NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 02-2008

OTTAWA - The chief of defence staff says Canadian soldiers cannot avoid combat if they are to remain in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar.

Charges against a group of Toronto drug squad officers have been thrown out. The charges against the six were stayed after the judge agreed trial had been unduly delayed, violating the officers' right to a speedy hearing.

Children at an Edmonton daycare are being forced to wear their snowsuits indoors for hours in near-freezing temperatures due to a dispute with the landlord.

An Innu community in Labrador with a long history of addictions and suicide voted narrowly Thursday evening to ban alcohol on its reserve.

A Markham firm has been sent hopping to yank a Valentine version of the Happy Bunny book series after a mother complained of its "disturbing" messages

As the RCMP continue to investigate if alcohol was a major factor in the deaths of two little girls found frozen to death at the Yellow Quill First Nation in Saskatchewan, local residents say substance abuse is rampant at the reserve.

TORONTO -- k.d. lang has never been one to bow down to convention. The free-spirited performer is known for charting her own course when it comes to her music, her politics, even the way she spells her name.

A panhandlers' rights group in Ottawa is preparing a human rights complaint against the City of Ottawa after it put up a fence to stop them from sleeping in a downtown pedestrian underpass.

MONTREAL -- Former advertising executive Jean Brault, a key player in the federal sponsorship scandal, has reached a deal with the government that will see both sides drop their lawsuits against each other.

The faint sounds of hesitant knocks on his door one recent morning haunt Chief Wally Burns today

P.E.I.'s main power provider says it is making headway in restoring power to thousands of residents who were cut off after an ice storm battered the province this week.

Blast of winter causes flight cancellations and delays at Pearson, school closures and bus cancellations, as well as zero visibility on many roads and highways

Police still don't know who she is, where she came from or why she was left face down and bleeding on the cold concrete of an outdoor stairwell.