NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 01-2015

From Yahoo News: Palestinian protesters heckled and threw eggs at Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird during a visit to the occupied West Bank on Sunday, denouncing Ottawa's diplomatic support for Israel. Baird was not hit, but one of the eggs smacked on

An elderly person could die every seven minutes because of the big freeze sweeping across Britain, with temperatures set to plummet to minus double digits in the Pennines and Scotland today.

Target Canada isn't the only retailer to leave the country. Here's a list of retailers that have recently closed or are closing shop in Canada

John Sundahl, 44, was flying near Kabul, where he works, when a missile hit his helicopter last week. The news has come as a devastating blow to Spears, 33, sources claim.

The Leafs went 0-4 on their four-game road trip and were outscored 12-1, including being shut out three times

The claims were made by researchers from the University of Pittsburg, who added that women with large quantities of such fats in target areas were shown to produce more intelligent children.

Archaeologists conducting a survey in Great Basin National Park in eastern Nevada have stumbled upon a 132-year-old Winchester rifle propped against a tree, possibly having been left there more than a century ago.

Canadian entertainment icon Don Harron is dead at 90 after a battle with cancer, his eldest daughter Martha says.

Warner Bros. is reporting Friday at $30.5M for American Sniper - not only a January opening day record, but more than any Clint Eastwood film has ever made in a weekend.

Kings Highway in Fairfield is shut down near Villa Avenue while police investigate the discovery of a radioactive device in the area, according to Fairfield police spokesman Lt. James Perez.

A B.C. MP is warning people about a new information-sharing agreement between Canada and the United States that could put travellers who spend a lot of time in the U.S. at risk of significant consequences.

EDMONTON - A Calgary couple is suing the federal government for $116,000 after a tree fell on their tent during a camping trip in Jasper National Park.

A B.C. university professor says she didn't get intensive rehabilitation after a hip surgery because the doctors said it was a waste of time given her weight.

Two RCMP officers have been shot outside of Edmonton and police are asking people to avoid the area near a golf course in St. Albert.

The fear of a dam breaching has resulted in Halifax Regional Municipality officials issuing what will become a mandatory evacuation of 135 homes in the Cherry Brook area.

People are asking a lot of questions about a mysterious "ice circle" that appeared on the frozen surface of Calgary's Glenmore Reservoir.

Ryan Miller stopped 27 shots in his second straight shutout and the Vancouver Canucks beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3-0 on Friday night. Derek Dorsett, Shawn Matthias and Alexandre Burrows scored the Canucks' three goals in a span of 10 minutes, 31 seconds

The 101-year-old veteran of the Second World War who made international headlines after being tied up and robbed in Ottawa in December says while he was "madder than a wasp" that day, he can't judge the man now facing criminal charges.

After eight cancer diagnoses in 20 years, Regina's Dionne Warner delights in chemo costumes and a pink tow truck.

Fire crews in New Westminster, B.C., had to use the Jaws of Life to rescue a man trapped inside a donation bin early Friday morning.

Irving Shipbuilding and the federal government have signed a contract to build six Arctic offshore patrol ships and the deal guarantees the Halifax yard five ships with a ceiling of $2.3 billion.

For the third time in a decade, the globe sizzled to the hottest year on record, U.S. federal scientists say.

The Chicago Blackhawks surprised one of their biggest fans with an unforgettable experience as part of their "What's Your Goal" campaign.

The European Space Agency's Beagle-2 lander, which had been lost on Mars since 2003, has been found, the agency said Friday.

Sonia Blanchette, charged with three counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of her children, has died after refusing to eat.

Amnesty International says a second round of lashings against Saudi Arabian blogger Raif Badawi - whose wife and three children settled in Sherbrooke, Que., as refugees - has been postponed for medical reasons.

A review exploring the Mounties' response to Justin Bourque's shooting spree in June in New Brunswick makes 64 recommendations, with many focusing on the way police respond to emergency situations. All of the recommendations have been accepted by the RCMP

A long-haired tabby cat has been hailed a hero after finding an abandoned baby on the street and climbing into the box he had been dumped in to keep him warm.

An investigation into the possible illegal selling of human body parts continues after two suburban locations were raided Tuesday.

When passengers step off the ferries from Bremerton and Bainbridge Island and head into downtown Seattle, homelessness is just about the first thing they see.

Papa John's Pizza is standing by a pizza delivery woman who opened fire Sunday on an armed robber in an act of self defense.

Middle Eastern Kingdom building 600-mile wall and ditch along its border with Iraq in effort to insulate itself from the chaos engulfing its neighbours.

There's a glut of homes on the market in Fort McMurray, which is bad news as oil patch layoffs start to hit

The world's newest jetliner, the Airbus A350, took to the skies Thursday carrying its first paying passengers from the Gulf Arab nation of Qatar.

Beaches at the Australian city of Newcastle were closed for a seventh day on Friday after at least two large sharks were sighted in coastal waters. Meanwhile, a teenager was reportedly attacked by a shark 390 kilometres (240 miles) to the south.

A judge has fined a man $4,500 for taking a dip in a thermal pool that is home to a type of endangered snail in Banff National Park.

A spokesman for the Canadian Joint Operations Command revealed that Canada's CF-18s recently conducted three airstrikes -- on Jan. 10, 11 and 12.

The difficulty, danger and expense of removing the bodies of climbers who died in Mount Everest's "death zone" mean most of the dead remain on the mountain as a stark reminder to other climbers of the risks.

A Finnish man has single-handedly cleared an outdoor skating rink more than three times longer than Ottawa's Rideau Canal Skateway.

Strange lights over Fort Smith, N.W.T., this weekend have some residents suggesting life from another planet, but one resident says Chinese lanterns were the cause.

Coquitlam police are searching for a man spotted backpacking in the buff. The man, described as a Caucasian, between 20 and 25 years old and with an athletic build, has been seen at least three times hiking around Crystal Falls trail.

CBC News has learned the RCMP tried to restrict the movements of Martin Couture-Rouleau weeks before he used a car to run down two Canadian soldiers in Quebec, but prosecutors said they didn't have enough evidence to grant a peace bond.

British Prime Minister David Cameron says the U.S. and the U.K. will stage cyber "war games" this year to boost both countries' resistance to cyberattacks.

Henrik Sedin had a goal and an assist, and Ryan Miller made 29 saves to lead the Vancouver Canucks to a 4-0 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday night.

Manitoba high school students were challenged to plan, design, build, and market their hovercraft in front of a panel of judges.

Organizers say preparations are on schedule for the 2015 Yukon Quest, but they are making a last-minute push for sponsorship and donations.

A controversial development on Grace Islet has been stopped after the province stepped in with a plan to purchase the land.

Up to 184 wolves in British Columbia will be shot from helicopters in order to save dwindling caribou herds in the region.

Halifax Regional Police reviewed material provided by Dalhousie University connected with the school dentistry scandal and decided not to launch a criminal investigation.

I've visited two dying Sears stores this month. They were both very depressing. Racks of jackets on hangers that told the wrong size. Empty cardboard boxes in big empty spaces. Despite another commitment last week by Sears Canada president Doug Campbel

How to make politicians really understand the dangers of mass digital surveillance and the importance of information security? Gustav Nipe, the 26-year old president of the Swedish Pirate Party's youth wing, tried to do it by setting up an open Wi-Fi n

At the rate things are going, the Earth in the coming decades could cease to be a �safe operating space� for human beings. That is the conclusion of a new paper published Thursday in the journal Science by 18 researchers trying to gauge the breaking p

The mismatched flu vaccine seems effective by 23 per cent in preventing people from going to the doctor for the flu, an early estimate from the U.S. suggests.

Canada's top court will rule Friday whether the RCMP can unionize.

Martin Luther King's planned vacation to Fundy National Park in New Brunswick was scuttled in 1960 after an innkeeper expressed that his presence could offend some U.S. tourists.

A major police project targeting organized crime in Saskatchewan and Alberta resulted in the seizure of a variety of drugs, including significant amounts of counterfeit oxycontin and methamphetamine.

Starting today, it's illegal in Canada for a website to automatically install software on your computer. Your consent is now also required for updates to apps on your smartphone or tablet.

Belgium's federal prosecutor is scheduled to hold a news conference at 2 p.m. ET after news reports that two people are dead in a raid on a suspected terrorist cell.

A Canadian man wanted on terrorism charges in the United States faces extradition after the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed his case Thursday.

A nursing student at Lakehead University says she worries about her final nursing registration exam.

New rules to significantly loosen the U.S. trade embargo against Cuba and open up the communist island to greater American travel will go into effect Friday.

For years, real estate agents have enjoyed a strong market where high housing prices have translated into fat commissions. But the landscape is getting crowded. More and more agents are vying for your business. And the traditional industry may be in for a

One of two main water tanks in Longueuil, Que., was contaminated following a diesel spill on Wednesday, making it unsafe to drink, a provincial government official told CBC News.

Human-rights groups release images of more than 3,700 damaged or destroyed houses in just two of the estimated 16 towns that the Islamist extremist militia attacked in northeastern Nigeria

Target says it plans to discontinue all operations in Canada and seek protection from creditors, less than two years after opening to much fanfare.

Most recently a pro-ISIS Twitter account claimed John Maguire, a Muslim convert from Ottawa who appeared in a menacing ISIS propaganda video, had died

Olive Bailey, of Victoria, B.C., is one of the last survivors of a team that pulled off one of the greatest intelligence coups of the Second World War.

Gail McDonald says she never paid as close attention to a hockey game as she did Tuesday when Matthieu Perreault went on to score 4 goals in the Jets' victory over the Florida Panthers. One more goal by Perreault and the Brandon woman could have become a

Obama administration officials this morning announced a plan under which the oil and gas industry would have to cut methane emissions by 40 to 45 percent below 2012 levels by 2025. U.S. EPA will issue new regulations this summer under the Clean Air Act, a

A honeymooning Edmonton couple spent three days holed up in a storm-wrecked Mexican resort, and then returned home to begin a two-month fight over compensation for the unused portion of their ruined vacation.

Some pharmacists in Alberta have begun using a rapid flu screening tool while also prescribing and selling antiviral flu medication, a Canadian first that infectious-disease specialists say pushes the boundaries on health care.

A problem in the U.S. segment of the International Space Station on Wednesday prompted its six-person crew to quickly lock it up and move to a Russian module, but they aren't in danger, Russian and U.S. officials said.

NASCAR driver Kurt Busch said in court Tuesday that he believes his ex-girlfriend is a trained assassin who was dispatched on covert missions around the world and once returned to him in a blood-splattered gown.

RCMP Const. Kwesi Millington tells his perjury trial that he recalls very little of the fatal encounter more than seven years ago with Robert Dziekanski at Vancouver International Airport.

A Yukon Territory Judge says the lack of detail in regulations means going hands-free while driving can include lodging a cellphone between the shoulder and the ear.

Guidance from the publisher prohibits authors from including 'pigs plus sausages, or anything else which could be perceived as pork' so that materials can be 'disseminated to the widest possible audience'.

Ontario's highest court will hear an appeal today from a man who argues his gun offence conviction is a result of racial profiling.

A meeting Tuesday night in Kenora signals the start of a new round of public consultations on the Energy East pipeline.

Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird left for Egypt late Monday evening to push for the release of Canadian-Egyptian journalist Mohamed Fahmy, CBC News has learned.

Throughout its 88 years, the Royal Canadian Legion has been recognized as the voice of veterans, particularly veterans of the world wars. But one veteran of Afghanistan wants to attract younger people to the organization and push it to advocate for a new

Members of a P.E.I. family are upset they have been denied provincial funding for a GPS tracker for their son, who has Down syndrome and tends to wander.

Saanich, B.C. Mayor Richard Atwell claims he was the victim of spying and police harassment while also admitting he lied about having an extramarital affair with one of his campaign volunteers.

Homeowners in Paradise, N.L., are seeking compensation following a rare insect infestation in their hardwood flooring, but the Newfoundland and Labrador retailer that sold it to them and the Quebec manufacturer that made it both say the couple is to blame

Athabasca University is offering students a unique way to marry a passion for hockey with an education in business.

The Bunton family from Grimsby built a massive backyard rink that has the pro hockey world taking notice.

Multiple sources within CBC News have revealed to CANADALAND a shocking campaign Amanda Lang undertook in 2013 to sabotage a major story reported by her colleague, investigative reporter Kathy Tomlinson.

The main fuel stop on the Sea-to-Sky Highway between Whistler, B.C., and Vancouver is getting international attention as a place to do more than get gas and grab a coffee for the road.

Three experienced climbers were killed in a fall on Joffre Peak in the backcountry north of Pemberton, B.C., RCMP in Whistler have confirmed.

Suliman Mohamed, 21, is the third Ottawa man RCMP have arrested and charged with terrorism-related offences in recent days.

Scientists who have reported that the Great Lakes are awash in tiny bits of plastic are raising new alarms about a little-noticed form of the debris turning up in sampling nets: synthetic fibres from garments, cleaning cloths and other consumer products.

The Twitter account for the U.S. military's central command operations appears to have been hacked. A warning for American soldiers to watch their backs and other messages showed up on the feed Monday and the account was suspended shortly afterwards.

Supporter of decree against snowmen: "It is imitating the infidels, it promotes lustiness and eroticism."

Since McDonald's inaugural golden arches were erected in Tokyo more than 40 years ago, fast food franchises have flourished, but Japanese waistlines haven't. It's a trend government planners say is thanks to mandatory home economics classes.

Canada is trying to stop NAFTA's environmental watchdog from taking a closer look at the environmental effects of oilsands tailings ponds in Alberta, and it appears Mexico and the U.S. will go along with efforts to stop a formal investigation.

The RCMP and many other police forces are refusing to pay new fees imposed by Rogers Communications for helping track suspects through their mobile phones.

A police dashcam video obtained exclusively by CBC News shows the arrest of a Camrose dentist accused of assaulting a police officer and resisting arrest during a traffic stop.

Authorities are reporting that a large aggressive camel trampled to death two people at a farm in Texas.

A team of Indonesian navy divers has retrieved the flight data recorder from an AirAsia airliner that crashed two weeks ago, killing all 162 people on board, a government official said Monday.

Two suspected child suicide bombers blew themselves up in a market on Sunday, the second apparent attack in two days using young girls strapped with explosives.

Newborn female orca calf J50 was captured on video Saturday swimming with her JPod family in Puget Sound, Washington.

Investigators are probing the background of a suspect in a shooting spree in Moscow, Idaho, that left three people dead and another critically wounded.

Scientists who have reported that the Great Lakes are awash in tiny bits of plastic are raising new alarms about a little-noticed form of the debris turning up in sampling nets: synthetic fibers from garments, cleaning cloths and other consumer products.

Anita Ekberg, the Swedish-born actress and sex-symbol of the 1950s and '60s who was immortalized bathing in the Trevi fountain in La Dolce Vita, has died. She was 83.

China's bold plan to land an unmanned spaceship on the moon before returning to Earth has moved another step forward with a test craft shifting into lunar orbit to conduct further tests, state media reported Sunday.

Eight men were picked up 55 kilometres south of the Nunavut community after spending two days drifting, they used GPS devices to alert officials to their exact location.

It's been a big week for the right to toboggan in Canada. So we sent our Saint John videojournalist Matthew Bingley to see what people in the Maritimes think about a world without toboggans.

Thousands of people marched silently through the streets of Montreal and Quebec City on Sunday to honour the 17 victims of three days of bloodshed in Paris.

A man has been arrested after a bizarre series of events Saturday morning that included the attempted abduction of a baby in its stroller and threats against another infant.