NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 10-2008

The family of a man beheaded on a Greyhound bus held a vigil at the Manitoba legislature Thursday night to push for tougher legislation for mentally ill people found not criminally responsible for their actions.

A recount has been ordered in a Vancouver riding narrowly won by Liberal Ujjal Dosanjh in Tuesday's election.

SEOUL, South Korea - A South Korean cargo ship seized off the coast of Somalia more than a month ago has been freed along with its 22 crew members

TORONTO - As many as 93 people in Ontario could be afflicted with a potentially deadly strain of E. coli linked to a popular fast-food restaurant, health authorities reported Thursday.

MADRID, Spain - Former dictator Gen. Francisco Franco waged a systematic campaign to kill off political opponents during and after the Spanish Civil War, a judge said Thursday

An attempted murder charge has been laid after a cop found a man and a woman having sex in a car which then allegedly mowed the officer down.

WASHINGTON -- Autumn temperatures in the Arctic are at record levels, the Arctic Ocean is getting warmer and less salty as sea ice melts, and reindeer herds appear to be declining, researchers reported Thursday.

LONDON - Millvina Dean was only two months old when she was wrapped in a sack and lowered into a lifeboat from the doomed Titanic. Now 96, the last survivor of the tragic sinking is selling mementoes of the disaster to help pay her nursing home fees.

Some aboriginal people and Catholics hope a northern B.C. First Nations woman will be elevated to sainthood, nearly 60 years after she was buried near a former Prince George residential school.

The Vancouver Canucks reach the midway point of their six-game road trip on Thursday night against the defending Stanley Cup champion Detroit Red Wings.

As Canadians prepare for another flu season, infectious disease experts are sticking with recommending widespread vaccination despite a study suggesting its benefits may have been overstated

A strong 6.5-magnitude earthquake hit the southern Mexican state of Chiapas on Thursday afternoon, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.

Despite a 4-1 win over the Phoenix Coyotes on Wednesday, Denis Savard's tenure as the coach of the Chicago Blackhawks has come to an end.

A 13-year-old boy shot in the head with a pellet gun in Surrey, B.C., died after his parents made the agonizing decision to take him off life support early Thursday morning,

A second explosion has occurred along an EnCana pipeline 50 km southeast of Dawson Creek, B.C

If you're learning CPR it may be a good idea to break out the bell bottoms and platform shoes.

Transport Canada and police are investigating a complaint that a WestJet pilot was hit in the eye with a green laser beam while his plane was taking off from the Calgary airport, CBC News has learned.

NAKONEY, Afghanistan - Canada's military exit strategy from Afghanistan sprawls on tarps spread out over the desert dust just outside this village southwest of Kandahar

SEOUL, South Korea - A South Korean cargo ship seized off the coast of Somalia more than a month ago has been freed along with its 22 crew members.

Canada's coming-of-age First World War drama came home to Calgary on Wednesday. Passchendaele, Paul Gross's estimated $20-million drama originally inspired by stories told to him by his ex-soldier grandfather, had its Calgary gala premiere screening We

EDMONTON - Edmonton police shot one pit bull and Tasered another in a residential area in northeastern Edmonton on Wednesday night.

Researchers at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory say they have developed a new technique in the search for dark matter, the invisible substance or group of substances that make up a large percentage of the universe.

The RCMP are conducting an internal review into a decision to fund research that raised questions about Vancouver's supervised injection site.

Police in Prince George, B.C., say a suspicious package that was found in a downtown store over the weekend was a fully functional bomb that fortunately failed to explode.

New voting rules are being blamed in part for the low number of Canadians who went to the polls in Tuesday's election. Only 59.1 per cent of those eligible voted -- possibly the lowest turnout in the country's history.

A 13-year-old boy is not expected to survive after being shot in the head Tuesday by a pellet gun in the backyard of a house in Surrey, B.C., police said.

A shortage of diesel fuel is stalling truckers in Western Canada, where some fill-up stations are rationing the amount they will sell.

BEETON, Ont. -- An Ontario Provincial Police detachment said Wednesday that prank phone calls related to the upcoming release of the horror movie "Saw 5" have caused concern for some citizens.

Newly exposed parts of Tiktaalik roseae - an exquisitely preserved fossil uncovered in the Canadian Arctic in 2006 - are revealing how the first creatures managed to walk out of the ancient seas on to land.

NEW WESTMINSTER - A media lawyer appeared in court Wednesday to try to get a ban on publication lifted on exhibits filed last year at the trial of serial killer Robert (Willie) Pickton

Fading optimism about the U.S. economy coupled with credit-crunched consumer spending pummeled North American stock markets Wednesday.

A Thai police sergeant charged in the shooting death of a Calgary man was remanded into custody Wednesday

A group that includes two-time NBA MVP Steve Nash submitted a bid Wednesday for a Major League Soccer franchise in Vancouver, while the family of Liverpool co-owner George Gillett applied for a team in Montreal.

Three Canadian soldiers have been wounded in an improvised explosive device blast during a foot patrol in a volatile district of Afghanistan west of Kandahar City

Calgary is rolling out the red carpet for Passchendaele, a First World War drama with significant Alberta pedigree.

Premier Gordon Campbell says B.C. will have a stronger voice in Ottawa following the federal election on Tuesday, and he isn't worried about any differences he has with Prime Minister Stephen Harper over the carbon tax.

Having secured a stronger minority government in Tuesday's general election, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced on Wednesday a six-point plan to deal with the stormy financial waters threatening Canada's economy.

Apparently so.... and the last one BLOWS me away! ;-)

TORONTO - A global credit bailout and rising commodity prices sent Canadian stock prices and the loonie roaring higher Tuesday as investors turned an emphatic thumbs-up on a joint U.S. and European plan to inject hundreds of billions of dollars into the w

Breast cancer may worsen in some women who drink four or more cups of coffee a day, but consuming coffee and other caffeinated beverages doesn't seem to increase the overall risk of getting malignant breast cancer, researchers say.

CALGARY -- Placing his genitals on the face of a passed out minor wasn't simply a prank, a judge said yesterday in jailing a former Calgary man.

Roberto Luongo has rarely been the legend of the fall. It's no secret that he's been a slow starter throughout his career which is why his stat line after three games is hardly cause for panic.

Twenty-one students from China are caught in academic limbo in a central Newfoundland town after their flight classes were halted months ago without explanation

An investment consortium led by Kuwaiti Islamic investment bank Bayt Al Mal Investments will bring a major motor-sport, entertainment and commercial complex to the Niagara region of Ontario

Surfing the web improves brain function in middle-aged and older adults, new research suggests -- good news for a segment of the population that must deal with age-related weakening of brain activity.

Two Winnipeg paramedics have been charged with communicating for the purposes of prostitution while on the job

Tuesday's federal poll revealed an electorate that seemed apathetic in terms of who should lead the country, with voter turnout appearing to be the lowest in the history of Confederation

Tories were elected in 14 of the province's 36 ridings and leading in nine, while the New Democrats were elected in four and leading in six more. The Liberals held leads in three ridings.

Stephen Harper's Conservatives have made significant gains across the country from the 2006 federal election but failed to gain enough seats to win a majority government, CBC News projects.

Canada's Conservatives held to win the nation's third election in four years, after a global financial meltdown mangled their campaign, according to television projections.

OTTAWA - A Lanark County OPP officer did a double take Sunday when he saw what looked like a child slowly driving toward him on County Road 1, just south of Perth.

A Vancouver court has upgraded charges against a 20-year-old accused of attacking a gay man last month.

DAWSON CREEK, B.C. - Police say a natural gas pipeline in northeast British Columbia that was bombed over the weekend did not rupture.

OTTAWA - The financial markets that rattled the last two weeks of the election campaign with plunging values and doomsday predictions reversed course Tuesday just as Canadians headed to the polls.

David Frost, a former minor hockey coach and National Hockey League player agent, pleaded not guilty Tuesday to four charges of sexual exploitation

The B.C. Supreme Court has struck down a Victoria bylaw aimed at preventing homeless people from setting up tents and sleeping in city parks.

Polls in all the Atlantic provinces have now closed, with voting still underway in other parts of the country

U.S. presidential candidate Ralph Nader is weighing in on Tuesday's Canadian federal election, urging voters to support either of the two parties advocating carbon taxes.

Daimler AG will close its St. Thomas, Ont. truck plant and cut 700 jobs early next year in response to consumers' decreasing demand for heavier vehicles, the company announced Tuesday.

MOSCOW - Russian hockey player Alexei Cherepanov, who collapsed and died during a game, had heart problems and probably should not have been allowed to play, a regional investigator suggested Tuesday.

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - U.S. military successes in Iraq have forced sophisticated and well-trained insurgents to pour into Afghanistan instead, part of the reason violence has spiked in Afghanistan, the Afghan defense minister said Tuesday

The World Wide Web may be a wealth of information but on election day, the Web will go dark. The Canada Election Act outlaws the publishing of election results until every poll across Canada is closed. That means websites, live audio and video streams an

TORONTO - A violent and bloody holiday weekend across the Toronto area claimed at least eight lives.

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Somalia officials say regional government troops have freed a cargo ship hijacked by pirates last week

Alexei Cherepanov may have died due to negligence by paramedics responding to an emergencey call, a Russian lawmaker alleged Tuesday.

After two big wins to start the season, the Vancouver Canucks had nothing for the Washington Capitals on Monday night.

TORONTO - The Canadian dollar regained some of the ground it lost last week, rising more than two cents Tuesday against the U.S. greenback to 87 cents US as prices of commodities around the world jumped.

Aboriginal chiefs across Canada say new voting rules mean thousands of aboriginal people could be discouraged from going to the polls in Tuesday's federal election.

The Canadian military has dropped all charges against Master Cpl. Robbie Fraser in connection with an incident that led to the death of his friend, Master Cpl. Jeffrey Walsh.

The provincial minister responsible for the status of women in Quebec had the fashion industry in her sights as she announced plans to adopt a charter that would call for an end to ultra-thin models on runways and magazine pages.

It was one of those unfortunate technical glitches that eventually bedevils every election campaign, a teleprompter that failed to roll at the start of Stephane Dion's speech to the chamber of commerce here yesterday.

SASKATOON -- At least 7,000 Canadians have made online matches and promises to swap ballots in Tuesday's federal election.

Stephen Harper wrapped up his campaign the way it began, serving the same simple recipe he hopes voters will take away from their Thanksgiving dinner discussions.

The TSX is up by nearly 12 per cent after shooting to a 16 per cent gain at Tuesday's opening bell.

Edmonton police say they are frustrated by a string of alcohol-related crashes.

When Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper called today's election six weeks ago, he complained that opposition calls for more spending were putting the economy at risk, and parliamentary gridlock had stymied his agenda, including longer sentences for cr

Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper will likely be returned to power, despite some gains on the left. Canadians are comfortable with government's role, which makes them shake their heads at America's cowboy capitalism and figures such as Tim Eyman.

It's possible to drink your way to a smaller brain, according to new study that links alcohol consumption with lower total brain volume

.S. stock indexes closed up more than 11 per cent Monday as governments around the world committed trillions to easing the global credit freeze.

A lawyer for a Canadian soldier facing a court martial this week in the shooting of a colleague in Afghanistan two years ago is confident his client will be exonerated.

The Montreal Alouettes quarterback threw for three touchdowns and reached the 5,000-yard passing milestone for the fifth time in his career in a 42-11 victory over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats

Roughriders were easy pickings in Thanksgiving Day rematch

Twelve people on a tour bus were injured Sunday after their vehicle rolled off a road and down an embankment on Blackcomb Mountain in B.C., police said Monday

A body that was found in the waters of Spanish Banks, west of downtown Vancouver, is likely one of three cargo ship sailors reported missing Monday morning, police said.

A new report has cast doubt on the authenticity of a taped conversation which the Liberals say implicates Conservative Leader Stephen Harper in a bribery scandal involving the late MP Chuck Cadman. CTV News reported Monday that two audio experts, hired

OL PEJETA, Kenya -- The text message from the elephant flashed across Richard Lesowapir's screen: Kimani was heading for neighboring farms.

Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Big Brown's racing career is over after injuring his right front foot during a workout at Aqueduct on Monday.

Vancouver Canucks forward Daniel Sedin was named the NHL's first star of the week on Monday.

Somali kidnappers are threatening to kill Canadian journalist Amanda Lindhout and an Australian photographer if a $2.5-million ransom is not paid in 15 days.

New York Ranger prospect Alexei Cherepanov collapsed on the bench at or near the end of Omsk's Kontinental Hockey League game and died a short time later.

Surveys show massive reductions in Fraser River estuary's birds that feed on insects

A rare print of a 396-year-old map of Canada created by French explorer Samuel de Champlain - and billed by Sotheby's as "perhaps the most important single map" in Canadian history - is to be auctioned next month in Britain for up to $80,000.

Coast guard, military, police and immigration officials are searching the waters of English Bay this morning for three Bangladeshi crew members who disappeared from a freighter during the night

PORT ALBERNI - Island Timberlands has put plans on hold to log 7,500 cubic metres of old-growth forest near the border of Cathedral Grove park.

UPDATE: Crews to spend Thanksgiving Monday looking for where transmission line failed, knocking out power to 200,000 homes on south Island

Canadians will elect another minority government, Stephen Harper said Sunday, while admitting his Conservatives may not be the winners of Tuesday's election.

A hunt for asteroids in the night sky has led to an unusual distinction for a University of Calgary researcher -- a comet bearing his name

On a short stretch of Springbank Boulevard in Calgary's southwest, placards touting houses and condos for sale outnumber election signs 13 to 1. Cathy and Vaughan Hensrud have had their two-bedroom condo on the market for nearly as long as the federal

DETROIT (Reuters) - Shares of General Motors Corp jumped almost 18 percent on Monday after reports the No. 1 U.S. automaker had been in merger talks in recent weeks with smaller rivals Ford Motor Co and Chrysler LLC.

LONDON/NEW YORK - Stock markets rejoiced after governments worldwide launched multibillion-dollar bailouts on Monday to shore up banks, and Britain called for a new Bretton Woods agreement to reshape the world financial system.

EDMONTON - Alberta is scrambling to come up with a backup plan to vaccinate girls against a virus that causes cervical cancer as more Catholic school boards opt out over a program they say condones premarital sex.

10 inches of snow here

It's a message that may take time to get through some heads, but Hockey Manitoba wants coaches to immediately start wearing helmets on the ice.

Paleontologists in northern B.C. are poring over rare evidence that the largest dinosaur that ever lived once roamed the province.

Federal party leaders are criss-crossing the country Monday making their final pitches to Canadians before polls open tomorrow.

Prince Charles has turned down an offer to star in the hit BBC series Doctor Who, triggering an angry response from the show's executive producer.

A massive wildfire was burning just north of Los Angeles Monday morning, tearing through mobile homes and industrial buildings and closing down a major freeway during rush hour

The Vancouver Canucks are still buzzing from their come-from-behind 5-4 overtime win against the Flames in Calgary on Saturday

At this time last year we were in Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia. It was the Canadian Thanksgiving weekend, and we stopped to talk with several ladies who were busy decorating their church with a harvest display of pumpkins...

Toronto moms and tots wne head-to-head in a worldwide breastfeeding challenge yesterday

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Somali forces have made an unsuccessful attempt to recapture one of the many ships hijacked off the country's coast.

Few men are required to go into the wilderness these days to get food for Sunday dinner. But it seems they can't shed their hunter-like tendencies when it comes to the Internet, according to Canadian researchers.

KABUL, Afghanistan - The top NATO general in Afghanistan on Sunday rejected the idea that NATO is losing the Afghan war to an increasingly bloody Taliban insurgency

Three grizzly cubs whose mother was destroyed after she mauled a hunter to death in west-central Alberta are on their way to a new home on the weekend

Pope Benedict XVI has given the Roman Catholic church four new saints, including an Indian woman whose canonization is seen as a morale boost to Christians in India.

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