NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 03-2013

Health complaints from people living around turbines shown to be psychological effect of anti-wind lobby making people worry

A wildlife biologist in Thunder Bay says the boreal owl population here has remained steady this winter even though naturalists in Minnesota say they have found many of the birds dead or ill.

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is launching a full investigation after an Air Canada flight arriving at Toronto's Pearson International Airport ignored orders to abort its landing as a driverless van rolled onto the runway.

Jorge Bergoglio was head of the Jesuit order in the 1970s when the church backed military government and called for patriotism

A beach-dwelling sea creature has stubbornly kept the same phallus-shaped form from the time of the trilobites through the rise and fall of the dinosaurs to the present day, suggests a study that identifies a mystery fossil in the Canada's Burgess Shale.

Paul Rose, one of the key figures in Quebec's October Crisis, died today of a stroke at the age of 69.

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty says the federal government's fiscal plan will be tabled one week from today, on March 21.

A 72-year-old woman is dead after she was allegedly assaulted by a 72-year-old man at a Scarborough seniors' home late Wednesday night.

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman urged the NFL on Tuesday to investigate whether possible draft picks were improperly asked about their sexual orientation during the league's combine, which he said would be illegal in New York.

Canada and France have agreed to explore the use of commercially-grown microalgae to "safely and effectively remove certain greenhouse gases from industrial emissions."

Curiosity finds evidence that the red planet was once capable of supporting life.

Calgary Zoo officials say human error caused the opportunity for several gorillas to leave their enclosure and explore a zookeepers' kitchen.

The Roman Catholic Church has elected a new pope: Argentinian Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the 76-year-old Archbishop of Buenos Aires who has chosen the papal name Francis.

Astronaut Chris Hadfield will become the first Canadian commander of the International Space Station at 5:10 p.m. ET, when he officially takes the reins of the orbiting laboratory.

BlackBerry, formerly known as Research In Motion Ltd., says it has received an order for one million of its new smartphones, marking the largest ever single purchase in the company's history.

The snails are kind of terrifying, seeing as how they can grow up to a foot long, can weigh in at over two pounds, and are capable of eating over 500 different species. Oh yes, they can also lay 1,200 eggs a year, and have few natural enemies in many of t

Alma - the most complex ground-based telescope in existence - is officially opened during an inauguration ceremony in Chile's Atacama Desert. "It will help us answer where we come from or whether we are alone in the Universe," said Thijs de Graauw, projec

OTTAWA � Having already re-inserted �royal� into the names of the Canadian air force and navy, the Harper government is making another change to Canada�s military identity. It is now quietly working to remind Canadians that their soldiers carry

THE Dutch government has raised its terror threat amid concerns that Dutch citizens travelling to Syria to fight in the civil war could return battle-hardened, traumatised and further radicalised.

Algae-like structures inside a Sri Lankan meteorite are clear evidence of panspermia, the idea that life exists throughout the universe, say astrobiologists.

There's the perfectly bilingual clerk at Revenue Quebec who frequently meets people who prefer to discuss their tax questions in English, proof, the union claims, of "shameful bilingualism"

Dong Nguyen sentenced to pay $1,365 restitution for vet care and do 100 volunteer hours at a humane society shelter.

Homemade assault rifles, landmines, crossbows and a small cannon were among a huge stockpile of weapons found hidden in the walls and garage of one home in Bancroft, police said Tuesday.

Transit police are looking for a man in a wheelchair who allegedly punched a pregnant woman at the Metrotown SkyTrain station last month.

Amateur astronomers will have a chance to snap the comet that just streaked within 160 million kilometres of Earth in a rare twilight photo op Tuesday evening.

Two former Shaw Communications employees are blowing the whistle on how the telecommunications giant broke employment law for years by underpaying them as independent contractors when they should have been paid as employees.

A court blocks an "arbitrary and capricious" ban on the sale of large sugary drinks in New York City, a day before the law was to take effect.

The people of the Falkland Islands overwhelmingly vote to remain a British territory and the UK government urges "all countries" to respect their wishes.

Vancouver police have released a video and a sketch of a suspect after a violent assault on a sex-trade worker in East Vancouver last week.

A plan to phase out electronic monitoring of high-risk offenders puts Albertans at risk, says the union representing provincial justice system workers.

A 27-year-old Edmonton school teacher is facing several sex charges in relation to a 15-year-old female student.

The incident happened as 32-year-old Royal Navy engineer Nicky Howse waited for her return Virgin Atlantic flight to Los Angeles from Heathrow on Monday.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad finds himself in yet another controversy after pictures -- both real and doctored -- showed him comforting family members of the late Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez.

Police say a man on trial for the gang rape and fatal beating of a woman aboard a New Delhi bus committed suicide in an Indian jail, but his lawyer and family allege he was killed.

The North Korean army has declared invalid the armistice agreement that ended the Korean War in 1953

NATO and Afghan service members, including two Americans, were killed Monday when an assailant wearing an Afghan uniform opened fire, NATO-led force says.

Steinbach MP Vic Toews has weighed in on a controversial provincial government bill that would ensure gay-straight alliance clubs are allowed in Manitoba schools if students want them.

Flanagan, who Manning called a friend, had been scheduled to address the conference but was dropped.

The Vienna Philharmonic orchestra is due to publish details of its history during the Nazi era in response to accusations of a cover-up.

More than 10,000 people have taken to the streets of Greece's second largest city to protest a planned gold mine they see as an environmental risk.

A new study looking at 11,000 years of climate temperatures shows the world in the middle of a dramatic U-turn, lurching from near-record cooling to a heat spike.

A rough, whitish block recovered from an Elizabethan shipwreck may be a sunstone, the fabled crystal believed by some to have helped Vikings and other medieval seafarers navigate the high seas, researchers say.

The Falkland Islands go to the polls in a referendum on whether to remain a British Overseas Territory, amid claims on the islands by Argentina.

A town of 140 people in the U.S. state of Maine is considering an ordinance making gun ownership mandatory, the latest of a handful of communities nationwide to pass or consider such a rule even though the measures are widely considered unenforceable.

A Quebec priest who faces seven child pornography charges will remain behind bars until his next court appearance on Monday. Daniel Moreau is charged with possession and distribution of child pornography.

South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard has signed a bill allowing the state's school districts to arm teachers and other personnel with guns.

A bench-clearing brawl marred Canada's 10-3 victory over Mexico on Saturday that helped the team avoid elimination at the World Baseball Classic in Phoenix, Ariz.

Police are investigating a frightening incident in northeast Calgary after dozens of bullet holes and casings were found in the community of Monterey Park Saturday morning.

An animal keeper at the Calgary Zoo was injured after unexpectedly running into a gorilla in the rainforest exhibit's kitchen Friday morning.

Tracking unidentified flying objects now holds little interest for the Canadian government, according to documents obtained under the Access to Information Act.

A world-renowned sport psychologist who claims he was supposed to be a secret weapon for the Vancouver Canucks is now suing the hockey team for failing to give him the work they promised.

There have been many theories about what causes spikes in violent crime, including everything from drug use, to social cuts, to changes in the justice system. But could the answer be in the polluted air we breathe?

Mexico's Supreme Court has ruled that two anti-gay words commonly used in Mexico are hate speech and not protected as freedom of expression under the country's constitution, allowing those offended by them to sue for moral damages.

North Korea vows to exercise its "right to launch a pre-emptive nuclear strike" against the US, as the UN prepares to vote on fresh sanctions.

The Conservatives have hit their lowest level of support since the last federal election, a poll suggests, leaving them statistically tied with the Liberals and just a few points ahead of the Official Opposition.

A Thunder Bay border official has been dismissed after socializing with organized crime figures and refusing to do secondary examinations on some who'd been tagged for more extensive searches, Public Sector Integrity Commissioner Mario Dion said Thursday

Whistle blowing could cause referees to suffer hearing loss, a study of sports refs and the whistles they use has warned.

Doctors treating Swiss ice hockey player Ronny Keller say he has been left paralyzed by his injuries sustained during a playoff game.

The First Nations prison population in Canada has risen to 23 per cent, up from 14 per cent 10 years ago, according to a special report on aboriginals in the Canadian correctional system that will be released Thursday.

A lion killed a volunteer intern at an exotic animal park in Central California after she entered its enclosure, and authorities were trying to determine what might have provoked the animal to maul her.

General David Petraeus and a US veteran of El Salvador's 'dirty war' behind secret paramilitary death squads and torture centres in Iraq.

Canadian country-folk legend Stompin' Tom Connors, whose toe-tapping musical spirit and fierce patriotism established him as one of Canada's strongest cultural icons, has died. He was 77.

iPhone Was the World's Best-Selling Smartphone in Q4 2012 according to latest data from Strategy Analytics

The Liberal Party has announced there will be 294,002 voters who can potentially vote in the Liberal leadership race in April, a total that includes regular party members as well as those in the new 'supporter' category

Within the next 50 years, some ships will be able to travel from Europe to Asia by heading due north and then due south, by way of the North Pole, thanks to melting sea ice, a new study predicts.

A Saskatchewan First Nation chief who earns more than the prime minister has won the dubious distinction of an award given annually for wasteful use of taxpayer dollars.

Canada's heft as a maker of automobiles is shrinking, and a new analysis of the world's car industry from Scotiabank suggests we're barely in the Top 10, leapfrogged by Thailand.

The number of Syrians who have fled their war-ravaged country and are seeking assistance has now topped the 1 million mark, the UN refugee agency said Wednesday, warning that Syria is heading toward a 'full-scale disaster.'

Toronto police say two memorial plaques marking the Highway of Heroes have been stolen.

In the first-ever large-scale study of its kind, Canadian researchers have tested how clean pre-washed packages of leafy greens really are, and found parasites in dozens of samples purchased in Ontario.

The Bank of Canada is hinting it is less concerned about household debt levels, making it possible to keep attractive interest rates in place longer to spur investment and economic growth.

The next pope has a long list of challenges awaiting him, and where the divided church in China ranks on that list is something Roman Catholics in this part of the world will be watching for when Pope Benedict XVI's successor takes over.

Airline passengers in the U.S. will be able to carry small knives, souvenir baseball bats, golf clubs and other sports equipment onto planes beginning next month.

After his mom pushed the couch out of the way so she could clean the carpets, 4-year-old Dylan Hayes climbed up to chat with a neighbor through the window -- and fell through, plummeting three stories and landing, miraculously, on his feet, unharmed.

The famously discreet Duchess of Cambridge may have dropped her guard a little when she appeared to hint she might be having a baby girl during a visit to Grimsby yesterday.

Venezuela accused its domestic and foreign enemies of "attacking" ailing President Hugo Chavez Tuesday.

The research group suggests a five-per-cent PST, to address a provincial deficit between $3.5 billion and $4 billion.

Camels may be called the ships of the desert, but ancient, mummified bones dug from the tundra are confirming that the animals now synonymous with the arid sands of Arabia actually developed in what is now Canada's High Arctic.

Sporting a black fedora, Ralph Napierski sneaked past Vatican security and almost made it into the top-secret, closed-door gathering of more than 140 cardinals

Across Winnipeg, people are remembering social justice warrior Nick Ternette, who used a pen and keyboard, as a sword to make his points. Ternette died Sunday at age 68.

The US soldier who arrested Japanese Prime Minister Gen Hideki Tojo to face trial for war crimes at the end of World War II dies aged 93.

Pom-poms and knitted items are strung from trees and lampposts to reduce the fear of crime in an area of Leicester.

Eurozone finance ministers are meeting in Brussels to discuss how to fund a potential 17bn-euro ($22bn) bailout for Cyprus.

The Iranian female activists have followed the footsteps of the scandalous Ukrainian FEMEN movement, flashing their breasts in protest against the hijab headscarf, women wear in the Islamic world.

This Aspen Woods estate boasts 14,500 square feet of luxury finishes

The couple, who have been keeping fit and having fun as partners in life and nationally televised ads for 25 years, claim to have never missed an episode of the American reality series

One year ago, Vern Kehler was sitting where you might expect when he conceived of a revolutionary method of toilet paper dispensation in Canadian bathrooms

A young Jewish Orthodox couple en-route to a hospital to have their first child were killed in a car crash early Sunday, but their child survived

The Germans had vastly more work camps and ghettos than anyone knew.

The federal government is making a financial contribution to preserve HMCS Sackville in Halifax as a naval memorial.

The part of the brain needed to make safe left-hand turns largely shuts off during a cellphone conversation, even if the phone is a hands-free device, Toronto researchers have discovered.

The 41st Iditarod Trail sled dog race officially started in Willow, Alaska, today.

Over one hundred Liberal party members called for the resignation of B.C. Premier Christy Clark at a breakfast meeting in Surrey Sunday morning.

One police officer is dead and another officer is wounded in northern Quebec after responding to a call about a domestic dispute Saturday night.

A pair of well-known radiation belts surrounding the Earth are sometimes a trio, a new study has found.

Astronomers use X-ray light to measure the rate of spin of a supermassive black hole for the first time, giving hints as to how it formed.

Gershon Koffie's goal in the 60th minute gave the Vancouver Whitecaps a 1-0 victory over Toronto FC on Saturday in the 2013 MLS season opener for both teams.

Daniel Sedin and Jannik Hansen scored 2:44 apart late in the second period to lead the Vancouver Canucks to a 5-2 victory over the red-hot Los Angeles Kings in NHL action on Saturday.

King Richard I, the 12th-century warrior whose bravery during the Third Crusade gained him the moniker Lionheart, ended up with a heart full of daisies, as well as myrtle, mint and frankincense.

A California mother is talking about what she sees as a worrying trend, news that school police in her city will now have access to 14 AR-15 assault rifles, for use in the case of a mass shooting or the threat of such an attack.

Whisky was somehow mistaken for waste water by workers at a Chivas Brothers plant in Scotland while cleaning during their shift

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder said Friday he has declared a financial emergency in Detroit, a determination that could lead to the appointment of an emergency manager over the city's finances.

"The Conservatives are sending inspectors into peoples' homes, asking women whether they are in fact pregnant; asking to see peoples' bank accounts; quizzing them, pushing them, asking them questions," Opposition Leader Tom Mulcair said Friday, speaking a

A three-storey high icicle that's worrying people in a Saskatoon neighbourhood must be gone within 24 hours, the fire department says.

Defence Minister Peter MacKay says the navy will get the supply ships it needs, despite a parliamentary budget officer's report that shows the government has not set aside enough cash to build them.

A hockey association in P.E.I. has warned players and coaches to shake hands appropriately with their opponents after receiving complaints of aggressive behaviour during the traditional post-game show of sportsmanship.