NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 05-2017

Oil prices fell to their lowest levels this year after mixed U.S. inventory data raised concerns about a persistent global crude glut.

As first reported in the Sun, the Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB) has introduced a new process for determining the eligibility of asylum seekers arriving in Canada.

A Toronto woman who was charged with mischief after giving water to pigs on a truck headed to slaughter has been found not guilty.

A team of researchers from the Brunswick Technical University in Germany has discovered an alarming number of Android applications that employ ultrasonic tracking beacons to track users and their nearby environment.

The Ontario activist who faced a potential jail sentence for giving water to pigs on their way to slaughter has been been acquitted of her charge for criminal mischief.

Prince Philip, the consort known for his constant support of his wife Queen Elizabeth II as well as for his occasional gaffes, will retire from royal duties this fall, Buckingham Palace said Thursday.

The Instagram post showed the model nude on top of a New Zealand mountain sacred to Maori.

A Penticton photographer caught this great shot of a fish going after a gosling

New guidelines for evaluating LGBT refugee claimants should stop inappropriate and irrelevant questioning by Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada adjudicators, people who work with asylum seekers say.

Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan is calling attention to years of underfunding for the Canadian military, which he says has hollowed out the Armed Forces and left them struggling to do even basic tasks.

Luis Padron, 25, from Buenos Ares, Argentina, became obsessed with the world of elves, angels and fantasy beings after being bullied as a child.

The group that runs an Islamophobia hotline in Alberta has released recordings of hateful messages left in recent months. The Alberta Muslim Public Affairs Council said it hopes to dispel myths some may believe about the issue.

The National Rifle Association hopes its legal challenges of some tighter state gun-control laws will make it to the right-leaning Supreme Court.

Whales and seals are a common sight in the waters off St. Lunaire-Griquet, but spotting a walrus was a first for many in the area.

Sorry, babies. No matter how you slice it, these puppies are now the cutest cake smashers we've ever seen. The Edmonton Humane Society celebrated its 110th birthday over the weekend, and invited at least four puppies to dig into a giant dog-friendly cake

The ability of journalists to report without fear is under threat from mass surveillance and data retention. Released this week, my UNSECO report Protecting Journalism Sources in the Digital Age shows that laws protecting journalists and sources globally

For the first time, there are now more seniors than there are children in Canada, as the population experiences its greatest increase in the proportion of Canadian seniors since Confederation.

Angelo Musitano, a member of Hamilton's notorious Musitano crime family, has been gunned down outside his suburban Hamilton home.

Video of a toddler who survived being run over by two sport utility vehicles in southwest China goes viral.

Argentine mountain climber Natalia Martinez is camped alone near the summit of Canada's highest peak, braving high winds and awaiting a rescue that may still be days away. Two earthquakes on Monday left her surrounded by unstable terrain.

Wildlife enforcement officials say a black bear was illegally killed, after escaping from its den which had been set on fire.

Canada's air demonstration team was joined by its French counterpart, the Patrouille de France, in a joint flyby in celebration of the 150th anniversary of Canada's Confederation Friday.

Famed Swiss climber Ueli Steck was killed Sunday in a mountaineering accident near Mount Everest in Nepal, expedition organizers said.

Orioles centre fielder Adam Jones said he was taunted with racial slurs at Fenway Park during Baltimore's game against the Boston Red Sox. USA Today Sports reported that Red Sox officials confirmed that a fan threw a bag of peanuts at Jones and was ejecte

A surfer who was plucked from the sea after more than 30 hours adrift is recovering in a hospital in Northern Ireland.

North Korea accused the United States on Tuesday of pushing the Korean peninsula to the brink of nuclear war after a pair of strategic U.S. bombers flew training drills with the South Korean and Japanese air forces in another show of strength.

In the hours and days immediately after the Halifax Explosion, confiscated alcohol went missing from city hall. The newspapers accused city officials and elected representatives of stealing the booze from the temperance act inspector. Here's what happened

A veteran of the Second World War is still nursing the bruises from a frightening home invasion, during which two men tied him up and temporarily blinded him before making off with a meagre $35 in loose change.

One of the UK's last killer whales, which was found dead last year, had some of the highest levels of a toxic pollutant ever recorded.

A House of Commons committee is calling for repeal of a provision that allows Canada's spy agency to violate constitutional rights in the name of disrupting threats.

In a historic move, the Senate's ethics committee is recommending Senator Don Meredith be expelled from the Red Chamber and his seat be declared vacant.

CNN said Tuesday that is refusing to air a campaign ad from President Trump because the spot refers to the media as "fake news."

The Todos Santos hotel was named Hotel California when it opened in 1950, but went through a series of name changes before a Canadian couple, John and Debbie Stewart, bought it in 2001, and according to the Eagles began using the original name in marketin

Police in Belize confirm that a Canadian woman and her American boyfriend were murdered shortly before she was scheduled to leave the Central American country where they were vacationing.

An FBI translator with a top-secret security clearance traveled to Syria in 2014 and married a key ISIS operative she had been assigned to investigate, CNN has learned.

The men were chased and beaten with sticks by villagers who said they were trying to steal cattle.

Proposed changes to Canada's impaired driving laws didn't get much attention when introduced the same day as the Trudeau government unveiled its plan to legalize marijuana, but defence lawyers and legal experts say the changes would violate our constituti

The final decision from the Security Intelligence Review Committee (SIRC) came Monday, years after Hamilton's Ken Stone files complaint over unwarranted house visit by two CSIS agents.

Mohsin Akram, 21, repeatedly beat Mariam Hussain while drunk at their home in Cardiff. The brute treated the 20-year-old who he met on Facebook and married to get a visa, as a prisoner.

Black Lives Matter Toronto wants to eliminate the School Resource Officer Program, which stations uniformed officers in Toronto-area schools, as part of six changes targeting anti-black racism in the education system.

ANNUAL May Day protests have descended into violence as thousands took to the streets across many European cities.

A magnitude 6.2 earthquake hit Yukon and Alaska at about 5:30 a.m. local time today, causing power outages and shaking people awake. The centre of the quake was in northern B.C.

Government House leader Bardish Chagger is putting her opposition colleagues on notice that the Liberals will be invoking closure on debate in the Commons a lot more often.

Thousands of fans stepped up to belt out The Star-Spangled Banner after technical difficulties stopped Brett Kissel from singing the U.S. anthem in Edmonton ahead of the Oilers' playoff game against Anaheim.

The Quebec chapter unanimously voted to dissociate from Soldiers of Odin Canada after the president called the Finnish leaders 'racist, unorganized, reckless' thugs

Endangered North Atlantic right whales cavorting in Cape Cod Bay are fun to watch, but their frolicking doesn't tell the whole story. Experts say there are signs suggest the global population of 500 animals is slowly declining -- not rebounding as experts

Andy Carr got curious about the origins of an old Bible on a shelf at his mother's home in Texas. Inside the flyleaf of the family keepsake was a handwritten dedication to a Herbert V. Naylor, sparking a search for the original owner's descendants.

The Canadian Forces Snowbirds and the Patrouille de France air demonstration team will mark Canada's 150 years of Confederation Monday with a flyby over Parliament Hill.