NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 11-2014

On Nov. 5, 1939, as the Second World War was breaking out in Europe, Canadians first heard "the beginning of the long dash" which officially signals the arrival of 1 p.m.

Republicans won control of the U.S. Senate, capturing seats from Democrats in elections Tuesday shaped by deep voter discontent with President Barack Obama.

Carleesha Freeland-Gaither was last seen on security camera footage struggling as an attacker dragged her down the street and into a car. Now, police have a lead

Rebel leader Alexander Zakharchenio elected to self-declared secessionist territory. Seen by West as threat to already tentative ceasefire, but supported by Russia

Canada's largest credit card companies have agreed to limit the amount they charge retailers to process transactions, to an average 1.5 per cent of the value of what's being sold for the next five years.

Canada ranks No. 5 on an international prosperity index produced by the Legatum Institute of London that combines measures of economic progress, health, opportunity and personal freedom.

Food bank use in Canada increased slightly this year in comparison to 2013 and it remains significantly higher than it was before the economic recession, according to a report released Tuesday by Food Bank Canada.

A Toronto man is searching for a new travel partner for a trip around the world this holiday season. The catch? You must be named Elizabeth Gallagher.

Ukraine's president threatens to scrap an autonomy deal for eastern rebels, after they hold a vote that "jeopardizes the entire peace process".

Mexican police have captured a fugitive former mayor and his wife who the government has blamed for ordering the disappearance of 43 student teachers feared massacred in September, officials say.

Thai police say one of the founders of popular file sharing website The Pirate Bay was arrested under an Interpol warrant as he was crossing the border to Thailand.

The cloak of secrecy the government has thrown over Canada's first bombing runs in Iraq is set to lift at a briefing Tuesday, but the commander of the air force appears to be injecting a new element into their objective: revenge.

After the Region of Waterloo published a list of the most dangerous intersections for 2013, CBC Kitchener-Waterloo decided to ask a veteran driving instructor about some of the most common mistakes he's seen while navigating through one.

A B.C. photographer hid in the bushes as a grizzly bear wandered up to his camera and started studying the buttons, gently pulling the strap before sauntering off to fish.

Girls creator Lena Dunham has hit back at right-wing website National Review after it accused her of molesting her younger sister, Grace

Young men filmed boasting about their hopes for "distribution day at the slave market"

Dutchman who is prime suspect in disappearance of Natalee Holloway has been attacked in prison in Peru, where he is serving sentence for murdering a student five years after Nataleee vanished.

Khloe Kardashian may not have meant to offend her legions of Instagram followers by posting a Halloween picture of herself and Scott Disick. But that seemed to be what happened on Friday evening.

Food bank use in Canada increased slightly this year in comparison to 2013 and it remains significantly higher than it was before the economic recession, according to a report released Tuesday by Food Bank Canada.

Publishing giant Conde Nast started moving Monday into One World Trade Center, a 104-storey, $3.9 billion US skyscraper that dominates the Manhattan skyline. It is America's tallest building.

Authorities on Saturday tracked the owner of an SUV suspected of being used in a Halloween night hit-and-run that killed three teenage girls to a Southern California home, only to find someone else living there.

A remote-controlled camera disguised an Emperor penguin chick is giving scientists a never before seen look at the behaviour of the birds in their mass huddles.

A collision in residential area of Whitehorse leads to one of three impaired driving arrests by RCMP Saturday afternoon.

The NHL on Monday suspended Edmonton Oilers captain Andrew Ference for three games for an illegal check to the head of the Vancouver Canucks' Zack Kassian.

People who work night shifts for a decade show poorer memory and other cognitive impairments compared with day workers, say researchers, who also found recovery is possible.

The idea to name the replacement for the Champlain Bridge after hockey great Maurice (Rocket) Richard is stirring up controversy. The bridge slated for completion in 2018 could be named after hockey great Maurice (Rocket) Richard.

Dozens of sets of century-old human remains have been found under the parking lot of a Catholic church in Toronto.

The first strikes of Canada's air war over Iraq appear to have been aimed at construction equipment belonging to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, according to a list of targets released by U.S. officials.

An early nor'easter brought unseasonably cold weather to the East Coast on Sunday and blanketed much of Maine in a foot of snow.

A senior member of the opposition to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime says Canada's time, effort and money would be better spent training ground forces to retake territory from the Islamic State in both Iraq and Syria, rather than on a bombing ca

VANCOUVER -- Yuri was an assistance dog who helped a woman with autism navigate her daily life, a therapy animal who comforted palliative care patients and an integral part of his Vancouver family.

The 25-year-old Iranian-British woman was been found guilty of spreading propaganda against the ruling system and sentenced to a year in prison

The loss of a group that had been held up as an example of Western efforts to court moderate rebel factions is a humiliating blow for Washington

Despite Andrea Giesbrecht's engagement with local charities, her life took a dark turn recently due to a gambling addiction, according to court documents

The Hollywood actor has built a reputation for doing his own stunts but Tom surpassed himself with a highly dangerous stunt for Mission Impossible 5 when he hung at 5,000ft from a moving Airbus.

Filip Forsberg scored twice and added an assist as the Nashville Predators held on for a 3-1 win against the Vancouver Canucks on Sunday at Rogers Arena.

Nazir Afzal, the Crown Prosecution Service's lead on child sex abuse, said that the community has to acknowledge that a disproportionate number of Muslim men are involved in grooming girls.

The 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War: Flanders Fields 100 Years Since The Great War.

Army Cadet, 15, sprayed in the face with makeshift blowtorch in unprovoked attack after selling poppies for Remembrance Sunday

Derek Dorsett had a goal and an assist as the Vancouver Canucks stretched their winning streak to four games with a 3-2 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday.

Republicans entered the final weekend before the midterm elections clearly holding the better hand to control the Senate and poised to add to their House majority.

MONTREAL - More than two-thirds of Canadians support revoking citizenship from Canadians who fight for foreign armies, a new poll suggests.

Detroit police say a 16-year-old is clinging to life after getting being attacked by a classmate at his charter school, apparently over a pair of shoes.

Drivers scrambled to grab money flying around Interstate 270 in Frederick County after an armored truck and a dump truck collided.

The New York State Democratic Committee is bullying people into voting next week with intimidating letters warning that it can easily find out which slackers fail to cast a ballot next Tuesday.

The Edmonton Eskimos scored on their first possession of each half and rolled to a 37-3 victory over the B.C. Lions

A girl shot during a rampage at a Washington state high school last week that left two other girls dead has died from her wounds, Providence Regional Medical Center in Everett said on Friday.

Most Canadians will get a longer snooze when the vast majority of the country reverts to standard time this weekend, as clocks move back an hour on Sunday morning.

"The whole career of Warrant Officer Patrice Vincent represents the very opposite of the savage ideology that cost him his life," Prime Minister Stephen Harper said at a private funeral service attended by 1,000 guests Saturday for the Canadian Forces war

Although homosexuality is not illegal in Egypt, the men, who appeared in a clip purporting to show a same-sex wedding, were sentenced to three years in prison each for the crime of debauchery.

A cat that is thought to have been attacked, blinded in one eye, and left for dead because it looks like Adolf Hitler has bounced back to health. Baz, a seven-year-old tomcat, has a patch of black...

What do maggots have to say about your political leanings? A lot more than you might think.

For a Hungarian animal shelter, Halloween is less about pumpkins, witches and ghosts, but keeping black cats out of the hands of Satanists.

Muhammad Aqeeq Ansari, a 30-year-old software designer in Toronto, denied bail after being accused of maintainng website for the Pakistani group Ahl-e-Sunnat Wal Jamaat

Canada is following in Australia's footsteps and is suspending visa applications for residents and nationals of the West African countries battling Ebola.

Parents were ordered to send their children to a workshop on Islam or have them labelled as racist for the rest of their school career.