NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 04-2009

A Hamilton jury rendered a historic legal verdict Saturday, making Johnson Aziga the first HIV-positive man in Canada to be convicted of murder for recklessly spreading the virus that causes AIDS.

International reaction to reports of a rocket launch by North Korea Sunday ranged from calls for an immediate U.N. Security Council meeting to suggestions of measured diplomacy.

OTTAWA -- The quintessential Canadian war epic "Passchendaele" was the big winner at this year's Genie Awards, picking up six statues including Best Motion Picture Saturday, at a ceremony held for the first time outside of Toronto or Montreal.

Liftoff took place at 11:30 a.m. local time Sunday from the coastal Musudan-ri launch pad in northeastern North Korea, the South Korean government said. The U.S. State Department also confirmed the launch.

WASHINGTON - In the space of a few months, the United States of America has been transformed from the most entrepreneurial society on Earth to one so state-directed that even the Europeans are raising their eyebrows.

NATO leaders ended the alliance's 60th-annivesrary summit by agreeing on a new leader and on an Afghanistan strategy that calls for more resources to train and support the Afghan National Army and police force.

A three-year-old Michigan boy is super-strong. He can move furniture, hold five-pound weights, and do sit-ups with ease.

A series of government emails shows an arm's-length investigatory body was told that the Prime Minister's Office wanted it to "hold off" on releasing a safety report into the high-seas death of Laura Gainey.

The two men who pleaded guilty to manslaughter for giving killer James Roszko a gun and a ride to his farm in Mayerthorpe, Alta., where he later killed four RCMP officers, have filed notice to appeal their convictions.

Bruins are expected to announce the signing of Allstar goalie..

BOSTON -- There's gold in that thar sea floor. Silver, copper, zinc and lead, too. The problem is, it's a mile or two underwater and encased in massive mineral deposits that layer a dark, mysterious world.

Anaheim goalie Jonas Hiller made two sensational saves and Corey Perry scored the lone goal of the shootout to lift the Ducks to a wild 6-5 win over the hometown Canucks on Thursday.

The supply ship HMCS Protecteur departed her home port of Esquimalt, B.C., this week for a three-month deployment to the western Pacific Ocean

DETROIT - U.S. authorities plan to use an unmanned aircraft to patrol the border between Michigan and Ontario.

Shortly before 8 p.m. PT Thursday, the noise level inside Vancouver's General Motors Place and/or the urgency in the Canucks' game could tell the whole story.

A Vancouver Island MP is calling for the decriminalization of marijuana, saying the war on drugs "has been a complete failure.''

The principal who came under intense fire after banning the daily singing of O Canada at a tiny New Brunswick school has resigned. Erik Millett, who headed Belleisle Elementary in Springfield, N. B. -- about 90 kilometres southeast of Fredericton -- has b

Everything about Jupiter is super-sized, including its colorful, turbulent atmosphere. But there's fresh evidence that one of the planet's most recognizable features, the Great Red Spot, is shrinking.

The Polar Epsilon project provides enhanced surveillance capabilities for the Department of National Defence/Canadian Forces (DND/CF), which will improve their ability to act quickly in the event of a crisis at home and overseas.

Canada should review its military mission and consider pulling aid money from Afghanistan unless a law that ravages women's rights is rescinded, some MPs say.

NEW YORK - While the potentially dangerous Conficker worm was being tracked throughout April Fools' Day, more harmless hoaxes were being fired out across the Internet.

EDINBURGH, Scotland - Police said Thursday 16 people were killed when a helicopter went down off Scotland's northeast coast, announcing that the search for eight people still missing was now a recovery rather than a rescue operation.

SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea has begun fuelling a long-range rocket for an impending launch, a news report said, as South Korea sought to galvanize support for punishing its neighbour if the launch goes forward.

Authorities have given up rescue efforts in the belief that at least 200 illegal migrants are dead after their overcrowded boat capsized off the coast of Libya, an international migration official confirmed Wednesday.

The leaders of the world's major economies gathered in London on Thursday with the hope of developing co-ordinated rules for financial markets that are meant to spark a global recovery.

Metro Vancouver homeowners and businesses will have to pay more property taxes to fund the 2009 budget for TransLink, the B.C. South Coast transportation authority

On April 1, Canada's Air Force celebrated its 85th birthday. The Canadian Air Force was formed in 1920, after Canadians distinguished themselves as military aviators in the First World War.

MA'SUM GHAR, Afghanistan - Local Afghan workers, under the guidance of Canadian soldiers, have just finished repairing an irrigation system cut in two by a road built for a major offensive against the Taliban three years ago.

At least eight people have died after a helicopter ditched in the North Sea off the coast of Scotland, local police said Wednesday.

A 40-year-old woman has been charged with attempted murder, robbery and weapons offences in connection with a shooting Tuesday at an assisted living facility in Gibsons, northwest of Vancouver

Her Majesty has been invited back to Canada by the Prime Minister, though the dates and destinations have not yet been disclosed.

A Conservative MP recently admitted to breaking Canada's elections law, even as a Tory minister boasted last week that his party always follows the rules.

DNA testing will be the latest tool in the city's arsenal to nab deadbeats who don't pick up their doggie's doo, the Sun has learned. Bylaw officials will begin using a new $1-million DNA analyzer to track down pet owners who fail to scoop their dog's poo