NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 02-2010

An Italian court has convicted three current and former Google executives of violating privacy laws in a case the company calls a serious threat to freedom on the web.

For hungry Olympic tourists heading out to Vancouver restaurants to nosh as the Games wind to a close, here's a helpful tip: take a close look at your bill, or risk being charged a gratuitous gratuity.

B.C. Liberal Jane Thornthwaite has no plans to step down while she faces impaired driving charges and Premier Gordon Campbell agrees that the North Vancouver-Seymour MLA should stay on the job.

Another record breaking day at the Whistler Sliding Centre helped Canada capture their first-ever medals in women's two-man bobsleigh in Vancouver on Wednesday, taking both gold and silver.

In one of the most hyped, heralded and anticipated hockey games ever played, Canada unleashed a devastating first-period attack Wednesday night to crush Russia, the defending world champions and in some people's minds, the gold-medal favorite, in a men's

Canada's women's short-track relay team made it six medals in six Olympic appearances, Wednesday, as Jessica Gregg, Kalyna Roberge, Marianne St-Gelais and Tania Vicent took the silver medal.

A sour gas well blew out Wednesday morning and was burning throughout the day northwest of Hythe, Alta.

B.C.'s Minister of Environment has ordered Greater Victoria to provide more details about its troubled sewage treatment plan, along with requesting changes in the planning work done so far.

Two Crown witnesses at the trial of Pingoatuk (Ping) Kolola, accused of killing an RCMP officer in Nunavut in 2007, have told a jury that Kolola admitted to the crime shortly after it happened.

The agency investigating the sinking of a Canadian tall ship will zero in on any safety deficiencies on board and whether the Brazilian navy was right to wait roughly 20 hours before sending out an aircraft to search for the vessel.

Ontario Provincial Police and military investigators are looking into three separate "sudden" deaths involving soldiers from Canadian Forces Base Borden.

Clara Hughes skated the final race of her illustrious Olympic career in style, finishing with the bronze medal in the 5,000-metres race at the Richmond Olympic Oval.

A veteran SeaWorld trainer in Florida was attacked and killed by a whale Wednesday afternoon just as a public show was set to begin -- and the same whale may be linked to another death in B.C.

Team Canada's coach made the decision to throw the hometown goalie into the cauldron, and he can't go back on his word now that the temperature is rising

Ontario premier Dalton McGuinty will visit Israel in May, in order to promote trade relations between Israel and the province of Ontario. This is the first time since 1998 that an Ontario premier will be making the trip.

In a 68-page report on the human rights of transsexuals, the watchdog says that 'requiring pupils to wear gender-specific clothes is potentially unlawful'.

I guess deadly assassins don't use Google in their research?

There's one thing that brings Canadians together with the rest of the world, and according to late night funnyman Stephen Colbert, it's that we're not American.

Federal legislation limiting the amount of credit prisoners can get for time served in custody before and during their trial has become law, Justice Minister Rob Nicholson announced on Tuesday.

Ashleigh McIvor of Whistler, B.C., has won the gold medal in the inaugural women's skicross competition at the Vancouver Olympics.

The Dutch superstar was disqualified for a lane violation, losing the chance for his second gold medal at these Games. Kramer finished almost four seconds ahead of Lee Seung-Hoon, but it didn't matter. The South Korean already was celebrating the gold med

With a sea of pedestrians surging on downtown Vancouver streets, a pint-size lifesaver is being used to help injured people during the 2010 Games.

One of the HPV vaccines available in Canada has now been approved for use by boys and men. Merck announced Tuesday that Health Canada has approved its vaccine Gardasil for use in boys and men aged nine through 26.

It could be a boon for the Canadian prairies. Researchers in Texas say they have found a way of cutting the cost of producing gasoline by two thirds

OTTAWA - The Royal Canadian Mint spent nearly $1.4 million to investigate missing gold worth $20 million that turned out to be not missing after all.

Dildo has gone high-tech. A small heritage bed-and-breakfast in Dildo, Nfld., has won the fifth annual Tourism Atlantic Technology Award for bringing its five-room operation into the 21st century.

Canada's Cheryl Bernard clinched the top seed for the Olympic women's curling playoffs by holding on for a 6-5 extra-end win over struggling Great Britain skip Eve Muirhead on Tuesday morning.

An influential U.S. magazine has named Tofino the number one surf town in North America.

Anti-poverty activists and civil rights watchdogs in Vancouver say their worst fears about police crackdowns during the 2010 Winter Olympics have yet to materialize, more than halfway through the Games.

The RCMP in Manitoba are cracking down on people imbibing in ice-fishing shacks. The Mounties, along with natural resources officers with Manitoba Conservation, conducted checks on Saturday of fishermen and ice-fishing shacks on the Red River

It isn't an exaggeration, not by a long shot. When she steps onto the ice at Pacific Coliseum Tuesday to perform her short program in the women's figure skating competition at the Vancouver Olympics, Canada's Joannie Rochette will face the most difficult

DNA from ancient frozen caribou bones found in the Yukon suggests caribou herds in the area were displaced by a volcanic eruption 1,000 years ago.

A Calgary woman regrets getting the H1N1 shot after her doctor told her it likely caused a rare and painful disorder

A murder charge has been laid against three Toronto-area men in the slaying of a 19-year-old man at a home in Ottawa's west end early Monday morning.

Newborn Canadians may live to celebrate nearly 81 birthdays on average, a Statistics Canada report on life expectancy suggests.

Agents of Canada's spy agency, who travelled to Egypt and corresponded with Egyptian officials, indirectly led to the mistreatment of a Toronto man by authorities there, according to previously classified information released on Tuesday.

The mother of two young boys found dead in a house in Millet, Alta., earlier this month has been charged with their killings, the RCMP said Tuesday.

The Conservatives faced renewed accusations of showing contempt for Parliament Tuesday for revealing broad outlines of a budget the Liberals and the NDP say does nothing to justify a three-month prorogation of the House of Commons.

A jury has awarded a woman $23.4 million in a civil judgment against Ford Motor Co. for a 2007 freeway accident that left her a quadriplegic.

Petter Northug of Norway earned some redemption on Monday, overtaking Germany in the sixth and final lap for a gold medal in the men's cross-country team sprint

It was an evening of unpredictable twists and turns in the men's aerials at Cypress Mountain on Monday. And, for once at the Vancouver Olympics, the twists brought good news for Canada.

The Canadian women's hockey team extended its Olympic win streak to 14 games and, as result, has a shot at its third consecutive gold medal.

A Merritt, B.C., father who admitted killing his three children has been found guilty of first-degree murder in their deaths but not criminally responsible for the slayings.

Tessa Virtue of London, Ont., and Scott Moir of Ilderton, Ont., have won the gold medal in the ice dance at the Vancouver Olympics, earning a score of 110.42 points in Monday's free dance for a total of 221.57.

Vancouver police are searching for missing actor Andrew Koenig, best known for his role as Richard "Boner" Stabone in the 1980s sitcom "Growing Pains."

In her 88 years, Florence Siegel has learned how to relax: A glass of red wine. A crisp copy of The New York Times, if she can wrest it from her husband. Some classical music, preferably Bach. And every night like clockwork, she lifts a pipe to her lips a

Roberto Luongo will start in goal for Canada when it faces Germany in the Olympic hockey qualification round on Tuesday, according to a report by Yahoo!Sports.

Brian Williams squared

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - The most senior American general in southern Afghanistan was talking pretty tough before the ball dropped at Kandahar Airfield on Sunday.

A loosey-goosey bunch of United States men's hockey players scored an upset victory against the rival Canadians on Sunday.

Canadian speedskater Kristina Groves won her second medal of the Vancouver Games on Sunday, a silver in the women's 1,500 metres.

Canada's Kevin Martin has clinched first place in the men's curling round-robin with his seventh win in a row at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Therese Rochette, 55, had arrived in Vancouver with her husband Normand on Saturday after travelling from their home in Montreal. Early Sunday morning Therese was transported to Vancouver General Hospital where she died.

The U.S. women's rink claimed the first point of Day 10's match against Canada, but that was the only time they led. One end later, skip Cheryl Bernard engineered a four-point finish, and Canada cruised from then on. The final score was 9-2.

Billionaire Richard Branson has come to Vancouver's defense following the thrashing the city received in the British press for its staging of the "worst Olympics ever".

Ryan Kesler was understandably hesitant when he first heard where the U.S. men's hockey team would be putting on its equipment during the Olympics. Normally, the Vancouver Canucks forward gets ready in a state-of-the-art dressing room that is the envy

VANCOUVER � Brian Burke has got two words for the people who are complaining these are the Glitch Games: Shut up.

Canada's top privacy watchdog is taking aim at another international tech titan.

Paris show will go ahead without top designer

While athletes vie to acquire it in Vancouver, Torontonians are rushing to turn theirs into cash

The 26-year-old centre was arrested at 2:30 a.m. Saturday by Vancouver police and kept in jail overnight after allegedly being involved in a street altercation.

Canada and the United States may be going to war on ice Sunday night in Vancouver, but you wouldn't know it from the love-in held here between some of the most powerful political leaders in the two countries.

American hockey players not shy about letting feelings out ahead of showdown with border rivals

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - The Obama administration has developed a five-year blueprint for rescuing the U.S. Great Lakes, a sprawling ecosystem plagued by toxic contamination, shrinking wildlife habitat and invasive species.

Talking about the weather is one of the best icebreakers known to mankind. And with the international community descended onto Vancouver, you'd think it'd be a great jumping-off point to meet some pretty Scandinavians.

Border officials say four people who entered Canada as Olympic Games spectators are seeking to stay as refugees.

TORONTO - Five teenage boys face murder charges in the week-old death of a 20-year-old man in east Toronto.

Whistler RCMP is investigating a possible threat to athletes at Whistler, the police announced Saturday. A map of the Whistler athletes' village was discovered with notations on the map that gave police cause for concern, said Staff Sergeant Steve LeClair

A Canadian kidnapped in Kenya on Wednesday has been rescued by police, the CBC's Carolyn Dunn reported Saturday.

VANCOUVER, B.C. - Erika Brown woke up before dawn and headed in the chilly morning darkness to Vancouver's Robson Square, settling in below the zipline that stretches across a downtown plaza that's become the centre of the city's ongoing Winter Olympic pa

The relief was evident in the voice of one of the 64 people who survived the sinking of a Canadian sailing ship in rough seas off Brazil when she finally saw dry land Saturday

The rural Manitoba community of Russell is bursting with pride over the gold medal won by Jon Montgomery, who has quickly become a hometown hero.

A P.E.I. man who operated an online pet store has been charged with causing unnecessary pain, suffering or injury to animals.

The 64 survivors of the Canadian sailing vessel Concordia began to arrive at a military base in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday.

Hundreds of people attended a rally Saturday for the troops at Canadian Forces Base Trenton, just a day after the military appointed a new commander to replace Col. Russell Williams.

WINNIPEG - Smoking at local kids' soccer games might soon draw a major foul.

WASHINGTON - Their sports columnists may be eviscerating our Winter Games, their congressional representatives may still not see the harm in "Buy American," and most of them likely don't know Ottawa from Moose Jaw

Former secretary of state Alexander Haig, a four-star general who served as a top adviser to three presidents and had presidential ambitions of his own, died Saturday of complications from an infection, his family said. He was 85.

Ministry, border patrol raid site after students from India say they were used as `cheap labour'

Young hockey players in Toronto are engaging in a uniquely dangerous pre-game workout: Locker-room boxing. Disturbing video recently shot inside the dressing room of 15-year-old Vaughan Panthers reveals testosterone-fuelled teens hammering each other wit

Today, HMCS Fredericton will commence maritime security operations against terrorism in the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman region. HMCS Fredericton is deployed under Operation SAIPH on a six-month mission to the Arabian Sea and the waters around the Horn of

Canada's Jon Montgomery slid to a gold medal on Friday at the Whistler Sliding Centre, edging Latvia's Martins Dukurs by 0.07s.

A crew member aboard a ship housing 2010 Olympic security forces has tested positive for leprosy. The crew member has been treated and health officials stress there is no risk to the public.

Forget cricket bats, golf clubs and carbon dioxide. Australia has found a new weapon in its war on the dreaded cane toad: cat food.

WINNIPEG - The Prime Minister's Office is joining opposition politicians in condemning an Alberta Conservative MP for calling Manitoba founder and Metis leader Louis Riel a "villain" with blood on his hands who stood in the way of Confederation.

Quebec Major Junior Hockey League commissioner Gilles Courteau has rejected the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies' appeal of centre Patrice Cormier's suspension.

Candy icon Laura Secord is back in Canadian hands, Quebec-based chocolatier Nutriart Inc. confirmed Friday.

The numbers don't tell the whole story of negligent discharge of weapons among its members over the last two years, the Canadian military says.

Canada's military is having a problem with the negligent discharge of weapons, with more than 600 reported incidents over the past two years.

The provincial government has spent millions of taxpayer dollars on creating Alberta House, a pavilion designed to showcase Alberta at the Olympics. But Edmonton's mayor now suggests our city may be getting short-changed in the promotion.

A tall ship carrying 42 Canadians has sunk off the coast of Brazil, but all those on board the vessel have been rescued.

MONTREAL � The lawyer for convicted terrorist Said Namouh says his client will appeal the life sentence handed to him this week.

NAIROBI, Kenya - A Kenyan police official says a Canadian citizen has been kidnapped after dropping his child off at school in Kenya's capital.

OTTAWA -- A soldier accused of knowingly infecting six women with herpes was released on bail Thursday under strict conditions � including that he not have sex without disclosing his sexually-transmitted disease.

While the athletes converge on Vancouver for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games, military personnel from across Canada are on site as part of Operation Podium, whose goal is to support to the RCMP-led security effort to ensure that no incidents mar this intern

The thawing and decay of telltale, reddish mounds along the eastern shore of James Bay have led a team of Quebec researchers to conclude that the region's permafrost line has moved rapidly northward -- about 130 kilometres in just 50 years -- as part of a

The Canadian government has opened the door to resolving a decades-old territorial dispute with the United States, which claims sovereignty over a Lake Ontario-sized section of the Beaufort Sea that Canada deems part of the Yukon's coastal waters.

Critics of wolf-dog breeding say they hope a recent precedent-setting court ruling in B.C. will make people think twice about keeping the animals as pets.

The makers of Maalox have agreed to change the name of one of its stomach medications, after U.S. health regulators reported at least five serious events from product mix-ups. But there are no plans to change the labels of a similar Maalox product sold in

With the Canadian men's Olympic hockey team shutting out their first opponent, Norway, earlier this week, demand for Team Canada merchandise is going through the roof. But some fans are having trouble finding the most coveted item: the jersey, which is so

People around the world can now go online to peek inside the den of a rare kermode bear in British Columbia while the animal hibernates.

From David Letterman to top sports columnists and dedicated Olympics fans, Americans have joined the British in jeering the Vancouver Games, taking aim at everything from the rained-out events on Cypress Mountain to dangerous race conditions and technical

A 23-year-old Iqaluit woman is poised to become one of the youngest people ever to lead an expedition to the North Pole.

Canada narrowly escaped another disaster against Switzerland. The Canadians hung on for a 3-2 shootout win when Sidney Crosby wrested a shot past stingy Swiss goalie Jonas Hiller in Crosby's second attempt.

B.C. medical doctor has died after he was caught with two other skiers in an avalanche in the province's Southern Interior

Olympic security staff say that a second security breach at BC Place Stadium has resulted in a review of safety procedures at the major Olympic venue in Vancouver.

John Babcock, Canada's last known First World War veteran, has died at 109, the Prime Minister's Office said Thursday night.

Christine Nesbitt captured Canada's first speedskating gold medal of the Vancouver Games on Thursday at the Richmond Oval, winning the women's 1,000 metres.