Defence Department has quietly ordered more than 1,300 laser-guided smart bombs.

The B.C. Court of Appeal has upheld the right of aboriginal groups to take part in the commercial fishery and sell what they catch, except for a specialized commercial clam fishery.

The San Jose Sharks say they need to play a more physical game on Wednesday night if they're going to even up their series with the Canucks at one game each.

San Jose captain Joe Thornton tried to get the Western Conference final off to a raucous start when he asked gritty Vancouver Canucks forward Ryan Kesler to drop the gloves right off the opening faceoff.

Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger says the province is in a position to help support a National Hockey League franchise amid reports that it is working out a financial agreement with local businessmen that could pave the way to return a team to Winnipeg.

Astronomers have found 10 potential planets as massive as Jupiter wandering through a slice of the Milky Way galaxy, following either very wide orbits or no orbit at all. And scientists think they are more common than stars.

The former CFL commissioner resigned from the upper house in March in order to run as a star Conservative candidate in Montreal.

The B.C. government is ramping up the amount of firefighting resources it is sending to northern Alberta to fight the wildfires that recently destroyed the town of Slave Lake.

An eagle hatchling apparently caught on a piece of fishing line in a nest on Vancouver Island is prompting calls for a rescue.

Tyler Seguin had two goals and two assists and the Boston Bruins fed off the energy of the recently promoted rookie to beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 6-5 and tie the Eastern Conference finals at one game each on Tuesday night.

The man known as the Conservative's bulldog in the House of Commons will now be the face of Canada abroad, as Prime Minister Stephen Harper has tapped John Baird to be his new Foreign Affairs minister.

The son of former Newfoundland and Labrador premier Brian Tobin has pleaded guilty to impaired driving causing death in connection with an incident that left a friend dead in an Ottawa parking garage last December.

For the first time in the 12-year history of the CBC event celebrating Canada's favourite pasttime, Scotiabank Hockey Day in Canada will be held in P.E.I. this winter, with host Ron MacLean and Don Cherry broadcasting live from the country's smallest prov

Bruce Power has withdrawn its request to U.S. authorities to transport 16 decommissioned nuclear steam generators through the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway to Sweden for recycling.

Some residents in Manitoba's controlled flood area are wondering if the spill was necessary now that the Assiniboine River has peaked without major incident in Brandon and at points near Portage la Prairie.

Slave Lake, Alta., located 250 kilometres northwest of Edmonton, was evacuated Sunday when wind-whipped wildfires suddenly turned and blazed through town, destroying hundreds of homes, along with the town hall and government centre.

The Alberta government imposed a province-wide fire ban Tuesday in response to the high wildfire risks and windy conditions.

In a story that could be straight out of Antiques Roadshow, two paintings by a famous B.C. artist are expect to sell for well over a million dollars on Tuesday after spending decades hanging in a Vancouver boardroom.

The RCMP's Federal Integrated Proceeds of Crime unit in B.C. says it scooped up more than $5 million in property or assets in 2010 and also alerted the province's civil forfeiture office to another $15 million in shady assets.

A red dwarf star 20 light-years away is again providing hints that it hosts the first definitively habitable planet outside our Solar System.

LONDON - Heaven is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark, the eminent British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking said in an interview published on Monday.

The Vancouver Canucks made themselves better this year by improving their defence and adding depth on their third line. But patience and confidence is the biggest reason Vancouver overcame a 2-1 deficit to defeat the San Jose Sharks 3-2 in the opening gam

A new report says the number of adults jailed on remand on any given day has been steadily increasing over the last decade, while the number in sentenced custody has declined.

The flooding in Manitoba, which has damaged homes and displaced hundreds, has already cost more than $200 million to fight, and that doesn't include massive post-flood damages that can only be tallied later.

B.C.'s solicitor general has introduced long-awaited legislation to create an independent civilian agency to conduct criminal investigations into serious incidents involving all police in B.C., including the RCMP.

A woman who claimed she was groped by Donald Duck during a visit to the Epcot theme park has settled her federal lawsuit against Disney.