NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 05-2009

Landing the winning bid to build Ontario's new nuclear reactors could allow Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. to give a multibillion-dollar jolt to the province's ailing economy

PORTLAND, Maine -- Bald eagles, bouncing back after years of decline, are swaggering forth with an appetite for great cormorant chicks that threatens to wipe out that bird population in the United States.

The owner is happy with the general manager. The general manager is happy with the coach. Everyone in the Vancouver Canucks is happy, except for the hockey part, because everyone believes the team should still be playing.

A Nanaimo man who was expecting to win a new car from Tim Hortons could become entwined in a criminal investigation instead.

New allegations against the family of Brampton Liberal MP Ruby Dhalla have come to light, CBC News learned on Friday.

Opponents of bear hunting in B.C. are getting a major endorsement from an internationally respected environmentalist.

The Vancouver Canucks are cutting some of their season ticket holders from the roster, according to one local ticket broker.

Gang investigators say charges of conspiracy to commit murder have been laid against eight alleged members of the United Nations gang.

The melting of one of the world's largest ice sheets would alter the Earth's field of gravity and even its rotation in space so much that it would cause sea levels along some coasts to rise faster than the global average, scientists said yesterday.

The Carolina Hurricanes certainly know how to take advantage of opportunities when they present themselves.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. - Two seasonal Yellowstone National Park concession workers have been fired after a live webcam caught them urinating into the Old Faithful geyser

CALGARY - Some Canadian viewers still steamed over the Canadian military being trashed on a Fox News show two months ago will be able to exact a little revenge

A 21-year-old man has been found guilty of manslaughter for the killing of a Squamish teen in March 2007 -- but will only serve 10 months thanks to B.C.'s 2-for-1 pretrial time-served credit.

Drivers who encounter flashing lights on emergency vehicles will need to start paying closer attention as of June 1.

Ruby Dhalla's lawyer says one of the caregivers making accusations against the Liberal MP once made similar allegations about a previous employer, suggesting a pattern.

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - The commander of the North American Aerospace Defence Command said Thursday he approved some "prudent" changes in Norad's headquarters after a security review prompted by Norad's decision to move some functions out of a Co

With retailers around the world demanding fisheries products have a Marine Stewardship Council logo showing environmental sustainability, lobster fishermen on P.E.I. are realizing they can't afford not to have it.

A Canadian technology is being used to help prevent collisions between birds and airplanes at major airports in New York, Chicago and Seattle.

Don Cherry is getting his own biopic

OTTAWA - The Harper Conservatives are foisting their Arctic policy on northerners without adequately taking their concerns into account, say senators who have recently completed a tour of the North.

Search and rescue teams in B.C. are using cellphone signals to narrow the search for an elderly pilot who went missing in the mountainous Kootenay region on a flight aboard his vintage airplane.

Four young men shot to death in Abbotsford, B.C., in recent weeks were likely killed because of their low-level links to gangs, police said

In a battle befitting the past two Stanley Cup champions, the Detroit Red Wings edged the Anaheim Ducks 4-3 in decisive Game 7 at Joe Louis Arena on Thursday night.

Elimination from the Stanley Cup playoffs didn't prevent the Vancouver Canucks from conducting off-ice business Thursday as the team re-signed winger Steve Bernier on a two-year contract.

Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon said Thursday that the Conservative government will strive to "work peacefully" with other polar nations but "will not hesitate to defend Canadian Arctic sovereignty."

OTTAWA -- An advocate for immigrant caregivers is contradicting testimony by Liberal MP Ruby Dhalla. Agatha Mason told a parliamentary committee today that she dealt with Dhalla directly in demanding the return of a caregiver's passport.

Arming Canada's border guards will cost taxpayers about $1 billion and is likely to endanger the lives of innocent people, Liberal public safety critic Mark Holland says.

A Canadian flag erected at a Florida golf course has enraged some American neighbours, leading to the arrest of a man for cutting it down in a profanity-filled attack.

WASHINGTON - The global sea level will only rise about three metres if the West Antarctic ice sheet collapses. While that may not sound so great to residents of coastal cities like New York or Los Angeles, it is only about half the previously predicted ri

OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Stephen Harper is suggesting the federal deficit -- already pegged at $85 billion over the next five years -- could get bigger if that's what it takes to fight the recession.

Women who've noticed that the head colds that give them only sniffles seem to wipe out their male partners are not imagining things: new research suggests men's immune systems are simply not as strong as women's.

Fans of the Anaheim Ducks would say they frustrated the Detroit Red Wings and got the defending Stanley Cup champions off their game with Tuesday's post-buzzer brawl.

History may not be on the Boston Bruins' side, but the top-seeded team certainly has momentum.

Two European satellites set to delve deeper into the birth of stars and origins of the universe successfully launched into space Thursday morning.

They may have lost their seats in Tuesday's B.C. election, but defeated MLAs are still walking away as winners, according to the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.

The final vehicle rolled off the assembly line Thursday at the GM truck plant in Oshawa, marking the end of 44 years of production and the elimination of 2,600 jobs.

The woman who wrote the standards and guidelines for bio-security in Canada, says the country has fallen short of her recommendations and international standards.

The lead lawyer at the Oliphant inquiry grilled Brian Mulroney Thursday over his sworn testimony at his Airbus lawsuit in 1996, accusing him of not painting the full picture in describing his relationship with Karlheinz Schreiber.

Winter is refusing to leave the Prairies. A low-pressure system is developing in Alberta and expected to track across Saskatchewan and into Manitoba. As a result, Environment Canada has issued a snowfall warning for parts of western Manitoba and the Int

If human culture seems obsessed with sex lately, it's nothing new. Archaeologists have discovered the oldest known artistic representation of a woman - a carved ivory statue of a naked female, dating from 35,000 years ago.

Attendance records of Members of Parliament could be put on pubic display if a parliamentary committee decides it's needed to keep them at work.

TOFINO, B.C. - A Nelson, B.C., man says he will launch a powered paraglider from a school ball field, kicking off a 10,000-kilometre cross-Canada trip - and his dream to fly.

Russia's space agency will begin charging U.S. astronauts $51 million US per return trip to the International Space Station (ISS) starting in 2012 and resume selling seats to space tourists, according to reports from Russian news agencies.

Travellers may be in for a summer of discontent as a federal plan to arm border guards is igniting anger throughout Mohawk communities and has already led to protests this month that temporarily closed the cross-border bridge at Cornwall, Ont.

MOSCOW -- Mikhail Gorbachev said Wednesday that Europe still misunderstands Russia nearly two decades after the Soviet collapse, and he dismissed as nonsense portrayals of his country as an aggressive force.

Hockey Night in Canada will carry Game 7 between the hometown Detroit Red Wings and Anaheim Ducks on Thursday (CBC, CBCSports.ca, 7 p.m. ET).

Sidney Crosby counted two goals and one assist as the Pittsburgh Penguins whipped the Washington Capitals 6-2 in Game 7 of their Eastern Conference semifinal on Wednesday night.

Vancouver city councilors have decided not to revoke the business licences of the city's last movie theatre featuring porn despite complaints X-rated activity inside is spilling out onto the streets.

Voter turnout in B.C.'s provincial election hit a record low on Tuesday, with only 50 per cent of eligible voters bothering to vote, a full eight percentage points less than the 58 per cent that voted in 2005.

The federal government's stated outrage over a Feb. 18 Arctic flight by two Russian bombers -- a response dismissed by Moscow as "bizarre" given the "routine" nature of the training exercise -- appears even more puzzling now that details have emerged abou

Once again, Canadians rank almost at the bottom of the National Geographic Society's annual survey on consumer behaviors that impact the environment.

MANADO, Indonesia - Around 100 million people risk losing their homes and livelihoods unless drastic steps are taken to protect Southeast Asia's coral reefs, which could be wiped out in coming decades because of climate change, a report said Wednesday.

Pope Benedict XVI reiterated his calls for Palestinian independence as he arrived in the traditional birthplace of Jesus for a one-day visit on Wednesday

Willie Desjardins will return to the Canadian bench this December for the world junior hockey championship, this time as head coach

First-year general manager Mike Gillis believed he had built a team capable of a long playoff run, but his Vancouver Canucks fell prey to the upstart Chicago Blackhawks in the second round. Let the re-evaluating begin.

Former prime minister Brian Mulroney struggled to hold back tears at a federal inquiry in Ottawa on Wednesday while discussing the impact of the Airbus allegations on his family.

Songbirds living in the boreal forest are declining at a rapid rate and need protection by federal and provincial governments, according to a group of environmentalists and scientists.

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Afghan soldiers accustomed to travelling the bomb-littered roads and battlefields of their war-weary country in little more than flimsy pickup trucks will be trading up for some new heavy-duty wheels when they start hitting the roa

B.C. Liberal Leader Gordon Campbell has won a historic third straight term as the province's premier, CBC News is projecting.

Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry had one goal and one assist apiece as the Anaheim Ducks forced a seventh and deciding game with a 2-1 victory over the defending Stanley Cup champion Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday night.

If the phenomenon of global warming is allowed to continue at the current rate, the human race is likely to be wiped out in about two centuries by disaster if not earlier by a nuclear war, Professor Syed Amir Ahmed Kazmi, former Director General, Pakistan

For the second time in a month, a U.S. Air Force F-22 suffered a "Class A" accident (one causing over a million dollars of loss). This one was the result of an F-22 colliding with a Canadian CF-18 while taxiing at Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida. This i

Nearly three weeks after the death of a senior intelligence officer in Afghanistan, the Canadian military remains silent on what happened, and friends of the officer fear they'll never learn how she died.

The Boston Bruins played their strongest first period of the post-season and rebounded from a mid-game lull to defeat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-2 on Tuesday night and force a seventh and deciding contest in the Eastern Conference semifinal series.

In a rare bright spot amid a darkening automotive landscape, workers at the General Motors' Oshawa operation are being asked to work additional shifts to meet "huge" demand for the 2010 Chevrolet Camaro.

Quebeckers are turning their backs on the federal Conservatives, according to a new poll that puts the party into single-digit-support levels for the first time since their 2006 election victory.

Former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney will testify today at the Oliphant inquiry, organized to probe his business dealings with German-Canadian businessman Karlheinz Schreiber.

Federal Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff says he backs the idea of changing Canada's official motto to "From Sea to Sea to Sea" -- a symbolic step to recognize the country is bounded not just by the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, but also by the Arctic Ocea

JERUSALEM - Pope Benedict confronted the dark history of his native Germany on the first day of his visit to Israel on Monday, shaking the hands of six Holocaust survivors

The Pentagon replaced its top general in Afghanistan Monday, saying new leadership was needed to make progress in the seven-year-old conflict.

The nation's hopes of ending its NHL championship drought were dashed Monday night when the Chicago Blackhawks outgunned the Vancouver Canucks 7-5 and won their second-round playoff series in six games. A Canadian team hasn't hoisted the Cup since the Mon

Chicago's young stars Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane accounted for three goals in just over three minutes late in Game 6 for a 7-5 home victory, which eliminated the Vancouver Canucks from the Western Conference playoffs.

It's only fitting that the classic showdown between the Washington Capitals and Pittsburgh Penguins will see a seventh and deciding game.

No matter how tempting it might be to blame NHL commissioner Gary Bettman for the mess that is currently the Phoenix Coyotes, it wouldn't be right to do so. There are two primary villains in this saga and neither one is named Bettman.

The company running the Hibernia offshore oil platform is making a move to resume using helicopters to transport workers, almost two months after a crash that killed 17 people.

Close to 10 million Canadians depend on drinking water that comes from beneath their feet and is increasingly threatened by misuse and contamination, says a sobering new report

Military officials are pulling a search and rescue squadron out of Labrador for six weeks, but are playing down community concerns about potential risks

FEARS that huge global losses for Toyota could undermine the future of its Melbourne manufacturing base have been played down by the car maker.

At a reconstruction base last month, Lt.-Gen. Michel Gauthier bumped into a worn-out soldier who unloaded on him about Canada's mission in Afghanistan.

The Boston Bruins answered their coach's plea for a big effort with an impressive performance against the Carolina Hurricanes on Sunday night.

Hundreds of people from Toronto's Tamil community, including women with babies in strollers, marched up the highway ramp on Spadina Avenue at around 7 p.m. to protest the violence against civilians in Sri Lanka.

The Vancouver Canucks need to do the little things right to stop their playoffs from going wrong.

The only surprise in Sunday's game at the Joe Louis Arena was that it stayed so close for so long.

TORONTO - Six people were shot in a west-end house party early this morning in what was said by neighbours to be a possible retaliation for a recent shooting in the Keele St- Rogers Rd. area.

HALIFAX, N.S. - The Canadian Forces is reactivating a historic battle regiment as it tries to boost numbers to meet rising demands on the military.

After a two-year absence from the podium, Sweden scored four powerplay goals and got a stellar performance by goalie Stefan Liv to shut down the U.S. 4-2 to secure the bronze medal at the World Hockey Championship.

An Iranian appeals court began a review Sunday of the case against an American journalist who was sentenced to eight years in prison for allegedly spying for the United States, her father said.

On this Mother's Day, I would like to pay tribute to all the mothers, but specifically those in the Canadian Forces family.

Michael Ignatieff, Canada's new opposition leader, has denounced European animal right activists including Sir Paul McCartney for their hostility to seal hunting.

Canada's greatest contribution to space technology will have another opportunity to shine today, as a group of NASA astronauts embark on the fifth and final shuttle mission to prepare a nearly two-decade-old piece of equipment for another 10 years of use.

OTTAWA - It comes with crazy work hours, grinding travel and decent though not exceptional pay, but this job is definitely out of this world

BARRIE - Carole Hartzell is expecting a tough Mother's Day. But she has been here before.

An elderly Coquitlam man says he was unnecessarily roughed up and humiliated by RCMP officers -- all because he was jaywalking.

BERN, Switzerland - Seven more international hockey tournaments have been awarded to Canada.

VICTORIA, B.C. - Canadians are willing to flirt with a nationwide carbon tax to fight climate change, but bets are off when it comes to paying the bill, a new poll has found.

TORONTO - Canada's role in Afghanistan is creating increasingly conflicted emotions among Afghan-Canadians, with strong support for the military effort tempered by both sadness and anger at escalating civilian casualties.

WINNIPEG - Friends of a 21-year-old Winnipeg man killed in Afghanistan last year are restoring his favourite car in his honour

Dave Bolland scored a power-play goal late in the third period and Martin Havlat added an empty netter to give the Chicago Blackhawks a 4-2 victory over the host Vancouver Canucks on Saturday night in Game 5 of their NHL Western Conference semifinal serie

The Pittsburgh Penguins' Evgeni Malkin scored off a defenceman's skate at 3:28 in the first overtime Saturday to beat the Washington Capitals 4-3 in Game 5 of the NHL playoff series.

MONTREAL - Inuit whalers in northern Quebec are pushing Ottawa to reopen the minke whale hunt, a subsistence harvest they say will make up for tightening quotas on their preferred catch - beluga.

Penny-sized hail stones rained down on some parts of Toronto and surrounding areas Saturday morning as a severe thunderstorm tracked eastward through the region.

The iconic courthouse in Nelson, B.C., celebrates its 100th birthday on Saturday.

Fees at national parks and historic sites managed by Parks Canada will remain at current levels for two years, the federal government announced Saturday.

Villagers in a Taliban-controlled area west of Kandahar City are applauding last week's drawback of Canadian and Afghan troops, saying the presence of coalition forces in their communities had only complicated their lives.

Former NDP premier joins forces with Suzuki and other environmentalists, despite fact party's current platform promises to scrap it

Less than 24 hours after squaring their Eastern Conference semifinal 2-2, the Penguins look to take the series lead over the Capitals in Washington on Saturday night (CBC, CBCSports.ca, 7 p.m. ET).

MONTREAL -- Guy Lafleur may lose the Order of Quebec after being found guilty of giving contradictory evidence at his son's 2007 bail hearing

MOSCOW -- Rows of missiles and tanks rumbled through Moscow's Red Square and dozens of combat jets streaked overhead in the Victory Day parade Saturday in the largest display of military might since the Soviet times.

As much as luck and skill will have a say in the Canada-Russia world championship gold medal game in Bern, Switzerland on Sunday, the margin of difference could easily be who wants it more, which team can take its game to another level at the flip of a sw

The Vancouver Canucks were less than three minutes from taking a 3-1 stranglehold on their best-of-seven series with the Chicago Blackhawks, but instead they are dealing with the disappointment of returning home tied 2-2.

The B.C. NDP and Liberals accelerated their election campaign activity Friday to drum up support from voters before British Columbians head to the polls Tuesday

A woman described as one of B.C.'s top 10 car thieves was shot by police in Chilliwack Friday as she tried to avoid arrest by ramming a stolen SUV into two police vehicles