NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 12-2015

Rescue crews in Northern California tranquilized a wayward seal that snarled traffic for two days by trying to cross a highway several times.

Boston Bruins winger Brad Marchand apologized for the play in Tuesday night's game that led to his three-game suspension.

Matt D'Agostini scored the winning goal midway through the third period as Canada defeated HC Lugano 4-3 at Vaillant Arena to win the Spengler Cup.

Despite a record-number of more than 10,000 goldeneye ducks spotted during the annual Point Pelee bird count, the results are considered mixed this year.

Sweden defeated Canada 5-2 to remain perfect through the preliminary round at the 2016 world junior hockey championship. Canada will face Finland in the quarter-finals on Saturday.

A hunter and a group of all-terrain vehicle drivers and forest rangers rescued a moose near east Bathurst this week, that had two legs stuck between the boards of a small wooden bridge.

A New York company says it will soon offer the first certified kosher medical marijuana.

A weather anomaly sweeping across the world will cause temperatures at the North Pole to reach nearly 4 C this week. A storm system hitting Greenland and Iceland, that already battered the southern United States, is to blame.

An unlicensed driver trying to pass a car on a snowy road in New Hampshire died after colliding head-on with a car carrying four Secret Service agents on Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's protective detail, police said Wednesday.

A huge wave slammed into a drilling rig off Norway's west coast on Wednesday, killing one worker, injuring two others and damaging the offshore platform's living quarters, energy company Statoil said.

B.C. RCMP say two dogs killed a cat and then mauled a woman and her husband inside their home. RCMP Cpl. Dave Tyreman said a frantic woman called 911 around 8 p.m. last Friday reporting that two dogs had killed her cat and were trying to kill her and her

An orca calf has been found dead near Ucluelet on the west coast of Vancouver Island. "All our populations of killer whales are at risk, so it's a shame regardless of which population it's from," he said. "You hate to lose a calf out of these populations.

New Year fireworks and festivities are cancelled in the Belgian capital, Brussels, because of a terror alert, officials say.

The suspect in a "suspicious" fire at a Houston mosque attended services there, officials said Wednesday.

One of the worst environmental disasters of the decade is currently underway in a quiet community 25 miles northwest of Los Angeles. Putrid, methane-rich natural gas has been spewing into the air at an estimated rate of nearly 1,300 metric tons per day fo

Snow removal trucks are on the streets of Montreal early this morning to begin clearing out the first major snowfall of the season.

B.C.'s South Coast was hit by an earthquake that shook many people from their sleep last night, in what one seismologist called the largest quake in the region in years.

A baby was reunited with her mother on Monday night after she was left in the back seat of a vehicle that was stolen from a parking lot in southeast Edmonton.

A teen fugitive known for using an "affluenza" defence and his mother attempted to disguise themselves and disappear among the American tourists thronging a Mexican resort city for the holidays, but are now in custody and will be returned to the U.S., lik

A couple of RCMP officers and the owner of the Trail Canadian Tire store came together late Christmas Eve to help ensure Christmas happened for two young girls.

ISIS released a message from the terrorist organization's leader Saturday, asking Muslims to join them in Iraq and Syria. Many Muslims, however, took the opportunity to join in mocking him instead.

One of the excellent features of new Windows devices is that disk encryption is built-in and turned on by default, protecting your data in case your device is lost or stolen. But what is less well-known is that, if you are like most users and login to Win

Do orcas have baby showers? If so, there would have been a lot of them this year for the southern resident killer whales of Puget Sound and the Georgia Strait.

Heavy metal band Motorhead's lead singer Ian (Lemmy) Kilmister has died at the age of 70, the band announced via its official Facebook page Monday night.

2015 Was An Amazing Year For Science And Technology on Yahoo News . Lots of innovation happened this year.

A Saskatchewan family is crediting their dog, Rex, with saving their grandmother from a destructive Christmas Eve fire. Noreen Lucas was home sick with pneumonia when 9-year-old Rex suddenly woke her from her sleep and alerted her to the danger.

As residents of North Texas surveyed the destruction from deadly weekend tornadoes, the storm system that spawned the twisters brought winter storm woes to the Midwest on Monday and amplified flooding that's blamed for more than a dozen deaths.

The bottom has fallen out of the commodities market and while Canadian mining firms look set to ride it out, there could be a hit to the Canadian economy because of low metals and minerals prices.

The price of North America's main oil blend falls more than three per cent to trade below $37 US a barrel, dragging the Canadian dollar below the 72-cent US level in the process.

The Montreal Canadiens acquired goaltender Ben Scrivens from the Edmonton Oilers on Monday in return for forward Zack Kassian.

Canadian hockey fans at the world junior hockey championship may be a little less rowdy than usual. A law in Finland prevents consumption of alcohol in the stands of an arena or stadium, much to the disappointment of many fans who were turned back while t

Sports editors and broadcasters across the country have selected star golfer Brooke Henderson as the Canadian Press female athlete of the year.

Shipwreck hunters turned to Guy St-Croix, a local fisherman, who witnessed the 1942 Battle of the St-Lawrence, for help to find torpedoed merchant ships.

Reports of helicopter bird strikes are up dramatically in recent years, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.

A Canadian resident has finished an incredible journey -- John Beeden has rowed by himself across the Pacific Ocean. It took the Ontario resident 209 days to make the crossing in his six metre boat "Socks II."

From the shrubs Mike Duffy trampled through while going to and from his trial to the maple Marucci bat Bautista flipped into history, here are the back stories behind some of 2015's most memorable objects that made news in Canada.

Montreal Canadiens goalie Carey Price is Canada's male athlete of the year, earning 53 per cent of vote for the Lionel Conacher Award in a vote by the Canadian Press.

A public visitation was held Sunday afternoon to honour Montreal Canadiens legend Dickie Moore, who died last weekend at the age of 84.

December started warmer than usual, but is wrapping up with cold temperatures and strong winds.

The waves rose out of nowhere, tipped the boats straight up and hurled people into the churning seas. There was no time for maydays.

A major storm heading for Toronto is expected to shower the city and southern Ontario with snow, ice pellets and freezing rain starting Monday evening.

Every year, CBC North receives incredible photos from across the Arctic, and 2015 was no exception. From Northern lights to Northern life, here are our top 10 reader-submitted photos of the year (and 10 honourable mentions).

With winter storms over Monterey, Calif., a wild sea otter did what most people do in a storm. It went inside to relax - and maybe find a safe place to give birth.

More than 100 houses were destroyed by a Christmas Day wildfire that tore through a stretch of coastline popular with tourists in southern Australia, forcing thousands to flee their homes, officials said Saturday.

Homes were evacuated, cars were submerged and boats were brought in to help bring people to safety Saturday as parts of England, Scotland and Wales faced severe flooding caused by repeated heavy rains.

Volunteers with the North Shore Rescue team will remember 2015 as one of the busiest years to date. With less than a week before year's end, the rescue service has logged 136 calls for help.

The United States scored 41 seconds apart in the third period to seal a 4-2 victory over Canada in opening day action at the world junior championships in Finland.

Twenty-five years ago, Norway chose to bank the returns from its oil resources, and it has paid off handsomely - to the tune of $1 trillion. Alberta can only look on with envy, writes Susan Ormiston.

A number of pickup trucks were smashed or flipped on their side by a large vehicle in an industrial area in north Red Deer on Christmas Day, according to witnesses.

Pope Francis led the world's 1.2 billion Roman Catholics into Christmas on Thursday, urging people concerned with superficial appearances and their possessions to return to the essential values of life.

The Queen's annual Christmas broadcast message encourages viewers and listeners "to be thankful for the people who bring love and happiness into our own lives, and to look for ways of spreading that love to others," despite the tragic events the world fac

Admit it, Canada, you may wince after that umpteenth selfie, but you do feel better about yourself these days.

A wedding party video of Jewish zealots celebrating a Palestinian baby's death by arson sparks outrage in Israel and inflames the debate on Jewish violence.

A man has been charged with attempted murder following what police say was an unprovoked machete attack on another man near Toronto's Eaton Centre. Yip also tweeted that the attacker, a black man, yelled "F--k white people" before allegedly attacking the

'Mandarin-only' meetings have sparked a human rights complaint at a B.C. condo where English speakers are feeling cut out.

A group of Kenyan Muslims on a bus attacked by Islamist gunmen protected Christian passengers by refusing to be split into groups, witnesses say.

The NDP government is flailing now, beset by the quadruple woes of low oil, huge spending promises, crippling inexperience, and the exhaustion that can overwhelm a new regime trying to do too much at the wrong time.

A report card on a federal drug treatment court program, which diverts drug-addicted offenders from jail and into treatment, is effective but missing its intended population: women, youth and aboriginals. The evaluation says the problem may get worse as f

A human rights watchdog on Wednesday accused Russia of using cluster munitions and unguided bombs on civilian areas in Syria in attacks that it says have killed hundreds of people in the past few months.

The Canadian government ran a $941-million deficit for October compared with a $3.21-billion deficit in the same month last year.

Iraqi forces are advancing into the centre of Ramadi, after launching a major assault to drive Islamic State militants out of the city, officials say.

In the year 2000, Agency experts released a report about the challenges of the future. So how right were they? And what did they miss?

Security researchers believe they have finally solved the mystery around how a sophisticated backdoor embedded in Juniper firewalls works.

A Dalhousie University health law researcher wants scientists, doctors and journalists to use a little known power buried in a recently passed law to access drug industry data that Ottawa has long kept secret. He's even created a handy template to make th

Lamar Smith (R-Tex.) chairman of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, has accused the Obama administration and environmentalists of buying into the "climate change religion."

In January, David Broockman, then a political science Ph.D. student at UC Berkeley, found something unusual about a study he and fellow student Joshua Kalla were trying to replicate. The data in the original study, collected by UCLA grad student Michael L

BURNING fossil fuels and cutting down trees causes global COOLING, a shock new NASA study has found.

The Philippines has become the latest ISIS target for expansion after the jihadi group released its first propaganda video of a terror training camp in the Filipino jungle.

Ntokozo Qwabe says that Cecil Rhodes "did not have a scholarship" because "it was never his money" in the first place

When Buddy, an Australian Shepherd, was surrendered to the Hull's Haven Border Collie Rescue in Winnipeg at the beginning of this year, he weighed 180 pounds, or 81 kilograms, and couldn't participate in many day-to-day basic activities that dogs love.

It's been a month since Bob Weavers sold everything he owned, bought a one-way ticket out of England, and left his home in Southampton for a backpacking trip around the world for his 21st birthday.

Canadian Forces Sgt. Robert Giblin stabbed his newlywed wife before the two plummeted to their deaths from the balcony of their west-end apartment, Toronto police have confirmed.

Lisa Akbari, a dual Afghan-American citizen, had worked as a human terrain team analyst and with NGOs in Afghanistan

Lighting candles, putting up Christmas trees and even Santa hats have been banned in the tiny oil-rich nation of Brunei, for fear that celebrations will affect the faith of its Muslim communities.

SpaceX sent a Falcon rocket soaring toward orbit Monday night with 11 small satellites, its first mission since an accident last summer. Then in an even more amazing feat, it landed the 15-story leftover booster back on Earth safely.

Since last year, police have sought terrorism-related peace bonds against nine defendants. They are increasingly being used as a weapon in the fight against terror

This Donald Trump supporter's anti-Muslim plans blew up in his face. William Celli, a 55-year-old California man, was arrested on Sunday afternoon after making explosives in his home and targeting a Muslim community, police said.

Toronto police say a Canadian war veteran was responsible for the homicide of his pregnant wife who was stabbed several times before being thrown off the balcony of a downtown apartment building Sunday evening.

Air strikes believed to have been carried out by Russian warplanes killed scores of people in the center of the rebel-held city of Idlib in northwest Syria on Sunday, rescue workers and residents said. They said at least six strikes had hit a busy mark

The mother of the teenager whose drunk driving trial included a defence witness saying that he was afflicted with "affluenza" has been listed as a missing person, making her part of the investigation into his probation violation, ABC News reported.

Two died in the attacks in northern Mandera County that saw Muslims dress non-Muslims in Islamic clothing to prevent extremists from identifying them for slaughter

Canada can play a role, as a partner in the international effort," Sajjan told reporters in Baghdad. "And from our participation we will have a more active role on the ground in these operations for a better future for Iraq," he said.

Police believe a driver intentionally struck dozens of pedestrians on the Las Vegas Strip in a deadly crash Sunday night, which has affected at least five Canadians, including a man and a woman from the Montreal area.

Canada's minister of immigration and citizenship says the country's resettlement program for Syrian refugees could double its intake by the end of next year to 50,000.

Miss Puerto Rico Destiny Velez has been indefinitely suspended by the official Miss America Organization after sending a series of offensive anti-Muslim messages on Twitter.

Just as Miss Colombia Ariadna Gutierrez was blowing kisses to her adoring fans she was informed, on live television, that it was actually Miss Philippines who won instead.

The police suspected that the lit-up house harboured Isil sympathisers, so went to investigate

Jaromir Jagr's power-play marker with 11.5 seconds left in the first period Sunday helped the Florida Panthers tie Vancouver 2-2 and vaulted the 43-year-old Czech forward past Hall of Famer Marcel Dionne for fourth place on the league's all-time list.

Jaromir Jagr scored his 732nd goal to move past Marcel Dionne for fourth place in NHL history, and Aleksander Barkov tallied the winner in the shootout as the Florida Panthers beat the visiting Vancouver Canucks 5-4 on Sunday.

Sixteen people are on a list of Chinese tourists exemplifying "uncivilized behaviour," including a woman who attacked a tour guide with hot tea after discovering the price of a ticket wasn't included in a vacation package.

Tired of the dog-eat-dog politics in their Russian city, the residents of Barnaul say they want a cat to be their next mayor. The Siberian city of 650,000 people, which lies 2,900 kilometres (1,800 miles) east of Moscow, is to get a new mayor next week.

The inaugural Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards, put on by Tanzania-based conservation photographer Paul Joynson-Hicks, has brought together some of the funniest animal shots of the year ... and here they are.

Scientists are hoping Manitoba's recent heavy snowfall could hold off what they feared might be the final blow to one of Canada's most endangered animals, the poweshiek skipperling butterfly

Police in Windsor, Ont., say a man has been charged after a dog was found with its muzzle, paws and neck tightly wound with electrical tape.

Missing asylum seekers not a priority as second report reveals farcical rules on illegal worker raids

The Boeing 777 Air France flight 463, carrying 459 passengers and 14 crew members, was heading to Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris when the pilots requested an emergency landing in Mombasa.

A woman who posted security camera video footage of a Christmas wreath theft online says the "Grinch" who stole the wreath has apologized for the incident.

A B.C. teen is thanking rescuers who plucked him from a frigid lake after he fell through thin ice while taking a walk.

Foreign affairs journalist Lisa Daftari, from LA, launched My Treedom to share pictures of people celebrating Christmas complete with trees and Santa outfits in Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Iran.

The tax rules are changing in 2016 and even if Canadians don't make enough to be hit by the new top federal income tax rate, their financial plans are going to need to be reviewed.

Considering its scarcity, Crown Royal's Northern Harvest Rye might be the closest thing to liquid gold in Canada right now.

The Pentagon is looking into a complaint that a US B-52 bomber plane flew near the artificial islands last week, adding that there was no plan to fly the plane within the artificial islands.

Century-old general store is filled with a 'massive amount' of artifacts left in place when the original owner's daughter died behind the counter decades ago.

"We're going to pull out the stops to investigate these things," said Conservation Service inspector Dahl. "And when you do get caught it's going to be a serious penalty."

Montreal Canadiens great Dickie Moore is dead at 84, the team announced this afternoon. The Hall of Famer spent most of his 14-year NHL career with the Canadiens, wearing number 12.

Indonesia is the world's most populous Muslim nation, but are its local Islamic traditions in danger of being overtaken by fundamentalism?

In the English language, the word "he" is used to refer to males and "she" to refer to females. But some people identify as neither gender, or both - which is why an increasing number of US universities are making it easier for people to choose to be refe

A GROUP of Muslims have launched more than a dozen legal challenges against the French government over what they say are illegal attempts to foil another Paris-style jihadi plot.

The practice, known as 'ride for a ride', has been deemed 'legal but undesirable'

A fitness model who battled for years to get child support from a wealthy real estate developer has received a $13.4 million out-of-court settlement that her lawyers say is a deterrent to fathers who needlessly delay payments.

The video, posted online by activists, shows a crowd of screaming Yazidis being separated one by one by militants armed with AK-47s, possibly in Iraq.

A man who doctors said was brain dead in the aftermath of a traumatic cycling accident in 2010, is now back home and communicating with the family who never gave up on him.