NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 11-2010

A pirate-hunting British frigate has been praised by the Queen during her state visit to the Gulf. HMS Cornwall is on a six-month deployment to the region to protect shipping in the area.

South Korea and the United States have begun four days of joint military exercises in the waters off the Korean west coast.

A study conducted by the Canadian Centre for the Study of Living Standards has concluded what many Canadians have long believed: That Toronto is the most miserable city in the country.

A teenager has been arrested in the US state of Oregon after allegedly plotting to carry out a car bomb attack at a Christmas tree lighting ceremony.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper will be at the game, however Mayor Stephen Mandel says its unlikely the two will get together to discuss this week's Expo decision.

Officials say it could be a few more days before a 39-kilometre stretch of the TransCanada Highway is fully reopened after a rockslide Friday afternoon.

The force that polices Metro Vancouver's SkyTrain says a man who was dragged along a platform before being slammed into a wall was helped by a hero who did everything right.

Hundreds of war veterans rallied in downtown Seoul on Saturday, calling for retaliation against North Korea for bombarding a South Korean border island earlier in the week.

The last Canadian battle group in Kandahar officially took command Saturday in a ceremony at Kandahar Airfield.

EDMONTON - At the start of the week, the 98th edition of the CFL championship looked like a lock to set the record for coldest Grey Cup.

Mounties say road conditions are to blame for two separate crashes that killed three people in southern Alberta.

Two Yukon-based adventurers have set a Guinness World Record for kite-skiing across Greenland's massive ice cap last year.

The Irving-owned Halifax Shipyard, no stranger to boom and bust, is flourishing again with 1,300 people building new Canadian Coast Guard ships and repairing Canadian Navy frigates.

An international religious group that claims to help men and women "overcome" their homosexuality is generating controversy because of its charitable status in Canada.

A Saskatchewan grower is seeking major damages from the Canadian Wheat Board after losing a contract when a grain shipment was found to contain an ineligible variety of wheat.

Genetic testing of villagers in a remote part of China has shown that nearly two thirds of their DNA is of Caucasian origin, lending support to the theory that they may be descended from a 'lost legion' of Roman soldiers.

Saturn's second-largest moon, Rhea, has a thin atmosphere of oxygen and carbon dioxide, according to a new study.

A sophisticated cross-border tunnel equipped with a rail system, ventilation and fluorescent lighting has been shut down by U.S. and Mexican officials, the second discovery of a major underground drug passage in San Diego, Calif.

CALGARY - Canadian Pacific's food bank fundraiser begins its unique trek across Canada as well as the American Midwest and Northeast this weekend.

Raffi Torres and Mikael Samuelsson scored 1:48 apart early in the second period, and Samuelsson added another goal in the third in the Vancouver Canucks' 6-1 victory over the visiting San Jose Sharks on Friday night.

The federal government says it has suspended recent changes to pension rules while it reviews whether they will hurt low-income seniors.

CALGARY - He's used to caring for the welfare of animals but now Jake Veasey can add saving the lives of humans to his resume after helping rescue two people from the frigid Bow River.

BOSTON - More than two dozen rare sea turtles who were cold, hungry and lost were rescued over the Thanksgiving holiday after having washed ashore on Cape Cod, a spokesman for the New England Aquarium said Friday.

The TransCanada Highway is closed in both directions near Bridal Falls due to a rock slide and the threat of more rock falling, officials say, and the closure will remain in effect through part of the weekend.

A vehicle pulled over for speeding near Salmon Arm was found to contain a large cache of weapons and resulted in the the arrest of a group of Hells Angels associates

Using a burst of artillery fire to signal its fury with South Korea and its U.S. allies, North Korea warned the conditions brewing in the Korea peninsula have pushed it to the "brink of war."

OTTAWA - When Danny Williams steps down next Friday, he will leave both a giant legacy and rampant speculation as to who will fill his shoes.

The recent dump of snow has created dangerous avalanche conditions on the South Coast of B.C., according to the Canadian Avalanche Centre.

The Canadian Forces announced Friday that Capt. Frank Cecil Paul, who died in Canada last February, is being considered as a casualty of the Afghanistan mission.

Mr. Evans said it is not inconceivable that a Canadian navy warship could find itself operating in South Asian waters in the coming months, either as an add on to any continued U.S. navy presence or part of a stepped up international effort to interdict N

A phase of matter created moments after the Big Bang is thought to have been detected at the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland. "Striking" evidence of a quark-gluon plasma has been observed by a team of researchers, including Canadians, at the facil

For Steve Long, a $25,000 long-distance bill from Telus is a far cry from music to his ears.

A former Quebec minor hockey coach has been sentenced to four years in prison for sexually assaulting three of his former players.

Police have laid numerous charges against 13-year-old suspect who is accused of firing a gun at 51-year-old man after attempting to rob him.

In the last few days, the city of Regina experienced a dump of snow approaching 40 centimetres, three times the normal amount for the city in a typical November.

The B.C. government's projected revenues are down about a quarter of a billion dollars since September according to the latest quarterly report from B.C.'s Ministry of Finance.

Police in B.C. are urging people to drive with caution after five people died in four traffic accidents on the TransCanada Highway during a snowstorm on Thursday morning.

The nearest spiral galaxy to the Milky Way - Andromeda - was born when two smaller galaxies collided, say astronomers.

ST. CATHARINES, Ont. - The lead investigator in a nasty pumpkin-tossing attack on a St. Catharines, Ont., woman credits tips from the public for helping police track down two suspects.

Former Liberal leader Stephane Dion questioned Wednesday why Canadian Armed Forces need to train Afghan military to fight the Taliban, when the Afghans were strong enough to defeat the forces of the Soviet Union in the 1980s.

Canada will not take part in a UN event next year to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Durban conference on racism that saw the United States walk out in protest over texts branding Israel as a racist and apartheid state, Jason Kenney says.

This year is so far tied for the hottest year in a temperature record dating back to 1850 in a new sign of a warming trend, the three major institutes which calculate global warming estimates told Reuters.

They just needed some leg room: New research shows the great dinosaur die-off made way for mammals to explode in size -- some more massive than several elephants put together.

South Korea's president ordered more troops to a front-line island and dumped his defence minister Thursday as the country grappled with lapses in its response to a deadly North Korean artillery strike.

Archbishop Kenneth William Storheim, who has held positions in a number of Canadian communities with the Orthodox Church in America, has been arrested and charged in Winnipeg with two counts of sexual assault.

Public tender seeks 500 copies worth up to $25,000

Danny Williams, who was first elected premier of Newfoundland and Labrador in 2003, announced Thursday he is leaving politics within two weeks.

Travellers coming through Canadian airports won't have to worry that they will face public pat-downs like those happening in the U.S., Transport Minister Chuck Strahl promised Wednesday.

The autumn in southwest B.C. is once again going to look more like winter as Environment Canada issues the second snowfall warning for the region in less than a week.

The Canucks snapped a four-game losing skid Wednesday night, skating to a 4-2 win over the Avalanche and receiving two-point performances from Daniel and Henrik Sedin, as well as Alexandre Burrows.

The US has designated a 'critical habitat' for polar bears living on Alaska's disappearing sea ice.

Researchers have developed a simple technique that adds evidence to the theory that the Universe is flat.

Local high school students gave the Terry Fox Foundation close to $200,000 Tuesday, funds raised during this year's High School Terry Fox Run at Nicholls Oval and throughout the year via various activities.

A German woman who splashed out on breast implants with a loan from her then boyfriend now fears her assets could be re-possesed after she failed to fully reimburse him, the 20-year-old woman told Bild newspaper.

A Boston man shot his pregnant girlfriend, her sister, then turned the gun on himself after the two argued over whether the baby's last name should be hyphenated, authorities say.

A first-of-its-kind NASA study is finding nice cool lakes are heating up -- even faster than air.

Scientists have found new evidence that an idea Albert Einstein regretted ever having may be key to solving a big mystery: why the universe is expanding at an ever-faster clip.

Should you kiss your partner goodnight or check your Facebook page one last time? Apparently, Facebook wins.

A jury in Texas has convicted former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay on charges he illegally funneled corporate money to Texas candidates in 2002. Delay was once one of the most powerful Republicans in Congress. He now faces up to life in prison.

A 12-year-old Ontario boy is facing a criminal charge of threatening after allegedly throwing a tantrum about an inoculation procedure, Durham Regional Police said Wednesday.

A Vancouver toddler is being treated for injuries after he was held hostage in the basement of a community centre overnight.

A movement is underway to convince the Royal Canadian Mint to reconsider a decision not to issue a commemorative coin depicting the Highway of Heroes.

The Grey Cup coaches are allowing their players to score off the field this week as they prepare for the big game.

Just 12 minutes before it was slated to open for the holiday season, a propane tank explosion sparked a large fire at a Christmas market in downtown Vancouver Wednesday morning.

The Canadian dollar got a big lift Wednesday as commodity prices and investor confidence bounced back from panic over European debt and Korean tensions earlier in the week.

Many dieters will tell you: losing weight is easy; it's keeping the weight off that's hard.

Air travellers who are selected for a body pat-down at Canadian airports will be told they can undergo the procedure in private, under new guidelines from the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority.

Defence Minister Peter MacKay expressed his disgust on Wednesday toward the people responsible for calling military families with false reports of loved ones being killed in Afghanistan.

The U.S. government has notified Ottawa that the WikiLeaks website is preparing to release sensitive U.S. diplomatic files that could damage U.S. relations with allies around the world.

The lead investigator in the Russell Williams case says that even though the former military commander has been sentenced to life in prison for murder, police continue to probe whether he may have committed additional crimes.

Dr. Stephen Duckett has been fired as CEO of Alberta Health Services, after he told reporters that he couldn't answer questions about emergency room wait times because he was eating a cookie.

Questions are being raised about the Conservative government's quiet procurement of Russian helicopters that Canadian pilots have been secretly using to fly troops into combat in Afghanistan.

Henrik Sedin and Alex Burrows aren't scoring goals. And the team has fallen behind 2-0 in six of its past seven games. And No. 1 goalie Roberto Luongo ranks 25th in save percentage among NHL goalies with at least 10 starts.

BAZAAR-E-PANJWAII, Afghanistan - Soldiers from the battle group that will close out Canada's combat mission in Afghanistan started to take over desert outposts and patrol the winter-scorched fields west of Kandahar this week.

Military police are pursuing a prankster preying on families of soldiers deployed to Afghanistan by calling them in the middle of the night to say their loved ones have died.

An armed man has grabbed a child from his mother and barricaded himself in a Vancouver community centre, Vancouver police say.

All 29 workers missing underground in a New Zealand coal mine are believed dead after a second explosion, police said.

An oil production platform hundreds of kilometres southeast of St. John's was partially evacuated over the weekend because of a potentially dangerous buildup of sour gas.

A Burton, N.B., man who confronted prowlers with an unloaded shotgun was charged Monday with possessing a weapon for a purpose dangerous to public peace.

Hundreds of people including students, anti-poverty groups and union representatives marched through downtown Montreal Tuesday to voice their anger and frustration at the Quebec government.

An Ottawa-based space technology company has won an $11.5-million contract to build a lunar rover prototype for the Canadian Space Agency.

A true Scotsman is said to never wear anything under his kilt. But now Scots are being warned that the sartorial tradition could be both indecent and unhygienic.

The B.C. government has forfeited two luxury cars from two alleged reckless drivers. The vehicles, a $235,000 blue 2008 Ferrari Scuderia and a white 2008 BMW M6, are worth a combined value of $310,000.

The cold snap that's holding Western Canada in its icy grip could be a sign that last year's mild winter won't return, according to Dave Phillips, senior climatologist for Environment Canada.

Violence in Afghanistan has reached an all-time high, with clashes up fourfold since 2007, the Pentagon has said.

Christine McCann feels she allowed her shy 15-year-old daughter to be violated when she was forced to publicly have a full body pat-down at a Sudbury, Ont., airport.

Cold weather temperature records came close to breaking Tuesday morning in Vancouver as a deep freeze enveloped many parts of B.C.'s Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley.

South Korea's president said Tuesday the country will unleash "enormous retaliation" if North Korea should attack again.

A B.C. man who allegedly fed bears to guard a marijuana grow-op has been charged with feeding dangerous wildlife.

Questions are being raised over the use of a Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker by two oil companies for research that could help them make a case for drilling in the Arctic.

One of the world's worst plagues is giving ground.

HALIFAX - There has been a third delay in the delivery of a new navy helicopter slated to replace a fleet of decades-old Sea Kings, the federal government said Tuesday.

Murder charges have been laid against a woman in connection with a violent home invasion on Nov. 8 in Markham, Ont., in which her mother was fatally shot. Jennifer Pan, 24, has been charged with first-degree murder, attempted murder and two counts of c

"I've never been as mad at anything and just so disappointed in the lack of vision of a {federal} government," Mayor Stephen Mandel said during an emotional news conference Monday afternoon.

The Grey Nuns of Montreal are leaving the Northwest Territories after serving in churches, hospitals and schools across the territory for 143 years.

It was a deadly Sunday on Saskatchewan highways, with nine people losing their lives in two separate accidents.

North Korea has fired artillery shells across its western maritime border, prompting return fire from South Korea, reports say.

NEW YORK - Have you spotted a unicorn? Bizarre missing posters have been displayed around New York City in search of the mythical creature

The number of Canadian Forces soldiers, personnel and veterans who are now receiving disability benefits related to their service in Afghanistan has climbed to nearly 3,000, Veterans Affairs Canada has disclosed.

The Defence Department has quietly acquired a new fleet of helicopters for combat missions in Afghanistan, but is refusing to provide details about how much the lease cost taxpayers or how many aircraft are operating.

OTTAWA - CBC's loss of the iconic Hockey Night in Canada theme never had to happen and may not have been about money