NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 07-2009

RCMP in northern British Columbia are scouting sites in the small town of Tomslake, where they suspect the area's oil-and-gas bomber lives, for a place to set up a temporary detachment.

Add this to the list of things not to do when you're drinking.

It was not the Canadian legacy of peacekeeping that was "entirely bogus," it was the Liberal misuse of that legacy that was. What was "disgusting" was the way the Chretien government and then the Paul Martin government hid behind peacekeeping's skirts to

COBOURG -- Like the sound of rolling thunder, more than 300 motorcycles travelled from Whitby to CFB Trenton for the first annual Highway of Heroes Salute Ride yesterday.

Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan -- A Russian Mi-8 Hip helicopter under contract to NATO forces crashed Sunday killing 16 people and injuring five others as it was taking off from this airfield, which is the logistical hub for the war against the Taliban, s

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico - Until a few years ago, the memory of three African-American soldiers was buried beneath the sandy, desert in New Mexico, their remains left behind by the military and to the mercy of looters.

SAN FRANCISCO - Several dozen people were injured when two San Francisco light-rail trains collided Saturday afternoon, authorities said.

Veteran quarterback Kevin Glenn came off the sidelines to throw two touchdown passes and lead the Hamilton Tiger-Cats to a 25-13 win over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in front of a rejuvenated crowd of 24,292 at Ivor Wynne Stadium Saturday night.

A young boy could only watch in horror as his dad was crushed beneath the weight of the car he was attempting fix today outside their Don Mills apartment building

Walter Martinez's penalty kick goal in the 37th minute gave Honduras a 1-0 victory over Canada and a trip to the semifinals of the CONCACAF Gold Cup.

Fire crews are battling a 15-hectare wildfire burning in West Kelowna, in B.C.'s Okanagan region. More than 100 homes have been evacuated in the Glenrosa area, and another 1,000 nearby homes are threatened.

REGINA -- Anthony Calvillo threw two touchdown passes to move into a second-place tie on the all-time list as the Montreal Alouettes dismantled the Saskatchewan Roughriders 43-10 on Saturday to remain the CFL's lone unbeaten team.

TORONTO -- The NHL Players' Association is recommending that players skip the on-ice portion of Olympic orientation camps because of insurance concerns.

EDMONTON -- An Alberta Tory MLA and former provincial cabinet minister has been kicked out of the government caucus after he criticized funding delays for a long-term care facility in his constituency.

LUDINGTON, Michigan -- Great Lakes water levels are rebounding after a decade-long slump that hammered the maritime industry and even fed conspiracy theories about plots to drain the inland seas that make up nearly one-fifth of the world's fresh surface w

PARIS -- A woman crossing the road during the Tour de France was killed Saturday when she was hit by a police motorcycle escorting riders

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Nelson Mandela's fans celebrated the anti-apartheid icon's 91st birthday Saturday by emulating him with good deeds, reading to the blind, distributing blankets to the homeless or refurbishing homes for AIDS orphans.

British Open win would make American oldest winner of major championship

TORONTO - When the world marks the 40th anniversary Monday of man's first landing on the moon, it will be paying tribute to American ingenuity and what arguably is one of that country's finest moments. But it was one of Canada's proudest moments, too.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Forty years ago, a wonderstruck nine-year-old boy named Chris Hadfield saw the course of his life change dramatically as he watched Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon.

Mohawks on the Akwesasne reserve plan to follow up their apparent victory in a dispute over the arming of border guards by pushing for sovereignty on Cornwall Island, according to Grand Chief Mike Mitchell.

The RCMP plan to open a temporary detachment devoted to investigating the targeted bombings of EnCana pipelines in northeastern British Columbia, according to reports, after investigators received two threatening letters purportedly from the person respon

(AP) The owner of a southern Wisconsin house might not be in love with the Oscar Mayer wiener right now. The Oscar Mayer Wienermobile crashed into a Mount Pleasant house around noon Friday.

There is another offer to purchase the Coyotes and keep them in Phoenix on the horizon, reports The Globe and Mail.

Ald. Ric McIver has paid back the $450.07 he charged the city for dry-cleaning bills last year, after facing disapproving calls from taxpayers.

Princess Sophie stretches out on her desk, crumpling a few papers. This is one cat that came back.

Art and music help Nigel Bart, who was diagnosed with schizophrenia 15 years ago, get through his day and manage his mental disorder.

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- Canadian soldiers have shot and killed an Afghan civilian as his car approached a team diffusing a roadside bomb.

OTTAWA - Surrounded by debris in the pitch dark, Canadian businessman Edward Thiessen said he didn't quite know which way was up Friday after a bomb ripped through the hotel he was visiting in the Indonesia capital Jakarta.

Conversations between a security guard, her dispatch office and EMS operators have provided more information into the death of a Toronto man, a death that some say is linked to the municipal strike.

Canada Post has temporarily suspended door-to-door mail delivery for a neighbourhood in Moose Jaw, Sask., because of threatening swoops from a protective bird of prey.

An Alberta judge looking into the death of a prisoner killed by rioting inmates said first-time federal convicts should be taught how to follow the informal "con code."

Members of the Bandidos biker gang took several of their rivals out of a southwestern Ontario barn one at a time and executed them, a police informant told a London, Ont., court Friday.

Two lesbian lovers who slipped into Canada before visas were imposed on Mexico have claimed refugee status in Toronto alleging they'll be raped or killed if sent back home.

Two young men face street-racing charges after they were nabbed driving side by side at an unbelievably reckless 150 km/h over the posted speed limit on a Rexdale street, police say.

OTTAWA - Even the discovery of cocaine worth up to $4 million was no exuse for a police pull-over and search that trampled Charter rights, says Canada's top court.

BEIJING - Two red panda cubs abandoned by their mother at birth are thriving at a northern China zoo thanks to milk and loving care from an unlikely surrogate mother - a dog

CONCORD, New Hampshire - A teenager who spent three nights alone on Mount Washington in April after he sprained an ankle and veered off marked trails has been fined more than $25,000 for the cost of his rescue.

The Calgary Stampeders certainly looked like defending Grey Cup champions on Friday night, and they had help from the Toronto Argonauts.

A native community on Vancouver Island has become the largest solar energy producing community in B.C.

A woman is recovering in hospital after being shot outside her East Vancouver home Friday morning in what police say is likely a targeted shooting.

SAN DIEGO -- Jumbo flying squid -- aggressive 5-foot-long sea monsters with razor-sharp beaks and toothy tentacles -- have invaded the shallow waters off San Diego, spooking scuba divers and washing up dead on tourist-packed beaches.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. -- The Coast Guard's largest icebreaker, the Louis St. Laurent, will leave St. John's, N.L., on Monday for the Arctic to support Canada's mission to survey the ocean floor.

Some tiger moths can produce sounds that interfere with a bat's sonar, rendering the predator unable to find its prey, a study has found.

Tiger Woods missed the cut at the British Open after shooting a 4-over 74 in the second round at Turnberry, Scotland, on Friday.

People in Pines Cove, N.L., say a rotting whale carcass that the province had towed out to sea months ago has come back, and the stink is unbearable.

Walter Cronkite, the former CBS anchor known as the Most Trusted Man in America, has died. He was 92.

As Toronto's strike enters its 26th day, Maclean's magazine's latest edition knocks the garbage-strewn metropolis and Mayor David Miller on its cover.

Can anything ever have too much bling? Yes! Here's proof.

SEATTLE - Microsoft Corp.'s redesigned search site remains a distant third to Google and Yahoo despite getting a slight boost in its first month.

collision involving two big-rigs and a car Wednesday caused an explosion that sent flames and clouds of smoke billowing and collapsed a highway overpass just north of Detroit, Michigan.

A car chase involving two 13-year-old boys ended with an early-morning crash at the prime minister's residence on Friday.

CALGARY - Passengers on a WestJet flight from Toronto on Thursday morning had a minor scare when one of the rear tires blew on takeoff, sending emergency crews rushing to ensure their safety upon landing at the Calgary International Airport.

The first ever extraterrestrial meeting of Canadians is scheduled for Friday afternoon when the space shuttle docks with the orbiting space station high above the Earth.

BERLIN - German prosecutors in Nuremberg have launched an investigation into whether an artist's gold-coloured gnome giving a stiff-armed Hitler salute violates the country's strict laws against the use of Nazi symbols.

Hockey fans will have an official place to party during the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.

Chris Nilan's latest penalty? A $100 legal bill after being arrested on shoplifting charges.

More than 100 small planes began taking off from several Metro Vancouver airports Friday morning, beginning a cross-country journey to mark a century of flight in Canada.

The RCMP is paying 65 per cent more to maintain an extra computer database for its officers in British Columbia, and that system still isn't running smoothly, according to new documents released to CBC News.

EDMONTON -- A northern Alberta man who shot his wife dead with a sawed-off rifle from extremely close range was sentenced to 5 1/2 years in prison yesterday.

Ottawa stuck waiting for provinces to approve trade-rule compromise before approaching U.S. on fairer bidding policies.

Unfazed by the loss of starting quarterback Buck Pierce, the British Columbia Lions won big behind backup Jarious Jackson

The federal government could wind up running deficits until its 2019-20 fiscal year if it chooses to rely on economic expansion to get out of the red, according to a report released Thursday.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Threatens West

Japanese office worker Satoshi Tada pays for shopping, wins free food and gets store discounts all by waving his cell phone. "I use it pretty much every day," the 25-year-old said. "You can charge money on it right there if needed, and you don't have

HALIFAX -- Royal Australian Navy (RAN) frigates Sydney and Ballarat recently arrived in Canadian waters as part of a six-month international deployment in support of diplomatic, international security and defence industry interests in Western Europe, Nort

Quebec could raise as much as $9.5 billion a year by reversing the flow of three northern rivers to generate power and export water to the United States, according to a report made public yesterday.

OTTAWA - Red-coated riders and their black steeds have returned to Parliament Hill.

On the eve of the British Open, Tom Watson got a modern-day text message from Jack Nicklaus' wife. Then it was time to turn back the clock at Turnberry.

After opening the CFL season with two straight losses B.C. Lions players say it's time they begin playing up to their potential

Parents of summer campers are being assured that recent outbreaks of H1N1 flu are not cause for alarm, even as the number of camps reporting suspected infections rose to six.

Canadian officials and diplomats will now be required to get visas before entering Mexico, said Mexican Foreign Secretary Patricia Espinosa on Thursday.

On July 24, teams of four will set out for two days of hiking from Springwater, Ont. They'll follow the Ganaraska Trail to Creemore, Ont., finishing at Wasaga Beach.

UNITED NATIONS - The U.N. imposed new sanctions Thursday against five North Korean officials, four companies and a state agency, and banned imports of two weapons-making materials, in a rare unified push by the world's powers to thwart Pyongyang's nuclear

A shaggy-haired 17-year-old from Southern California has become the youngest person to sail around the world alone.

The space shuttle Endeavour's seven astronauts, including Canadian Julie Payette, will investigate potential damage to their spaceship as it orbits the Earth Thursday, en route to the International Space Station.

An investigation into a possible homicide is underway after a body was found inside a burned car outside Clinton Elementary School in Burnaby, B.C., on Thursday morning.

NHL franchise owner Francesco Aquilini has made a legal sweep in his bid to prove his purchase of half the Vancouver Canucks was a solo venture.

Energy giant EnCana has three months to start shutting down its oil and gas operations in northeastern B.C. or a recent series of bombings will "get a lot worse," according to a letter, which purports to be from the bomber

Canada's lottery lovers will soon have a new game to replace the Lotto Super 7. Drawings for Lotto Max, the latest addition to the national lottery line-up, will be held on Friday nights, starting with the first draw on Sept. 25. Like the Super 7, Lot

The neglected Corner Gas buildings in Rouleau, Sask., will receive much-needed repairs, thanks to a local business owner

The band Kiss attracted a record-breaking crowd at Ottawa's Bluesfest Wednesday night.

A slim majority of Canadians oppose the country's participation in the war in Afghanistan, with the strongest opposition coming from Quebec, an EKOS poll suggests.

EDMONTON -- The remains of an Alberta Mountie exhumed seven months ago after a bitter family dispute have yet to be reburied in the RCMP national cemetery.

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- Another Canadian soldier was killed this morning during an operation in a village in the Panjwaii district of Kandahar province, about 17 kilometres southwest of the city.

The RCMP have called a text-messaged Amber Alert that has been circulating through the province a hoax

CFB TRENTON -- A flight safety investigation is pending after a privately owned former military jet appeared to abort takeoff before crashing through a fence here yesterday.

LONDON -- The operator of a controversial sex show that featured tips on stripping and classes on "pervy play time" says he's coming back to London, despite pleading guilty to violating the city's adult entertainment bylaw.

TORONTO - Canadians who have been left shivering in their shorts, wondering what happened to summer may soon get their answer.

MONTREAL - The whereabouts of a broker who allegedly bilked investors out of millions of dollars remained unknown Wednesday as accountants told a judge it may take several weeks to determine how much money has been drained from their accounts.

OTTAWA - Canada's privacy watchdog says Internet phenomenon Facebook breaches the law by keeping users' personal information indefinitely - even after members close their accounts.

The 2009-10 NHL campaign will start Thursday, Oct. 1, with a pair of all-Canadian matchups.

The 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver will force the hometown Canucks to take an Olympic-sized road trip next season.

A Richmond, B.C., man is facing 15 criminal charges after allegedly threatening a woman with a gun after she threw a potato chip at his truck.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Florida (CNN) -- The space shuttle Endeavour lifted off en route to the international space station Wednesday evening after several days of weather delays.

Even over the phone, Canadian singer Lawrence Gowan - the Strange Animal known for wild-man vaults from his piano in the 1980s - sounds like a guy who's having the time of his life. The classically trained musician joined Styx more than 10 years ago

According to several sources, a Winnipeg Blue Bombers scout was caught spying on the Hamilton Tiger-Cats practice on Tuesday.

MADRID � A Spanish woman who deceived a U.S. fertility clinic about her age and become the oldest woman to give birth has died at 69, leaving behind 2-year-old twins, newspapers reported Wednesday.

Exxon is joining a biotech company, Synthetic Genomics Inc., to research and develop next-generation biofuels produced from sunlight, water and waste carbon dioxide by photosynthetic pond scum.

Outdoor game announced today, Bruins will host the Flyers at Fenway park

A billboard proclaiming that the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a Republican has stirred a religious and political hornets' nest in Houston, where a church leader is trying to draw black voters into the Republican Party.

The Los Angeles Police Department is treating Michael Jackson's death as a homicide and is focusing on doctor Conrad Murray, entertainment website TMZ.com reported on Wednesday. The pop icon's family has spoken of "unanswered questions" concerning Mur

A new book about pop icon Michael Jackson's final years says the singer once considered moving to Montreal because polls indicated Quebecers rejected child abuse allegations made against him.

HALIFAX, N.S. -- A Halifax police officer said Tuesday he copied parts of a report on a Tasering incident from another officer involved in the melee, which is at the centre of a inquiry into the death of a mentally ill man.

Canadian slugger Justin Morneau says he is unimpressed with the way O Canada was treated at baseball's most recent all-star game in St. Louis.

A key witness in the murder trial of six men accused in the shooting deaths of eight Bandidos members in southwestern Ontario three years ago described tensions and power struggles between the organization's rival chapters in the months leading to the sla

Some heart-rending shots of 8 soldiers passing through Wooten Bassett, Wiltshire on Englands version of the "Highway of Heroes".

NASA is hoping the sixth time is a charm for the space shuttle Endeavour, which will attempt once again to launch Wednesday from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida en route to the International Space Station.

The Capital EX parade route through downtown Edmonton on Thursday will be festooned with yellow ribbons as a tribute to Canada's soldiers.

The parliamentary watchdog committee that oversees CSIS said Wednesday in Ottawa the spy agency ignored human-rights concerns in deciding to interview a teenage Omar Khadr in an American military prison

MANCHESTER, N.H. - A New Hampshire man says he swiped his debit card at a gas station to buy a pack of cigarettes and was charged over 23 quadrillion dollars.

COLUMBIA, S.C. -- A South Carolina judge Tuesday revoked the license of a funeral home where a worker cut the legs off a 6-foot-7 body so it would fit in a casket.

A pleasure swim in the Assiniboine River turned into a major headache for Winnipeg Fire Department personnel yesterday.