NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 05-2016

The woman didn't appear to be injured or in distress, and police aren't sure if a crime took place.

After getting the money from the cash register, the polite thief who shot a hole in the ceiling did something truly Canadian - he apologized.

Founding Beastie Boys member John Berry, who coined the name of the influential New York band, has died at the age of 52.

Staff at the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum in Poland have discovered that a mug in their collection has been harbouring a secret for more than 70 years.

At least one Syrian woman a week is disclosing to staff at the Arab Community Centre of Toronto that they are a victim of domestic violence. Staff say it highlights helping families deal with and prevent abuse requires a specialized approach.

Over 400 products from CRF Frozen Foods in Pasco, Washington, sold under more than 40 different brand names at major retailers like Costco, Target, Trader Joe's and Safeway are being recalled in Canada, Mexico and the United States.

Government House leader Dominic LeBlanc says it is withdrawing a controversial motion that would have given the Liberals more control over the ins and outs of parliamentary business.

Morley Safer, the legendary, Toronto-born reporter who covered such landmark stories as the construction of the Berlin Wall and the Vietnam War, has died at the age of 84, according to CBS News.

The World Beer Cup saw 6,596 beers from 1,907 breweries from 55 countries entered in the competition that some refer to as the "Olympics of Beer."

A recent attempt to get stem cell scientists to dial back their enthusiasm when talking publicly about their research highlights the growing problem of scientific spin: the overzealous hyping of drugs and therapies that are nowhere near to being proven sa

"I had no more cleavage showing than any other woman," said Jenna Vecchio, who claims she was asked to cover up at an Orleans Movati.

Wood already has plenty to offer conventional construction methods, but it may soon have a new trick up its sleeve. Scientists have come up with a way to turn a block of linden wood transparent, winding up with a material that could find use in everything

A billion birds have disappeared from North America since 1970, and a third of bird species across the continent are threatened with extinction, a new report says.

A YOUNG girl burned to death by crazed Islamic State fighters used her final words to ask her distraught mother to forgive them.

Tensions in the House of Commons were high Wednesday as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pushed through a group of MPs, leading to a shouting match with NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair and accusations that the prime minister elbowed an MP in the chest.

The opposition parties are pushing back after Liberal House Leader Dominc LeBlanc gave notice the government could seize total control of the House of Commons.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is formally apologizing in the House of Commons for a 1914 government decision that barred most of the passengers of the Komagata Maru from entering Canada.

Two dozen horses in Montreal face uncertain futures after the city put a one-year moratorium on horse-drawn carriages, a popular tourist industry in the cobblestone streets Old Montreal.

As mountains of impractical donations intended for Fort McMurray fire evacuees pile up in warehouses, a Red Cross Alberta executive explains how the kindness of strangers can become a burden for aid workers.

More than 50 Muslim states have blocked 11 gay and transgender organisations from attending a meeting at the United Nations next month dedicated to ending AIDS.

A hulking 6-foot-5, 260-pound El-Amin hit and kicked Snipes then stood up and tossed him on the floor.

Officials have ruled that an altercation involving a black University of Iowa student in downtown Iowa City two weeks ago does not meet the criteria for a hate crime.

Teenagers are being turned into "weapons" by ISIS, triggering fears that they could slip back to the West to launch attacks.

Angela Magdici, 32, went on the run with serial rapist Hassan Kiko, 27, during a night shift at Limmattal prison in Zurich, but after being caught, she had now applied to have conjugal visits.

In February alone, the southwestern German state of Bavaria handed out 7,435 new 'small weapon' licences, compared to to 5,748 in all of 2015, local media reports.

Indigenous children in Canada are more than twice as likely to live in poverty than non-Indigenous kids, according to new findings released Tuesday by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.

Yukon's chief coroner has confirmed that a Ross River, Yukon, man who died last October was killed by 'feral or semi-domesticated' dogs in the community.

The problem started small, with a few problem welds found on three Canadian frigates. But the welding problem has escalated, with two of Canada's four submarines now requiring extensive inspections and repairs. The subs, which make up half of Canada's und

A new, over-the-counter test is now available in Canada to test whether a tick is carrying the main bacteria that causes Lyme disease.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo has given his consent for the harsh new law... The harsh new law, which could be signed within days, follows the horrific gang-rape and murder of a 14-year-old schoolgirl.

Instead of trying to get into the United States a few hundred miles to the north, many are making the journey across the Atlantic to Istanbul in Turkey.

Police have detained three suspects after two teens were groped and robbed by a group of young men during Berlin's "Karneval der Kulturen" festival. The assault was reminiscent of the New Year's Eve attacks in Cologne.

Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has expressed his concerns over the plans to change the terminology used to describe the Armenian massacre. Turkey rejects that the events of 1915 amount to genocide.

A violent high-risk sex offender who fled Canada has been sentenced to 39 years behind bars for raping a now 70-year-old woman in Seattle.

Moved by the stories of loss and pain in Fort McMurray, Syrian refugee families in Edmonton have been raising money to help support them. Many have only been here for a couple of months, but say they want to give back after feeling so welcomed in Canada.

Young Canadians complain that stratospheric real estate prices are putting home ownership out of reach. But even as governments begin to tabulate the impact of foreign buyers in Canada's largest cities, they are terrified that any move to pop the bubble w

An out of control wildfire burning about 10 kilometres north of Fox Creek has forced mandatory evacuations in the MD of Greenview.

In perhaps the most political Eurovision yet, singer Jamala knocked Russia's Sergey Lazarev into third with her song 1944 - which she dedicated to her great-grandmother and is reportedly about Stalin, Crimea and claims of ethnic cleansing.

Children as young as three were among the 1,419 under-16s who received support during 2015/16. One North London clinic treated three children aged three last year.

More than 60 people have reportedly been killed from lightning over the past two days during tropical storms across Bangladesh.

A violent brawl Saturday at a Moscow cemetery involving about 200 people in an apparent turf war left three people dead and 23 others hospitalized, police and health officials said.

Germany's federal government expects to spend 93.6 billion euros ($106.2 billion) to support refugees over the next five years, weekly Der Spiegel reported Saturday.

The US Navy demotes the commander of the 10 US sailors who in January entered Iranian territorial waters and were briefly detained.

Pfizer has taken steps to ensure that none of its products are used in lethal injections, the largest U.S. drugmaker said on Friday.

Racism isn't the culprit, but that doesn't change the fact that the challenges faced by Canada's Aboriginal Peoples have long remained out of sight and mind to many, says former Liberal prime minister Paul Martin.

Health Canada is planning to change regulations to allow doctors to prescribe heroin to some opioid addicts who do not respond to treatments such as methadone.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has warned dog owners that xylitol, a sweetener used in sugarless gum, mints, toothpaste and even baked goods, is toxic to their pets.

Controversy is brewing on the campus of UCLA after pictures surfaced online of at least three members of the Bruin Republican Club holding anti-transgender restroom signs.

The official Twitter account of the Russian Embassy in the U.K. uses a screenshot from the video game Command and Conquer as an "illustration" for chemical weapons in a post about Syrian extremists.

A University of Manitoba researcher has published an article that shows $3 a day makes a big difference for expecting moms who are also low-income.

Earthen barrier in Ft. Wayne to block invasive asian carp from entering Great Lakes. Environmental officials are celebrating the completion of a nearly 2-mile-long, 80-foot-wide earthen berm designed to keep Asian carp from reaching the Great Lakes.

The human-size towers in Colombia and Venezuela wetlands are actually piles of excrement, a new study says.

Wendy's will make self-service ordering kiosks available to all of its franchises later this year as minimum wage hikes help market push labor costs.

What separates animals, plants, fungi and even amoebas from bacteria? Well, there's one feature that no longer universally makes us distinct, thanks to a new study that redefines what it means to belong to our limb on the tree of life.

Austrian immigration officials say half of migrants who claim to be children are clearly lying. An unnamed official said some of the 'juveniles' are at least 30 and have grey hair and full beards.

A B.C. judge has sentenced a couple who were convicted of assault for spanking their 14-year-old daughter to a conditional discharge with no jail time or criminal record.

When Linden Vey called the past two seasons the worst of his career, he was speaking only about his experiences on the ice.

GRAFING, Germany -- A German man yelled "infidel, you must die" and "Allahu akbar" as he stabbed one person to death and wounded three others at a Bavarian train station Tuesday, but authorities said they've found no links to any Islamic extremist network

The woman, in her twenties, was given a lethal injection after Dutch doctors and psychiatrists decided that her post-traumatic stress disorder and other conditions were incurable.

MPs are kicking off debate on a proposal to encourage federal parties to run equal numbers of men and women.

German authorities are investigating 40 cases in which Islamic militants are suspected of having entered the country with the recent flood of refugees from the Middle East, federal police said Wednesday.

"Since far-right groups are involved in spreading these rumors, we had to expect that they wouldn't thank us for creating the map."

The national police force in the Czech Republic received an anonymous tip-off about an attack, sparking a major response.

A Scottish man who provoked outrage after filming his girlfriend's dog responding to Nazi slogans has been arrested by Lanarkshire police.

Twitter has cut off US intelligence from using a data miner able to rifle through user tweets without limit, a move likely to cause outrage in federal circles.

A white South African high court judge is the subject of the latest in a series of race rows in the country after she said that black South African men regarded rape as a cultural right.

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The exercise at the Trafford Centre in Manchester has been in the planning since December 2015 and will continue over the next two nights across the north west.

Anti-crime politician Rodrigo "Digong" Duterte has won the Philippine presidential elections following the withdrawal of his main rivals.

Paralympian Micky Yule, 37, from Musselburgh near Edinburgh, recorded a personal best by lifting 190 kilograms in front of a huge crowd - including Harry - at the Invictus stadium in Florida, US.

Former CBC broadcaster Jian Ghomeshi's second sexual assault trial will not go ahead in June and will instead be dealt with by a peace bond this week, according to a source close to the case.

New footage of the infamous Cologne New Year sex attacks show how police officers struggled to contain the large crowds as an alleged hundreds of assaults were committed.

US carbon emissions were down slightly in 2015, continuing a period in which economic growth has been accompanied by relatively flat emissions. Compared to 2005, however, the current numbers represent a 12 percent drop. The Energy Information Agency (EIA)

David Levin, 31-year-old whitehat hacker and father of two, is accused of hacking into the Florida and Lee Co. elections websites.

Russia's Ministry of Defence is waging an ambitious and aggressive information war surrounding its intervention in the Syrian conflict. CBC News went inside Syria with the Russian military as it staged a 72-hour media tour complete with an orchestral perf

Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann resigns amid party criticism over the far right's victory in the first round of presidential elections.

There's fear the growing wildfire could double in size and reach a major oil sands mine and even the neighboring province of Saskatchewan.

An ever-declining birthrate in Quebec as well as an aging population are putting the spotlight on the province's immigration levels against the backdrop of issues such as the economy, identity, culture and language.

A second man has been arrested in the theft of five million bees in Quebec. Provincial police say the 43-year-old suspect surrendered to police on Friday in Joliette, about 50 kilometres north of Montreal.

A five-year-old Ontario boy couldn't help but join the outpouring of support for the thousands of Fort McMurray residents who have fled their homes due to a massive wildfire that shows no sign of slowing down.

MULTAN, Pakistan: A Pakistani sweet shop owner has confessed to fatally poisoning at least 30 people by lacing his goods with pesticide in an attempt to take revenge on his older brother, police said Friday.Khalid Mehmood confessed in a court in central P

A WOMAN punched a migrant in the face when she was attacked at a bus stop.

These images show the stark contrast between the London of World War Two during the Blitz and today. They were made to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the end of the Blitz in the capital.

Tory MP Andrew Scheer: 'There was nothing unusual about the way this bill was treated'

Eating a banana in an "erotic" manner while being broadcast on live-streams has been banned in China as part of the government's attempts to crack down on "inappropriate" content on the internet.

Mountaineer Joe Simpson, 55, has followed in the footsteps of his father Lt Col Ian Simpson's treacherous journey through the Burmese jungle during World War Two.

Western province also the leader in job creation over past year

Prominent Turkish journalists Can Dundar and Erdem Gul are jailed for revealing state secrets.

Public transport and shipping hit as Greeks start a three-day general strike in protest at further austerity measures.

The video, which was captured at the fast food restaurant in Pilsworth, Bury, Manchester, showed the member of staff explaining to the man that his form of transport is a 'health and safety hazard'.

A judge in the German city of Cologne dismisses sexual assault charges against an Algerian man, in the first trial over sexual crimes at New Year celebrations.

On the very day of its defeat last fall, the Harper government quietly awarded a $40-million "engineering" contract to the Seaspan shipyard in North Vancouver, despite having promised that the yard would prepare itself to build new ships "at no cost to Ca

For the second month in a row, the aerospace upstart SpaceX landed a rocket on an ocean platform early Friday, this time following the successful launch of a Japanese communications satellite.

On May 5, 2015 the NDP won 54 of 87 seats to form a majority government and knock the Alberta Progressive Conservatives out of power for the first time in 44 years. Here's a look back at an eventful first year for the new government.

Galen G. Weston, the head of Loblaw, the country's largest drugstore and grocery chain, said Thursday that pharmacists are well-positioned to dispense medical marijuana in a safe manner.

The Israeli army's deputy chief of staff drew rebukes from hawkish Israeli ministers Thursday for comparing pre-Holocaust Germany to trends in Israel today.

Rima Fakih gave her life to Christ last month in the run-up to her marriage in Lebanon next week to Wassim Salibi, a wealthy music producer who is a Maronite Christian.