NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 10-2010

Swiss engineers have smashed through the last stretch of rock to create the longest tunnel in the world.

Montreal's McGill University will play a leading role in a worldwide study to examine how to rein in out-of-control health costs and get better results for patients.

The B.C. government says an investigation of small dams across the province has turned up four small dams that required immediate repairs and hundreds more that also need work.

The commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, General David Petraeus, said Friday he has arranged for the safe passage of a senior Taliban commander to Kabul for peace talks.

The federal government is boosting support for veterans suffering from Lou Gehrig's disease.

Dead birds are wrapped in foil or paper, then sealed in plastic bags to avoid cross contamination. Dolphin tissue samples and dead sea turtles are kept in locked freezers. Field notebooks are collected and secured.

Croatia has recorded higher-than-usual levels of aluminum in the Danube following the last week's sludge spill in Hungary, but authorities say the levels are harmless to people and the environment.

The loonie rose slightly higher than the U.S. dollar Thursday morning before closing out at 99.4 cents.

Edmonton police are on the hunt for a suspect wanted in connection with a fatal shooting Thursday afternoon.

A high-profile Canadian sports doctor charged earlier this year with smuggling unapproved drugs into the United States to treat professional athletes was formally indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury in Buffalo.

Sales of trucks and passenger cars were both down as the number of new motor vehicles sold dropped 4.8 per cent in August.

A group representing activists arrested during the G20 protests in Toronto says it is "overjoyed" at a decision Thursday to dismiss charges against dozens of demonstrators.

A group of 33 Chilean miners are staying tight-lipped about their experience surviving a mine collapse, so that they can control the media distribution of their incredible story.

The independent panel that reviewed the proposed Mackenzie Valley natural gas pipeline has blasted the federal and N.W.T. governments for rejecting many of its recommendations on how to make the project successful.

The entire RCMP detachment in Cape Dorset, Nunavut, has taken stress leave in light of recent gun violence in the Baffin Island community, including two incidents this week alone.

A retired North Vancouver schoolteacher is facing charges for three alleged sexual offences, North Vancouver RCMP say.

A woman in Carbon County, Pa., was so fed up with her unemployed boyfriend playing video games all the time, she took his PlayStation to work Friday.

The family of a slain Morinville, Alta., mother of three is relieved that her husband has admits killing her and ending the need for a painful trial.

The federal government's decision to spend $9 billion on new F-35 fighter jets is "fundamentally flawed" and totally unnecessary, according to a report released Thursday by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.

The Obama administration is facing accusations it snubbed Canada in its quest for a United Nations Security Council seat by failing to campaign on behalf of its neighbor.

Though the majority of Americans believe that global warming is actually occurring, many do not understand the reasons behind it, suggests new research released Thursday.

Falling in love can act as a potent painkiller, and now scientists have figured out it's because love stimulates the brain's reward pathway, much like the rush of an addictive drug.

Col. Russell Williams appeared in a Belleville, Ont. courtroom Thursday morning, where a judge decided to allow journalists to use their electronic devices to live report from inside the courtroom.

Did you know that our bodies are home to trillions -- yes, trillions -- of microorganisms that play a role both in keeping us healthy and making us sick?

DNA found on a mocking and anonymous April letter may be one of the few leads Mounties have to a pipeline bomber in northeastern B.C.

The 33 men who survived underground longer than anyone in the history of mining have begun to leave a Chilean hospital, beginning their journey back to normal life.

A massive police investigation has resulted in the arrests of a dozen more people, six years after a massive marijuana grow-op was uncovered running out of a brewery in Barrie, Ont.

Washington is staying tightlipped about the UN Security Council vote earlier this week, following a report that American diplomats were told to refrain from lobbying on Canada's behalf as it sought a seat on the powerful decision-making body.

Four Alberta babies with syphilis died at birth in the past year, CBC News has learned. Three of those babies were born in the Edmonton area.

A three-year investigation into internet use at the Quebec City police force has led to suspensions without pay for nine male officers.

The fate of the only Canadian on death row in the United States is now in the balance after his final legal avenue of appeal was slammed shut by the U.S. Supreme Court.

The Crown has dropped charges against more than 100 people who were arrested during the G20 summit in Toronto.

The United Arab Emirates lobbied against Canada's bid for a UN Security Council seat in the latest blow to relations that soured after disputes over airline routes, a UAE official said Thursday.

When Sarah Palin shows up, it's usually with a mob of supporters, protesters and reporters in tow. Not so in Vancouver, where the one-time U.S. vice-presidential candidate arrived Wednesday night to give a speech to British Columbia's elite.

REGINA - There's a coast-to-coast battle of the food banks brewing, and Regina's right in the middle. The Saskatchewan city's food bank has accepted a challenge laid down by its counterparts in Victoria and Halifax.

At the height of the Cold War, the Canadian government crafted a top-secret plan to detain thousands of citizens with Communist links in the event of a national security threat, according to a joint CBC/Radio-Canada investigation.

The B.C. SPCA is investigating case of alleged animal cruelty in which a pair of turtles had holes drilled into their shells where handles were then screwed in.

Ryan Getzlaf set up Corey Perry's tying goal and Bobby Ryan's go-ahead score 1:18 apart in the third period, and the Anaheim Ducks finally earned their first victory of the season, 4-3 over the Vancouver Canucks on Wednesday night

The last of 33 Chilean miners emerged safely from deep beneath the earth's surface late Wednesday, as the world erupted in celebration. They survived underground for an astonishing two months and nine days -- the longest in mining history.

Chilean miners weren't the only people rescued from underground peril this week.

MONTREAL - A man charged with uttering death threats on Facebook armed himself with high-powered weapons because he feared he was being stalked by elves, a court was told today. David Abitbol, 28, is also facing child pornography charges and allegations h

The parents of a slain 15-year-old Delta, B.C., teenager have made an emotional appeal for help to find her killer.

A new project aims to use old Royal Navy logbooks to help build a more accurate picture of how our climate has changed over the last century.

The dusty wreckage thrown out in the explosive collision of two asteroids has been pictured by spacecraft. The debris stretches for hundreds of thousands of kilometres.

Retired Gurkha soldiers have lost their battle with the Ministry of Defence over their army pensions.

The US leads the world in numbers of Windows PCs that are part of botnets, reveals a report.

The Afghan girl featured on a controversial Time magazine cover in the US has been given a new prosthetic nose.

A researcher at Montreal's McGill University is the first to publish results collected from experiments at the Large Hadron Collider. Physicist Andreas Warburton is among the 3,171 scientists who have collected data from the LHC, which is housed 100 metre

The public will now get a chance to weigh in on the decision to ban retail puppy sales in suburban Vancouver, after three readings of the new bylaw were passed unanimously Tuesday night.

A B.C. man has been charged in what police say was a $40,000-a-week business trafficking women from Hong Kong to work in the sex trade.

A replica grenade used to grind marijuana closed a Vancouver Island airport for almost four hours Wednesday morning after it was found inside a passenger's checked luggage.

A plan to manage the declining Bathurst caribou herd in the Northwest Territories may be one step closer to becoming a reality, after a wildlife review board has weighed in on the proposal.

RCMP in Cape Dorset, Nunavut, say they exchanged gunfire with two armed youths early Wednesday morning, marking the second gun-related incident in the Baffin Island community this week.

A soldier who was wounded in Afghanistan in August says that while his injuries are serious, they could have been much worse.

Some 300 police officers took part in drug raids across Quebec on Wednesday. The police operation got underway before dawn in several municipalities including Laval, east-end Montreal and Quebec City.

Three men and a construction company face criminal charges over a Christmas Eve accident that killed four men who plunged 13 storeys when scaffolding at the Toronto apartment building they were working on snapped.

The Montreal Alouettes dominated the CFL's weekly awards Wednesday following a convincing win over West Division-leading Calgary on Thanksgiving.

A self-described witch in Moose Jaw, Sask., says she's outraged that religious groups have pressured a local museum to cancel a Halloween seance.

The federal government is teaming up with Canadian Pacific Railway to reduce the number of grizzly bears killed in Banff National Park, officials announced on Wednesday.

A helmet-throwing sideline tantrum was the tipping point that led to Wednesday's release of B.C. Lions quarterback Casey Printers.

The Vancouver Canucks need to focus on putting pucks in the net. Last season's second-ranked offence scored just three times in the first two games, but that could change tonight at the Honda Center because the Canucks and Anaheim Ducks combined for 27 go

Canadian researchers are preparing to deploy an underwater robot that will study Antarctic sea ice, which is expected to decline more than 33 per cent by 2100.

Experts are blaming Canada's failure to win a seat on the United Nations Security Council on its foreign policy, not political division, a day after Tuesday's surprise loss in New York.

A diplomatic rift between Norway and China deepened Wednesday as Oslo asked Beijing to lift restrictions imposed on the wife of Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo and China cancelled a string of meetings with Norwegian officials.

A group of eminent Chinese Communist Party elders has issued a bold call to end the country's wide-ranging restrictions on free speech, just days after the government reacted angrily to the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to imprisoned dissident Liu Xia

The government of Pakistan is entertaining a Canadian request to use its military bases during next year's scheduled withdrawal from Afghanistan. Canada made the request several months ago, prior to its sudden eviction from its principal logistics base in

OTTAWA - In his warmest endorsement of Sino-Canadian relations, Stephen Harper pitched Canada as an energy superpower capable of meeting China's insatiable need for energy.

Workers at a Teck Metals Ltd. smelter in Trail, B.C., accidentally allowed up to 15 kilograms of mercury to leak into the Columbia River last week.

Winnipeg police have issued a Canada-wide warrant for former junior hockey coach Graham James, who is facing sexual assault charges in relation to three new complainants, including former NHL star Theoren Fleury.

The Ontario Court of Appeal has ruled that the victim of an alleged sexual assault may not have to remove her niqab while testifying as long as the fairness of a trial is not compromised.

Bisphenol A, or BPA, a chemical used to make some hard plastic containers, bottles and toys, has officially been declared a toxic substance in Canada.

Four men are facing drug charges after 97.5 kilograms of cocaine bound for Kelowna from Argentina was discovered in a fruit-grinding machine near Vancouver.

NEW Delhi was again on high security alert last night as reports emerged of a potential last-ditch terror strike by Pakistani militants.

A Mexican police commander investigating the death of American tourist David Hartley in Mexican waters was found murdered on Tuesday, authorities in the border state of Tamaulipas confirmed.

Immigration advocates say Canada may have contravened international law if it had any role in the arrest of more than 150 Tamil migrants in Thailand on Monday, even if they were headed for Canada.

Fifteen of the 33 men trapped deep in a Chilean mine have been hauled to the surface, where they emerged smiling and eager to meet family members they have been separated from for more than two months.

The Canadian government plans to spend $11.7 billion on science and technology in 2010-11, it announced Wednesday.

The Canadian dollar rose to a five-month high Wednesday as it once again was on the verge of trading at parity with the U.S. currency.

The second daily Amtrak train between Vancouver and Seattle and Portland could be cancelled because the Canadian government will soon start charging for the extra shift of border guards required to inspect the late-night train.

A BRITISH man sold all his belongings - including his dog - after he was wrongly informed he had just six months to live.

A 27-year-old man says he was attacked by a gang who mistakenly believed he belonged to a rival gang because of the colour of clothing he was wearing.

AN EXTREMELY nervous Germany is preparing to stage the first exhibition dedicated to Hitler since the Fuhrer killed himself in his Berlin bunker in 1945.

The first of 33 Chilean miners trapped hundreds of metres underground by a rock collapse more than two months ago has been rescued.

A CALIFORNIA clinic said today it will quarantine and test a number of adult film performers after a porn star tested positive for HIV.

Sales of 3-D televisions aren't growing as quickly as TV makers had expected this year, according to a third-quarter report from DisplaySearch on Tuesday.

Prices for tuna caught off P.E.I.'s North Shore last week were poor, and buyers could not be found at all for some fish, leaving fishermen to figure out how to get rid of the catch.

Fantino, who is also a former Toronto police chief, announced in Woodbridge on Tuesday that he will run for the Tories in a federal byelection in Vaughan, north of Toronto.

A fiery crash near Magnetic Hill closed a portion of the westbound Trans-Canada Highway in Moncton, N.B., Tuesday night.

Two of the nine stowaways discovered aboard a freighter that docked in Montreal last week told an Immigration and Refugee Board hearing Tuesday they want to stay in Canada, though they haven't applied for refugee status.

Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon says the lack of support from Michael Ignatieff for Canada's bid to win a seat on the United Nations Security Council helped scuttle it, an assertion the Liberal leader called "ridiculous."

The New York Islanders said Tuesday that defenceman James Wisniewski has been suspended for two games by the NHL for his actions in the team's last game.

Calgary's coyotes are now under the Internet scrutiny of a million pairs of eyes.

Pop superstar Christina Aguilera has split from her husband Jordan Bratman after almost five years of marriage.

In a record-breaking journey, a female humpback whale has travelled across a quarter of the globe, a distance of at least 10,000km.

Emergency phone lines in southwestern Ontario were kept busy over the holiday weekend, as one child called 911 over 400 times.

American Dan Blankenship has spent half of his long life trying to uncover Nova Scotia's Oak Island treasure -- if it exists. With the law changing soon, he only has weeks left to make a find worthwhile

The Canadian Ice Service, has successfully deposited a satellite beacon on a mammoth ice island that broke away from Greenland in August and is now drifting in two pieces in waters off Nunavut's Ellesmere Island.

The first of 33 trapped Chilean miners will be raised to the surface before the end of Tuesday, Chile's Mining Minister Laurence Golborne says.

Michael Tomczak went to his Scotiabank branch on 13th Avenue on Aug. 26 to get advice on how to make a transfer of funds. Shortly after he left, the bank was robbed. Two days later police arrived at his door.

A retired B.C. prostitute and a group representing sex-trade workers on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside will be able to move forward with their court challenge of Canada's anti-prostitution laws.

A Halifax man is facing a $2,410 fine after he was clocked going more than 50 km/h over the posted speed limit.

U.S. President Barack Obama's administration has lifted a moratorium on deepwater oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, but companies will have to meet certain safety conditions, officials said Tuesday.

Canada has withdrawn its candidacy for a seat on the UN Security Council after not gaining the required number of votes in two rounds. Germany was elected outright in the Western powers group, while Canada's withdrawal means Portugal goes through.