NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 12-2015

A Nova Scotia mother who is fighting her 12-year-old daughter's exclusion from the dressing room of her all-boys hockey team says she's willing to compromise in order to find a solution.

Hunters in Pond Inlet, Nunavut, have harvested 230 narwhal that were trapped in ice and had no chance of survival. One hunter says the whales will feed the community until the spring.

The Mounties are warning the public about "a herd of buffalo" running loose near Tisdale, Sask. There was no immediate word on where the bison came from.

In a dramatic example of how climate change is altering the Arctic landscape, a small northern lake has fallen off a cliff after bursting through the melting earthen rampart that restrained it.

A Golden, B.C., snowboarder says he feels lucky to be alive after falling into a "coffin-like" snow hole where he was trapped for five hours.

The Geminids, 'arguably the best meteor shower of the year,' according to astronomy writer Gary Seronik, will be on display this weekend.

Raymond Joseph Cormier, 53, has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of 15-year-old Tina Fontaine, whose body was pulled from the Red River last year. CBC News is live streaming the news conference here.

JEREMY Corbyn sent an extraordinary letter to a court urging them to grant bail to a man suspected of conning cash from the elderly to fund Islamic State terrorists.

Interior Minister Petteri Orpo said on Thursday that the arrest of two Iraqis on suspicion of eleven murders in Iraq shows that Finnish law enforcement is up to the task. Orpo added that according to Finnish intelligence, some 300 asylum seekers in Finlan

The Supreme Court of Nova Scotia has struck down an anti-cyberbullying law passed in response to the death of Rehtaeh Parsons, calling the legislation a "colossal failure" and saying it infringes on people's charter rights.

The Taliban claimed responsibility for a deadly suicide attack on a guest house in an upscale area of the Afghan capital Kabul near foreign embassies.

The first large group of Syrian refugees coming to Canada by government aircraft arrived in Toronto late last night, and were welcomed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and other dignitaries at a temporary processing centre at Pearson International Airport

Red is the new blue for the officially non-partisan websites of the government of Canada.

Five men and two women are accused of roles in the sexual exploitation of children in the South Yorkshire town over a period of more than 10 years. Pictured: Defendant Majid Bostan

The RCMP says media reports from Switzerland about possible threats against Canadian cities are being taken very seriously.

One of the men who brutally killed Fusilier Lee Rigby in May 2013, Michael Adebolajo, is suing the prison service for having his teeth knocked out.

National Defence, Aboriginal Affairs and other departments returned a total of $9.4 billion in unspent funds during the 2014-2015 fiscal year, $2 billion more than previously projected, as the federal government sought to balance its books, newly released

Fugitive drug lord is fuming about Isis destroying his cartel's shipments

The European Commission says it has begun legal action against Greece, Croatia and Italy for failing to correctly register migrants.

Four men, including Mohammed Alamgir, 36, are accused of organising pro-ISIS meetings in Luton, Bedfordshire, allegedly urging young men and children to fight the West.

A Dutch court finds nine people guilty of terrorism offences after one of the biggest such trials ever to take place in the country.

For the first time in at least 40 years, the number of middle class Americans is smaller than the number of those in the economic tier above and below.

Some experts are taking issue -- and Twitter is snickering -- over actor Leonardo DiCaprio's recent comments about having seen the "terrifying" effects of climate change while in Alberta filming his new feature "The Revenant."

RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson concedes to a group of First Nations leaders that there are racists inside his police force, a surprising admission welcomed by indigenous people, who say it is key to addressing the crisis of missing and murdered indigenous

The chairman of embattled carmaker Volkswagen says a chain of errors led to the emissions scandal and that its top priority is winning back trust.

Visitors will be able to connect to wi-fi at three famous Moscow cemeteries.

A German court rules that Islamists who patrolled a city's streets as

Daniel Sedin and Alexander Edler each had a goal and an assist to lift the Vancouver Canucks over the New York Rangers 2-1 on Wednesday night.

Police say a teen is facing charges following an investigation into two consecutive nights of vandalism at a northeastern Ontario cemetery.

A historic downtown Halifax cemetery could require significant restoration after it was vandalized this week, when dozens of gravestones and crosses were damaged, some beyond repair.

Sting operation uncovers two prominent climate sceptics available for hire by the hour to write reports on the benefits of rising CO2 levels and coal

Students at a Toronto Catholic elementary school are no longer allowed to play types of tag involving physical contact after a number of children were injured in the game.

Central bank governor Stephen Poloz's remarks about negative interest rates got the world's attention, sending signals of a crumbling Canadian economy. Despite plunging oil and a falling loonie, the message may be exactly the opposite of the good news sto

Convert who protested outside Parliament over Syrian airstrikes with poster saying 'I am a Muslim... do you trust me enough for a hug?' now faces jail for threatening to bomb MP's house

In the quiet Finnish town of Kempele, tension between locals and asylum seekers has reached breaking point, after the rape of a schoolgirl, 14, two weeks after a hostel opened and a refugee charged.

A Georgia woman has been sentenced to 190 years in prison on child-cruelty charges after prosecutors said she confined her adopted daughter in a chicken coop and an outhouse, tied her by the neck to a tree, and shocked her with remote-controlled electroni

A Florida woman was reportedly arrested and placed into custody last week after her car implicated her in at least one alleged hit-and-run incident. You read that right.

Following a proposal from Donald Trump to ban Muslims from entering the U.S., there are calls to remove the business magnate's name from buildings in Toronto and Vancouver.

From militia lurking in the jungles of the Philippines to sleeper cells training in the deserts of Libya, a vast array of groups are now operating under the notorious ISIS black and white banner.

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Alvin Boles pleaded guilty Tuesday to pointing a firearm and unlawfully causing bodily harm for a shooting in his kitchen two years ago that killed his own son and another man.

Canada could theoretically follow the lead of other countries that have recently gone to negative interest rates in order to stimulate the economy, Stephen Poloz told a business audience today after yet another drop in the loonie.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today presented his plan to reset Canada's relationship with indigenous people in an address to First Nations leaders. His speech came hours before his ministers were to announce details of the first phase of a national inqui

Mining company unveils far-reaching restructuring in face of commodity rout; spokesman says too early to comment on impact in Canada

Deputy FM says masked figures impounded in Haifa were intended to educate Palestinian children in hatred and violence

Neil Peart, drummer of iconic Canadian rock trio Rush, announces his retirement from music, citing age and health issues.

Notably absent in Barack Obama's San Bernardino address was any mention of Saudi Arabia in the radicalization of shooter Tashfeen Malik, and perhaps her husband, despite what family members said. It is a too-common omission, Neil Macdonald writes.

Radim Vrbata recorded the sixth hat trick of his career as the Vancouver Canucks snapped a five-game losing streak with a 5-2 victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Monday night.

A YouTube "prank" video is illustrating once again this week that you simply can't judge a book by its cover. Not even a holy book, it seems.

The couple who carried out the San Bernardino, Calif., massacre had been radicalized and took part in target practice, including one within days of the attack, the FBI says.

Private data including emails, usernames and phone numbers of 1,415 delegates posted online by Anonymous in protest against arrests of activists

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- Donald Trump called Monday for a "total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States," an idea swiftly condemned by his rival GOP candidates for president and other Republicans.

For the first time in history, outside of recession years, global television advertising revenue fell year-over-year as digital advertising surged once again. Digital, in fact, should overtake TV by the end of 2017, according to a study released Monday fr

The largest destroyer ever built for the U.S. Navy headed out to sea for the first time Monday, departing from shipbuilder Bath Iron Works and carefully navigating the winding Kennebec River before reaching ...

Canada has been awarded the right to seek $1 billion in trade sanctions against the United States by a World Trade Organization panel in a dispute over American meat-labelling rules that single out foreign beef and pork.

Schools in Beijing are to close and outdoor construction to stop after the Chinese capital issued its first

The Canadian dollar dropped to its lowest level compared to the U.S. dollar since June 2004, as a fresh low for oil pushed the loonie deeper under water.

Mansour Mansour once had a pleasant life in Syria. He had a nice home in a peaceful village near the border with Jordan, and owned a thriving supermarket. Then, the civil war arrived at his doorstep, and everything changed.

The suicide rate in Alberta has increased dramatically in the wake of mounting job losses across the province.

People who rated real motivational quotes as more profound than pseudo-profound ones in a study tended to be analytic thinkers. But it doesn't mean the others aren't intelligent, says Tania Lombrozo.

CTV News has learned that the new Liberal government plans to ask dozens of people recently appointed to government agencies and crown corporations by the previous Conservative government to step aside.

B.C. premier says plan for a more independent, non-partisan Senate will make the much-maligned institution even worse than it already is

Social media letter follows week of angry protests over farm-safety bill

With climbing costs as well as aboriginal and environmental opposition, the future of the pipeline is up in the air

A metre-long rodent has been running around a university and students think it's the product of a lab experiment

Isabelle Gaston says she is "happy" and "relieved" by that her ex-husband Guy Turcotte has been found guilty in the deaths of their two children, but that it is hard to consider it a victory.

A U.S. shipment of much-needed groceries and other astronaut supplies rocketed toward the International Space Station for the first time in months Sunday, reigniting NASA's commercial delivery service.

The 98th anniversary of the Halifax Explosion, which left roughly 25,000 people dead, injured or homeless, was marked on Citadel Hill today with a canon blast at the time of the disaster.

An Ontario teen is calling on the new Liberal government to secure the release of her father, who has been languishing in a United Arab Emirates prison without charge for more than a year.

It was a very Canadian opening to Saturday Night Live as host Ryan Gosling was joined on stage by fellow Canuck, and SNL alum, Mike Myers.

Weather-related challenges will no doubt face many of the 25,000 Syrian refugees the federal government has committed to bring to Canada by early next year.

The niece of Marine Le Pen won her first election at the age of 22 and trounced a former prime minister, Alain Juppe, in a televised debate

A gang of robbers who attacked men across east London with a baseball bat during a vicious five day rampage have been jailed. Yusuf Akram, 18, Usamah Aftab ,18, Hamzah Jawyd 17, Mohamed Ibrahim Ali ,18, and Thamid Zahman 17, carried out eight robberies ac

Since the attack Wednesday at a social service centre in Southern California, the state's strict laws and the apparent legal purchase of the weapons have set off a debate over the effectiveness of gun measures and whether getting tougher would help preven

BRITISH Sharia courts are allegedly locking women into "marital captivity" and failing to report cases of domestic violence.

The president of Liberty University has urged students at the Christian school to carry concealed weapons on campus to counter any possible armed attack, saying that "we could end those Muslims before they walked in."

Scientists have detected heightened levels of radioactivity in the waters along the west coast of Canada and the United States, which can be traced back to the Japanese nuclear disaster in Fukushima in 2011.

Wheelbarrow loads of slippery silver fish sold before sunrise on Dec. 5th in the biggest herring sale on record, with all proceeds going to help children with cancer.

The Center for Whale Research says yet another orca calf has been spotted swimming with the southern resident killer whale population. This is the seventh new calf born to the endangered population of cetaceans in the last 12 months.

Strong winds are hitting the coast of B.C. today, blowing transformers and leaving many homes without power, especially on Northern Vancouver Island.

The German parliament voted Friday in favour of providing non-combat support to the U.S.-led coalition carrying out airstrikes against ISIS in Syria.

British bombers made their second round of strikes on Islamic State targets in Syria late on Friday, again hitting oilfields, British Secretary of State for Defence Michael Fallon said on Saturday.

Thirty workers are missing and feared dead after an offshore oil platform operated by Azerbaijan's state energy company SOCAR caught fire in the Caspian Sea.

A new partnership between First Nations in northwestern and northeastern Ontario is designed to make fresh food and other groceries more affordable in remote Ontario communities.

Scientists are trying out new, non-invasive ways to study and track polar bears in Canada's northern regions. The orb is a Google Trekker camera. It's mounted to the roof a tundra buggy, a giant bus on permanent loan from one the local tour companies.

Conservationists who want the government to take action on climate change by protecting B.C.'s old-growth forests say they've measured a near-record-size red cedar.

A team of scientists at North Carolina State University have developed a technique for creating so-called Q-carbon, a material that researchers say is even harder than diamond, glows brighter and can have multiple unique applications.

The Taliban's leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour was reportedly shot dead this week, prompting claims that ISIS is attempting to destroy its rival in Afghanistan from the top down.

The issue is called geoengineering - purposely tinkering with the planet as opposed to the unintentional warming that's happening now. The most talked about and advanced method involves putting heat-reflecting particles high in the air, but there also hav

With Christmas only weeks away and the latest Israeli-Palestinian violence showing no signs of abating, gloom has descended on the century-old Jacir Palace hotel in Bethlehem, famed for its soaring stone archways and wrought iron balconies.

Deployment of T-90 tanks is latest sign that Kremlin is being forced to escalate its intervention from an air to a ground war

Vancouver Canucks head coach Willie Desjardins is imploring his struggling team to keep going. Losers of four straight and 12 of 15, the Canucks are just 9-10-8 so far in 2015-16 after topping the 100-point mark last season.

The design for the Coast Guard's new fisheries and science vessels produced a ship so unstable that some engineers thought it was unseaworthy, and if sailed on the open ocean it would have capsized in heavy seas, CBC News has learned.

Hunters in Pond Inlet, Nunavut, plan to harvest narwhal trapped in the ice near the community. The whales have no chance at escape or survival.

Bill Bennett, premier of B.C. from 1975 to 1986, has died, his family has told CBC News. Bennett succeeded his father, former premier W.A.C. Bennett as leader of the B.C. Social Credit Party in 1973 and was elected premier in 1975. He went on to win re-el

Newly released courtroom audio reveals the graphic and terrifying moments when two Alberta sheriffs were shot by prisoners trying to escape in Whitecourt, Alta.

The coast of southern Chile has become a grave for 337 sei whales that were found beached in what scientists say is one of the biggest whale strandings ever recorded.

A centuries-old map compiled by French explorer Samuel de Champlain and believed to be among dozens stolen more than a decade ago from the Boston Public Library has been recovered, library officials said Friday.