NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 12-2009

The largest hospital in Halifax is using security guards to prohibit high school students from going into the building to buy food.

The Dutch government plans to bring hundreds of bikes into Canada to promote pedal power and a healthier lifestyle during the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. But the taxman has put the brakes on their plans, at least temporarily, by demanding import duties tha

The global surge in the illegal trade has been driven by demands from Asian medicinal markets, the study by conservationists concluded

In a TV interview, Mr Ahmadinejad also said that Russia had "made a mistake" in voting last week to condemn Tehran for building a second enrichment plant.

A Winnipeg-based international transport company is proudly showing its support for the Canadian Forces and its troops in a creative and dynamic way.

U.S. President Barack Obama plans to announce Tuesday evening that the U.S. will begin pulling troops out of Afghanistan starting in July 2011, administration officials say.

It may not be a white Christmas in Canada after all as a senior climatologist predicts the country will likely see less snow this year.

A registered sex offender who police say was living with 10 dead bodies and a skull has been indicted on 11 counts of aggravated murder, a prosecutor said Tuesday

Tiger Woods will get a careless driving citation for a car crash outside his Orlando-area mansion last week, but will not face criminal charges, the Florida Highway Patrol said Tuesday.

Eight more people have died in B.C. in the last seven days after getting the H1N1 flu, bringing the provincial death toll to 42 since April, according to the weekly update issued by provincial health officials on Tuesday.

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Before the backdrop of U.S. President Barack Obama's long-awaited new Afghanistan strategy, NATO commanders are putting Canada's military command in charge of the tactically vital Arghandab district north of Kandahar city.

The Montreal Canadiens are officially back with the Molson family. The NHL board of governors approved the Habs' sale to a group of investors led by Geoff Molson and his brothers, Andrew and Justin, on Tuesday.

President Barack Obama is dispatching 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan, accelerating a risky and expensive war buildup, even as he assures the nation that U.S. forces will begin coming home in July 2011. The first new Marines will join the fight by Chris

Seattle police shot and killed the fugitive suspected of gunning down four officers in a suburban coffee shop, a sheriff's spokesman said Tuesday.