NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 08-2011

Jack Layton, who died Monday morning at the age of 61, will be honoured in a state funeral to be held Saturday in Toronto.

NDP leader Jack Layton has died, his family said in a statement today

Syria's president says he's "not worried" about security in his country and warns against any foreign military intervention in a speech designed to portray confidence as the regime comes under blistering international condemnation for its crackd

A Newfoundland carpenter who died in a jetliner crash in Nunavut was already frightened of the flights that took him to his northern workplace after having survived a previous crash in 2008, says a friend and neighbour.

LOS ANGELES - "Mutton dressed as lamb." This is a wry, old British idiom I heard the other day that wickedly describes how older women can look when they try to dress in young, hip clothes.

Saturday's fatal crash of a large passenger airplane in the High Arctic proves the need for Canada to be able to mount fast, effective search and rescue efforts in the North, say Arctic experts.

A Florida woman has been arrested after police say she tried to sell her five-year-old son to a fellow churchgoer.

In another sensational attempt to draw attention to the plight of animals, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is planning to launch a porn site later this year.

A "high-intensity" fire ripped through a community south of Edmonton early Sunday morning, destroying four homes and damaging two others, city officials said.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper has delayed his annual Arctic tour until Tuesday morning after a plane crash claimed the lives of 12 people in a small northern community, his office said on Sunday.

British Columbians will get to know the outcome of the HST drama that has been holding the province in its grip for the past two years by the end of this week.

About 150 Calgarians dressed exactly how they wanted to for a "slut walk" downtown at Eau Claire Market Mall on Saturday.

Libyan rebel fighters celebrated in the heart of Tripoli's central Green Square on Sunday, as Moammar Gadhafi's 42-year rule appeared to be collapsing after months of fierce fighting and NATO airstrikes.

Officials confirmed on Sunday night that a tornado tore through Goderich, Ont. claiming one life and heavily damaging the southern Ontario town three hours west of Toronto.

The Department of National Defence plans to develop a new stealth snowmobile for covert military operations in Canada's Arctic, with $550,000 set aside to build a prototype.

Al Qaeda in Iraq has vowed to carry out "100 attacks" across the country, starting in the middle of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, to exact revenge for the death of Osama bin Laden.

Scientists have produced what they say is the first complete map of how the ice moves across Antarctica. Built from images acquired by radar satellites, the visualisation details all the great glaciers and the smaller ice streams that feed them.

Sport-related concussions are becoming a growing concern among athletes, but one Ottawa company thinks it might have part of the solution: a piece of electronics that can measure the impact of on-ice hits to the head.

The new $36-million central library in Surrey, B.C. is shaking things up with a selection of volunteer "living books" who'll be loaned out to hold conversations with visitors.

A man has died from his injuries after an argument involving two families escalated to a street fight and a two-vehicle collision early Saturday morning in Winnipeg, police say.

Family, friends and teammates gathered at the Albert Stella Memorial Arena in Blairmore, Alta., on Saturday afternoon to remember Rick Rypien as a young man "living every Canadian boy's dream."

A 737 charter jet has crashed in Canada's Arctic region, killing 12 people and injuring three others

Thirty years later, he declared that he would build a museum that would tell the story of the Holocaust and the struggle for human rights in Canada and elsewhere, and oh yes, it would be in Winnipeg

North Korea says it will resume talks with the US on repatriating the remains of troops killed during the Korean War, after a six-year halt.

The US Office of Naval Research says that it has successfully tested a new type of explosive material that can dramatically increase weapons' impacts.

The distinctive Polar Bear Diamonds, which are laser engraved with a microscopic-sized polar bear, are the most recognizable diamond brand in the country. The unique branding is a symbol that they are both Canadian and conflict-free.

New research shows insects, animals and plants are on the move north toward cooler climates as they try to escape the effects of global warming.

The struggling Saskatchewan Roughriders fired Marshall on Friday after a dismal 1-7 start to the season. Offensive co-ordinator Doug Berry was also sacked in the wake of Thursday's 24-18 road loss to the Toronto Argonauts.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency plans to start testing fish off the coast of British Columbia for the presence of radiation stemming from the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan earlier this year.

Arland Bruce reeled in a pair of touchdown passes as the B.C. Lions contributed to the recent collapse of the Edmonton Eskimos with a dominating 36-1 victory on Friday night.

Canada recovered from a disastrous third inning Friday to kick off the Little League World Series with a 6-5 win over Saudi Arabia.

A major report from National Defence has identified ways to save the department $1 billion a year and calls for "dramatic changes" so the military can meet its future obligations.

Several shots were fired just before 5 a.m. at the building in the area of Notre Dame and Ingersoll Street, a restaurant worker in the area told CBC News

Newly developed techniques will allow scientists to better predict the size and arrival time of solar storms that could damage satellites, cause GPS navigation to malfunction and knock out power grids on Earth.

Corn husks may not be the first association that comes to mind when thinking about Rick Hansen's Man in Motion tour, but a farm in Lacombe, Alta., has created a unique maize tribute to his world tour for spinal cord injury research.

A Canadian businessman returned to Canada Thursday after a three-and-a-half-year stay in a Mexican jail, after a judge finally cleared him of all charges.

In a case that has drawn international attention, jurors on Wednesday watched video showing an Alaskan mother squirting hot sauce in the mouth of her adopted son.

Cory Boyd ran for two touchdowns as the Toronto Argonauts held on for a thrilling 24-18 win over the Saskatchewan Roughriders on Thursday night to halt a six-game losing streak.

A Vancouver woman says she is going to have to pay thousands of dollars for her leased car that was burnt in the Stanley Cup riot.

The treatment is called Magnetic Resonance Real-time Guided Radiation Therapy (MRrtgRT), the prototype combines two existing pieces of equipment: a magnetic resonance scanner (MRI) and a linear accelerator (LINAC). The MRrtgRT produces a real-time 3D i

Russia has demonstrated its first stealth fighter, designed as a cheaper alternative to the US F-22 Raptor.

A cow in Scotland is grazing a little easier after members of an animal welfare group removed its head from a wooden ladder.

That old moon might not be as antique as we thought, some scientists think. They say it is possible that the moon is not a day over 4.4 billion years old.

Vancouver police have detained two people they believe are connected to the dumping of three live kittens into a garbage bin at a ferry terminal last month.

Two men in northwestern England were handed stiff jail terms for inciting disorder during Britain's recent riots through social networking site Facebook.

Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev on Wednesday criticized the government for taking Russia backward and said that the nation needs free elections and fresh leadership.

After examining hundreds of combat support and reconstruction contracts in Afghanistan, the U.S military estimates $360 million in U.S. tax dollars has ended up in the hands of the Taliban, criminals and power brokers with ties to both.

Restoring the "royal" designation to Canada's air force and navy has been praised as a nod to Canada's military history, but some critics argue the move is regressive and unnecessary and will backfire on the Conservative government.

A great white shark was caught this week in the Bay of Fundy, the first confirmed great white shark sighting in Atlantic Canada in more than six years.

Fans of former Canucks player Rick Rypien flocked to a memorial set up Wednesday outside Vancouver's Rogers Arena.

Vancouver police Chief Jim Chu is defending the pace of criminal investigations into Vancouver rioters, saying investigators are moving slowly because authorities want to make sure they can secure convictions.

Attempts are underway off Vancouver Island to rescue a whale that has become tangled in ropes attached to fishing nets.

NHL commissioner Gary Bettman expects the league to review its substance abuse and behavioural health program following the death of two players over the summer.

A 300 year-old Portuguese coin has been found at an archaeological dig site in eastern Newfoundland.

The niece of a prominent B.C. Hells Angel is said to be paralyzed from the neck down after this weekend's bloody shooting in Kelowna.

Going to the polls might just mean booting up your computer during the next federal byelection, Elections Canada says.

Labrador Retrievers are known for their hunting skills and friendly dispositions, but Beau, a black Lab who lives in Montana, is winning acclaim for his math abilities

The federal government has delivered $8.5 million so far to a humanitarian coalition set up to combat the effects of drought and famine in East Africa.

Prison guards have seized almost as many Bibles from B.C. inmates as porn magazines, according to government data obtained by The Vancouver Sun.

A suspected Iron Age road, made of timber and preserved in peat for 2,000 years, has been uncovered by archaeologists in East Anglia.

The BC SPCA will be recommending cruelty charges under the criminal code against the man who admitted to slaughtering dozens of sled dogs in Whistler following the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Just one day after the killing of gang leader Jonathan Bacon in Kelowna, B.C., a late night shooting outside a Surrey nightclub on Monday appears to be another targeted attack, police said.

The SPCA is asking the public to help identify two people suspected of dumping three live kittens into a garbage can at a Vancouver Island ferry terminal last month.

The father of an 11-year-old boy who made a low-percentage half-time shot on goal worth US$50,000US has owned up to the fact the contest win may have been fraudulent.

Inuit hunters in Iqaluit have killed their first bowhead whale in recent memory, less than 12 hours after embarking on their whaling expedition.

A small-town Quebec mayor who left a 20-tonne boulder in front of his ex-wife's house as a prank has removed the massive rock.

Defence Minister Peter MacKay said Tuesday his government has corrected a historic mistake by restoring the "royal" designation to the air force and navy, a move he says will come at a minimal cost.

The scrappy centre, formerly with the Vancouver Canucks, recently signed with the Winnipeg Jets along with longtime friend Jason Jaffray. He appeared content and at peace and talked about the possibility of winning the Stanley Cup.

Some vegans are forcing their pet cats to adopt their no-meat diets. Marco Pagliarulo, a vegan living in Toronto, said he has been feeding his seven-year-old male cat, Mishu, vegan food for more than a year.

After spending a half-century apart, a decorated Canadian war hero was reunited Sunday with a part of his heritage he thought was lost forever.

An international student from Japan is presumed dead after being swept over Niagara Falls on Sunday night, authorities say.

Libyan leader Moamar Gaddafi spat defiance at opposition forces and NATO amid rumours he was preparing to flee the country.

In a multinational race to seize the potential riches of the formerly icebound Arctic, being laid bare by global warming, Russia is the early favorite.

The NASA probe made its first detailed observations of the surface Thursday from a distance of 2,735 kilometres and will spend the next several weeks taking images from that altitude. Afterward, it will spiral closer to the asteroid to get a better view.

They are the hidden family portraits of Earth's most remote jungles finally revealed: A touching snapshot of an endangered female mountain gorilla carrying an infant on her back. A giant anteater sticking its enormous snout practically in the viewer's fac

Libyan government forces tapped into their stores of Scud missiles during the weekend, firing one for the first time in this year's conflict with rebels, but hurting no one, U.S. defence officials said Monday.

The life includes a home in Garibaldi Highlands with a project studio for art and music, a 1990 Porsche 944 S2 and a garage filled with all the tools to take over Daley's job as a professional cabinet maker and builder.

Did Butch Cassidy, the notorious Old West outlaw who most historians believe perished in a 1908 shootout in Bolivia, actually survive that battle and live to old age, peacefully and anonymously, in Washington state?

A University of Alberta team says it's making advancements in a technology that could revolutionize solar power.

The new $68-million Grand Manan ferry is out of service, just days after being officially launched.

Three bears have been shot and killed at Manitoba's popular Grand Beach north of Winnipeg in the past few days, including one Monday afternoon as the animal wandered dangerously close to a children's play area.

Gov. Gen. David Johnston and his wife Sharon have landed in Iqaluit, as part of their first official visit to Canada's eastern Arctic.

Neighbours on Lou Peltier Crescent, in a recently-built subdivision called Kildonan Green, told CBC News a man stood at the edge of a driveway around 9 p.m. and used a handgun to open fire at people inside the garage.

Cape Breton's Fourchu lobsters are making a big splash in the United States.

Residents of New Zealand's capital city Wellington are taking delight in the unusual sight of snowflakes falling in what forecasters are describing as a once-in-a-lifetime event.

A relentless barrage of bombings killed 63 people Monday in the most sweeping and coordinated attack Iraq has seen in over a year, striking 17 cities from northern Sunni areas to the southern Shiite heartland.

The Arctic will switch from being a carbon sink to a carbon source by the end of this century as the permafrost melts and emits greenhouse gases, a new study suggests.

Three men from Innisfil, Ont., face second-degree murder charges after the death of a 42-year-old man at a mini-golf course north of Toronto on Saturday.

Parks Canada rescuers used a helicopter to pluck two stranded climbers from a 3,600-metre-high mountain peak in Yoho National Park on Sunday.

Thousands of sacks of food aid meant for Somalia's famine victims have been stolen and are being sold at markets in the same neighbourhoods where skeletal children in filthy refugee camps can't find enough to eat.

An Alberta man has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of his wife on a B.C. lake in August 2010.

Vancouver police are issuing a public warning after two women were assaulted in separate attacks while walking near Sunset Beach in downtown Vancouver on Saturday and Monday.

According to a report from the Globe and Mail, NHL player Rick Rypien was found dead in his Crowsnest Pass, Alta., home on Monday.

RCMP confirm Jonathan Bacon, the eldest of three brothers police have linked to a violent gang known as the Red Scorpions, died in a shooting Sunday that also injured a Hells Angels member.

The Conservative government plans to announce that Maritime Command and Air Command, the official names of the two Canadian Forces' units, will be returned to Royal Canadian Navy and Royal Canadian Air Force, monikers last used in 1968.

A British Columbia man is facing charges after allegedly trying to smuggle dismembered black bear paws out of Vancouver International Airport Sunday morning.

Canadian ranchers were the recipients of good news Sunday as the Federal Government announced a new market has opened up for Canadian cattle, sheep and goats.

After serving half of his drunk-driving sentence in an outdoor jail just outside Phoenix, Arizona, Oilers goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin has begun serving 15 days of house arrest.

The federal Conservative party has sent a threatening email to the widow of an asbestos victim in the latest chapter of Canada's debate over the hazardous mineral.