NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 12-2008

NEW YORK - Doreen Giuliano was obsessed with saving her son from a life behind bars after he was convicted of murder

An Antarctic cruise ship carrying 122 passengers and crew started to take on water and leak fuel after it ran aground Thursday, an Argentine naval official said.

It's time to deck the halls, and for many families that means picking out, cutting down, or assembling a Christmas tree.

"Hearts as dark as the foul breath of demons from the bottomless pit of hell have prevailed," posted Paul Watson of the Sea Shepherd Society

Even Roberto Luongo would have been hard pressed to salvage a point for the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday night.

Police have recovered the bodies of two Montreal-area men missing after a helicopter carrying four people crashed into a lake in western Quebec on Wednesday night.

Some Tasers deliver a higher level of electricity than the manufacturer promises, reveals a series of tests on 41 stun guns that was commissioned by CBC News and Radio-Canada.

The Dallas Stars' forward apologized Wednesday for comments about his former girlfriend that led to an indefinite suspension from the NHL.

Tough times? Not for Windsor Arms hotel and condo developer George Friedman, who won the live auction at a recent SickKids fundraiser.

Gov. Gen. Michaelle Jean has approved Prime Minister Stephen Harper's request to suspend Parliament, agreeing to put the government on hold until the end of January.

TORONTO -- A child porn offender was sentenced to nearly double the time sought by the Crown after a judge found him a "high" risk to reoffend.

MIAMI - A Florida congresswoman was so determined not to be "punked" that she hung up on the president-elect.

Canadians who spend more time than others on the internet may spend more time alone, but the wide array of social tools available online means these people are far from isolated, according to a Statistics Canada study published Thursday.

A 21-year-old man was taken to an Ottawa hospital Wednesday night after falling from the third level at Scotiabank Place during the Senators' 5-1 win over the Atlanta Thrashers.

With hundreds of amateur meteorite hunters descending on the area around Marsden, Sask., some farmers are being kept hopping dealing with the crowds.

The B.C. Lions announced early Thursday the release of veteran Canadian slotback Jason Clermont

A Liberal MP from Newfoundland and Labrador says he has been approached by federal Conservatives but denies reports he was offered a plum appointment if he should cross the floor.

The political firestorm in Parliament likely led to the burning of a constituency billboard in northern B.C., New Democrat MP Nathan Cullen said Wednesday.

OTTAWA -- A group of families trying to sue the Ontario government and school boards over treatment for children with autism won't get a hearing from the country's top court.

The former governor general who presided over the downfall of the Joe Clark government in 1980 says Governor General Michaelle Jean must not let Prime Minister Stephen Harper "duck a confidence vote."

Rap and pop-rock lead the field of contenders for the 51st Annual Grammy Awards, which will held Feb. 8.

An Edson, Alta., resident has been arrested in the Sept. 27 slaying of 14-year-old Emily Stauffer

In the next few days or weeks, Jean faces a number of decisions that will make her among the most consequential governors general in Canadian history

Prime Minister Stephen Harper's address to the nation in response to the crisis in Ottawa over the failure of the conservative government to hold the confidence of the house. Which has resulted in an unprecedented forming of a coalition of the opposition

There was reason to expect the worst. Who knew we'd end up getting the best?

Sam Mitchell has been fired as head coach of the Toronto Raptors, a day after the team suffered the fifth worst defeat in franchise history, a 132-93 loss to the Denver Nuggets.

OTTAWA -- Almost half of the Canadian junior hockey team's roster is made up of players under the age of 18.

A Canadian spokesperson for the International Security Assistance Force said Wednesday that under a new directive, Afghan soldiers must be involved in all operations by ISAF members.

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - A massive surge in U.S. troops joining the war effort in Afghanistan next year is likely to result in more frequent confrontations with the Taliban, a senior ISAF spokesman warned Wednesday.

Canada risks becoming a dumping ground for plastic toys that have been banned in the U.S. and Europe because they contain a toxic substance that can be dangerous to babies and young children, critics charge

Canadian scientists say they fear avian cholera could put the future of some eider duck colonies in the Arctic in jeopardy.

A B.C. civil liberties group says a proposal to deploy drug-sniffing dogs on Metro Vancouver's SkyTrain system is heavy-handed and possibly unconstitutional

The RCMP have released a series of images that they hope will lead to a break in the investigation into three recent explosions at EnCana natural gas facilities near Dawson Creek in northeastern B.C.

WINNIPEG - A 43-year-old man who died after he was pepper-sprayed during a struggle with RCMP officers in The Pas was killed by a brain hemorrhage, an autopsy has found.

OTTAWA - Stephen Harper is taking his political battle to the airwaves in an effort to turn the public tide against the opposition coalition

OTTAWA -- Office workers hid while colleagues fled out the front doors of a downtown office building yesterday morning when a man in a trench coat, waving a Koran and praying loudly, sparked a terror attack scare.

Canada has signed onto an international treaty to ban cluster bombs, though the U.S. and Russia have declined to join the effort.

OTTAWA -- The whole world is watching and our closest ally - the United States - is worried as Canada goes through a "constitutional psychodrama," Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon said Tuesday.

As the holiday travel season ramps up, Greyhound Canada announced it's begun screening passengers at major terminals with hand-held security wands.

Yukon Premier Dennis Fentie stood firm Tuesday on his opposition to a Liberal-NDP coalition government being proposed in Ottawa, despite calls by other politicians not to meddle in national affairs.

A little girl from Albertville, Sask., who kicked out a pickup truck window following a serious crash and ran a kilometre for help is being hailed as a hero.

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - In what was once a hotbed of Taliban activity, the burka-clad women filed slowly into a local community centre, eager for a rare chance to voice their opinions in a society dominated by men.

The proposed coalition government in Ottawa is causing ripples that have spread all the way out to the west coast.

Experts are divided on the future of Stephen Harper should a proposed Liberal-NDP coalition government take power, even temporarily.

CARACAS, Venezuela - Russian warships have ended training exercises with Venezuela's navy in Moscow's first such Caribbean deployment since the Cold War.

The NHL has suspended Dallas Stars' forward Sean Avery indefinitely, pending a hearing with NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman, and Avery will not be playing in tonight's game against the Calgary Flames.

Saskatchewan's experience with a coalition government could offer some lessons to politicians in Ottawa today, according to a former member of the province's NDP-Liberal alliance

Green Party Leader Elizabeth May confirmed Tuesday that she has had discussions with Liberal Leader Stephane Dion about playing a role in a potential coalition government, which her party supports.

Four people were missing Tuesday as search-and-rescue crews responded to a vessel that had capsized off Newfoundland's southeast coast

A hunter bagged a big buck on the second day of firearms season, but the kill caused him a lot of pain.

Canada's massive oilsands projects are cutting a deadly swath through one of the most valuable avian nurseries left on the planet, wiping out habitat and nesting areas used by millions of birds each year, a new report says.

On December 2, during the honorary navy captain symposium held in Esquimalt, B.C., Honorary Captain(N) Bill Wilson achieved a military milestone by being awarded the 4th Clasp to his Canadian Forces Decoration (CD)

BRUSSELS, Belgium - NATO foreign ministers on Tuesday tackled concerns about combatting pirates off the Somali coast.

Pirates near Somalia chased and shot at a U.S. cruise liner with more than 1,000 people on board but failed to hijack the vessel, a maritime official said Tuesday.

The student council at an Ottawa university has reversed its controversial decision to pull out of an annual fundraiser for the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

The New Brunswick government is investing $600,000 in a Miramichi-based company that builds bomb-resistant armour for military vehicles.

It's all over but the crying into the rum and coke. After a final TV special airing on Sunday and a feature film due out next fall, the Trailer Park Boys franchise is shutting down - pulling the plug on the only major gig its stars have ever had.

WOODSTOCK -- Carbon monoxide poisoning is suspected in the deaths of the husband and two children of an OPP officer, who was clinging to life yesterday in hospital.

OSHAWA -- The knife-wielding madman at the centre of a bloody rampage in Oshawa was a few weeks away from a court appearance to face charges of creating a public disturbance at the Whitby provincial offences offices.

A retired justice of the peace from Vernon, B.C., was secretly recorded by a private detective during a casual conversation in his own home and his words were then successfully used against him in a B.C. court.

Vancouver police say they are investigating a possible hate crime after a 24-year-old man was punched in the face several times for singing Christmas carols.

A challenge from a Sikh minor hockey coach who wears a turban has forced BC Hockey to make exceptions to its mandatory helmet policy.

TORONTO -- In a spectacle held before a sellout crowd and simulcast live in select theatres across Canada on Monday night, an award-winning actress and humanitarian engaged a revered, outspoken general in battle.

Ted Rogers, the 75-year-old founder and CEO of Rogers Communications Inc., died at his home overnight

The Vancouver Canucks lost their third straight game Monday night, falling 3-2 to the Columbus Blue Jackets in Ohio.

The crew on one of Canada's overseas naval ships has found a way to feel more at home: with a little game of road hockey.

A tugboat narrowly avoided sinking after running aground on a reef on the west coast of Vancouver Island on Sunday evening.

Hunters in the Baffin Island community of Pond Inlet continue to cull hundreds of narwhals trapped in the sea ice near their community, as the total number of harvested whales reached 575 over the weekend.

MONTREAL - Hubert "Pit" Martin, a four-time NHL All-Star in the 1960s and '70s, has died after his snowmobile plunged into an icy lake, Quebec provincial police said. He was 64.

Their blades remain sheathed but astonished Conservatives are quietly fuming about the tactical blunder they fear could toss them into opposition. And the blame seems to be landing on the prime minister's doorstep.

The Liberal finance critic, Scott Brison, said Monday morning that corporate tax cuts set to kick in next year would remain in effect as part of a Liberal-NDP coalition government.

In a historic political move, the leaders of the Liberals, NDP and the Bloc Quebecois signed a formal agreement to co-operate as a coalition government Monday afternoon.

Brandon Kozun knew exactly what he was going to do after he pulled the trigger on a Sunday afternoon blizzard at the Pengrowth Saddledome.

Basil Parasiris has filed a $1.5-million lawsuit claiming damages against both Laval police and Quebec justice officials.

OTTAWA - There is no quick test to determine when a sick economy crosses the line from slump to deep recession to even depression, but Canadians will know if it happens.

VENICE, Italy -- Water in Venice has risen to its highest level in more than 20 years, leaving much of the Italian city under floods and forcing residents and tourists to wade through knee-high water.

A severed jugular vein in the neck of Brock Badger goalie Kurt Jory is not expected to end his playing career, according to Brock head coach Murray Nystrom.

An Oak Hill woman has been reunited with her "miracle dog" after he survived two weeks in the wilderness of southwestern New Brunswick, trapped with a snare around his neck.

U.S. President-elect Barack Obama has named former first lady Sen. Hillary Clinton as America's top diplomat on the world stage.

The Department of Social Development is investigating a complaint about the alleged mistreatment of a resident at the Foyer St. Thomas nursing home in Memramcook.

Jean Charest's political rivals branded the Liberal leader as arrogant on Sunday amid reports that Quebec provincial police have bought a luxury vehicle for his spouse.

Role of a lifetime: playing dead

Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone says the Canadian governments did not do enough to secure the long-term future of the Canadian Grand Prix.

Brian Burke has wasted little time making his first move as President and general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs.

A high-profile, four-person economic council would guide a Liberal-NDP coalition government on finance matters, CTV News has learned.

In a year when Christmas seems a little colder, where would we be without Charlie Brown, Rudolph and the Grinch to warm us up? Every year, as U.S. Thanksgiving draws near, the networks unload a giant bag full of holiday-themed TV shows into our living roo

After two months of brainstorming, designing and redesigning, it all came down to three seconds. That was the secret to building a better robot for a team of five high school students who won first place in an engineering robotics competition in Oshawa

Last month, a California court awarded social networking giant Facebook $873 million (U.S.) in damages arising from the activities of a single spamming organization. The decision garnered headlines in Canada because the spammer targeted in the lawsuit

Leslie Kelly gave her life to save her husband in the bloodbath that erupted at her son's birthday party, a relative says.