NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 07-2015

The exhilaration of a roller-coaster ride at the amusement park may thrill young people, but often leaves their parents on the sidelines. There's a reason for this, says Prof. Laurence Harris, who studies how our senses affect our perception.

A lawyer and notary shot at a Terrebonne, Que., law office have died, according to provincial police.

Diplomatic relations between the Canadian government and U.S. Ambassador Bruce Heyman appear to have warmed up after a reportedly frosty welcome to the capital a little over a year ago.

On Friday, the Utilities Consumer Advocate (UCA) office advised that Albertans who do not have a fixed contract and purchase electricity through the Regulated Rate Option (RRO) will see an average increase of $21 on their electricity bill this month

The Canadian Forces has pledged to complete the renovations to the house of a wounded Edmonton soldier, who was in danger of losing his home after a frustrating two-year struggle to get it outfitted for a wheelchair.

A man was killed early Friday when an alligator attacked him during a late-night swim at a Southeast Texas marina, according to police.

Soccer lovers in Surrey B.C. may be thinking twice before playing in public parks, after a family soccer game was brought to an abrupt end by police who kicked them off for not having a permit.

David Hastings is a rare American. This long-time hybrid car owner from Oregon wants to pay higher taxes for roads and bridges. The current 30 cents per gallon state gas barely affects him.

With a week to go, there are signs that these games, triple the cost of the last Pan Am Games at a price tag of $2.5 billion, will turn out to be an expensive flop

One of the places the pictograms are on display is Mount Rigi railway, at Lake Lucerne. Surrounded by the Alps, the site is popular with Asian tourists.

It was set to be this year's hottest new menu item. But Calgary Stampede organizers say there were will be no cockroach pizza on offer this year after all.

In an anonymous essay, the writer claims she is a 26 years old, seven weeks pregnant, with every intention of having an abortion. But if she receives the money in 72 hours she will keep it.

Rick Jones of Delta, Utah, said assailants carved homophobic slurs into his arms and robbed his restaurant. Officials say he's admitted faking the attacks.

They cheered when he shot pucks into empty nets during warmup, they ooohed and aaahed when he ran through basic, boring hockey drills and they lost their minds whenever he did something even slightly impressive.

A woman, who four members of Britain's Royal Navy are accused of sexually assaulting, told a police investigator she fell unconscious following a night of drinking at military barracks near Halifax and woke up to find she was being raped while photos were

Canadians are often curious about how others see them, so, for Canada Day, with the help of the International Council for Canadian Studies, CBC News reached out to the 7,000 or so academics outside Canada who teach courses about Canada. They call thems

The lawyer for the families of Bernardo's murder victims, 14-year-old Leslie Mahaffy and 15-year-old Kristen French, said Correctional Service Canada sent out a form letter to the families last week advising them of his application. Tim Danson said it

This year, bears have forced trail closures in Alberta, ripped through screen doors to steal food inside Ontario cabins, settled for eating cake out of the garbage near Ottawa, and one cub broke into a parked car in Manitoba.

A WestJet flight from Las Vegas to Victoria has landed safely in B.C. after a bomb threat.

Hiva Alizadeh is a dual citizen with Iran convicted of possessing explosives with the intent to endanger life for the benefit of a terrorist group. That makes him eligible for revocation and deportation

A 24-year-old woman from Pangnirtung, Nunavut, has been charged with assault after the Air Canada flight she was on, which was en route from Ottawa to Vancouver, was diverted to Winnipeg yesterday.

Canadian airlines are starting to feel the financial impact of a recent string of false threats, after five flights were diverted due to bomb threats in the last week.

Residents of Metro Vancouver have rejected a half-per-cent sales tax to fund $7.5 billion in transportation upgrades.

A federal judge in Utah has awarded a $134.2 million default judgment in a lawsuit filed on behalf of two American soldiers against a Canadian man who pleaded guilty to committing war crimes when he was 15.

A pair of Texas police officers that shot and killed a suspect in May have been acquitted after dramatic footage was released that shows a man pull out a gun and motion towards them.

Alaska and its neighbor to the east, Canada, have kicked off wildfire season in a major way. Blazes have raged across the northern stretches of North America, sending smoke streaming down into the Lower 48 and leaving the landscape charred.

New attack in underground vault brings to 11 the number of incidents in a year.

Dr. Arthur Porter's death in a Panama City hospital late Tuesday leaves many questions unanswered, including why the Conservative supporter and spy-review committee chairman was never brought back to Canada.

The Ontario Superior Court will hear arguments today from a coalition of groups seeking an injunction against several key elements of the Conservative government's Fair Elections Act.

A bomb threat believed to be a hoax prompted WestJet to divert a Vancouver-to-Toronto flight to Calgary

After a 10-year departure, kicker Paul McCallum is returning to the Saskatchewan Roughriders. McCallum first joined the Roughriders in 1994. At 45 years old, McCallum is the oldest active player in the CFL.

The diplomatic documents released by WikiLeaks last week have revealed that Saudi Arabia is pumping in millions of rupees into India

Two pot activists have been taken into custody after protesters confronted police at a Cannabis Day protest at the Vancouver Art Gallery on Wednesday.

A mystery woman with an Australian accent and stage-three cancer says she has no idea who she is, where she's from or how she wound up lost and penniless in California.

The U.S. military's new F-35 stealth jet was outperformed by the F-16 model in a dogfight over the Pacific Ocean, despite the fact it has already cost the military more than a trillion dollars to create.

Concerns about a possible recession are growing after Statistics Canada said Tuesday that the economy contracted in April, marking the fourth consecutive monthly decline.

The man who helped create the BlackBerry, the female CEOs of two provincial public broadcasters, a noted First Nations actor and a former Olympic medallist are among the Canadians being appointed to the Order of Canada.