NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 10-2008

The B.C. Court of Appeal has ordered a third trial for a woman twice convicted in the shooting death of her estranged husband

The father of a 16-year-old girl who reported being sexually harassed by an older male co-worker at a Superstore wants the grocery chain to take stronger action against the man involved.

CALGARY -- Using her bra to stop the bleeding, a Calgary woman is being credited with helping save the life of a man beaten unconscious outside a southwest nightclub.

A report detailing the cost of Canada's mission in Afghanistan will not be ready for release before the federal election next Tuesday.

Child poverty in Canada is at the same level as it was in 1989, the year Parliament pledged to eliminate the problem by 2000, says a quality-of-life report card released Tuesday.

The tension is increasing among Liberal supporters in Toronto after several voters reported receiving a menacing phone call warning them to take down their political party lawn signs.

TORONTO -- Ontario's health minister says he's willing to consider a call by the Canadian Cancer Society for legislation to regulate tanning facilities.

PARIS -- The Canadian Grand Prix has been dropped from the 2009 Formula One calendar.

TORONTO - Commuters will be greeted by lower gasoline prices Tuesday morning thanks to another drop in oil prices.

These numbers look too good to overcome...

small asteroid was headed for a fiery but harmless dive into Earth's atmosphere early Tuesday morning over Africa, astronomers said in a first-of-its-kind advance notice.

The oldest-known tracks of a creature apparently using legs have been discovered in rock dated to 570 million years ago in what was once a shallow sea in Nevada.

The Canadian dollar, along with all major currencies except the Japanese yen, continued to fall sharply against the U.S. greenback Monday as the arrival of the global financial crisis in Europe perversely made the U.S. situation look almost stable.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Three European scientists shared the 2008 Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for separate discoveries of viruses that cause AIDS and cervical cancer, breakthroughs that helped doctors fight the deadly diseases.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - A suspected rebel suicide bomber has blown himself up inside a crowded opposition party office in northern Sri Lanka, killing a former army general and 26 others.

A pair of earthquakes struck Tibet on Monday, killing at least 30 people, according to China's official Xinhua News Agency.

The death toll has risen to 72 in a powerful earthquake that levelled a village in Kyrgyzstan

North American stock markets plunged again Monday, driven by economic doubts and concern about the $700-billion US bailout of the American financial system.

NATO's military commander wants to draw up plans to protect its newer members - many of them ex-Soviet states - after Russia's invasion of Georgia

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has asked Japan and NATO allies who have refused to send troops to Afghanistan to pay the estimated $17 billion needed to build up the Afghan army

The Earth is an increasingly bleak place for animals, according to a massive global study that concludes a quarter of the 5,487 wild mammal species on the planet are threatened with extinction

Prostitutes in the Dutch city of Eindhoven are to be awarded "credits" in return for good behaviour under a new scheme to encourage them to abandon the oldest profession.

A city waitress says she was forced to repay money stolen from the restaurant's till by two thieves, and then lost her job after she complained. Kathy Nesbitt, 50, was enraged when she lost her job at Smitty's at Manning Crossing after filing a complaint

CALGARY - Public-panel hearings begin Monday in a long-running battle between energy bosses and environmentalists - or EnCana and the entomologist - over whether the Canadian oil and gas giant can drill 1,275 new gas wells in a grasslands national wildlif

A Canadian soldier injured in a blast Sunday has been identified as Cpl. Michael Farrah, 23.

Beluga whale tastes best with soy sauce, says Tocasie Burke, manager of Inuktitut affairs in Nunavut.

Cody Hodgson is unsure of his immediate future with the Vancouver Canucks, but the rookie's future looks bright.

Canada's venerable penny now costs more than a cent to make, according to secret documents obtained by Canwest News Service.

Nobody is laughing now. When Pavol Demitra boldly suggested that linemate Mason Raymond had the potential to evolve into a Marian Gaborik clone, it raised some eyebrows and got the odd chuckle

Windmills may be an environmentally friendly alternative energy source but they also cause debilitating health problems, say people who live near them.

LONDON - Ted Briggs, the last survivor of the Second World War sinking of the British battle cruiser HMS Hood, has died. He was 85

A man accused of setting a house fire in 2006 that killed five people, including three young children, was found guilty of first-degree murder Sunday.

Shouting "Omar in, Harper Out," close to a hundred protesters rallied outside Toronto's U.S. consulate Sunday to demand that Canada bring Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr home.

NDP Leader Jack Layton says Canadians should show "Stephen Harper the door" rather than give him a majority government because he didn't help working families as prime minister.

The Conservatives have softened their position on talking with the Taliban after a British general said that Western forces will never win against insurgents and negotiations may be necessary.

ROME -- Pope Benedict opened a major Vatican meeting on Sunday by decrying a modern culture so devoid of faith that some people were declaring God 'dead' and entire nations were losing their identity

EDMONTON -- A woman called Hobbema RCMP Saturday afternoon saying people were being shot at. Then the line went dead

KATHMANDU -- Three skydivers made the first ever parachute jump over Mount Everest on Sunday, organizers and participants said, culminating years of preparation

VANCOUVER -- Experts are welcoming a study that suggests the pine beetles devastating large tracts of North American forests could be a treasure trove of new antibiotics

Thousands of homes lost power on Vancouver Island yesterday in winds and rains that kept Hydro crews hopping.

They are armed to the teeth, ruthless and desperate, but claim to adhere to their own code of conduct. They have grown so powerful that they threaten to cut a vital trade route, and fearful merchants are crying out for naval escorts.

A 16-year-old stabbed in a brazen downtown brawl remained in hospital yesterday but is expected to survive.

A Toronto man who brutally shook to death his six-month-old son has won a new hearing after a five-year battle to block his deportation to Guyana.

Sitting idle, the Taser Shockwave looks like a waist-high rack of square green teeth. But press a button, and those teeth--six electrified cartridges tethered by 25-foot wires--shoot out in a 20-degree arc. Inch-long probes emitting 50,000 volts of electr

A small Vancouver Island computer school is battling for its identity after computing giant Apple threatened to sue, arguing the two companies' logos are too similar.

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan - The Taliban are unusually angry about the latest suspected U.S. missile strike in Pakistan, a sign a top militant may have died in the attack

Russian troops began dismantling checkpoints in Georgia on Sunday in compliance with a ceasefire agreement reached last August, European Union ceasefire monitors said

Organizers estimate a million people took in Toronto's third annual all-night arts extravaganza, Nuit Blanche, as the city's streets, buildings and public spaces were turned into art galleries for one night only

A Canadian soldier was injured on Sunday when a roadside bomb exploded near an armoured vehicle carrying troops in southern Afghanistan

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The United States military's Northern Command, formed in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks, is dedicating a combat infantry team to deal with catastrophes in the U.S., including terrorist attacks and natural disasters

Western forces in Afghanistan will never be able to win the war against insurgents and may need to include the Taliban in any long-term solution, Britain's senior commander in the country says in a report

There were plenty of fireworks Saturday night at Edmonton's Commonwealth Stadium, just not the kind some Canadian Football League fans were anticipating

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats have finally beaten a team other than the Toronto Argonauts

VANCOUVER - There's green to be made clipping and trimming the green leaves in British Columbia's marijuana industry

Brandon Dubinsky scored on the power play with just under six minutes left in the third period to lift the New York Rangers past the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 in the first game of the 2008-09 NHL regular season

Too many penalties, too many giveaways, soft goaltending

Despite a mild flu season in the southern hemisphere, experts can't predict exactly what flu season will be like in the northern hemisphere -- including Canada.

Police are trying to identify the body of a man who was hit by a car and then dragged for six kilometres under a bus along two B.C. highways on Friday night

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - As rifle fire echoed from the nearby practice range, soldiers lined up Saturday night at a remote operating base in Afghanistan to cast ballots in advance polling for the Oct. 14 federal election.

A reported attack on a woman in Edson, Alberta, just days after 14-year-old Emily Stauffer was murdered, didn't actually happen, say the RCMP.

OTTAWA - A new poll suggests the Conservatives are sliding further away from majority territory while the NDP are closing in on second in the wake of the two leaders debates.

The Calgary parents of a 10-month-old blind baby are heading to China in the hopes stem cell therapy will give him some sight.

The mother of a single 28-year-old Guelph, Ont., man who just won a $35.3M jackpot says she plans on screening any potential dates first.

Interest in tickets for the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver and Whistler appeared to be strong on Friday, the first day they're up for sale.

The mother of a Quebec boy who said he was reprimanded at school because of his eating habits held a press conference on Thursday claiming the province's human rights commission was "racially insensitive" in rejecting her son's complaint.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- U.S. prosecutors filed a new complaint Friday against a Canadian man less than two hours after a judge dismissed the indictment in the slaying of an indigenous Canadian woman 32 years ago

Exactly 13 years after being acquitted on charges he killed his ex-wife and another man, a jury in Las Vegas has found O.J. Simpson guilty of robbing two sports-memorabilia dealers.

The Calgary Stampeders will compete in the Canadian Football League playoffs for a fourth consecutive season, but gaining a bye to the West final is far from a sure thing

The decision was made after angry fans hurled beer cans at the B.C. Lions during a game two weeks ago. The shower of aluminum briefly led to Lions' players and coaches finding refuge on the playing field as opposed to their traditional sideline space

BEIJING - Everyone needs some chicken soup for the soul - even pandas

A senior Taliban officer is spurning calls for negotiation from Afghanistan's government, calling President Hamid Karzai a U.S. "puppet" amid rumblings that peace talks could be in the offing

As tickets for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games officially went on sale Thursday night, the Vancouver organizing committee says its legal team is looking into a Winnipeg travel company allegedly selling tickets to the Games that it does not have

The B.C. Lions remained in the hunt for top spot in the West Division and clinched a playoff berth with a 24-20 victory over the Toronto Argonauts

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - Great Lakes water cannot be diverted to thirsty areas elsewhere in the United States and abroad under an agreement signed Friday by U.S. President George W. Bush.

Injuries suffered by two captured Taliban fighters two years ago were not intentionally inflicted by Canadian military police officers, the investigative branch of the Canadian Forces said Friday

The U.S. Navy has confirmed the wreckage of a sunken vessel found last year off the Aleutians Islands is that of the USS Grunion, which disappeared during the Second World War.

Viewers are about to begin voting on which of five songs they think should be the new "Hockey Night in Canada" theme.

Economists had expected a more modest 105,000 decline in nonfarm payrolls, according to Bloomberg, though they were on target with unemployment expectations, with the rate holding steady at 6.1% in September.

Watching Joe Biden and Sarah Palin try to out-folksy each other last night sure was fun, as was the governor's blizzard of buzzwords (hockey mom, Joe Sixpack, doggone it, etc.)

The US House of Representatives has voted to pass an amended $700bn government bailout of Wall Street firms in an attempt to deal with a global financial crisis.

Thursday night's federal debate was a study in style as the party leaders strove to appear prime-ministerial while connecting with ordinary Canadians, defending their record and lashing out at their opponents.

The Republican Party has embarked on an aggressive new marketing campaign aimed to change the perceptions of aging Presidential Candidate John McCain.

The Alberta government's $4.7-billion strategy for reducing greenhouse gas emissions is short on crucial details, contains wrong figures and misleading phrases, and could cost taxpayers billions of dollars without any guarantee of results, says the provin

WINDSOR -- A tuberculosis scare broke out in the London area yesterday, as health officials urged passengers who took a Greyhound bus to Windsor on Aug. 31 to get tested for the disease.

TORONTO -- Two young men whose high-speed crash killed a Toronto taxi driver in 2006 were spared jail sentences by the province's highest court yesterday.

OTTAWA - With the fallout from the televised leaders debates still to register, a new poll suggests the Conservatives established a comfortable lead over their Liberal challengers

The parents of a London, Ont., boy who needed brain surgery after a schoolyard incident have launched a lawsuit claiming negligence on the part of school officials, CBC News has learned.

Conservative candidates in Calgary have only a few all-candidates debates scheduled, despite the fact there is less than two weeks left in the campaign leading up to the Oct. 14 federal election.

While pop superstar Elton John entertained a capacity crowd at a downtown St. John's arena, thieves were rocking to their own tune nearby.

We're tracking polls about voter intentions in a federal election, listing polls that break out support for the four main parties: Liberal, Conservative, NDP and Green Party. Dates refer to the date the poll results were published - click "hotlinked" date

Henrik Sedin's goal 39 seconds into the third period gave the Vancouver Canucks a 3-2 victory over the San Jose Sharks in pre-season action Thursday night.

Unfortunately, some people cannot get past race, and, oddly enough, for the most part they are Obama supporters.

Saying the league has a profound responsibility to protect their players from serious injury, CFL Commissioner Mark Cohon announced a new standard of discipline that includes suspensions.

IN October 1962, the US discovered that Soviet warships had installed nuclear missiles in Cuba. The result was the Cold War's most dangerous crisis until the Russians backed down. This November, 46 years later, Russian warships will be back in those same

With production just wrapped on the sixth and final season of Corner Gas (premiering Oct. 13), CTV and The Comedy Network announced today that it has commissioned a pilot for a new scripted half-hour original comedy series from Brent Butt.

Toronto's benchmark stock index closed down more than 800 points Thursday as big fertilizer stocks tanked and investors appeared to take little comfort from the U.S. Senate's vote in favour of a Wall Street bailout

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Sirens announcing Taliban rocket attacks have sent thousands of soldiers and civilians at the headquarters of Canada's Afghan mission scurrying to shelters six times over the past eight days.

Pittsburgh Penguins tough guy Paul Bissonnette is ready to go with anyone in the NHL, and his four fights in three pre-season games helps prove the point.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid Thursday repudiated comments he made a day ago suggesting that a major insurance company is about to declare bankruptcy.

NHL tough guy Sean Avery reopened his feud with Don Cherry this week by stating the CBC commentator knows next to nothing about hockey.

Canadian sailors formed human chains with Haitians to pass heavy bags of food up to a waiting warship for delivery to towns stranded by hurricanes that caused massive flooding in the Caribbean nation.

Maps marking key grizzly habitats will be released today by the Alberta government as a prominent bear biologist says the population count of the iconic animal has fallen far short of original hopes.

An Australian tourist was bitten by a black bear after a crowd gathered in Whistler Village to snap pictures

Former Liberal candidate Lesley Hughes is expected to announce Thursday that she'll run as an Independent in Manitoba's Kildonan-St. Paul riding.

The iconic Sam the Record Man sign in downtown Toronto will be turned on one last time for the city's overnight Nuit Blanche festival.

A Chinese immigrant who protested at a P.E.I. government office Wednesday, saying the province owed him money under the provincial nominee program, was handed a cheque Thursday morning.

Alberta's highest court has dismissed a Crown appeal of an Edmonton-area teenager's acquittal of dangerous driving causing death.

The Ontario Provincial Police arrested a Windsor, Ont., woman and her daughter on Wednesday on charges of stealing her husband's winning multimillion-dollar lottery ticket.

The Conservatives are continuing to see growth in their support in Ontario and B.C., while the Bloc continues to gain ground in Quebec, largely at the expense of the Liberals.

Police have confirmed that wreckage found in eastern California is of the plane that adventurer Steve Fossett piloted when he disappeared more than a year ago.

The symptoms of Internet addiction are stark but the causes elusive: a teenager begins gaming on the Internet in the early evening and is still feverishly pecking away when the sun comes up

Authorities have found the plane Steve Fossett was flying when he disappeared last year, but they have not found the millionaire adventurer's body, the Madera County, California, sheriff said Thursday

Jannik Hansen scored two goals as the Vancouver Canucks clobbered the Calgary Flames 6-1 in pre-season action Wednesday night.

WASHINGTON - After one spectacular failure, the $700 billion financial industry bailout found a second life Wednesday, winning lopsided passage in the Senate and gaining ground in the House, where Republicans opposition softened.

WASHINGTON -- The United States and its allies should rush more troops "as quickly as possible" to Afghanistan, the top American commander in that country said Wednesday, warning that fighting there could worsen before it gets better.

The B.C. Crown will ask the Supreme Court of Canada to overturn a ruling that ordered a fourth trial for Kelly Ellard, who was charged with murder in the 1997 death of 14-year-old Reena Virk near Victoria.