NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 09-2014

The 3-year-old Great Dane was miserable and retching when its owners rushed him to a northwest Portland emergency animal hospital.

Ali Hussein Kadhim, an Iraqi soldier and a Shiite, was captured with hundreds of other soldiers by Sunni militants in June and taken to the grounds of a palace complex in Tikrit where Saddam Hussein once lived.

Carl Walters was once a hard-line protectionist on Fraser sockeye but suppressing catches can be ruinous for the fish and fishermen, he now argues

Hasibullah Yusufzai, 25, left Canada on Jan. 21, 2014. He was charged with leaving for the purpose of committing murder 'in association with a terrorist group'

For those who reported being abused, two things proved overwhelmingly true, as they were in Woodland Hills: They were teenage boys, and their alleged assailants were female employees tasked with looking out for their well-being.

Potential capacity would be just one-fifth of the Northern Gateway project. But that plan has suffered only setbacks since it was approved it in June

Palmira Silva was decapitated at her home in Edmonton in an indiscriminate rampage before armed police subdued her 'crazed' attacker

The Arctic research vessel Martin Bergmann temporarily ran aground early Wednesday morning on a sandy shoal in the Simpson Strait but was dislodged within minutes.

A ship that once belonged to Arctic explorer Roald Amundsen will not be moved from Cambridge Bay this year, despite a Norwegian group's plans to salvage the Maud this summer.

A man who admitted to abducting a woman and her daughter from their Wedgeport, N.S., home in 2012 has been declared a dangerous offender.

A Newfoundland skipper says he and his two crew members are very lucky to be alive after their boat started to sink off the coast of Cape Breton.

After months of anticipation the the Essex Memorial Spitfire was revealed to media at the old Essex Memorial Arena Thursday morning.

Pinch-hitter Colby Rasmus homered in the 10th inning and the Toronto Blue Jays earned their first three-game sweep at Tampa Bay by beating the Rays, 1-0 on Thursday night.

A former trained soldier has swapped her Territorial Army beret for a veil and become Britain's first transgender Muslim woman. The 28-year-old is now married to a Muslim man she met on an online dating site

Scores of illegal migrants in the French port of Calais unsuccessfully try to force their way onto a ferry bound for England.

Canada ran up its largest trade surplus since the Great Recession this summer in the latest sign that exports are once again driving the economy. The merchandise trade surplus reached $2.6-billion in July, up from a revised $1.8-billion surplus in June

Comedian Joan Rivers died Thursday in New York daughter says in a statement. She was 81.

One of the many unfortunate aspects of arguments over climate change is that it's where many people come across the idea of a scientific consensus. Just as unfortunately, their first exposure tends to be in the form of shouted sound bites: "But there's a

A bail hearing has been scheduled for a Calgary man accused of torturing and killing a dog and a cat obtained on Kijiji. Nicolino Ivano Camardi, who is 19, faces charges of wilfully causing unnecessary pain, suffering or injury to an animal.

Commissioner Gary Bettman said Wednesday a report the NHL will expand by four teams was a "complete fabrication," and the league isn't looking to add any new franchises.

A body was found by police fifteen minutes into the first-ever sweep of the North Saskatchewan River on Wednesday.

While the first day of fall is still a few weeks away, it seems as though winter is on its way in Alberta after areas in the mountains saw snow this week.

Vera, Hamilton's Lancaster bomber on tour in the U.K., returned to the sky Wednesday after having a new engine successfully installed. But the damaged engine that grounded it will need to be repaired before the bomber can fly home to Canada.

A fortnight ago, the bridge of HMCS Kingston was the scene of a remarkable event involving Prime Minister Stephen Harper, captains of industry and the captains of vessels searching for the lost Franklin Expedition ships, Erebus and Terror.

Ten men are arrested during dawn raids by officers investigating child sexual exploitation dating back to 2005.

At least three Canadians who joined an al-Qaeda-linked militant group in Syria were directly involved in the holding and harsh interrogation of two U.S. journalists in the region, CBC News has confirmed.

A firewall developed by the German firm GSMK for its secure CryptoPhone lets people know when a rogue cell tower is connecting to their phone.

The president of Irving Shipbuilding says the design phase of the Arctic offshore patrol ships is under budget and on time in Halifax.

Butchers and grocery store owners can no longer continue to hold retail prices down, and that means consumers will soon be feeling the pinch, writes Don Pittis.

Theodore Wafer has been sentenced to at least 17 years in prison for killing Renisha McBride, who appeared unarmed on his porch in suburban Detroit.

Colorado has a black market problem, a medical marijuana problem, and made overly rosy projections.

WHILE Harry Houdini prided himself on leaving audiences from around the world mystified at his illusions and escapes, modern science has revealed how he accomplished many of his spectacles of grandeur.

Canadian pop star Justin Bieber is facing charges after a collision involving a minivan and an ATV in southwestern Ontario.

High school students in Regina will soon be able to undergo basic military training and get a school credit for it.

Concussions in children are a public health issue, but preventable by instituting game and rule changes that eliminate head contact, Canadian doctors say.

The battle between the City of Burnaby and Kinder Morgan over the extension of the Trans Mountain pipleline is heating up after municipal officers issued stop work orders to crews surveying the pipeline's proposed route under Burnaby Mountain on Tuesday.

A 23-year-old Surrey man is facing charges of kidnapping, sexual assault and sexual interference in connection with a sexual assault on a nine-year-old girl who was lured out her bedroom window last week

The federal government has asked Colt Canada to find a designer for a new rifle for the Canadian Rangers, the Minister of National Defence announced Tuesday.

Ottawa police are denying a published report by the QMI Agency that they arrested NHL superstar Sidney Crosby in Ottawa.

The Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund filed a lawsuit on behalf of Chase Culpepper, 16, accusing the South Carolina DMV of violating the 16-year-old's constitutional rights.

It jerks. It rumbles. It sprays. It smokes. It smells. Now 4DX, the souped up theatrical experience that premiered in Regal Cinemas LA Live location this June, is outperforming traditional movie theaters

A study by the National Consumers League says 60 percent of U.S. parents offer cell phones to 10 and 11-year-old children.

Asian American Journalists demand an apology from Andrea Tantaros for comments on the Islamist propensity for head chopping.

Islamist militias in Libya took control of nearly a dozen commercial jetliners last month, and western intelligence agencies recently issued a warning that the jets could be used in terrorist attacks across North Africa.

Chancellor Angela Merkel has told lawmakers that it's in Germany's interests to arm the Kurdish fighters who are battling Islamic extremists in Iraq.

A British mother-of-two who once fronted an all-girl rock band is believed to have gone to Syria to join Islamist terror group ISIS. The Muslim convert has threatened to "behead Christians with a blunt knife."

Reports of the polar bear's dwindling population have made it an ideal symbol for the effects of climate change. But some say those numbers are overstated, and it's the politics around polar bears that's really at play.

A left-leaning think-tank was targeted by the Canada Revenue Agency for a political-activities audit last fall partly because the research and education material on its website appears to be 'biased' and 'one-sided.'

The world's leading experts in mercury poisoning are urging Canada to recognize, and treat, the wide-ranging human health impacts of contamination on two First Nations in northern Ontario.

Global warming could send more frequent winter 'super chills' through parts of North America, Europe and Asia, a new study suggests.

Derek Grant, 38, pleaded guilty to culpable homicide at Livingston High Court after knifing serial-criminal Patrick Bradley, 29, to death in retaliation after he was stabbed in the eye.

Site Intel group said it had seen a video of Sotloff being killed, reportedly by the same fighter who murdered James Foley in August

The 920 horsepower (680 kW) Quant e-Sportlimousine, developed by Lictenstein-based NanoFlowcell, uses an electrolyte flow cell power system to power four electric motors.

Ijaz, a bus conductor in his twenties from Peshawar in Pakistan, openly admits to having raped 12 little boys but says he is 'helpless to withstand my desire'.

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A Swedish anti-immigration party is likely to score its best ever general election result this month, as a growing number of voters question the cost of the country's open door asylum

The Kings are seeking a new proton beam radiation therapy not offered in the U.K. The hospital says the boy has a 70% chance of survival with the treatment it offers

Robots will be running the City within 10 years, rendering investment bankers, analysts and even quants redundant, it has been claimed.

Tests by the state government of Saxony show that more than one in three wild boars gave off such high levels of radiation, thought to be a legacy of Chernobyl, that they were unfit for human consumption

Over 300 people were injured in overnight clashes as Pakistani police battled thousands of protesters demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif with tear gas, batons and rubber bullets outside the PM's official residence and the adjacent pa

Pressed by Russia to declare a ceasefire with separatists, Ukraine instead says a new great war has begun in Europe.

It is hailed as one of the greatest engineering achievements in history, yet the path to its completion was tortuous and took various innovations to happen

At least 1,420 people were killed in Iraq in August, the United Nations said on Sept. 1, as sectarian violence raged in the centre and north of the country.

Filipino peacekeepers, outnumbered by Syrian rebels, 'held their ground for seven hours' before fleeing, official says; 44 Fijian troops still captive

An Alberta appeal board says the Edmonton Public School Board was unfair in suspending and firing teacher who gave out zeros to his students.

Hindus in Sindh demand the government to formulate strict laws against forced marriages, conversions and for the protection of their rights.

Australian Pop culture's fondness for headdresses and war paint is increasingly being seen as wrong and insensitive.

A child molester who was raped while held in the Garfield County Jail in Pomeroy is suing the county.

The traditional practice goes against the law in the UK, where the youngest one can marry is at 16, the age of sexual consent.

A Regina woman is planning to make a formal complaint with the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission after being refused service at a barber shop.

Michael Sam, who is seeking to become the NFL's first openly gay player, was passed over by 31 teams Sunday just one day after being cut by St. Louis