NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 03-2016

Police in Barrie locked up a teenager overnight for being constantly absent from class. Police say the 16-year-old girl repeatedly skipped school and didn't show up for her originally scheduled court date.

A man on a snowmobile purposely drove into two dog teams competing in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race early Saturday morning, killing one dog and injuring at least three others, officials said.

A group of ISIS bombers have been shot dead by Kurdish forces during an attempted suicide bomb attack near the Iraqi city of Kirkuk.

A North Korean submarine is missing and presumed sunk at a time of heightened tension in the region, according to US media reports.

Vancouver police are investigating a strange chain of events early Friday morning that ended with a stolen police cruiser crashing into a Dollar Giant store in Burnaby.

The names of three men who carried out the Paris attacks in November appear in files leaked from the Islamic State militant group, according to German media.

An Abbotsford, B.C. man says he's lucky to be alive after a tree crashed through the roof of his home during a powerful windstorm Wednesday night.

As clean-up and restoration efforts continue in B.C., another low pressure system looks to usher in unsettled conditions for the weekend. Winds could gust over 70 km/h in parts. The rain is expected to intensify Saturday overnight, continuing for several

The windstorm that damaged coastal communities in B.C. as it swept through overnight on Wednesday has raised concerns about railway safety in White Rock and south Surrey.

With oil and gas prices slumping and no shovel-ready LNG projects, B.C's once booming gas patch has slowed to a virtual halt, with the highest unemployment rate in the province.

Staff at a tofu processing plant were in for a surprise when they discovered more than 30 birds trapped inside a vat holding a waste tofu by-product.

A man faces 28 charges after he allegedly aimed a loaded gun at police officers on Friday morning. Adam Matychuk, 39, is charged with the use of a firearm while committing an offence, possession of a weapon obtained by crime and breach of probation, among

As Ray Campbell began renovating his little Charlottetown house this week, he uncovered something unusual under the plaster: a log house that likely dates back to the 1840s.

Ever since a 71-year-old Brazilian man rescued this penguin, he's regularly travelled more than 8,000 kilometres to visit the man.

A ferret that was weaseled out of a Regina pet store by two shoplifters has been returned safely. The next day, the two girls returned to the store to steal a bag of ferret food.

A shooting in Cochrane sent four victims to Foothills hospital Friday afternoon, Calgary police confirm to CBC News. Details are limited, but Cochrane RCMP received the call at 4 p.m.

Alberta Fish and Wildlife has received a complaint that 150 coyote carcasses were dumped on public lands surrounding a reservoir in southern Alberta.

A 112-year-old Israeli who lived through both World Wars and survived the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz is the world's oldest man, Guinness World Records announced on Friday.

An online complaint of animal cruelty led authorities to "Dog Whisperer" Cesar Millan's Los Angeles-area pet rehabilitation centre Thursday, but Millan wasn't there and they took no further action.

North Korean and Canadian relations were literally put on ice when hockey players from the two countries laced up for a tournament this week. The five-day tournament, called the Pyongyang International Friendship Ice Hockey Exhibition, wound up Friday wit

Three bald eagles have been killed by interactions with humans in just under a week on Vancouver Island, sparking concerns that someone is deliberately trying to kill the birds.

A four-clawed lobster that came with a shipment from Nova Scotia will never see the dinner table despite having double the usual amount of claw meat, the Maine wholesaler that acquired it says.

A floating electronic billboard that began cruising the waters of False Creek this week has been detained by Transport Canada. "The vessel has been detained pending its registration and subsequent certification as a commercial vessel,"

Is wearing an Oilers cap a right? Ken Egilsson says if people can cover their heads for religious reasons, he should be able to wear his Oilers ball cap, which he says he only takes off for sleeping, showering or during the national anthem.

As the rest of Canada adjusts their clocks for daylight saving this weekend, Saskatchewan times remain the same. Is daylight saving as important as it once was?

Sure they're protein and popular in much of the world, but eating insects as part of the regular diet is not something that North Americans have embraced with culinary gusto, writes food columnist Andrew Coppolino.

A 66-year-old man in Ajax, Ont., who stopped to help a man who appeared to be in medical distress was pepper sprayed and robbed.

The low number of white hake and Atlantic cod has led to the recommendation they be given endangered status by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada.

Irving Shipbuilding says it's satisfied the federal government has shut down a Quebec shipyard trying to get back into the national shipbuilding program through the back door.

A driver hauling fuel to Inuvik, N.W.T., tipped his truck on the Dempster Highway Wednesday after swerving to avoid an animal, according to the N.W.T. Department of Transportation.

U.S. President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have made a pledge to protect the Arctic from overfishing and development. That is increasingly important as climate change melts the ice in the Arctic Ocean and opens it up to outsiders.

Almost three and a half years after the Halifax shipyard won a bid to build Arctic patrol vessels as part of the national shipbuilding strategy, questions about the validity of its contract are being raised but the president of Irving Shipyards says a new

A MONSTER rat bigger than a CHILD has been found next to a playground sparking disgust across Britain.

Imperial Oil is asking the Alberta Energy Regulator for approval of a new $2B oilsands project on its lease in the Cold Lake area in northern Alberta.

Canada's commodity-sensitive dollar shot up close to 76 cents US this morning amid a report oil prices may have reached their lowest point.

OTTAWA - Alberta's soaring unemployment rate climbed higher than Quebec's last month, the first time that's happened in nearly 30 years.

Many consumers who buy free-range, small-flock or organic eggs may be motivated by concerns over animal welfare, but these farming methods can also have an impact on vitamin and fat content, testing by Marketplace found.

It's a first for police cars: Doors that can protect officers against armor-piercing bullets.

A study into the gap between inaccurate viral news stories and the facts that debunk them reveals it to stand at around 13 hours.

The US President revealed he addressed defence spending with the Prime Minister at last June's G7 summit. Just weeks later, Chancellor George Osborne increased spending.

RCMP are investigating after dozens of guns were stolen from a rural home near Sundre, Alta. this week. On Tuesday, police officers were called to a reported break and enter at the home in which 35 long-barreled firearms and 15 handguns were snatched from

The death of a Burundian refugee being held in a Toronto jail sparks renewed calls for less secrecy and more transparency within the Canada Border Services Agency.

Despite radical strategies, central banks have failed in their goal of reigniting inflation. One school of analysis says large fiscal spending in this month's budget will accomplish what Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz cannot, and that a soaring def

Germany's federal criminal police said Thursday they are in possession of files containing personal data on members of the extremist Islamic State group and believe them to be authentic.

Alberta�s NDP government came under fire Wednesday after it was revealed the province hired a former top public union official to lead its labour negotiations.

The rockets were test-fired in Iran's eastern Alborz mountain range in a new show of force by the Islamic Republic as US Vice President Joe Biden visited Israel.

A decision by a Saskatchewan government social worker to buy bus tickets to British Columbia for two homeless men is raising concerns in both provinces.

On the heels of denying permission for the proposed Keystone XL pipeline project, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says there's no urgent need for a new Canada-U.S. pipeline in an interview with CBC's Rosemary Barton.

Firefighters in Nova Scotia's Annapolis Valley found themselves facing a fishy situation Tuesday as they responded to the first grass fire of the season.

Three Minnesota men have been fined a total of $4,000 for wolf hunting violations under the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act. An Ontario court has heard that a man shot a wolf without a licence while hunting deer near Minaki,Ont., on Nov. 2, 2015.

News that snares set for wolves killed 15 cougars and one golden eagle in the Sundre area alone this winter has reignited debate over whether the hunting method is "inhumane" or essential.

The likely death of Omar al-Shishani would be a key gain for coalition forces in taking out one of the biggest names on the U.S.'s terror hit list.

Even if his motives were racist and distasteful, the curmudgeon must still have the last word on his own last will and testament.

The man, who barely spoke German, grabbed the four-year-old boy from the children's play pool, pictured, in Klagenfurt and then groped the child's mother when she went to look for her son.

Kim Jong-un says North Korean scientists have made nuclear warheads small enough to fit on missiles, a claim experts have long cast doubt on.

The North Shuswap Health Care Society is putting up Old West-style 'Wanted' posters around the community of Scotch Creek, B.C. offering a $5,000 reward to anyone able to wrangle a doctor.

Canadian researchers are taking an upside-down approach to better understand the impact of long-term space flight on the human body. The 20 test subjects will be completely immobilized, meaning all activity will take place in their beds, from eating, show

U.S. government meteorologists say the winter that has just ended was the hottest in U.S. records, thanks to the combination of El Nino and man-made global warming.

Members of a remote Cree First Nation in Quebec have travelled to British Columbia to discuss the successful negotiations to protect the Great Bear Rainforest.

An "iconic Canadian woman" will be featured on the next issue of Canadian bank notes, due out in 2018. Here are the Canadian women you thought might make a good fit.

People gazed at the sky in wonder and cheered while others knelt in prayer as a total eclipse of the sun unfolded over Indonesia on Wednesday.

The Liberal government's motion to adopt Canada's refocused mission against ISIS passed a House of Commons vote by a margin of 178-147. The NDP and the Conservative parties voted against the motion in a poll that saw former prime minister Stephen Harper a

Terry Fox's father, Rolly Fox, has died following a battle with lung cancer, says the Terry Fox Foundation. "Rolland Murray Fox died late afternoon on March 8 while listening to a little Hank Williams," the family said.

Water in the B.C. legislature building has more than five times the maximum levels of lead allowed under federal and provincial regulations, according to tests ordered by independent MLA Vicki Huntington.

A Kamloops fraternity is raising money to pair animals who need a home with veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder or PTSD. Kappa Sigma member Justin Bourke came up with the idea after his two cats helped him through a tough phase a few ye

Seismologists in B.C. have confirmed the existence of a fault only five kilometres south of Victoria, giving South Coast residents one more thing to worry about when preparing for earthquakes.

The slaying of Cpl. Nathan Cirillo while he stood guard at the National War Memorial in Ottawa galvanized the country, but now a Conservative MP is using his death to peddle Easter hams in a bizarre fundraising campaign.

An Air Canada flight touched down at Vancouver International Airport Monday with an all-women flight crew -- a milestone for women in the world of aviation. The air traffic controller who guided the plane on its approach and landing was also a female.

A Union Pacific spokesman says a mudslide most likely caused a commuter train derailment in Northern California that sent its leading car plunging into a swollen creek, injuring nine people.

The 1,111-carat Lucara diamond is to be sold at auction sometime in the first half of this year in its rough form. The stone measures 65 by 56 by 40 millimetres, about the size of a tennis ball. One carat is equal to a fifth of a gram, so Lucara's 1,111-c

Iran's Revolutionary Guard has launched several medium-range and short-range ballistic missiles in recent days as part of a military exercise, the official IRNA news agency reported on Tuesday.

Officials in President Barack Obama's White House say he and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are developing a special relationship and they share a progressive vision of governing. They praised Trudeau's commitment to fighting climate change and said they l

An 18-year-old angler from Thunder Bay may be the new "ling king" of Ontario. Brochu had hooked the fish in an eight-inch hole and had trouble getting the giant's head through.

Police in Illinois arrested a woman for drunk driving thanks to a tip that someone was driving a car that had a tree lodged somewhere between its grille, bonnet and bumper.

Despite making an award-winning docudrama on Canada's only all-black military unit in 2001, director Anthony Sherwood says he's still amazed how little is known nationally about the No. 2 Construction Battalion.

Mercury is the planet closest to the dazzling light of the sun. So why is its colour so dark? Scientists think they've finally figured out the answer, which relates to something that happened billions of years ago.

A Canadian woman will be featured on the next issue of Canadian banknotes in 2018, Prime Minister Trudeau announced today. The government and the Bank of Canada did not indicate which denomination would showcase the iconic female Canadian.

1,128 weapons and accessories were recorded as "losses" in public accounts last year, but the Canadian military doesn't track where they all went.

Robert Allaby, 53, has been convicted of charges that include violent sexual offending against male children and teens. In 2004, the former minor hockey coach was sentenced to six years in prison for sexually abusing the young son of a former girlfriend.

Tilikum, the killer whale involved in dragging two trainers underwater to their deaths, is in deteriorating condition at Florida's SeaWorld due to health issues.

New Westminster's mayor wants drivers to pay a toll to cross the new Pattullo Bridge, but says tolls aren't the final solution to help fund future projects in the region.

When Stan and Melody McKenzie went for a drive along the Haines Road Monday, they were optimistic they'd see some lynx along the way.

The sportscaster's civil lawsuit had sought $75 million in damages from the owner and operator of the Nashville hotel where she had been staying in 2008 when the video was recorded.

Inuit groups and environmentalists have accused Nunavut of softening its protection of vital Arctic caribou herds by saying it will consider industrial development on sensitive calving grounds.

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Dr Vladislav Rogozov (pictured), 46, confronted the woman before the operation at Sheffield's Royal Hallamshire Hospital when he realised she planned to wear the Islamic headscarf.

Thousands of Syrian refugees could be taken from Turkey and resettled in Europe, under "one-for-one" migrant swap deal

The City of Vancouver has reached an agreement with Canadian Pacific Railway that will transform a contentious stretch of old rail corridor into a greenway.

Jeff Carter scored twice in the third period to get his 300th career goal after Drew Doughty and Anze Kopitar scored less than 2 minutes apart in the second period to lift the Los Angeles Kings over the Vancouver Canucks 5-1 on Monday night.

A baby chameleon preserved in amber for 99 million years is by far the oldest fossil of its kind. The lizard is some 75 million years older than the previous record holder.

Florida Panthers forward Jaromir Jagr continued his climb up the all-time NHL scoring list on Monday night, surpassing Gordie Howe into third spot with 1,851 points. He assisted on a first-period Aleksander Barkov goal against Boston goalie Tuukka Rask.

A fishing trawler off the coast of Newfoundland recently dragged up a creature from the depths of the ocean that made even the most experienced people on board do a double take.

Canada's top soldier, Gen. Jonathan Vance, has told a Senate committee the Canadian Forces needs to be equipped with armed drones that can both spot and attack enemies.

The Austrian man confronted the so-called Sharia patrol after they hassled his Chechen wife and daughter in central Vienna, pictured, but ended up being attacked and hospitalised.

A recent court decision is raising concerns for Canadian veterans and reservists who develop new technology and intellectual property after they've left the forces.

Officials and witnesses said gunmen entered the facility in Aden, Yemen run by a charity established by Mother Teresa and handcuffed the victims before shooting them in the head.

Prime Minister Matteo Renzi wades into row as angry unions turn on Mauro Felicori for working too many hours

Whole Foods has decided to remove the pre-peeled oranges packed in plastic containers from its stores after the market received backlash from furious Twitter users.

Attorneys for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl said they may seek a deposition from Donald Trump or call him as a witness at a legal proceeding, as they fear his comments could affect his right to a fair trial.

Customers at a Minnesota gas station saw a golden Labrador retriever appear to drive the semi across a road Friday and crash in into a tree and a parked car..

Nancy Reagan, Ronald Reagan's widow and First Lady from 1981-1989, has died at 94

Slovakia's leftist-nationalist PM Robert Fico wins the general election but loses his majority in parliament, while an extreme right party also wins seats.

Managers at the Arriba water park in Norderstedt will ban men and teenage boys from using the waterslides at certain times when only women, girls and very young boys will be allowed access.

Harvard Law School has decided to drop its crest because of links to an 18th Century slave owner in the latest race row to engulf a leading university.

The FBI has revealed how thieves made off with gold bars worth $4.8 million in a truck robbery on Interstate 95 last year, and it reads like a heist fit for Hollywood.

Stockholm train station is where a 'group of neo-Nazis attacked refugees' Around the same time as woman, 22, was allegedly murdered by migrant Despite reports no migrants have told police they were assaulted at station If exaggerated, it could have ma

Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall, who has had a high profile among premiers and territorial leaders as a critic of federal interest in a national carbon price, said he was looking forward to the meeting but averse, before getting to the table, to hypothetic

TMZ has released a new in-your-face video of Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz in an onstage confrontation during a recent UFC 196 event. The video is shot from the stage and close to it, and features the UFC fighters trash-talking each other and then trying t

A Pakistani man was sentenced to 13 years in prison Thursday for allegedly posting religiously offensive material on his Facebook page, lawyers in the case said.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canadians would appreciate it if Americans paid more attention to what's going on around the globe.