NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 06-2016

The IAAF upheld its ban on Russia's track and field team for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Friday in a landmark decision that punishes the world power for systematic doping.

With every passing day, it feels like the robot uprising is getting a little closer. Robots are being beaten down by their human overlords, even as we teach them to get stronger. Now, they're starting to break free. A robot in Russia escaped from a resear

Since baby males aren't useful to the industry, they usually meet a horrific death.

Independent researchers called a new study funded by Ocean Spray "smoke and mirrors."

Dangerous, potentially record-breaking heat will scorch portions of the Southwest this weekend and into early next week.

A four-year-old boy who drowned in his grandparents' swimming pool Thursday was a loving, free-spirited child who simply "left for a moment" and then was nowhere to be found, his aunt says.

A 94-year-old former guard at the Auschwitz death camp, Reinhold Hanning, is convicted and sentenced to five years in jail.

After cancelling two other concerts earlier this week due to ill health, the singer Meat Loaf collapsed on stage during a concert in Edmonton on Thursday and was taken to a local hospital in unknown condition.

Heavy rainfall has turned into widespread flooding in a number of communities in northeastern British Columbia.

A Northwest Territories woman found herself stuck between a wolf and a bear -- and chose the bear. Joanne Barnaby found herself being stalked by a wolf and led it to a bear to get away.

A Montreal borough's plan to pay tribute to late sovereigntist premier Jacques Parizeau by changing the name of a park that currently honours Vimy Ridge is being blasted by some critics as disrespectful to Canada's war history.

An Alberta tourist who performed an emergency C-section on a doe mortally wounded after being hit on the highway managed to save the fawn's life.

Yedioth Ahronoth reveals Israel's plan to build a concrete wall tens of meters deep underground and aboveground to counter the threat of Hamas attack tunnels. Senior defense official: 'a confrontation with Hamas is inevitable, it must be the last one.'

Chair of Toronto Catholic board had been outspoken in opposition to updated curriculum.

A new Edmonton enterprise by Shurtis Kawkin & Chaz LePage, will hand-deliver a box of fresh doughnuts to your door. And they promise to deliver "anywhere" in western Canada.

Russian soccer hooligans are a new breed. They don't drink; they train. They work on their muscles and martial arts and plot strategy as if they're embarking on a military campaign. They've caused their share of outrage at Euro 2016 in France, but to many

Another witness has claimed the gunman was heard shouting Britain First.

Singer Sir Cliff Richard, 75, had his home in Berkshire raided by South Yorkshire Police almost two years ago in August 2014, but he has never been arrested or charged.

Justice department lawyers will revive legal arguments advanced by the former Harper government to try to block a lawsuit by six Afghan war veterans intent on restoring pensions for injured and wounded soldiers.

The ground-breaking detection of gravitational waves, ripples in space and time postulated by Albert Einstein 100 years ago, that was announced in February was no fluke. Scientists said on Wednesday that they have spotted them for a second time.

The Trudeau government is considering a request to commit hundreds of troops to eastern Europe and take part command of a new NATO force being assembled to deter Russian aggression.

The Canada Child Benefit will slash child poverty by a record 40 per cent when cheques begin arriving next month, according to families minister Jean-Yves Duclos.

For just the third time in history, a Calgary-based bush airline is being called upon to pluck an ailing member of an Antarctic research team from the South Pole in the darkness of winter � and the experience of those two successful missions, though lim

The 20-year-old man was arrested at the swimming pool after the brutal attack, which left his victim, 10, with serious injuries and traumatic stress disorder. The Iraqi migrant now faces six years jail.

The Ukip leader and dozens of Brexit-backing fishing boats took to the Thames but were met by boats carrying Remain supporters including rock star Sir Bob, who yelled insults and flicked V signs.

A family argument over whether the Earth is flat or round became so heated that one of the participants threw a propane cylinder onto a campfire, prompting an intervention by firefighters.

Most telemarketers polled in a new CRTC survey said they haven't registered with Canada's do-not-call list. Critics say the survey is more proof the list is a dud.

The 45-year-old man (seen entering an Austrian court) was sentenced to 20 years in jail for stabbing his 40-year-old girlfriend in the neck after he realised a video of the pair was circulating among friends.

Larossi Abballa attacked Jean-Baptiste Salvaing and his wife at their home in Magnanville north of Paris. He was later shot dead by police who rescued the couple's three-year-old son.

Authorities were searching early Wednesday for a 2-year-old boy who was dragged into the water by an alligator near Disney's upscale Grand Floridian Resort Spa.

A U.S.-based research institute said a post on a Telegram channel promoting ISIL had singled out the Pride Parade in Toronto, providing its date, time and location

The Trudeau government is considering a request to commit hundreds of troops to eastern Europe and take part command of a new NATO force being assembled to deter Russian aggression.

Public Services and Procurement Minister Judy Foote says the federal government will save money by using existing, off-the-shelf warship designs with modifications.

An Australian rodent found only on a tiny island on the Great Barrier Reef has been declared extinct. Scientists say it's the first mammal known to be wiped out by human-caused climate change.

A British Columbia Mountie has been charged with theft after guns and other items were allegedly taken from an evidence locker.

The Alberta government has removed the Agriculture Financial Services Corporation board of directors, suspended three senior executives, and referred an internal audit to police for potential criminal investigation after an anonymous tip exposed improper

Albertans cannot say no if a company wants to drill an oil or gas well on their land. Nor can they compel the company to clean it up. The result is 150,000 inactive or abandoned wells in Alberta, a number that will only go up.

In 2016 alone, multiple shootings with more than three victims have killed 212 people and left 548 injured in the U.S.

Last month, we reported on a new Salt Lake City-based startup, Nikola Motor, unveiling the design of its first product; an electric truck with a natural gas range extender called �Nikola One�. The company attracted a lot of attention for having a name

European Council president Donald Tusk says a UK vote to leave the EU could threaten "Western political civilisation".

A man claiming allegiance to so-called Islamic State stabbed a French police commander to death before being killed when police stormed a house, officials say.

Read '4 provinces to power Canadian economy - B.C., Manitoba, Ontario, P.E.I.' on Yahoo Finance Canada . Canada's economy is expected to grow by 1.5 per cent in 2016, with British Columbia to lead the country in growth, according to an outlook by the Conf

Only 2.4million viewers tuned in to Chris Evans's BBC2 motoring show yesterday, which is significantly down by almost two million from its launch audience a fortnight ago of 4.3million.

After a gunman reportedly professing allegiance to ISIS went hunting gays in a Florida night club, could there be a better time to have a conversation about organized religion and the pain inflicted on gays in the name of god?

Who cheats on tests? Some foreign drug makers do. Western inspectors have found pages of important data buried under rubble. They've found evidence of erased computer records and falsified human blood tests. And those are just the examples they've witness

A Canadian court has awarded $13 million in non-diplomatic assets seized from Iran to the families of Americans who died in several attacks globally, which had allegedly been sponsored by Tehran between 1983 to 2002.

Scientists have found dangerous drug-resistant "super bacteria" off beaches in Rio de Janeiro that will host Olympic swimming events and in a lagoon where rowing and canoe athletes will compete when the Games start on Aug. 5.

Eleven German MPs of Turkish origin are put under police protection after receiving death threats for voting to describe the 1915 massacre of Armenians as genocide.

Elated women in Syria have removed their niqabs - the face-covering veil made compulsory by Isis - after their village was liberated from the jihadists. The village, on the outskirts of the city of Manbij, Aleppo province, was liberated by US-backed

The 22-year-old woman claims she was drugged and raped after going out for drinks at a hotel bar in Doha, Qatar, a strict Islamic country which is set to host the FIFA World Cup in 2022.

Gunfire erupted at a gay nightclub in central Florida early Sunday, causing what police are calling a "mass casualty situation."

Documents seen by BBC suggest Carter administration paved way for Khomeini to return to Iran by holding the army back from launching a military coup

The family of a woman mauled by a dog earlier this week wants pit bulls to be banned in Quebec.

The fact that authorities withheld Brock Turner's mug shot for 16 months is being pegged as an illustration of the racial disparities within America's criminal justice system.

Scientists say most antidepressants don't work for children or teenagers with major depression and some may be unsafe.

This is the shocking moment a woman approaches journalist Iris Delgado mid live news report in Pennsylvania and taps her on the arm before grabbing her hair and punching her in the face.

Gawker Media, which was recently ordered to pay up to $140 million to Hulk Hogan, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Friday and put its assets up for sale.

Four Syrian immigrants have been accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in a park in Newcastle. One arrived in the UK having been accepted under the resettlement programme.

OTTAWA -- The federal government wants dirty gas-guzzling mowers to get off everybody's lawn. Proposed new regulations for off-road, small spark-ignition engines have been posted in the Canada Gazette for public comment. The new rules are designed to cut

Canada's economy added 14,000 jobs in May, a better-than-expected number that pushed the unemployment rate down two points to 6.9 per cent.

Hockey legend Gordie Howe has died after a lengthy illness. He was 88 years old.

For some Fort McMurray residents returning home to nothing, it's the little things found in the rubble that make starting anew seem possible. After huge demand, Team Rubicon is bringing in more volunteers to help search through the ashes.

A mother from Brisbane, Australia, is pleading with parents to vaccinate their children after her baby boy had to be hospitalized after contracting chickenpox.

New Canadian research led by two Ottawa doctors and published in The Lancet medical journal on Thursday suggests a high-risk therapy may stop multiple sclerosis from progressing, and even reverse the disease.

A national service of thanksgiving is taking place at St Paul's Cathedral to mark the Queen's 90th birthday.

Three hundred South African firefighters on loan to Alberta will be packing up and leaving after only a week on the job, following a strike over the terms of their payment.

Amnesty International is calling on Iran to release a Montreal-based university professor who has been in prison since Monday. Alex Neve, secretary general of Amnesty International Canada, says Homa Hoodfar is a prisoner of conscience.

Gordon Stuckless will serve only six years after being given credit for the three years he spent under house arrest. Some of Stuckless's victims and their supporters shouted at him as he was led out of the courtroom in handcuffs.

A Nova Scotia teenager has lost the ability to speak after a severe sinus infection led to a series of strokes that left him in hospital for eight months.

Conservative MPs may have prematurely ended a dying Liberal MP's attempt to bring gender-neutral language to the national anthem.

Police have launched a criminal investigation after a Muslim waitress in the south of France was attacked for serving alcohol on the first day of Ramadan.

A Louisville man is behind bars charged with breaking into and vandalizing a mosque.

The popular annual event is a Montreal tradition that some Grand Prix venues elsewhere have since copied.

A 27-year-old female teacher faces charges of sexual assault involving a student at St. James Catholic Global Learning Centre in Mississauga, Ont., police say.

A Belgian minister voices concern that as many as 2,500 Belgian ex-Nazis are receiving German pensions.

A Halifax neurologist says adopting a healthy lifestyle is the best way for young people to prevent strokes, which open the door to more and earlier dementia.

A USB containing information about irregular practices within Quebec's Ministry of Transport was doctored after it was handed over to ministry officials, a parliamentary committee heard Wednesday night.

The FIA has released further details of Fernando Alonso's accident at the Australian Grand Prix this year, including the massive G-forces experienced by the driver.

German investigators believe a dispute over Ramadan meals led to a fire that gutted a shelter for 282 asylum seekers in Duesseldorf.

The French government has released a mobile phone app that it says will help spread more reliable information during a terror attack.

Richmond RCMP tweeted Wednesday they had stopped a moving vehicle after spotting a couple having sex while driving.

When Mick Phillips was diagnosed with lung cancer more than five years ago, the odds of survival for the Wisconsin man were not good. After treatment, however, his cancer has not advanced, and his doctor credits a vaccine from Cuba, obtained after travell

Rangers suspended their attempts on Wednesday to recover the body of a man who wandered from a designated boardwalk and fell into an acidic hot spring at Yellowstone National Park, another in a string of incidents raising concerns over visitor behaviour.

A giant sinkhole opened up next to a major shopping mall in downtown Ottawa on Wednesday, causing a gas leak, collapsing a street and forcing the evacuation of all nearby businesses.

For better and for worse, Sanders made all the big decisions.

There's a big problem with Rose's copyright-based strategy in this case: the question of who actually owns the copyright to these photos is in dispute

Two Palestinian gunmen kill four people after opening fire at a popular open-air market in central Tel Aviv, Israeli police say.

Ontario's auditor general has found that last summer's Pan Am and Parapan Am Games in Toronto came in $342 million over budget, but the province still paid more than $5 million in performance bonuses.

An 81-year-old pilot who made an emergency landing on a glacier north of Whistler, B.C., is being hailed as a hero by his passengers.

GOOGLE is forging ahead with its plans for artificial intelligence, despite warnings from Elon Musk and Stephen Hawking that it could speed the end of humanity. But fortunately, Google does have a back-up plan.

The report from Germany's BKA federal police showed that migrants from northern Africa, Georgia and Serbia were disproportionately represented among the suspects.

When Mick Phillips was diagnosed with lung cancer more than five years ago, the odds of survival for the Wisconsin man were not good. After treatment, however, his cancer has not advanced, and his doctor credits a vaccine from Cuba, obtained after travell

Premier Notley sounds pumped.Her NDP government drives through their carbon tax with much self-congratulation and little obvious pushback except from opposing politicians, a very few activists and social media types who think manning the barricades is hit

Shell Canada is donating its controversial Arctic energy exploration permits to clear the way for creating Canada's third national marine protected area. The 30 legally-questionable permits are being given to the Nature Conservancy of Canada, which will i

Three senators opposed to the federal government's assisted dying bill in its current form say the Senate isn't purposefully stalling the bill. They say the work has been non-partisan and is "an example of the Senate at its finest."

An unknown number of Lexus automobiles have seen their infotainment and navigation head units broken by a bug in an over-the-air software update from Lexus. The glitch, which was confirmed by a Lexus spokesperson, was delivered in a routine software updat

City of Calgary property tax hikes on businesses of 40% and more are driving some to go out of business, while others fear they might be next.

A defence lawyer for Steven Avery, featured in the popular Nextflix documentary series Making a Murderer, says the U.S. justice system could take lessons from Canada's approach to the courts.

Armed robbers bit off more than they could chew when they held up a McDonalds in eastern France whose diners included a group of hungry officers from an elite military force.

Exclusive seafront homes in Sydney, Australia are in danger of collapsing after two nights of deadly high tides wash away up to 50m of beach.

Speaking on a cellphone in English got ugly fast for a Verdun woman.

Former Canadian teen idol Bobby Curtola, who scored hits with Hand in Hand With You and Fortune Teller and later becoming a Las Vegas stage staple, has died at 73.

Using NASA's Landsat satellites, researchers conducted the most precise study yet on vegetation growth trends across North America

The Alberta government says a program intended to encourage more value-added processing in the petrochemical industry has drawn more interest than expected.

Kimbo Slice, a well-known MMA fighter who originally gained notoriety through fighting videos posted on the internet, has died at the age of 42.

Wildlife officials are activating an emergency plan after two fishermen hauled a massive Asian grass carp out of the St. Lawrence River.

A rare Second World War Lancaster bomber will not live out its final days in Edmonton, after a crowdfunding campaign to bring the plane from New Brunswick failed to reach its goal.

The IEA projects governments should spend trillions on the fight to cut carbon. One scientist, however, tells CNBC: "Not so fast."

Ukraine's intelligence agency, SBU, said on Monday it has stopped a plot to attack soccer's European Championship in France by arresting an armed Frenchman trying to cross the border from Ukraine into the European Union.

Researchers in the province are looking to cash in on the wealth of geothermal energy we have in Alberta. As we get closer and closer to the NDP's deadline to be off coal-fired electricity by 2030, this could be a big part of the solution.

As the B.C. government tries again to evict residents from a seven-month-old homeless camp near the legislature in Victoria, a bitterly dividehttp://www.theprovince.com/life/cms/binary/11942451.jpgd neighbourhood waits and watches.

New Jersey newlyweds got an unexpected gift at their wedding reception: a performance by Taylor Swift.

Two teenage girls accused of repeatedly punching and kicking a 78-year-old woman during an apparent argument in a Brooklyn subway station have been arrested, the New York Police Department...