NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 05-2017

Germany's SolarWorld (SWVKk.DE), once Europe's biggest solar power equipment group, said on Wednesday it would file for insolvency, overwhelmed by Chinese rivals who had long been a thorn in the side of founder and CEO Frank Asbeck, once known as "the Sun

The Liberal government has delayed the release of its new defence policy, setting up a potentially awkward meeting between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. President Donald Trump next week.

An accidental fossil discovery by a Suncor shovel worker led to six years of painstaking preparation, culminating in the public debut of a 112-million-year-old nodosaur.

In Canada's oil industry, the hope of higher prices springs eternal, but it's a faith that's now being tested by the oilfields of West Texas - the once and current centre of the global oil world.

A 23-year-old woman found dead on a Manitoba First Nation over the weekend was mauled by dogs, according to her family.

When plastic garbage makes its way to the sea, it eventually breaks down into tiny fragments that return to us in salty seasonings, Malaysian researchers report in Scientific Reports.

Two days after a National Security Agency-derived ransomware worm infected 200,000 computers in 150 countries, Microsoft on Sunday criticized the stockpiling of exploits by government spies, warning it results in damage to civilians.

Jonathan Mthethwa of the Saint of the Last Days church brought his congregation to the area known locally as Crocodile River before attempting his biblical recreation.

Arrivals hit a low of 66 statewide in March, roughly one-fifth the level of a year ago, before rebounding slightly in April. Somalis, who last fall were a majority of refugees in the state, made up less than a quarter of last month's arrivals, based on ne

The Syrian branch of al-Qaeda, currently calling itself Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), is no longer on Canada's list of designated terrorist entities after an identity shift that involved absorbing other jihadi groups.

Even put together, wind and photovoltaic solar are supplying less than 1 per cent of global energy demand.

Ambulance driver and paramedic Mohammad Alaa Aljaleel says he began caring for the desperate animals in what was rebel-held eastern Aleppo, Syria, in 2013.

t the direction of First Lady Melania Trump, visitors to the East Wing are now being treated to a new piece of history along the tour route. Beginning today, the self-guided tours in the East Wing include the White House movie theater. "The White Hous

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.- A local dad is crying "fowl" after he says he got a ticket for protecting his son from an aggressive goose. But county law enforcement says he went too far. James McDaniel says he did what any parent would do if an aggressive animal wa

An unelected judge has made a ruling that will significantly weaken the value of Canadian citizenship.

A special fundraising campaign has bankrolled three years of research to be led by Dr. Jordan Peterson, the University of Toronto professor whose battle over politically-correct gender pronouns has attracted world-wide attention.

"It is our hope in the not-too-distant future that we can find a time for [Comey] to come in and talk to our Committee," Sen. Mark Warner sa...

Ruby, 18, from a small village in Sambhal, in Uttar Pradesh, northern India, had been in a secret relationship with Ibrahim, 24, for the last three years.

A curious but non-aggressive grizzly known as Bear 148 surprised players and coaches alike in Banff when it suddenly showed up at their practice and started sniffing around.

The attackers exploited a software bug that was also used by U.S. spies, and patched by Microsoft in March.

Federal spending for 2017 is projected to be $22.84 per Canadian, per day

Transportation Minister Brian Mason wants to find out if municipalities are using photo radar for safety instead of to generate revenue.

Prosecutors said former U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown and associates used One Door for Education Foundation to bring in more than $800K between 2012-2016

New York State attorney general launched a sting operation after hearing reports of overcharging.

The latest Canada Post stamp commemorating Canada's 150th birthday pays tribute to the fact that same-sex couples have the right to get married in this country.

Forecasters had expected 244,000 new jobless claims, which are adjusted for seasonal variations.

Wendi Wright reportedly followed a car with Congressman David Kustoff then banged on the windows and reached inside. Congressman Kustoff at one point worried the car would go off the road.

300,000 baby salmon died Wednesday inside the temporary holding ponds when faulty wiring switched off a pump. The fish had been staying in since Oroville Dam crisis in early February.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- New Zealand has set itself an environmental goal so ambitious it's been compared to putting a man on the moon: ridding the entire nation of every last rat, opossum and stoa

A video emerges showing a Copenhagen imam citing a hadith that calls for Muslims to kill Jews.

A family of Canada geese travelling across the High Level Bridge caused a bit of a traffic slowdown Monday. Spring hatching is in full swing. Some geese are finding nesting spots in urban Edmonton settings.

The potential of large-scale flooding in the southern Interior for a second straight weekend is due to a combination of factors that could keep the region in a heightened state of risk for awhile.

The mayor of Kelowna, B.C., is warning residents to prepare for dramatic flooding expected to begin Thursday evening as heavy rain returns to the Southern Interior. Other communities in the region are also bracing for more water.

Environment Canada has posted special weather statements for a large part of south-central British Columbia, warning of incoming thunderstorms and heavy rain in a region already plagued by flooding and mudslides.

Municipalities and regional districts in northwest and northeast B.C. are asking residents to be ready for flooding.

Windsor police have arrested six suspects in connection to a forcible confinement case where a woman was allegedly held in a Windsor apartment and tortured for four days.

Air Canada cannot use construction at Toronto's Pearson airport as an excuse for forcing a 15-year-old to spend a long, scary night alone, says the boy's mother.

A 911 hang-up call has led to the discovery of a marijuana grow operation at a northern Alberta home, a drug possession charge against a woman at that location and an arrest warrant for her common-law partner.

A 31-year-old Edmonton woman has been charged with murder after her 11-day-old daughter died from an methamphetamine overdose.

The Canadian Museum of History has unveiled a unique new exhibit that brings the faces of a 4,000 year old Indigenous family back to life.

When workers at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in southeastern Washington state found a partially collapsed storage tunnel on Tuesday, there was cause for concern. Nowhere in the U.S. is there more nuclear waste and radioactive contamination than at the

A statue of Confederate president Jefferson Davis was dismantled in New Orleans, La., early on Thursday, the second of four monuments slated to be taken down by the city where critics say the displays glorify the era of slavery in the U.S. south.

The kind of glass sponge found in B.C. was thought to have died off 40 million years ago.

More than seven decades after his death during the Battle of Hong Kong, one of the last mementos of rifleman Ray Donald Jackson's life is returning home to his family.

Photos, video, leaked documents and other clues gathered by Ukrainian journalists suggest the equipment may have been supplied by the Kremlin

Untold numbers of locals had passed by the tree before noticing that there was a body in it

The Federal Court has struck down several sections of the Citizenship Act relating to how the government may revoke someone's citizenship.

The very first worker to be tested under the TTC's new random drug and alcohol policy was found to be impaired. A judge recently upheld the TTC's decision to require employees to take random drug and alcohol tests, despite attempts by their union to block

Lethbridge Pride hopes the bold move will encourage other cities around the world to follow suit.

David O'Laney unlocks the gate to the historic site he is charged with protecting and swings it wide, allowing entrance to what is arguably the birthplace of modern Alberta and all that has meant to the rest of Canada.

Alberta is just scratching the surface of getting its electricity from wind, delegates to a conference on wind-generated electricity were told in Edmonton Tuesday.

As the battle to protect homes from flooding continues across the country, questions are being asked about whether it's time to reconsider regulations that allow developers to build on flood plains.

Israel's longest running TV news program aired its last episode Tuesday after a sudden cancellation following a political battle with the prime minister.

The B.C. Greens' remarkable election breakthrough will give the party and its Leader Andrew Weaver an outsized role in the legislature

Disgraced Sen. Don Meredith is resigning from the Senate rather than wait to see if his colleagues expel him for having a sexual relationship with a teenage girl.

Starting at 5 p.m. PT we'll have a live elections results blog with the latest developments from across B.C.

Trump says Comey's firing "will mark a new beginning" for the FBI. The White House says the search for a new FBI director will begin immediately.

The update fixes a flaw that could allow someone to hack your computer with an email - even if you don't open it.

Scientists unveiled the first evidence on Tuesday that early humans co-existed in Africa 300,000 years ago with a small-brained human-like species thought to already be extinct on the continent at that time.

After his beloved dog died, a Toronto man spared no expense to have Woofie cloned.

Winning a seat on the UN Security Council adds to diplomatic heft, but it can be an expensive campaign, as Canada is finding.

Sanders has been accused of falsifying loan documents to expand Burlington College.

The plan was simple: Get some American Civil War vets, conquer Canada and then hold it hostage in exchange for Ireland's independence

A former regional director with the Progressive Conservative party says she resigned from the board because she was tired of the negativity and criticism being levelled at some party members by supporters of Jason Kenney.

An Edmonton man is raising concerns about privacy rights after his ID was scanned while buying cigarettes.

A NEW commodity spawns a lucrative, fast-growing industry, prompting antitrust regulators to step in to restrain those who control its flow. A century ago, the resource in question was oil. Now similar concerns are being raised by the giants that deal in

Search engine Shodan has announced a tool to help businesses hunt out and block traffic from malware command-and-control servers.

A shadowy operation involving big data, billionaire friends of Trump and the disparate forces of the Leave campaign heavily influenced the result of the EU referendum. Is our electoral process still fit for purpose?

After six days of advance polls for the 2017 provincial election, nearly 20 per cent of eligible voters cast their ballots, an significant increase over 2013.

Inevitably, when even satellite temperatures were showing 2016 as the hottest year on record we were going to be told last winter that the Arctic ice was at its lowest extent ever.

Ian Doney, 51, from Grimsby, Lincolnshire, died penniless after he was targeted online and paid for flights for a person who he believed was his girlfriend to come to the UK.

North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un is back in the international spotlight. This time, North Korean officials are claiming the Central Intelligence Agency is

Transport Minister Marc Garneau says Canadians can expect "significant expenditures" to come out of the government's defence policy review.

A study suggests a warming climate and more killer whales could spell bad news for beluga whales in the southwestern portion of Hudson Bay.

People wait for it, and bet on when it will happen. 'There's a different feeling in the air once the river's broken,' said Paul Robitaille of the Klondike Visitors Association.

Biologists are trying to figure out why hundreds of leopard sharks are dying in the San Francisco Bay this year.

An eight-year-old boy and his six-year-old brother escaped unharmed after they allegedly crashed their parents' truck at a Tim Hortons coffee shop in southwestern Ontario.

An heiress accused of plotting to kill her ex-boyfriend called on her wealthy family and friends to post $4 million in cash and put up more than $60 million in Northern California real estate to secure bail and set her free before trial. The district atto

Country music legend Loretta Lynn has been hospitalized after having a stroke, her publicist said Friday.

A young raccoon had to be euthanized after being shot with an arrow.

The Ottawa Senators are on the verge of a long-awaited trip back to the Eastern Conference final. Kyle Turris beat Henrik Lundqvist five-hole in overtime as the Senators pulled out a 5-4 victory over the New York Rangers on Saturday afternoon.

What was once an incredibly rare species to glimpse in New Brunswick now appears to be thriving in the province.

Natalia Martinez, a climber who was stranded on Canada's highest peak for four days, has been rescued. A pair of earthquakes in the area on Monday made the terrain too dangerous for her to leave her camp.

If you look back to the turbulent times of 1967 when the Georgia Straight was born in Vancouver, it would be hard to say that it would be alive and well 50 years later.

Could there be a more fitting animal to greet guests at Pearson's domestic terminal than a raccoon? Of course not.

The Battle of the Atlantic, one of the longest battles of the Second World War, will be marked Sunday on Prince Edward Island with a parade and a flag-raising ceremony.

The Canadian Forces and Veterans Affairs are setting up a clinical trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of using medical marijuana to treat post-traumatic stress disorder in military members and veterans.

Evacuation orders and highway closures are in place throughout British Columbia's Interior after heavy rains caused flooding throughout the region.

When three-year-old thoroughbred Patch takes to the starting gate at this year's Kentucky Derby Saturday, many people -- be it in the stands or watching on TV -- probably won't be aware that this is a very special horse.

Florida is paying $8.10 an hour to hunt invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades.

France's electoral commission has ordered media not to publish contents of Emmanuel Macron's leaked campaign emails to avoid influencing the election. It warned news outlets in France that journalists could face criminal charges for publishing or republis

King Salman has issued an order allowing Saudi women to benefit from government services such as education and healthcare without getting the consent of a male guardian.

A Danish brewery is drawing on 50,000 litres of urine collected from the largest music festival in Northern Europe in producing a novelty beer aimed at the more adventurous drinker.

The Liberal government has set up a showdown with the Senate over whether workers should be required to unionize through a secret ballot.

Sidney Crosby returned to work Friday, practicing with his Pittsburgh Penguins teammates barely four days removed from a frightening hit that left the him with a concussion, and his status for the rest of the playoffs uncertain.

The first solar plane aimed at reaching the stratosphere made an initial low-altitude test flight over Switzerland Friday.

A Brown County church vandalized with Donald Trump graffiti shortly after the 2016 election wasn't targeted by pro-Trump political activists, but a member of their own congregation, according to police.

Postsecondary institutions have until Dec. 15 to create an action plan on how to achieve more diversity among their Canada Research Chair candidates

The UK government is soliciting feedback from a handful of internet providers, but isn't consulting the tech industry or the public.

Environment Canada has updated its rainfall warning, saying Toronto could receive up to 90 millimetres by Saturday.

Three weeks after Jared Eliasson was charged with trying to kill a woman with a crowbar in what police described as a road rage attack, he was served at the Edmonton Remand Centre with a restraining order.

Natalia Martinez, a climber who was stranded on Canada's highest peak - Yukon's Mount Logan - has been rescued. She was stranded after earthquakes in the area made the terrain too dangerous for her to leave her camp.

Highs of up to 22 C could turn into heavy rainfall and risk of thunderstorms on Thursday night.

Ferrari NV achieved a rare feat by generating profit margins on par with Apple Inc., as the rich clamor for powerful and pricey supercars like the $2.1 million LaFerrari Aperta.