NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 04-2010

An oil rig off the Louisiana coast has sunk into the Gulf of Mexico days after an explosion tore through it, as the search for 11 missing workers continues.

A newly discovered strain of airborne fungus that has caused several deaths in Oregon seems set to spread, researchers say.

A Sikh man in Windsor, Ont., who refused to remove a ceremonial dagger when entering a courtroom has ignited a fierce debate about religious rights and security concerns.

One U.S. senator and a core of young organizers turned April 22, 1970 , into the day the environmental movement was born.

A former police officer who was convicted of dangerous driving causing bodily harm is now suing the Edmonton Police Service for $2.3 million.

The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to settle a case involving eight immigrants who are on the hook for repayment of social assistance benefits collected by relatives they sponsored to come to Canada.

A man should go to jail for striking his puppy in the face when it urinated in the cab of his truck, a judge was told Wednesday.

There's growing fallout from the Stelmach government's cost-saving consolidation of cataract surgeries, as some doctors plan to stop performing the procedures, others warn about safety concerns and patients look to reschedule appointments.

Tuesday morning, I jumped on my bicycle and headed into the office for my first bicycle commute of the season. My ride always begins well, down quiet residential side streets. It's when I reach the downtown proper that my heart starts to race -- and not f

Flights back up over Europe but massive passenger backlog remains

Gold-medal-winning Paralympian curler Jim Armstrong could face jail after being charged with trafficking counterfeit impotency pills.

Syncrude was warned that ducks were landing on its Aurora tailings pond nearly two weeks before hundreds of birds died there, but the corporation was still ill-prepared for the spring migration, some company employees told Alberta Environment investigator

A Sikh temple in Etobicoke voted off almost half its board of directors on Wednesday afternoon, but the ousted group is refusing to accept the decision.

Chances of breaking the log jam between the Ontario government and pharmacists over dramatic price cuts for generic drugs appear slim two weeks after the reforms were made public.

In a made-in-Ontario first, 100 spectacular diamonds mined, cut and polished exclusively in this province will be unveiled at a swank Bloor Street jewelry store beginning Monday.

Soaring tens of thousands of miles away from the Sun's surface, a solar flare explodes with the energy of 100 megaton hydrogen bombs. The fiery plasma, heated to tens of millions of degrees celsius throws out particles to near the speed of light.

The Vancouver Canucks, facing the prospect of heading home one game away from early elimination from the playoffs, responded with a four-goal final period in a 6-4 win in Los Angeles on Wednesday night.

A political staffer has resigned after writing an aggressive news release denouncing Canadian police chiefs as a "cult" and suggesting that Liberal backbenchers who oppose the gun registry should beat up their leader, Michael Ignatieff, for forcing them t

French President Nicolas Sarkozy has ordered legislation that would ban women from wearing Islamic veils that fully cover the face and body in public places, the government said Wednesday.

Rescuers in helicopters and boats searched the Gulf of Mexico for 11 missing oil workers Wednesday after a thunderous explosion at a huge drilling platform that lit up the night sky with a pillar of flame.

The skip of Canada's gold medal-winning Paralympic curling team has been arrested for allegedly trafficking thousands of counterfeit Viagra and Cialis pills.

All the skilled and opportunistic Washington Capitals need is a turnover here or a missed checking assignment there or a slim opening, and they make the opposition pay.

MONTREAL - The brother of a teenager killed by Montreal police will fight a deportation order kicking him out of Canada and back to his native Honduras.

The volcano threw magma chunks the size of cars into the air and rocked our helicopter with a vicious explosion that sent a visible shock-wave through the air, a reminder of its power.

Researchers have shown that crows from the South Pacific can learn to use three tools in succession to reach some food, demonstrating an advanced way of thinking.

The Vancouver Police Department is looking for other municipalities in the Lower Mainland to share its extra costs during the Stanley Cup playoffs.

Vancouver police Chief Jim Chu says he has fired a constable on his force for allegedly using a police database illegally and selling marijuana both on- and off-duty.

A lack of ice that was thought to be a problem for seal hunters this year off Newfoundland is actually proving to be a boon for the few boats that have ventured out.

The man who ran over a B.C. gas station attendant and dragged him to his death under a stolen car five years ago will be out of jail in June.

Juan Antonio Samaranch, a former International Olympic Committee president, died Wednesday. He was 89.

Cuba has published photos of Elian Gonzalez, the boy who sparked a political battle with the U.S. in 2000, attending a gathering of the Union of Communist Youth.

The question of whether police will be required to ask people if they are in this country legally is now in the hands of Gov. Jan Brewer.

Apple has demanded and received back the secret new iPhone that was accidentally lost by a company engineer at a popular Silicon Valley bar, according to the Website that unveiled details of the device.

General Motors has fully repaid its debt under the Troubled Asset Relief Programme, the Department of the Treasury today announced.

Nova Scotia's natural resources minister is expected to announce a new bounty on coyotes on Thursday.

Stargazers are preparing for a sky show as the annual Lyrids meteor shower gets underway on Wednesday

US Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke introduced the latest remake of the US$100 bill, featuring advanced

David Shentow's liberation from the Dachau concentration camp arrived with a stick of chewing gum on his 20th birthday.

A new police unit has been installed in Fort McMurray to help investigate and combat organized crime.

If you're of a certain age -- OK, make that if you're over 50, chances are you have a pile of slides and negatives lying around that you wish you could do something with.

Music fans who were too young to experience 1969's "Summer of Love" -- or can't remember it -- can now relive the period and more online through the archives of Rolling Stone magazine.

Brain training games have failed their first big test. A study involving more than 11,000 adults has found that computerized cognitive training does not make people smarter, brighter or more attentive.

The public will get to hear what Syncrude employees told Alberta Environment investigators in the wake of the deaths of more than 1,600 ducks on an oilsands tailings pond, a judge ruled Tuesday.

Leaders of a Sikh temple in Surrey, B.C., have issued an apology for what they called "misconstrued" comments directed at two B.C politicians.

The Canadian dollar posted its biggest single-day gain since July Tuesday as the Bank of Canada warned that it will be raising interest rates.

General Motors Co. has repaid the $1.4 billion in loans it got from the Canadian and Ontario governments, a move its CEO says is a sign the automaker is on the road to recovery.

The Canadian dollar continued to surge, a day after the Bank of Canada announced it was ending its commitment to keep interest rates from rising.

Consumers wishing to avoid high mercury levels in tuna would do well to buy their sushi at the grocery store rather than at restaurants, according to new research combining DNA barcoding and mercury analysis.

A NASA Boeing 747 carrying a huge German-made infrared telescope is on the verge of scanning the skies for the first time after years of development.

For anyone who has ever lost a cell phone, remember this: It could be worse. You could be the person who left his phone in a bar in California.

Downtown Toronto got a taste of security preparation for the upcoming G20 summit Tuesday morning as two military helicopters completed a test flight around the Metro Toronto Convention Centre before landing in front of the CN Tower.

Daniel Alfredsson and Jason Spezza snapped out of their goal-scoring slumps Tuesday night. But unfortunately for the Ottawa Senators, Sidney Crosby continued to pile up the points.

A 62-year-old Richmond Hill woman whose terrible parking job became the subject of a viral YouTube video last year was sentenced in Newmarket court Tuesday.

After having already formed partnerships with the estates of Elvis Presley and members of The Beatles, Cirque du Soleil made it a superstar trifecta on Tuesday by announcing its plans to mount a series of shows based on the music and songs of Michael Jack

LONDON, Ont. -- Police say a Shakespeare man was injured after a propane tank being used for target practice exploded.

A traveller who stuffed his shoes with batteries and metal plates in a bid to appear taller put security officials on high alert at Toronto's Pearson International Airport on Tuesday.

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - Even as Europe's dormant airports sputter back to life, prudent travellers and businessmen should ask: what if it happens again? Because it might. Over and over again, for weeks, perhaps months, scientists say.

BRASILIA, Brazil - Renato de Jesus gives a tour of the trash-strewn lot where he has lived all his life, just yards (meters) from Brasilia's gleaming federal government promenade built 50 years ago as an emblem of the South American country's promise.

Britain reopened its airspace Tuesday, clearing the way for thousands of stranded passengers to resume travel following massive disruptions caused by a plume of ash from a volcano in Iceland.

Afghan detainees handed over by British troops to Afghan secret police were regularly beaten with weapons, hung from the ceiling and electrocuted, according to detailed allegations made public in a London courtroom on Tuesday.

To fly, or not? There's no easy answer about when it's safe to fly through a cloud of volcanic ash. But it'll be all too obvious if there's a wrong answer, experts say.

Albertans living downstream of a proposed dam on the Peace River in B.C. say they are worried about the project.

OTTAWA - It was a Kafkaesque twist in an inquest that has already seen its share of bizarre moments. It started Tuesday with the chair of the Military Police Complaints Commission asking a government lawyer when key documents would be turned over.

Nunavut's Environment Department is teaming up with mining companies on wildlife research, as mineral exploration continues to grow in the territory.

A spirited and sometimes angry Premier Danny Williams fired hard at the Newfoundland and Labrador Medical Association Tuesday, widening a collective bargaining rift involving the province's more than 1,100 physicians.

An Edmonton man convicted of trying to hire a hitman to kill his wife was sentenced Tuesday to five years in prison.

An Alberta provincial court judge ruled Tuesday that media can have access to statements that Syncrude employees gave to investigators probing the deaths of 1,600 ducks on one of the oil company's tailings ponds two years ago.

A Borden-Carleton man was sentenced to jail Tuesday for punching his mother in the face and threatening to kill her in February.

The City of Vancouver is slashing the number of social housing units in the Olympic Village in order to raise more cash from the troubled project, Mayor Gregor Robertson is expected announce Tuesday afternoon.

A Gulf War naval veteran was unsuccessful at returning a medal to the Saudi Arabian embassy to protest the treatment of an Ottawa woman.

The commander of Canadian troops in Afghanistan has been charged with violating the National Defence Act for accidentally discharging his weapon after he ordered a special investigation into his own actions.

Ryan Smyth's goal off Canucks defenceman Christian Ehrhoff put the brakes on a Vancouver rally and sent the Los Angeles Kings to a 5-3 home win Monday in Game 3 of their Western quarter-final series.

The Alberta government received a torrent of vitriolic messages from the public last November in the wake of news that the Calgary Flames had a private H1N1 vaccination clinic set up for them

The Montreal Canadiens have had little difficulty shutting down the NHL's No. 1 power play. But that was the only area they continued to thrive in against the Washington Capitals on Monday.

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The Canadian military says it has been upfront with information about its contaminated water supply at 14 Wing Greenwood.

The cancellation of flights into Europe because of fears over volcanic ash could be costing the Canadian air travel industry about $4 million a day, one expert estimates.

Mounties in Surrey, B.C., have released a composite sketch of a suspect in a knife-point sexual assault that occurred last week.

Gov. Gen. Michaelle Jean has accepted Frank Chauvin's resignation from the Order of Canada.

An Ohio mother says she found a dead rodent in a can of spaghetti and meatballs.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has approved the site for a new enrichment facility, his top adviser said Monday, despite demands by the United Nations that Iran halt its nuclear program.

A team of Sherpa mountaineers plans to remove bodies of climbers who have died in Mount Everest's "death zone," a treacherous stretch that has claimed some 300 lives since 1953, the team leader said Monday.

Two top al-Qaeda leaders in Iraq were killed by U.S. and Iraqi forces in a rocket attack, officials say.

Scientists conducting a count of every living thing in the ocean are turning their attention to hard-to-see organisms such as tiny microbes, zooplankton, larvae and burrowers in the seabed.

A Georgian luger's death at the Vancouver Olympic sliding track in February was an "unforeseeable" accident resulting from driver error, high speed and other factors, the International Luge Federation says.

European Union transport ministers have agreed to reopen portions of European airspace to airline flights, providing some relief to travellers stranded in Europe because of ash spreading from the volcano in Iceland.

OTTAWA - Michael Ignatieff has come up with a compromise he hopes will mollify critics of the long-gun registry and thwart a Conservative attempt to scrap it.

Concern that a volcanic eruption in Iceland could have an impact on Eastern Canada diminished greatly Monday with data that suggested no significant ash in the atmosphere east of Newfoundland.

Residents in the southern Yukon town of Watson Lake have lost an historic landmark, after the old Watson Lake Hotel burned down over the weekend.

Officials in some of Nunavut's most northerly communities say they're getting mixed messages about Lancaster Sound, where the federal government has separate plans to create a conservation area and explore for oil and gas.

The Vancouver Canucks and Los Angeles Kings have played two games so far in the best-of-seven Western Conference quarterfinals and both contests needed overtime to be decided. Both teams will be trying to take a 2-1 series lead tonight at the Staples Cent

The Nova Scotia woman who awoke to the sight of a burning cross on her lawn has now seen her car destroyed by fire.

Some flights in and out of St. John's International Airport resumed Monday, after Environment Canada said the risk of volcanic ash reaching airspace over the province was low.

Premier Gordon Campbell announced Monday that his government plans to move forward with the proposed $6.6 billion Site C dam project on the Peace River.

Volcanic ash from Iceland is heading for Newfoundland, prompting several airlines to cancel flights to and from St. John's late Sunday.

The Ottawa Senators had a new twist to their scoreboard presentation before their critical Game 3 defeat to the Pittsburgh Penguins on Sunday evening.

Scientists looking for hard-to-see organisms underwater say they have discovered vast colonies of tiny creatures such as microbes and bacteria that are integral to the health of the world's oceans.

Pope Benedict XVI, on the second and last day of his trip to Malta, met with eight men who say they were sexually abused by priests when they were children.