NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 12-2014

Clear skies may have a negative effect on the NHL's outdoor game at Nationals Park on New Year's Day, as sun and glare on the ice could force the Winter Classic to be postponed.

For the second time in less than a year, a comet discovered by Australian Terry Lovejoy will be putting on a modestly impressive display for backyard stargazers. Designated C/2014 Q2, Lovejoy found his fifth comet on images he made with an 8-inch telescop

NASA's Dawn spacecraft is now just months away from reaching the dwarf planet Ceres after starting its approach mode.

Thirty-five people have been killed in a stampede during New Year's celebrations in downtown Shanghai, China's state-run Xinhua News Agency is reporting.

The Center for Whale Research confirmed the birth of a new calf, which it believes is a few days old, to the mother, J-16.

Max Domi scored two goals as Canada topped the United States 5-3 to finish first in its preliminary round group at the world junior hockey championship on Wednesday.

Shock and sadness pervade Edmonton today after a man shot and killed six adults and two children and then himself, as authorities try to determine what led to the city's worst mass killing in recent history.

Researchers from Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California have found that tropical forests account for more than half of all carbon dioxide absorbed by plants growing on land.

A 62-year-old woman and her 4-year-old grandson watched their Great Dane being fatally shot.

(Reuters) - Gun related deaths of U.S. law enforcement officers rose by 56 percent in 2014 compared to the previous year, with about one-third of officers killed in an ambush, the National Law Enforcement

Bishop Heather Cook smashed into bicycle maker Tom Palermo, 41, on Saturday afternoon in Baltimore causing his death. She left the scene but a bicyclist followed and confronted her.

Canada was eliminated in the Spengler Cup semifinals when they failed to complete a comeback against Geneve-Servette.

A major airline and travel booking site are suing a young computer whiz from New York City who built a website that finds cheap airfares.

2-year-old boy accidentally shoots and kills mom inside northern Idaho Wal-Mart' on Yahoo News Canada. HAYDEN, Idaho - A 2-year-old boy accidentally shot and killed his mother after he reached into her purse at a Wal-Mart and her concealed gun fired, auth

Monarch butterflies may warrant U.S. Endangered Species Act protection because of habitat loss and destruction of milkweed plants, a U.S. government agency says.

Canada has banned shipment of lithium metal batteries as cargo on passenger flights, following the lead of the International Civil Aviation Organization.

HMCS Fredericton left Halifax on Tuesday as part of Operation Reassurance, Canada's response to Russia's military aggression in Ukraine.

Sarah Stott's legs were severed by a freight train earlier this month. More than 15 surgeries later, her mom says the 22-year-old is doing "amazing," considering everything her daughter has been through.

Police in the Edmonton area are investigating nine deaths at three separate crime scenes.

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Chloe Dutton, 19, was enjoying a Christmas night out in Southend, Essex, when she was attacked by a man with a knuckle duster. Police said the man is described as Asian, about 25-years-old and was wearing a black jacket, jeans and

Ontario's Ministry of Environment and Climate Change has cleared the way for logging to resume near Grassy Narrows First Nation after rejecting the community's request for an individual environmental assessment.

A man from Thunder Bay says he has concerns about the way Porter Airlines bumps passengers from over-sold flights.

Canada has advanced to the Spengler Cup semifinals with a 5-2 win over Jokerit. They will face Switzerland's HC Geneve-Servette on Tuesday.

Team Canada dealt with their toughest test of the relegation round by claiming a 4-1 victory over Finland.

From curious bears and angry moose to dolphin displays and a jellyfish invasion, here are our top B.C. wildlife video and photo stories of 2014.

Six people have been charged with offences ranging from first-degree murder to manslaughter following a double homicide in B.C.'s northern Interior on Boxing Day.

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio was booed today by the newest members of the New York Police Department as he delivered a speech at the academy graduation ceremony.

Environment Canada forecasts cold winds and freezing temperatures will persist in parts of B.C. for several days, heightening concerns for people living on the streets.

After weeks of a relatively dry, warm winter, extreme cold has set in across the Prairies, bringing wind chill values of minus 40 Celsius and below.

Snowy owls have flocked to Ontario in huge, rare numbers for the second consecutive year.

People are usually bombarded with advertisements at this time of year, but one ad campaign in Metro Vancouver is turning heads.

A 17-year-old pit bull-Rottweiler cross has been euthanized after mauling a newborn baby girl in Saanich, B.C., police said Sunday.

Metro Vancouver Transit Police shot and killed a distraught man inside a grocery store in Surrey, B.C., on Sunday morning, according to the province's Independent Investigations Office.

Sony Corp's PlayStation Network suffered connection problems for a fourth straight day since hackers attacked the video game network, and the company said on Sunday that service was gradually being restored.

The immigration law that is preventing an Ottawa couple with permanent residency from sponsoring their three-year-old son to join them in Canada is in place to prevent fraud and child trafficking, a spokesman for Citizenship and Immigration Canada told CB

A 28-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of vandalizing the Islamic Cultural Center of Fresno on Christmas day, causing investigators at first to suspect a hate crime, police said Saturday.

Regardless of IQ, people who work at complex jobs have a slightly higher chance of being better thinkers as they age, a recent study suggests.

Health professionals have have seen an uptick in ​headaches, and pain in the neck, back and face they say is increasingly ​linked to poor posture, but there are ways to counteract the damage.

Cleanup work continues this weekend on a train derailment in Alberta that sent a number of cars tumbling into a creek west of Banff.

After winning a national contest, Morgan Bray's original design now graces Team Canada's goalie masks in the World Junior Hockey Champsionships.

An AirAsia plane with 162 people aboard lost contact with ground control on Sunday after takeoff from Indonesia on the way to Singapore, and search and rescue operations were underway.

Leonardo Genoni turned away 36 shots as host HC Davos hung on to defeat Canada 2-1 on Friday in preliminary action at the 88th Spengler Cup.

Robby Fabbri had two goals and a pair of assists as Canada opened the world junior championship with a dominant 8-0 victory over Slovakia on Friday night.

Canadians have chosen the dual scares of Islamic State terrorism and Ebola as the top international news stories of 2014.

A team of Russian and American scientists have uncovered a new dwarf galaxy next to the Milky Way.

NASA scientists are excited over what they say is the most sensitive image of the sun ever taken.

Canada's Peace Tower carillon on Parliament Hill was among carillons in 11 countries that marked the 100th anniversary of the Christmas truce by playing Silent Night on Wednesday afternoon.

Queen Elizabeth used her traditional Christmas broadcast to call for international reconciliation and praise medical workers fighting Ebola in Africa.

An avalanche warning has been issued for backcountry users in parts of B.C. as recent snowfalls coupled with warm temperatures place a heavy load on a fragile snowpack.

Since landing in France for its first fight around Christmas 1914, members of the Princess Patricia's Light Infantry has spent many holidays abroad. Here is a sample of some of their holiday letters home over the past 100 years.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper is asking Canadians to pray for the country's military personnel as they battle ISIS extremists in Northern Iraq.

Library and Archives Canada is in the process of digitizing all soldiers' records from the First World War, the most requested items in its collection.

A growing number of southerners are flooding Nunavut with donations of food, clothing, toys and sports equipment this year. 'Southern generosity should be received in the same spirit in which it is given; not in the spirit of welfare,' argues guest column

US Government forecasters found there were more white Christmases between 1990 to 2013 than between 1966 to 1989.

This video shows two baby kangaroos who lost their mothers in traffic accidents and who are now being looked after Sam and Owen, two volunteers helping to temporarily house the iconic Australian creatures.

A tiny rural town in Utah put on its first-ever Christmas light parade this week in the latest gesture aimed at making the holidays special for a dying little girl.

A Long Island woman claims she was treated like a criminal and pulled off of a flight just because she wanted to change seats.

This is the small village of Bethlehem in the Galilee, located in northern Israel. And unlike the larger and better-known city of Bethlehem in the West Bank some 100 miles south, where thousands flock to to sing carols in Manger Square each year, there is

Islamic State (IS) militants have captured the pilot of a Jordanian warplane that crashed in northern Syria, Jordan's military confirms.

A gunman armed with two fully loaded shotguns and a knife has been arrested by French police just hours after the government deployed another 300 soldiers to conduct foot patrols across the country.

Mounties working on organized crime, drugs and corruption have been transferred to investigate Canadian foreign fighters

A rage-filled driver struck twice in a week and tried to run two cars off California highways in two separate incidents, police said.

When President Francois Hollande unveiled a 'super-tax' on the rich in 2012, some feared an exodus of business, sporting and artistic talent. One adviser warned it was a Socialist step too far that would turn France into 'Cuba without sun'.

Tourists have been flocking to a section of China's Yellow River in far greater numbers recently as part of the Hukou Waterfall has frozen over in the incredibly cold weather.

A mugger learned the hard way not to mess with Toronto restaurateur Arron Barberian, who fought off a would-be thief in broad daylight in front of his downtown steakhouse.

The driver of a Lamborghini and a passenger are lucky to be alive after the car careened off a highway south of Vancouver on Sunday morning and smashed into a tree before ending up in a ditch.

California daredevil "Mad Mike" Hughes is planning to jump the St. Lawrence River in the town of Morrisburg next May using a steam-powered rocket.

Second World War veterans gave thanks to the Salvation Army on Tuesday while helping the charitable organization make one final fundraising push.

It's mid-morning in mid-December and there's an unmistakable feeling of excitement in the air as the RCMP patrol vessel Murray slowly pulls alongside the wharf in South East Bight.

The Boston Marathon bombing suspect set to go on trial in January wants his fans kept away from the courthouse to stop them from spouting conspiracy theories, according to court documents.

NASA is floating the idea of a human city above the surface of Venus using blimps so astronauts can study one of the most hostile environments in the solar system.

A Kentucky man is facing charges of burglary and arson after allegedly burning down the house of a woman who rejected him on Facebook.

A jury in Montreal has found Luka Magnotta guilty of the first-degree murder for the killing and dismemberment of Chinese engineering student Jun Lin.

Conservative MP Rob Clarke's controversial private member's bill to change the Indian Act passed into law last week.

The Russians were the new jet set, says Peter Pomerantsev, author of "Nothing is True and Everything is Possible: The Surreal Heart of The New Russia." All that is now about to change.

Keurig has recalled more than 6.6 million coffee makers in the U.S. and 564,000 in Canada because they may overheat and spray water during brewing - and more than 100 burn injuries have already been reported.

Health Canada is backtracking on its ban on citronella-based bug sprays, a product that was suppposed to be phased out by the end of this year but can continue to be sold while the agency re-examines its policy, CBC News has learned.

A new study confirms what critics have long thought: There's not much science behind the TV doctor shows.

It is a sad start to the holiday season for hundreds of former employees at the Kellogg's plant.

An Argentine court says an orangutan that has lived 20 years at the Buenos Aires zoo is entitled to some legal rights enjoyed by humans.

A historic Prince Edward Island lighthouse in danger of slipping into the sea is getting a new address -- and a new lease on life. The 133-year-old Cape Bear Lighthouse at the southeastern tip of P.E.I. is being moved about 100 feet from the edge of an er

Alberta's Wildrose party has named an interim leader after Danielle Smith and eight other caucus members bolted to the governing Progressive Conservatives.

New climate-change research involving a University of British Columbia scientist predicts that one of the West Coast's most prized salmon stocks could be wiped out over the next 85 years.

Alex Burrows's two goals Monday night won't be making any highlight reels, but they did help send the Canucks into the holiday break on a high note.

A series of earthquakes that struck off the coast of B.C. over the weekend is not a sign that a large quake is imminent, says geological researcher Dr. Honn Kao.

Taking the antibiotic clarithromycin with certain statins could increase risk of acute kidney injury and other serious adverse effects among older adults, according to a new study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.

After 180,000 bedbug bites and eight years of study, Simon Fraser University scientists say they have invented a new kind of bedbug bait and trap.

Police in Scotland say six people were killed Monday when a garbage truck crashed into pedestrians in downtown Glasgow.

Joe Cocker, the legendary British blues rock singer known for his 1969 cover of the Beatles' With A Little Help From My Friends, has died at age 70, his agent confirms.

The Royal Canadian Geographical Society has published its first major update to the 'Atlas of Canada' in 10 years, offering the latest snapshot of a country that has yet to be fully explored.

A wet Christmas is more likely than a white one in much of Eastern Canada, with a warm and windy storm expected to hit southern Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes.

A Canadian man shot by U.S. border guards at the Ambassador Bridge crossing between Windsor, Ont., and Detroit was carrying a "replica of a handgun," U.S. Customs and Border Protection said in a statement released late Sunday.

U.S. President Barack Obama is "recklessly" spreading rumours of a Pyongyang-orchestrated cyberattack of Sony Pictures, North Korea says, as it warns of strikes against the White House, Pentagon and "the whole U.S. mainland, that cesspool of terrorism."

Pope Francis issued a blistering critique Monday of the Vatican bureaucracy that serves him, denouncing how some people lust for power at all costs, live hypocritical double lives and suffer from "spiritual Alzheimer's" that has made them forget they're s

Hackers are warning Australian rapper Iggy Azalea to apologize to New York rapper Azealia Banks, or they'll release still images from an alleged 'X rated tape.'

Robbers made off with thousands of dollars from a Montreal bank and are still on the loose after locking two Garda armoured truck workers inside.

The Weather Network says Canadians' dreams of a white Christmas likely won't come true for many of those living in the more populated parts of the country.

A man has been arrested after a six-year-old girl was severely assaulted at a First Nation reserve in Alberta, police said. RCMP were first called to a property on the Paul First Nation at approximately 4:30 p.m. on Saturday. Stony Plain RCMP say they fo

Surrey RCMP have arrested the father of a three-year-old boy, who was found abandoned at a bus stop in Surrey, B.C., around 11:30 a.m. PT Saturday morning.

The festively dressed gunman told officers that he felt threatened after arguing with the pair and shot both men. Police officials confirm that the suspect is in custody. News, Sports, Weather, Traffic and the Best of Detroit. CBSDetroit.com.

The avian flu virus involved in an outbreak in British Columbia is related to a deadly strain that has spread through Asia and is now affecting North American poultry for the first time, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency says.

A spokesman for Muhammad Ali says the former heavyweight boxing champion has been hospitalized with a mild case of pneumonia.

The Lions announced Friday that Jeff Tedford has been named the team's 25th head coach in club history. He replaces Mike Benevides, who was fired following B.C.'s 50-17 loss to the Montreal Alouettes in the East Division semifinal.

The Vancouver Canucks beat the Calgary Flames 3-2 in dramatic fashion in overtime. Chris Tanev scored 18 seconds into the overtime period as the Vancouver Canucks defeated the Calgary Flames 3-2 on Saturday night.

A candlelight vigil is being held at a Scarborough bus stop this evening for a 14-year-old girl who was struck and killed Friday by a TTC bus. Meanwhile, police are looking to speak with six people who may be witnesses in her death.

The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs are demanding the "immediate termination" of Winnipeg high school teacher Brad Badiuk for comments he posted on social media