NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 06-2012

After 60 years on the throne, Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee marks a historic milestone in the iconic monarch's reign. Here are 60 facts about the Commonwealth's steadfast monarch that might surprise you.

Almost 60 per cent of First Nations along the planned Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline between Alberta and B.C. have signed on to become part owners.

A Nova Scotia family is warning others about the dangers of poppy seed tea, a dangerous but easily obtained product which is being blamed for the death of their son.

The U.S. has terminated funding for a $20 million project to develop a Pakistani version of Sesame Street, the U.S. Embassy said Tuesday. The decision came as a Pakistani newspaper reported allegations of corruption by the local puppet theater working on

A day after the suspect in a gruesome Montreal killing and dismemberment was arrested in Berlin, Vancouver police said a human hand and foot were delivered in separate packages to two area schools.

Bulgarian archaeologists say they have unearthed centuries-old skeletons pinned down through their chests with iron rods -- a practice believed to stop the dead from becoming vampires.

Little-known Russian crooner Eduard Khil, who gained international fame when a 1976 clip of him performing on Soviet television went viral in 2010, died on Monday.

Investigators in Canada and abroad are looking into unconfirmed reports that the suspect wanted in the brutal slaying of a Chinese university student has been spotted in France.

Richard Dawson, the wisecracking British entertainer who was among the schemers in the 1960s sitcom "Hogan's Heroes" and a decade later began kissing thousands of female contestants as host of the game show "Family Feud" has died. He was 79.

A plane with more than 150 people on board crashed into a heavily populated neighbourhood in the Nigerian city of Lagos on Sunday. Federal aviation authorities said no one on board survived the crash, which also killed an untold number on the ground.

Two women died and two men were rescued after the small boat they were in capsized in Skookumchuck Narrows near Sechelt, B.C. on Sunday.

In what is believed to be a first in Newfoundland and Labrador, foreign workers have been brought in to work at a fish plant in the province because of a shortage of available labour.

One person was killed and seven other people were injured Saturday evening during a shooting at Toronto's Eaton Centre, Toronto police have confirmed.

In his first speech in Asia since the president announced a strategic pivot to Asia, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta sought to reassure China that the new U.S. strategy to pivot military resources and focus to Asia is not designed to contain China.

The whereabouts of a man accused in the grisly killing of a Chinese university student in Montreal whose body was dismembered remains a mystery, as new details about his alleged victim emerge.

A massive rally in Montreal Saturday afternoon drew thousands of protesters, who vented their frustration over failed tuition talks and government policy.

Last year's tsunami crisis left Japan's nuclear future in doubt and its reactors idled, rendering its huge stockpile of plutonium useless for now. So, the nuclear industry's plan to produce even more this year has raised a red flag.

Google has fired a new salvo in a censorship battle with Beijing by adding a feature that warns users in China who enter search keywords that might produce blocked results and suggests they try other terms.

Vincent Gabriel Kirouac, a 22-year-old Quebec man, is riding across Canada on horseback dressed as a knight. The purpose? He says he's on a quest to promote chivalry and valour.

Police have confirmed that a man whose dead body was partially eaten by a bear near Kamloops, B.C. was a convicted murderer who had been reported missing last week.

Ontario's Court of Appeal has overturned a 2009 ruling that said it was unconstitutional to prevent members of the RCMP from forming a labour association.

Cross-border shoppers may welcome increased duty-free limits that kick in Friday, but those changes will magnify problems Canadian retailers are having with the noticeable price gaps between Canada and the U.S.

The Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse on Friday issued an alert about bath salts, a new synthetic drug that is illegal in some countries and in parts of the U.S., but is still legal in Canada.

General Motors of Canada plans to halt production at one of its final two Oshawa assembly plants over the next year, a move that could eliminate thousands of jobs and hit Durham Region's fragile economy hard.

A Florida judge revoked bond Friday for George Zimmerman, who is charged with second-degree murder in the death of Trayvon Martin.

Neutron monitors all round the world lit up in response to the blast for the first time in six years, despite the fact it was an M-Class, or moderate, flare, say University of New Hampshire scientists.

The Copyright Board of Canada has certified new tariffs that apply to recorded music used at live events including conventions, karaoke bars, ice shows, fairs and weddings.