NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 10-2015

Justin Trudeau will be Canada's next prime minister after leading the Liberal Party to a stunning majority government win, dashing the hopes of Stephen Harper, who had been seeking his fourth consecutive mandate, CBC News has projected.

Stephen Harper will step down as Conservative leader following Monday's federal election defeat, according to The Canadian Press.

Authorities near Chilliwack, B.C., are running out of ideas about how to get a black bear to leave the fruit tree it's been living in for weeks.

The U.S. expects Iran will take months to live up to its end of a seven-nation nuclear pact that could eventually provide the country relief from international sanctions. The deal formally took effect Sunday.

A new count by The Associated Press shows the crush and stampede that struck the hajj last month in Saudi Arabia killed at least 2,121 pilgrims.

Any further discussion about veggies versus meat at city hall appears to be off the menu.

The anti-immigration Swiss People's Party (SVP) wins a parliamentary election, confirming it as Switzerland's dominant political force.

Vladimir Putin is falling back on Soviet-era self-reliance as oil wealth evaporates and sanctions cut off vitally-needed technology

Palestinian residents of Hebron said that Israeli settlers living in the divided city have become confident of killing Palestinians without consequence

The sea ice cover of the Southern Ocean reached its yearly maximum extent on Oct. 6. This year's maximum falls roughly in the middle of the record compiled during 37 years of satellite measurements.

Federal agencies are investigating what appears to be arson attacks against black churches in North St. Louis.

The 53-minute 7th inning of Game 5 of the Blue Jays vs. Rangers ALDS was one for the history books. A rollercoaster that had fans throwing beer cans at first, and then their hands in the air as Joey Bats hit a three-run homer. Then he threw his bat, and t

Lauri Korpikoski scored on a breakaway at 1:46 of overtime as the Edmonton Oilers defeated the Vancouver Canucks 2-1 on Sunday.

The head of an international medical charity whose hospital in northern Afghanistan was destroyed in a U.S. airstrike says the 'extensive, quite precise destruction' of the bombing raid casts doubt on American military assertions that it was a mistake.

MUSLIM officials have banned Justin Bieber's new album because it shows the pop star topless with a Christian tattoo, according to reports.

The Canadian Press has rounded up five business stories to watch this week, from corporate Canada closely watching the election, Canadian companies reporting third-quarter earnings, and Stats Can releasing wholesale trade, retail, and consumer price index

Superior snow-sports helmets are certified by an international standards organization, but in Canada there's no law on safety regulations for ski or snowboard headgear.

What one man said about his wife's stretch marks, wrinkles and cellulite is bringing many women to tears.

Mohammed El Shaer was no longer laughing as he appeared in a Windsor courtroom by video link, charged with six documents fraud and parole violation offences

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT. In these distressing images, a bloodied Israeli soldier lies wounded beside a knife-wielding Palestinian, shot dead after disguising himself as a member of the Press.

Slovenia says it will allow only 2,500 migrants to cross its borders each day - half the number requested by neighbouring Croatia.

Sean Whyte nailed a 30-yard field goal as the Edmonton Eskimos extended their winning streak to six games with a 26-23 overtime victory over the visiting B.C. Lions on Saturday.

The Toronto Blue Jays lost a three-run lead, falling 6-3 in Kansas City to slip behind two games to none in the American League Championship Series.

A leading candidate in Cologne's mayoral race is stabbed in the neck by a man claiming to be angry over the country's refugee policies.

ONE of the hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamic terrorists Boko Haram has described how her fellow Christians were beheaded or forced into marriage and Islam.

Two men accused of planning a Lee Rigby-style terrorist attack on Remembrance Day with another friend, made a video of themselves stamping on a poppy in the street just days before their arrest. In another video, a third man demonstrated a new 12-inch kit

The grand prize in the Lotto 6/49 draw will be an estimated $64 million, and Canadians across the country have been lining up for their tickets.

'I went there to stab Jews,' Ahmed Mansara, 13, reportedly tells police from his Israeli hospital bed, a day after Abbas charged Israel killed him in cold blood

In what may be the last big battle of his career, the former wildcatter and corporate raider is accusing Ontario's government of unfair treatment in its multi-billion-dollar wind power auctions

A 22-year-old man from northern London, U.K., has been arrested in connection with an online threat that triggered a six-hour lockdown at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ont., on Friday.

Forecasters are predicting there will be fewer of those bone-chilling, cheek-numbing days this winter thanks to a monster-sized El Nino.

A Stony Plain, Alta., home is a popular destination around Halloween. The front yard of Cindy Ducharme's home is transformed into a scene from the popular television series "The Walking Dead," featuring dozens of zombies, a chain-link fence and, new to th

As Lotto 6/49 promises a record draw on Saturday, one Calgary man is following through on his commitment to donate the entire $40 million jackpot he won in 2013.

A man and woman have been arrested after officials say they prolonged a standoff with police in order to have sex.

The lockdown at Wilfrid Laurier University's campus in Waterloo, Ont., has ended, according to the university's president, Max Blouw. The campus had been locked down Friday due to a threat against the school's science building, according to police.

Rabbis have declared the killing of Palestinian resistance fighters a religious duty, Israeli media reported.

Blue Jays fans danced around the intersection of Yonge Street and Dundas Street in Toronto right up until the light turned green. Then they calmly walked aside to let the cars through the intersection.

Patrice Vincent, a Canadian Forces soldier struck and killed by a jihadist sympathizer in a terror attack, will be honoured on the first anniversary of his death.

Jose Bautista and the Toronto Blue Jays were on top of the world Wednesday night, and so was their ComeTogether hashtag.

Toronto police, Major League Baseball and the Rogers Centre are conducting a security review for upcoming playoff games after raucous fan behaviour saw a man charged and dozens ejected from the Blue Jays game on Wednesday night.

Starting Thursday, Alaska residents can harvest musk oxen that wander onto Bering Sea ice and become stranded when floes break and drift off. Musk oxen stranded on ice are doomed to drown or starve.

British Columbia and the Northwest Territories have reached an agreement to co-operatively manage the water that flows across their shared boundaries into the massive Mackenzie River Basin.

Former Canadian ambassador to Iran Ken Taylor has died.

Koko, whose greatest wish is to be a mother, was introduced to a litter of kittens at The Gorilla Foundation's base in Woodside, California, in celebration of her 44th birthday.

The president said last year that he wanted to leaved only about 1,000 troops to provide security for the U.S. Embassy in Kabul.

Philippe Verdier, weather chief at France Televisions, the country's state broadcaster, reportedly sent on "forced holiday" for releasing book accusing top climatologists of "taking the world hostage"

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau said Thursday that his former campaign co-chair Dan Gagnier's letter to a number of people pushing for the Energy East pipeline to be built was "inappropriate," and that Gagnier has decided to step down from Trudeau's team fo

Volkswagen says it will recall 8.5 million cars in Europe, while Italian police raid VW offices in Verona and Bologna.

An Experimental Lakes Area researcher is taking issue with comments by Gordon Giesbrecht, the Conservative candidate in Winnipeg South, who denied that federal scientists have been muzzled by the government.

As government agencies and tech companies develop more and more intrusive means of watching and influencing people, how can we live free lives?

The TOS-1A - a multiple barrel rocket launcher mounted on a tank - features thermobaric weapons which can destroy several city blocks in one strike, causing indiscriminate damage.

An Alabama Walmart customer, who was apparently shopping for some lubricant for his weapon, made a hilarious find at the gun counter.

Two teenage brothers were brutally beaten in church - one fatally - in an effort by their parents, sister and other members to get them to confess their sins, police said Wednesday.

US Navy recruits to learn how to navigate using the stars as America grows increasingly worried about possible hacking of computer navigation systems

Jason Kenney is getting the message out as part of the ongoing Conservative effort to capture and retain the so-called ethnic vote

Hiva Alizadeh is among nine convicted terrorists notified by Citizenship and Immigration Canada that their citizenship may be revoked under a law that came into force in May

The richest one per cent now own half of all the wealth in the world, a new report from Credit Suisse says.

A trove of 47 fossil human teeth from a cave in southern China is rewriting the history of the early migration of our species out of Africa, indicating Homo sapiens trekked into Asia far earlier than previously known and much earlier than into Europe.

The Toronto Blue Jays are off to the American League Championship Series after a wild win over the Texas Rangers.

The nine men who survived a sinking off Nunavut are trying to put the harrowing ordeal behind them, with the skipper speaking out about search rescue.

The tests, planned for early next year, will monitor the performance of a weapon known as the XM25 Counter Defilade Engagement System.

Two women seeking more money in their divorce settlements are backed by a Supreme Court ruling that could

'Sending more troops from Hezbollah, and Iran only increases the shelf life of the Syrian regime,' said the leader of a CIA-back Syrian rebel group that seeks to end Bashar al-Assad's reign

Scottish nurse Pauline Cafferkey, who is being treated for complications from Ebola, is now

The richest one per cent now own half of all the wealth in the world, a new report from Credit Suisse says.

TORONTO -- The Toronto Blue Jays and Texas Rangers have reminded us of something we probably already knew: There is no momentum in baseball. At least, there doesn't appear to be momentum during the postseason. That's especially true during a best-of-five

Reporters wearing hidden cameras approached doctors in cities across Sweden and asked them whether they would be willing to carry out examinations.

Health Canada refuses to allow a doctor to talk about what he learned after reading unpublished clinical trial data for a popular morning sickness drug. Health Canada has also threatened legal action if the doctor reveals "confidential business informatio

A win keeps their World Series dream alive. A loss and the season is over. Today, the Toronto Blue Jays play the biggest game of the season at the Rogers Centre: Game 5 of the American League Division Series against the Texas Rangers.

Archaeologists involved in the project, led by Steven Collins from Trinity Southwestern University in Albuquerque, New Mexico, have found thick walls and ramparts connected by roads.

Though anecdotes celebrate improvements in Toronto commutes, data suggest there is little evidence showing dramatic change

Two children are dead and one has been taken to hospital after an incident at a family-owned farm in central Alberta Tuesday night.

Dutch safety board says Malaysia Airlines plane was hit over eastern Ukraine by missile from Buk system as reconstruction of front section is unveiled

A week after hatching his plan, the teenager brought a knife and airsoft gun and grenade to class at the Oehmichen Technical School in the city of Chalons-en-Champagne, France.

BEIRUT (AP) -- Amid the ornate walls of Damascus' famed Omayyad Mosque, preacher Maamoun Rahmeh stood before worshippers last week, declaring Russian President Vladimir Putin a "giant and beloved leader" who has "destroyed the myth of the self-aggrandizin

A California prosecutor said Monday he has filed murder charges that could lead to the death penalty for three young transients accused of gunning down a Canadian backpacker and a yoga instructor walking his dog.

Actor Randy Quaid is expected to be arraigned in Vermont in connection with a California vandalism case. 65-year-old Quaid was taken into custody Friday night while trying to cross into the United States from Canada.

A Tennessee community has been left to grieve after a 31-year-old man sacrificed his own life to save his daughter from an oncoming train.

Nikolas Badminton has a microchip the size of two grains of rice implanted between his left thumb and index finger. Scan his hand with a smartphone and vital personal identification details appear.

RCMP in Alberta say an Ontario man and his two children who got lost on the way to a family wedding have been found safe.

The Liberal Party has confirmed that two of its candidates were asked to leave a Calgary polling centre on Friday.

The army says it struck the convoy for the extremist group's leader in western Anbar province

Residents in areas hit by Russian airstrikes describe widespread destruction of civic buildings and housing while Free Syrian Army largely shelters itself

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran tested a new precision-guided ballistic missile on Sunday in defiance of a United Nations ban, signalling an apparent advance in Iranian attempts to improve the accuracy of its missile

Goulburn correctional facility, in south-western NSW, is reportedly becoming overrun by an extremist ISIS gang, threatening to behead correctional officers and inmates.

The government of Yemen recently issued a proclamation that all Jews in the country must leave or convert to Islam, Israeli Deputy Minister of Regional Cooperation, Likud MK Ayoob Kara told The Algemeiner on Sunday. According to Kara, failure to exer

With the election day quickly approaching, websites such as StrategicVoting.ca and VoteTogether.ca say their online traffic is spiking.

A battle over a months-long yard sale in Edmonton is over, after a court order forcing the operation to end was granted on Friday.

The NDP incumbent in Ontario's Thunder Bay-Rainy River riding says his campaign continues after a collision with a bear that left his vehicle wrecked.

Canadians who were hoping to beat the crowds by casting their votes in advance polls this weekend are in for a surprise, as many people have faced long lineups for the second straight day.

The Environmental Protection Agency has spent millions of dollars over the last decade on military-style weapons to arm its 200 "special agents" to fight environmental crime.

L.A. schools Supt. Ramon C. Cortines authorized the district's inspector general to examine filming activities after it was discovered that a porn shoot took place at the historic Hamilton High back in 2011.

It has been claimed by eyewitnesses that there was a large explosion in Huraytan, northern Syria, while three Turkish fighter planes were seen overhead.

Tens of thousands of Canadians are waiting for an affordable home. Here's what the parties say they will do to help.

Police have found an 18-year-old man who claimed he was beaten outside a UND fraternity because of his sexual orientation was not the victim of assault, but...