NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 02-2011

VANCOUVER - It will be a couple more months before we'll know if we'll have to pay for Internet service based on how much we use it.

VANCOUVER - Transport Canada has decided to ease some carry on rules to reduce some hassles at the airport.

VANCOUVER - That cup of coffee might be good for more than just a quick buzz.

Kaya Turski of Montreal added to Canada's medal haul at the freestyle skiing world championships, capturing silver in the first women's slopestyle event Thursday.

Canadian soccer fans will have to wait a little longer for David Hoilett to make his national team debut.

Canada is good to go at the Cricket World Cup with the granting of Indian visas to three players.

Peter Jackson has been released from a New Zealand hospital after undergoing surgery Jan. 26 for a perforated ulcer.

A desperate Turkish man living in Germany has turned to the police for protection from his wife's constant demands for sex, authorities said Wednesday.

Canada's Frank Dancevic recorded his biggest triumph in more than a year when he upset top-seeded Feliciano Lopez in the first round of the SA Tennis Open in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Wednesday.

World Cup winner Spain leads the latest FIFA rankings, and new Asian champion Japan leaps into the Top 20. Canada moved up four spots to No. 80, while the United States remained at No. 18 to lead CONCACAF teams.

There was a constant chatter heard each time Canada took the field in the recently completed Caribbean Twenty20.

VANCOUVER - Lawmakers in Australia, New York, Oregon, and California are considering it; one Vancouver City Councillor is also in favour of banning cyclists from listening to mp3 players while riding.

VANCOUVER - BC and Washington State have signed a climate deal, one of the major goals of which is to educate people about the impact of climate change on quality of life.

VANCOUVER - The City of Vancouver may be patting itself on the back over its plan to end homelessness, but it doesn't seem like everyone sees things the same way.

VANCOUVER - Former Solicitor General Kash Heed isn't letting a police investigation stop him from teaching a course in criminology. The Vancouver Fraserview MLA is under investigation for breach of trust during his 2009 election campaign.

TULLY, Australia - The most powerful storm in a century ripped across Australia's northeast coast early Thursday, blasting apart houses, laying waste to banana crops and leaving boats lying in the streets of wind- and wave-swept towns.

MONTREAL - A winter storm churned across Ontario and Quebec on Wednesday, leaving massive highway pileups in its wake and sending at least 29 people to hospital.

A Canadian news cameraman was beaten by an angry mob in Egypt on Wednesday, one of many ugly scenes on a day when the country's ongoing political standoff took an increasingly violent turn.

Roberto Luongo made 23 saves for his 54th NHL shutout and third of the season, and the Vancouver Canucks routed the struggling Phoenix Coyotes 6-0 on Wednesday night.

The gangsters whose turf war has been tearing up Metro Vancouver streets will now face fines and possible jail time if they're caught driving vehicles with bulletproof glass or secret compartments.

Parliamentarians were told Tuesday that Canada's ability to search the Atlantic area is severely inadequate for emergency calls that happen to come at night.

It began with a stunning discovery last year in the attic of a Scottish estate: A previously unknown, 312-year-old hand-drawn map of Canada by John Thornton, one of the leading cartographers of 17thcentury Europe.

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Memorial visits to Kandahar by the families of Canadian soldiers killed in Afghanistan will continue, but they'll be financed by non-public funds, the Defence Department said Wednesday.

Snowfall warnings are in effect for New Brunswick as a big storm moved in Wednesday.

B.C. Liberal leadership candidate Christy Clark has changed her mind about determining the future of the HST, saying she longer wants a free vote in the B.C. legislature to decide the fate of the controversial tax.

Snowfall warnings are in effect for much of Atlantic Canada as a storm described as the "strongest of the season" moved in Wednesday.

Jennifer Heil is going out in style. The freestyle skiing star, who plans to retire at season's end, won the first moguls world title of her decorated career at Deer Valley Resort in Utah, where Canadians claimed four of six possible medals on Wednesday.

Snowsteria seemed to take hold in Toronto on Wednesday amid an Environment Canada prediction of a winter walloping that sent people in and around Canada's largest city scurrying like groundhogs for their burrows.

An impassioned speech on human rights by Egyptian activist Asmaa Mahfouz led thousands of protesters to gather in Cairo's Tahrir Square on January 25, sparking a widespread movement against President Hosni Mubarak

Police in British Columbia are marking the one-year anniversary of the province's distracted-driving law by stepping up efforts to nab drivers who are still talking and texting while behind the wheel.

Mikael Samuelsson and Christian Ehrhoff scored power-play goals to lead the Vancouver Canucks over the Dallas Stars 4-1 Tuesday night.

Monarch asks ex-army general to form new government in the wake of streets protests over prices and reforms.

Environment Canada has upgraded a warning about a snowstorm expected to hit Ontario late Tuesday, saying there will be blizzard conditions in certain areas of southwestern Ontario.

Saskatchewan Roughrider fans will soon see a familiar face on the sidelines with Richie Hall returning as defensive coordinator.

Alarmed at the numerous crashes and severe injuries to Canada's ski team this season, Alpine Canada has called a summit to find ways to make the sport safer.

SURREY - Former US Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush will be the featured speakers at this year's fourth annual Surrey Regional Economic Summit.

KELOWNA - It's now up to Crown Counsel to decide if assault charges will be laid against a Kelowna Mountie seen on video kicking a man in the face last month.

WHISTLER - Threats have been made over the mass killing of 100 sled dogs in Whistler. Mounties are investigating comments made online and in private emails.

While the Conservative Party complains about Graves and EKOS, the Conservative government has awarded the company $11.5 million in contracts since it took office

Mavinic, a civil engineering professor and entrepreneur, will receive the $25,000 Dave Mitchell Award of Distinction for developing a unique technology to turn pipe-clogging and polluting phosphorus compounds in wastewater into environmentally friendly fe

A couple in Laval, Que. has sparked a fierce debate over how far schools should go to teach children about environmental responsibility after their six-year-old son was shut out of a kindergarten draw to win a stuffed animal because he had an Sandwich b

CALGARY � Alberta Health Services has apologized to a man who was severely beaten by security guards at Alberta Children�s Hospital last month.