NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 07-2016

The immersive and inescapable way children and teens are exposed to violence in their "media diet" on social media apps, video games and movies can make them more aggressive, violent and fearful, the American Academy of Pediatrics says in a new policy sta

Evidence of widespread state-sponsored doping by Russian athletes was confirmed on Monday in a report issued by Canadian law professor and sports lawyer Richard McLaren.

A West Virginia Republican lawmaker said Sunday his comments made on Twitter calling for Democrat Hillary Clinton's public execution weren't meant to be taken literally.

Henrik Stenson wins the British Open. Stenson finished at 20-under 264, the lowest 72-hole score ever in a major. Stenson won by three shots over Phil Mickelson, a runner-up for the 11th time in a major, but never like this.

Australian Will Power has won his third Honda Indy Toronto. Brazil's Helio Castroneves was second, ahead of Ontario's James Hinchcliffe. Toronto native James Hinchcliffe finished third for his first career podium at his home race.

Officials say a dead whale that keeps returning to the Southern California coast after being towed out to the ocean might have floated back to the coast again.

An airplane crashed Sunday afternoon at the Cold Lake Air Show, and the pilot's condition is unknown. The T-28 Trojan aircraft crashed at around 2 p.m. on Sunday, 4 Wing spokesman Mathew Strong said.

A Newfoundland ecological reserve that bears the oldest known evidence of multi-cellular life is now a World Heritage Site.

North Shore Rescue team harnessed up to save a dog stuck on a cliff at the top of St. Mark's Summit on the Howe Sound Crest Trail in Cypress Provincial Park.

An 11-year old camper's letter successfully made the trip from the Laurentians to her grandmother's home in Perth, Ont. despite an incomplete address thanks to the help of 16,000 Facebookers, a paramedic and one very determined postal worker.

At least seven officers were injured and at least three of them are feared dead in a shooting in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, a source said.

Bomb-making guides, images of beheadings and plans of MI5 headquarters were found at the East London home of the bright 16-year-old, where her father had let her watch ultra-violent material.

Judge Monte Watkins sentenced Cory Batey, a former Vanderbilt University football player, to 15 years prison Friday.

Exposing the uncertainties unleashed by Britain's decision to leave the European Union, the U.K. minister in charge of negotiating the divorce said Sunday that most EU citizens in Britain when it leaves the bloc will be able to stay -- but some might have

A letter drafted by U.S. and Canadian anti-doping leaders urging Russia's removal from the upcoming Olympics is circulating days before the public release of a report expected to detail a state-sponsored doping system that corrupted the country's entire s

A bullet from the gun fired by a Colorado deputy struck a suspect's weapon and traveled straight down the pistol's barrel.

A lawyer for the Turkish government, Robert Amsterdam, said that "there are indications of direct involvement" in the coup attempt of Fethullah Gulen, a Muslim cleric who is living in exile in Pennsylvania.

So-called death midwives provide the dying and their families with a wide range of services similar to birth midwives so the term should not be legally challenged by organizations that govern maternity care, says a spokeswoman for a British Columbia group

A Hamilton father finally gets his day in court.

For the past few weeks, wildlife lovers near Christina Lake have been trying to catch a red-eared slider near Christina Lake. Red-eared sliders are not indigenous to the region; they grow to be over a foot long and can do serious damage to local painted t

Bird Studies Canada, which monitors sea bird mortality, says there have been about half a dozen reports of dead Rhinoceros Auklets around the Victoria area and Washington State.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau isn't taking the bait set out by the Russian Embassy in Canada, which used Thursday's attack in Nice to go after NATO's mission in eastern Europe.

A Moncton, N.B., doctor who checked the medical files of more than 100 young women, including co-workers, waitresses and women he met at the gym and bars, has been fired.

Donald Trump declared on Twitter Friday morning that he has chosen Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as his running mate.

The team out for a morning practice came across an exhausted woman in the water, with no lifejacket, and helped bring her to safety.

The Canadian government has purchased a series of five unmanned drones that come with their own launch and retrieval system, meaning they do not rely on long runways to operate.

Under wraps for 13 years, the U.S. on Friday released once-top secret pages from a congressional report into 9-11 that questioned whether Saudis who were in contact with the hijackers after they arrived in the U.S. knew what they were planning.

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim says a group within the military engaged in an attempted coup.

Experienced fishing guide Neil Sherwood managed to swim for more than three hours in rough seas off Vancouver Island's west coast before rescuers managed to spot him.

A Colorado teen decided she wasn't going to work after discovering a bear had locked itself in her Subaru. Sheriff's deputies in Jefferson County, Colo., responded to the call about the bear stuck inside her car on Tuesday morning.

A shop owner in Christchurch, New Zealand, prevented a robbery by ignoring an armed man and calmly handing an order to a paying customer.

Mounds of ankle-deep fish flies are piling up in the Manitoba town of Gimli where town workers are scooping them with shovels and filling dozens of garbage bags at a time.

A lorry strikes a crowd during Bastille Day celebrations in the southern French city of Nice, in what local authorities describe as an "attack".

One minute hiker Rachel Lautard was watching a dog pass her, the next minute, 'I was on my back with this bear on top of me.'

The drug, sold under the brand name Epclusa, is a once-daily pill taken for 12 weeks that can rid the body of all six strains of hepatitis C

Halifax company Spring Loaded Technology won a $1M contract with Canadian military to try out bionic knee braces and has delivered the first 60.

Calgary police have taken a man into custody who "may have been involved" in the disappearance of five-year-old Taliyah Leigh Marsman and are searching an area east of the city, investigators say.

Study says participants also agreed to allow data sharing with NSA and employers.

The Tenors say member Remigio Pereira will no longer perform with the Canadian vocal quartet until further notice, blaming him for altering the O Canada lyrics at the MLB all-star game on Tuesday by including the phrase "all lives matter."

A MAN suffered an agonising death after his wife grabbed his TESTICLES and crushed them in her grip for five minutes.

For the first time, a federal judge has suppressed evidence obtained without a warrant by U.S. law enforcement using a stingray, a surveillance device that can trick suspects' cell phones into revealing their locations.

Gyulchehra Bobokulova, 38, says she was ordered by Allah to decapitate the girl but now claims in a Moscow prison confession to have repented for the medieval February 29 killing.

A dog who was rescued as a deaf three-month-old puppy recently received the Agility Trial Champion of Canada title, completing a seven-year climb through the ranks of canine athleticism with the rescuer who became trainer and teammate.

When Tara Seeger put up a sign asking Canada Post to restore door-to-door service, she didn't know it would create so much controversy. The city of St. Albert told her to take it down. Instead, she added more.

Starting this month, tourists to Nova Scotia will have the opportunity to accompany Parks Canada staff on a crab hunting excursion at Kejimkujik National Park, to help control an invasive species.

Charges of fraud and breach of trust against Senator Patrick Brazeau were withdrawn by the Crown on Wednesday.

Medical marijuana users insist that using pot does their bodies good, but doctors are seeing an increasing number of long-time smokers discovering that the drug they once loved because it took away their pain is now making them sick.

Texas's open-carry gun laws contributed to the chaos after five police officers were killed by a lone shooter in Dallas last week. As tensions in the U.S. boil over, the potential for more violence looms.

Lake Como in Italy has long served as a tranquil paradise for the rich and famous, with George Clooney and Madonna owning luxury villas. But its railway station is now a makeshift migrant camp.

OTTAWA - Alberta Premier Rachel Notley is telling Ottawa there's no more time to

Afghan native Obaidullah Siddiqui was stripped of his right to stay in Canada because he returned to his war-torn homeland to visit his parents.

Patrick Calvar (pictured), chief of the Directorate General of Internal Security, told members of the French parliamentary commission: 'We are on the brink of civil war'.

An international tribunal rejected China's extensive claims in the South China Sea in a landmark ruling Tuesday that also found the country had aggravated the seething regional dispute and violated the Philippines' maritime rights by building up artificia

A Syrian refugee injured in a bomb attack two years ago said he had to resort to physically blocking a Toronto transit bus with his wheelchair before he got some help, after waiting nearly 90 minutes in the heat for a ride last week.

Two Italian commuter trains collided head-on Tuesday in the southern region of Puglia, killing at least 20 people and injuring scores more, officials said. At least two passengers were pulled alive from the crumpled wreckage as the rescue operation ground

The massively popular smartphone game "Pokemon Go" is raking in huge profits for parent company Nintendo, even as some raise privacy concerns over how closely players' movements are being followed in the GPS-enabled game.

The Earls restaurant chain is causing a stir once again by eliminating tipping at a downtown Calgary location and replacing it with a mandatory 16 per cent 'hospitality charge' for all customers.

General Mills Inc. is recalling two flavours of Betty Crocker cake mix sold in the U.S. and one flavour sold in Canada because they use flour that was recalled earlier because it could contain E.coli.

Calgary police have issued an Amber Alert for a five-year-old girl who they believe has been abducted. They have also launched a homicide investigation into the death of the girl's mother.

A state of emergency was declared in Estevan, Sask., after the southeastern city received 130 millimetres of rain on Sunday.

The IMF says Italy faces two decades of stagnant economic growth as it downgrades its forecasts.

Police say five people attending a candlelight vigil in for a man killed in west Baltimore were shot when a gunman opened fire on the crowd.

An unprecedented find in southern Israel may finally reveal the origins of one of the Hebrew Bible's greatest villains.

The leaked report has revealed the staggering extent of the sexual crimes in German cities which took place during festive celebrations but police have only identified 120 of the potential perpetrators.

Theresa May says she is "honoured and humbled" to have been chosen as the new leader of the Conservative Party, and prime minister.

Alberta will shed some of its top medical scientists and slash opportunities for young people training to be researchers, thanks to a $22-million cut to provincial health research funding.

Increasingly used to elbowing its maritime neighbours aside with the swagger of a local bully, China calls an international tribunal's impending ruling on the South China Sea dispute a "piece of trash paper."

A couple of bright yellow flags adorned with swastikas flying outside a South Vancouver home has triggered a cross-cultural discussion.

Canadian left-fielder Michael Saunders will be joining three of his Toronto Blue Jays teammates at next week's MLB All-Star Game in San Diego. The Victoria native won the last roster spot on the American League team with 17.7 million fan votes Friday.

Paleontology in British Columbia is taking a step forward, thanks to hundreds of dinosaur footprints discovered in northeastern British Columbia.

More than 600 pounds of lucky lobsters were spared the pot Saturday, thanks to compassionate monks on Prince Edward Island.

Canada's Milos Raonic lost his first-ever appearance in a Grand Slam final, falling in straight sets to Great Britain's Andy Murray at Wimbledon on Sunday.

Many Indigenous people in the Northwest Territories are advocating the use of traditional names for people, places, lakes and rivers, in place of terms imposed during colonization.

The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary says it will not send a uniformed group of officers to walk in this year's Pride parade in St. John's at the request of event organizers.

The Liberal government is renewing more than $150 million per year for aid projects in Afghanistan and to help the country's security forces.

THE FUTURE of euro currency and the entire EU project looks unsustainable without major change, according to a damning review by the International Monetary Fund and renowned economists.

Two southern Alberta parents convicted of failing to get proper medical treatment for their son are appealing the court's verdict.

Already a leap year, 2016 will drag on a bit longer. International timekeepers are adding a leap second at year's end.

The Iraqi man and an Algerian were found guilty for their behaviour on New Year's Eve in Cologne . They were the first of dozens of men to answer for the 'mass frenzy' of sex crimes.

Victoria native Michael Saunders is looking for your help. The Toronto Blue Jays outfielder is one of five finalists for the final spot on the American League All-Star team.

A black bear that charged a woman on the deck of her home in the Vancouver suburb of Maple Ridge on Wednesday night has been trapped by conservation officers.

Fisheries and Oceans Canada says it would have preferred to have sent out a team to assess the situation and tag the whale, so a professional could have come in and cut the netting off.

Britain is lifting a ban on women serving in frontline combat roles in the army, Prime Minister David Cameron announced Friday. Until now British women have been able to serve as fighter pilots, sailors and submariners but not in infantry or armoured corp

A Canadian man is listed in serious condition after he was gored in the famous running of the bulls in Pamplona, Spain. U.S. reports have said a Canadian man was gored in the scrotum, and the wound also injured the rectum.

Micah Xavier Johnson, identified as a gunman in the deadly attack on police officers in Dallas last night, was an enlisted soldier who served a tour of duty in Afghanistan.

Canada will send soldiers to Latvia by early 2017 as part of a NATO plan to counter fears of Russian aggression in eastern Europe, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau confirmed Friday.

Ontario's economic development minister says he fully expects the provinces and the federal government to agree today on a long-awaited proposal that aims to ease Canada's interprovincial trade barriers.

Security experts have documented a disturbing spike in a particularly virulent family of Android malware, with more than 10 million handsets infected and more than 286,000 of them in the US. Researchers from security firm Check Point Software said the mal

Internet security experts warn that anti-malware technology is becoming less and less effective at protecting your data and devices, and may even be making you more vulnerable in some ways.

To free market economists, the promise of more and more trade deals is part of global business efficiency. But the Brexit vote and support for Donald Trump are both reminders that business success is not enough if it creates a populist backlash from the u

The last day of a 29-year-old job is a good time for some rule-breaking, and Winnipeg police Chief Devon Clunis marked it by breaking a long-running promise never to eat a doughnut. Apparently it felt good.

More than 40 reproductions that span 50 years of Dr. Seuss's unknown artistry will be unveiled to the Canadian public for the first time at Vancouver's Pendulum Gallery.

With new changes announced by the Liberal government, Canadians are now able to apply directly to fill vacancies in the Senate.

Authorities in the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino rolled out the restriction on July 1, banning people from wearing the garment in shops, restaurants and public buildings.

REVOLTING European nations have slapped down unelected EU bureaucrats who planned to wave through a MAJOR trade deal without consultation.

Police said she joined them for naked Twister in her living room and then, while the others played, had sex with an 18-year-old in the bathroom. Afterward, Lehnardt told the sponsor, she was still "horny" so she took her sex toys to the living room and pl

Montreal police have arrested have four of their own officers following an internal investigation dating back to 2015.​ Charges include perjury, attempt to obstruct justice and obtaining sexual favours.

Environment Canada has confirmed five tornadoes touched down in central and southern Alberta over the course of four days.

A wave of retirements, low pay and the need to expand its pool of potential new officers are among the reasons the RCMP is making significant changes to its recruitment process.

Canada Post's largest union has rejected a proposal from the federal labour minister to undergo binding arbitration to avoid a potential work stoppage.

American states that allow their residents to use marijuana for medical purposes have seen a marked decline in prescription drug use among the elderly and disabled, a new study has found.

First, the Conservatives bemoaned the military's "decade of darkness" under the Liberals. Then, the Liberals bemoaned the military's treatment under the Conservatives. So they're both really good at moaning about the sad state of Canada's armed forces. Bu

Mounties are refusing to volunteer for so-called "red serge duty" over what they say is unsustainable under-staffing and an overall morale problem within the force.

Most of Ontario has laboured through an aberrantly dry spring and summer, marked by record dryness and rainfall 100 mm below normal in some areas

Marvel writer Brian Michael Bendis talks the creation of Riri Williams, a 15-year-old genius MIT student who will take over for Tony Stark

UFC interim light heavyweight champion Jon Jones has been notified of a potential doping violation, ruling him out of his bout with Daniel Cormier in the main event of UFC 200.

Aman Bhatia has been charged with two counts of battery and four counts of lewd and lascivious molestation. He was arrested and Disney has also banned Bhatia from the park in Florida.

Former Fox News presenter Gretchen Carlson is suing her former boss, Roger Ailes, for sexual harassment and wrongful termination.

Five more women say they were raped at Sweden's biggest music festival on the same weekend as a mob of 'foreign youths' sexually assaulted 35 females one as young as 12 at another concert.

Mr Condell, who was born in Ireland and lives in London, has attracted lots of criticism, from being called an 'old fart' to receiving death threats. But his fans say he is just speaking the truth.