NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 06-2008

On 30 June 2008 Microsoft ended Windows XP. Protests and petitions have not helped, today an era of operating systems development came to it's end. Windows XP Home Edition and Professional Edition was made available to the public on 31 december 2001. Tod

"We appear to be riding high due to global demand for our resources, but this is not a sustainable course for our country," she said.

Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer, a Democrat. "We have an energy crisis in this county and maybe the only reliable trading partner that we have in this country is my neighbours, my friends in Alberta."

The French do it again lmao

The project forms the centerpiece of the Saudi plan to increase the total amount of oil it can produce to 12.5 million barrels per day by the end of 2009 -- up from a little more than 11 million barrels per day now.

Gatineau man unarmed when officers opened fire from just four feet away, family says

Canada is the only nation in the world that allows its private citizens to play a direct role in immigration.

VIENNA, Austria - Fernando Torres scored the lone goal in the 33rd minute to give Spain a 1-0 win over Germany in the European Championship final

METRO VANCOUVER - Staff at the Greater Vancouver Zoo have not had a good year, and that year just got a lot worse. Still dealing with the tragic death of Jocko the Spider Monkey, and the unsolved theft of his mate, the Aldergrove facility was dealt an

Four Albertans, including Mount Royal College IT director Doug Dunwoody, have died in motorcycle crashes along one stretch of Montana highway, prompting a call of concern from an emergency room physician who worries this is just a sign of more to come.

A five-year-old girl suffering from a rare genetic disorder departed from Vancouver, B.C. by Medivac to her home in Louisville, Ky. on Friday evening after two airlines prevented her from boarding a flight to China, where she was to receive an experimenta

OTTAWA -- Rick Hillier brought a refreshing bluntness to the country's top military job, but his true legacy may be that he re-introduced Canadians to their soldiers and instilled a pride in both.

Call it radical anti-comedy, call it mind-bogglingly self-unawareness, or call it a bit of fun, but a couple from Kelowna, B.C. have became Internet sensations after putting a home "movie" on YouTube.

MEYRIN, Switzerland -- The most powerful atom-smasher ever built could make some bizarre discoveries, such as invisible matter or extra dimensions in space, after it is switched on in August.

Shortly after President Robert Mugabe was sworn in for a sixth term in a discredited runoff vote, Canada announced measures to restrict its relationship with Zimbabwe.

The Canadian Human Rights Commission has dismissed a Muslim group's complaint against Maclean's magazine.

Stephen Harper found himself in a fist-fight against women in Toronto's streets Saturday -- and thousands cheered the pugilists on.

AUSTELL, Ga. - Cobb County police are investigating a death at Six Flags over Georgia in which a teen-age boy reportedly was decapitated, according to WXIA television in Atlanta.

The Telegraph has learned that the former president's rage is still so great that even loyal allies are shocked by his patronising attitude to Mr Obama, and believe that he risks damaging his own reputation by his intransigence.

Step-by-step, kilometre-by-kilometre a Calgary imam is getting a unique perspective of our country in his multi-faith walk against violence.

DRUMHELLER -- His victims' families called him a monster but a man who was sentenced yesterday for kidnapping a six-year-old boy is also a victim, said the judge presiding over the case.

The Brits have a reputation for being prim and proper. But a number of experienced coppers relocating from the U.K. to work for Calgary's police force say their homeland has nothing on this city when it comes to civility.

GRANDE PRAIRIE -- A family doctor is facing charges of sexual assault and assault against patients - including children - after police raided his office.

A motorist who killed a cyclist with her car door as he rode along a Toronto street is facing a charge that carries the same $110 fine riders face for not having a bell on their bike.

A coalition of environmental groups has launched another attack on the Alberta oilsands, this time targeting the meeting of U.S. western governors which begins Sunday in Jackson Hole, Wyo.

A B.C. woman has turned to the internet in the hope of arranging a kidney swap to aid her ailing husband.

A window of opportunity appears to have closed for a five-year-old girl, who is suffering from a rare genetic disorder after Air Canada failed to allow her to board a flight to China, where she hoped to recieve an experimental stem cell treatment that may

Canadians who get behind the wheel while under the influence of drugs will face tougher consequences and will no longer be able to refuse roadside drug tests when new laws kick-in next week.

Canadians are more likely than Americans to think NAFTA has been bad for their country, while the economy and the soaring cost of fuel have become top issues on both sides of the border, according to a new poll.

OTTAWA -- A public inquiry into the Bernier-Couillard affair is imperative now that the former foreign affairs minister says he can't remember leaving classified documents at his ex-girlfriend's home, Liberal Leader Stephane Dion says.

Five tornadoes touched down in Manitoba Friday, dumping heavy rain and causing havoc in the southern part of the province.

He noted that the Liberals are facing a provincial election next May. Mr. Campbell and his party will be seeking a third consecutive term, and the Premier has warned supporters that a loss of seven seats could plunge the party into opposition.

The premier also criticized a website set up by Greenpeace, saying that it misinformed people about Alberta.

By the time qualifying was over, after 21 more cars had taken time trials on a cooler racetrack, Sorenson was a sixth-place memory, and another Dodge driver, rookie Patrick Carpentier, had claimed the top-starting spot for Sunday's Lenox Industrial Tools

"It's a corrupted ploy," lamented Quebec City resident Raymonde Gingras.

Harper said that he may be prepared to announce sanctions against the African nation and encouraged other nations to pressure Robert Mugabe's regime.

Canada should lower barriers to foreign investment in telecommunications, uranium mining and air transport, and lift a ban on domestic bank mergers, an expert panel commissioned by the government said on Thursday. In a report that was prompted by wid

OMG! What is that on my car's license plate? That's the question asked by 10,000 drivers who registered their vehicles in North Carolina last year and got registrations starting with "WTF."

Oil prices rose above $142 US a barrel on Friday as investors continued to pour into commodities.

CALGARY - John Hufnagel's Calgary Stampeders have already accomplished something they couldn't do all of last season - beat the B.C. Lions.

HAMILTON - A triumphant return by Anthony Calvillo made Marc Trestman's CFL head coaching debut a successful one.

While discussions on tax heat up before July 1 start, a new poll says voters are most worried about fuel prices

Under the Liberal proposal, a carbon tax would be slapped on fossil fuels, meaning higher costs for individuals, homeowners and businesses.

and he's taking that message to the Calgary Stampede next weekend.

The Mexican Consulate in Vancouver has sent an official diplomatic note expressing concerns about the detention and deportation of 80 Mexican nationals from Vancouver International Airport on Monday, CBC News has learned.

The end of an era; a fresh beginning; good riddance -- whatever you think of Bill's final day at Microsoft, it's impossible to deny that his tenure there helped forever re-shape not just technology, but the world as we know it.

Sandra Buckler, Prime Minister Stephen Harper's controversial communications director, has resigned.

Canada's top court on Thursday slammed the nation's spy agency for destroying files in a terrorism case, but refused to quash proceedings against the target of its investigation.

A woman died in a police holding cell in Prince George early Thursday morning, the RCMP says.

This past school year, from inside his disc jockey booth, he tracked the migration patterns of nightclubbers, how the music moves people either to dance or belly up to the bar. "It's not social manipulation," insists Fox, 23, who graduated from Queen'

British fashion designer Vivienne Westwood employed Roma "gypsies" as runway models to showcase her spring 2009 menswear collection this week in Milan.

Dion said his decision not to topple the Conservatives should not be viewed as a show of support for the government, but a strategic move to await a more opportune time for a campaign than the dog days of summer.

Taft has been mulling his political future since the March 3 election, when his party took a beating at the hands of the Conservatives. He had pledged to make a decision by the end of June on whether or not to remain leader.

Maxime Bernier says he had no idea about Julie Couillard's past until the scandal broke, and suggested the sensitive nature of documents he forgot at her home may have been exaggerated.

In the wake of political violence gripping Zimbabwe, Queen Elizabeth has stripped Robert Mugabe of his honorary knighthood, an extremely rare move by the British monarchy.

The singer and poet alluded to his long absence in a line that has been well publicized but still drew howls of laughter. "I haven't been on a stage here in 14 or 15 years," he deadpanned before easing into a tender and soulful arrangement of Ain't No

David Emerson has been officially shifted to his new role as Canada's foreign affairs minister following the removal of Maxime Bernier, who was forced to resign over a recent scandal.

Statistics Canada says federal, provincial, territorial and local governments racked up a combined surplus of $28.1 billion last year, the fourth year in a row that the black ink has totalled more than $20 billion.

Alaska State Troopers used lights and sirens to apprehend a North Pole man suspected of driving under the influence after he allegedly led them on a slow-speed chase that covered several lawns.

The Alberta government ended the 2007-2008 fiscal year with a surplus of $4.6 billion, according to figures released Tuesday. The figure is about twice the size projected during the spring budget in 2007.

Many British viewers found an ad for Heinz Deli Mayo that showed two men kissing too saucy for primetime television.

Some Toronto restaurants will soon be displaying a new decal in their windows as part of a city-wide public health initiative to erase the stigma associated with breastfeeding in public places.

Jailed pop singer Gary Glitter, serving a three-year term in a Vietnamese prison for child molestation, said he would continue with his unfinished album when freed, state media said. Glitter -- real name Paul Francis Gadd -- was sentenced in March 2006

A 61-year-old man checked in, passed Singapore immigration control and flew to Vietnam on holiday using his 39-year-old son's passport, a newspaper reported Tuesday. Ang Heng Soon grabbed his son's passport by mistake when he left home in a hurry on

Experts say they're not surprised 12-year-old fought father's punishment in court

Hailing it as a big step forward, a biologist at the University of Western Ontario has isolated the selfish gene.

An Ontario man died Monday after a Taser incident involving Ontario Provincial Police, the force said in a media release. The Special Investigations Unit, a civilian agency that investigates incidents involving police in which people are hurt or killed

Investigators say a young girl was in a state of shock after her father attacked his ex-girlfriend and a 20-year-old man who eventually died after a violent melee that was linked to a love triangle. Police say the girl's father, Martin Bedard, late

An Ontario man died Monday after a Taser incident involving Ontario Provincial Police, the force said in a media release.

Vancouver police are trying to track down two men alleged to have taken part in the kidnapping of a young man 10 days ago.

A man from White Rock who was reported missing nearly two weeks ago has apologized for the trouble he caused when he left the country without telling anyone.

A woman who says she was hurt by her thong panties when a metal clip flew off and hit her in the eye has sued Victoria's Secret, saying in a TV interview on Thursday that the injury caused her "excruciating pain."

There are all sorts of ways to deal with rising gas prices and public transportation needs, and Montreal is getting in the game with what they're calling the Public Bike System. Utilizing a central inventory and check-out website, solar-powered docking s

"Canadians overwhelmingly prefer Barack Obama, the presumptive Democratic nominee, to John McCain, the Republicans' choice, as the next president of the United States," John Ibbitson noted Saturday in his Globe essay The U.S. candidates in Canadian eye

Canada is already the world's eighth largest exporter of oil, and the third largest exporter of natural gas - an enviable position when prices are skyrocketing and widely expected to stay high.

The duo of Meaghan Benfeito of Montreal and Roseline Filion of Laval, Que., earned an Olympic berth in women's synchronized diving by winning the event at the national trials on Saturday in Saanich, B.C

Starting Monday residents outside of Metro Vancouver will have less than two months to get used to punching in 10 digits to make local phone calls.

The Conservative government is facing criticism for using the personal income-tax information of more than 500 sitting federal judges during salary negotiations.

And what will they think of us in Ontario? Oh, they'll titter and tut-tut in Toronto and we just won't be able to bear the shame. We'll be a laughing stock in the centre of the universe. Oh my.

Gus the dog has three legs, one eye and no hair, except for a white tuft on the top of his head. He's a real winner.

"When a big person enters a business meeting that person is immediately respected," Provost explains. "And women feel secure with large burly men.

ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. - Scott Kalitta died Saturday when his Funny Car crashed and burst into flames during the final round of qualifying for the Lucas Oil NHRA SuperNationals at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park.

TORONTO -- Liberal Leader Stephane Dion has scolded Stephen Harper over his criticism of the Liberals' so-called green shift, challenging the prime minister Saturday to an "adult'' debate on the issue

BAGHDAD -- An Iraqi-Canadian translator goes on trial before a U.S. military court Sunday for allegedly stabbing a fellow contractor in the first such military prosecution since the Vietnam War.

After being swept in Milwaukee by the Brewers and losing five straight games, the Toronto Blue Jays have fired manager John Gibbons, coaches Marty Pevey, Ernie Whitt and Gary Denbo

KELLY LAKE, B.C. -- This tiny northeastern B.C. community is garnering attention throughout Western Canada after its members set up a blockade at the junction of two highways just outside the community

Ken Hauck survived a deadly ride on the wild side, colliding with a grizzly that sprinted towards his motorcycle, sending him soaring in the air and landing on a highway near Lake Louise.

A Texas oil tycoon, who was being honoured at a University of Calgary luncheon for a past gift, surprised everyone when he announced he's donating $25 million to brain research at the school

NEW YORK -- Michael Stipe thinks the music video is a "dead medium" -- but the R.E.M. singer still wants the band's songs to be accompanied by some kind of visuals.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper is warning Canadians that the newly released Liberal carbon tax plan will "screw everybody across the country."

If you haven't yet had your fill of Julie Couillard, you'll soon be able to read all about the bombshell in a new book.

A London, Ont. man is looking to clear his name of a crime that his lawyers say Canada's most notorious killer, Paul Bernardo, confessed to commiting in a 2006 police interview.

MONTREAL -- A Belgian man and a smitten 13-year-old girl planned to settle in an Amish community in Ontario where they believed no one would question their 20-year age difference, a courtroom heard Friday

A U.S-backed pipeline would be an inviting target for the Taliban and al Qaeda operatives in Afghanistan, and the planned project would run directly through Kandahar, the volatile region that Canada has promised to defend through 2011.

The Toronto Maple Leafs are trying to encourage Mats Sundin to decide his playing future before July 1. The Montreal Canadiens have been granted permission by the Maple Leafs to speak to Sundin's agent J.P. Barry about the possibility of the 37-year-o

But Poitras, who has a learning disability, gave the wrong answer to the skill-testing math question contest winners are required by law to answer.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper made the announcement in Regina, saying cadets will immediately start earning the money for the duration of their 24-week training period.

As expected, the Ottawa Senators have parted ways with Ray Emery, placing the goaltender on waivers.

They aren't the heaviest newborn twins on record, but they certainly tip the scales.

A Minnesota man is calling it a rude awakening.

If the new Russian professional hockey league has its way, the National Hockey League career of Hart Trophy candidate Evgeni Malkin will be pretty short.

Kamloops bylaw officers were kept hopping yesterday after a complaint of a kangaroo on the loo\se in Upper Sahali Wednesday night.

The airport in Kelowna, B.C., will be the first in Canada to test a new type of passenger scanner that creates a three-dimensional virtually nude image of people.

Lusting after a pair of Christian Louboutins but can't afford the freight

Dispensing physical perfection with the click of a mouse, the digital photo retoucher is changing the way fashion does business