NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 01-2016

Democratic Institutions Minister Maryam Monsef says linguistic, racial and ethnic background, as well as gender, will be considered by the advisory board tasked with recommending potential Senate appointments.

An intense winter storm was bearing down on Nova Scotia and Price Edward Island on Saturday, the second significant snowfall in as many days.

Most of the southern Prairies have been plunged into a deep freeze as wind chill values plummet below -40 Celsius in parts of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and eastern Alberta.

The coal industry was responsible for founding Nanaimo, a railway, and major architectural structures such as Craigdarroch Castle and Hatley Castle. "Between the 1850s and the early 20th century coal was the main economic resource on the island."

There's a push to change local firearms bylaws to allow for more hunting of Canada geese on Victoria-area farmland. Farmers are currently allowed to kill a small number of geese per week if they have a crop-damage permit from the Canadian Wildlife Service

Recent thefts of roughly 2,700 kilograms of lobster in Nova Scotia are troubling officials in Atlantic Canada's billion-dollar lobster fishing industry.

North Korea says it could stop its nuclear tests in exchange for signing a peace treaty with the U.S. and a stop to annual military exercises between the U.S. and South Korea.

Nepal officially launched the much-delayed reconstruction of about 1 million homes and buildings Saturday nearly nine months after they were damaged by devastating earthquake which killed 9,000 people.

The UN atomic agency announced Saturday that Iran has met all of its obligations under a landmark nuclear deal with six world powers. Certification by the International Atomic Energy Agency will allow Iran to immediately recoup some $100 billion in assets

The owners of the Boston Bruins say they will donate at least $200,000 to help the professional women's hockey player who suffered a spinal cord injury at the Winter Classic.

A team of researchers using historical documents and 21st-century archaeological techniques has confirmed the exact site where 19 innocent people were hanged during the Salem witch trials more than three centuries ago.

The six Canadians killed in an attack on a luxury hotel in Burkina Faso's capital were from Quebec. Four attackers linked to al-Qaeda were killed by Burkina Faso and French security forces hours after they stormed the Splendid Hotel and nearby Cappuccino

Saudi Arabia's justice system is based on medieval religious texts interpreted by judges trained only in Islamic law. The result is a system of harsh punishments, bizarre prohibitions and wildly differing treatment of offenders depending on gender, citize

The winter storm that is expected to bring up to 35 cm of snow in Nova Scotia this evening and overnight is causing problems for travellers as road conditions get slicker and more flights are cancelled.

Wilfred Buck teaches kids about the universe through an indigenous lens. The science specialist for the Manitoba First Nations Education Resource Centre takes an inflatable planetarium to First Nations schools.

A young woman whose father encouraged her to study Islam as an alternative to medication to treat her bipolar disorder and schizophrenia is missing.

The Ottawa Police Service Guns and Gangs Unit is investigating after a man was shot while sleeping in bed early Friday morning.

Marching with banners and masks, and claiming to be protecting native Finns from immigrants, fears are now growing about the Soldiers of Odin's expanding presence and motivations.

Can we finally close the book on the all- star game soap opera now, you know, the one featuring John Scott?

"Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" and "Captain America: Civil War" are just the beginning.

The Alberta NDP and the federal Conservatives might seem like strange bedfellows, but on the issue of the economy they are presenting a united front: build pipelines now to save the "crippled" oil industry.

Two Marine Corps helicopters carrying six crew members each collided and went down off the Hawaiian island of Oahu while on a nighttime training mission, and rescuers searched choppy waters Friday where debris had been sighted, military officials said.

In their search for safe habitat, some grizzly bears in the foothills west of Edmonton have moved into former open-pit mine sites, according to a new study done by researchers at the University of Alberta.

Astronomers have discovered the brightest star explosion ever, a super supernova that easily outshines our entire Milky Way.

The Canadian leader's promises to legalize marijuana turned out young voters. But he has hit a snag.

CBC has mapped all the earthquakes since 1985 of magnitude 4 and higher that were felt in Canada, using the seismic bulletin data from the National Earthquake Database.

Bo Horvat scored his second goal with 1:35 left in overtime and the Vancouver Canucks beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3-2 on Friday night.

The Blue Jays announced Friday they had come to terms with six of their eight arbitration-eligible players, but Josh Donaldson was not on the list.

One person is dead and another is in critical condition in a Fort McMurray, Alta., hospital after an explosion at the Nexen Long Lake plant, Wood Buffalo RCMP say.

Family members of seven young Quebecers who left Canada one year ago to join militants in Syria are speaking out, expressing deep worry about their well-being.

A Quebec City patient has died with the help of a doctor in the first known case since the province allowed medical aid in dying.

Gunmen have attacked a hotel used by westerners in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, in West Africa.

Vancouver's police chief says the force still wants to identify three men seen taking photos and video inside the city's downtown shopping mall, but won't officially release the images of them.

Walmart is closing 269 stores, more than half of them in the U.S. and another big chunk in its challenging Brazilian market.

Societe Generale analyst Albert Edwards predicts stocks are headed for a 75% collapse.

Guy Turcotte has been sentenced life in prison with no chance of parole for 17 years for killing his two children.

Privately owned warbirds still soar because of the efforts of a few dedicated folks.

Alberta health officials are concerned that just one in four people in the province have been vaccinated against the influenza virus so far this flu season, and are pointing out that the disease has already caused at least five deaths.

The late Rene Angelil is being remembered as a "great Quebecer" who "influenced the world." In Angelil's hometown of Montreal, Mayor Denis Coderre said flags at city hall would fly at half-mast to honour the man who "influenced the world with Quebecois

The Australian Museum is setting the record straight on a set of viral photos, widely described as showing two kangaroos 'grieving' over a dying female kangaroo. The more likely scenario, the museum said, is that one of the male kangaroos was trying to ma

"Three bucks. For a cucumber."

Gaza-based Sabireen says it will wage war against Israel everywhere, denies being a Hezbollah-style Iranian proxy

On the night Alex Ovechkin was honoured for his 500th goal, fellow Russian forward Evgeny Kuznetsov had two goals and an assist and the Washington Capitals beat the Vancouver Canucks 4-1 for their fifth straight victory.

Neighbours say the teenager, from the tiny Danish town of Kundby, had shown support for Hizb ut-Tahrir that called for the establishment of a caliphate and Sharia law.

THE European financial powerhouse could be facing a huge financial crisis which would have devastating implications for Britain as a lethal storm of economic problems brews in Germany.

The new design could outperform compact fluorescent lights and LEDs.​

In August of 2012, an 11-year-old boy made a gruesome discovery in a frozen bluff overlooking the Arctic Ocean. While exploring the foggy coast of Yenisei Bay, about 2000 kilometers south of the North Pole, he came upon the leg bones of a woolly mammoth e

President Obama has recently signed a new law that will ban the selling of environmentally-damaging microbeads in soaps and toothpastes by July of 2017.

Shortly after NASA's Terra satellite passed over Tropical Storm Pali it strengthened into a record-breaking hurricane.

Sweeping police search warrants forcing companies to turn over the cellphone records of thousands of innocent customers breach people's privacy and violate the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, an Ontario Superior Court judge has ruled.

British actor Alan Rickman, a classically-trained stage star and sensual screen villain in the "Harry Potter" saga and other films, has died. He was 69.

Global emissions of mercury from manmade sources fell 30 percent from 1990 to 2010, in part from decreasing use of coal, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) reported on Wednesday.

Canadian rock musician Kim Mitchell is recovering in hospital after suffering a heart attack on Tuesday.

Nest has asked users to reset their connected thermostats after a software bug forced controllers offline and left owners unable to heat their homes

British actor Alan Rickman, known for films including Harry Potter, Die Hard and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, has died aged 69, his family says.

The Canadian man who killed a British tourist in Peru says he was forced to do it to protect his own life and the lives of two others.

The Queen may not be the only woman featured on a Canadian bank note soon.

The parents of a Winnipeg teen say their son, who has intellectual disabilities, was attacked and left in a dumpster for hours in freezing temperatures.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met with Toronto Mayor John Tory Wednesday for a closed-door meeting that touched on infrastructure investment -- a Liberal campaign promise touted as a fiscal jump-starter.

The trial of Walid Mustapha Chalhoub began Tuesday in Montreal. Chalhoub is facing 48 charges including sexual assault, pimping and kidnapping.

American Sailor Apologizes in Video Released by Iran

The American cable news outlet owned by Qatar-based Al Jazeera, plans to shut down.

A series of large bomb blasts rock the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, with several people killed and continuing gunfire and explosions on the streets.

It was a selfless act: a homeless man spots a supposedly homeless teenager asking for money and stops to give him the coat off his back.

French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo faces a backlash after depicting drowned migrant boy Alan Kurdi as an adult committing a sex assault in Germany.

Humans may evolve bizarre features in response to changing environments, according to Dr Matthew Skinner, a paleoanthropologist at the University of Kent.

A three-year-old migrant has allegedly been raped by multiple people at an asylum centre in the Norwegian city of Stavanger.

A misspelled word during a heated Facebook conversation questioning if Albertans should rise up and overthrow the government sparked a flurry of comments and memes on social media.

The seeds of Canada's current economic plight may have been planted during the reign of Conservative governments. But already voices on the right are seeking to blame newly elected leaders for everything from the plunging oil and loonie to job losses. Don

The name of the practice translates to 'collective harassment' and is carried out by large groups of men who sexually assault lone women, either by groping, or in some instances, raping them.

Police in Sweden accused of hushing up a series of sexual assaults by asylum seekers at Europe's largest teen pop festival

GIANT icebergs may actually be slowing down global warming, scientists have claimed.

A Jewish leader in the French city of Marseille urges men to stop wearing a skullcap after an anti-Semitic attack, but the chief rabbi disagrees.

Solar is the energy employer of the future -- or at least that's how the numbers look today. A new report on the state of the solar industry out Tuesday from the nonprofit Solar Foundation shows that the number of jobs in the United States in the sola

The 10,000th Syrian refugee is expected to arrive in Canada today. Whether she feels welcomed will test the skills of this new Liberal government.

Explosion in Istanbul's district of Sultanahmet, popular with tourists, and reports of several injured

According to the federal government, Colin Rutherford, taken hostage during a trip to Afghanistan in 2010, has been released from captivity and will soon return to Canada.

Music legend David Bowie dies aged 69 following a battle with cancer, his son says.

The shocking video of the attack in the southern city of Belgorod was aired repeatedly on state television and went viral on YouTube, while Russian media nicknamed the attacker 'the boxer'.

One copy of the edition reportedly put on Amazon for resale at nearly 10,000 euros

A group that hosted a pro-sharia, pro-caliphate talk at an Ontario college describes itself as a "political party."

Mohamed Elmi, 31, and Mohamed Salad, 29, both of Calgary, each face the following charges: Attempted murder, Discharge firearm with intent to endanger life, Unauthorized possession of a firearm, Unauthorized possession of a firearm in a vehicle, Possessio

A 23-year-old woman has died after falling from a moving party bus in downtown Vancouver.

Muslim officials in Kentucky say the vandalism was motivated by bias against Islam but law enforcement says perpetrators left no symbols to indicate hate

Nikita Kucherov scored at 3:50 of overtime as the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Vancouver Canucks 3-2 on Saturday. After an end-to-end 3-on-3 extra period, Kucherov finished it on a breakaway against Canucks goalie Jacob Markstrom for his 16th of the seaso

The Flying Scotsman is back on the rails in the U.K., more than a decade after the famous 1923-built locomotive was saved from the scrap heap. It was initially a glamourous trip, with a hair salon, restaurants and cocktail bar onboard.

A snowy owl caught on a Transport Quebec traffic camera caught the attention of many on the internet this week. Here are five other memorable Montreal bird moments.

North Korea's leader has taken a victory tour to celebrate the country's widely disputed claim of a hydrogen bomb test, seeking to rally pride in an explosion viewed with outrage by much of the world.

An analysis of parasite levels in samples gathered throughout the ancient Roman Empire and other historical sites shows that despite their complex sanitation infrastructure, Romans had as many parasites as their Bronze and Iron Age and medieval counterpar

It may seem like a stunt only a narcissist or seriously forgetful person would do, but going pantless on the SkyTrain is now a thing for hundreds of people in Vancouver.

Rescue crews are responding to a group of stranded hikers in Metro Vancouver.

After 19 months living in a cramped motel room, a mother and her son with disabilities are hoping they won't have to wait much longer for a place to call home.

Women's rights activists, far-right demonstrators and leftwing counter-protesters took to the streets of Cologne on Saturday to voice their opinions in the debate that has followed a string of New Year's Eve sexual assaults and robberies blamed largely on

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is condemning an attack on Syrian refugees in Vancouver, after police say a man pepper-sprayed a group at a welcoming event.

Federal Fisheries Minister Hunter Tootoo says science will determine not only which areas of Canada's oceans the government will designate as marine protected areas but also what development, if any, will be permitted in those areas.

Manitoba has released a plan to preserve the world's largest population of belugas while numbers of the white whales with the characteristic smiley face are still strong.

A Coquitlam, B.C., acupuncturist has pleaded guilty to trafficking in bear gall bladders as part of a sting operation allegedly prompted by a desperate mother's search for a cure for her son's severe epilepsy.

The shellfish industry in B.C. is blaming global warming for a rise in the price of scallops and oysters. 'When we try to get our animals to reproduce ... they have difficulty creating their shell,'

It has been reported that Playboy Enterprises plans to ask for $200m for the six-acre Beverly Hills estate, although sources believe the actual price tag will be closer to $90m thanks to its history.

Immigration Minister John McCallum confirms that 10,000 applications for reunification of parents and grandparents will be accepted this year, despite a 5,000 annual cap that was in place when the Liberal government re-opened the program earlier this week

Read the latest Central stories, Woman who lied about being attacked for wearing a hijab fined on ITV News, videos, stories and all the latest Central news

[Breaking news updated, 10:06 a.m. PT: The man suspected of shooting and injuring a Philadelphia police officer Thursday night confessed that he did so in the name of Islam, Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross Jr. told reporters Friday.

A lack of ice on Lake Erie is making life easier for shipping companies this winter.

Canadians tweeted words such as "great," "amazing" and "beautiful." Americans, by contrast, commonly used negative words such as "hate," "hell," "tired," "hurt" and "annoying."

A fundraiser for twin sisters who were mauled by a dog to protect a child has been removed after allegations the party girls might have gotten the dog stoned, provoking the attack.

The United Nations said on Thursday the Syrian government has allowed access to an opposition town near the border with Lebanon where concerns about starvation are growing. The UN said in a statement it was preparing to deliver humanitarian assistance

Federal officials have told Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that Canada's strategic interest would be well served by strengthening economic ties with oil-rich Saudi Arabia because of its powerful position in the Persian Gulf.

Guns sales are booming yet again in America, as they seem to do in the wake of every shooting tragedy and threatened crackdown, Neil Macdonald writes. It's the conundrum of Obama's presidency, made worse every time he tries to take on the NRA.