NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 09-2015

The injured men spent the night with paramedics on a mountainside six hours by horseback from the nearest road.

Hydroelectric projects will put more methylmercury pollution into northern ecosystems than climate change, suggests a new Harvard University study.

Auto industries in Canada, the U.S. and Mexico want governments to fight for a domestic content rule of 50 per cent in negotiations with Japan

Toronto-based comedian Nicole Arbour released a video to Facebook and YouTube titled Dear Fat People where she states that fat people should be shamed until they lose weight.

The LHC and the Belle experiment have found particle decay patterns that violate the Standard Model of particle physics

Indians should "ditch the Hallow-en costumes," wrote Sue MacDonell.

A senior aide to New Democrat Leader Tom Mulcair apologized Tuesday after past tweets surfaced in which he took aim at the Roman Catholic church.

Cheering crowds greet the Queen on the day she becomes Britain's longest reigning monarch, as David Cameron praises her

Opposition to the province's new sex-ed curriculum left one Toronto school half empty on the first day of school.

A new report suggests 89 per cent of Canadians have signed up for loyalty programs, but few appear happy with the deals they are offered in exchange for sharing their personal information.

Turkey on Tuesday confirmed its special ground forces had crossed into northern Iraq to pursue Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants following deadly attacks while fighting between Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards and Kurdish rebels near the Turkish bo

The mother of a three-year-old boy is livid after a receptionist with no medical training at a private clinic accidentally glued her son's eye shut while trying to seal a small cut on his eyelid.

Documents scattered only metres from Serbia's border with Hungary provide evidence that many of the migrants flooding Europe to escape war or poverty are scrapping their true nationalities and likely assuming new ones, just as they enter the European Unio

A high-flying student in Egypt was shocked to discover that she had spectacularly failed all seven of her exams without even scoring a single mark.

A kayaker had the thrill of a lifetime when a pod of about 30 orcas surrounded her boat near San Juan Island, in Washington State, east of Victoria, B.C.

With a memoir due out Sept. 8, Olympian Clara Hughes granted her first interview to CBC News, telling The National's Adrienne Arsenault that she could have taken one secret to her grave.

Paul McCallum kicked three field goals and the Saskatchewan Roughriders scored 29 unanswered points to snap their nine-game losing streak with a 37-19 victory over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Sunday.

Canadian Eugenie Bouchard withdrew from the U.S. Open on Sunday with a concussion suffered on Friday night after slipping in the locker-room following a mixed doubles match with partner Nick Kyrgios.

Jose Bautista, Troy Tulowitzki and Kevin Pillar homered Sunday afternoon as the red-hot Toronto Blue Jays battered the Baltimore Orioles 10-4. MVP candidate Josh Donaldson drove in two runs with a double and sacrifice fly, upping his majors-leading RBI to

Two people are dead and another is missing after a fishing boat capsized off the West Coast of Vancouver Island, north of Tofino overnight.

A few homes were evacuated Saturday night near the Canada-U.S. border after a pipeline fire about 50 kilometres southeast of Emerson, Man., lit up the night sky.

A poisonous work environment in the year leading up to attacks in St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que., and Ottawa is revealed in 900 pages of government documents, much of it censored, obtained by La Presse under the Access to Information Act.

A Conservative Party campaign ad that asserts Justin Trudeau is "just not ready" has been running on television and the web for months now, and according to a Forum Research poll, the idea may be sticking.

New Brunswick RCMP confirm a young woman from the Moncton area is dead after being hit by a vehicle on Highway 2 after Saturday's AC/DC concert at Magnetic Hill.

Winnipeg police have arrested a suspect they say stabbed one man and injured a woman during an early morning home invasion in Charleswood.

Police have arrested a man they say posed as an officer while trying to arrest a 11-year-old girl Saturday night.

A teenager has been charged with mischief for packing a bomb-shaped alarm clock in his carry-on.

Since it looks like NDP Leader Tom Mulcair could be our next prime minister, there are some pressing concerns those of us in Ontario should have with his plans for addressing climate change.

Dozens of people from across the Maritimes are taking a step back in time this weekend as Breadalbane, P.E.I. hosted its annual medieval festival

Canada's women's 8 rowers stormed back to claim a bronze medal on the final day of the World Rowing Championships in Aiguebelette, France. They also secured a quota spot for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Peter Pitseolak High School in Cape Dorset, Nunavut, was destroyed by fire this morning. 'I can still see that dark smoke coming out of that ground from my window,' said Annie Manning, a former teacher in the community of about 1,400, around noon on Sunda

The legal system of Saudi Arabia is based on Sharia, Islamic law derived from the Quran, and thus discrimination against women here still continues.

A New York City millionaire who died in June has bequeathed a $100,000 trust fund to care for her 32 pet cockatiels.

Police say two people are in serious condition in the hospital and 11 others are receiving treatment after a race car lost control during a rally in northwestern Spain and crashed into onlookers.

Boats, airplanes and helicopters searched up and down the Southern California coast Saturday for a blue whale that got tangled up in hundreds of feet of line, and rescuers said unless they free it, the massive mammal could eventually die.

Since 1890, a lighthouse has watched over Gabarus Bay in Nova Scotia, guiding ships and luring sightseers from its perch on a grassy cliff. But after 125 years of Atlantic weather buffeting its base, the lighthouse is threatening to tumble into the water.

Crews in North Vancouver, B.C., were able to rescue a German tourist on Grouse Mountain early Sunday, after the 68-year-old used a flashlight to attract a passing helicopter's attention.

"I know that Canadian people love their troops, I know that we love our veterans. It's just that sometimes we forget who they are," says Paul Nichols, who is riding across Canada on horseback to raise awareness around the issues that veterans face when re

A clearly fuming Hillary Clinton on Friday punched back at Republican billionaire Donald Trump over his recent attacks on Clinton's closest aide, Huma Abedin. Trump has attacked Abedin for weeks.

Brazilian-born Jose Neto has decided to start a family in Calgary due to the outpouring of support he received after a stray bullet blinded him seven years ago.

Canadians who worry about the look of their chin will soon have a new beauty treatment available.

A majority of British people would vote to leave the European Union in the wake of the migrant crisis engulfing the continent, a shock new Mail on Sunday poll has found.

Chemical engineer and MIT grad Dave Whitlock has not showered in a dozen years because he wants to preserve bacteria on his skin. He helped found a company that sells a spray that contains live bacteria.

Canadians still haunted by the heavy snow and biting cold of last winter can rest easy, as a 'super El Nino' is expected to usher in warmer-than-normal temperatures for the fall and winter ahead.

In memory of an optimistic flight attendant who loved to wear red lipstick, WestJet says it is revisiting its dress-code policy, and planning to loosen the rules so that other flight attendants can express themselves more.

It's certainly not their typical home, but for the second time in less than a month an exotic ball python has been found slithering around trails on Burnaby Mountain.

UBC's Thunderbird men's football team got a work-out today helping thousands of students move into residence. About 6,000 students will be moving into residences in the coming days.

Officials with Vancouver's Pacific National Exhibition are once again offering free admission to try and salvage the 105 edition of the fair.

NEW YORK -- Asdrubal Cabrera drove in a pair of runs, Kevin Kiermaier connected for a run-scoring single and the Rays leaned on strong work from their bullpen to snap Nathan Eovaldi's career-best unbeaten streak with a 3-2 victory over the Yankees on Satu

David Price earned his 100th career victory, Jose Bautista hit his 32nd home run of the season and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Baltimore Orioles 5-1 on Saturday.

A large fire broke out at Iqaluit's new airport terminal building Saturday night. Multiple photos from the scene posted to social media show flames and black smoke coming from the roof of the building, which is still under construction.

An annual pillow fight by freshmen cadets at the U.S. Military Academy turned bloody this year when cadets swung pillowcases packed with hard objects, injuring 30 cadets.

David Price earned his 100th career victory, Jose Bautista hit his 32nd home run of the season and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Baltimore Orioles 5-1 on Saturday.

Efforts are due to resume off the Southern California coast this morning to free a blue whale that's tangled in a fishing line.

Maury County parents are expressing concern after their children came home with world history schoolwork containing references to Islam and its teachings.

Russian president talks of desire for "international coalition" to fight terrorism and extremism and does not rule out possibility of direct military intervention in Syria

Girls in hospital after attacks by suspected Islamists for attending school.

Rudyard Kipling was right. Cats really do walk by themselves, and do not need their owners to feel secure and safe, a study has shown. Although absent owners might worry that their pet is pining, in fact, cats show no sign of separation anxiety.

Surrey Mounties have arrested a 42-year-old Langley man accused of breaking into a South Surrey home and sexually assaulting a 70-year-old woman.

Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper and NDP Leader Tom Mulcair are setting up sharply contrasting visions of the role Canada's military can play in relieving an unfolding international humanitarian crisis that has consumed the federal election camp

Public Health officials say three cases of legionnaires' disease have been confirmed at an apartment building in the Halifax area where four possible cases were suspected.

A drone flying above a wildfire near Oliver last month grounded eight helicopters and five fixed-wing aircraft for more than four hours while the fire spread

Justin Trudeau went to Friday's Blue Jays game, drawing the ire of some fans who believe visits from federal leaders are bad luck.

Nobody's quite sure why a black bear spotted in Mission, B.C. sports a blue head.

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT The vast majority of more than four million Syrians who fled their war-torn home are housed in refugee camps in countries still at threat from terror groups.

Exclusive: Jihadists hoping to use Libya as a "gateway" to wage war across the whole of southern Europe, plans by Isil supporters reveal

Justin Trudeau wants Canada to immediately accept 25,000 Syrian refugees.

Adults who lack basic science and maths skills risk being "bamboozled" and making bad decisions, according to a leading scientist. Teaching maths and science to all up to 18 would "produce a wiser population", says new British Science Association presiden

Faced with a surge in migration from the Middle East and North Africa, two European countries are exploring the possibility of erecting towering steel security fences along parts of their borders,

A very sneaky driver is facing charges and has had his car seized after police discovered his license plate had been rigged to avoid paying bridge tolls.

Rodolfo Lopes has been fined $1 by a B.C. court and ordered to donate $5,000 to a wildlife trust.

There's Tom Cruise, Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger and now there's... Ladislav Cumpelik?

Former Guantanamo Bay prisoner Omar Khadr is asking a Canadian court to ease his bail conditions, to allow him to fly to Toronto to visit his family, The Canadian Press has learned.

A front-runner to be the American League's Most Valuable Player as he leads the Toronto Blue Jays on a furious late-season run, Josh Donaldson leads the league with a .589 slugging percentage, 111 runs batted in, 304 total bases and 104 runs scored.

Russian President Vladimir Putin may be nearing his 63rd birthday, but he can still beat a team of kids in hockey.

A 74-year-old man has been killed in what police in Abbotsford, B.C., are calling a targeted shooting intended for the victim's next-door neighbour.

A new report by the provincial government projects the outcome of massive earthquakes in Vancouver and Victoria, and lays out the emergency response plan

Scientists say previous estimates of how many trees there are on Earth were way off. That's the good news. But there's bad news too.

Now even French investigators are convinced: The airplane debris found on Reunion Island in July belonged to vanished Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, a top French prosecutor said Thursday.

Little Aylan Kurdi, photographed washed up on the Turkish shore, is suddenly refocusing the Syrian tragedy in a single image that has broken millions of hearts. He might have become a Canadian, Nahlah Ayed writes.

A lost, overgrown sheep found in Australian scrubland was shorn for perhaps the first time on Thursday, yielding 40 kilograms of wool - the equivalent of 30 sweaters - and shedding almost half his body weight.

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A woman was left "shocked" after being transported across a festival site while using a portable toilet. The woman, who has not been identified, was using the toilet before the opening of Newlyn Fish Festival in Cornwall, but it was picked up by a forklif

Ruth Newman, thought to be one of two remaining survivors of the Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 that shattered the city, has died. She was 113.

A Calgary woman says police returned her stolen car to her without first removing the drugs and weapons the thieves had left behind.

Dean Jones, whose boyish good looks and all-American manner made him Disney's favourite young actor for such lighthearted films as That Darn Cat! and The Love Bug, died of Parkinson's disease in Los Angeles on Sept. 1. He was 84.

The current El Nino weather phenomenon is expected to peak between October and January and could turn into one of the strongest on record, experts from the World Meteorological Organization say.

North America's tallest mountain doesn't just have a new name. It also has a new elevation.

A female grizzly bear that charged and attacked a hunter near Cranbrook B.C. was protecting its two cubs, says the conservation officer who investigated the attack.

It's still summer, but the latest storm has brought wet flurries to the peak of B.C.'s Whistler Mountain.

Josh Donaldson drove in three runs to add to his MLB-leading RBI total and R.A. Dickey pitched a complete game four-hitter as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Cleveland Indians 5-1 on Wednesday night.

With Canadian lobster sales in China at record levels, a major Nova Scotia exporter is trying rebrand the tasty crustacean to overcome its generic name in China: "Boston lobster."

A recent survey by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) found that although employers love their current staff, they're struggling to find quality candidates that have the same work ethic.

Video showing a man who had his hands up moments before he was fatally shot by Texas police on Friday is igniting a debate about what actually happened in the footage and if it should have been shown at all.

"Try the bag or hanging," Michelle Carter counseled her boyfriend Conrad Roy III in a text message, shortly before his suicide.

Everybody knows the importance of drinking enough water. Aside from its benefits to your skin, muscles, organs, and digestion, it detoxifies... the benefits are endless. So, ere's one more: it helps you lose weight, according to a new study.

The Met Office admitted that long term forecasts are 'still in their infancy' after it emerged parts of the UK had faced the wettest summer ever despite predictions for a dry, hot season

There are now 22 empty seats in the 105-seat chamber and Harper has signaled he has no intention of filling them.

Katherine Reiffenstein says she had some surprise house guests practically knock on her door last Friday.

Hundreds of Albertans crammed into a hotel conference room on Tuesday night to share their thoughts on how the province should shape its climate change policy. Duelling T-shirts and lots of post-it notes were two themes of the evening.

The company estimates that 8,938 kilograms of natural gas was released before it was shut off 12 minutes after the initial alarm

A statistical analysis of the Conservative government's changes to environmental laws and procedures suggests Ottawa has "all but abandoned" attempts to protect Canada's lakes and rivers.

Hungary has complained that it is being made the 'scapegoat' in Europe's migrant crisis, after violent protests broke out on Tuesday when a Budapest train station was closed to migrants.

At least four London-bound passenger trains were delayed for several hours as police attempted to remove migrant trespassers from the roof of Eurostar carriages in Calais.