NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 04-2017

A Russian government think-tank controlled by Vladimir Putin developed a plan to swing the 2016 U.S. presidential election to Donald Trump and undermine voters' faith in the American electoral system, according to three current and four former U.S. offici

U.S. government scientists have found a dramatic impact from the continuing decline of coral reefs: The seafloor around them is eroding and sinking, deepening coastal waters and exposing nearby communities to damaging waves that reefs used to weaken.

Two scientists at St. Boniface Hospital in Winnipeg have discovered a brand new way of killing invasive bacteria and, if approved, it promises minimal side effects for patients.

For Carson Morin, it was all about the money. And he wanted to make a lot of it by running a network of strippers.

The beloved polar bear, Szenja, has died unexpectedly at SeaWorld in San Diego at the age of 21. Caregivers say she had a loss of appetite and energy for about a week before she died.

Dementia patients have been offered hope that their memory could be repaired after scientists showed that injecting blood from the umbilical cords of human babies restores brain function.

"Yes, it was officially banned," said the political commentator and author. "But they can't stop me. I'm an American. I have constitutional rights."

Two leaders of a fundamentalist sect that condones plural marriage have pleaded not guilty to polygamy charges in a Cranbrook, B.C., courtroom where an epic battle to test the limits of religious freedom in Canada is playing out.

One of the most curious aspects of the criminal investigation involving Vice-Admiral Mark Norman is the notion that one particular leak, involving the navy's deal to acquire a temporary supply ship, stood out among all of the other leaks that flood Canada

The only would-be challenger for chief of O'Chiese First Nation plans to take his case to federal court after he was disqualified as a candidate under new election rules that also make it nearly impossible for him to challenge the decision.

Why the government cannot simply decide to invoke prosecutorial and police discretion, and cease enforcing the cannabis laws it considers unjust, was not explained. Why that would necessarily be a "free for all" also went unexplained.

Edmonton Catholic Schools is calling on the province to make vaccines mandatory for students attending all publicly funded schools.

The Dairy Farmers of Manitoba took exception to a fiery trade speech from U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday.

RCMP say a human smuggling charge has been laid in relation to asylum seekers who were attempting to cross the U.S. border into Saskatchewan.

Running the Boston Marathon was on Julie McGivery's bucket list, although crossing the finish line while 32 weeks pregnant was not the way she planned to do it.

Traffic snarled as gawkers flood Newfoundland's Southern Shore to snap photos of an iceberg stuck in shallow waters. The highest point of the iceberg measures roughly 46 metres.

Prince Charles and his wife Camilla will make a three-day royal visit to help celebrate Canada's 150th anniversary of Confederation. Gov. Gen. David Johnston announced the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall will be here from June 29 to July 1.

Mount Polley Mining Corporation has been granted permission to drain treated mining waste water into Quesnel Lake, a glacial lake providing drinking water to residents of Likely B.C., north-east of Williams Lake.

On the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge, former Cambridge, Ont., resident Cynthia Kerr found an online post from a man who said he'd dug up her uncle's First World War dog tags in his garden in France.

The Canadian military has deployed 60 members of an Edmonton-based helicopter squadron to Iraq as part of Operation Impact, a mission to fight Islamic State militants in the country's north.

As tensions escalate in the Korean Peninsula, some are asking whether Canadians could play a role like they did 66 years ago in the battle of Kapyong, when they kept the South Korean city of Seoul from falling back into North Korean hands.

Scott Sampson, Science World CEO and author of 'How to Raise a Wild Child', says kids who don't play outside are emotionally disconnected from nature.

For years now, buildings in Inuvik have been sinking due to thawing permafrost. It's part of a worrying trend across the Arctic, writes David Michael Lamb.

Firefighters near Grande Prairie, Alta., used their specialized training to rescue 10 frantic horses that broke through an ice-covered slough on Sunday.

With an explosion of rocket fuel and plume of smoke, a tiny satellite made by a group of Edmonton students has begun its journey, while propelling Alberta into the space industry.

Curious heifers marched after beaver, rancher calls event a very Canadian moment. Rancher Adrienne Ivey may have heard of a beaver, but until now, had never seen a beaver herd. Cattle, that is.

A USS Arizona sailor who survived the attack on Pearl Harbor was laid to inside the ship he escaped. The remains of Retired Master Chief Petty Officer Raymond Haerry, 94, were interred inside the h...

The Washington-based organization continues to estimate Canada's gross domestic product will grow by 1.9% this year, unchanged from its previous forecast

There's a reason why TMZ's Harvey Levin recently called White House spokesman Sean Spicer one of the most visible people in all of Washington.

The NYPD has had a stellar track record of protecting the city from another 9/11, foiling more than 20 planned terrorist attacks since 2001. But some worry the department is losing its terror-fighting edge as it tries to please Muslim grievance groups.

Scientists have witnessed the first modern case of what they call "river piracy" and they blame global warming. Most of the water gushing from a large glacier in northwest Canada last year suddenly switched from one river to another.

UK PM Theresa May announces plan to call snap general election on 8 June

Green Party candidate Mark Neufeld says he regrets imitating Martin Luther King during a campaign rally.

Two of the four big supermarket chains have refused to stock a Christian Easter egg that tells the story of Jesus - despite stocking a Halal Easter egg (pictured).

Cleveland Police are seeking a suspect who posted video of a homicide on Facebook, authorities said.

A hacking group has dumped a collection of spy tools allegedly used by the National Security Agency online. Experts say they are damaging.

A Maine-based website has released cellphone video of Democrats at a "Values and Vision" community meeting laughing at suicide among America's white male population.

An airstrike accidentally targeted a Syrian Democratic Forces unit which was battling the terror group south of Tabqa.

Authorities say a man packing a blue light and a BB gun pulled over a non-descript car on Interstate 95, ready to play "traffic cop" again.

A MONUMENTAL computer blunder could cost Marine Le Pen the French general election as 500,000 citizens living outside of France have the chance to vote twice.

Russia, Syria and Iran strongly warned the United States Friday against launching new strikes on Syria and called for an international investigation of the chemical weapons attack there that killed nearly 90 people.

Polar bears and the Canadian monarch butterfly have been added to an international list of species and subspecies that are at risk of disappearing entirely from the planet.

U.S. President Donald Trump's tweets are adding fuel to a "vicious cycle" of tensions on the Korean Peninsula, North Korea's vice foreign minister told The Associated Press in an exclusive interview Friday. The official added that if the U.S. shows any si

A shipbuilder says the USS Gerald R. Ford, the first of the Navy's next generation of aircraft carriers, has completed the builder's sea trials.

The biggest non-nuclear bomb ever dropped in combat by the U.S. military killed 36 militants in eastern Afghanistan, officials said Friday, and villagers in the remote, mountainous area described being terrified by the "earsplitting blast."

If you can't get to sleep at a reasonable hour and dread your alarm clock going off each morning, it could be in your genes.

A wildlife specialist in Banff National Park has hopes the Bow Valley wolf pack will recover after one of its three members was shot and killed by a hunter in B.C. last month.

A hen's egg that was more than three times the size of a normal egg has been cracked open. The results are amazing.

All 60 Ranger patrols in the North are relaying a baton, actually a double-bladed axe, across north from Yukon to Nunavut then back to Yellowknife.

Nearly half of the asylum seekers crossing the Manitoba border illegally in the last few weeks are being detained because of serious criminal records, says the union representing border patrol officers. One assaulted a female CBSA officer as he was being

The legislation rolls back an Obama-era rule that prohibited states from withholding certain federal funds from organizations that provide legal abortions.

With 53 broadcast shows not yet renewed, a LOT of programs could get the ax over the next month. Which shows will come back? Which will the networks bury? We spoke to industry insiders to get the scoop and have ranked all the limbo shows from safest to de

Joseph Jakubowski allegedly stole 18 firearms from a gun store on April 4.

Arrests of people caught trying to sneak into the United States across the Mexican border plummeted...

WECT News has obtained dashcam video of the officer-involved shooting on the night of December 9, 2016, that resulted in Officer Jacob Schwenk of the Leland Police Department nearly losing his life...

The cartel member suspected of shooting and killing U.S. Border Patrol agent Brian Terry in 2010 with a gun supplied by the U.S. government was arrested in Mexico Wednesday, senior law enforcement, Border Patrol, and congressional sources told Fox News.

Detroit, MI - The case accusing the doctor of "barbaric" practice may be the first in the United States, the federal government said.

Police at the University of Texas at Dallas say they're searching for the person who dumped several copies of the Quran in campus toilets -- in an incident they call "shocking" and "unusual."

The United States dropped a massive GBU-43 bomb, also known as the "mother of all bombs," in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday against a series of caves used by ISIS militants, the military said.

Somali ambassador says officials are preparing lists of those who will be deported; most deportations involve those who applied for asylum but were rejected

EAST PALESTINE, Ohio- It wasn't a Big Mac attack, but a craving for the 'Golden Arches' that ended with a little boy taking his young sister for a ride in his dad's van.

ISIS is now cutting the ears off fighters caught fleeing battles in Iraq, a source has said, abandoning its old practice of executing deserters because they are short of men.

FRANCE will have a referendum on whether to stay in the European Union six months after the presidential election should Marine Le Pen win, the Front National leader has claimed.

Organized crime groups, including the Hells Angels, have managed to obtain legal personal production licences for medical marijuana, only to turn around and illegally sell the product across the country, CBC news has learned.

A ban on trans fats in restaurants in New York state has been linked to hundreds of fewer heart attacks and strokes, a new study finds. And as both the U.S. and Canada move to crack down on the artery-cloggers, the findings have the potential to save mill

Alastair Ferries followed footsteps along the edge of a snow ledge near the summit of Mount Harvey struggling to understand when the tracks stopped short.

An attempt by B.C. paramedics to be recognized as an essential service has fallen short. Instead, they will remain under the Health Authorities Act, along with hospital support workers

Elliot Funt was just looking to soak up a little sun in his boat Tuesday but instead the Vancouver man found himself in the middle of a Howe Sound orca storm.

Shipping noise on the B.C. South Coast is already at unsustainable levels for the endangered southern resident killer whales, say scientists, and it's set to increase with the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline.

Almost nine out of 10 Canadians are uncomfortable with the idea of deepening economic ties with China, and two-thirds want the Liberal government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to tie any future trade deal with Beijing to progress in human rights, accor

Austin Police say they have discovered a prostitution ring at a massage parlor in Northwest Austin. They were tipped off about the parlour after a waste pipe became clogged with condoms.

An article published in the newspaper "included false and defamatory claims" about her work as a model, the High Court hears.

The provincial budget will usher in more money for refugee housing, but will usher out the tuition tax rebate, CBC News has learned.

The Liberals have introduced an omnibus budget bill that includes a measure that would allow government departments and agencies the option of not using Shared Services Canada for some IT equipment and services.

Documents obtained by CBC News reveal new details about a proposed rocket launch facility near Canso, N.S., including plans for a control centre and launch pad, separated by a 2.5-kilometre custom rail track.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions will end a Justice Department partnership with independent scientists to raise forensic science standards and has suspended an expanded review of FBI testimony across several techniques that have come under question, saying

The Borussia Dortmund team bus has been hit by an explosion while carrying the squad to their Champions League quarter-final against Monaco, with one player taken to hospital.

Those with skills would fetch higher prices, the International Organization of Migration says.

Captain Matt Neri says sailor was rescued around 12 a.m. Sunday, 450 nautical miles southeast off St. John's. Royal Canadian Air Force pilot Matt Neri says one of the biggest challenges of doing a medevac from a Cormorant helicopter is making sure everyon

A wheel immobilization device known as the Denver Boot is at the heart of a brewing legal battle between police in Edmonton and a private parking enforcement firm. The company's owners have been jailed, their vehicles impounded and boots seized by police,

New York is poised to become the first state in the nation to provide free tuition to public colleges and universities, after a deal struck Friday night.

A fire official says multiple people have been shot at an elementary school in San Bernardino, Calif.

A man was forcibly removed from a United Airlines flight from Chicago to Louisville, Ky., on Sunday, after the flight was overbooked and the passenger refused to adhere to the airline's decision to randomly remove four passengers.

Chechyna, under president Razman Kadyrov, has opened the first concentration camp for homosexuals since Hitler where gay men are being tortured with electric shocks.

After a dismal season, the Vancouver Canucks have fired head coach Willie Desjardins.

A fuel hose leaked 30,000 litres of diesel fuel at a gold mine in the Kivalliq region of Nunavut. The hose was connected to a 100,000-litre diesel storage tank.

Canada's James Hinchcliffe raced to his first victory since his near-fatal accident in 2015 by hanging on for a three-lap shootout to the finish Sunday on the streets of Long Beach.

Search and rescue workers have recovered the bodies of five hikers who went missing on Saturday after a cornice collapsed on the peak of Mount Harvey in southwestern B.C., sending them tumbling down the mountain's north face.

Janet Jackson has reportedly split from her husband Wissam Al Mana, just a few months after they welcomed their son Eissa, together on January 3, 2017, but it has been claimed that their marriage is now over.

Ken McGoogan, who wrote How the Scots Invented Canada, said that geographical boundaries could be irrelevant so Scotland should find its new home with Canada.

Government investigators looking into how Google pays its employees have accused the tech giant of shortchanging women doing similar work to men.

The United States is still the country to beat in women's hockey. Hilary Knight scored the winner as the Americans downed Canada 3-2 in overtime to capture their fourth straight women's world hockey championship.

A group of Swedish football fans have launched a protest against a new ban on wearing masks at stadiums, exploiting an exception to the ban by wearing niqabs to cover their faces.

Target CEO Brian Cornell never approved the post announcing Target's bathroom policy, and he found out about it only after it was published.

A freezer malfunction at the University of Alberta has melted some of the world's largest collection of Canadian Arctic ice core samples.

Police in east Charlotte are actively searching for a man accused of lighting an arson fire and leaving behind a disturbing note. Police say the letter was signed White America, but the suspect is a black man.

Zahed Haftland was 13 when he joined the Iranian army, after fleeing Tehran, only to find himself forced onto the frontlines, facing orders to kill a stranger.

The Bank of Canada has unveiled a new $10 banknote to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Confederation.

The Senate confirmed judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court Friday in a mostly party-line vote that reflected weeks of bruising political fighting.

One of the world's foremost experts on food fraud is warning about the possibility that garlic powder on store shelves including those in Canada may contain inferior ingredients.

At least five people are believed to have been killed when a truck crashed into shoppers in Stockholm.

Four years after BC Ferries cut service between Port Hardy and Bella Coola, the service says it's buying a used vessel in order to begin another run between the two communities.

About 20 Greyhound bus passengers spent a chilly morning stranded on the highway outside of Cache Creek B.C. after their bus caught fire.