NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 02-2018

Syncrude celebrates 25 years of its bison ranch at its oilsands operation north of Fort McMurray.

An elk leaped into a research helicopter that was trying to capture it and brought down the helicopter in a collision that also killed the elk, authorities in Utah said Tuesday.

French researchers studied effects of highly-processed foods, such as cakes, bread and chicken nuggets.

Police in Gatineau, Que. say they have evacuated a government building after a suspicious package was delivered reportedly containing a corrosive substance.

National Defence plans to designate the Second World War destroyer HMCS Haida as the Royal Canadian Navy's "ceremonial flagship." Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan says the storied warship is an important part of Canada's naval history.

Higher-than-expected disability claims are draining the Canadian military's long-term disability insurance plan. The Liberal government is pouring over $622 million into the plan to prop it up, according to newly released budget documents.

A suspicious husband has been filmed trying catch his wife cheating on him by paying hidden camera crew company To Catch A Cheater to put her to the ultimate test.

The overrepresentation of Indigenous people in Canada's justice system is a "sad reality," says Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould, who spoke in favour of taking a restorative approach to justice during a speech at a Canadian Bar Association conference

A shooting has left 'multiple victims' injured in a Florida high school. Police are responding to the incident at Majory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

Top Russian Olympic officials have found a new scapegoat in their attempts to explain away a state-sponsored cheating program. Grigory Rodchenkov, the whistle-blowing former head of Moscow's anti-doping laboratory, was a spy recruited and trained in Ca

Precedent-setting case tests evidence called to prove possibility Khalid Ahmad Ibrahim may commit a terrorism offence.

A Toronto firefighter who mysteriously went missing while on a ski trip to upstate New York has been found "alive and in good health" in California, New York State Police say.

A 360-kilogram leatherback turtle carcass that washed up near shore in Islandview, Cape Breton, in Nova Scotia, is now on its way to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans lab in Charlottetown for analysis.

The Supreme Court of Canada will hear a case this week that could determine whether industrial sites across the country are cleaned up when a company goes bankrupt.

Dalhousie University says its search for a new senior administrator will be restricted to "racially visible" and Indigenous candidates.

The Israeli PM, who could face charges, vows to stay on and brands allegations "baseless".

A Dartmouth, N.S. woman says her religious rights are being violated because her request to have a fully halal menu at her wedding venue is being denied.

An all-female freshwater fish species called the Amazon molly is living proof that sexual reproduction may be vastly overrated, scientists say after analyzing its DNA.

Parks Canada is launching a new initiative in Nunavut to collect and share the testimony of Inuit elders who have knowledge of the doomed Franklin expedition of 1845.

Provincial officials are already drawing down water levels in Okanagan Lake due to 'concerning' snowpack levels in the B.C. Interior. As of February 1, the snowpack level in the Okanagan was at 131 per cent of normal, according to the B.C. River Forecast

North Shore Rescue crews were kept busy on B.C. Family Day with eight calls for help, including one on Crown Mountain that required a helicopter rescue the following morning. 'I think that is our busiest day to date,' said team leader Mike Danks.

Arctic air settling over British Columbia is expected to bring snow to the South Coast starting Tuesday. Environment Canada issued a special weather statement for Metro Vancouver, eastern Vancouver Island and from the North Shore up to Squamish on Monday.

Law enforcement received the call at 11:05 a.m., and DC Fire and EMS arrived on the scene three minutes later.

Former Canadian prime minister says women should cover up on TV

The United States government has a new trade beef with Canada: claims that some pipe products are being dumped on the U.S. market at artificially low prices.

Police say blotting paper laced with carfentanil can be deadly if it comes into contact with skin.

Officials here say it's unclear how long Phragmites australis has been in the province, but they've pinpointed more than a dozen small stands within an area stretching from the southern grasslands to the Peace Region.

An Oregon woman has become the first person worldwide known to have had an eye infestation by a tiny worm species previously seen only in cattle that is spread by flies that feed on eyeball lubrication, U.S. government researchers said on Monday.

U.S. President Donald Trump complained about Canadian trade practices while threatening a tax on international imports at the White House on Monday.

The US president's daughter-in-law is taken to hospital after exposure to a white powder.

More than 500 scientists are sending a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today, asking him to seriously consider making changes to the Canadian Environmental Protection Act that would put the onus on companies to show their products are safe before

The risk of a fatal accident among young drivers spikes by 38 per cent in the hours after 4/20 celebrations, according to new research from UBC and the University of Toronto.

For two years, Facebook has been hijacked, vilified, and besieged. Here's the inside story of the struggle.

The federal government is embarking on a new pilot program that will allow people to cross borders faster if they create a digital profile filled with their personal information on their mobile devices.

Is Canada home to Sikh extremists trying to pump fresh air into the dying embers of the so-called Khalistan movement that seeks the breaking up of India to create a separate Sikh country in Punjab?Are there such anti-India Sikhs in the federal cabinet and

It could have been a golden opportunity for research and harvesting, but government inaction led to total collapse of caribou on an island off Labrador.

The $1.5-billion takeover of Canadian construction company Aecon Group Inc. by a division of a Chinese state-owned company has been pushed back because the federal government is conducting a national security review of the deal.

Compressing wood and removing some of its polymers can increase its strength by more than a factor of ten.

A remarkable video showing the birth of an octopus at the Virginia Aquarium has been viewed more than 1 million times on social media. The clip shows a baby Caribbean reef octopus wriggling out of a flowerlike section of eggs. Almost immediately, the colo

Substitute teacher Marie McGaugh witnessed a remarkable act of kindness last week in her kindergarten class at Souris Regional School. McGaugh said one little child in the circle looked at another and, meaning no harm, said, "Your shirt is on backwards."

A group of biologists from the University of B.C. braved army ants and driving rain to answer one simple question: What makes hummingbirds such nimble flyers?

Delta police are warning residents to watch the skies after three people in the Tsawwassen area were dive-bombed by ornery owls Thursday. A raptor expert offers some insight on possible motives.

One of the most basic swimming moves may be the doggy paddle, but that doesn't mean every canine takes naturally to water. Tricia Ouellette runs a canine hydrotherapy centre near Fort St. John, catering to dogs with joint problems and other injuries that

The Trudeau government may have just increased the regulatory uncertainties that have done so much to drive crucial energy investment out of Canada

Steve Simmons: The combined efforts weren't enough to defeat Switzerland, which earned an 8-0 victory while allowing only eight shots

Former NHL star Dave (Tiger) Williams is facing a sexual assault charge following a military police investigation. The incident allegedly took place aboard a military flight to Latvia in December.

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) head Scott Pruitt is getting bolder in questioning climate change.

A group of feminists has urged a ban on self-identifying trans women from using a female-only pond on Hampstead Heath in London.

U.S. oil and gas companies are slaughtering the international competition and wiping out all our old assumptions about the global energy market.

Alleged serial killer Bruce McArthur did landscaping work at a building down the road from the property where police recovered the remains of at least six people, according to two former tenants.

The condition of a seriously injured Israeli pilot stabilized Saturday morning after he was forced to eject from his plane over northern Israel. The jet was operating as part of an Israeli response to an Iranian unmanned aircraft that had entered Israeli

Ontario shed some 59,300 part-time jobs in January, the same month the province hiked minimum wage about 20% to $14 an hour but experts say it may be too soon to know how much the two are correlated.

Snopes.com, the 'fact- checking' website, has a GoFundMe asking for cash, claiming it is being 'held hostage' by a contractor. In fact it is in a bitter legal battle with its CEO accused of fraud.

The far right has 'co-opted' the issue of free speech, says Omar Mouallem, a board member of press freedom group PEN Canada

The young women kidnapped by Boko Haram and sent into crowds to blow themselves up.

Maclean's magazine is highlighting the gender pay gap by asking men to fork over 26 per cent more for its latest issue.

The U.S. government has traced some of the $1.7 billion released to Iran by the Obama administration to Iranian-backed terrorists in the two years since the cash was transferred.

Duluth School District officials fear the classic American novels, by Harper Lee and Mark Twain, could make students feel 'humiliated or marginalized'.

The number of jobs in Canada fell by 88,000 in January to give the labour market its steepest one-month drop in nine years, Statistics Canada said Friday.

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Three Oxfam employees were allowed to resign and four were sacked for gross misconduct after an internal investigation found some workers had used prostitutes in the war-torn region.

The leader of this year's race arrived at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. By early Thursday morning, two more mushers had arrived. The first Yukon team, Ed Hopkins of Tagish, arrived at 8:28 a.m.

The Canadian Coast Guard patrol ship Cygnus is heading to St. John's after taking on water, 260 nautical miles east of the island.

Record-breaking levels of precipitation in B.C.'s Interior is making it tough for some communities to keep up with snow removal. Parts of B.C.'s Interior have been hit hard by snowfall over the last few days. Williams Lake, in particular, is struggling to

Birds might sit on their eggs for weeks to keep them warm until they hatch, but deep-sea fish called skates have found a less boring and time-consuming way to incubate their eggs - using geothermal energy.

It may be one of Victoria's most picturesque views, but a new study has found the city's Inner Harbour is also the most polluted waterway along B.C.'s coast.

Officers with the Port Mann Traffic Services were doing a routine patrol on Highway 1 Tuesday, when they pulled over a driver with an unusually still and quiet passenger.

Belen Aldecosea of Miami Beach, Fla., said she flushed her emotional support hamster down the toilet after Spirit Airlines refused her furry pet on the flight.

The herd of 16 bison relocated from Elk Island Park to a remote area in Banff National Park seems to be thriving at the one-year anniversary of the project. Now, the animals are getting ready to be released into the wild this summer.

A CBC News investigation finds hundreds of asylum seekers come to Canada every year to escape domestic violence. Halyna Holovata of Toronto was one of them.

On July 20, a Hong Kong-flagged cargo ship departed Charleston, South Carolina carrying thousands of containers. One of them held a lucrative commodity: body parts from dozens of dead Americans.

London's newest museum attraction is greasy, smelly and a glimpse at the hidden underside of urban life.

With 90% new systems, this bigger, lighter-crewed monster frigate is not ready for duty.

Among 31 people convicted over the killing of a Pakistani student, one's been sentenced to death and five others to life. The 23-year-old journalism student was killed over blasphemy rumors that turned out to be false.

Some parents say being politically correct has gone too far. As for the disappointed girls at PS 65, they say they've been getting ready for the dance for months.

An anti-abortion group at the centre of the summer jobs grants controversy has been lambasted and singled out by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for using graphic images to get their message out.

Canada is accepting a higher proportion of asylum seekers than it has at any time in almost three decades, a CBC News investigation has found.

DNA from a 10,000-year-old skeleton found in an English cave suggests the oldest-known Briton had dark skin and blue eyes, researchers said Wednesday.

A Chatham, Ont. woman is hoping a jury will help her claim more than $3 million that has been stuck in legal limbo since her ex-boyfriend cashed in a winning lottery ticket half of which, she says, belongs to her.

The ranking Democrat on the House Intel Committee told serial Russian pranksters he would pass their claims of naked Trump pictures and secret meetings to do deals on sanctions to the FBI.

The federal Conservatives are demanding Justin Trudeau apologize to veterans after the prime minister said some injured ex-soldiers are asking for more than the federal government can afford.

The drowning deaths of six people during a whale watching trip off British Columbia have been classified as accidental by the province's coroner's service.

Dalhousie, now seen as one of the top universities on the East Coast, was born of a series of struggles: Raids by American privateers, an invasion of the United States, tales of war booty and, incredibly, the loss of what could have been Canada's 11th pro

This is far from a pint-sized pothole. RCMP are warning drivers that eastbound traffic is down to one lane and people are asked to slow down in the area.

Canada will spend $3 million to help stamp out female genital mutilation in the west African country of Benin, but the Conservatives say the Liberal government must do more to combat the "heinous" practice here at home.

Don Couch got a special present from the 435 Transport and Rescue Squadron over the weekend for his 100th birthday. Couch had been part of the Royal Canadian Air Force for about five years, and was stationed in India where he helped drop supplies to local

The cameras provide a bird's-eye view that can't be replicated on the water, researchers say. Photos taken by the team's drone show vast swaths of the gelatinous creatures speckling the ocean, creating cloud-like formations in the water.

Researchers studying the brains of woodpeckers found elevated levels of tau, a protein also found in people with brain damage. They now hope this could help neuroscientists better understand the mechanics of this protein.

About 1,200 people working security at the Pyeongchang Olympics are being kept in their rooms while they're tested for norovirus.

It's possible to infer many species' origins from things like fossils and DNA sequences. But for one creature, we have a specific date: 1995. That's when the first marbled crayfish appeared in a pet shop in Germany, mixed in with similar-looking animals t

North American markets opened lower Tuesday, following the global trend as a volatile sell-off on Wall Street yesterday heightened concerns that a pull-back from record highs could lead to more heavy losses.

New York is getting serious about offshore wind. Governor Andrew Cuomo unveiled a plan earlier this month to develop $6 billion of offshore wind projects off the southern coast of Long Island by 2028 and predicted that the industry would bring 5,000 j

Warning of a 'social time bomb ready to explode', the 81-year-old former Italian PM, Silvio Berlusconi, said his centre-right coalition would remove those who 'do not have the right to stay'.

An Ottawa woman is hoping to find the man she says paid for her to take a cab ride home when she became lost in a snowstorm last week. The man brought McCarthy over to a nearby coffee shop and bought her a coffee while they waited for the cab, then ran to

The largest Super Bowl security operation in history is currently keeping safe watch over the annual event as frigid temperatures rain snow on Minneapolis, Minnesota.

At least 40 girls and women said they were molested by a Michigan sports doctor over a 14-month period while the FBI at the same time was aware that Larry Nassar had been accused of molesting gymnasts, a newspaper reported Saturday.

Two people are dead and dozens injured after a passenger train collided with a freight train in South Carolina early Sunday.

Ontario PC Party leadership candidate Doug Ford made it clear Saturday night he intends to stake out the same populist ground that won the Toronto mayorchair for his brother Rob in 2010.

The 35th annual Yukon Quest starts today in Fairbanks, Alaska. CBC takes a look at the mushers, the trail and a few things teams can expect to see along the way.

Is this real? Only a select few have ever laid eyes on this sea arch, tucked away in Nunavut, so CBC decided to find out more. The arch is only reachable by boat. It's a four- to five-hour ride from Arctic Bay. And there's only a small window during the

Provincial officials say the worst is over in B.C. when it comes to the influenza season, while cases in the U.S. continue to climb. Why were we spared?

Ultraviolet light treatment holds potential for battling the fungus that has killed millions of bats in North America. While white-nose syndrome has not been found yet in British Columbia, officials with the B.C. Community Bat Program are asking the publi

Yanni Gourde's second-period goal stood as the winner as the Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Canucks 4-2 on Saturday night in Vancouver. Thomas Vanek and Brock Boeser scored for the Canucks (21-25-6), who were looking for their third straight win at home

Wilkinson, 60, is now the third elected leader of the party in 25 years, following Christy Clark and Gordon Campbell. Wilkinson has served in several cabinet positions, including as minister of advanced education, minister of technology and innovation an

Bundled up and sweeping with old household brooms and sponge mops to stay warm, curlers faced the extreme cold Saturday during the 17th annual Ironman Outdoor Curling Bonspiel.

Most of Deerfoot Trail in Calgary reopened Saturday evening after it was completely closed to traffic due to poor driving conditions. Between midnight and 4 p.m. police responded to 238 collisions, 27 of which involved injuries, and many of the collisions

It could take until Monday before a parking lot in downtown Antigonish, N.S., is cleaned up following a flash flood and freeze that trapped 23 cars in solid ice Friday night.

A record-setting Russian spacewalk ended with a critical antenna in the wrong position Friday outside the International Space Station. NASA Mission Control said from Houston that the antenna wound up in a position 180 degrees farther than anticipated.

Myanmar's government has denied a report by The Associated Press documenting at least five mass graves containing Rohingya Muslim civilians killed by the military with help from Buddhist neighbours.

President Vladimir Putin attended commemorations Friday marking the 75th anniversary of the Nazi surrender that ended the battle of Stalingrad, lauding the Red Army's victory as a shining example of Russia's perseverance amid adversity.