NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 07-2017

Crystal Emmanuel broke the Canadian record in the 200 metres on Tuesday, rewriting one of the oldest records on the books.

The relocation of Gordie Bishop, who was banished from his home province of Newfoundland, to Fort McMurray has become a key debating point in the city's civic election.

Travellers flying from Canada to the United States will now face a more thorough screening process. The U.S. says the "enhanced security measures" are a response to increasing terrorist threats to commercial aviation.

A former navy sailor has been diagnosed with a lung condition which his civilian doctor and now Veterans Affairs attribute to his exposure to mould aboard two navy destroyers. The case of Alan Doucette, a former lieutenant and maritime warfare officer, co

Nasa has been forced to confirm that there almost certainly isn't a long-lost civilisation on Mars. During a hearing in the US congress, high-ranking staff of the space agency were asked whether there might once have been people living on the red planet.

Hospitals and pharmacies are required to toss expired drugs, no matter how expensive or vital. Meanwhile the FDA has long known that many remain safe and potent for years longer.

More than 170 years after Edgar Allan Poe's fictional raven croaked, 'Nevermore,' scientists are reporting that real-life ravens think about the future.

The capelin are finally rolling at Middle Cove Beach, and dozens of people enjoyed a gorgeous day catching the silvery fish with nets, buckets and fishing rods.

An enterprising young boy on the Northern Peninsula has traded his lemonade stand for something a whole lot cooler.

The St. Mary's Bay town is a busy spot these days - and so is the water just off the shoreline - as whales put on a spectacular show for people flocking to take in the display.

After 16 years under one party, British Columbia will have a change in government while dealing with one of the biggest emergencies the province has ever seen: tens of thousands of people out of their homes in communities across the Interior because of wi

Two people are in critical condition after a bomb went off inside a pickup truck in Winnipeg, setting ablaze the four occupants. The one who took the bag, told CBC she intended to turn it over to police.

Drug Enforcement Agency officials said $1 million worth of marijuana was smuggled into the United States in brand new Ford Fusions made in Mexico.

Canada's top diplomat in Washington will offer premiers meeting in Edmonton today some strategic advice on dealing with President Donald Trump after the U.S. unveiled its wish list for a historic overhaul of NAFTA.

Independent brewers say big beer companies are continuing to buy more and more craft breweries and employing tactics that make it difficult for beer drinkers to tell if the suds they're quaffing are local.

Separatists in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday proclaimed a new state that aspires to include not only the areas they control but also the rest of Ukraine.

An Alaskan hiker said he's lucky to be alive after a bison gored his thigh in North Dakota. "I was too close, it was my fault. It was getting dark," Turk said.

A Halifax-based navy frigate has returned to its home port after a six-month deployment with NATO forces in Europe.

Amina sits on the makeshift medical examination table staring at her wounds.

Australian woman Justine Ruszczyk (pictured), who was engaged to a man from the United States, has been shot dead by police in Minneapolis after calling 911 to report a disturbance.

British actress Jodie Whittaker was announced Sunday as the next star of the long-running science fiction series "Doctor Who" - the first woman to take a role that has been played by a dozen men over six decades.

Jamie Ellison's botanical tour of northern Newfoundland provided a whole different kind of nature lesson when he looked out to a local bay and saw an iceberg with a distinctly masculine flourish.

An Indiana woman didn't want her cancelled $30,000 wedding to go to waste, so she threw a party for the homeless.

The items were located at a remote property near Williams Lake that was being used as a "stash site."

A new Veterans Affairs audit has found the graves of tens of thousands of veterans across Canada are in disrepair.

B.C.'s wildfire crisis continues to smoulder and a lingering trough over Western Canada has produced a westerly flow, which has allowed the smoke to spread into the Prairies with air quality advisories extending into Saskatchewan.

Federal prison guards are failing to comply with rules around videotaping their use of force against inmates in a majority of cases, according to data obtained by The Canadian Press.

Martin Landau, a star of the 1960s television series Mission: Impossible who made a late-career comeback with an Academy Award-winning performance in the 1994 film Ed Wood, died on Saturday at age 89, his publicist says.

George A. Romero, whose zombie films including Night of the Living Dead redefined the genre, has died at age 77.

Consumers may want to think twice about relying on artificial sweeteners, says a Manitoba researcher who found no evidence the sweeteners help with weight loss and some potential health harm beyond the waistline.

Economist Stephen Gordon unpacks the federal government's finances to explain why the deficit is so much bigger than Trudeau promised

British police have charged a teenager with a spate of London acid attacks, as authorities consider whether tougher sentences would curb a spike in assaults with corrosive liquids.

The northern lights are expected to glimmer over much of Canada Sunday night in a rare display that could reach as far as southwestern Ontario and Vancouver Island.

Praju Prasad, 24, from North Shields, thought he had been talking to the schoolgirl on social media, but in fact he was messaging members of vigilante group, Guardians of the North.

Police warns crowds at a country music festival in Saskatchewan to stay clothed at all times.

A wildfire in the Verdant Creek area has forced the closure of parts of Banff and Kootenay National Parks west of Calgary.

An evacuation order has been issued for Williams Lake, B.C., and the surrounding areas due to the threat of wildfire. All individuals in the city and surrounding areas are asked to leave and go to Kamloops, B.C.

Ramzan Kadyrov dismisses persecution claims, saying: "We don't have any gays. If there are any, take them to Canada".

Municipal crews draped a black cloth over a statue of Edward Cornwallis in a downtown Halifax park Saturday as protesters gathered with a plan to remove the statue. The city's mayor says the veil is a temporary measure.

Newly released photographs from a Tanzanian wildlife area show a rare sight: a leopard cub suckling on a lion.

Kelly Green, a Vancouver-based sea kayak instructor, won a strange contest with Tourism Yukon that offered a free trip up north in exchange for one of her big toes, to be donated after she dies.

Sunspot activity suggests there will be a good display July 16-17 Look up at the night sky this weekend for a chance to see the northern lights.

The grizzly has charged a man pushing a baby stroller, chased hikers and wandered through a high school rugby practice, but thousands of people in Banff and Canmore have petitioned the Alberta government not to consider killing the animal tagged as Bear 1

It has never been deadlier to stand up against corporations that destroy the environment. A record number of 200 environmental activists were killed in 2016 while protesting against companies' mining, logging and agribusiness activities, a report by Globa

Five employees of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service have filed a lawsuit seeking $35 million from their employer alleging they have suffered from a workplace rife with racism, homophobia and anti-Muslim discrimination.

For U.S. farmers the 23-year old pact secures access to stable, lucrative markets in Mexico and Canada that now account for over a quarter of U.S. farm exports

A man is arrested after two tourists are killed at the Egyptian resort of Hurghada, officials say.

TEPEACA, Mexico (AP) -- Gasoline thieves are out of control in Mexico, tapping into pipelines in broad daylight often with the support of local townsfolks and under the noses of authorities.

An admissions letter from Harvard University was once considered cause for celebration, but in conservative households, that may be changing.

Sears Canada plans to dole out big bonuses to senior management while the retailer restructures, even as thousands of laid-off workers aren't being paid severance.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and research partners released their annual algae forecast for the shallowest and warmest of the Great Lakes, where massive algae formations are a recurring threat to the environment and the economy.

U.S. President Donald Trump is promising to tax steel imports again less than a week after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he believed Canada will escape expected steel tariffs imposed by the U.S.

Halifax Mayor Mike Savage is speaking out about a planned event for Saturday to remove the Edward Cornwallis statue from downtown Halifax.

It will be the most northerly Islamic garden in the world. On Wednesday, media were given a sneak peek at the Aga Khan Garden at the University of Alberta Botanic Garden near Devon.

One of the challenges of discussing climate change is that it really is that bad. Completely realistic projections of things like sea-level rise, loss of agricultural productivity, and so on can sometimes sound like a disaster movie. This is a bit of a pr

Strangers on a Florida beach formed an 80-person human chain to rescue nine members of family who had been caught in a rip current and pulled too far from shore.

When singer Jocelyn Alice giggled while singing the Canadian national anthem at the MLB All-Star Game Tuesday, Blue Jays infielder Justin Smoak was not impressed. Cameras caught his priceless reaction.

Images from NASA's Juno spacecraft have begun to arrive less than two days after it flew just 9,800 kilometres above the cloud tops of Jupiter's raging storm, dubbed the Great Red Spot.

A new study examining polar bear attacks on humans over the past 144 years has found that the popular idea of the great Arctic hunters as enthusiastic predators of humans is a myth.

Former astronaut Julie Payette will be the Queen's new representative in Canada, CBC News has confirmed. The 53-year-old Montrealer, who speaks six languages, will be named the 29th governor general, a position that comes with a $290,660 annual salary and

New figures show there are 104 members of the Canadian military serving with other nations on exchange programs, but National Defence has refused to say how many of them are deployed in front line operations.

A humpback whale was feeding on capelin in Trinity Bay on Monday. A tour group with Trinity Eco tours got to see it up close.

Lisa Baikie kept the doors locked, windows up and her vehicle in drive so she could make a quick getaway.

One of the biggest icebergs on record has broken away from Antarctica, scientists said on Wednesday, creating an extra hazard for ships around the continent as it breaks up.

The B.C. Wildfire Service says a break in the weather has allowed firefighters to reduce the number of wildfires in the province to 183, but gusty wind in the forecast for Saturday is becoming a concern.

Technology giants like Amazon, Spotify, Reddit, Facebook, Google, Twitter, and many others are rallying today in a so-called "day of action" in support of net neutrality, five days ahead of the of the first deadline for comments on the US Federal Communic

It would seem that $10.5-million terrorist Omar Khadr and Israeli children have something in common. Both are not child soldiers

The family of a slain U.S. soldier who won a $134 million lawsuit against Omar Khadr in a Utah court could face some significant legal hurdles in collecting any money recently awarded to the former Guantanamo Bay inmate.

An award-winning journalist who broke the story of the group of Jewish women ejected from an LGBTQ march in Chicago last month has been reassigned to non-journalistic duties at the paper which ran the original report, the Windy City Times.

His catch smashed the 871-pound record set in 1980 in the Gulf of Mexico.

Donald Trump Jr. on Tuesday released a stunning chain of emails detailing his conversations about setting up a campaign meeting with a Russian lawyer who had offered compromising information on Hillary Clinton.

An internationally prominent Islam critic Ayaan Hirsi Ali is urging Australians to boycott halal-certified food so they're not funding Muslim schools, mosques and Islamist propaganda.

A lost Boise dog is back home after nine months and a brutal winter alone in the Idaho mountains

A decade after the Islamist group Hamas seized Gaza, the Palestinian enclave is effectively unliveable for its 2 million people, with declining incomes, healthcare, education, electricity and fresh water, the United Nations said.

A Calgary police officer facing aggravated assault charges for a violent arrest in 2015, is now facing a disciplinary hearing for another violent arrest in 2013. Both incidents were caught on tape.

Alberta's association of trade unions is questioning whether Suncor managers should face criminal charges, after court documents show the company ignored safety problems at a tailings pond months before a worker fell in and drowned in January 2014.

On Monday, NASA's Juno spacecraft will peer into a storm on Jupiter that's at least 350 years old.

Despite government food subsidy programs, people in Iqaluit can often find groceries cheaper online than in local stores.

Research analysts at Morgan Stanley believe that renewable energy like solar and wind power are hurtling towards a level of ubiquity where not even politics can hinder them. Renewable energy is simply becoming the cheapest option, fast. Basic economics, t

Squirrel meat could soon be on the menu in Quebec if a Montreal university student succeeds in his quest to make it legal to hunt the furry rodents.

Should there be gender-neutral identification available on government- issued documents?

Andrea Giesbrecht should learn whether she'll get 11 years or time served for concealing the remains of six infants in a Winnipeg U-Haul storage locker in one week.

The federal government has formally apologized to former Guantanamo Bay prisoner Omar Khadr, confirming Friday a financial settlement has been reached to end ongoing legal action. Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer said the payout was "disgusting."

A police officer wounded in a shooting rampage in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, last year that left three officers dead sued Black Lives Matter movement leaders on Friday, accusing them of inciting violence that spurred the attack.

It has been legal in the UK to marry your cousin for over 400 years, and for British Pakistanis it's something that has grown in popularity and become a tradition to marry within the family.

Emergency officials use specific terminology in an attempt to clearly and efficiently communicate survival information during fire season but do you know how to interpret key wildfire terminology?

Wildfires burning out of control across the B.C. Interior have prompted the evacuation of at least one airport, an entire town and hundreds of homes throughout the area.

George Clooney plans to move Amal and newborn twins Alexander and Ella back to LA following the terror attacks in London.

Wildfires burning out of control across the B.C. Interior have prompted the evacuation of at least one airport, an entire town and hundreds of homes throughout the area.

Greenhouse growers say they are getting a raw deal because Ontario, unlike Alberta and B.C., will not give a rebate for the CO2 their plants consume

Scientists fear the worst but are holding out hope after losing contact with a young beluga whale that was rescued from a river in northern New Brunswick and released into the St. Lawrence Estuary in Quebec last month.

The carcass of a seventh North Atlantic right whale has been found off the Magdalen Islands in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, CBC's French-language service, Radio-Canada, reports.

Christine Chalp was charged with illegally feeding game after a black bear crumpled her tent. Then police arrested her on an outstanding warrant.

Two Americans and a Spaniard were gored Friday during the first running of the bulls of this year's San Fermin festival, medical officials in the northern Spanish city of Pamplona said.

As the Calgary Stampede kicked off with a parade under a bright blue sky Friday, Mayor Naheed Nenshi said the mood is brightening in a city beleaguered by a prolonged downturn in oil prices.

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley told the UN Security Council that North Korea's actions were "quickly closing off the possibility of a diplomatic solution."

Scientists at the University of Bristol in the U.K. have found that increasing sunshine over the past 20 years is helping to accelerate ice melt across Greenland.

Two American men have been charged with mischief after an attempt to climb the Lions Gate Bridge led to police action that clogged traffic in the area for hours.

Residents near the village of Ashcroft, B.C., are being evacuated as a nearby wildfire burns out of control.

A group of visitors to Banff National Park were caught on video getting up close and personal with a grizzly bear

Around 3,600 people have been told to leave their homes as an out-of-control wildfire continues to expand in central B.C.