NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 10-2015

A baby Orca seen Saturday alongside a 38-year-old whale is believed to be the sixth offspring born within the endangered Southern Resident pod, bringing smiles to scientists.

Lewis Hamilton seized on a late mistake by Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg to win the United States Grand Prix on Sunday and secure his third Formula One season championship.

Remarkably little damage was reported in the wake of Hurricane Patricia, which hit Mexico after peaking Friday as the strongest hurricane on record in the Western Hemisphere.

Scientists will scan four of Egypt's ancient pyramids starting next month using waves, particles and thermal imaging in order to see what lies beneath their surface.

Montreal Canadiens goaltender Carey Price knows it's a tough road from the youth hockey leagues of interior British Columbia to the NHL, so he's trying to make it a little easier for players who are trying to follow in his footsteps.

Central Health disagrees with accusations made by the nurses' union that workers in rural sites are overworked and understaffed. "In many of our rural sites, there will be times when the nurse only has a year's experience."

After a few high-profile cases where citizens have been charged after defending themselves, CBC looks at what's acceptable while defending yourself

The mother of a seven-year-old boy with terminal cancer says her son hasn't stopped smiling since his town banded together to celebrate Christmas in October with him.

Further signs of Russian strikes on Syrian rebels backfiring as regime advance on second city falters

A pony on a Nanaimo, B.C., farm is expected to survive after an arrow punctured its chest, leaving a deep wound.

A Colorado official has some sobering words of advice for Justin Trudeau if he fulfills his promise to legalize pot in Canada.

Dramatic helmet-cam footage purports to show the rescue of 69 Islamic State hostage in a raid where US commando Joshua Wheeler was killed

Experts say a cluster of some 20 great white sharks was recently spotted by the U.S. Coast Guard off Northern California's coast. The San Francisco Chronicle reports Saturday that the sharks were seen swimming together last week about 100 yards (90 metres

Famed singer and civil rights activist Leon Bibb has died in his adopted city of Vancouver. Bibb grew up in Louisville, Kentucky, when racial segregation meant he had to use a separate restroom and water fountain when he was outside of the black community

Maureen O'Hara, the flame-haired Irish movie star who appeared in classics ranging from the grim How Green Was My Valley to the holiday classic Miracle on 34th Street, has died at age 95. O'Hara died in her sleep at her home in Boise, Idaho, said Johnny N

P.K. Subban and Max Pacioretty each had a goal and an assist as the Montreal Canadiens extended their winning streak from the start of the season to nine games with a 5-3 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night.

Gustav Nyquist scored the decisive goal at 3:50 of 3-on-3 in overtime to lead Detroit to a 3-2 victory over the hometown Vancouver Canucks on Saturday night.

A man in his 80s who fell into the Ottawa River while feeding birds Saturday morning was rescued by a pair of quick-thinking cyclists.

An inmate assaulted Colorado theater shooter James Holmes and a security officer at the state penitentiary, officials said Friday.

Three people were killed and more injured after a car plowed into the crowd watching the Oklahoma State University homecoming parade on Saturday.

Prime minister designate Justin Trudeau has already invited Green Leader Elizabeth May to be part of the Canadian delegation to the United Nations summit on climate change in Paris at the end of next month, and he intends to invite NDP Leader Tom Mulcair

Dark Justice, while posing as 11-year-old 'Amanda', arranged to meet Hazaa Said (pictured), from Oman in the Gulf who had been married for just a matter of months, in Newcastle.

In Germany, frustration is mounting on both sides as the growing number of asylum seekers, many from Syria, appear to be overwhelming the country's ability to welcome and integrate, Nahlah Ayed reports.

The story begins with an attractive 27-year-old woman, a hard-working single mom with a big heart and a young son who is paying the bills by slinging beers for a living at a campus pub in Ottawa.

Dark Justice, while posing as 11-year-old 'Amanda', arranged to meet Hazaa Said, from Oman in the Gulf who had been married for just a matter of months, in Newcastle.

At 14 years old, one woman tells authorities she has a son. Others, pregnant, have gone missing from refugee centers.

President Obama praised it as a shining example of America's clean energy future.

Antarctic sea ice has grown to a record large extent for a second straight year, baffling scientists seeking to understand why this ice is expanding rather than shrinking in a warming world.

Conspiracy theorists claim Planet X, also known as Nibiru, orbits at the edge of our solar system. They believe its gravitational pull could spell the end for humanity by disrupting the flow of energy on Earth.

Former student is fined and put on sex offender register

Exclusive music news, big interviews, entertainment, social media trends and video from the news people at BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra.

The footage was reportedly taken in a village in Papua New Guinea, a country where violence and murders linked to sorcery are rife.

The Kansas City Royals beat the Toronto Blue Jays 4-3 on Friday night in Game 6 of the AL Championship Series, sending the Royals to the World Series and eliminating the Blue Jays.

Pope Francis canonized the Catholic Church's first married couple in modern times on Sunday, declaring the parents of the beloved St. Therese of Lisieux saints in their own right.

A police officer chasing a bike thief was fatally shot in the head during a gunfight on a pedestrian bridge, and a suspect in his slaying was in custody, authorities said Wednesday.

Hurricane Patricia struck Mexico's Pacific coast as a potentially catastrophic Category 5 storm on Friday, as one of the most powerful hurricanes in history threatened to wreak widespread damage and prompted mass evacuations.

Steve Carvelli was stunned to discover workers digging a big hole in his yard. "I asked them to stop and they said, nope, they had a work order and continued on."

A U.S. citizen has argued to Canada's Immigration Refugee Board in Vancouver that he should be granted refugee status over fears that he will be killed in his home-country by police because he is black.

In this video posted by the Assiniboine Park Zoo, Emil the harbour seal and a young girl playfully interact on opposite sides of a glass wall.

A suspect has been arrested and charged in a violent home invasion in Vancouver this past summer involving a seven-year-old girl and her grandfather.

Justin Trudeau won't immediately be moving his family into 24 Sussex Drive because the official prime minister's residence requires major repairs to its infrastructure, his mother, Margaret Trudeau, says.

The Toronto Blue Jays return to Kansas City to try to push their comeback to a deciding American League Championship Series Game 7, with pitcher David Price looking for post-season redemption in Friday's Game 6 (8:07 p.m. ET).

More than half a century after a group of beavers parachuted into the Idaho backcountry, officials have uncovered video of the quirky wildlife management moment.

Quebec's public security minister says eight provincial police officers who allegedly sexually assaulted native women have been put on administrative leave.

A Nova Scotia man is being credited with saving his family's dog after she electrocuted herself while gnawing on an extension cord.

Conservation officers are sounding a word of caution about the actions of a B.C. man who used a dog leash to capture a blind and deaf bear on his property.

A little girl from London, Ont., who police allege was stabbed by her mother, is expected to recover from her injuries.

It may sound like an old time crime, but cattle rustling has become a modern concern in the North Okanagan region of B.C. Police say culprits are shooting cattle on range land, then butchering them on the spot to steal prime cuts of meat.

Internal documents show the RCMP alerted Canada's public safety minister to test results that show semi-automatic rifles can be temporarily made automatic through relatively simple improvisations described on the Internet. The tests were prompted by last

During my four years in Afghanistan I saw IEDs evolve: first came remote triggers, then pressure plates and then low-metal-content devices. Curiously, IEDs evolved in a similar way in Iraq. This should be no surprise, since the groups trying to kill Briti

Arizona tried to illegally import a lethal injection drug that's not approved in the U.S. but never obtained it after federal agents stopped the shipment at the Phoenix airport, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press.

A 21-year-old masked man, who has not been identified by police, entered the school in southern Sweden Thursday and stabbed four people, two of which died, before he was shot by police. He later died of his wounds.

A maker of compounded drugs will begin selling $1 US doses of Daraprim, whose price recently was jacked up to $750 US per pill by Martin Shkreli and Turing Pharmaceuticals.

With dairy imports from the U.S. set to increase under the terms of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, Canadian consumers concerned about drinking milk from cows receiving hormones will need to read food labels more carefully.

The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Category 5 Hurricane Patricia is the strongest storm ever recorded in the Western hemisphere as it lumbers toward Mexico's Pacific coast.

Combustible head coach John Tortorella has been hired to replace Todd Richards, who was fired Wednesday by the Columbus Blue Jackets. Columbus has started 0-7-0. The Blue Jackets have scored only 13 goals while allowing a whopping 34.

Outgoing Prime Minister Stephen Harper met with prime minister-designate Justin Trudeau on Wednesday afternoon, marking a beginning in the official transition between the two leaders.

Longtime MP and former cabinet minister Diane Finley says she intends to run for the interim leadership of the Conservative Party of Canada.

The provincial government says falling pieces of debris from some wind turbines do not pose an injury risk and the company responsible for the equipment is taking the appropriate steps to ensure no one is hurt.

One of Nova Scotia's best-known landmarks is gone but a local museum wants the public to share their memories and photographs of the Long Island arch.

A stolen totem pole that went from the garden decor of two golden age Hollywood actors to the basement of a Hawaii museum was returned Thursday to Alaska tribal members.

The family of a boy and grandfather killed on a farm in Saskatchewan in August want to raise awareness to the risks of handling grain on a farm.

The Toronto Blue Jays are tasked with trying for their first post-season victory in Kansas City as David Price makes his second start in another elimination game.

​Daniel Murphy homered in his record sixth straight post-season game and the New York Mets reached the World Series for the first time in 15 years, beating the hometown Chicago Cubs 8-3 Wednesday night for a playoff sweep.

One year ago today, Cpl. Nathan Cirillo was surrounded by six strangers who tried to help him after he was shot on the steps of the National War Memorial.

Believing that ISIS captives held on a compound in northern Iraq faced "imminent mass execution," dozens of U.S. special operations troops and Iraqi forces raided the site Thursday, freeing approximately 70 Iraqi prisoners in an operation that saw the fir

For the first time, scientists have witnessed the dying moments of a solar system that may once have been similar to our own. Researchers have spotted pieces of an asteroid or rocky planet, similar to those in our own solar system, circling a white dwarf

Scientists have identified a new species of giant tortoise on the Galapagos Islands, using genetic data to determine that a group of 250 of the slow-moving grazing reptiles was distinct from other tortoise species residing in the Pacific archipelago.

The hooded warbler, which hails form the east coast and usually migrates to Mexico this time of year, has been spotted in Fish Creek Park.

The Vancouver Aquarium is using a drone to take pictures of killer whales off the coast of B.C., to learn whether a highly endangered whale population is healthy and the young calves are growing properly.

A Frenchman with his cat tucked inside his clothing made a daring leap of faith when he jumped to a waiting rescue ship from his sailboat, which was being battered by high seas south of Alaska. The US Coast Guard captured dramatic video of the escape.

There will be so many new faces on Parliament Hill when the House returns. The Liberal Party alone elected nearly 136 first-time MPs on Oct. 19. Here's a look at some notable new additions.

The Mi'kmaq successfully defended their land against settlers under Halifax founder Edward Cornwallis, researcher Tod Scott has found.

The Tlicho Government has told the N.W.T. government it will not harvest from the Bathurst caribou herd during the 2015-16 hunting season.

A jury convicted Christian Iyamuremye, 25, of second-degree murder in May for the fatal shooting of Dale Maloney, 33, who was originally from Newfoundland.

A 17-year-old has been charged with second-degree murder in connection with the stabbing death of a 16-year-old in a gas-station parking lot on Oct. 15.

A four-year-old girl died of her injuries in hospital after being struck by a vehicle in Markham Thursday afternoon, York police say.

A mysterious and unexpected fireworks display erupted over the Detroit River on Wednesday night and left people on social media wondering why.

A six-year-old girl was stabbed in a London, Ont., highrise apartment building on Thursday, marking at least the second time this year that local police have investigated a stabbing in the city involving a child victim.

To buy, or not to buy a ski pass on the South Coast this winter? That's the big question that cannot be answered with certainty ... yet.

Three Calgary nursing home workers who slapped and tied down a elderly resident while threatening to dump urine on him have been sentenced to time in jail.

Nearly 200 people have been charged and 169 people have been rescued as a result of a cross-border investigation into a human trafficking ring.

Toronto businessman Mark Mulroney says he won't run for the Conservative leadership -- at least not for now. Calgary MP Michelle Rempel, on the other hand, is openly musing about a bid.

All eight Arctic nations -- including Canada and Russia -- are to sign a historic deal next week for their coast guards to work together in the treacherous and increasingly accessible waters of the North.

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - A poker player is going to prison for bringing millions of dollars in counterfeit chips to a tournament and then breaking the plumbing when he flushed them down a toilet to hide the evidence.

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will tell U.S. President Barack Obama this week that Islamabad will not accept limits on its use of small tactical nuclear weapons, Pakistani

TV show The Doctors reports that the 65-year-old has been named as Glamour's 2015 Woman of the Year. The magazine has yet to confirm or deny the report.

Scathing report B.C. Privacy Commissioner also reveals premier's office routinely skirted Freedom of Information requirements by deliberately deleting records.

A 67-year-old Toronto man is under arrest after a nine-year-old boy was allegedly sexually assaulted during a tutoring session inside a Thorncliffe Park home earlier this month.

Experts from Tel Aviv University say that that the chemical poses an existential threat - even in miniscule concentrations - to the planet's corals and coral reefs.

Just six months after forming Alberta's NDP government, Premier Rachel Notley announces changes to her cabinet Thursday morning at Government House.

Canada's new leader-in-waiting says he intends to follow through his campaign promise to pull the country out of the U.S.-led bombing campaign against ISIS.

Member of U.S. special operations team killed in operation to rescue hostages held by Islamic State in Iraq

IN THE 1930s Albert Einstein was greatly troubled by a phenomenon that came from quantum theory. Entanglement, as it is called, forever intertwines the fates of objects such as subatomic particles, regardless of their separation.

With each upward degree, global warming will singe the economies of three-quarters of the world's nations and widen the north-south gap between rich and poor countries, according to a new economic and science study.

Is Gerry Butts a political puppet-master pulling the strings of Liberal leader Justin Trudeau?

Police are asking for the public's help as authorities try to identify and find an assailant who shot and killed a 4-year-old girl on an Albuquerque, N.M., freeway.

Internal documents obtained by CBC News show the Mounties received at least three warnings about terror-linked attacks before a gunman shot a soldier on guard at the National War Memorial and stormed Parliament Hill on Oct. 22, 2014. But the understaffed

The South Pacific nation of Vanuatu was shaken Wednesday by a magnitude-7.3 earthquake, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.

Waterloo Regional Police have charged a man in connection to the death of a 60-year-old man who was found with an arrow in his chest in Kitchener, Ont., earlier this month.

Moscow builds permanent structure on the 80th parallel in the far north Arctic where 150 soldiers can live autonomously for up to 18 months

Despite previously expressing interest in going to MIT, Ahmed Mohamed, 14, will take up an offer from a foundation in Qatar to live and study in the controversial country.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is investigating reports that a worker used government time to recruit co-workers for sex swinger parties.

A man has barricaded himself in a house on Indianapolis' northeast side.

A total of seven men have been charged following an investigation into child sexual offences in Bristol

A Cambridge, Ont., man who took home Jose Bautista's memorable home run ball wants to give it back to the bat-flipping Toronto Blue Jays slugger.

Royals pitcher Edinson Volquez said before Tuesday's Game 4 of the American League Championship Series that teammate Johnny Cueto believes the Blue Jays are using a plant in the centre-field stands of Rogers Centre to steal signs.

A ceremonial service to commemorate the Parliament Hill shooting and the lives of two soldiers killed on their home soil last October is set to take place at the National War Memorial on Thursday morning.

A one-year-old girl is alive today thanks to a determined police officer in Lacombe, Alta., says the Lacombe chief of police.