NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 07-2010

Pamela Anderson didn't do any dancing around when she was asked Thursday what she thought of the death of a fifth horse at the Calgary Stampede's renowned chuckwagon races.

British Columbia is hoping to cash in on an estimated $100 million gambled by its residents on offshore websites each year by becoming the first jurisdiction in North America to offer legal, online casino gaming.

A New Zealand man who was told he would never walk again has proved his doctors wrong. Hayden Allen was able to walk on Thursday thanks to a set of secretly-developed robotic legs.

Toronto police have arrested and charged a man in the vicious sexual assault of a woman in a cemetery earlier this week.

BP says that it has stopped oil from leaking into the Gulf of Mexico from its busted wellhead. It is the first time since April that the oil has stopped.

It was meant to be the document that put a lid on the clerical sex abuse scandals that have swept the Roman Catholic world. But instead of quelling fury from within and without the church, the Vatican stoked the anger of liberal Catholics and women's grou

A Quebec man, fed up with his skyrocketing property taxes, carted more than 200,000 pennies down to City Hall to pay his bill. But he was denied, and asked to simply cut a cheque.

His home is surrounded by wasteland, his yard shakes from regular dynamite blasts, he has a wrecking ball knocking at his door, yet Ken Masse refuses to leave.

Some Manitobans are questioning the speed with which the province named a lake after a hockey star, considering that it takes three years to do the same thing for a soldier killed in action.

Scientists wielding a powerful supercomputer have cracked the mystery of which came first, the chicken or the egg. The short answer: the chicken.

Until now, scientists thought the brightest gamma-ray bursts sent out a maximum of 10,000 x-ray photons a second. But at its peak, the newfound burst sent out 145,000 photons a second, Burrows said�making this gamma-ray burst 10 to 15 times brighter

The imminent passage of a tough new Wall Street Reform bill will cap off a wildly productive two years for Democrats in Washington � they will have passed two pieces of sweeping legislation and an enormous $800 billion stimulus bill to deal with the

A billboard erected by the North Iowa Tea Party that compared President Obama to Adolf Hitler and Vladimir Lenin was replaced this morning after generating a political firestorm and a backlash against the group.

Canada has handed over command of Kandahar city to the Americans, as part of a major reorganization of NATO's southern command in Afghanistan.

The United States handed over the last detention facility under its control to Iraqi authorities on Thursday, a milestone in Iraq's push for complete sovereignty seven years after the U.S.-led invasion to topple Saddam Hussein.

Argentina legalized same-sex marriage Thursday, becoming the first country in Latin America to declare that gays and lesbians have all the legal rights, responsibilities and protections that marriage brings to heterosexual couples

A P.E.I. woman is crediting an onion, and the quick work of two women at a convenience store, with saving her life after she was stung by bees on the weekend.

Broadcast Date: July 15, 1983 It's Friday afternoon and Parliament is not in session but the demonstrators are out in full force, waving their protest flags. The federal government just confirmed that American cruise missile testing will be performed in

A Canadian soldier just back from Afghanistan helped emergency crews rescue a construction worker trapped in a trench after a concrete wall collapsed this morning. Pte. Steven Main, 20, who is originally from Winnipeg but currently serves with Edmonton

North Korea has been distributing a propaganda poster apparently boasting about its sinking of the South Korean Navy corvette Cheonan in March, Radio Free Asia reported Tuesday. The U.S.-funded radio station based the claim on a poster it obtained from a

The word "miraculous" scarcely describes the survival of a Santa Maria, California police officer who wrapped his Ford Police Interceptor around a tree Sunday morning. It's what the local Police Chief calls the "worst accident he's seen in 35 years."

Treasure hunters will have until the end of the year to unearth the legendary trove on Oak Island before the Nova Scotia government cracks down on excavations.

WASHINGTON - The brightest explosion of a star ever seen temporarily blinded a satellite set up to watch such events, astronomers said Wednesday.

Police in Prince George, B.C., say they've received a tip that a vehicle belonging to a missing Alberta couple has been spotted in the northern community.

A parachutist who jumped from the top of a popular B.C. tourist spot north of Vancouver was rescued Wednesday night after he dangled from a cliff face for more than three hours.

CALGARY - The death toll continued to mount at the Calgary Stampede on Wednesday as a fifth horse died after the conclusion of the evening's chuckwagon races. Stampede spokesman Doug Fraser said owner and driver Kurt Bensmiller noticed one of his horses w

The New Brunswick SPCA seized more than 30 horses on Tuesday after a veterinarian raised concerns over their safety.

About 310 people, mostly children, their mothers and older people, have fled their homes in Saskatchewan's north because of heavy smoke from forest fires. About 310 people, mostly children, their mothers and older people, have fled their homes in S

Researchers have discovered the skull of a 29 million-year-old animal that could be a common ancestor of Old World monkeys and apes, including humans.

BP has started testing the tighter-fitting cap designed to stop the flow of oil into the Gulf of Mexico from a broken well for the first time in almost three months.

A fourth-quarter touchdown run from Jeff Johnson and a two-point conversion caught by Chad Owens secured a 27-24 home opening win for the Toronto Argonauts over the Calgary Stampeders.

A report into a massive landslide in B.C.'s Okanagan Valley says the owner responsible for a dam that burst and sent the river of debris down the mountainside had been issued several repair warnings.

GRAND FORKS, B.C. - Town officials in Grand Forks, B.C., are chewing on some unpalatable options for dealing with a rather unruly deer population.

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are vowing to put an end to the beer cup snake after several fans were injured at a home game last week.

A giant chunk of ice that has broken from a glacier off Greenland's west coast could end up in Canada's eastern and Arctic waters, presenting potential risks to marine shipping lanes.

A newspaper carrier in Cranbrook, B.C., is front-page news in the same paper he delivers after he was attacked by a deer while doing his rounds.

A man with a parachute who jumped from the top of a popular B.C. tourist spot north of Vancouver Wednesday afternoon was blown back into the face of the mountain and left dangling after his parachute caught on the rock face

The federal government's plan to purchase at least two new joint support ships to replace the navy's aging supply vessels is "back on track and moving ahead," Defence Minister Peter MacKay says.

Broadcast Date: July 14, 1976 Does the government have the right to take the life of one of its citizens? For the first time, the Canadian government says no. After a decade of fierce debate and an impassioned, last-minute speech by Prime Minister Pierre

A beaver reported to have bitten dogs at Three Mile Bend will be trapped and removed from the park. According to dog owners, last week one dog died from blood-loss from its wound.

Authorities say 18 Canada geese were found beaten and shot in the head near a retention pond in western New Jersey.

A man convicted of helping a Kelowna, B.C., woman get rid of the body of her murdered husband has lost one court appeal, but remains free on a second appeal.

The Vancouver Humane Society is leading the charge for changes at the Calgary Stampede after four horses died in just two days at the annual rodeo.

Canadian spies are heading overseas to take Arabic lessons as part of a long-term effort to help secret agents tackle terrorist threats more effectively.

The first typhoon to lash the Philippines this year flooded streets in the capital, toppled power lines and killed at least nine people Wednesday. Ten fishermen were missing after waves overturned their boats.

The son of a missing Alberta couple continues to hold on to hope as he appeals for the public's help in their suspicious disappearance.

City of Ottawa inspectors have discovered toxic giant hogweed in a city park and on private property. Juices from the plant, which can grow to huge heights, can cause permanent blindness, burns and scarring.

Iroquois travellers may no longer be able to go outside of North America solely on their confederacy-issued passports because of a security measure that one native leader says undermines the sovereignty of the nation.

Quebec Health Minister Yves Bolduc announced Tuesday that fertility treatments for couples will be covered by Medicare as of Aug. 5, making Quebec the first jurisdiction in North America to provide free in-vitro fertilization treatments.

Norway has launched the innovative AISSat-1 spacecraft to monitor shipping in its territorial waters. The small satellite will track vessels over 300 gross tonnes by picking up the signals from their AIS (Automatic Identification System) transponders.

Boeing has unveiled its unmanned hydrogen-powered spy plane which can fly non-stop for up to four days. The high-altitude plane, called Phantom Eye, will remain aloft at 20,000m (65,000ft), according to the company.

LONDON - Flint tools found in an English village show ancient humans settled northern Europe 800,000 years ago, far earlier than previously thought, which could prompt scientists to reassess the capabilities of early humans

Police in India rescued a biotechnology scientist on the weekend after nine people allegedly kept him in a coffin so they could take and sell his property.

A former cleaner at a Canada Post outlet pleaded guilty Tuesday to stealing mail containing items ranging from a diamond ring to cookies and wedding photos.

HAWKESBURY, Ont. - The idea was to fire up the Liberal party's sputtering engine with a summer bus tour, but the actual engine wouldn't co-operate.

A Parks Canada team is at the top of Ellesmere Island this week to build a virtual re-creation of Fort Conger, a research base and polar exploration camp dating back to the late-1800s.

A five per cent cut to Canada's naval reserves is a "budget reallocation" that will not affect the navy's coastal patrol vessels, a navy spokeswoman in Halifax said Tuesday

With four horses dead in little more than 24 hours at the Calgary Stampede, organizers decided that due to safety concerns they would cancel the nightly chuckwagon race.

Winnipeg police seized cocaine estimated to be worth more than $2.5 million from a semi-trailer on the Trans-Canada Highway.

A suspect swam across the Red River while trying to escape from officers after a stolen vehicle rammed two cruiser cars, said police.

BP has put off testing a new well cap that could finally halt the stream of oil that's been spilling into the Gulf of Mexico for nearly three months.

Newlyweds Carrie Underwood and Mike Fisher have begun their honeymoon after getting married at a luxury resort in Georgia over the weekend.

It seems even environmentally conscious shoppers are getting slapped with Ontario's controversial new eco fee.

The son of an elderly Alberta couple that vanished on their way to a camping trip in British Columbia is pleading for help from the public to find his parents.

When Sabrina Wong and her husband opened their home to a 17-year-old high school student from China a few years back, they grew uneasy when the boyfriends started showing up.

A berry picker on Vancouver Island made a gruesome discovery on Monday afternoon, when they discovered a burnt body on a trail in a densely wooded area.

A total of four people died in separate drownings around B.C., last weekend. RCMP in the north Okanagan now say a toddler died Friday when he fell into Okanagan Lake just moments after his family had arrived for a vacation.

A gondola at Whistler resort that collapsed, injuring a dozen people, went down because water seeped in and then ripped it apart when it froze, says a report by the British Columbia Safety Authority.

Police are hunting a suspect in connection with the sexual assault of a 61-year-old woman who had been visiting her mother's grave at a Toronto cemetery.

The odds that Joan Ginther would hit four Texas Lottery jackpots for a combined $21 million are astronomical.

The American teenager whom police call the "Barefoot Bandit" was extradited back to the United States on Tuesday, just hours after he pleaded guilty to a minor offence in the Bahamas.

A new study suggests asthma does more than just leave sufferers breathless; it also greatly increases the chances they'll suffer from other diseases, like obesity, pneumonia and anxiety disorders.

Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff kicked-off a two-month cross-country tour Tuesday to connect with Canadians and "restore faith in the political process."

A freighter ran aground in the St. Lawrence Seaway near Montreal on Monday evening, spilling somewhere between one and 20 tons of fuel before the leak was contained, officials said.

"When she saw this boy, something just touched off in her � and it wasn't a mother-son relationship, it was a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship," the newspaper quoted attorney Mitchell Ribitwer

Nearly one-third of Canadians do not have a savings plan in place even though almost everybody would like to have a financial safety net. That's according to a survey done for one of the country's largest banks.

Shahram Amiri, who vanished during a trip to Saudi Arabia last year, sought refuge at the Pakistani Embassy's Iranian interests section, claiming he was kidnapped by the U.S. But U.S. officials quickly discounted the accusation.

France's lower house of parliament has overwhelmingly approved a ban on burka-like Islamic veils Tuesday, a move that is popular among French voters despite serious concerns from Muslim groups and human rights advocates.

A drunk man who climbed into a crocodile enclosure in Australia and attempted to ride a 5m (16ft) long crocodile has survived his encounter.

New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner has died of a reported heart attack.

The New Democratic defence critic says a cut to naval reserve training will have serious repercussions for how well Canada can patrol its own coastlines.

The Harper government is gearing up for more multibillion-dollar announcements on military equipment spending: one for a controversial purchase of new fighter aircraft, the other a re-announcement of a project that was derailed two years ago.

Residents of New York City's Brooklyn borough learned Monday that a flock of about 400 Canada geese residing at a local park were captured and euthanized by wildlife authorities.

Osteoporosis Canada now says adults over 50 can safely take up to 2,000 international units of vitamin D a day to keep their bones strong.

The Vancouver Canucks made it official Monday that they've re-signed defenceman Shane O'Brien and forwards Tanner Glass and Alexandre Bolduc.

CALGARY - Calgary Stampede officials say they are upset by the deaths of four horses and a serious injury to a rider in the first few days of the annual rodeo, but at least one animal welfare organization says it's all "depressingly predictable."

A Statistics Canada report released today shows Newfoundland and Labrador recycles less than any other province in Canada.

A short but intense thunderstorm pelted parts of Calgary with golf-ball sized hail, high winds and heavy rain, damaging homes, buildings, and vehicles.

Two horses have died at the Calgary Stampede, bringing to three the number of animals that have died since the annual competition began Friday

The Senate voted to pass the omnibus budget implementation bill late Monday, avoiding an election showdown over the issue.

TransCanada Corp. is locked in difficult talks with some of Canada�s largest energy companies as it tries to revitalize one of its most important pipelines.

That oil cap replacement plan BP set into motion over the weekend? Well, believe it or not, it looks like it may very well mark the end of the oil spill nightmare. The company has successfully placed the new containment cap on the well, and - though tests

Alas, here's more proof that most people have habits that aren't very sanitary -- and sometimes can be plain disgusting.

A federal judge says a monopoly abuse lawsuit against Apple Inc. and AT&T Inc.'s mobile phone unit can move forward as a class action.

Archaeologists say a newly discovered clay fragment from the 14th century B.C. is the oldest example of writing ever found in antiquity-rich Jerusalem.

The smallest victims are the biggest challenge for crews rescuing birds fouled with oil from the Gulf of Mexico spill.

A small lake in northwestern Manitoba is now named in honour of the Chicago Blackhawks captain and Olympic gold medalist Jonathan Towes.

A 17-year-old suspect faces charges in connection with the stabbing of an 18-year-old man in Dauphin on Friday.

Maybe he had "Something For The Pain," but rocker Jon Bon Jovi was able to finish a concert in his home state of New Jersey despite tearing a calf muscle toward the end of the show.

Two 16-year-old male suspects have been charged following the death of a 32-year-old man on Garden Hill First Nation.

Chicago Blackhawks' captain and Stanley Cup champion Jonathan Toews spent much of Monday supporting children in Winnipeg.

Local metal recycling company Urban Mine has created a vehicle recycling program to help support Habitat for Humanity.

Winnipeg police are asking for the public's help finding a missing 51-year-old woman.

A family doctor in Edmonton has been suspended for 18 months for having sex with a patient.

Premier Ed Stelmach is calling for a review of multi-million dollar bonuses paid to top health care executives.

Police say the victim of an overnight fatal shooting in Burnaby, B.C., was found by his father at the front door of his family home after the crime.

A Vancouver woman has been charged with first degree murder in the slaying of a disabled man more than two years ago.

A woman alleged to have stabbed her daughter in the head in a so-called "honour crime" has been declared fit to stand trial.

A state of emergency has been declared in two B.C. Okanagan communities because of a rapidly growing wildfire.

Talk-show hosts Regis Philbin and Kelly Ripa were greeted by thousands of cheering Canadians Monday as they taped the first of four shows to be broadcast this week from Prince Edward Island.

Fidel Castro is speaking slowly, but appears relaxed and cogent in his most prominent television interview in years.

A recent study that continues to get attention suggests that reusable cloth shopping bags are a perfect breeding ground for dangerous bacteria. But some experts are less than convinced.

Six months ago today, the ground shook under the impoverished Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, decimating the city and creating one of the most dire humanitarian crises in modern history.

An al Qaeda-linked Somali militant group says it was behind twin deadly bombings in Uganda that killed 74 people watching the World Cup final on TV.

A chocolate Labrador had to take matters into his own paws near Allantown, PA.

MA'SUM GHAR, Afghanistan - A facelift is coming for a red-and-white memorial etched into a dusty, craggy hillside to recognize the sacrifice of fallen Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan.