NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 11-2007

Sportsnet.ca -- In an unprecedented move, Minnesota Wild forward Marian Gaborik has apologized to fantasy hockey owners for playing in a defensive system.

Wildlife experts at Banff National Park are hoping to give nature's predators a helping hand to control an exploding elk population that's getting a little too close to the Banff townsite.

WINDSOR, Ont. -- An ambulance rushing a heart attack victim to Detroit from a Windsor hospital ill-equipped to perform life-saving surgery was stopped for secondary inspection Monday by U.S. Customs, despite the fact it carried a man fighting for his life

Muslim airport worker, laid off after altering uniform, takes case to rights commission

The worldwide thaw is accelerating. Thirty key international glaciers are melting about six times faster than in the 1980s. They are seen as the proverbial canary in the coal mine

The notion of a warm Arctic dates back to 1580 when geographer William Bourne suggested that the long summer days in northern latitudes could create enough energy to melt the ice around the North Pole and allow ships to pass through.

The Canadian Forces is looking at buying laser weapons designed to temporarily blind individuals as part of its efforts to reduce the number of innocent Afghans killed or wounded by troops for failing to heed warnings not to approach military convoys.

spry Jean Chretien dines on fast food and discusses his health and political career in an episode of The Rick Mercer Report that will air next week.

Funny how a game between Minnesota and Vancouver could have so much to do with the Edmonton Oilers. Start with the Canucks, who couldn't get a pea by Edmonton goalie Mathieu Garon last Wednesday in a 1-0 home ice loss that left West Coast watchers con

Rocky planets the size of Earth or Mars may be forming around a sun-like star in the Pleiades star cluster, astronomers said this week.

The coroner's jury in the case of a man shot by Victoria police after a high-speed chase is recommending that the department rewrite its pursuit policy to emphasize that the need to protect public safety is paramount -- and overrides the apprehension of

SAN FRANCISCO - ''I've never seen these documents,'' Barry Bonds said. He was testifying before a federal grand jury investigating the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative, or BALCO, and had just been shown what prosecutors say was a positive steroid

CALGARY - While other speed skaters look like they're straining to go fast, Jeremy Wotherspoon doesn't seem to work that hard to go faster.

The Anaheim Ducks shuffled their backup goaltenders on Friday, as the team made netminder Ilya Bryzgalov available on the National Hockey League's waiver wire.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A local investor group trying to buy the Nashville Predators reached an agreement with city officials on changes to the arena lease.

The decision on the suspension of B.C. Lions offensive right tackle Jason Jimenez has been stayed for the remainder of this season, meaning he is eligible to play in Sunday's West Final and the Grey Cup if the team qualifies.

Saskatchewan Rough Riders general manager Eric Tillman will not be in attendance for Sunday's West Final with the Lions, after spending Thursday in hospital with chest pains.

VANCOUVER -- Police should have called an ambulance for an apparently unconscious Frank Paul instead of dragging him into the city drunk tank, then dumping him in an alley where he died, said a witness at an inquiry into the aboriginal man's death.

Hundreds of people are expected to attend a public memorial Saturday for Robert Dziekanski, the Polish national who died after being Tasered by RCMP officers at the Vancouver International Airport last month.

The official death toll from the cyclone that ripped through Bangladesh has now risen to 1,723.

A Canadian soldier who lost part of his leg after being wounded in Afghanistan has taken his own life in his Quebec apartment.

Researchers at the University of Alberta are organizing a birthday party for a genetic strain of a broiler chicken they preserved 50 years ago to ensure it lived on amid the evolution of its monster cousins.

The federal justice minister must ensure German-Canadian businessman Karlheinz Schreiber remains in Canada to appear at a public inquiry into corruption allegations against former prime minister Brian Mulroney, opposition members demanded Friday.

Air Canada flights were delayed across Canada and around the world after a major computer problem Friday morning forced ticket agents to check in passengers manually.

A public inquest into the death of Polish immigrant Robert Dziekanski at the Vancouver airport is expected to begin next spring or early next summer, according to the B.C. Coroners Service.

Two Canadian soldiers and an Afghan interpreter were killed Saturday after the vehicle they were travelling in struck a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan, military officials said.

When some of the world's leading religious scholars gather in San Diego this weekend, pasta will be on the intellectual menu. They'll be talking about a satirical pseudo-deity called the Flying Spaghetti Monster, whose growing pop culture fame gets laug

OTTAWA - Defending themselves against accusations of prisoner abuse, Afghan authorities have questioned the scope of arrests made by Canadian troops in Kandahar, court records show.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - President Gen. Pervez Musharraf faces a stern warning from a top American diplomat on Saturday: end emergency rule or wreck landmark elections and risk undermining vital U.S. support.

Ontario Finance Minister Dwight Duncan was surprisingly "sexist" and lacking in judgment earlier this week when he playfully described himself as the "non-sexy" alternative to a female cabinet colleague in front of a gathering of the province's top b

The Conservative government has re-introduced its bill to kill the controversial registry for rifles and shotguns, knowing it's unlikely to pass in the face of united opposition.

The federal Conservatives will launch a flurry of law-and-order anti-crime legislation next week to crack down on illegal drug use, identity theft and young offenders.

GROESBEEK CEMETERY, NL - Standing in the rain among the tombs of WWII heroes, a delegation of over 200 have come to pay their respects on this somber Remembrance Day.

An investigation is underway after an Afghan man died, and another was injured in a shooting involving a Canadian convoy just outside Kandahar city on Thursday.

Afghanistan's opium trade, which accounts for more than half the country's gross domestic product, is supplying insurgents with hundreds of millions of dollars, the UN's counter-narcotics agency warned on Friday.

A couple and their adopted four-year-old son who went missing nearly a week ago in the frigid Arctic wilderness have turned up safe and sound with a remarkable tale of survival to tell.

DHAKA -- A severe cyclone has killed more than 500 people in Bangladesh and left thousands injured or missing, triggering an international relief effort to help the army-backed interim government to cope with the disaster.

While difficult to upstage nearly nude supermodels strutting down a catwalk, the Spice Girls stole a share of the spotlight on Thursday as they kicked off a reunion tour with a warm-up at the Victoria's Secret fashion show.

The Arctic Ocean could be free of ice in the summer as soon as 2010 or 2015 -- something that hasn't happened for more than a million years, according to a leading polar researcher.

Major-General Marcel Duval recently visited 8 Wing Trenton in Ontario for a tour of aircraft, facilities, and new construction projects

The ozone layer is on track to a full recovery, with the latest sets of satellite images showing the hole is shrinking.

A COURT in the ultra-conservative Islamic kingdom of Saudi Arabia is punishing a female victim of gang rape with 200 lashes and six months in jail.

A 23-year-old college student who was told by a Southwest Airlines employee that her outfit was too revealing to fly is wearing even less on Playboy's website. Kyla Ebbert appears in a series of pictures - some in lingerie, some nude - under the head

ST. JOHN'S - Always a soldier's soldier, Chief of Defence Staff Gen. Rick Hillier talked up the troops in a speech in St. John's yesterday.

Sixty-five years after an American P-38 fighter plane ran out of gas and crash-landed on a beach in Wales, the long-forgotten World War II relic has emerged from the surf and sand where it lay buried

BEIJING - Chinese police will deal harshly with social or political demonstrations at the Beijing Olympics, a top security official said Friday

MASUM GHAR, Afghanistan - There's nothing quite like a snappy military salute, but here in Afghanistan you don't see it very often.

Canada's ambassador to Poland has been invited to sit down with Polish officials in Warsaw on Monday to discuss the death of Robert Dziekanski after he was stunned by an RCMP Taser at Vancouver International Airport

It was the battle of battered blue lines Wednesday and victory was captured by the Edmonton Oilers by the slimmest of margin, 1-0, in a shootout.

Their official team jackets won't arrive until Friday, but officers with the new Violence Suppression Team officially began fighting gang violence Wednesday in Metro Vancouver

EDMONTON - Canada's air force is trying to replace aging members, aging infrastructure and aging vehicles, its commander says.

91-year-old air force veteran who trained allied pilots for four years in the Second World War has been denied benefits after being told his service falls short of an official threshold.

BERLIN - Germany's lower house of parliament voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to renew its option to participate in U.S. counter-terrorist operations in Afghanistan, despite widespread public opposition.

Santas across Sydney Australia are rebelling against attempts to ban their traditional greeting of "ho, ho, ho" in favour of "ha, ha, ha"

The Council of Canadians, founded by well-known nationalists such as Maude Barlow and Margaret Atwood, wants to stop the military from recruiting at high schools across the country

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Canadian Gen. Ray Henault, NATO's top soldier, says recent efforts to overcome shortfalls in the alliance's force in Afghanistan have made only limited progress, holding back efforts to improve security in the country.

Losing to the rival Montreal Canadiens is heartbreaking enough, but it was two other embarrassing stories that grabbed headlines in the fishbowl that Toronto fans call Leaf Nation.

After a 40-year wait, the widow of a Second World War veteran finally expects to collect his disability pension.

Canada's top court will not hear the appeals of two American army deserters who sought refugee status. The Supreme Court of Canada has refused to hear the cases of Jeremy Hinzman and Brandon Hughey, who deserted to Canada in 2004 after learning they w

The possibility of still more wrongful convictions resulting from the flawed forensic work of Dr. Charles Smith emerged at a public inquiry Wednesday amid evidence that problems with the work and supervision of the discredited forensic pathologist extend

A study of the world's power stations has shown the extent to which developed countries produce more carbon dioxide per head than emerging economies.

The bulletproof backpack created by a couple of Massachusetts dads isn't available in Canada yet but has sold more than 1,000 in two months in the States

WINNIPEG -- Provincial justice ministers are calling for an end to the double-credit system that allows criminals to serve significantly shorter sentences if they are kept behind bars while awaiting trial.

A lunar probe has beamed back new, stunning, never-before-seen images of the moon that will be revealed for the first time tonight on the Discovery Channel.

Toronto SecTor conference aims to help IT professionals protect their companies from latest in computer security threats

A proposed dam in Washington state could flood up to 7,200 hectares of land on B.C.'s side of the Canada-U.S. border, threatening species in one of Canada's most ecologically diverse areas.

Her Majesty's Canadian Ship (HMCS) Charlottetown is deploying for six months on Operation Altair, Canada's maritime contribution to the continuing U.S.-led campaign against terrorism known as Operation Enduring Freedom.

As Canada's justice ministers meet in Winnipeg on Wednesday, talks will likely focus on fighting gangs and guns.

MOSCOW - A senior general warned Wednesday that Russia could deploy short-range missiles to Belarus as part of efforts to counter the planned deployment of U.S. missile defence sites in Europe

ZHARI DISTRICT, Afghanistan - Some things are a given in Afghanistan. The sun is nearly always shining and its overwhelming brightness tends to give everything a bleached out look. There will always be the dust and the desert and, if you are an Afghan

NATO defence chiefs chose Admiral Giampaolo Di Paola of Italy on Wednesday to replace Canadian Gen. Ray Henault as the alliance's top officer

Another stand up job by Homeland Security in keeping America safe.

VICTORIA -- A Victoria man who filmed Robert Dziekanski's dying moments at Vancouver International Airport last month says the Polish immigrant was surrendering himself to police when officers shocked him with a Taser.

A man in southern India married a female dog in a traditional Hindu ceremony in a bid to atone for stoning two dogs to death, a newspaper reported Tuesday.

While the party prince was in Alberta undergoing military training exercises this summer, he had a wild night out at the Hooters-esque booby bar Cowboys where his flirtatious shenanigans inspired two waitresses to sell their stories to the U.K. press.

American military chiefs have been left dumbstruck by an undetected Chinese submarine popping up at the heart of a recent Pacific exercise and close to the vast U.S.S. Kitty Hawk - a 1,000ft supercarrier with 4,500 personnel on board.

Reports of torture, ill-treatment and arbitrary arrest are so widespread in detention centres run by Afghanistan's National Directorate of Security that Amnesty International wants NATO troops in Afghanistan to stop handing prisoners over to authorities

Mulroney said late Monday that a wide-ranging inquiry is the only way to put the issue that has dogged him for years to rest. Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced Friday he would appoint a neutral adviser to review Schreiber's claim that while Mulrone

Fresh from winning $13,000 on Casino Rama slots, Caledon pair hit winning numbers for Lotto 6/49

The US Air Force (USAF) is employing the MQ-1 Predator unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in an impromptu role: defending an airbase against rocket and mortar attacks in Iraq.

Iran, China and Russia may have reached agreement for the supply of Chengdu J-10 advanced combat aircraft to Iran, according to Russian media reports.

Pakistan warned Monday it had sufficient "retaliatory capacity" to defend its nuclear weapons, after a report the United States had made contingency plans to stop them falling into the wrong hands.

Former prime minister Brian Mulroney wants the government to call a public inquiry into allegations he improperly accepted money from German-Canadian businessman Karlheinz Schreiber while still in office.

The Hockey Hall of Fame inducted one of the greatest classes of all time on Monday as Mark Messier, Scott Stevens, Ron Francis and Al MacInnis were honoured.

The NHL is investigating an on-ice incident involving abrasive New York Rangers forward Sean Avery, according to the Canadian Press. Avery, 27, shoved Jason Blake and got into a heated exchange with Darcy Tucker during the pre-game warmup prior to Satu

Canadians overwhelmingly favour holding a referendum on the future of the Senate, but the majority would vote for reforming the chamber of sober second thought, rather than abolishing it, a new poll shows.

The Commonwealth is threatening to suspend Pakistan for imposing a state of emergency rule, saying in a statement that it has "seriously violated the Commonwealth's fundamental political values."

Thousands of people thronged the streets around the National War Memorial in an unprecedented outpouring of respect and remembrance for the sacrifices made by Canada's soldiers

A new security plan is being developed in Ottawa that could greatly limit public access to Parliament, says a news report.

TARNAK FARM, Afghanistan - If you believe in ghosts there are likely quite a number of them here at Tarnak Farm, just a few kilometres from Kandahar Air Field.

BC Ferries cancelled all sailings between the mainland and Vancouver Island on Monday morning while tens of thousands of people were without power as a fall storm continued to pound the West Coast.

TORONTO -- Dr. Charles Smith apologized publicly today for mistakes he made in investigating child deaths in Ontario over a decade, as an inquiry began into his disgraced work and broader problems in the autopsy system.

"An independent third party is not going to be able to have the power of subpoena, he's not going to be able to drill down and get the truth, And right now, the allegations are swirling around in such a devastating way that it's affecting peoples' fai

Russian rescue helicopters searched for five missing seamen on Monday after a storm in the northern mouth of the Black Sea, while a slick of oil from a sunken tanker began washing onto beaches. Rescue officials said three people died in the storm that str

The cabbie who drove me to the Cenotaph at Old City Hall yesterday morning took note of the crowd, the blocked intersection, and said: "I guess there's some event here today.

Walt Disney Co, the No.2 U.S. entertainment company, plans to launch mobile phone services in Japan early next year to become the newest entrant in an ultra-competitive market

The Italian government held an emergency meeting Monday after the police killing of a football fan sparked riots by supporters across the country

Canadians laid wreaths to honour those slain on battlefields and during peacekeeping missions at Remembrance Day ceremonies across the country Sunday, but a thunderous response to a call to show support for soldiers currently serving injected some energy

Canada's first ever ombudsman for veterans is vowing to "go to the wall" for those who have served in the military as he prepares to begin the job of addressing their concerns.

"What happened in Afghanistan is something that our soldiers face regularly, so to that extent I felt it was a very informative trip on many levels," he said

A Russian oil tanker split in two during a fierce storm early Sunday, spilling some two million litres of fuel into a strait leading to the Black Sea.

Military families gathered at the Citadel Theatre in Edmonton on Saturday. They were there to honour those serving in Afghanistan and veterans. But they were also treated to a new play called "Vimy."

The Department of National Defence wants to draw in more Canadian artists to follow its soldiers around the world. The department is keen to have artists reflect the experience of being a soldier, whether it's in Afghanistan, on a navy ship, or tra

PASSCHENDAELE, Belgium -- Federal Industry Minister Jim Prentice led a Canadian tribute and personal pilgrimage to the site of one of the First World War's bloodiest battles.

On a clear spring day last April, hundreds of Canadians gathered in Vimy, France, at the spot many say marks the birthplace of Canadian nationalism. People had come from around the world to remember the Canadian soldiers who fought and sacrificed th

Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Gov. Gen. Michaelle Jean joined thousands of people at the National War Memorial in Ottawa where, at exactly 11 a.m. ET Sunday a moment of silence was held in remembrance of Canadian soldiers who have fought and died in a

It was an emotional Remembrance Day in Afghanistan today as the families of five Canadian soldiers, killed in action last year, took in a ceremony at Kandahar Air Field.

Two needed walkers and six leaned on canes, but a group of very private war veterans made history yesterday afternoon as they laid the first wreath on the cenotaph at Victoria's Inner Harbour.

PASSCHENDAELE, Belgium - Experts believe some 100,000 soldiers remain unaccounted for 90 years after one of the First World War's bloodiest battles. On Saturday, the eve of Armistice Day, the anniversary of the battle's end was marked with solemn tribut