NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 02-2019

Staff are pulled out once again amid ongoing uncertainty surrounding the stability of nearby ice.

An uptick in porch thefts at some London homes has meant more people are turning to smart home security systems to help protect their property and keep tabs on who's at the door.

Major flooding along the Russian River in Sonoma County, California, has prompted evacuations and left two towns accessible only by boat.

The RCMP has worked with police in India to take down about 40 call centres and arrest 60 people allegedly behind a scam that targets Canadians with claims they owe the Canadian tax folks.

Countries where emissions dropped push conservation and switching power sources.

The giant creature was found last week, already dead, a short distance away from the Amazon River.

Police in the U.K. are warning parents about the so-called Momo Challenge, saying messages hidden in otherwise child-friendly online videos can lead to children being directed to injure themselves.

The number of Canadians living below the poverty line has never been lower, new numbers from Statistics Canada suggest.

A California herbalist charged in the death of a diabetic 13-year-old he treated with herbs instead of insulin is heading to prison for four months.

The "complete and utter failure" of Ontario's corrections system to properly manage the solitary confinement of a mentally ill man in segregation for more than four years while awaiting his murder trial has led to a judge staying the charge.

Pakistan's air force shot down two Indian warplanes after they crossed the boundary between the two nuclear-armed rivals in the disputed territory of Kashmir on Wednesday, a military spokesperson said.

The U.S. Department of Commerce says it has initiated new investigations into whether some fabricated structural steel products from Canada, China and Mexico are being sold in the U.S. for less than fair value.

An Amtrak train traveling from Seattle to Los Angeles with 183 passengers got stranded in the snowy mountains of Oregon for at least 36 hours, putting a strain on passengers as food, patience and even diapers ran short.

New study says carbon dioxide is released during crop irrigation with lake water.

Rupen Balaram-Sivaram has been found guilty of 10 offences including the rare Criminal Code charge of advocating genocide. The judge found he sent emails and used Twitter to reach likeminded people and encourage them to take genocidal action against Jews

Appearing in a Toronto courtroom, Pamir Hakimzadah admitted to the 2015 attack on the victim, who cannot be identified due to a publication ban.

The report, titled 'Executions and Purges of North Korean Elites', collected accounts from 25 high-ranking officials who've fled North Korea. It comes as Kim meets Trump in Vietnam.

Experts from Norway's Peace Research Institute Oslo examined statistics from 'all possible' wars, the countries involved, and how many people were killed.

Madryga says the cold temperatures will continue for several more weeks.

The Met Office records 21.2C in London's Kew Gardens, making the UK warmer than hot spots like Ibiza.

Alberta veterinarians have voted to ban medically unnecessary surgical procedures such as removing an animal's claws, ears, tails and vocal cords.

A new study on lung cancer in Nova Scotia shows an alarming number of lung cancer cases are diagnosed in the emergency department and the prognosis for those patients was grim.

Advances by manufacturers are bringing the latest crop of electric-powered vehicles to the point where they're starting to overcome the four main reasons Canadians say they're wary of going electric.

Red stains were discovered on the reinforced gloves Const. Daniel Montsion wore the day of Abdirahman Abdi's arrest, the Ottawa police officer's manslaughter trial heard Monday.

At least two schools have announced pilot projects to set up supervised 'rough play' zones in the schoolyard, where students can shove, grab and wrestle in the snow to their hearts' content.

New Jersey company used NAFTA investor protections to get compensation after their bid to open a quarry in Nova Scotia was rejected.

"Humanity cannot afford to ignore such clear signals," the U.S.-led team wrote in the journal Nature Climate Change of satellite measurements of rising temperatures over the past 40 years.

General manager Jim Benning says the Vancouver Canucks were looking to add a proven goal scorer when they made a last-minute deal with the Pittsburgh Penguins on Monday. Pearson has 9 goals and 5 assists in 44 games for Pittsburgh.

Vancouver snaps 3-game skid for 1st regulation win in 11 games. Jacob Markstrom posted his first shutout of the season on Monday, leading the Vancouver Canucks to a 4-0 win over the Anaheim Ducks.

OPP say Highway 400 is closed in both directions because of the collision. A blast of winter weather that included damaging winds and blowing snow caused chaos on highways in southern Ontario and left thousands of people without power, authorities said Mo

The weather service said Las Vegas' half an inch of snow late Wednesday was the first measurable snow since the record keeping started. The famed "Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas Nevada" sign was seen surrounded by snow.

The Met Office records 20.6C in Ceredigion - the first UK temperature over 20C reached in winter.

It's been almost a year since an Edmonton man convicted of sexually assaulting and unlawfully confining a 16-year-old girl disappeared before serving his sentence.

The number of outstanding warrants has plummeted since a legislative change. Human rights advocates are calling for a similar approach for minor criminal offences.

In an age of fake news, social media and countless alternative online news sources, the Russian art of deception plays a key role in the country's political manoeuvres.

The Wikileaks founder has lived in the embassy in Knightsbridge, London, since 2012 when Swedish authorities requested his extradition as a suspect in a rape case.

British Special Forces made the grim discovery in Baghuz, eastern Syria. Jihadis had decapitated dozens of Yazidi women and dumped their severed heads in dustbins.

A 30-year-old mail carrier in Warren is facing federal charges after thousands of pieces of mail were found in her townhome. 

The first shots may have been fired in a war against "The Duke." A debate is now underway over whether a Southern California airport should bear the name of screen legend John Wayne, who died nearly 40 years ago at age 72.

A North Korean newspaper ran an opinion piece that presented the path to peace, a keyword in the denuclearization narrative, as difficult, but irreversible.

An Ontario man who went to Syria to join a faction of al-Qaida is out of prison despite the fact the Parole Board of Canada is concerned he might continue to engage in terrorism.

The days of the Big Gulp and other large soda cups may be done soon in California.

A stomach churning image appears to show Alem Shimeni, from Eritrea, dangling from her hair as she scrambled on a window ledge at the tower in the Royston area of Glasgow on Monday.

Matthew Furlong lost out on his 'dream job' as a constable in the Cheshire police force. Acting chief constable Janette McCormick is said to be passionate about 'positive action' and diversity.

The decision starts the clock on a 90-day deadline for cabinet to decide whether the project should proceed, but there have already been signals that the deadline could be delayed.

In the wake of the arrest of actor Jussie Smollett, who was charged with staging his own racist and homophobic attack, here are just some of the other crimes that have been given prominent play by the media since the 2016 election.

The brains of two genetically edited girls born in China last year may have been changed in ways that enhance cognition and memory, scientists say.

Chinese citizens lose points for bad behaviour. For example: not paying taxes, or walking a dog without a leash

The Speaker of British Columbia's legislature has issued a rebuttal of the explanation provided by Clerk of the House Craig James and Sergeant-at-Arms Gary Lenz to his original report into the alleged misuse of taxpayer money by the two men.

It starts with what sounds like a promising phone call: For a one-time fee, you can lower the interest rate on your credit card. But the person on the other end of the line isn't with your bank or credit card company. And what they're really after is your

The latest chapter in the Trans Mountain pipeline saga will be written Friday as the National Energy Board releases its recommendations on how to proceed with the contentious project should the federal government choose to do so.

An eclectic adventure with a backstory tied to Formula One racing, royalty and Antarctica converged at the Hotel Macdonald Thursday morning as an electric car manufacturer unveiled a zero-emission snowcat vehicle.

South Korean media reports that Jo Song-gil is under Italian government protection, but that his daughter was forcibly taken

A suspect has been charged following the stabbing of a woman and police officer outside Immaculate Conception Elementary School in Delta on Wednesday.

Georges St-Pierre, a two-division UFC champion who put mixed martial arts on the map in Canada, is retiring. The 37-year-old from St-Isidore, Que., made the announcement on Thursday at the Bell Centre.

Convicted fraudster Harjit Singh's visa aided by letter from controversial MP Raj Grewal, as Liberal Judy Sgro demands an "accounting" from her government

The federal Liberals legalized recreational cannabis in Canada last year promising it would inject billions into government coffers and eliminate the black market, among other things.

Lesbian and bisexual women are more likely to be overweight than heterosexual women, research has shown for the first time, as experts said sexual identity should now be viewed as a health risk factor.

Why do zebras have stripes? Evolutionary biologists have proposed many possible theories, such as camouflage or vision aids for recognizing individual zebras. But in recent years, pest control has emerged as the leading explanation for zebra stripes.

Opposition Leader Jason Kenney says if he wins the spring election, he will try to cancel Albertas' $3.7-billion deal with Canadas' two largest railways to ship more oil by rail.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a constitutional ban on "excessive fines" applies to states as well as the federal government.

Canada will not sign on to an amendment to an international treaty that could bar three dozen countries from shipping any kind of garbage, even recyclables, to the developing world.

The family of Nashie Oombash says the mould problem on the Cat Lake First Nation contributed to her death.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday said "ISIS bride" Hoda Muthana is not a US citizen and will not be allowed back into America.

A police official says "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett is now considered a suspect "for filing a false police report" and that detectives are presenting the case against him to a grand jury.

Nick Sandmann has accused The Washington Post of bullying him in a $250-million lawsuit against the newspaper.

Another foreign oil company says it's getting out of the Canadian oilsands.

Members of the group that sponsored the Barho family's move to Canada in 2017 as Syrian refugees are grieving the loss of seven children after a fire tore through the Halifax home where they were living.

Google's decision to bring Assistant-enabled voice controls to its Nest Secure system is causing a stir almost a year after the integration was rolled out.

Premier Rachel Notley says her government has been studying the plan since November and is ready to move forward

Democratic Institutions Minister Karina Gould today called on a Commons committee to look at the possibility of the Canadian government imposing new rules on social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter in the lead-up to the next federal election.

Celery juice is flooding social media, and the popular wellness craze is pushing heath-conscious people to shell out hundreds of dollars for the daily drink.

The man whose family is at the centre of a measles outbreak in Vancouver said he didn't vaccinate his children because he distrusted the science at the time.

The dinner devoid of vegetables has ignited social media wrath, and prompted a meeting with management.

After months of deliberation, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders announced Tuesday that he is running for president again in 2020. It will be Sanders' second consecutive bid for the Democratic nomination after losing to Hillary Clinton in 2016.

John Guelly is blunt about how tough it was five years ago to be hit with the news that clubroot had found its way into his canola crop.

The results are believed to be the work of Indian protesters responding to the 14 February Kashmir attack.

Don Cherry's latest rant about the Carolina Hurricanes and their victory celebrations didn't go unnoticed by the NHL club. The Hurricanes even decided to embrace his words.

A pregnant Alberta woman who moved to Syria with her ISIS-supporting husband and their two young boys says she wants to return to Canada.

New guidance from Health Canada says that children and teens under 18 should not use cough products containing opioids because they 'may be a factor in problematic substance use later in life.'

The Royal Canadian Air Force marked the arrival of two used Australian fighter jets with a ceremony on Sunday in Cold Lake, Alta.

Chronic wasting disease, a deadly ailment with no known cure, is killing deer in dozens of states and multiple provinces.

A Florida man has built a tiny town featuring a radio station, barbershop, drive-in movie theatre and more on less than one acre of land.

There were reports of a house explosion in southeast Calgary with fire crews arriving to find one house completely engulfed in flames early Sunday morning.

Police are investigating why Martin never relinquished his firearm after it was discovered he had an aggravated assault felony on his record.

MIAMI, Man.; A rural Manitoba school division says it is investigating after a gym teacher posted a photo to Facebook showing him holding a sign insulting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

After receiving multiple threats online and in-person, the team decided to pay the $2,100 penalty for forfeiting

CN Rail is working to clean up an oil leak after nearly 40 train cars carrying crude oil derailed near a western Manitoba village early Saturday morning.

Battling with one branch of government and opening a new confrontation with another, U.S. President Donald Trump announced Friday he's declaring a national emergency to fulfil his pledge to construct a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.

The two African American brothers being questioned over the Jussie Smollett attack are actors Abimbola 'Abel' and Olabinjo 'Ola' Osundairo.

Police are on the hunt for 30,000 litres of iceberg water stolen from a warehouse in Port Union. The value of the water is between $9,000 and $12,000, say the Bonavista RCMP.

After receiving numerous complaints about being disturbed by Amber Alerts related to a murdered 11-year-old child, Peel regional police are urging people to have some perspective.

A closer look at the day's most notable stories with The National's Jonathon Gatehouse: counterfeit drugs that have little medicinal value, and in some cases can harm, are a major problem worldwide.

A woman found guilty last month of terror charges for attacking workers at a Canadian Tire store in suburban Toronto was given a seven-year sentence on Thursday.

In New York state and Washington state, U.S. travelers picked up measles in foreign countries where the highly contagious disease was running rampant and brought it back to places where vaccination rates were too low by U.S. public health standards.

Public health clinics in southwestern Ontario say they've had to increase prices of a number of forms of birth control due to an increase in manufacturing costs.

An energy storage startup called Hydrostor is planning to build an Advanced Compressed Air Energy Storage (A-CAES) project in Australia, using an out-of-operation underground zinc mine as a container for the compressed air.

Thousands of people gather in London, as students around the UK miss school to call for action.

The news site founded by Maria Ressa is one of few that openly criticises President Rodrigo Duterte.

A violent sex offender who was once dubbed Edmonton's "Mill Woods Rapist" has been released from custody after a murder charge against him was stayed.

An 11-year-old girl was found dead at a residence in Brampton, Ont., about an hour after an Amber Alert was issued late Thursday night, and her father has been arrested, Peel Regional Police say.