NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 05-2014

Andrew Gilligan reports from Tower Hamlets, where the borough's extremist-linked mayor Lutfur Rahman has been elected for a second term

Nobel Peace Prize winner Desmond Tutu was the keynote speaker at a conference focused on environment and treaty rights in Alberta

The mother facing the death penalty in Sudan for abandoning her religious faith is to be freed in a few days, a senior Sudanese official says.

While authorities are trying to keep track of a San Francisco woman who was breeding rats in her room at a residential hotel and releasing them in public parks, they say their hands are tied as far as trying to stop her.

Tahir Alam, a governor at three of the Birmingham schools facing criticism, can be revealed as the author of a controversial booklet.

For more than a decade there have been sightings of unusual high-speed watercraft on the Columbia River, the vessels belong to the Navy SEALs and are part of an ongoing project called Sealion.

Topics on the agenda for the three-day summit first held on 29 May 1954 will include: does privacy exist?

A reporter for the American news network CNN was detained live on air in Turkey amid demonstrations marking the one-year anniversary of the Taksim Square protests.

Donald Sterling, who has owned the Los Angeles Clippers since 1981, sued the National Basketball Association a day after his wife agreed to sell the team for $2 billion to former Microsoft Corp. chief executive officer Steve Ballmer.

Parks Canada is trying a hazing program to teach elk to stay away from people in Banff National Park.

A 21-year-old design student with a heart for veterans just designed an artificial limb that could help wounded warriors conquer their mountains. Literally and metaphorically. "Before I started this project I would go online and watch a lot of news ab

Officials in the US state of Massachusetts charge a 23-year-old man with lying to police and destroying evidence in the Boston bombings inquiry.

A Toronto teacher says his Grade 8 students are unhappy that a three-day graduation trip to a nature camp in Bancroft, Ont., was cancelled due to the school board's safety concerns over activities such as swimming and archery.

A Second World War training aircraft and the remains of a Canadian and three British airmen who went missing in 1942 have been recovered from a remote logging site on Vancouver Island.

The newly crowned Miss Universe Canada wants to spend her reigning year working for and educating children.

The aunt and uncle of a ten-year-old boy have been charged after the boy was discovered locked in a filthy room, where it is believed he was kept for 18 to 24 months.

SpaceX unveiled its Dragon V2 spacecraft Thursday night, promising it will be able to carry seven astronauts to the International Space Station and back to Earth again

Dominic Moore scored late in the second period and Henrik Lundqvist made 18 saves as the New York Rangers defeated the Montreal Canadiens 1-0 on Thursday to reach the Stanley Cup final for the first time in 20 years.

The Toronto Blue Jays ended their nine-game win streak with a 8-6 loss to the Kansas City Royals Thursday at the Rogers Centre.

A family visiting the Willis Tower's iconic Skydeck Ledge suffered the scare of their lives on Wednesday when the glass ledge they were standing on 1,353-feet above the Chicago sidewalk cracked under their feet.

Hope you have nice legs and no Ph.D., or else you might score in the negative.

His Holiness Shri Ashutosh Maharaj, a wealthy religious leader in the Punjab city of Jalandhar, is either dead or meditating. A court may decide which...

Don't want to face consequences at school, students? Then follow dress code rules, writes Judy Warren.

An American hunter was shot dead while on a guided bear hunt in northwestern B.C. earlier this week, RCMP say.

The French government is facing a 14bn-euro black hole in its public finances after significantly overestimating tax collection.

The Canadian government's surplus auction site carries items ranging from a mass spectrometer to a police car, all available for sale because the government seized them or they aren't needed anymore.

The owner of a Manitoba fishing lodge said he's devastated by a section in his visitors guide that says aboriginals cannot handle alcohol, and has issued an apology after a First Nation's chief called it "racist."

Debates over the toxicity of chemicals like lead and mercury have long been extinguished, but mounting research into flame retardant has ignited a deeper probe of man-made chemicals. Learning deficits and decreased IQ in children has been linked to synth

Ontario's Progressive Conservatives have released government documents showing the Liberals secretly approved a $317-million bailout of a downtown Toronto real estate development.

TB is growing increasingly drug resistant -- and it's becoming a global problem.

As of this warm spring morning, more than 460 Winnipeg properties still struggle with frozen pipes.

A decree has been issued in the Gulf state cracking down on visitors' dress code in preparation for the 2022 Football World Cup

A sophisticated network of metal thieves has targeted some 20 French wind turbines in a new looting trend, scaling the near 40-metre-high structures and stealing up to one tonne of metal from a single engine, Le Figaro reported Wednesday.

A number of Apple users across Australia have reported having their iPhones, iPads and Macs targeted by hackers threatening to erase their data and demanding US$100 to regain access to devices.

France is the country in Europe most affected by terrorism with the majority of the attacks taking place in Europe in 2013 occurring in France, a new report...

French riot police started evacuating immigrants in the northern port town of Calais on Wednesday, days after the anti-immigrant National Front party hammered the ruling Socialists in a European election.

The rebuilt Bluenose II "test drive" was cancelled at the last minute due to a missing certificate, the province says.

Canada's electronic spy agency says it gathers and sometimes keeps personal information -- including names and email addresses of Canadians -- as part of efforts to protect vital networks from cyberattacks.

Nearly 70 per cent of respondents to an online survey say the hike at the pump to around $1.50 a litre is causing them financial hardship, according to a new Insights West poll.

SAN FRANCISCO - A treasure trove of rare gold coins discovered by a California couple out walking their dog has gone on sale, with one coin selling for $15,000 on Tuesday.

The wives of two jailed Venezuelan opposition politicians have won landslide election victories while their husbands remain behind bars.

We now know the apparatus of repression has been attached to the democratic state, but our struggle for privacy is far from hopeless. By Eben Moglen

Justice Minister Peter MacKay says the federal government will not split its cyberbullying bill in two, in effect rejecting the advice of a growing list of independent experts and opposition critics who have urged the government to do so.

Treasury Board President Tony Clement has invoked cabinet secrecy rules to avoid answering questions on hundreds of millions in federal funding earmarked to help Newfoundland and Labrador adjust to the Canada-European Union free trade deal.

While many homeowners have big dreams of beautifying their spaces, handyman Mike Holmes wants them to also think of the less glamorous side of property upkeep: regular home inspections and maintenance.

Just days after a deadly shooting spree near a California college campus, Alberta educators have released an educational video that shows students how to respond to a school shooting.

The Canadian government should consider investigating the activities of the Muslim Brotherhood, which has entrenched itself in North America and represents a greater systemic threat than al-Qaeda, according to a newly released report on the group.

A Pakistani immigrant on trial for murder in New York City beat his wife until she was a bloody mess -- causing her death -- all because she served him lentils instead of goat, prosecutors said in their opening statements. Noor Hussain's attorney, Julie

Mosquitoes are expected to come out in droves in the month of June, according to a local entomologist.

Two former Liberal defence ministers say they were hamstrung in their day by antipathy among Canadians toward George W. Bush

(Reuters) - Chocolate maker Cadbury Malaysia on Monday recalled two chocolate products after they tested positive for traces of pork DNA, the Nikkei Asian Review website reported.

A Norwegian conceptual artist boiled his own hip bone on a whim and then ate the flesh.According to the artist, the meat tasted like "wild sheep".

Buried deep inside the federal budget bill is an amendment to allow the sale and probable dismantling of Canada's medical isotope supplier. It is the first step toward an expected worldwide shortage in a key ingredient in diagnostic imaging.

Laws or government-sanctioned activities to thwart cyberbullying or data breaches on websites come cloaked in good intentions, but they often spark concerns that civil liberties and the right to privacy are threatened.

A woman used a filet knife to kill two pit bulls that got out of a yard while she was walking her dogs in a Southern California desert city.

With support from Grand Challenges Canada, researchers in this country are working to save lives around the world

Ryan Hunter-Reay won the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday, becoming the first American to win the race since 2006.

Star forwards Alex Ovechkin and Evgeni Malkin scored eight minutes apart to lead Russia to a 5-2 victory over Finland in the final of the ice hockey world championship on Sunday for its second title in three years.

At a Sunday ceremony at the Canada Warplane Heritage Museum, Second World War veteran Fraser Muir finally met the family of his friend John McLea, a Hamilton man and Royal Canadian Air Force tailgunner who disappeared in November 1944 when his Halifax bom

The far-right National Front has topped polls in France as countries across Europe turned to extremist and anti-EU parties.

Marine Le Pen's far-right National Front party is leading in the European Parliament elections in France, according to early projections. Results from across the 28-member bloc are coming in throughout the the evening.

As the ice on ponds finally thaws, fly-fishing enthusiasts are starting to don their waders and fetch tackle-boxes out of basements. For the Canadian Fly Fishing team, though, the real season begins Tuesday when the 34th World Fly Fishing Championships ar

Knowlton Nash, a decorated Canadian journalist who went from selling newspapers as a boy in Toronto to serving a decade as anchor of CBC's The National, has died at age 86.

A New York National Labor Relations Board judge ruled that a Hooters franchise cannot force its employees to act in a respectful manner toward customers, nor could managers punish employees for insubordination.

The much-hyped Camelopardalid meteor storm expected on Saturday morning turned out to be a no-show in most parts of North America, prompting plenty of social media chatter from those who stayed up for the event.

Last March, Ottawa announced it would offer $2,000 to any veteran to help cover travel costs to Normandy, so they could help commemorate the 70th anniversary of D-Day on June 6. But some veterans say the funds don't even come close to covering the cost of

An earthquake beneath the sea shook northern Greece and western Turkey Saturday, with 266 people reportedly injured in Turkey.

The Communist Party styles Senor Castro as devoted to advancing the public good in a country where the majority of the 11 million residents live in abject poverty.

Two frightening incidents of vandalism in El Paso have been interpreted as warnings from drug cartels. 'Plata o Plombo' which translates to 'silver or lead', a threat used commonly against police officers that if they do not accept the cartel's bribes the

Two teenage suspects are in police custody after a late night vandalism spree in Longueuil, Que., that left more than 50 school buses damaged and hundreds of students stranded Friday morning.

The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal has ruled the operators of a tree-planting business in Golden, B.C., racially discriminated against 55 workers from Congo in 2010.

A suspect has been arrested in connection with the killing of Surrey, B.C., hockey mom Julie Paskall, the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team confirmed late Friday.

An investigation has concluded that a heavily armed suspect who exchanged gunfire with RCMP officers in the small Alberta town of St. Paul earlier this month killed himself.

Police in Oregon are searching for the mother of a black bear cub found whimpering in the woods by a teenager.

In the battle royal over 15th-century bones, Britain's High Court gives the victory to Leicester, the city in central England where his skeleton was found under a parking lot in 2012.

Iqaluit's dump fire, dubbed #dumpcano after the city's fire chief compared it to a volcano, has taken to social media.

Descendants of two B.C. residents, who were on opposite sides of the Komagata Maru story are sharing their reflections today on the 100th anniversary of what both agree was a dark chapter in Canadian history.

The victims of a polar bear attack near Arctic Bay, Nunavut, are still receiving medical treatment.

The sinking of the Empress of Ireland on May 29, 1914, stands as one of the country's worst maritime disasters, though a surprising number of Canadians have never heard of it.

One of the voices behind a new declaration on mass surveillance says Canada needs a commission of inquiry to ensure governments and corporations respect privacy in an era of big data.

With half of local election results declared, Ukip has won more than 100 seats, costing all the main parties overall control of town halls across the country.

What did the first animals look like? If you looked around at today's world, you probably guess something like a mammal or an insect: something with left-right symmetry and a centralized nervous system. But look a little further, and you get things like j

A wildlife expert tasked with capturing a snake in a Halifax apartment building says he knows where it is and insists the missing ball python poses little risk to people.

Results of a federally funded report on the Windsor Hum - a mysterious sound commonly described as an idling truck or locomotive that has been irritating residents in the southwestern Ontario city since 2011 - will be released this morning.

Tennessee has decided how it will respond to a nationwide scarcity of lethal injection drugs for death-row inmates: with the electric chair.

Federal Transport Minister Lisa Raitt says strict new rules for rail cars may affect TransCanada's possible plans to move oil by train rather than through the Keystone XL pipeline.

They were seconds away from a potential collision, but passengers aboard two United flights leaving George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston had no idea how close the planes came to crashing into each other, local media report.

Stanford's Paul Ehrlich, best known for his prediction of human 'oblivion' 46 years ago, says that current population trends are on a course that could leave cannibalism as one of the only options.

A sex offender the Crown in Kamloops is seeking to have locked up indefinitely wants to go back to the land, not to prison.

A Mission woman has been charged with five counts of theft, after multiple Royal Canadian Legion poppy boxes were stolen in the Fraser Valley last November.

Mark Buehrle got his major league-leading eighth win with a big boost from Toronto's powerful lineup. Neither was surprising.

Pekka Rinne made 36 saves as Finland defeated Canada 3-2 at the world hockey championship in Minsk, Belarus on Thursday. It is the fifth straight year Canada has been eliminated in the quarter-finals.

A meteor shower that has never been seen before is expected to hit Friday night and into Saturday, and it could be spectacular.

North Korea fired into disputed waters near a South Korean warship Thursday, a Joint Chiefs of Staff officer said, in the latest sign of tension rising between the bitter rivals in recent weeks.

Two citizen scientists scuba diving off the coast of Nova Scotia spotted a species of seahorse rarely documented in Canadian waters.

Canada has lost its bid to have a European Union ban on seal products overturned, with the World Trade Organization's appeals process upholding a EU decision that connected the trade ban to moral objections against the seal hunt.

Ontario's privacy watchdog is sounding the alarm over surveillance-related provisions contained in Bill C-13, the federal government's legislation to protect Canadians from online crime.

Spring measurements show Lake Superior is high for this time of year, reaching its highest water mark since the late 1990's.

Privacy legislation that lets telecommunications providers hand over customers' personal information to the government without a warrant is being challenged in court by civil liberties advocates.