NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 03-2017

The Grizzly Bear Foundation wants to see the end of the grizzly hunt in British Columbia. The recommendation is one of 19 made by the charity following a tour of the province with stops at six towns and cities.

Paul Byron scored in overtime as the Montreal Canadiens defeated the Vancouver Canucks for the second time this season, 2-1 on Tuesday night at Rogers Arena.

Roads are closed throughout southeastern Saskatchewan due to snow drifts and zero visibility. Most of the highways closed are near the Carlyle and Estevan areas. Highway 47, from Estevan to the U.S. border.

The 19-year-old Melfort man, Calyb Hoffman, who was arrested following an attack on a dog last year has been handed a conditional sentence and probation.

British Columbia's move Tuesday to extinguish discriminatory provisions in historical provincial legislation of which some dates back almost 150 years was described as pulling an embedded needle from a long suffering body.

Zack Kassian scored his sixth of the season off a deflection, the Oilers took 28 shots, won 56 percent of the faceoffs but skated away to a 4-1 loss against the New York Islanders on Tuesday.

A 34-year-old woman had both arms broken with a crowbar Tuesday morning in what police say was a vicious road-rage incident.

The Vancouver Park Board voted against granting a special event permit for the city's annual 4/20 event. An organizer with Vancouver's 4/20 event has vowed to go ahead with it, even though the Vancouver Park Board voted against granting the organizers a s

Residents in a small town northwest of Edmonton say bright pink water coming out of their taps was a bit of a shock. The town was doing its weekly wash of filters at the water treatment plant using potassium permanganate, which turns water pink when used

Five fishermen have been saved after their boat nearly capsized in the stormy waters off Newfoundland.

The City of Victoria is only the second community in B.C. to commission a report on the effects of a catastrophic earthquake. The study shows nearly 4,000 buildings in the city could be destroyed.

Canada is officially extending its military training mission in Ukraine, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland and Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan announced Monday in Ottawa.

The study commissioned by Vancity found that 82 per cent of visible minorities in B.C. say they have experienced prejudice or some form of discrimination.

A B.C. farmer will have to pay $2,000 for failing to report the killing of a grizzly sow and its 3 cubs in a mountain valley between Prince George and Jasper in 2014. Baer, who raises Holstein dairy cows on his family farm, was eventually charged with six

"The vessel shifted slightly, one of the crew members went down to the engine room to investigate and whatever happened was catastrophic," says coast guard official. It's believed the man who went to the engine room went down with the vessel.

An oily rainbow-like sheen on the water left by a diesel fuel spill off the north coast of Vancouver Island cannot be cleaned up, sparking concerns for a nearby First Nation that relies on clam digging for food and economic security. "Would you put that s

A wrestler from Pittsburgh is rousing crowds in Mexico who watch Luche Libre wrestling. Sam Adonis appears as President Donald Trump and tried to goad the crows driving up tension.

WikiLeaks has published thousands of documents claiming to reveal top CIA hacking secrets, including the ability to infiltrate encrypted apps like Whatsapp and break into smart TVs and phones.

WikiLeaks has published thousands of documents claiming to reveal top CIA hacking secrets, including the ability to infiltrate encrypted apps like Whatsapp and break into smart TVs and phones.

The deep-water whale spends most of its life on hour-long dives kilometres below the ocean surface. The new footage is a step towards understanding them better

A teacher from a private Islamic school in Mississauga has been charged with sexual assault. The 41-year-old teacher from Safa & Marwa Islamic School was arrested on Friday following a "complaint," said Const. Rachel Gibbs. Gibbs would not confirm who mad

WikiLeaks has unleashed a treasure trove of data to the internet, exposing information about the CIA's arsenal of hacking tools. Code-named Vault 7, the first data is due to be released in serialized form, starting off with "Year Zero" as part one.

Very small diamonds have been discovered in Manitoba, a first for the province, says a geologist.

Wildrose On Campus Calgary has fired its communications director and cancelled a film screening planned for Wednesday at the University of Calgary following public uproar over an email promoting the event which read, in part, "feminism is cancer."

The political purpose of M-103 is plain: to sucker nativist chumps, none of whom intend to ever vote Liberal or NDP, into racist public tirades. In that, MP Iqra Khalid has succeeded admirably.

The father of a fallen U.S. army captain who made headlines during the American election campaign for taking on Republican candidate Donald Trump has cancelled a talk he was set to deliver in Toronto after being notified that his travel privileges are und

The ransom demands, ranging from about $30,000 to $150,000, are accompanied by samples of sensitive data in the hackers' possession

McDonald's is hoping that home delivery, table service and mobile app ordering will help the fast food chain stay afloat in the ever competitive and ever crowded fast food market.

By Alastair Sharp TORONTO (Reuters) - The court-run sale of a downtown Toronto high-rise bearing the name of U.S. President Donald Trump received no initial bids and ownership will likely fall to its main debt holder, a letter from the receiver showed.

Toxic air, unsafe water and and lack of sanitation causing the deaths of 1.7 million children under five every year

A faulty backup has inadvertently exposed the entire working database of notorious spam operator River City Media (RCM). In all, the database contains more than 1.37 billion email addresses, and for some records there are additional details such as names,

A British company is launching what it calls the first 'smart' condom ring, which will operate like a sexual fitness tracker to record performance in the bedroom.

Canada is officially extending its military training mission in Ukraine. Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan and Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland will outline how Canada's operation will be re-organized.

The mayors of two east-central Alberta communities are asking for help fighting an increase in crime. Amisk Mayor Bill Rock and Hardisty Mayor Anita Miller have approached the RCMP for help fighting crimes they say are making people worry in their communi

A Canadian woman from Montreal who was travelling on a Canadian passport says she was turned away at the U.S. border and told she needed an immigrant visa to enter the country. She claims a border agent told her: "'I know you may feel like you've been Tru

There are concerns Calgary police are protecting officers who are under criminal investigation with "murky" and "unprincipled" practices, according to a harshly worded letter from the head of the agency that oversees Alberta police.

Pat Gaudet was pulled from the cab of high wrecked tractor-trailer two days after a crash.

While Beauty and the Beast star Emma Watson defends herself for a recent photo spread, an Alabama theatre and Russian officials are finding common ground in their scrutiny of the new Disney film.

TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada will not tighten its border to deter migrants crossing illegally from the United States in the wake of a U.S. immigration crackdown because the numbers are not big enough to

A Pentagon plan to seize the Islamic State capital in Syria requires significant participation from the U.S. military, according to a new report. President Trump received the plan Monday, according to the Washington Post. The strategy proposes lifting a l

More snow is headed for Metro Vancouver, the Fraser Valley and East Vancouver Island overnight and into Sunday morning.

A man has been charged after a break and enter on a paddlewheeler tour boat. Police were called after the suspect allegedly forced his way onto the M.V. Native, started the engine and fired a flare at nearby witnesses.

An ambitious plan for a sea voyage around Canada's three coasts was 'born in the Arctic' says expedition leader Geoff Green.

North Shore Rescue says it has rescued a male caught in an avalanche at Cypress Provincial Park Saturday afternoon.

A judge has ordered Bradley Crook and Jaysun Pinkerton to each pay $4,000 in fines after they filmed themselves chasing and riding a moose on a northern B.C. lake.

Cindy Klippenstein was using squirrels to practise her taxidermy skills. Then she got the idea to dress them up.

A student who was pronounced dead in hospital may actually have been alive at the time and only later burned to death on a funeral pyre, Indian police say.

A transgender-issues activist and Democratic candidate for Congress says the advent of the space tourism industry could give private corporations a "frightening amount of power" to destroy the Earth with rocks because of the Moon's military importance.

The man's lowly death was revealed by a cleaner, who said his company had been hired to remove the magazines discreetly after the man's landlord called in at the flat in Japan over unpaid rent.

A snowshoe racer from India whose entry into the U.S. to compete was made possible by Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer was being held Friday in a New York jail on a sex charge.

A Halifax taxi driver has been found not guilty of sexually assaulting a young woman who was found drunk and unconscious in his cab, prompting a renewed debate over how Canadian courts react when the issue of consent is mixed with heavy drinking.

The last woolly mammoths were wracked with genetic disease and had a strange shiny coat, say scientists.

Gang leader Miguel Alvarez-Flores, 22, who also goes by 'Diabolico,' and 18-year-old Diego Hernandez-Rivera appeared in Houston court Wednesday on charges of kidnapping and murder.

There was no press honeymoon for President Trump during his first month in office. A meticulous new study by the Media Research Center finds that 88 percent of the broadcast news coverage of Mr. Trump and his team was "hostile" during the first 30 days of

Shiv Chopra was axed from his job at Health Canada after speaking out about dangers he saw bovine growth hormone caused in milk. He's been fighting his termination ever since. Shiv talks to Piya about what it takes to ride that particular beast.

For all the recent tales of U.S. border agents scrutinizing travellers phones and laptops, remember that, yes, Canadian border agents can and will search electronics, too.

"The community just had an outpouring of love for him," a Benicia police officer said, of offers to help Jourdan Duncan.

The Donald Trump administration's back-to-back controversies over its Russian ties now have at least one thing in common: Ambassador Sergey Kislyak.

Snow in December, January, February ... March? A special weather statement has been issued by Environment Canada for Metro Vancouver, the Sunshine Coast and Vancouver Island, as a low pressure system brings the chance for snow this weekend.

Hundreds of protesters outside court demand Royal Newfoundland Constabulary fire the officer.

Robotics and artificial intelligence will continue to improve � but without political change such as a tax, the outcome will range from bad to apocalyptic

Are asylum seekers jumping a "queue" when they cross illegally? Do they avoid security screening?

An Edmonton man who says he was assaulted with a crowbar and a box-cutter won't get his day in court. Christopher Liburdi is a complainant in one of the 15 cases stayed by Edmonton's chief Crown prosecutor on Tuesday.

The Competition Bureau, in conjunction with the Better Business Bureau, Quebec-based consumers group Option consommateurs and other fraud-prevention partners announced Wednesday the top 10 fraud scams targeting Canadians in 2016. In terms of the number of

The United Kingdom is turning to its Commonwealth partners as it prepares to withdraw from the European Union and do something it hasn't done in decades: negotiate its own trade deals. What role will Canada play?

A team of international scientists has found the oldest record of life on Earth in Northern Quebec, dating back at least 3.8 billion years.

Investigators say government forces used chlorine bombs and rebels shelled civilians indiscriminately.

There are evacuations and cancelled classes at Concordia University in Montreal today, as police investigate threatening emails.

Thousands of dog owners violate animal control by-laws but only a fraction get tickets.

A Vancouver-area shipyard has been handed a $230-million contract to help create the latest vessel in the federal government's national shipbuilding plan.

Houston meteorologist Matt Lanza recently noted that a city on the upper Texas coast, Galveston, had been setting a staggering number of high temperature records this winter.