NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 01-2014

Extremely cold, dense air has enveloped a wide swath of Saskatchewan and Manitoba, as well as parts of northeastern Alberta, and will be descending on much of the U.S. Midwest today.

Russia beat Canada 2-1 in the battle for bronze at the world junior championship in Sweden today.

Authorities have extended a danger zone around a rumbling volcano in western Indonesia after it spewed blistering gas farther than expected.

Phil Everly, who with his brother Don formed an influential harmony duo that touched the hearts and sparked the imaginations of many has died, He was 74.

Two boys, 15 and 17, allegedly donned Muslim burkas and tried to rob the Suburban Armory in Collingdale. It did not go so well.

Stranded in the cold with no kindling? Don't set your car on fire, Pincher Creek RCMP advise. And if you have a cellphone, you might want to call for help before torching your car and belongings to keep warm.

Cubans awoke on Friday for the first time in half a century with the right to buy new and used vehicles from the state without special permission, but markups of 400 percent or more quickly dashed most people's expectations.

Belize police are treating the death of an Edmonton missionary as a homicide after his body was positively identified in the Central American country of Guatemala.

After a two-year struggle, Brian Labrecque is starting the new year a little more confident about resolving the air pollution problems that left his parents ill and forced seven family members from their homes.

Pope Francis has warned that priests can become "little monsters" if they aren't trained properly as seminarians, saying their time studying must be used to mould their hearts as well as their minds.

BlackBerry is suing Typo, a company co-founded by Ryan Seacrest, saying its new iPhone case rips off the famous BlackBerry keyboard.

Due to extreme cold weather on Friday, the TTC was forced to pull 50 streetcars, replacing them with buses.

Norm Kelly says he is making "exploratory calls" to see if armed forces could assist in Toronto's massive cleanup effort.

Hollywood misses out on the stories of real financial damage.

A digger driver is killed in a blast at a construction site in Germany after he accidentally struck a World War Two bomb, police say.

The company that made the first commercial transit of the Northwest Passage plans to increase its shipments through the legendary waterway next year, suggesting such traffic is coming sooner than anyone anticipated.

Americans who got a gift card they will never use can now use it to buy porn.

The execution of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's uncle was particularly brutal, according to news reports from a Beijing, indicating that the country's second-most-powerful figure was thrown into a cage filled with starving dogs and eaten alive.

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's organs are failing and he remains in critical condition Thursday, a hospital spokesman said.

The fifties and sixties were a crazy time when it came to nuclear bombs. Half the population was trying to build shelters to get away from them, and half saw them as the wave of the future. Some of that second half came up with a great idea - nuke Canad

Increasing numbers of adults in their child-rearing years are becoming convinced that getting a flu shot for themselves and their children is a good idea, a new poll suggests.

U.S. border agents should have the authority to search laptop computers carried by news photographers and other travellers at international border crossings without reasonable suspicion, a federal judge in Brooklyn ruled this week.

Weather agency is warning of wind chill down to -40C in Peel, York and Durham regions.

By the time you finish lunch today, Canada's top paid CEOs may have already earned the equivalent of your annual salary.

Long lines and blustery winter weather greeted Colorado marijuana shoppers testing the nation's first legal recreational pot shops.

Jamie McDonald, 27, from Gloucester, was attacked on New Year's Eve in the ski resort of Banff, Alberta, and his so-called 'man bag' containing computer hard drive, camera and wallet was taken.

Toronto Star sports reporters and photographers covered all the action at the Big House,

About 110;000 fans are braving the cold in Ann Arbor; Mich.; to watch the outdoor NHL's Winter Classic game between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Detroit Red Wings.

For the second time in five days, a Canadian passenger has vanished from a cruise ship in the Caribbean.

James Avery, the bulky character actor who laid down the law as the Philip Banks in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, dies at 65.

Polar swims and dips will take place across Canada today with swimmers expected to brave frigid waters, as much of the country remains locked in a deep freeze.

Retired Formula One champion Michael Schumacher's condition was stable overnight, but the brain injury he suffered during a skiing accident in the French Alps is still critical, his manager says.

The Palestinian ambassador to Prague was killed in an explosion at his residence on Wednesday that Czech authorities believe was probably an accident.

Under new federal rules set to come into force this week, the federal government will no longer approve applications from employers looking to hire temporary foreign workers in the sex industry.

The cold-weather alert triggers additional city services, and urges the homeless to seek shelter.

A severely malnourished and orphaned bear cub has been rescued in B.C.'s West Kootenay region, after it was found co-existing with hens inside a chicken coop.

The 53-year-old woman who was attacked while waiting to pick up her son at a Metro Vancouver arena parking lot on Sunday night has died, police in Surrey confirm.