NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 05-2009

Jussi Jokinen scored his third game-winning goal of the playoffs and added an assist as the Carolina Hurricanes started and finished strong in a 4-1 home victory over the Boston Bruins on Friday night

The Pittsburgh Penguins are heading back to Washington with a 2-2 Eastern Conference semifinal series tie in their pockets and a dark place in their hearts for Alex Ovechkin.

OTTAWA - The unexpected addition of almost 36,000 new jobs to the Canadian economy in April, a surging dollar and rising markets, might mean the worst of the recession is past us

One of the world's most famous physicists will be putting his inaugural visit to an elite Ontario research institute on hold.

WASHINGTON - A top White House aide resigned Friday for his role in Air Force One's $328,835 photo-op flyover above New York City that sparked panic and flashbacks to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - More than 30,000 people have been ordered to flee a wildfire that burned an eight-kilometre-long front above wealthy coastal communities by Friday, after another hot, windy night in which the fire chief said "all hell broke loose."

One of the main financial controversies of 2010 Winter Olympics preparations has moved a big step towards resolution after the City of Vancouver said that it has found the money to cover the remaining construction on the Olympic Village.

A Quebec man whose wife died after the couple became lost in the mountains near a B.C. ski resort for 10 days is now suing organizations that he alleges decided not to launch a search for him.

Disney-owned Pixar plans to open a 20,000-square-foot animation studio in downtown Vancouver.

Microsoft has announced plans to purchase Vancouver-based game developer BigPark Inc

The 2009 air show season kicked off on May 2 and the CF-18 Hornet demonstration jet is already dazzling audiences with its brand new design which commemorates the Canadian Centennial of Flight.

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration, which promised a break from the Bush White House on global warming, declared Friday it would stick with a Bush-era stand against expanding protection for polar bears.

It's time for the sun to move into a busier period for sunspots, and while forecasters expect a relatively mild outbreak by historical standards, one major solar storm can cause havoc with satellites and electrical systems here.

Derek Roy scored two goals to lift Canada over Sweden 3-1 in the semifinal, earning a spot in its fourth straight gold-medal game at the World Hockey Championship versus Russia, the team who denied them gold last year.

Johan Franzen had two goals and one assist as the Detroit Red Wings dumped the Anaheim Ducks 6-3 in Game 4 of their Western Conference semifinal on Thursday.

WASHINGTON - The United States is in the midst of a devastating recession, mired in two overseas wars and grappling with a swine flu outbreak, but conservative critics are assailing President Barack Obama on another pressing issue: his choice of burger to

WASHINGTON -- NASA is running out of nuclear fuel needed for its deep space exploration.

The NHL told a U.S. federal bankruptcy court that it has controlled the Phoenix Coyotes hockey team since November and wants the court to reject the team's bankruptcy filing.

Vancouver city council approved a trial project Thursday to convert one traffic lane on the Burrard Street Bridge for bicycle use only.

Andrew Ladd scored at 2:52 of overtime to give the Chicago Blackhawks a 2-1 victory on Thursday night and tie the team's series with the Vancouver Canucks heading into Game 5 on Saturday.

MONTREAL -- Man-made space particles as small as a cornflake could take out a spacecraft in the skies or anybody on the ground who strays into its path, cosmic experts from around the globe warned on Thursday.

World health officials continue to see new human-to-human transmissions of swine flu in North America, but not on other continents, the World Health Organization said Thursday.

A recently completed map of Arctic geology across Greenland, Norway, Russia and other polar nations offers new hints about where Canada might find energy and mineral deposits across its vast north, says the geologist who co-led the mapping project.

A third foreign worker has complained of being treated as a low-paid servant by the Dhalla family.

The defending Stanley Cup champion Detroit Red Wings will try to avoid falling behind three games to one in the Western Conference semifinals when they visit the eighth-seeded Anaheim Ducks for Game 4 at Honda Center.

Unless the Canadians get the collective act together, they could easily be playing for bronze instead of gold in Sunday's medal round games.

Patrick Kane and Kris Versteeg are the only two Chicago Blackhawks who don't stand at least six feet tall, but even six-foot-three, 246-pound Dustin Byfuglien and six-foot-one, 200-pound Patrick Sharp looked small on Tuesday.

The coupons were available on Oprah.com for 24 hours beginning Tuesday after Oprah announced the meal promotion on her show. Each downloadable coupon can be redeemed for two pieces of grilled chicken, two individual sides and a biscuit.

During a surprise visit to Afghanistan on Thursday, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Canada's role in Afghanistan is "transforming" into one focused on reconstruction and development.

NAIROBI, Kenya -- A descendant of Kenya's most famous white settlers was convicted Thursday of manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a black poacher, a case that has stirred simmering tensions over race and land in Kenya. Thomas Cholmondeley, 40, weari

A Toronto Police officer accused of an armed robbery nearly a year and a half ago has been charged with drinking and driving after a rush-hour collision yesterday.

Canadian actor Kiefer Sutherland is once again facing legal trouble involving alcohol, but this time it doesn't involve driving a car.

Phasers set on "stunning." This is the Star Trek true fans have been missing, but barely dared hope for: a return to the original characters, in all their giddy glory and with all their hilarious hubris.

Palm Inc. is betting that Canadians' fondness for social networking sites such as Facebook makes them ideal customers for its new Pre smartphone, a mobile device designed to re-establish the company's fading reputation and market share.

OTTAWA - Canada's Olympic team has refused to take up the fight against a European ban on seal products and warned Wednesday it will not use the Vancouver Games for any other political causes.

BEIJING - China said Thursday 5,335 students died or remain missing after last year's massive Sichuan earthquake, the first official tally in what became a politically charged issue because of allegations of corruption and shoddy school construction.

Brazil rushed aid Wednesday by air, over land and through rapidly rising waters to dozens of cities and towns isolated by floods that have killed at least 32 people and left more than 200,000 homeless.

With just seven days left before the May 12 provincial election, B.C.'s two top political parties appear to be ramping up their accusations of dirty politics and pushing their stands on fighting crime.

Protecting and creating jobs in British Columbia appeared to be the main theme of Wednesday's campaign activity by both the Liberals and New Democrats.

The chance to fly a CU-170 Heron unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in Afghanistan was what prompted Captain Ken Jones, a pilot and Reservist with 408 Tactical Helicopter Squadron to take a one-year leave of absence from his civilian job as a commercial airlin

Canadian coach Lindy Ruff has decided to start Chris Mason in net for Thursday's quarterfinal match versus Latvia at the World Hockey Championship in Berne, Switzerland.

NAIROBI, Kenya - A German cargo ship carrying 11 crew members in the Gulf of Aden called for help as it was being attacked by Somalian pirates, but by the time a helicopter arrived to render assistance the pirates were already in control, officials said W

Russia and NATO sought to limit damage to their relationship Wednesday, amid a flurry of diplomatic expulsions and pointed Russian criticism of military exercises in the Republic of Georgia

Kevin Harmse couldn't have picked a better time to score his first goal for Toronto FC.

Jussi Jokinen continued his late-game heroics for the Carolina Hurricanes in the 2009 Stanley Cup playoffs, scoring the game-winner 2:48 into overtime to defeat the visiting Boston Bruins 3-2 in Game 3 of their Eastern Conference semifinal.

Kris Letang scored 11:23 into overtime as the Pittsburgh Penguins prevailed 3-2 over the visiting Washington Capitals in Game 3 of their Eastern Conference semifinal

OTTAWA - Georgiy Enverovich Mamedov, the Russian ambassador to Canada, is a career diplomat who spent a lifetime on the North American file.

A humane society in Kelowna, B.C., is up in arms about the city's decision to shoot and kill Canada geese blamed for damaging city parks.

A woman has been charged following Monday's robbery of a downtown Vancouver jewelry store that promoted a security protocol for B.C. Liberal Leader Gordon Campbell.

WINNIPEG -- For a guy dismissing his heroism after risking his life to pull a boy from Winnipeg's fast-flowing Red River, Faron Hall has found his rescue making quite a splash.

A rise of more 200 points Wednesday pushed the Toronto Stock Exchange composite index over 10,000 for the first time in six months.

Inspection reports and emails obtained by CBC News show B.C. government officials have raised concerns about environmental infractions during the construction of the rapidly growing number of run-of-river private power projects in the province.

JERUSALEM - Israel says it has arrested two Palestinians who tried to sell a looted 1,900-year-old papyrus document in Hebrew worth millions of dollars.

The Russian foreign ministry said the diplomats were expelled in response to the recent expulsion of two Russian envoys from NATO's headquarters in Brussels.

After years of delays and debate about whether the risks to astronauts outweigh the scientific benefits, the space shuttle Atlantis launches on May 11, on a final repair mission to the Hubble Space Telescope.

NHL commissioner Gary Bettman, who twice previously rejected Canadian billionaire Jim Balsillie's attempts to purchase a team and relocate it to southern Ontario, remains firm in his stance.

Canadian scientists probing a mountaintop in the Northwest Territories have discovered what they believe is the oldest evidence of animals on Earth -- about 850-million-year-old traces of a primitive, sponge-like organism that could push back direct proof

China lifted a swine flu quarantine on a group of Canadian students Wednesday, two days early, after the measure was questioned by the Canadian government and world health authorities.

Liberal MP Ruby Dhalla has stepped down from her position as the Liberal party's multiculturalism and youth critic, in an effort to address allegations by two former nannies who have claimed they were mistreated by members of her family.

At least three homes burned to the ground and dozens of residents were forced to leave their homes yesterday as numerous wild fires northeast of Edmonton continued to grow.

The federal government is facing pressure to launch a legal probe of Liberal MP Ruby Dhalla in the wake of charges that she and her family illegally hired two nannies and subsequently mistreated them

If Sacred Heart Hospital actually existed, the unlikely continued survival of Scrubs could be considered a minor medical miracle.

A Barack Obama endorsement, implied or stated, is becoming the next best thing in the publishing world to having a title selected for Oprah's Book Club. The next lucky recipient could be U.S. author Joseph O'Neill.

A Toronto company that has been exporting pipe to the United States market for 60 years recently landed a contract to supply plastic piping for a new health-care centre at the Camp Pendleton Marine base in California.

TBILISI, Georgia - Georgia said hundreds of rebellious soldiers surrendered Tuesday after a brief mutiny, but officials backed away from initial claims that Russia supported the uprising as part of a coup plot.

Seven more cases of swine flu were confirmed in B.C. on Tuesday, but the number of infected residents may be much higher because of an outbreak at a school in northern B.C.

The number of bowhead whales in Canada's eastern Arctic is growing again, meaning the species should no longer be listed as threatened, according to a scientific committee that advises the federal government on species at risk.

Russia is expelling two Canadian diplomats working for NATO in Moscow, the Russian state news agency Interfax said Tuesday.

A strong defensive performance in Game 3 spurred Vancouver to a 3-1 win over the hometown Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday, as the Canucks went up 2-1 in their Western Conference semifinal.

Despite the tough economic climate, food price inflation helped drive higher sales and profit at Loblaw Cos. Ltd., the company said today.

Fribourg state police in Switzerland said the mother called them after the girl discovered the condom among her McDonald's French fries.

LONDON -- Scientists unveiled on Tuesday what they hope will be one of the world's fastest biofuel vehicles, powered by waste from chocolate factories and made partly from plant fibers.

Close to 10,000 BC Hydro customers lost power early Tuesday morning as a windstorm sweeps across the southern half of the province

General Motors is proceeding to the next step with respect to the sale of Saturn, confirming today that it is in talks with a number of potential buyers and that it will look to secure an agreement with a specific buyer by the end of the year.

The European Parliament has passed a bill that will ban the import of seal products, a move that could have severe implications for Canada's annual seal hunt.

The MacDonald government lost a confidence vote Monday, leading to a likely June 9 election date.

Given Canada's prolific history of cutting-edge kid cartoons, it was only a matter of time before we set our sights on the current hot TV trend of adult animation.

There is something magnificent about a top 10 list for hotness that includes intellectual apptitude as a factor.

Watching Sidney Crosby pull ahead in a superstar showdown, Alex Ovechkin decided to take matters into his own hands

An Australian teenage girl has been given permission by a court to have both breasts surgically removed to more closely resemble a boy.

The Defence Department needs another 400 personnel in the next two to three years to deal with the growing number of military equipment programs, but it is struggling to find people to fill such jobs, according to a department report

KABUL - President Hamid Karzai chose a powerful warlord accused of rights abuses as one of his vice-presidential running mates on Monday, hours before leaving for meetings in Washington with President Barack Obama and Pakistan's president.

TORONTO - Donna Perreault never imagined when she rescued her Chow Chow, Jarod, from a shelter that the cuddly canine would one day return the favour - by saving his owner and a fellow pet from a bear attack.

For the second time in less than two years a high-end Vancouver jeweller has been brazenly robbed.

CHICAGO -- Goalie Roberto Luongo knows he's got to make the big saves, but says he needs help if the Canucks are to succeed. "We've got to step up as a team," the Canucks captain said after practice Monday at the United Center. "I'm not going to take on t

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Mount Redoubt showed increased unrest Sunday as the volcano continued to rumble and grumble and produced a substantial ash and steam plume.

The federal government plans to step up its efforts to chart northern Canadian waters this year, as Arctic sea ice keeps shrinking and shipping traffic in the region grows.

It was one of those proverbial silver linings that Canada hung its hat on after losing 4-3 in a shootout to Finland at the world hockey championship on Monday.

Markus Naslund, voted the most outstanding player in the National Hockey League by his peers in 2003, retired Monday after 15 memorable seasons.

A pilot preparing to fly 300 passengers to Canada from London was hauled off his plane and arrested for being over the alcohol limit, it has been reported.

The RCMP, under the shadow of controversy in recent months, will get an old-fashioned image polish later this month courtesy of its most famous patron --the Queen.

OTTAWA - Pork is perfectly safe to eat, the World Health Organization and Canadian pork producers insisted Sunday after Canadian officials confirmed that pigs at an Alberta farm were infected with the H1N1 influenza A virus.

Climate change in the Arctic may be boosting levels of highly toxic mercury in seals, one of the most commonly eaten traditional foods in the North.

The "desperate" Boston Bruins kept firing shots at Cam Ward. The "rock" of the Carolina Hurricanes kept stopping them.

When John Rafferty looks out the window of his modest third-floor corner office at CNIB's Bayview Ave. headquarters, he can see the trees of a wooded ravine. This is why an advocacy group calls his hiring "a step backward."

Fiat has confirmed it is in talks with General Motors, with hopes of taking control of the Detroit automaker's Opel unit. In a statement released Sunday, Fiat said it is evaluating the possibility of creating a new company, with its own auto business at t

Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff is serving notice of an election as early as June if the Conservative government doesn't make some immediate changes to the employment insurance system in Canada.

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- Canada's military says it has not abandoned villagers in the Taliban-controlled western Panjwaii district, insisting that the "drawback" of troops last week and the dismantling of a Canadian-built police substation are tactical vi

In a message to CBC News, Newman said Sunday that "I will be doing Politics until the end of the season in June." He did not divulge any more details and said that he could not make any more comment on the matter. CBC spokesperson Jeff Keay confirmed the

An evacuation order remains in effect Sunday as a raging wildfire threatens the community of 70 Mile House in the British Columbia interior.

Canada is extending the anti-piracy mission of HMCS Winnipeg off the coast of Somalia, Defence Minister Peter MacKay told CTV's Question Period Sunday.

The routine victories just keep on coming for Canada at the IIHF world hockey championship in Kloten, Switzerland.

Russia is planning a fleet of floating and submersible nuclear power stations to exploit Arctic oil and gas reserves, causing widespread alarm among environmentalists.

Along with China, Russia, India, and Chile, the US Trade Representative's annual report gave some extra love to our neighbors to the north by elevating Canada from the regular "Watch List" to the "Priority Watch List" in adequacy of IP protections against

A proposed $31.5-million national soccer development centre would not only benefit the Vancouver Whitecaps FC, but could be used by Canada's national teams, visiting clubs and recreational leagues, Whitecaps president Bob Lenarduzzi said Saturday.

The NHL's marquee series lived up to its billing in Game 1 on Saturday as the Washington Capitals defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2 in the opening game of their best-of-seven semifinal.

Mine That Bird, the top two-year-old in Canada for 2008, was a huge upset winner in the 135th running of the Kentucky Derby on Saturday afternoon

Down 2-0 to the Vancouver Canucks after the first period, the Blackhawks rattled off five straight goals to eventually take Game 2 by a score of 6-3, tying their NHL Western Conference semifinal series at one game apiece.

Federal Liberals will have more say in choosing future party leaders. Delegates to the party's convention this morning today adopted a one-member, one-vote leadership selection, away from delegated conventions.