NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 04-2013

A commercial pilot and security researcher has created what he says is a smartphone app that makes it possible to hack the operating system of a plane -- potentially giving hackers the ability to crash the aircraft or send it off to a different destinatio

A young woman who saved a baby from a burning house in Hay River, N.W.T., last week says she just did what she had to.

About 24,000 people in the north end of Waterloo, and thousands more across the region, were without power Friday morning thanks to an unseasonable gust of winter weather across the region.

An uninsured single mother from Dartmouth is appealing to the public to help pay for her toddler's post-cancer treatment medications.

The former CEO of the Vancouver Olympics has confirmed that his wife was killed in a car crash while the couple were vacationing in Ireland.

Young adults who send text messages more than 100 times a day tend to be more interested in wealth and image than leading an ethical life, researchers in Winnipeg have found.

The auditions for this Idol series had none of the usual talentless weirdness of the network TV versions. The contestants just had to show up encased in burlap and white plaster and be at least 65 million years old.

All 108 passengers and crew survived after a new Lion Air jet crashed into the ocean and snapped into two while attempting to land Saturday on the Indonesian resort island of Bali, injuring up to 45 people.

The United States and China have agreed to push for the peaceful denuclearization of the Korean peninsula, following weeks of threatening rhetoric from North Korea.

CBC News has confirmed the name of a fourth young Canadian sought for possible extremist connections, following a deadly attack at an Algerian gas plant.

A priest and US Army chaplain who saved the lives of fellow soldiers before perishing in a North Korean prison camp receives the Medal of Honor.

The NHL on Thursday suspended New Jersey Devils defenceman Anton Volchenkov for four games after his headshot on Boston forward Brad Marchand the previous night.

People living in southern Ontario and parts of Quebec are dealing with a chilly mix of snow, ice pellets and rain as a wintry blast sweeps through the area.

North Korea delivers a fresh round of rhetoric with claims it had powerful striking means on standby for a launch, while Seoul and Washington speculate that the country is preparing to test a medium-range missile during upcoming national celebrations.

A couple who lives next door to a house where more than 200 cats once lived say they want the City of Corner Brook to give them a break on property taxes.

Two IT contractors from India who worked at RBC in Toronto said their lives were tightly controlled by their mutinational employer, while they took over the jobs of Canadian bank workers.

A hungry young moose who took a stroll through a Safeway grocery store in Smithers, B.C., has died after it was tranquilized and transferred by B.C. Conservation officers.

Deepening the mystery of human origins, researchers offered the most complete view yet of a puzzling forerunner of humankind that was a collage of primitive and modern anatomy.

One of the world's most visited museums, the Louvre in Paris, has been closed for the day as staff protest over intimidation by pickpockets.

Rock slide smashes into trestle in Myra-Bellevue Canyon provincial park near Kelowna closing the tourist spot.

A Vancouver man accused of dumping a severely beaten German Shepherd in a garbage bin has pleaded guilty to animal cruelty.

A co-founder of iconic Canadian rock band Bachman-Turner Overdrive had a sexual relationship with a girl between the age of 11 and 14, a B.C. judge was told this week.

A man who lived like a hermit for decades in a makeshift camp in the woods and may be responsible for more than 1,000 burglaries for food and other staples has been caught in a surveillance trap at a camp, authorities said Wednesday.

An explosion in a sewer tunnel in Pickering, Ont., sent three people to hospital on Wednesday, police say. One person was suffering from severe burns.

At the public inquiry into the fatal mall collapse in Elliot Lake last year, more evidence has been given about confidentiality agreements that kept information about the mall's condition out of the public's hands.

The Manitoba government's latest spring flood forecast raises the risk of flooding in the Assiniboine River and some other waterways, but the Red River's flood risk is unchanged.

Vancouver police have found no evidence of wrongdoing in the death of Angus Mitchell during a police shoot out in Maple Ridge last year.

A group called the Canadian Foreskin Awareness Project has announced it will protest the TV talk queen's appearance in Hamilton, Ottawa and Montreal.

A gunman barricaded himself in a home outside Atlanta and was holding four firefighters hostage Wednesday, authorities said.

More pollution is likely to mean bumpier flights for trans-Atlantic travellers, researchers say, predicting increased turbulence over the North Atlantic as carbon dioxide levels rise.

North Korea was responsible for a cyberattack that shut down tens of thousands of computers and servers at South Korean broadcasters and banks last month, officials in Seoul say, noting that an initial investigation pointed to a military-run spy agency as

B.C.'s Conflict of Interest Commissioner has dismissed a complaint against Premier Christy Clark alleging she was in a conflict of interest in the province's 2003 sale of BC Rail.

Porter Airlines confirmed today it plans to buy up to 30 CS100 jets from Montreal-based Bombardier, which would expand the regional carrier's reach from coast to coast, and take direct aim at Air Canada and WestJet.

The Prime Minister's Office said Wednesday it intends to reverse a cut in danger pay for Canadian Forces personnel serving in Afghanistan, though it later clarified its statements to say it had asked officials to re-examine the move.

The prospect of a North Korean missile launch is considerably high, South Korea's foreign minister tells lawmakers as Pyongyang prepared to mark the April 15 birthday of its founder, historically a time when it seeks to draw the world's attention.

A Canadian-led group of paleontologists is getting a detailed look at how baby dinosaurs developed inside their eggs, by examining an ancient fossil bed full of embryos.

A sweeping initiative by the CBC gives Canadians a look inside their hospitals for the first time. Rate My Hospital gives you unprecedented access to information about hospitals across the country and the opportunity to rate and compare your own hospital.

Unionized employees of the Liquor Control Board of Ontario have overwhelmingly voted in favour of a strike should contract talks with the retail giant break down.

There is more to this than a payback angle, more to it than a Kessel scoring the game-winner in the Ottawa Senators' rink to dash the hopes of the Maple Leaf.

A Nova Scotia teenager has killed herself after she was raped by four boys, who distributed a photo of the assault and bullied her, her family says.

A Montana man whose 12-year-old golden retriever ate five $100 bills hopes to be reimbursed by the federal government after picking through the animal's droppings for pieces of the money.

Canada advanced to the final of the women's world hockey championship with an 8-1 semifinal win over Russia on Monday. Canada will face the United States for gold Tuesday.

Annette Funicello, the family-friendly actress and singer known for her time with Disney's Mousketeers and in the Beach Party films of the 1960s, has died at the age of 70.

Canadian women's hockey team captain Hayley Wickenheiser says she intends to play the rest of the world championship.

Niklas Edin came up with the double take-out in the 10th end to run Canada out of rocks and give Sweden the world curling championships on Sunday evening.

A move by the Canada Revenue Agency to exempt tax on income earned from Mi'kmaq fisheries signals a step toward the recognition of aboriginal rights, a Nova Scotia First Nation chief said Saturday.

An internal federal review of a decision to grant permits to a Chinese company to bring temporary foreign workers from China for its British Columbia coal mine raises questions as to the "genuineness" of the company in its search for Canadian workers.

Region of Waterloo Emergency Medical Services is going through an overhaul after a damning provincial probe found EMS management failed to ensure acceptable levels of patient care were being consistently provided by paramedics.

In British Columbia's north, what would be a survivable trauma in southern B.C. turns into a tragedy because of a lack of a trauma centre, lesser-trained paramedics, and only one air ambulance.

It wasn't easy, but in the end Milos Raonic delivered. The Canadian made history on Sunday after defeating Italy's Andreas Seppi 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 during the Davis Cup quarter-finals in Vancouver. The victory puts Canada in its first-ever Davis Cup semif

Eleven children are reported to have been among those killed in a Nato air strike in Kunar province in eastern Afghanistan.

For the first time in decades, bald eagles have successfully hatched on the north shore of Lake Ontario -- news that has bird enthusiasts flocking to the Hamilton area to spot the eaglets.

NHL commissioner Gary Bettman announced at a press conference on Sunday morning that the 2014 edition of the league's outdoor game would be played between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Detroit Red Wings at Michigan Stadium.

The man considered Canada's ambassador of amateur sports, who brought football, figure skating and the Olympic Games into the nation's living rooms, has died. Johnny Esaw died Saturday in Toronto after suffering from respiratory problems.

Canada will play Sweden for the world men's curling title Sunday. Brad Jacobs's Northern Ontario rink advanced to the gold-medal game by downing David Murdoch of Scotland 6-3 in the semifinal in Victoria, B.C.

A 1909 Honus Wagner baseball card has been sold for more than $2.1 million at auction.

Dozens of employees at Canada's largest bank are losing their jobs to temporary foreign workers, who are in Canada taking over the work in their department.

A passenger whose violent behaviour forced a flight from Vancouver to London to be diverted to Iqaluit has been fined $2,000 and ordered to pay the airline almost $14,000 in restitution.

On his latest Coach's Corner segment of Hockey Night in Canada Saturday night, Don Cherry said the icing rule has causes of too many sad injuries.

A rowing team that includes a Canadian 2008 Olympic gold medalist has suffered a catastrophic capsize 73 days into an 80-day trans-Atlantic rowing expedition.

The US Pentagon has delayed an intercontinental ballistic missile test to avoid needlessly provoking North Korea, defence officials say.

Astronomers watching a distant galaxy were stunned to see a black hole wake up like a hibernating bear, look around for a snack, then swallow a giant planetary structure that happened to venture too close.

The U.S. space agency is planning for a robotic spaceship to capture a small asteroid and park it near the moon for astronauts to explore, a top senator disclosed Friday.

A trial began this week for a Caledon, Ont., couple facing multiple criminal charges for making a citizen's arrest of two thieves that the prosecutor says went way too far.

A security issue at Toronto's Pearson airport grounded international flights and prompted a call to Peel police Saturday morning.

Toronto and Winnipeg are among the 75 cities embarking on a 48-hour marathon to design both software and hardware to make space more accessible and more fun to explore.

He wanted to show the world what it's like to be homeless, but less than a week into his project, Lee Halpin turned up dead.

Militants killed six Americans and an Afghan doctor in a pair of attacks in Afghanistan on Saturday, the deadliest day for the United States in the war in eight months.

The head of Anarchopanda, an unofficial mascot for Montreal protesters, was seized by authorities during a demonstration against municipal bylaw P6 on Friday night, during which 279 people were arrested.

North Korea is widely recognized as being years away from perfecting the technology to back up its bold threats of a pre-emptive strike on the United States. But some nuclear experts say it might have the know-how to fire a nuclear-tipped missile at South

The fast-food chain says it's introducing deep-fried boneless chicken pieces on April 14 as an alternative to its traditional pieces and may phase out bones in its chicken altogether.

About 120 personnel including Canadian Rangers will take part in this year's Operation Nunalivut based out of Resolute, Nunavut.

The perfectly timed dance moves of a California sea lion named Ronan have shaken up a popular scientific theory about who's got rhythm.

Meghan Agosta-Marciano scored a hat trick to pace Canada to an 8-0 win over Finland at the women's world hockey championships.

The arachnid, which can grow up to eight inches in diameter, has caused a panic among villagers, many of whom believe that its bite can be deadly. Experts said a bite from the new find, named Poecilotheria rajaei, is not fatal, but residents in the Man

The Kepler space telescope's prime objective is to hunt for small worlds orbiting distant stars, but that doesn't mean it's not going to detect some extreme relativistic phenomena along the way.

The RCMP has charged two former researchers with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency over an attempt to smuggle highly contagious pathogens out of the country.

An immigration board hearing for Allyson McConnell, the Alberta mother who drowned her two young sons, will be held tomorrow afternoon in Edmonton, CBC News has learned.

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, who four months ago broke the news to shocked parents that their children had been slaughtered in a Connecticut elementary school, today signed into law sweeping new restrictions on weapons and large capacity ammunition magazines si

Richard Beasley, a triple killer who lured victims with bogus job offers on Craigslist, is sentenced to the death penalty by an Ohio judge.

A medical evacuation plane crashed early this morning in the Bahamas, killing three people, including a Canadian citizen identified as Tim Polowick, his wife Enamae Collie, who was in her 30s, and her 81-year-old mother Edith Collie.

A referee and his two assistants were charged Thursday with corruption in Singapore for accepting free sexual service in return for fixing an Asian Football Confederation Cup match.

Billions of mountain pine beetles from B.C. are expected devastate forests in Ontario, Quebec and the Maritime provinces as they munch their way east over the next two decades, scientists predict in a new documentary.

Cory Schneider made 23 saves and Henrik Sedin had a two-point night as the Vancouver Canucks defeated the Edmonton Oilers 4-0 on Thursday.

Canadian and U.S. health authorities are monitoring a bird flu virus linked to 14 cases and five deaths in China.

At least some Asian carp probably have found their way into the Great Lakes, according to a scientific report released Thursday. The fish threatens a $7 billion fishing industry and ecosystems.

A Gull Lake couple has pleaded guilty in what's being called one of the worst cases of dog abuse in Manitoba's history.

The Federal Court has rubber-stamped an $887-million settlement of a class-action lawsuit involving thousands of disabled veterans.

A country chief got too close to the Zanu-PF and fired an officer who was trying to stop a deadly disease.

Legendary film critic Roger Ebert, who this week said he was facing a recurrence of cancer, has died at 70.

The Alberta government has quietly presented a proposal to sharply increase levies on carbon production and force large oil-industry producers to slash greenhouse gas emissions by as much as 40 per cent on each barrel of production, a long-term plan that

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has announced that he will consider taking the women's college basketball star Brittney Griner in the 2013 NBA draft, if not giving her a spot on his team's summer-league squad. Cuban told reporters Griner represented a f

Ratcheting up the rhetoric, North Korea warned early Thursday that its military has been cleared to wage an attack on the U.S. using smaller, lighter and diversified nuclear weapons.

Dutch researchers have developed the EWICON, ... that produces electricity by pushing charged water droplets into ..., a bladeless wind turbine with no moving parts that produces electricity using charged water droplets.

GENEVA (Reuters) - Scientists said on Wednesday they may be close to tracking down the mysterious dark matter which makes up more than a quarter of the universe but has never been seen.

Hundreds of dead squid mysteriously turned up in Victoria's Gorge Waterway this past week, but the gruesome sight may just be a sign that the ecosystem is healthy, an expert says.

An intensive manhunt continues in Abbotsford, B.C., for a suspect involved in a shooting incident on the southern side of the U.S.-Canada border this morning.

Police have removed the body of a Nova Scotia senior from a submerged car near where an automobile drove off the Englishtown ferry into the icy waters of St. Anns Bay in Cape Breton last week.

The Pittsburgh Penguins' run at a record-breaking streak is over. Playing without injured star Sidney Crosby, the Penguins fell to the Buffalo Sabres 4-1 on Tuesday night to end their 15-game winning streak.

Canada opened the women's world hockey championship in Ottawa on Tuesday with a 3-2 shootout win over the U.S. Jennifer Wakefield scored the shootout winner for the hosts. Canadian goaltender Shannon Szabados stopped 24 shots for the win, while U.S. cou

The Vancouver Canucks addressed their need for a centre by acquiring veteran forward Derek Roy from the Dallas Stars on Tuesday.

A Laval, Que., man travelling through the Mexican border town of Nuevo Laredo is reported missing.

Beginning today, patients receiving acupuncture, herbal remedies or other forms of traditional Chinese medicine in Ontario will gain reassurance that those treating them are qualified to do so.