NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 04-2017

A Nanaimo Search and Rescue team has reunited a very happy dog with a very happy owner. The terrier named Benson was out for a walk near the Vancouver Island city on Wednesday when he chased after something in the bushes.

The surprise explanation behind the U.S. government's sensational but false warnings about mysterious Canadian spy coins is the harmless poppy quarter, the world's first colourized coin.

Norway plans to build the world's first tunnel for ships, a 1,700-metre passageway burrowed through a piece of rocky peninsula that will allow vessels to avoid a treacherous part of sea.

The first ever global database of trees on Wednesday revealed that 9,600 tree species are threatened with extinction and identified a total of 60,065 in existence.

Residents of a village in northeastern Newfoundland say they were shaken when a polar bear wandered close to their community, but wildlife officers were quick to tranquilize the big animal and cart it off using a sling under a helicopter.

Jupiter is extra close and extra bright this week, and that means some amazing, new close-ups. The planet's Great Red Spot is especially vivid. It's a storm big enough to swallow Earth, but is mysteriously shrinking.

The flag-draped casket of John Glenn, the first American to orbit the earth, was covered in plastic to protect it from a steady rain as it was carried on a horse-drawn caisson to his final resting place at Arlington National Cemetery. Later, his widow, An

Remedy Ice Cream is made in Calgary and infused with concentrated marijuana in an operation that's not legal but not exactly underground, either. While its operator may be more outspoken than others in the "grey area" industry, he's far from alone.

Abrasive comic Don Rickles, the honorary Rat Pack member and celebrity roast guest whose career spanned six decades, has died. He was 90.

Sen. Mitch McConnell moves to change the Senate rules to allow confirmation of high court nominees by a simple majority.

The Pentagon has tentatively scheduled for late May the next intercept test of its $36 billion ground-based missile defense system -- the first in nearly three years, according to a spokesman.

New applications for U.S. unemployment benefits recorded their biggest drop in nearly two years last week, pointing to a further tightening in the labor market.

Canadians have more than a million tests or treatments a year that don't help patients and may be harmful, a new report suggests.

More than 400 icebergs have drifted into the North Atlantic shipping lanes over the past week in an unusually large swarm for this early in the season, forcing vessels to slow to a crawl or take detours of hundreds of kilometres.

A small village in France has transformed into a little piece of Canada ahead of the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge to honour the soldiers who fought to liberate the community.

Doping disqualifications mean Canada's Christine Girard will retroactively be named Olympic weightlifting champion from the London 2012 Games.

Two high-ranking Dutch politicians were photographed holding hands earlier this week as they arrived at The Hague for negotiations on the formation of a new cabinet.

Some Muslim women believe they must marry a new man before they can return to their first husband.

The two-and-a-half-minute commercial features Kendall stepping out of a crowd of multi racial protesters to end a stand-off with police officer by handing him a can of Pepsi.

An expert in political ethics says if Saskatchewan's premier had consulted him, he would have advised Brad Wall to avoid sending letters of invitation to Alberta oil companies in which he has personally invested.

After a lengthy downturn, some workers lack faith in the industry and are reluctant to return to it. Many have left Alberta to go back to their home provinces, while others have found new opportunities.

A statue commemorating the lives lost in the coal mines of southeastern B.C. was unveiled in Sparwood Monday and local children laid flowers to commemorate the dead.

Wildlife enthusiasts around the world can now follow the daily journey of Yosemite National Park's black bears from their laptops and smartphones, tracking the iconic animals as they lope up steep canyons and cross vast distances in search of food and mat

A top antiquities official says an Egyptian excavation team has discovered the remains of a new pyramid that dates back to the 13th Dynasty, some 3700 years ago.

Over the past decade, scientists and photographers keep returning to the world's glaciers, watching them shrink with each visit. Now they want others to see how a warming planet is melting masses of ice in a series of before and after photos.

A day after doing the same to Ford, Tesla Motors overtakes GM to become the most valuable car company in the U.S. on Tuesday.

10 people were taken to hospital in various degrees of stability, according to Interior Health.

For the first time since 1994, NHL players will not attend the Winter Olympics, slated for 2018 in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

Calgary Flames president and CEO Ken King says the team will move if it can't strike a deal for a new arena. It could be an effective tactic to convince Calgarians to part with their tax dollars, according to author Martin Fridson.

After the Three Mile Island nuclear reactor meltdown in Pennsylvania in 1979, regulators moved to overhaul safety requirements for nuclear power plants. This led to the temporary closure of some older nuclear power plants governed by the Tennessee Valley

Dozens of people are also reportedly injured after the blast between two stations.

An explosion on a subway train in the Russian city of St. Petersburg has killed 10 people and injured about 50 others, according to the Tass and Interfax news agencies.

'I think we're starting to see more and more people seek redress for what is said ... because, simply put, cyberspace can't police itself'

So Yeon Ryu won the ANA Inspiration on Sunday in a one-hole playoff with Lexi Thompson, who was given a four-stroke penalty late in the final round for an incorrect ball placement a day earlier.

Researchers are hoping the exhaled breath of killer whales living off the coast of British Columbia can provide some insight into the endangered animals' health.

A group of Ottawa-area high school students are deploying to northern France this month on a mission that will follow in the footsteps of the young men who fought at the pivotal Battle of Vimy Ridge nearly 100 years ago.

The lack of legal aid in Saskatchewan is leading many refugees to chose to cross over into Manitoba instead, according to Manitoba immigration and refugee lawyer Bashir Khan.

It's been nearly 60 years since Canada's iconic Avro Arrow supersonic interceptor jet was cancelled and scrapped. But for years, a group of volunteers in Calgary has been attempting to build a replica that could one day take flight.

Though gun sales have cooled after the election of a gun-friendly Republican president, more 'nontraditional buyers' including blacks, LGBT people and women are taking up arms to protect themselves from what many fear could be a rise in violence during th

The announcement comes on the 75th anniversary of the internment period, when more than 22,000 Japanese-Canadians were forcibly removed from the B.C. coast, and incarcerated in camps in the Interior, and beyond, between 1942 and 1949.

Fox News host Bill O'Reilly said Saturday that he is "vulnerable to lawsuits" because of his high-profile job, in response to a New York Times report detailing payouts made to settle accusations of sexual harassment and other inappropriate behaviour.

A witness says the driver of a pickup truck that collided with a church minibus in rural Texas, killing 13 people, acknowledged he had been texting while driving, highlighting the dangers of sending messages on smartphones while behind the wheel.

The Liberal government's recent ad campaign on the budget was the catalyst for the discussion.

A B.C. mom says the school district isn't doing anything to help her son after he was hit, cut and urinated on.

President Horacio Cartes fired Paraguay's interior minister and top police official on Saturday following the killing of a young opposition party leader and violent overnight clashes sparked by a secret Senate vote for a constitutional amendment to allow

An avalanche of water from three overflowing rivers swept through a small city in Colombia while people slept, destroying homes and killing at least 154 unsuspecting residents. The incident triggered by intense rains happened around midnight in Mocoa, a p

In a move to combat speeding, and in an effort to keep photo radar operators safe, the city is set to unleash an airborne fleet of photo radar drones, the Sun has learned. Sources tell the Sun that the office of traffic safety will be creating a new divis

Japan's whaling fleet returned home Friday after killing 333 whales in the Antarctic, under a revised research whaling program. Opponents of the Japanese program say it's a cover for commercial whaling because the whales are sold for food.

A University of Victoria geologist has led the discovery of an active fault line under Greater Victoria. A study published by Kristen Morell and her team says the Leech River fault, which was previously believed to be inactive, has caused at least two maj

Rain-fed wildflowers have been sprouting from California's desert sands after lying dormant for years -- producing a spectacular display that has drawn record crowds and traffic jams to tiny towns like Borrego Springs.