NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 07-2013

The Conservatives eliminated the associate minister of defence job in Monday's cabinet shuffle and are mulling over their options for how to deal with military procurements worth billions of dollars in the future.

Canada's new top soldier, Lt.-Gen. Marquis Hainse, says he'll do what it takes keep troops trained and ready in the face of austerity.

The leader of the B.C. Conservative Party, John Cummins, has resigned a little more than two months after a disappointing finish in the provincial election.

Drivers across the country are bracing for hikes at the pumps as a weak dollar and low U.S. oil reserves push gasoline prices higher.

Cataclysmic collision with an object the size of Pluto may have stripped away the early atmosphere of Mars

Last weekend top officials from a New York-based Satanic Temple traveled to the grave site of Westboro Baptist Church founder and chief-asshole in residence Fred Phelps's mother in order to perform a ceremony celebrating same-sex unions.

Tory Leader Tim Hudak says Ontario needs to look no further than the Alberta oilsands to create tens of thousands of badly needed jobs.

The man Frank magazine used to call the Puffster has finally become an inflatable version of himself, at least for a little while. The Canadian Taxpayers Federation unveiled a giant Mike Duffy balloon Thursday as part of its campaign against the Senate

A team of researchers in Switzerland have developed a way of levitating and transporting small objects using nothing but sound.

The Corrupting morals section of Canada's criminal code is seldom used by police but that's the charge Mark Marek, owner of the website Best Gore, now faces for posting the infamous Luka Magnotta video more than a year ago.

Former Montreal mayor Michael Applebaum, who was arrested in June on 14 charges including fraud and conspiracy, has received thousands in severance pay.

Quebec health officials are investigating two deaths, which may be connected to the searing heat that has blanketed both Ontario and Quebec.

A stunning new video appears to show a man using a large knife to free an endangered northern right whale from a mass of rope and fishing gear in which it had become entangled.

Sultry eyes burn into the camera lens from behind tousled curls. A scruff of sexy beard and loose T-shirt are bathed in soft, yellow light.

A tiny, previously unknown moon has been spotted circling Neptune, using the Hubble telescope. It is less than 20 kilometres wide and circles Neptune once every 23 hours.

The rate of concussions suffered by National Hockey League players did not go down after the league introduced a rule against hits to the head, researchers have found.

Elliot Sudal caught a seven-foot sandbar shark on a Nantucket beach and then released it. Shark advocates have expressed concern about possible injury to the animal.

A top civil servant resigns in Italy amid a political furore over the deportation of a Kazakh dissident's wife and six-year-old daughter.

Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone is indicted by a prosecutor in Germany on a charge of bribing a former banker.

A North Korean ship seized in the Panama Canal on the way from Cuba was carrying obsolete weapons for repair, the Cuban foreign ministry says.

Sun Media Corp. will close 11 newspapers across Canada and cut 360 jobs as part of a cost-cutting plan, the Quebec-based publisher says.

Ministerial staff were asked by the Prime Minister's Office to include lists of enemy stakeholders in transition binders prepared for new ministers, according to an email obtained by CBC News.

A general strike has begun in Greece in protest against government plans to sack thousands of public sector workers in order to meet its bailout conditions.

Extreme weather conditions in many parts of the country on Monday prompted heat warnings from Environment Canada for parts of southwestern Quebec and tornado warnings for southern Saskatchewan.

Many of the old guard will remain, especially in the economic portfolios. Jim Flaherty will retain the pivotal role of Finance Minister, Ed Fast stays in Trade, Joe Oliver keeps Natural Resources and Tony Clement does not move from the Treasury Board.

Outrage over the verdict in George Zimmerman's murder trial poured from street demonstrations and church pulpits Sunday as protesters spoke out against his acquittal and demanded federal charges on civil rights violations. Protests were planned later Sund

People in the town of Pipestone say their community looks like a war zone, after a severe storm that likely included a tornado ripped through southwestern Manitoba yesterday evening.

Heavy rain and hail broke windows and flattened crops in southern Saskatchewan on Saturday afternoon.

Scott Dixon swept the doubleheader at the Honda Indy Toronto after leading from pole to finish Sunday for his third straight victory.

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats made the special announcement Friday afternoon, one day after reports surfaced that coffee-and-doughnut giant Tim Hortons had purchased the naming rights to the team's new stadium.

Quarterback Travis Lulay passed for a pair of third quarter touchdowns as the B.C. Lions came away with a 17-3 victory over the Edmonton Eskimos on a rain-soaked Saturday night.

The penultimate bull run of Spain's San Fermin festival left at least 23 people injured Saturday, when thrill-seekers fleeing the beasts were crushed at the narrow entrance to the bullring, officials said. An American citizen from Ohio was one of two runn

A well-known Yukon bird biologist says kestrels, the smallest member of the falcon family in North America, are rapidly disappearing from the territory.

The U.S. Senate homeland security committee is holding a field hearing in Montana today to examine the challenges of the northern border. Democrat Sen. Jon Tester says installing sensor technology could be a low cost measure to monitor who and what is cro

Ancient fossils of an extinct family of insects have been found in British Columbia and northern Washington state, and a Canadian biologist says they may hold valuable lessons about climate change and evolution.

The B.C. Liberals are considering allowing people to bring alcoholic beverages to beaches and parks, according to attorney general Suzanne Anton.

Not everyone understands sarcasm, but you'd be hard pressed to find many people who think it warrants a jail sentence, but that's what a Texas teenager is facing after making sarcastic remarks on a Facebook online gaming forum in which he said he was goin

A Florida jury interrupted deliberations on the fate of George Zimmerman for the shooting death of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin to ask a question about manslaughter, the presiding judge in the case said.

Five Blue Jays relievers combined for five shutout innings, and Toronto overcame home runs by Chris Davis and Adam Jones in a 7-3 victory Saturday.

Scott Dixon took the checkered flag for the second time in a week after winning the first of two races at the Honda Indy Toronto. Dixon, who won his first race of the season last Sunday at Pocono, made a pass on Sebastien Bourdais with eight laps left in

Hamilton quarterback Henry Burris threw two touchdown passes as the Tiger-Cats recorded their first victory of the CFL season with a 25-20 win over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Saturday night.

Bay Area television news weirdly announces made-up names of Asiana flight 214 crew says NTSB told them, NTSB says it didn't.

Nik Lewis caught a touchdown pass, Rene Paredes went 5-for-5 on field goals and the Calgary Stampeders held off the Montreal Alouettes for a 22-14 CFL victory on Friday night.

A remote First Nations community on B.C.'s northwest coast will be short on supplies after a fire destroyed the only grocery store in the area.

The prime minister and thousands of other mourners attend Bury Parish Church for the military funeral of Fusilier Lee Rigby, who was killed in Woolwich in May.

A team of engineering students from the University of Toronto have accomplished a lofty historic first that has eluded the aerospace industry for the past 33 years: one minute of self-powered helicopter flight.

Premier Christy Clark will have a seat once again in British Columbia's legislature, after she cruised to a commanding victory in Wednesday's byelection in the riding of Westside-Kelowna.

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Canada saw its hopes of qualifying for the Gold Cup playoff round fade Thursday night in a 2-0 loss to Mexico.

B.C. Lions veteran Paris Jackson is slated to replace Shawn Gore, who suffered a head injury in a win over Toronto last week.

Darian Durant threw three touchdown passes, including two long ones to Taj Smith, to lead the Saskatchewan Roughriders past the Toronto Argonauts 39-28 on Thursday night.

The Myanmar man dubbed 'The Face of Buddhist Terrorism' by Time magazine wants a law restricting marriages between Buddhists and Muslims.

A grieving Ontario mother says she has yet to decide how she will respond to a lawsuit filed against her by CN Rail over damage and delays caused by an accident in which her son was killed.

Hockey Night In Canada will be the home of the 2014 Tim Hortons NHL Heritage Classic between the Vancouver Canucks and Ottawa Senators at BC Place in Vancouver on Mar. 2.

STAFF shocked after shop gets trashed by monster reptile that crawled in through roof

Italian judge orders 49 suspected Latin American gang members to stand trial for allegedly using dogs to smuggle cocaine into the country.

Illinois becomes the last state in the US to allow residents to carry concealed handguns, after legislators dismissed objections from the governor.

The Hockey Hall of Fame announced the inductees for the class of 2013 on Tuesday, with Chris Chelios, Scott Niedermayer, Brendan Shanahan, Geraldine Heaney, and Fred Shero set to be enshrined in the fall.

As part of the ongoing image makeover of the military, Defence Minister Peter MacKay says the army will replace the Maple Leaf rank designation on the shoulder boards of officers with the traditional pips and Crowns in a nod to the country's past.

A travelling memorial to honour the men and women who died in Afghanistan was unveiled on Parliament Hill on Tuesday, amidst complaints from families of the fallen who say they were not given sufficent notice to attend the event.

As Windows 8.1 Milestone Preview testers push and prod their way into the dark corners of Windows 8.1 "Blue," they're finding a bunch of things that go bump in the night. From new and likely unwelcome features, to nudges into the Microsoft data tracking s

The trial of Captain Francesco Schettino, whose cruise ship Costa Concordia ran aground off Italy with the loss of 32 lives, is opened and adjourned.

Investigators in the Quebec town devastated by a massive tanker-train explosion are expanding their search for the 40 people still missing two days later.

Tigers have trapped five Indonesian men up a tree in a national park on Sumatra island, after mauling a sixth person to death, police say.

Three-time defending Formula One champion Sebastian Vettel surged to the lead in his Red Bull at the start of the German Grand Prix on Sunday and held off a strong challenge from the two Lotus cars to win his first race on home soil.

Big stars, Toronto Maple Leaf Dion Phaneuf and Hollywood actress Elisha Cuthbert, tied the knot in small-town P.E.I. Saturday.

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are playing their home games in nearby Guelph this year while a new facility is built to replace Ivor Wynne Stadium. The first game is Sunday against the Edmonton Eskimos.

Kory Sheets ran 26 times for 133 yards and Chris Milo nailed all four field-goal attempts as the Saskatchewan Roughriders remained undefeated to start the CFL season with a 36-21 win Friday over the Calgary Stampeders.

A memorial garden dedication takes place Sunday at the site of one of Canada's worst aviation disasters, a former farm field that for decades continued to yield bits of human remains and wreckage.

An Asiana Airlines flight packed with more than 300 people slammed onto the runway while landing at San Francisco airport Saturday and caught fire, forcing many to escape by sliding down the emergency inflatable slides and into a trail of metal debris. So

Several thousand thrill-seekers tested their bravery by dashing alongside six fighting bulls through the streets of the northern Spanish city of Pamplona on the first day of the running of the bulls at the annual San Fermin festival on Sunday.

Outfielder Jose Bautista, first baseman/designated hitter Edwin Encarnacion and reliever Brett Cecil were named to the American League All-Star team on Saturday and will represent the Blue Jays at New York's Citi Field on July 16.

A new exhibit at Halifax's historic Citadel Hill is teaching people about the war in Afghanistan through the eyes of a young artist who served as a soldier in the war.

Pacific NorthWest LNG said Friday that it has applied for a licence from the National Energy Board to export liquefied natural gas from the $25-billion facility the company's Malaysian owner Petronas is hoping to build off the coast of northwestern B.C.

At least 29 pupils and a teacher have been killed in a pre-dawn attack by suspected Islamists on a boarding school in north-east Nigeria, reports say.

Radical cleric Abu Qatada is deported from the UK to Jordan to stand trial on terrorism charges.

An Asiana Airlines plane crashed while landing at San Francisco International Airport Saturday afternoon, the Federal Aviation Administration said.

According to Buckingham there was about 20 minutes of hail resulting in an accumulation about a foot deep on the level. She estimates the water on the street in front of her house is two feet deep,

Daniel Alfredsson is headed to the Detroit Red Wings, undoubtedly stunning Ottawa fans who've seen him suit up for the Senators for all 17 of his NHL seasons.

Heavy rain that passed over Calgary created flash floods in neighbourhoods still recovering from recent damage.

Jarome Iginla has agreed to a one-year, $6 million contract with the Boston Bruins

US airlines cancel dozens of flights to Mexico City as Popocatepetl volcano spews ash, steam and glowing rocks.

China and Russia kicked off their largest-ever joint naval drills on Friday in the Sea of Japan, a further sign of the broad-based progress in ties between the former Cold War rivals.

Several life forms have been discovered living and reproducing in a lake buried under 3.5 kilometres of ice in Antarctica, a U.S. scientist says.

A pet cat shot by an air rifle in Manitoba was saved by its belly fat.

The maternal grandmother of a Milton, Ont., toddler who died after being left inside an overheated car last week has been criminally charged with her grandson's death.

According to US legislators and journalists, the surveillance whistleblower Edward Snowden actively aided America's enemies. They are just missing one essential element for the meme to take flight: evidence. An op-ed by Representative Mike Pompeo (Repu

Astronomers have discovered micro-bursts of radio waves from beyond the galaxy -- and for now, they're a mystery.

Winnipeg backup quarterback Justin Goltz ran in a pair of touchdowns Thursday as the Blue Bombers downed the Montreal Alouettes 19-11. Montreal scored a late touchdown, but neither offence found much traction on a muggy night at Percival Molson Stadium.

The Department of National Defence is abandoning plans for three mobile, deployable Tim Hortons outlets, denying Canadian troops that familiar taste of home on future overseas missions.

Edmonton Police has determined that Tsi-Tsi Chitekedza, who died Tuesday, was not left in the vehicle by a parent or guardian so no charges will be laid

Two men are recovering from non-life threatening injuries after being attacked by a grizzly bear near Fernie, B.C., Wednesday morning.

Denying the Bolivian president air space was a metaphor for the gangsterism that now rules the world

When a man in Abbotsford, B.C. called police to hand in a weapon as part of the province's weapons amnesty campaign, he told them he didn't have a gun.

A retiring Texas gym teacher has become an internet sensation after wearing the same 1970s tank top and shirt throughout his entire 40-year career.

A teenager has been mauled by a captive lion after she tried to kiss the animal through the bars at a South African wildlife park. Lauren Fagen, of Montreal, suffered severe flesh wounds when...

The man who owns the Surrey, B.C., home where two people accused of trying to carry out a domestic terrorist plot lived questions how the pair could have pulled off such a plan.

The coolest new computer around is chilled to nearly absolute zero before it starts any processing task. But once it's going, it's going like 3,600 times faster than leading conventional computers! Quantum computing has long been the stuff of scienc

Paul Lorieau, the former anthem singer for the Edmonton Oilers, died on Tuesday at the Norwood Centre Hospice in Edmonton

The president of one of Ontario's largest teachers' union -- who angrily denounced the governing Liberals for imposing contracts on teachers earlier this year -- will run as the party's candidate in an upcoming byelection.

Portugal's borrowing costs have risen sharply and stocks have fallen amid fears of a growing political crisis in the country.

Pluto's two smallest known moons have been officially named after characters associated with the underworld of Greek and Roman mythology.

Miguel Cabrera hit a three-run homer and Torii Hunter had four of Detroit's 12 hits as the Tigers edged the Toronto Blue Jays 7-6 at Rogers Centre on Tuesday night.

Homer Bailey has thrown his second no-hitter in 10 months and the first in the majors this season, pitching the Cincinnati Reds to a 3-0 victory over the slumping San Francisco Giants on Tuesday night.

An Ottawa family of eight is among a group of families and investors who claim a rent-to-own company scammed them out of more than $2.5 million, CBC News has learned.

Another Canada Day has come and gone.

Two B.C. residents have been charged in an al-Qaeda-inspired Canada Day terror plot that involved pressure cooker bombs similar to the ones used in the Boston Marathon bombings.

Manitobans are having to pay a little more for most things today, as the provincial sales tax has gone up from seven to eight per cent.

Leaders point to improved attitudes about First Nations heritage to explain a dramatic rise in aboriginal census statistics

Mark DeRosa hit a three-run homer and Jose Reyes added a solo blast as the Toronto Blue Jays romped past the Detroit Tigers 8-3 on Monday.

A broad debate over religious accommodation is expected as the Parti Quebecois government prepares to introduce its 'Charter of Quebec Values' after the summer break.

Roberto Luongo wanted to be traded, and Vancouver tried desperately to accommodate him for several months, but now he's apparently the No. 1 man again after the trade of Cory Schneider.

A northern Ontario man and his near-death experience at the claws of a bear is prompting provincial goverment staff to find a new way to deal with nuisance bears.