NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 01-2008

ATLANTA - Jeff Carter and the Philadelphia Flyers continue to enjoy playing the Atlanta Thrashers.

NEW YORK - In a series of terrible losses, the Tampa Bay Lightning were in line for the worst of them all.

NEWARK, N.J. - Patrik Elias did nothing fancy on his game-winning score in the shootout.

BOSTON - Carolina goalie Cam Ward paused to playfully laugh at the question after he posted his third shutout of the season.

SUNRISE, Fla. - The puck slid between Ty Conklin's legs into the net, proving the Pittsburgh Penguins' goaltender isn't perfect.

ST. LOUIS - It has been nearly a year since the St. Louis Blues have scored six goals in a game, but once they started feeling the momentum they looked like an offensive powerhouse.

CALGARY - Canadian goaltender Amanda Mazzotta insists she wasn't bored during Canada's latest romp at the inaugural world women's under-18 hockey championship, despite the lack of action in her end.

Vancouver Canucks netminder Roberto Luongo, Calgary's Jarome Iginla and Dion Phaneuf, Ottawa Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson and Montreal Canadiens defenceman Andrei Markov are going to Atlanta.

CALGARY - Ilya Bryzgalov continued his excellent goaltending Tuesday night as the upstart Phoenix Coyotes knocked the Calgary Flames out of first place in the Northwest Division.

MONTREAL - Guillaume Latendresse didn't see the ice in Montreal's previous overtime game. This time, he scored the game winner

A chiropractor who treated Roger Clemens during his time with the Toronto Blue Jays didn't see any signs of steroid use by the seven-time Cy Young winner, according to the Toronto Sun.

Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall wants the province to get some environmental credit for the uranium it mines, but an environmental group is highly skeptical.

A Saskatchewan woman who overdosed on crystal methamphetamine has successfully won a precedent-setting civil lawsuit against the drug dealer who sold her the highly addictive drug.

A Health Canada regulation that bans most gay men from donating organs is scientifically unjustified, virtually unenforceable and could worsen critical transplant shortages, a prominent Toronto AIDS doctor says.

"Give us your poor, your tired, your huddled masses longing to be free..." Thank God Canada is doing the right thing for once. You can't be going overseas to Afghanistan to try and give a nation hope, while at home be saying so long as that new

Halifax actress Ellen Page is continuing to garner acclaim for her role as the pregnant teen in Juno, with a nomination for a Rising Star Award from the British Academy of Film.

An ice jam expert is floating the idea of using hot water to melt the now 6.5-kilometre-long ice jam that's been causing widespread flooding in Prince George, B.C., for a month.

City says it doesn't have the necessary powers; Premier favours voluntary plan to cut use by half

Women came to Hillary Clinton's rescue in New Hampshire, turning out in record numbers to vote in the Democratic primary and helping her win a narrow victory over Barack Obama.

Military Officials Disagree on Impact and Reasons Why the latest Surge in Iraq has been a success

TORONTO - The inventor of the Canadarm will fly a Maple Leaf no more.

For a change, this time it was the Vancouver Canucks bailing out their goaltender. All-star goalie Roberto Luongo looked like a mere mortal on both New York Islander goals Tuesday night, but his teammates rallied to win 3-2 in a shootout at General Mot

WARNING: These videos are grotesque and should not be watched by the faint of heart

[Sibel Edmonds' allegations surrounding] the 9/11 link to this story [are] perhaps even more startling. Edmonds asserts that the head of the network of moles was none other than General Mahmoud Ahmad, the former head of the ISI and the man who wired $100

Rick Mercer passed a day at sea on the HMCS Protecteur by serving lunch to 250 sailors, decorating a cake, piloting an inflatable boat and telling jokes. In return, the sailors strung him out on a line over the roiling waters of the Pacific.

A parliamentary committee is putting pressure on Karlheinz Schreiber to produce more documents relating to his business dealings with Brian Mulroney, saying the information he has provided so far has been of little use.

OTTAWA - The Harper government rejected an advisory panel's recommendation to implement a carbon tax on Monday while its rivals opened the door to the idea in response to advice that the levy could lead the way to deep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions fr

Sniper, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment

OTTAWA - Two of the navy's aging Sea King helicopters suffered debilitating engine fires on the same day aboard different warships under circumstances that flight safety investigators are at loss to explain.

VANCOUVER - The Crown wants the B.C. Court of Appeal to order a new trial for Robert Pickton so he can be tried on 26 counts of first-degree murder

A man killed his girlfriend, then filleted and cooked parts of her body before calling police to tell them what he was doing, authorities said Sunday

There were no injuries, but very well could have been, adding that the Iranians turned away literally at the very moment that U.S. forces were preparing to open fire.

Courier shipping charges levied by Canada Post are at the centre of a class action suit that, if successful, could see at least 57,000 commercial customers refunded overpayments.

Two Canadian soldiers were killed instantly yesterday when their light-armoured vehicle rolled over during an operation in southern Afghanistan.

The Philadelphia Flyers seem to be on roll this season, and it's certainly not in the standings. Playing in just his fourth NHL game since serving a 20-game suspension for a pre-season hit on Ottawa's Dean McAmmond, forward Steve Downie was at it ag

As we kick off the year 2008, Comet Tuttle is putting on a nice show for backyard skywatchers. It had not been seen since 1994, but you'll have an excellent opportunity to pick it up with binoculars or small telescopes during the next two weeks

At least three people are dead and hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses are without electricity as a powerful storm continues to slam much of the U.S.

OTTAWA -- The average Canadian might not think twice about taping his or her favourite show on television, using a personal cellphone overseas or listening to music on a newly-purchased CD.

It's dangerous. It's scary. It's incredibly sexy. No wonder some little boys -- and girls -- dream of flying fighter planes when they grow up.

Lance Barrett-Lennard has been studying killer whales for at least 23 years, first as a lightkeeper on the B.C. coast then as a research scientist for the federal fisheries department and now the Vancouver Aquarium.

Old is meeting new at Colwood's Aquattro housing development, where the excavation for one of the project's future buildings is steps away from an archeological dig dating back almost 3,000 years.

Vancouver Canuck coach Alain Vigneault is talking and smiling, which frequently happens simultaneously. He is also quoting. His index and middle fingers are raised for effect in the universal sign of peace, bunny ears, snake fangs, scissors, antennae and

As crude prices crest at $100 US, Canada's oilpatch reports pumped up production in 2007 and forecasts new oilsands projects will bring on another 300,000 barrels of oil a day this year.

In Edmonton, where a serial murderer is loose, sex workers fear they'll be next victim...

OTTAWA - The Canadian military initially planned for a much wider involvement in the Afghan war than what it delivered in Kandahar, newly released documents show

Stefanie Rengel was killed on the orders of a jealous, controlling 15-year-old girl, a police source said yesterday. "The 15-year-old was very jealous and controlling and wanted this done," the source said.

Canada's forest is emerging as an immense - truly immense - national and international player.

A winter storm battered the West Coast from British Columbia to southern California on Saturday, causing power outages and making driving treacherous in some areas.

Huntingdon became the first Quebec municipality to go plastic bag free - at store check-out counters, at least - and the transition has been surprisingly painless, merchants say.

PARDUBICE, Czech Republic - Team Canada will take to ice in Ottawa for next December's world junior hockey championship as the four-time defending champions.

BAGHDAD - An Iraqi soldier shot dead two American troops for "reasons that are as yet unknown" while they were patrolling together north of the capital, the U.S. military said Saturday. An Iraqi official said the suspect has links to militant groups.

The Harper government broke its election promise yesterday to require ministers to record their contacts with lobbyists, instead ordering lobbyists to file monthly reports on their oral communications with federal officials.

CALGARY - A bold move by Calgary to become the first city in Canada to regulate the use of trans fats in restaurants is just a small step in stemming the tide of the artery-clogging substance, say health experts.

Walking into the ladies shoe department at the Lord & Taylor department store at Walden Galleria just outside Buffalo late last Friday, the detritus strewn over the floor and chairs gave the impression of having missed a really great party.

The latest iteration of the classic Chevrolet Corvette is being touted by its parent company as a true supercar that will feature performance numbers equal to that of cars that cost significantly more.

PARDUBICE, Czech Republic - Nikita Filatov scored twice Saturday to help Russia beat the United States 4-2 and take the bronze medal at the under-20 World Ice Hockey Championship.

TORONTO -- Police say a 20-year-old man who ran past a security checkpoint and tried to board a plane at Toronto's Pearson International Airport on Friday morning, may suffer from mental health issues.

The Canadian Football League announced plans in November to make the Grey Cup a "carbon neutral" event. The following month, Aeroplan unveiled a venture that would allow its members to neutralize the environmental impact of their jetliner travel. And wh

Bungy fans let it all hang out to raise money for mental health organization

David Asper is adding to his bid to take over the Blue Bombers with a unique proposal. The Winnipeg Free Press is reporting Asper is proposing putting an inflatable dome over the club's field at his own expense.

Golden Globe-nominated actors are expected to snub the awards in support of striking Hollywood writers, the actors union said Friday.

A Wisconsin man has been charged with sneaking into a toddler's bedroom and stealing $20 from a piggy bank while the two-year-old girl slept

A 75-year-old Quebec man died in a Joliette hospital just hours after learning his wife had passed on, ending a romance between two hearts that friends said were inseparable.

Bombarded by warnings, parents can be too protective, unwittingly clipping their children's wings

REGINA -- A Manitoba teenager has been charged in a violent home invasion that left two people dead and shattered the tranquillity of an otherwise quiet neighbourhood in a small Saskatchewan community.

TORONTO -- Worries about how Canada may be dragged down by a sinking U.S. economy sent the loonie into a bout of turbulence on Friday that briefly saw the currency plummet to its lowest point since mid-December.

As eastern Canadians mark the 10-year-anniversary of the devastating ice storm of January 1998, emergency workers and power companies say they're taking stock of improvements they've made to be better prepared.

OTTAWA -- A Canadian woman detained for nearly two years in a Mexican jail now has at least a faint hope. The crowded prison cell in Guadalajara, Mexico, is a long way from Brenda Martin's former home of Trenton, Ontario.

A group of women's ski jumpers are outraged their sport will not be included in the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.

The price of crude oil will continue to rise -- taking gas prices with it -- despite dropping from a high of US$100.09 a barrel on Friday, according to analysts.

PARDUBICE, Czech Republic - Canada is a win away from another gold medal at the world junior hockey championship and this time it's Sweden, not Russia, standing in the way.

A 'strong' underwater earthquake occurred off the coast of B.C. early Saturday morning, registering a 6.7 magnitude.

Provincial opposition parties and legal groups are calling for a review of roughly 200 investigations into child deaths.

Toronto billionaire Alex Shnaider, a one-time team owner in the prestigious Formula One auto racing circuit, has his sights set on another blue-chip sports investment: the Toronto Maple Leafs

The next announcer for CNN could be...Ozzy Osbourne? Wait, what? Rip is gonna love this

'He was playing tough guy until he got stopped. Then he cried until his parents got there,' OPP's Cam Woolley says of 18-year-old driver

LONDON -- This year is forecast to be among the top 10 hottest years on record, Britain's weather office said Thursday, despite a strong cooling effect predicted from the tropical weather phenomenon known as La Nina.

Melting sea ice has drawn more cruise ship tourists to Canada's Arctic waters, but an Arctic security expert warns that centuries-old navigation charts still in use today could threaten the safety of such vessels and their passengers.

The company on the losing end of a multi-billion dollar submarine maintenance contract fired a verbal broadside at the federal government Friday, accusing Public Works officials of impropriety

Doctors say it is nothing short of a miracle that a window washer who plunged 47 stories last month is talking and eating just weeks after.

Goals by Shawn Matthias, Karl Alzner, Colton Gillies and Brad Marchand propelled Canada to a 4-1 victory and a date with Sweden in Saturday\'s gold medal game.

For the second straight year, Canada has defeated the United States in the semifinals of the world junior hockey championship in the Czech Republic.

Even though online dating and social networking sites have become firmly entrenched in the cyber landscape, a new study suggests many women are hesitant to admit they meet men through the Internet

It was a pretty quiet day yesterday, except for when Britney Spears, practically frothing, was strapped to a gurney and carted off to a hospital. A spokesperson for the L.A. police said the sexy schoolgirl turned python-wrangler turned wig enthusiast was

Organizers of the Dakar Rally have cancelled this year's event amid fears of terrorist attacks and other safety concerns along the proposed route.

The Colorado Avalanche announced Thursday that Ryan Smyth will be out eight weeks with a fractured ankle.

UNIONDALE, N.Y. - Jassen Cullimore's post-game outfit included a blue cape. Fitting, as he'd just saved the Florida Panthers.

BOSTON - Bruins defenceman Zdeno Chara shadowed Washington's Alex Ovechkin all night.

ST. PAUL, Minn. - The Minnesota Wild set a franchise record for points last season and hoped to become one of the NHL's elite teams in 2007-08.

LOS ANGELES - Michael Peca returned to the Columbus Blue Jackets' lineup and gave them instant offence.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Alexander Radulov's offence-first game was enough for the Nashville Predators to beat the Edmonton Oilers a sixth straight time.

PITTSBURGH - Indoors or outdoors, the Pittsburgh Penguins are hard to beat these days

For the second straight year, Canada faces the United States in the semifinals of the world junior hockey championship today on TSN and TSN.ca (today at 1:30pm et/10:30am pt). Last year, Canada won in a dramatic shootout and went on to win the gold medal

Mammoth fossils around the Yukon are offering evidence that ancient meteor explosions may have wiped out entire species there thousands of years ago, a California-based researcher says

SAN JOSE, Calif. - For the second night in a row, Jarome Iginla came through with a pair of goals.

The scoreboard said 3-0, but the story behind Vancouver's victory over the New York Rangers on Thursday night was in the Canucks' crease

Nova Scotia high school students may be able to earn extra credit with an after-school ballet or Greek lesson next year.

The family of a pregnant woman killed in Winnipeg Wednesday says she was working to "get her life on track" and planning to move away from the house where she was shot.

Consumers should check their sales receipts closely for at least another week to make sure they're not paying too much GST on purchases.

An abandoned kitten that triggered a multi-state public health investigation in the United States after it tested positive for rabies should serve as a reminder to the public of the need to exercise caution when confronting unknown animals, health authori

LOS ANGELES -- Police will seek the extradition of a woman accused of fleeing to Canada after slashing Leonardo DiCaprio with a broken beer bottle at a party in 2005, authorities said.

Montreal's first major fire of the year has destroyed half of the units in a Westmount apartment complex, leaving about 50 people homeless and two firefighters injured.

Friends and family of Robert Dziekanski say they are offended by an animation posted on YouTube

VANCOUVER -- An engineer's report says the damage that brought down the giant fabric dome of BC Place Stadium a year ago could have been prevented

A former Saskatchewan NDP cabinet minister has officially been selected to run as a Liberal candidate in one of four byelections to be held on March 17.

Barak Obama & Mike Huckabee captured the Iowa caucuses last night...

A violent home invasion east of Calgary early Thursday morning has left one of the suspects dead.

CALGARY, Alberta - The Calgary Flames' scoring duo of Jarome Iginla and Kristian Huselius were too much for the New York Rangers.

DENVER - Steven Reinprecht didn't fight the switch. If Phoenix coach Wayne Gretzky wanted to move him off the Shane Doan line, Reinprecht wasn't going to complain.

DETROIT - In a battle of the best of the west, the Red Wings made beating the Stars look easy. Dan Cleary had a goal and an assist to lift Detroit to a 4-1 win over the Dallas Stars on Wednesday night in a matchup of the top two teams in the Western C

NEWARK, N.J. - The New Jersey Devils finally found the net in an opening period. Jamie Langenbrunner and Noah Clarke scored first-period goals to spark the Devils to a 3-2 win over the Florida Panthers on Wednesday night. The Devils had gone eight str

The Ottawa Senators have assigned winger Nick Foligno to Binghamton of the American Hockey League.

ANAHEIM, Calif. - The Anaheim Ducks have been treading water for half a season. If they are going to make any kind of a move toward the playoffs, they know now is the time.

CHICAGO - The decline of former NHL rookie of the year Sergei Samsonov continued Wednesday when the Chicago Blackhawks assigned the forward to the Rockford IceHogs of the American Hockey League.

ST. LOUIS - Dustin Penner was in the right place at the right time for the Edmonton Oilers.

Team Canada coach Craig Hartsburg has decided to start Steve Mason in goal Friday against the United States in the semifinals of the world junior hockey championship (Friday at 1:30pm et/10:30am pt on TSN and TSN.ca).

A giant map of British Columbia, left over from a failed tourist attraction, has found a new home.

The community-based investors group that owns the Edmonton Oilers is ready to reject a fourth bid by billionaire Daryl Katz to buy the NHL team.

Despite their best efforts, a P.E.I. couple has been unable to determine what they saw falling out of the sky on Boxing Day.