NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 12-2012

A five-kilometre wide asteroid is zipping past Earth this week, giving stargazers a show and doomsayers a bit of a scare.

What if a government spy agency had power to copy and data mine information about ordinary Americans from any government database? This could include records from law enforcement investigations, health information, employment history, travel and student r

A father who stabbed to death his children will be a free man, less than four years later. Guy Turcotte has been granted his release from a psychiatric institution, with conditions.

Foreign Minister John Baird said today Canada has grave concerns that Syria might be ready to use chemical weapons on its own people or its neighbours, or that the weapons could fall into the hands of a radical extremist group.

Hundreds of Spitfires and other aircraft that crashed during the Battle of Britain are still waiting to be unearthed across Britain, historians have disclosed.

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For a second year, the Harper government has issued a directive to civil servants giving them the green light to adorn their office space with tinsel, symbols of Santa or any other forms of holiday decorations.

A monkey was seen running loose at a North York IKEA store Sunday afternoon.

The Mohawks of Kahnawake on Montreal's South Shore have called on Cree trappers to help them grapple with an overpopulation of beavers.

The Supreme Court of Canada is being asked to settle a seven-year battle to lift the shroud of secrecy over a decades-old intelligence dossier on socialist trailblazer Tommy Douglas.

A typhoon that killed nearly 600 people and left hundreds missing in the southern Philippines has made a U-turn and is now threatening the country's northwest, officials said Saturday.

Jews around the world ushered in the eight-day Hanukkah festival Saturday evening, lighting the first candles of ceremonial lamps that symbolize triumph over oppression.

Outbreaks in two Toronto-area hospitals of a dangerous new form of superbug has infection control experts contemplating a worrisome future.

Calgary's Kaillie Humphries continued her golden run Saturday, clocking a time of one minute 54.05 seconds to record her seventh straight World Cup bobsled victory.

Sales of wine, beer and other liquor are on pace to hit a record high this holiday season, predicts a report from one of Canada's biggest banks.

The federal government is expected to unveil its new regulations for the medical marijuana program in the next few weeks and the expected changes have some doctors and other stakeholders worried.

A crowd of 800 people gathered in a Quebec church today to pay their respects to three preschool siblings who were found dead in a Drummondville, Que., home last weekend.

Cloud-free images from the latest US polar orbiting meteorological satellite are assembled into a stunning night-time view of Planet Earth.

If you're ripped off by a drug dealer or a sex worker, you're pretty much on your own -- a lesson a U.S. man learned the hard way.

TORONTO -- A wise-cracking bad Santa is now unemployed after the jolly old elf insulted a three-year-old boy Wednesday about his plaid coat and Leafs tuque.

Don't blame salmon fishermen for the plight of some endangered killer whales off the Pacific coast, says a newly released report.

People who either recall, or even imagine, being absolved of their sins tend to donate more money to the church, according to researchers from Britain.

A dog lost on North Vancouver's Mount Seymour for nearly two weeks has been recovered by search and rescue crews.

After remarkable season capped by an Olympic bronze medal, soccer superstar Christine Sinclair has been chosen as CBCSports.ca's Canadian Athlete of the Year.

Edmonton MP Peter Goldring locked the door to his pick-up truck and refused to come out after he was pulled over by police, a pre-trial hearing learned Friday.

In the lush hills of northern Thailand, a herd of 20 elephants is helping to excrete some of the world's most expensive coffee.

More than 2,000 people at Pearl Harbor and many more around the country are marking the 71st anniversary of the Japanese attack that killed thousands of people and launched the United States into World War II.

An Alberta senior citizen got a special Christmas surprise last week, when a letter his mother had mailed to him during the Second World War showed up at his door.

A strong earthquake struck Friday off the coast of northeastern Japan in the same region that was hit by a massive earthquake and tsunami last year. Tokyo high-rises swayed for several minutes, one city reported a small tsunami and at least two people wer

The world's biggest and oldest trees are dying at an alarming rate, according to a report by three leading ecologists.

The federal government has approved the $15.1-billion takeover of Calgary-based Nexen Inc. by a state-owned Chinese enterprise.

A crime scene consultant concluded Sawyer Robison did not kill his uncle during a standoff with RCMP in February in which two officers were wounded, Robison's father told CBC News.

Advisory group wanted some prohibited weapons, including hand guns and assault rifles, easier to obtain

The Parti Quebecois has unveiled widespread cuts in government programs and departments.

The NHL Players' Association has tabled a new proposal that it hopes will end the lockout. NHLPA executive director Donald Fehr says the players have responded comprehensively to the issues that had been the focus of meetings over the last couple of days.

This new look at our planet at night shows the glow of natural and human-built phenomena across Earth in greater detail than ever before.

The Irish government announces a package of fresh austerity measures, including a new property tax, worth billions of euros in its 2013 budget.

The Egyptian army deploys tanks outside the presidential palace in Cairo after clashes between supporters and opponents of President Mohammed Morsi left five dead.

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A military jury has found a Calgary reservist not guilty of manslaughter, but guilty of negligent performance and unlawfully causing bodily harm, more than two years after a deadly training accident in Afghanistan.

From Yahoo! News Canada: Liberal leadership hopeful Justin Trudeau has reignited a political firestorm by calling the federal long-gun registry "a failure" after he previously defended it and even voted against abolishing it.

Women who took part in the struggle to oust Libya's Colonel Gaddafi now find themselves threatened by Islamist gangs operating in the country, as Newsnight's Tim Whewell finds out when he speaks to Magdulien Abaida, a former rebel who has been forced to s

The number of homicides in Canada rose to 598 in 2011, 44 more than the previous year, marking the first increase in three years, according to data released today.

Police officer Lawrence DePrimo decided to purchase the man a pair of $100 all-weather boots, a gesture captured in a tourist photograph that quickly went viral

Her new Las Vegas digs seemed a great fit as she stomped her thigh-high black boots back across the stage for the first time since July 2004

Jillian Thomas says the dolphin suddenly leaped at her and bit her while she was feeding the animal as part of an attraction at SeaWorld in Orlando

Nicolas Plourde used the swearing-in ceremony of the newest Supreme Court of Canada judge to comment on bilingualism.

Quebec provincial police are continuing to investigate the suspicious deaths of three young children from the same family in a Drummondville, Que., home.

Highlighting a rift between the rich countries and emerging economies like China, New Zealand's climate minister staunchly defended his government's decision to drop out of the emissions pact for developed nations, saying it's an outdated and insufficient

Canada is experiencing a bulge in the number of terrorism-related prisoners and must make sure they don't continue their terror campaigns once they are released

Maybe you're a private person. Maybe you're into shady dealings. Maybe you're having an affair with a spy. Whatever the reason, sometimes you need to email or text in secret

Who had the worst financial challenges: Boomers, Generation X or Millennials? Melissa Leong spoke with someone of each generation about being privileged or lazy or overeducated or just plain screwed

Burger King has been excelling at a game McDonald�s worked to perfect years ago, introducing a steady stream of new menu items

A wealthy Missouri man posing as 'Secret Santa' stunned New Yorkers, handing $100 bills in Staten Island who had lost everything to Superstorm Sandy

Get your garlic, crosses and stakes ready: a bloodsucking vampire is on the loose.

Japanese police say that parts of a tunnel have collapsed on a highway west of Tokyo, trapping an unknown number of vehicles as smoke from a fire inside prevented rescuers from approaching.

In a preview for this Sunday's (Nov. 25) 'Oprah's Next Chapter' interview with Justin Bieber, Oprah Winfrey says not since her