NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 05-2009

Michael Ignatieff formally claimed the Liberal crown Saturday and wasted little time throwing down the gauntlet to Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

Delegates to the Liberal national convention approved a resolution Saturday that endorses the possibility of a national carbon tax - a policy that backfired on former leader Stephane Dion during the last election.

DETROIT - A toilet seat that can be attached to a trailer hitch has gained national recognition - for a warning label that says you'd better not use it while the vehicle is moving.

The once-raging wildfire in the Halifax area has been reduced to a few hot spots, the city's fire department said Saturday.

Thanks to the Capitals' Game 7 victory over the New York Rangers on Tuesday night, the two most recognizable hockey players in the world will square off for their first-ever playoff meeting Saturday afternoon (CBC, CBCSports.ca, 1 p.m. ET) in Washington.

The Battle of the Atlantic was a struggle for control of the shipping lanes on the North Atlantic Ocean. It was as strategically important to win as the Battle of Britain, and it lasted as long as the Second World War itself

The Air Force is warning it won't have any choice but to shutdown the Snowbirds aerobatic team if the government follows through with a five per cent cut to its budget.

Canadians will attend ceremonies across the country Sunday, May 3, 2009 to mark the sacrifices made by the many who fought on their behalf in the epic Second World War Battle of the Atlantic.

ARVADA, Colo. - A man in a cowboy hat who rode a horse through a Denver suburb has been cited for riding an animal under the influence

DETROIT - Lakes Huron and Michigan are not losing an unnaturally high volume of water to Lake Erie and there is no need to place barriers in the St. Clair River to stem the outflow as a Canadian group is demanding

BRACEBRIDGE -- Darlene Cushman gathers up the singed and tattered scraps of red cloth, and clutches them to her heart.

Sports Network) - The Vancouver Canucks will try to jump out to a two games to none lead in the Western Conference semifinals when they host the Chicago Blackhawks tonight at General Motors Place.

TORONTO -- As swine flu teeters on the verge of becoming a pandemic, Canada is at the forefront in testing for the respiratory illness.

TORONTO -- A leading influenza scientist says preliminary research suggests people 60 and older may have some protection against the new swine flu.

NEW YORK -- To screen passengers for swine flu and other contagious diseases, some airports use thermal imaging cameras to see whether travellers have fevers, without having to stick thermometers in their mouths.

SEATTLE -- Microsoft Corp. has released a near-final version of the Windows 7 operating system that adds a few new features, including a way to run Windows XP applications.

A man accused of taking a Canadian flight crew hostage at Montego Bay's airport last month and demanding to be flown off the island is facing six charges, police said Friday.

NAIROBI, Kenya - Special forces on a Portuguese warship seized explosives from suspected Somalian pirates after thwarting an attack on an oil tanker, but freed the 19 men. Hours later and hundreds of kilometres away, another band of pirates hijacked a car

Canfor Corp. will restart operations at its Mackenzie sawmill in northern B.C. this summer, putting at least 60 people back to work, the company announced Friday.

A pair of nesting ospreys are responsible for a significant power outage in the Fredericton area on Friday morning.

A reward for information leading to the arrest of the killer of wild horses in central Alberta has doubled this week to $21,000.

Two young men were found dead inside a vehicle Friday in a rural area of Abbotsford, B.C., police said.

As the number of swine flu cases continued to climb across the country on Friday, Canada's chief public health officer expressed some optimism about the outbreak.

Michael Ignatieff will be officially confirmed as leader of the Liberal Party of Canada on Saturday, a role he assumed almost five months ago

One of the sexiest parts of the body is one of the most forgotten at the gym.

The head of the influenza division at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control also revealed that genetic study of the virus doesn't show the mutations thought to have made the virus that triggered the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic so virulent.

Canadian hockey great Guy Lafleur will be sentenced next month after he was convicted today on a charge of giving contradictory evidence at his son's bail hearing. The verdict was handed down in a Montreal courtroom.

Chrysler Canada's assembly plants in Brampton and Windsor, Ont., shut down Friday, as its parent company sought bankruptcy protection in the United States.

Alberta is considering instituting a casino card system with pre-set spending limits for gamblers, CBC News has learned.

A South Korean scientist who created glowing cats in 2007 based on a similar cloning technique said Lee's puppies are genuine clones, saying he had seen them and had read about them in the journal.