NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 08-2014

If Al-Maliki follows through, the move would end a political deadlock that plunged Baghdad into uncertainty as the country fights a Sunni militant insurgency

Great Ramelli, 20, and Vanessa Marzullo, 21, crossed into Syria from Turkey and were kidnapped by Islamist militants.

A woman in St. Albert found that wildlife officials couldn't offer much help in dealing with an unwanted guest under her front doorstep.

Newly released emails give a glimpse into the mysterious job that saw the scout travel ahead of the premier, advising on suitable patios and public toilets

Police used tear gas and smoke bombs to repel crowds throwing Molotov cocktails during another violent night on the streets of a St. Louis suburb in the wake of the shooting of unarmed 18-year-old Michael Brown.

Her face badly scorched by the sun after days hiding in the mountains, the woman said she had witnessed the Islamic State fighters cut the head of one man just feet from her using a knife.

A 22-year-old female was arrested for allegedly participating in several beauty pageants while collecting workers' compensation benefits for a foot injury.

Chinese scientists are developing a mini-camera to scan crowds for highly stressed individuals, offering law-enforcement officers a potential tool to spot would-be suicide bombers.

The two men took the bump as a 'direct slight' but the victim managed to fight off his attackers until one produced a knife, police say

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau's suggestion that he would repeal new transparency laws would give First Nations' leaders opposed to the law "an easy way out," Aboriginal Affairs Minister Bernard Valcourt says.

Calgary Police are seeking public assistance to identify a man who may have information about some skirmishes that broke out at a Palestinian solidarity rally last month. Three men are facing assault charges in connection with violent clashes that broke o

The United States is planning an international effort to whisk displaced people to safety in Iraq, and it appears Canada may be playing a supporting role.

An Italian scientist has claimed that head transplants could be possible, after what he says is a major breakthrough in the technique.

Toronto's medical officer of health wants e-cigarette use banned wherever smoking is currently prohibited under local or provincial legislation.

Video games have always received a bad rap. But gaming can be beneficial as well. CTVNews.ca has compiled five ways gaming can actually be good for you.

Environment Canada is preparing to roll out new radar technology in order to combat problems caused by wind farms, which can cloud weather forecasts, mislead meteorologists and can even block radar signals.

The Pentagon described the deployment as a temporary mission to assess the scope of the humanitarian crisis and insisted 'this is not a combat boots on the ground' operation.

The Seibels spent five years in Fresno, Calif., and 10-year-old Savannah developed a litany of autoimmune disorders: Type 1 diabetes, asthma, acid reflux and endocrine pancreatic insufficiency. They moved to Edmonton a year ago, and while she still has di

Canadians on board a harrowing transatlantic flight 13 years ago have helped to shed new light on memory and the risk of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Parks Canada is studying the use of electrified mats to keep wildlife away from the Canadian Pacific Railway train tracks in Banff National Park.

B.C. health officials have almost completely rescinded a water ban imposed after the Mount Polley tailings pond breach devastated the province's Cariboo region.

A Thunder Bay woman is warning people about bloodsucker allergies after her husband had to be airlifted to hospital from their summer cottage.

Tonight's high tide in Nunavut's capital will be one of the highest on record as this week's "supermoon" is creating super tides in coastal areas of the territory.

Metro Vancouver authorities advise staying indoors after wildfire smoke from Washington state fills the air with fine particles.

A Summerside, P.E.I., family vacationing in Cape Breton had a close call after a lightning strike near their rental cottage caused a power surge that blew up a nearby router and scorched a playpen with a sleeping baby.

Janine Beckie scored in the 65th minute and Canada held on the defeat North Korea 1-0 on Tuesday night and book a spot in the quarter-finals of the FIFA women's under-20 World Cup.

Lauren Bacall, the sultry actress with the heavy-lidded eyes and husky voice who captured Humphrey Bogart's heart both on and off the movie screen, died on Tuesday at the age of 89.

Hayley Southwell was convicted of engaging in sexual activity with a young person while in a position of trust after grooming the pupil at Nelson Thomlinson School in Wigton, Cumbria.

Statistics Canada has retracted its July employment report, four days after reporting that the Canadian economy created only 200 jobs during the month.

Alica Rae Hanson of Snohomish, Washington, is accused of confronting the other woman at a party on June 22, first complaining about her attire and then several minutes later attacking her and knocking her to the ground.

EXTREMISTS are enforcing an Isis-style interpretation of Islamic law on the streets of Britain by trying to ban people from listening to music,dancing and mixing with the opposite sex.

An Orangeville, Ont. man has taken matters into his own hands after receiving a phone call from a telemarketing scam

Snoopy clashed with the Red Baron in the funny pages. During the Cold War, an Edmonton mutt chomped down on U.S. air force brass. Members of the 418 Squadron Association received a photo and an unusual question a few weeks ago. A small brown canvas bag ha

Richard and Samantha Byrnes, from Tring, Hertfordshire, suffered two years of trauma after an RSPCA inspector seized their cat, 16-year-old Claude claiming he was too thin with matted fur.

Sometimes - but not always - news reporters get exactly what they are looking for when covering a story. For one news crew from CBS News affiliate WUSA in Washington, D.C., they got a little more.

British Transport Police have released harrowing images of a child in a stroller being blown by tunnel wind onto London Underground tracks and a woman leaping to the rescue moments before a train arrived.

A Burnaby man who used a sword to fatally stab another man has lost his appeal of a second-degree murder conviction.

The technique, which involves a simple injection, could aid the recovery of hundreds of thousands of heart failure patients - and could even consign heart transplants to history.

A Polish couple vacationing in Portugal fell to their deaths while taking selfies on a cliff.

Veteran Irish actor J.J. Murphy found dead four days after he started filming as Night's Watch member Ser Denys Mallister.

The Alberta Court of Appeal has ruled that an Edmonton man should be extradited to the United States to face terrorism and murder charges.

Khaled Sharrouf's son, believed to be aged seven, used both hands to hoist the decapitated head up as he posed for a chilling photo in the northern Syrian city of Raqqa.

What started as a peaceful prayer vigil Sunday evening to remember a young man gunned down by police, has escalated into full scale riots and looting in Ferguson, Missouri.

The world's oldest European eel just died in its home, a well in a southern Swedish fishing town, aged 155.

An Indian woman who ventured into a West Bengal forest to catch crabs was attacked by a Royal Bengal tiger and dragged into a forest in the South Parganas district on Friday.

Militants who support the terror group ISIS tweeted threats to America on Friday after Barack Obama began attacking them with targeted airstrikes in northern Iraq.

Jose Bautista hit an opposite field single in the bottom of the 19th inning to give the Blue Jays a 6-5 comeback win over the Detroit Tigers Sunday in the longest game in Toronto's club history.

Iraq's embattled Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, in a surprise speech late Sunday, resisted calls for his resignation and accused the country's new president of violating the constitution, plunging the government into a political crisis at a time it is ba

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT The terrified animal was filmed being questioned by its captors from inside a scorched cage in the city of Durango, north-west Mexico.

Tony Stewart pulled out of the NASCAR race at Watkins Glen Sunday, 12 hours after the three-time champion struck and killed a sprint car driver who had climbed from his car and was on the darkened dirt track trying to confront Stewart during a race in ups

Jury awards $350,000 after white man claims he was forced out of his job because of his race

Amazon revealed Saturday the email address of the American head of publishing group Hachette, urging readers to pressure him in writing to end the two groups' simmering dispute over book pricing.

From Yahoo News: Dancing and waving rainbow-coloured flags, Ugandan activists held their first gay pride rally Saturday since the overturning of a tough anti-homosexuality law, which authorities have appealed. Everyone was in hiding before because of the

President Barack Obama refused to put forward a timetable for a resolution to the conflict in Iraq, saying that it was going to 'take some time,' in a Saturday morning press conference that preceded his departure to Martha's Vineyard.

William Melchert-Dinkel returned to court in Faribault, Minnesota, on Friday, more than three years after he was convicted of encouraging two people, including an 18-year-old Carleton University student, to kill themselves and gave them information on how

Hundreds of women from the Yazidi religious minority have been taken captive by Sunni militants with vicious plans, an Iraqi official said Friday, further underscoring the dire plight of Iraq's minorities at the hands of the Islamic State group.

San Bernardino Police found marijuana hidden behind what appeared to be boxes of Barbie toys piled up in a tractor trailer Thursday evening.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Seven robbers invaded a Central California house used by pot growers and engaged the occupants in a gun battle that killed two of the attackers,

A 4.3-magnitude earthquake hit central Alberta around 9:30 a.m. MT Saturday.

When searchers return to the Canadian Arctic this weekend to hunt for the lost 19th-century ships of the storied Franklin expedition, they will be launching their biggest effort yet, deploy new high-tech sonar and have some high-profile support.

Guardians of the Galaxy launched to an estimated $94 million this weekend in 4,080 theaters, setting a new record for an August debut.

14 sex offenders dodge court action by admitting crime and using community resolutions, originally intended for minor offences

It was Toronto's sixth loss in their past seven games as the club scrambles to remain in both the American League East and the American League wild-card races.

Kevin Glenn survived two more interceptions to throw for 407 yards and a touchdown as the B.C. Lions overcame an up-and-down performance to defeat the Hamilton Tiger-Cats 36-29.

Quarterback Mike Reilly threw for two touchdowns and 208 yards as the Edmonton Eskimos beat the Montreal Alouettes 33-23 at Percival Molson Stadium on Friday night.

Secret Service jokes it will question the toddler after it learns to talk.

The wife of Winnipeg mayoral candidate Gord Steeves, Lorrie Steeves, was the focus of social media today for what she posted on her Facebook page in 2010.

A Vancouver man who tortured and then beat to death his two-year-old stepdaughter has lost his appeal of his sentence for second-degree murder.

The gourmet cupcake craze has been declared dead by more than one trend-watcher, but it's still got sweet appeal for a Toronto man who spent $900 on an elaborate confection for his wife's 40th birthday.

Marc Emery, the Prince of Pot, is almost home. He is scheduled to be flown from a Louisiana jail to Detroit on Tuesday, escorted by U.S. marshals while shackled and turned over to Canadian officials, his wife Jodie Emery said on Friday.

Experts say attacks go beyond Israel-Palestinian conflict as hate crimes strike fear into Jewish communities

The Buffalo News is reporting that the Aquilini family are eyeing a purchase of the Buffalo Bills NFL team.

There may be a few "Hallelujah" choruses ringing in the halls of the Adult Swim offices this good Friday. The network's latest live-action original, Black Jesus, topped all original cable offerings on Thursday and most of broadcast.

Russia further tightened its control of the Internet on Friday, requiring people using public Wifi hotspots provide identification, a policy that prompted anger from bloggers and confusion among telecom operators on how it would work.

A stunt by the pilot of a float plane on the Ottawa River left some members of a local rowing club in shock.

This year's Perseid meteor shower coincides with the brightest full moon of the year. Here are five tips to give you the best chance of spotting lots of shooting stars despite the supermoon-light.

Tommy Prince is the most decorated First Nations veteran in Canadian history. CBC's Meagan Fiddler travelled to Brokenhead First Nation in Manitoba to find out about the life and legacy of Tommy Prince.

History was made in Baker Lake, Nunavut's only inland community, on Thursday when two hunters caught a beluga whale in the freshwater lake.

Two Saskatchewan girls won't have to quit the family farm after the provincial government delivered a compromise of sorts in response to a child-labour complaint against their parents.

The owners of a farm in east-central Saskatchewan are being investigated by the province after receiving a complaint about minors working in the family's processing business.

Mary's Gourmet Diner has an official policy of giving diners a special savings if they "pray publicly" before chowing down. In the South, a number of steakhouses deduct from the bill if a customer finishes the entree, according to the restaurant trivia si

Malaysia's state investment company said Friday it plans to make Malaysia Airlines fully government owned, removing it from the country's stock exchange and then restructuring the carrier that is reeling from double disasters.

A woman who flew from San Jose to Los Angeles without a boarding pass and has made repeated attempts to sneak aboard flights was arrested again Thursday at Los Angeles International Airport after wandering through terminals without an airline ticket, auth

AMP Calgary has been airing a new format that edits songs to half the length. The Calgary radio station says it has been getting mixed feedback so far, but it has been "generally quite favourable."

A 19-year-old Texas man who could face years in prison for making brownies laced with marijuana and hash oil said Wednesday he remains scared despite new evidence that his attorney believes should ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China plans to build lighthouses on five islands in the South China Sea, state media reported on Thursday, in defiance of calls from the United States and the Philippines for a freeze

Russian strategic nuclear bombers conducted at least 16 incursions into northwestern U.S. air defense identification zones over the past 10 days, an unusually sharp increase in aerial penetrations, according to U.S. defense officials.

A woman has been awarded $3.2 million in damages for serious injuries suffered when her husband drove their vehicle into a moose on a road in northern B.C.

The Harper government has taken to social media to make the case that it's being generous to disabled veterans, but critics and the opposition say Conservatives are posting misleading information.

Neil Dawe, owner of the Lakeside at Thorburn resort, said Chelsea Little put her own life at risk as she rescued both her stepfather and great-uncle from the water.

The newest GoPro video, posted to YouTube Tuesday and already making the rounds online, shows Ben Marr and fellow daredevil Rush Sturges racing each other down the "Lions Bay slide."

Agents with the Canada Border Services Agency at Toronto's Pearson airport allowed a group of five male Hindu priests to bypass screening by female border guards.

Canada will send military equipment to help Ukraine protect its eastern border, Defence Minister Rob Nicholson said today at an Ontario air base.

The first water quality test results since the Mount Polley tailings pond breach have been publicly released, as B.C. Premier Christy Clark meets with concerned residents of the town of Likely.

A bug can turn you into a vegetarian, or at least make you swear off red meat. Doctors across the nation are seeing a surge of sudden meat allergies in people bitten by a certain kind of tick. This bizarre problem was only discovered a few years ago but i

A woman, whose face apparently appeared in a controversial Burger King advert five years ago, has claimed it was made without her knowledge or consent. Now, she's fighting back on YouTube and encouraging others to boycott the fast food chain

Longtime Peace River farmer Carmen Langer has spent years battling oil companies to try to clean up emissions that forced many families to move away. Langer was devastated last weekend when thieves broke into his house and stole his computer and memory st

While the western U.S. is experiencing a relatively tame wildfire season, the Northern Territories of Canada is in the midst of one of its worst fire seasons on record. In a rare event, a NASA satellite captured the pyrocumulonimbus clouds of an intense f

Economic growth in Alberta is expected to be the strongest in the country in 2014 and 2015 boosting employment, income and provincial revenues, says the Conference Board of Canada. In its report released Thursday, Alberta Fiscal Snapshot: Promising (But P

A recent court ruling striking down another tenet of the government's tough-on-crime agenda suggests the government's recent legal setbacks are more than a clash of personalities between the chief justice and the prime minister, but a very real collision

Huge blooms of toxic blue-green algae fouling Lake Erie recently threatened the drinking water of 400,000 people, decades after the problem was thought to be solved. Here's what scientists think is going on this time, and how it can be fixed.