NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 07-2008

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - The father of two children accidentally killed by Canadian soldiers says he wants revenge. "If I get a chance, I will kill Canadians," Rozi Muhammed said Thursday.

The group is waging a national campaign targeting 50 "extreme" environmental organizations and 100 U. S. politicians it says are restricting energy supplies through climate-change legislation, causing oil prices to spike to levels that are "strangling" th

LOS ANGELES -- The Phoenix spacecraft has tasted Martian water for the first time, scientists reported Thursday. By melting icy soil in one of its lab instruments, the robot confirmed the presence of frozen water lurking below the Martian permafrost. Unti

The Red Sox traded embattled slugger Manny Ramirez to the Dodgers late Thursday afternoon, SI.com has learned.

PRINCE GEORGE -- Rather than build a new North Central Plywood plant in Prince George, Canfor decided it would be better to concentrate on upgrading the company's existing operations

One day after car-sized boulders rained down on B.C.'s Sea to Sky Highway, severing the main artery between Vancouver and Whistler, blasting is expected to begin.

Hockey Night in Canada announced on Thursday that former Stanley Cup winning coach Marc Crawford will be joining its broadcast team next season.

A torrential downpour has caused a state of emergency in a central Newfoundland town, with rescue officials using canoes and heavy equipment to rescue families.

LEVIS, Que. -- Industry Minister Jim Prentice raised the prospect of federal regulation Thursday in his continuing battle with Canada's biggest telecom companies over new text-message fees.

OTTAWA -- Two of Canada's largest tobacco companies have been fined a record $300 million after pleading guilty to customs charges related to contraband cigarettes and smuggling

LEVIS, Que. -- Defence Minister Peter MacKay says Canada will lease six to eight Russian-built helicopters to ferry troops around the battlefield in Afghanistan until it can purchase new U.S. aircraft.

The Samson Cree First Nation in Hobbema, which has been racked with gang violence, is one step away from getting permission to build a resort-style casino.

The response to a young cow moose found wandering along Calgary's Deerfoot Trail on Tuesday afternoon was "horrifically mishandled," an animal rights group says

A British man says Canadian border officials won't allow his disabled daughter to remain in Nova Scotia, forcing the family to leave their summer property and the province they hope to one day call home. Paul Chapman, his wife Barbara Anne and their tw

OTTAWA -- A federal official says there is little the government can do to prevent the personal items of notorious criminals from reaching memorabilia sellers and collectors.

OTTAWA -- Canadians will be able to register on a "do not call" list to screen out pesky telemarketers starting Sept. 30, the CRTC is expected to announce later today.

A deal between the International Olympic Committee and China will allow the communist country to block journalists from sensitive websites during the Beijing Games in August.

Military charges against Canadian Forces members have risen dramatically in the years since Canada sent troops to Afghanistan, a CBC investigation has found. In fact, the charges have risen by as much as 62 per cent over an eight-year period.

TORONTO - After weeks of dithering, Mats Sundin is expected to finally announce sometime this week whether or not he will play another season in the National Hockey League

DECATUR, Ga. - Other museums might have more or flashier items to display.

OTTAWA - The Canadian Forces now offers diplomats and development staff deployed in Afghanistan specialized training in how to handle themselves if they're ever captured by the Taliban

The fracture of a four-square-kilometre chunk of ice from the largest remaining ice shelf in the Arctic last week is a one-way change brought on by warming temperatures, says a scientist who has studied the process.

Madonna in real life? More like death.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland -- The International Olympic Committee agreed Tuesday to allow Iraq to participate in the Beijing games, reversing itself after Baghdad pledged to ensure the independence of its national Olympics panel.

A woman was caught drink-driving after a distressed child was seen shouting "stop mummy driving" and banging on the windows of a car.

Jacques Villeneuve headlines the Canadian contingent at this weekend's Nationwide Series event in Montreal.

THREE RIVERS, Mich. (AP) -- Police in Michigan have arrested a man who they say tried to steal posters and other items related to the new Batman movie from a cinema lobby while dressed up as the Joker

The City of St. John's has adopted new non-smoking rules for its non-profit housing, but not after a debate about the city's role in enforcing lifestyle choices.

Most people can't wait to claim their lottery winnings, but when Peter Dushop realized he hit the jackpot last August he didn't rush out to claim his $3.6-million prize

VANCOUVER -- More than $1 billion has been poured into negotiating modern-day treaties with B.C. First Nations with little success, says a report released Monday by the Fraser Institute.

Recent rounds of job cuts by major corporations suggest it's Canada's turn to experience some economic pain, a prominent economist said Tuesday.

The van involved in the highway crash that killed seven Bathurst, N.B., teens and a teacher had several safety problems that contributed to the deadly collision, says an RCMP report.

Economy helps province post Canada's only enrolment increase - but lure of jobs means fewer than 68% complete high school

More than $1 billion has been spent on negotiating treaties with B.C. First Nations with little success, says a report released Monday by the Fraser Institute.

The Correctional Service of Canada is investigating how personal prison items of infamous serial killer Clifford Olson ended up for sale on a U.S. website.

A treasure-hunting game is being blamed for a bomb scare that resulted in the four-hour closure of a major Ottawa road and an operation involving two dozen police officers, a hazmat team and the police explosives unit last week.

A trip to pick blueberries last week bagged something much larger for a Grassy Narrows woman and her mother.

OTTAWA - A virulent al-Qaida website has issued a new call for followers to kill Canadians and other westerners and attack oil and economic targets.

I have been reinstated in the Ottawa bureau as a parliamentary correspondent and national reporter. I will spend the fall working on special projects and in January will return to daily news. My record of employment has been cleared.

"The Toyota Corolla went the longest. We were driving for over 19 hours," Diamond told CTV's Canada AM on Monday.

Funny just for the headline

The Pemberton Music Festival, which entered its final day on Sunday, has not been a roaring success for business owners in the tiny B.C. community.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper has called three federal byelections for Sept. 8, setting the stage for a possible general election later this fall.

Qantas Airlines must investigate every oxygen bottle on its fleet of 30 Boeing 747 jumbo jets following Friday's midair crisis.

ABOARD HMCS IROQUOIS, Indian Ocean -- About 800 Canadian sailors are now patrolling the politically turbulent waters near Iran and Pakistan. But mustering crews to man warships near global flash points has increasingly become a nightmare for navy planners

OTTAWA -- Legions and veterans across Canada are marking the 55th anniversary of an armistice that brought an end to four bloody years of the Korean War.

BEIJING - The Chinese capital was shrouded in thick grey smog on Sunday, just 12 days before the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games. One expert warned that drastic measures enacted to cut vehicle and factory emissions in the city were no guaran

One way or another, Paul Tracy was taking the emotions of every fan at the Rexall Edmonton Indy along for the ride yesterday. Either he'd make a fool of himself like the legion of athletes who came back when they shouldn't have, or he'd leave a trail o

With Judas Priest and Ozzy Osbourne rocking the heavy metal concert at McMahon Stadium, and Blue Rodeo headlining the folk festival, the Herald travelled across the city with a decibel meter to see just how loud Calgary can be on a summer day.

A 31-year-old city man used his grandmother's eBay account to rip off an American car buyer for $27,400, according to a court document filed Friday.

A London man Tasered by police after a firearm was brandished and occupants of a South London apartment building were terrorized faces nine criminal charges.

The head of the KISS Army shed a tear for Canada's army during a message for our troops. "I'm speechless. We had to pause the camera so he could have a moment. He's quite a person,"

They were robbed -- first by fire and then by thieves. Residents of 2 Secord Ave. were thankful to briefly get back inside their apartments yesterday, only to find many of their valuables looted.

Quebec police say they will not press charges against a 12-year-old girl who sparked a manhunt by falsely claiming she had been kidnapped.

In the 1997 federal election campaign, one issue -- health care -- dominated debate, as it had for much of the 1990s.

OTTAWA -- Veterans of the Korean War are hoping the better part of history repeats itself for Canadian soldiers currently in Afghanistan

KABUL (Reuters) - NATO countries have agreed to send more troops to the volatile south of Afghanistan, Canada's foreign minister said on Saturday

Canada, the United States and other countries with military forces in Afghanistan are losing a propaganda battle to a resurgent Taliban movement, a respected international think tank says.

Canada may expand its troop commitment in Afghanistan by almost 10 per cent in order to service the helicopters about to be deployed to the region, Foreign Affairs Minister David Emerson indicated Saturday.

A teenage girl is recovering from a lightning strike after the tent she was in was hit during Saturday's violent thunderstorm.

Police in Winnipeg are warning drug users about a potentially deadly new type of ecstasy -- the party drug that many of its users see as relatively harmless.

Police in Quebec are investigating after a group of Kanesatake Mohawks set up a roadblock on a provincial highway, leaving at least two police cars damaged.

A plane was forced to make an emergency landing in Germany after two British women tried to open a cabin door mid-flight, police have said.

Their story focuses on the breeding, rearing, selection and training of a group of dogs being groomed for duty at the 2010 Winter Olympics, said Insp. Lawrence Aimoe.

Canada Post is creating a stamp to honour Canadian troops, in part due to a petition spearheaded by a Calgarian.

VANCOUVER - Federal Environment Minister John Baird says a Canada-wide carbon tax would be akin to a "pay-and-pollute" system

At first, farmer Robert Furman suspected a rumble in the distance was the sound of a stumbling car.

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - On his first visit to Afghanistan, Canada's new foreign minister did not hand out cupcakes, did not cause a diplomatic incident, and did not falsely declare that insurgent attacks were down.

A woman rocking her baby to sleep found herself staring down the barrel of a loaded rifle after two teens she encountered this week returned with threats to shoot her Thursday night.

Hells Angels motorcycle club members from across Canada gathered under the watchful eyes of police in a B.C. city Friday to celebrate three local chapters' 25 years in the province.

TORONTO -- Prime Minister Stephen Harper's refusal to press for the repatriation of Omar Khadr from Guantanamo Bay is a political and legal travesty, social activists said Friday in announcing a series of rallies across the country.

Regular municipal police in Saskatchewan will no longer be using Tasers in the wake of several high profile deaths in other parts of the country, the province's police commission announced Friday.

Ozzy Osbourne, who's headlining today's Monsters of Rock concert at McMahon Stadium with fellow metalheads Judas Priest, said he's never felt so at ease at entering Canada, despite a notoriously mind-altered past.

VICTORIA - A Vancouver man, afloat in the Strait of Georgia and clinging to a wooden box, used his cellphone to direct his own rescue last night by tugboat, hovercraft and the Queen of Cowichan ferry.

WINNIPEG -- Cpl. James Arnal wanted to live life to the fullest and insisted on returning to Afghanistan despite the inherent dangers, his tearful mother said Friday.

OTTAWA - Veterans of the Korean War are hoping the better part of history repeats itself for Canadian soldiers currently in Afghanistan.

Paul McCallum hit the winning field goal with eight seconds left, completing an improbable comeback win for the B.C. Lions

Justice Charles Hackland issued a court order Friday compelling author Tom Zytaruk to surrender the tape of an interview he conducted with Harper about Chuck Cadman, the late independent MP

New rules that restrict how allegedly impaired drivers can defend themselves in court are a violation of their rights, according to a Toronto defence lawyer who plans to launch a constitutional challenge.

Police in Dartmouth, N.S. have told employees of a Hooters restaurant not to practice calisthenics outside

LAS VEGAS - Tempest Storm is fuming. Her fingers tremble with frustration. They are aged, knotted by arthritis and speckled with purple spots under paper skin.

By early afternoon today, 272.8 millimetres of rain had fallen on Pearson Airport since June 1, one millimetre more than the 271.5 millimetres in June and July in 1980.

The Liberals won both West-mount-Ville Marie and Guelph in the last election. Given Liberals have represented the Westmount-Ville Marie area for more than four decades, it would be catastrophic if Mr. Dion lost the riding, according to Brooke Jeffrey, a p

The federal government unveiled an agreement with Ontario yesterday that will see the two governments spend just under $11-billion in the province on public transit, roads and bridges.

In this era of minority governments and tightly contested elections, there is a strong possibility that the outcome of the next election will be known only when the votes are counted in the ridings in the Pacific time zone.

The government is also hoping to get Mr. Lafleur to finally give his version of events in order to bolster its ongoing lawsuits against other players in the federal sponsorship scandal, a number of whom dealt directly with Mr. Lafleur in the 1990s.

A passenger plane en route from London to Melbourne has made an emergency landing in the Philippines after a large hole appeared in its fuselage.

BANGALORE, India, July 25 (Reuters) - Seven small bombs exploded in quick succession across the south Indian IT city of Bangalore on Friday, killing a woman and wounding at least 15 people, police said.

A few months after analysts had predicted oil prices will smash through the rooftops, one observer sees prices dropping, if not to the basement, at least below the $100-a -barrel level.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy's center-right party push through an employment reform that ends the controversial 35-hour week.

Ryan Dinwiddie allayed any doubts in his first start of the season for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Thursday night, throwing for 450 yards and the winning touchdown with just 12 seconds left.

The man Chinese authorities accuse of killing a B.C. model in Shanghai earlier this month says he stabbed Diana O'Brien after she hit him and knocked him to the floor

Filmed from inside airplane.

OAKVILLE, Ont. - Mike Weir had a share of the clubhouse lead at the RBC Canadian Open after shooting an opening-round 65 at Glen Abbey on Thursday morning.

Athletes from Iraq have been banned from taking part at this summer's Beijing Games, the International Olympic Committee has announced.

A Montreal woman who pleaded guilty to making more than 10,000 crank calls to the emergency 911 service has been arrested again.

Toyota sold 4,817,941 vehicles globally during the first six months of the year, company spokesman Hideaki Homma said Wednesday, beating GM by 277,532 vehicles. Toyota said its global sales rose 2 percent from the same period the year before, while GM's

A 46-year-old man was electrocuted by a 7,200-volt hydro line near Bancroft, Ont., after climbing a hydro pole Wednesday night.

LEDUC -- RCMP in Leduc are searching for a suspect who allegedly sexually assaulted an 11-year-old girl at a playground Tuesday night. The incident, which happened about 7:45 p.m. near Corinthia Park School, was recorded on video camera by a witness.

Attacking a Jewish girl and the friends who came to her rescue has landed a Muslim man a one-year jail sentence. Mustafa Taj must also serve a year of probation following his release for what provincial court Judge Bill Cummings ruled was a racially motiv

An Oilers car in the Edmonton Indy? Does that mean it will start really slowly, run into mechanical trouble midway through the race and, just when it looks like the wheels are going to fall off, launch a remarkable, edge of your seat stretch drive?

Yet legalizers love ranting about the prison-industrial complex and George Bush's failed War on Drugs, as if that's our only alternative to the corner pot store. Many also argue that all drug laws should be repealed, as if cocaine were no worse than wee

Two police officers have been treated for burns after smothering flames with their own bodies when a knife-wielding man set himself alight. They had to fire a baton round at the man to stun him before trying to extinguish the fire.

A pet rabbit was credited with saving a couple from a raging fire that swept through their home in the southern Australian city of Melbourne early Thursday.

Roughly 40,000 concert-goers are expected to begin arriving in Pemberton Thursday for what will be the biggest outdoor festival in British Columbia this year.

BALTIMORE -- When the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra warms up a week from Friday, the musicians will be clad in their usual summer attire: White dinner jackets and bow ties for the men, white tops and black skirts or slacks for the women. Tie-dye might be

The beloved Canadian sitcom Corner Gas is celebrating a milestone this week

B.C. could see a return to protests and blockades in world-renowned Clayoquot Sound as a forestry company prepares to log an old-growth forest in the Hesquiat Point Creek watershed

VANCOUVER - Mats Sundin may have not landed yet on these shores, but the Vancouver Canucks are locking up some minnows for their depth pool.

Three hundred and thirty-one athletes with one goal: To return Canada to Olympic prominence at the Summer Games in Beijing after a disappointing performance in Athens four years ago.

TOKYO - A strong earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale shook northern Japan early Thursday, injuring more than a dozen people as the force shattered windows and set off fires, officials said.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The future of Canada's commercial harp seal hunt, a centuries-old industry and way of life for several thousand East Coast fishermen, was plunged into uncertainty Wednesday after the European Union proposed a partial ban on seal produ

LONDON - A climate change activist assured himself a captive audience - by gluing himself to the prime minister of Britain.

The B.C. Ferry Commission has given BC Ferries the green light to implement another major fuel surcharge on Aug. 1.

WINNIPEG - Saucy photos of some former Winnipeg Blue Bomber cheerleaders show a major disrespect to what most participants see as an athletic and demanding sport, says a local coach.