NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 01-2010

Calling it their "superphone," Google unveiled the Nexus One on Tuesday, marking the online search giant's first leap into the smartphone market.

The majority of Canadians may have been hit hard by the recession, but a new analysis finds Canada's 100 highest-paid CEOs just keep getting richer.

TMZ was first to break news of the 30-year-old Johnson & Johnson heiress's passing, reporting that authorities believed she had been dead for several days before her body was discovered. A cause of death has yet to be determined.

Nine Canadian airports will install full-body scanners within two months to strengthen the security net that failed to catch an alleged terrorist with plans to blow up a planeload of people on Christmas Day, according to Tuesday's La Presse.

As Mayrand is not allowed to grant further extensions, the candidates are left in a difficult position. If they can raise the money, they must get permission from a judge to pay off their loans. Otherwise, the outstanding debts will be treated as campaign

For the second time in his career, the defenceman will miss significant time thanks to a freak injury involving an opponent's skate blade. Bieksa is out two to three months as severed tendons in his left ankle heal.

The devastating bomb explosion that killed four Canadian soldiers and a journalist in Kandahar last week also seriously injured a Canadian diplomat

An 18-month-old golden retriever credited with saving a B.C. boy from a cougar underwent surgery Monday to recover from wounds suffered in the attack.

Olympic security officials say the arrest of a female boater off Vancouver's Jericho Beach on New Year's Eve shouldn't raise concerns about marine security during the 2010 Games

More than 20,000 people have joined an anti-prorogation group on Facebook following Prime Minister Stephen Harper's decision to suspend Parliament for two months until after the Vancouver Winter Olympics

A frail, elderly Winnipeg woman narrowly avoided being stranded at a U.S. airport thanks to a stranger in shiny shoes who transformed into her guardian angel.

More than 500 Canadians who considered themselves ``beautiful" have reportedly been kicked off an online dating website for packing a few extra pounds over the holidays.

By the third day of being snowed in at a pub in the middle of the Yorkshire moors over New Year's, the 60 stranded guests were so partied out, they'd lost all interest in drinking, says the establishment's owner.

Google Inc.'s vision for how a mobile phone should be made and sold will likely raise the stakes in the Internet search leader's bid to gain more control over how people surf the web while they're on the go.

Flu clinics are set to re-open Tuesday in Toronto for those who need a second dose of H1N1 vaccine.

It took just a few minutes for John Mbelos to pick his new best friend

Bomb squad officers set off two controlled explosions Monday evening as they worked to defuse a "possible explosive device" found in a home in London, Ont.

A cougar attack on a toboggan hill was thwarted by a mother who rushed to the aid of her seven-year-old boy in northern B.C.

New images of Mars suggest the Red Planet had large lakes on its surface as recently as three billion years ago.

Archaeologists in Egypt have said they have discovered the largest known tomb in the ancient necropolis of Sakkara, to the south of Cairo.

Funeral services will be held in the B.C. capital today for the 134th Canadian soldier to die in Afghanistan.

This week, a boy in Ottawa celebrated his 11th birthday. That may not be a remarkable achievement for most kids, but for Tyler Huneault, it was a huge milestone. Tyler is believed to be the only person in all of North America suffering from a rare disease

So many Canadians are expected to develop Alzheimer's disease and dementia in the next 30 years that a new case will be diagnosed every two minutes unless preventive measures are taken, a new report says.

TORONTO -- More than half of Canadians believe greenhouse gases produced by human activity are a key factor spurring climate change, and they say the planet is in peril if significant action isn't taken soon.

Spirit has always been the unluckier of NASA's twin Mars rovers. Just weeks after landing in a Martian crater in 2004, it went haywire and transmitted gibberish to Earth. Engineers eventually nursed it back to health.

The Canadian dollar hit a two-month high against the U.S. greenback on Monday as commodity prices showed renewed strength following upbeat economic reports from the U.S., China, and Europe.

A near-empty passenger train ran through a railway platform and crashed into a hotel by Helsinki's main railway station Monday

Record snowfalls in South Korea and northern China grounded hundreds of flights, closed schools and paralyzed roads and traffic Monday.

The Olympic torch arrives in Manitoba on Tuesday for a four-day tour of the province before continuing its cross-Canada journey to the West Coast.

Snow squalls and difficult driving conditions are continuing in many parts of southern Ontario, while the north shivers in bone-chilling cold.

A rare Canadian penny billed as "the king of Canadian coins" was purchased for $402,500 US at a New York auction Sunday

Two legislature members from Alberta's governing Progressive Conservatives are crossing the floor to the fledgling Wildrose Alliance, and a political commenter warns they may be just the first to change parties.

U.S. authorities have taken an unusual step in attempting to extradite a B.C. man they say was the kingpin of a major cross-border drug smuggling operation

East Coast residents are cleaning up after a powerful weekend storm that killed at least three people

Saskatchewan Roughriders general manager Eric Tillman will enter a guilty plea when he appears in a Regina court on Monday to face a summary charge of sexual assault, sources close to the case have told the Leader-Post.

One of the most visible leaders of an Al Qaeda-affiliated terrorist militia in Somalia spent a year in Toronto ingratiating himself into the Somali immigrant community as a convert to Islam.

That a few wines can endure for decades, or even more than a century, I find amazing. What other food or beverage can match this?

TORONTO -- Cats may have nine lives but this dog definitely has more than one.

A boy from Boston Bar, B.C., whose golden retriever saved him from a charging cougar says he wouldn't be alive if his dog hadn't stepped in.

Passengers flying into the United States from Nigeria, Yemen and other "countries of interest" will be subject to enhanced screening techniques, such as body scans and pat-downs, the Transportation Security Administration said Sunday.

SASKATOON -- The United States earned a meeting with Canada in the final of the 2010 world junior men's hockey championship by beating Sweden 5-2 in Sunday's semifinal.

Every winter, hundreds of bald eagles descend on the Sea-to-Sky community of Brackendale, north of Squamish.

It's as pretty a description of Ontario as ever was writ, inscribed on birch bark and sent more than 100 years ago to Pope Leo XIII in the Vatican.

MARKHAM, Ont. -- Having Aunt Martha stop by for dinner over the holiday season is one thing, but having 50 ants for breakfast was more than Tommy Lam could stomach.

TORONTO - Drivers on roads and all major highways across Ontario slid into ditches and collided with other vehicles Sunday after a blast of winter weather delivered snow squalls and icy conditions to parts of the province.

Two earthquakes struck near the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, but there were no immediate reports of injury or damage.

The Canadian government says it will not act upon a request by the Jordanian government that it seize the 2,000-year-old Dead Sea scrolls, now on their last day of display at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto.

There's a lot of security and secrecy around the opening of the world's tallest free-standing structure in Dubai, due to be officially unveiled on Monday.

A landmark and heritage building in northern New Brunswick has been destroyed by fire. The Opera House nightclub in Miramichi went up in flames Saturday afternoon.

Soldiers, dignitaries and family members stood in freezing temperatures at a military base in eastern Ontario on Sunday as the bodies of five Canadians killed in Afghanistan arrived home.

A winter storm pummelled the Maritimes over the weekend, claiming the lives of at least two people.

A golden retriever is being credited with saving an 11-year-old boy from a charging cougar in Boston Bar, B.C.

"Avatar" crushed its rivals at the New Year holiday weekend box office in North America and was poised to challenge "The Dark Knight" as the second-biggest movie ever, according to data released on Sunday. James Cameron's 3-D sci-fi epic earned $68.3 m

Capture of Carlos Beltran Leyva comes two weeks after his powerful brother was killed in shootout with troops

Outspoken and outraged just one day earlier, the GM of an upscale Calgary restaurant did a spin-o-rama yesterday in his position on a dispute with Edmonton Oilers players. Maurizio Terrigno would not elaborate on any developments, except to confirm s

The Flames scored two quick goals in the second period to overturn a Toronto lead and stifled the Leafs the rest of the way, emerging with a 3-1 victory.

The city of Toronto has issued an extreme cold weather alert, which gives the city's outreach workers access to extra support services in their effort to get homeless people off the street.

The great recession of the decade is behind us now, according to top Canadian economists. But Canadians are being warned there's little relief ahead.

If you weren't one of the hundreds of thousands of people who jumped on the Twitter bandwagon this year, you might be missing out. Even if you don't want to know what your friends had for breakfast, users and experts say Twitter has changed our lives this

Chinese authorities caught nearly 5,400 suspects last year in a crackdown on online pornography and have vowed to strengthen Internet policing.

Both the United States and Britain have closed their embassies in Yemen, with American officials citing threats by the al Qaeda group linked to the failed bombing of a Detroit-bound plane on Christmas Day.

SASKATOON - Jerry D'Amigo scored two goals in leading the United States over Finland 6-2 Saturday in the quarter-finals at the world junior championships.

SASKATOON -- Nino Niederreiter's second goal of the game 9:47 into overtime propelled Switzerland to a 3-2 upset win over Russia in the quarter-finals at the world junior hockey championship Saturday.

The Canadian Forces plans to have new surveillance aircraft operating out of Kandahar by the summer to help hunt down insurgents planting improvised explosive devices.

KINSHASA, Congo - A government official says a volcano has erupted in eastern Congo, sending lava toward a national park.

Saturday found the Canucks forward bouncing one off the skate of a defender and past a startled goaltender for the second game in a row, this time making it count for the winner.

Parts of Nova Scotia are being battered by winds of up to 160 kilometres per hour, leading Environment Canada to warn that areas of the province could flood due to high tides and large waves.

BEIJING, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese mainland reported 648 deaths from the A/H1N1 influenza as of Dec. 31, the Ministry of Health said on Saturday.

The organisers of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and Whistler are hoping for gold stars as they seek to set new environmental standards for the Olympic movement.

The Canadian city of Vancouver is gearing up to host nearly four weeks of Winter Olympic and Paralympic sporting action in February and March.

A TINY crease on her waist, a slightly dimpled thigh and naturally uneven skin tones - these "flaws" on the exquisite body of Jennifer Hawkins represent a minor revolution in Australian magazines.

The little blue book literally opens up the world. Even Canada, Mexico and much of the Caribbean now require a passport (or at least a passport card).

In the shimmering fantasy realm of the hit movie "Avatar," a paraplegic Marine leaves his wheelchair behind and finds his feet in a new virtual world thanks to "the link," a sophisticated chamber that connects his brain to a surrogate alien, via computer.

A proposal that will make it easier for foreign entrepreneurs in the US to start the next Google or Yahoo will be debated in the new year.

With only 40 points in 40 games, and sitting nine points out of the final playoff spot in the Western Conference, the St. Louis Blues have made a coaching change.

Mourners arrive at the Loreto Funeral Complex for the wake of Nick Rizzuto, Jr. in St. Leonard, a suburb of Montreal, Thursday, December 31, 2009.

The news that Elin Nordegren is planning to divorce her husband, Tiger Woods, was the only plausible end game for the recently crowned athlete of the decade. And with the news that Elin is with her family while Tiger toils away on his yacht, the only real

It would be cool, both Taylor and Steve Hall admit, for the son to start his pro career at the same place his dad started his. "I've been looking at the standings," said dad Steve. "The thought has crossed my mind."

SASKATOON -- Brandon Kozun is definitely the best American on the Canadian roster. It's no secret the Calgary Hitmen sniper, who holds dual citizenship, turned down a guaranteed spot on Team USA to take a shot at cracking Team Canada's roster.

The date 01/02/2010 is a palindrome: A rare confluence of month, date and year that reads the same backward as forward. The last palindrome date was Oct. 2, 2001. But before that, more than six centuries passed since the numerals last aligned on Aug. 31,

Researchers make key discovery in effort to save Tasmanian marsupial from bizarre facial cancer

Starting New Year's Day, the fines for major traffic infractions doubled, tripled and in some cases even quadrupled.

Rosie DiManno reports on the tragic life of a wounded veteran who felt abandoned by Canada's military

Maurizio Terrigno says the team was ringing in 2010 with a group of 45 people and ran up a bill close to 18 thousand dollars.

ANGRA DOS REIS, Brazil - A rain-soaked slab of hillside collapsed on three houses and an upscale waterfront lodge after New Year celebrations on an island resort in this city near Rio de Janeiro, killing at least 19 people, authorities said.

PETERBOROUGH, Ont. - A southern Ontario family who kept First World War artillery shells in their home for decades acted responsibly when they chose to relinquish the heirlooms to police, military explosive experts said Friday.

Junior hockey's governing body in Ontario will review on-ice safety measures for its officials after a linesman was severely injured during a game in Woodstock, Ont.

Building a home near a moon crater or a lunar sea may sound nice, but moon colonists might have a much better chance of survival if they just lived in a hole.

Ontario has filed a motion in the U.S. Supreme court, supporting a lawsuit aimed at preventing the spread of an invasive fish into the Great Lakes that could cause billions of dollars in damage to the fishing industry.

Christiane Hachey and Alexis Violante couldn't be prouder. They're the parents of Toronto's New Year's Baby.

What do Michael Ignatieff (left), Peter MacKay (centre) and Hugo Chavez (right) and a beret-clad parrot (far right, with feathers) all have in common? Very little, we suspect, aside from our commenters picking three out of the four of them for the top pol

North Korea has reaffirmed its commitment to a nuclear-free Korean peninsula, brightening the prospect it may rejoin the stalled international talks aimed at ending its nuclear weapons programs.

Officials say 75 people were killed Friday after a car bomb exploded at a volleyball tournament in northwest Pakistan.

WINNIPEG - Ever dreamed of having your name immortalized on a parking meter? How about on a city bus ticket or a heart defibrillator in the back of an ambulance?

Solo sailor Derek Hatfield is preparing for his third attempt at racing alone around the world.

Tributes poured in Thursday for Calgary Herald reporter Michelle Lang, who was killed Wednesday in Afghanistan along with four Canadian soldiers.

A chilly New Year's Day tradition is taking place in cities across Canada Friday, as people ring in the new year by plunging into icy water during annual polar bear dips

Thousands of soldiers turned out in bright winter sunshine Friday at Kandahar Airfield to bid farewell to the five, killed Wednesday when the vehicle they were travelling in struck an improvised explosive device in the city of Kandahar.

A barrage of severe weather will batter the Maritimes this long weekend, forecasters say