NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 03-2011

The oldest known bird in the US, a Laysan albatross named Wisdom, has been spotted with a chick.

France has become the first country to recognise the Libyan rebel leadership, the National Libyan Council (NLC), as the country's legitimate government.

Libyan rebels are fleeing the oil port of Ras Lanuf after sustained attacks by forces loyal to Col Muammar Gaddafi. There were reports of severe civilian casualties after rebel positions and residential areas came under fire from rockets and shells.

The San Jose Sharks are one of the hottest teams in the NHL with nine wins in 10 games, while the Vancouver Canucks have been perfect on their five-game trip.

In an address marking the anniversary of the failed 1959 uprising against Chinese rule in Tibet, the Dalai Lama has announced he is now prepared to hand his political duties over to an elected representative.

Cheez Whiz, ice cream and toilet paper in remote northern grocery stores will again be covered by a federal subsidy program after a public outcry over skyrocketing prices.

The general manager of the Acadie-Bathurst Titans says he stands behind the actions of one of his players.

Snowfall is turning to heavy rain across Quebec on Thursday as a major weather system moves across the province.

An earthquake toppled more than 1,000 houses and apartment buildings in China's southwest on Thursday, killing at least 24 people and injuring more than 200

The National Energy Board has granted final approval for the Mackenzie Valley natural gas pipeline after the federal cabinet signed off on the long-delayed $16.2-billion project.

Montreal Canadiens forward Max Pacioretty was released from hospital Thursday, two days after he was injured in an on-ice bodycheck that sparked furious debate over the NHL's policy on serious injuries, while prompting a police investigation.

A Canadian woman whose California nursing licence was revoked over "gross negligence" is working at a Greater Toronto Area hospital, CBC News has learned.

More stalking happens on P.E.I. than any other province, according to Statistics Canada, while rates tend to be lower in the western part of the country.

It will likely be a few more years before her children will send out emails, instant messages and tweets, but Michelle Branco has already given them a head start in establishing their digital footprint.

It could take a week -- and the smell could get pretty bad -- before crews manage to scoop and vacuum up tons of dead sardines from a Southern California marina.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved the first new drug to treat lupus in over 50 years, a milestone that medical experts say could prompt development of other drugs that are even more effective in treating the debilitating immune s

A devastating hockey hit that rattled the NHL this week is having repercussions off the ice as well, with a major league sponsor threatening to walk away from the sport and Quebec's criminal prosecutors calling for a police investigation.

A teenager is behind bars, accused of trying to kill her friend and take her unborn baby.

A seven-year-old boy from Longueuil, Que., is alive and well after spending close to three hours buried in a snowbank earlier this week.

Scientists say they've been unable to solve the mystery of dead seals that washed ashore in Labrador between December and January.

Montreal police are asking hockey-mad Canadiens fans to stop calling them to file complaints against Zdeno Chara.

Stonehenge is being scanned using modern laser technology to search for hidden clues about how and why it was built.

OTTAWA - The Canadian navy is looking for consultants to help it adapt foreign designs for the replacement of its 40-year-old supply ships.

OTTAWA - MPs are warning the National Hockey League if officials won't take escalating violence on the ice seriously, they might take matters into their own hands.

BC Ferries has lost part of a lawsuit over a 2005 crash that saw a passenger and car ferry plow into several boats and a marina west of Vancouver.

A senior Canadian economist has some words of advice for Canadians growing frustrated with rising prices at the grocery store: Get used to it; this is the new normal.

Montreal Canadiens forward Max Pacioretty says he is "disgusted" that the NHL did not suspend Boston Bruins defenceman Zdeno Chara for the devastating hit that left him with a concussion and a broken fourth vertebra in his neck.

A planet identified last month as possibly able to support human habitation has been reclassified to uninhabitable after new findings revealed the original diagnosis was based on an error.

Boston Bruins defenceman Zdeno Chara will not be suspended for his hit on Max Pacioretty of the Montreal Canadiens, the NHL ruled on Wednesday.

A mysterious resurgence of phosphorus in the Great Lakes is endangering the aquatic food chain and human health, says a binational agency that advises Canada and the U.S.

NPR chief executive Vivian Schiller resigned Wednesday, just one day after conservative filmmaker James O'Keefe released a video showing an NPR executive slamming Republicans and the Tea Party movement during a hidden-camera sting operation.

Speaker Peter Milliken will deliver his ruling this afternoon on two opposition motions asking that he find the Conservative government in contempt of Parliament.

They may be rough, tough hockey players, but that doesn't mean the Montreal Canadiens weren't shaken - and badly - by the sight of teammate Max Pacioretty prone on the ice, unconscious and clearly in a bad way.

It took space shuttle Discovery several months to get off the ground on its final mission, but the shuttle's landing came off without a hitch. Discovery touched down on schedule, just before noon March 9, putting an end to its 26 years of service, in whi

Questions are being raised over a taxpayer-funded not-for-profit agency in Alberta, commonly known as the Epi Centre, after it was revealed the agency's board held its annual general meeting in Hawaii last fall.

Ice loss from Antarctica and Greenland has accelerated over the last 20 years, research shows, and will soon become the biggest driver of sea level rise.

AUSTIN -- The Texas Nationalist Movement will host a rally at the state capitol Saturday urging lawmakers to put the matter of Texas independence before the state's voters in a non-binding plebiscite.

Dan Hamhuis scored twice, including the winner with 2:47 left in overtime, and the Vancouver Canucks beat the Phoenix Coyotes 4-3 on Tuesday night.

WINNIPEG - Two teens who beat a man to death while attending Gimli's Icelandic Festival have been sentenced to one day in jail and three years supervised probation.

Exaggerated food claims are rampant on labels in Canadian grocery stores, but government inspectors are right not to crack down on them, the former president of Canada's food police says.

US officials fear a public health hazard after an estimated one million sardines that inexplicably washed up in a California marina begin to rot.

Oil prices fell on Tuesday after the Saudi oil minister said his country had 3.5 million barrels per day of spare capacity available, if it were needed.

Native communities along the St. Lawrence River say they are ready to do whatever is necessary to stop nuclear waste shipments that will pass through their traditional waterways.

In a letter posted on the Oilers' website Tuesday, president Patrick LaForge apologizes to fans who were rained out of their seats during a game last month at Rexall Place.

An investigation is now underway into the cause of Monday's explosion at an oilfield site near Robb. Alta. that injured 13 people.

Independent MLA Dr. Raj Sherman has made some allegations about cancer care coverups in Alberta and reports of doctors being paid to keep quiet. He has failed to support those claims, but now says a public investigation into the province's health care sys

The first of nearly 600 migrants who arrived on B.C. shores aboard two cargo ships over the past two years has been ordered deported from Canada, after admitting he was a member of the Tamil Tigers.

A Canadian soldier who lost both legs in Afghanistan says the financial treatment of injured and wounded war veterans by the Harper government is an "abject betrayal" of the new generation of soldiers.

A protest by hundreds of Egyptian women demanding equal rights and an end to sexual harassment turned violent Tuesday when crowds of men heckled and shoved the demonstrators, telling them to go home where they belong.

A lagging recovery and lingering fears about the global economy have made Canadians increasingly pessimistic about their retirement, a new survey has found.

A collection agency is going after disgraced former air force colonel Russell Williams because he hasn't paid thousands of dollars to a victims of crime fund, CTV Ottawa has learned.

Hundreds of protesters stormed a courtroom and attempted to make a citizens' arrest on a judge in support of a man challenging his council tax bill. In chaotic scenes, police rescued Judge Michael Peake from the clutches of a mob and escorted him safel

On the eve of Discovery's final homecoming, the six shuttle astronauts paid tribute Tuesday to the world's most travelled spaceship, saying it may be some time before there's another vessel that's worthy of the name and capable of venturing farther.

Rebel fighters came under heavy artillery fire near the oil port of Ras Lanouf Tuesday, as forces loyal to embattled Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi tried to stop their westward advance toward the capital.

North Americans aren't getting the sleep they need and, according to the results of a new survey, the growing habit of using computers, laptops, televisions and other electronic devices in the hour before bedtime isn't helping matters.

More than 300 people packed Vancouver City Hall Monday night over a controversial plan to build the province's largest casino next to BC Place.

Canada's proposed tough-on-crime bill targeting youth will increase offences, decrease public safety and cost the provinces millions of dollars, say children's advocates who want the legislation scrapped.

Environmental groups have gone to court to block the shipment of 16 nuclear-plant generators through the St. Lawrence Seaway.

French-speaking shareholders of some Quebec companies can't get documents from the firms in their own language, despite the province's language laws.

Two members of the famous Crosby hockey family have now been sidelined with concussions.

Dismal harvests for barley are set to drive up the price of malt, analysts say, and that will likely translate into more expensive brews at your local pub and beer store.

A Canadian oil company has confirmed reports that more than 20 oil contractors were kidnapped in a Colombian jungle on Monday, but says they were not employed by Calgary's Talisman Energy Inc.

Libyan warplanes launched at least five new airstrikes on rebel positions near the oil port of Ras Lanouf on Friday, though no casualties were reported on the ground as a result of the latest attacks.

Police conducted a major crackdown on the 'ndrangheta crime syndicate Tuesday, arresting scores of suspects in Italy and Germany and seeking more in countries as far away as Canada and Australia.

Canadian banks will face more restrictions on how they handle their customers' money, under new "consumer friendly" measures announced by the Conservatives on Tuesday.

Marijuana shops in CA selling 'Charlie Sheen' pot.

A boat hanging from a Kelowna, B.C. bridge with a mythical Ogopogo sea monster at the helm has all the hallmarks of a university engineering prank, say police in the province's Okanagan region.

A winter storm moving across Quebec on Monday closed roads, shut down schools and prompted at least one city to institute its emergency measures plan.

Immigration Minister Jason Kenney continued to defend himself Monday against allegations he used official MP letterhead to solicit Conservative Party donations, as the opposition parties' calls for his resignation grew louder.

The CRTC is giving the green light to the $1.3-billion takeover of CTVglobemedia by telecom giant BCE Inc.

With the price of crude oil nearing a two-and-a-half year high Monday, there are worries the skyrocketing prices could drag down the economic recovery if consumers change their spending habits.

RCMP have confirmed there has been an explosion at an oilfield site southwest of Edson Monday morning. Approximately 14 to 16 people have been injured.

Donny and Marie Osmond are bringing their popular stage show to Toronto this summer.

Saskatchewan farmer Robert Latimer didn't spend much time thinking about the personal consequences he would face for killing his severely disabled daughter in 1993 -- her daily pain and suffering, he says, were the only things on his mind.

Obama asks Saudis to airlift weapons into Benghazi

MP Brian Storseth announced that the Conservative government will create an Integrated Personnel Support Centre in Cold Lake, a "one-stop shop" to provide services for injured and ill veterans, reservists and their families.

Rocky. That's the name of a 25-tonne rock that crashed through a New Zealander's house when a 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck the country last month.

People working and shopping in many outlet stores heard shrieking tires and twisting metal over the lunch hour Sunday and raced outside to see what had happened.

A long-awaited French corruption trial opened Monday with former President Jacques Chirac as the star defendant.

Canadians who were transfixed by the rescue of 33 Chilean miners trapped underground last year now have a chance to get closer to the drama.

Japan has temporarily stopped using vaccines from U.S. drugmaker Pfizer Inc. and Sanofi-Aventis SA of France while it investigates the deaths of four children who were inoculated, the health ministry said Monday.

Last year, when the sap stopped running from some of Bruce Curavoo's maple trees, it kept running in others. He got enough to make about 300 more gallons of syrup from his crop.

Space shuttle Discovery, the world's most travelled spaceship, has left the International Space Station for the last time.

Prince Charles could be forgiven for feeling a bit grumpy these days.

U.S. Defence Secretary Robert Gates said Monday that both the U.S. and Afghan governments agree the American military should remain involved in Afghanistan after the planned 2014 end of combat operations to help train and advise Afghan forces.

A fresh wave of airstrikes by Libyan warplanes have failed to push rebel forces out of the oil port of Ras Lanouf, as dictator Moammar Gadhafi tries to halt the rebels from advancing closer to the capital.

Alberta's health minister vows the government will cover medication costs needed to help a nine-year-old boy who suffers from extremely painful skin infections.

Tamil migrants who arrived on B.C. shores last summer from Sri Lanka may have a better chance of staying in Canada after the federal government lost a refugee hearing.

An elderly child molester has been surgically castrated as a condition of his release from prison, police say.

WASHINGTON - A NASA scientist reports detecting tiny fossilized bacteria on three meteorites, and maintains these microscopic life forms are not native to Earth.

Long before the modern hippy discovered them, magic mushrooms -- hallucinogenic fungi -- were used by ancient humans in religious ceremonies.

Environment Canada has issued winter storm warnings for southern Quebec and the Maritimes, with up to 60 centimetres of snow expected to fall in some communities.

Mounties say a running shoe containing what appear to be human remains has washed up on the shore near Powell River, B.C.

The family of a woman slain in British Columbia says authorities have told them their safety could be in jeopardy after the killer was moved to minimum security.

Gen. Walter Natynczyk says establishing a no-fly zone in the skies over Libya would be a major military offensive, as a top U.S. senator urged allies to start planning such an operation.

Cory Schneider made 26 saves for his first career shutout, Manny Malhotra scored two goals and the NHL-leading Vancouver Canucks won consecutive games for the first time in four weeks, beating the Anaheim Ducks 3-0 on Sunday night.

Rebel forces were advancing on the Libyan capital Sunday, while government forces claimed a number of military victories in their bid to crush the uprising against Moammar Gadhafi's regime.

Canada's reputation in the world is improving, despite some recent controversies, a new survey suggests.

A 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck northern Chile on Sunday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

The RCMP believes fraud in Canada is approaching the size and scope of the drug trade.

Ralph the pelican is finally on the move after being stranded in Nova Scotia since September.

Canadians should leave Yemen as soon as possible, the Department of Foreign Affairs reiterated Sunday, as new political violence swept the Middle Eastern nation.

The Conservative government is slamming the door on a British proposal that the two countries work together in building new warships.

A Dutch engineer has a dream of collecting all the plastic refuse in the Pacific Ocean and using science to transform it into an island paradise.

How the Dalai Lama feels about climate change and Canada's inferiority complex are a few of the issues to come to light through classified documents

All protests and marches are to be banned in Saudi Arabia, the interior ministry has announced on state TV.

While the injuries are feigned and the bullets are blanks, the training and the purpose couldn't be more real: this weekend members of the Canadian Forces are honing their skills in a mock war west of Edmonton.

The coaches of a Winnipeg high school hockey team have been suspended after they pulled their goalie to throw a playoff game to avoid facing a rival in the playoffs.

Management at B.C.'s River Rock Casino have suggested that employees use their discretion when they see high rollers breaking rules meant to prevent money laundering.

For the second straight Friday, there is no winning ticket for the $50-million Lotto Max jackpot.