NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 06-2009

No drawn butter will ever touch Fiona's tail. She's an extremely rare, seven-year-old "yellow" lobster. Its color scheme makes it a 1 in 30,000,000 rarity, and it was caught off the cost of eastern Canada

Rescue teams Thursday discovered the bodies of two people killed in a helicopter crash that happened Tuesday in the mountains near Santa Fe, New Mexico

Something as banal as a programming glitch in a new computer system could explain how the Royal Canadian Mint lost track of gold stockpiles, the institution's chairman says.

Contrary to common assumptions, the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games will not result in a surge of sex trafficking in the city, a new study suggests.

The father of slain teenager Reena Virk says he hopes justice will at last be done when Canada's top court rules on the case.

Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff said Thursday he will take one more day to review the Conservatives' second economic progress report before deciding on whether to try to force an election

Roughly 3,000 infrastructure projects across the country are getting underway as part of the government's $22.7-billion stimulus plan, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Thursday.

DES MOINES, Iowa - Looking out the 11th floor window of her law office, Jane Wiggins did a double take and grabbed her camera. The dark, undulating clouds hovering outside were unlike anything she'd seen before.

YAKIMA, Wash. -- If workers cleaning up the most contaminated nuclear site in the U.S. didn't have enough to worry about, now they've got to deal with radioactive wasp nests.

WASHINGTON -- North Korea may be preparing for its third nuclear test, a show of defiance as the United Nations considers new sanctions on the dictatorship for conducting an underground nuclear explosion in May

VICTORIA -- Changing the New Democratic Party's name to the Democratic Party of Canada could be a brilliant move, according to a branding expert. Alyn Edwards, partner at Vancouver public relations firm Peak Communicators, says a name change could cost

This is the prepared text of a speech Prime Minister Stephen Harper was set to deliver in Cambridge, Ont., on Thursday, June 11:

Pleading for help, a woman claiming to be Sylvan Lake journalist Amanda Lindhout told CTV yesterday her months-long hostage ordeal in Somalia will come to a tragic end without government assistance.

t could be said that Jack, an 11-year-old black Lab mix, has learned to say no to drugs. "He was just... stoned," said owner Jen Nestor Waddell.

The suit surrounds Musk�s treatment of Eberhard as well as the CEO�s handling of Tesla, alleging that Musk �compromised Tesla Motors� financial health.� Eberhard says that Musk began a smear campaign against Eberhard on media outlets, attaching

CALGARY -- Peddling pot with his pizza to high school kids will mean house arrest and probation for a former Calgary businessman.

For eight years, Jessica Terry suffered from stomach pain so horrible, it brought her to her knees. The pain, along with diarrhea, vomiting and fever, made her so sick, she lost weight and often had to miss school.

MONTREAL - A Quebecer accused of four terrorism-related charges will find out in a few months whether a judge believes he was facilitating the actions of a terrorist organization or simply showing his support for holy warriors.

OTTAWA -- A strange school bus was spotted trying to pick up children in the west end yesterday.

BRAMPTON -- Tarrah Seymour and her husband, Adam Sylvester, met at Mohawk College and it was practically love at first sight.

TORONTO -- The parents of two young sisters who were killed when their car was crushed by a gravel truck in Brampton 21 months ago are even more heartbroken after seeing the company responsible for their loss fined a mere $11,000.

MISSISSAUGA -- Auto mechanic Lebert St. Bernard refused the offer of a day off work after watching a three-year-old boy being hit by a minivan and then its driver heartlessly taking off yesterday.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A U.S.-based language monitoring group crowned Web 2.0 as the one millionth word or phrase in the English language on Wednesday, although other linguists slammed it as nonsense and a stunt.

SEOUL, South Korea - The two Koreas held rare talks lasting 50 minutes Thursday on the fate of a troubled industrial park

The World Health Organization has privately told several countries that the global pandemic level will be raised to Phase 6 before the end of Thursday, as experts held an emergency meeting in Geneva to discuss the spread of the virus.

The Dallas Stars announced on Thursday morning that they had hired Marc Crawford as their new head coach

For the first time in many years the production of wheat in Afghanistan is surpassing the production of poppies used to make heroin -- partly due to Canada's leadership in the region, said Defence Minister Peter Mackay on Thursday.

Fry, Bender and their 31st century friends will awaken next year, with Comedy Central and 20th Century Fox to bring the popular animated TV comedy Futurama back to life.

Nortel Networks Corp. has rejected an invitation from the House of Commons finance committee to answer questions in Ottawa about why it has reduced pension payments and withheld severance at the same time it hands out bonuses to employees.

Ottawa is stitching together a $1-billion lifeline for the forest industry designed to rescue pulp producers from the devastating effect of billions of dollars in subsidies from Washington to their U.S. rivals.

Natural Resources Minister Lisa Raitt choked back tears Wednesday as she apologized for remarks she made that suggest she thinks cancer is sexy.

In a hair-raising standoff that sent motorists scrambling for cover, municipal police pulled their guns on masked federal agents in one of Mexico�s biggest cities � a stark display of the tensions caused by a crackdown on drug corruption among the cou

The ubiquitous periodic table will soon have a new addition - the "super-heavy" element 112.

Pick a foreign-born player or someone with a francophone surname to score the winning goal around the 8:52 mark of the second period on Friday night at Joe Louis Arena.

B.C.'s largest health authority will have to pay millions back to the provincial government under a policy requiring health authorities to become carbon neutral by 2010.

Calgary police are trying to track down four tricycles stolen from a school for children with developmental disabilities.

An Argentine man who tried to use two counterfeit bills has been found innocent, by reason of incompetence.

TSN's complete 77-game broadcast package is part of its exclusive multi-year deal with the CFL, which kicked off last year. Along with every game, CFL fans will be well-served this season with the return of the weekly staple, Wendy's Friday Night Football

A gunman armed with a rifle has shot and wounded a guard inside Washington DC's Holocaust museum before being wounded in turn, city police say.

Jim Balsillie is optimistic that he's moving closer to bringing the Phoenix Coyotes to Hamilton.

TORONTO -- Three minutes before they were shot dead, Dylan Ellis and Oliver Martin shared a laugh that, until this morning, remained a private moment captured by a young woman who walked away from a baffling murder

By Allison Hanes, National Post The smiling, ethnically diverse family featured on the cover of Toronto's latest edition of its summer Fun Guide was digitally altered to make the photo more "inclusive," which city officials say is in keeping with a pol

OTTAWA -- A military investigation two years in the making has cleared Canadian soldiers of any wrongdoing in the handling of captured Taliban fighters in Kandahar.

OTTAWA -- Canada will grant the Aga Khan honorary citizenship for what Prime Minister Stephen Harper describes as his exemplary humanitarianism and long friendship with Canada.

Canadians will now be able to use the web to comb through all the national censuses collected by the government from 1851 to 1916.

The head of the Ontario Association of Nuclear Medicine says it was "very inappropriate" for Natural Resources Minister Lisa Raitt to call the isotope shortage a "sexy" issue.

OTTAWA -- Canada posted a small trade deficit of $179 million in April after a surplus of $1 billion in March.

DETROIT -- Italy's Fiat is the new owner of most of Chrysler's assets, closing a deal Wednesday that saves the troubled U.S. automaker from liquidation and places a new company in the hands of Fiat's CEO.

A Tel Aviv woman has been searching through Israeli rubbish dumps after accidentally throwing away a mattress containing $1m (�700,000)

eHealth Ontario spent more than $1 million in severance to remove a nine-member senior executive team to clear the way for Sarah Kramer -- herself dumped at a six-figure cost last week.

COLOMBO (AFP) - A Canadian MP was detained on arrival at Sri Lanka's international airport and could be deported for allegedly having supported the Tamil Tiger rebels, officials in the island state have said.

World Bank president Robert Zoellick says lots of countries around the world would like to trade places with Canada even though it did not escape the effects of the global economic downturn. Speaking to the International Economic Forum of the Americas,

Buy America protectionist provisions are a potential threat to a global economic recovery, particularly if they invite retaliation, the head of the World Bank says. Former U.S. trade czar Robert Zoellick was critical of his country Tuesday for passing

The World Health Organization says it is very close to declaring that the swine flu outbreak is a pandemic. The WHO's top flu expert says it's clear that the virus is spreading in the community in parts of Australia, which is a sign the agency has been

HERSHEY, PA. -- The Manitoba Moose excelled under pressure on Tuesday night when they forced Game 6 of the Calder Cup Finals with a 3-2 victory over the Hershey Bears at the Giant Center. Michael Grabner opened the scoring with his 10th of the season, Co

PHOENIX -- Jim Balsillie could be facing a US$100-million fee for the right to move the Phoenix Coyotes to Hamilton, and the question is could it be enough to make the Canadian billionaire walk away from the whole deal.

The Defence Department has been forced to reconsider its requirements for choosing new search-and-rescue planes for the Canadian military amid accusations the process was rigged, CBC News has learned.

A new political landscape has emerged in Nova Scotia, and it's awash in NDP orange. The New Democrats led by Darrell Dexter won a majority government Tuesday night, the first ever in Atlantic Canada.

A 10-year-old girl has been arrested and charged with assault after she and her older sister got into a fight.

A Regina woman claims she became violently ill last fall after drinking a cup of McDonald's coffee that she claims was contaminated by "human feces."

CALGARY - Three days before the deadly triple homicide on New Year's Day, Real Christian Honorio was released on bail, even though he'd just been charged in a large gang operation.

Something tragic happened a long time ago in a unremarkable home on a quiet street in London, Ont. Now authorities are trying to figure out why and how it took place. The grisly story first emerged when a man went down to the basement of his home on

By DAVENE JEFFREY Staff Reporter Sat. Jun 6 - 4:46 AM The case of a Halifax high school student who was acquitted of charges of resisting arrest and assaulting police officers is not over. Earlier this week, the Crown launched an appeal of provinci

A commercial fisherman in Florida had a lucky escape after netting an unusual catch - a live air-to-air missile.

For farmers, this stinks: Belching and gaseous cows and hogs could start costing them money if the federal government decides to charge fees for air-polluting animals.

Despite only being one year into his contract extension with the Ottawa Senators, Dany Heatley apparently wants out.

Sources confirm to TSN that the New Jersey Devils will announce today that head coach Brent Sutter is stepping down, citing personal and family reasons.

We know that Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff wants to be prime minister. We know also that to do so, he will have to persuade Canadians that the current office holder is not up to the job. But as warm weather settled in across most of the country last

The photographer who snapped topless photos of Britney Spears pole dancing on the set of her music video Gimme More has hit out at accusations the pictures were taken without her knowledge.

TORONTO -- It appears Canadian hockey fans may be losing interest in this year's Stanley Cup rematch -- at least, according to CBC's television ratings.

John Baird to Toronto: You can F**k off.

United Nations gang leader Clay Roueche being taken into custody in Texas on May 17, 2008. Roueche was turned away from Mexico and forced to land in the United States where he was arrested on drug charges.

According to TorrentFreak, with half of polling stations now closed in Sweden, the Pirate Party has at least one guaranteed seat in the EU Parliament. Currently, the party is sitting with 7% of the vote. Depending on how the remaining districts voted, the

"This was the coolest thing I have ever done!"

The Canadian frigate HMCS Winnipeg officially detached from Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 June 6, 2009, ending a successful nine-week counter-piracy mission that began in early April.

The Defence Department is expected to launch a series of announcements about military construction projects as the Harper government tries to show the public it is creating jobs in the recession.

MADRID - The Madrid zoo is showing off a baby white rhino that is only the third in the world to have been conceived through artificial insemination.

Canada geese buzzing down from Labrador have been fingered as the culprits sucked into the engines of a US Airways passenger jet, leading to the plane's dramatic splash-landing in New York's Hudson River.

Vancouver has been named the world's most livable city.

WASHINGTON -- Think your job's tedious? Try beheading 100 mosquitoes an hour.

CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan -- Teams of builders worked through dust storms Monday to expand a base for a brigade of U.S. Marines now fanning out across southern Afghanistan to change the course of a war claiming American lives faster than ever before.

TOKYO - A man believed to be the eldest son of North Korean ruler Kim Jong Il said in an interview aired Tuesday he thinks reports that his youngest brother will become the communist country's next leader are true.

A growing number of Canadians will have to start checking themselves thoroughly for ticks that spread Lyme disease if climate change enables the insects to survive a northern climate, researchers warned Monday.

Researchers hope a new study of deep sea corals along Canada's Pacific coast will lead the government to protect the fragile organisms from fishing practices such as bottom trawling.

B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell will introduce his new cabinet at 2 p.m. Wednesday and will recall the legislature on Aug. 25, followed by a budget on Sept. 1.

New Brunswick naturalists are worried about the impact on local wetlands when too many birds of a feather flock together.

Two men who got between a grizzly and her cubs are recovering from a bear attack in the back country in northwestern Alberta.

Steep terrain and extremely dry conditions have hindered fire crews' efforts to combat a wildfire in B.C.'s Cariboo Region

The four RCMP officers involved in stunning Robert Dziekanski with a Taser at Vancouver's airport are asking a B.C. court to bar a public inquiry into his death from making findings of misconduct against them.

Despite a slew of upgrades that recently got 2 of its P-3/CP-140 Aurora maritime patrol aircraft sent to map key areas in Afghanistan, only 45% (9/20) are available at any one time. That fleet�s other duties include patrolling Canada�s long Atlantic,

TSN.ca Staff 6/8/2009 4:40:40 PM Tuesday's legal proceedings in the courtroom of Judge Redfield T. Baum have the potential to effectively end Jim Balsillie's chances of owning the Phoenix Coyotes on the spot. Or the judge might approve a sale of the

The US Supreme Court threw a wrench into the plans to have a quick bankruptcy process at Chrysler LLC, delaying the company's combination with Italian automaker Fiat.

A Canadian soldier on foot patrol in southern Afghanistan was killed Monday by an improvised explosive device in the volatile Panjwaii district.

"It's all bad," said one government source with knowledge of the contents of the tape.

Most new programs are pickups from U.S. broadcasters

Movie Central/Movie Network co-producing with Syfy; also announce other original productions

Stephen Colbert, wearing a camouflage suit and tie, brought "The Colbert Report" � Comedy Central's political satire in which he plays a conservative TV pundit � to hundreds of U.S. troops at Camp Victory, the U.S. military headquarters on the western

NEW YORK � General Motors Corp. has a tentative deal to sell its Saturn brand to auto racing magnate Roger Penske's dealership group, both companies said Friday.

Honda Motor Co. Ltd.�s American sales arm, American Honda Motor Co., reported on Tuesday that the automaker sold 98,344 vehicles nationwide in May. A year ago, demand for fuel-efficient vehicles had sent Honda to a record month of sales at 167,997 vehic

By FRANCES BULA The Canadian Press Mon. Jun 8 - 4:46 AM WHISTLER, B.C. � A trade war between Canada and the United States over "Buy American" policies would hurt both countries, Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff said Sunday, a day after Canadian muni

The U.N. reports that 75 percent of seafood species are maxed out or overexploited and catches of nearly a third of these species are less than 10 percent of what they once were. Ninety percent of the big fish -- sharks, tuna, swordfish -- are already gon

A man stole an ambulance from Edmonton paramedics, threw on an EMS jacket and led police on a marathon chase across western Alberta on Sunday evening

The province of P.E.I. has been getting serious about taking away the driver's licences of parents who won't pay child support, and finding it a good way to get the money flowing.

OTTAWA -- When Lisa Raitt lost her director of communications last week, an already gaping hole got even bigger back at her office.

The NDP is on the verge of a historic election win in Nova Scotia, which would the first time the party formed a government in any of the Atlantic provinces.

OTTAWA -- The federal public safety minister says a border crossing in eastern Ontario might be shut permanently unless aboriginals accept a decision to arm border guards.

Canadians gave $1.1 billion more to charitable and non-profit organizations in 2007 than they did in 2004, Statistics Canada reported Monday.

A marijuana grow operation worth $2.3 million was discovered over the weekend when a fire erupted on a farm in Bradford West Gwillimbury, Ont.

LONDON, Ont. -- The decomposed body of a baby has been found in a northeast London home after a man looking for family photos made the grisly discovery.

NORMANDY, FRANCE -- A Canadian war veteran made U.S. President Barack Obama smile -- but nearly made the president's wife Michelle cry.

VILLONS-LES-BUISSONS, France -- A man who made the gruesome discovery of 20 Canadian soldiers murdered by the Nazis 65 years ago in a medieval French abbey has been honoured by the Canadian government.

HERSHEY, Pa. -- Win or go home. Repeat. Win or go home. That's what the dream season has come down to for the Manitoba Moose.

Ontario Health Minister David Caplan has fired the head of the electronic health records agency eHealth Ontario amid a multimillion-dollar contracts scandal.

Environmentalists say government documents show Canada's role in international climate-change negotiations includes bullying developing countries, backpedalling on commitments and attempting to exploit divisions in Europe.

At a time when governments are spending billions on ailing industries, roads and bridges, a group led by the University of Waterloo has grabbed the attention of politicians and corporate leaders with a pitch to make digital media a key part of the country

Campaign director Doug Finley also advising riding presidents to be ready and 'to prepare but come short of making financial commitments at this time.

Research by Nanos on the impact of the recent Conservative ads attacking Michael Ignatieff indicates that in the short term they have not had a significant impact.

Aurora, the Vancouver Aquarium's 20-year-old beluga whale, successfully gave birth at the facility at 3:39 p.m. Sunday afternoon.