NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 06-2015

The Australian mother-in-law of a notorious Islamic State group fighter said Monday she was "devastated" that police had refused to help bring her five grandchildren home from Syria.

The 34-year-old hotel heiress is said to be 'furious' about the cruel TV stunt and is threatening legal action.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie will announce the official launch of his presidential campaign Tuesday, entering a crowded field of GOP White House hopefuls.

As a black bear clawed at their tent trailer, a Sherwood Park family says their five-year old screamed and woke everyone up.

The Ikea monkey is not going to be evicted. Darwin the monkey -- who shot to fame in December 2012 when he was found wandering outside a Toronto Ikea in a shearling coat -- has been living at Story Book Farm Primate Sanctuary since a court placed him ther

RCMP say one man is in custody after two people were stabbed to death at work camp in northwest Alberta early Tuesday morning.

Organised crime syndicates are smuggling Skorpion submachine guns into Britain which could then fall into the hands of jihadists

A report published online by Maclean's magazine says NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair was in discussions in 2007 to join the Conservative Party as a senior adviser on the environment to Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

Two Canadian towns are using a method used by the federal government decades ago to settle large parts of Canada: giving away land to anyone willing to show up and build on it.

A team freed the latest whale, believed to be a Mexican humpback, from Barkley Sound on Sunday.

EXCLUSIVE: Italian authorities have enlisted the help of Catholic priests in a bid to break the psychological ties that help pimps exploit vulnerable Nigerian women, trafficked to Europe for sex work.

VIENNA (AP) -- World powers and Iran prepared to move past Tuesday's deadline for a comprehensive nuclear agreement, with officials suggesting significant backtracking by Tehran's negotiators that may need several more days of discussions to resolve.

Just one victim of what authorities have called the largest Ponzi scheme in Canadian history showed up Monday to speak out against the two men who stole her money and left her feeling 'ashamed and embarrassed.'

Six passengers were injured after a WestJet flight from Edmonton to Toronto was diverted to Winnipeg on Monday night due to an unspecified threat.

The comedian Stephen Merchant has claimed The Office could not be made now due to the liberal Left deciding what we should - and shouldn't - find funny.

More than 100 furious Rotherham taxi drivers have threatened strike action over new regulations designed to combat child sexual exploitation.

As Kurdish rebels in northern Syria rack up wins against the Islamic State group, Turkish media is abuzz with talk of a long-debated military intervention to push the Islamic militants back from the Turkish border -- a move that will also outflank any Kur

NBC said Monday that it is ending its business relationship with mogul and U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump over comments he made about immigrants.

The golden years have become a tarnished chapter for some. Seniors are carrying more debt into retirement and, as a result, a growing number are going bankrupt.

Prince Edward Island's potato industry has increased the reward it is offering to $500,000 for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of whomever is responsible for inserting metal objects into potatoes.

The band posted a statement on its Facebook page Sunday, writing that Squire 'peacefully passed away' Saturday in Phoenix, where he lived. The rocker recently announced he had leukemia.

The Istanbul governor's office reportedly decided to ban the event because of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan

An unmanned SpaceX rocket carrying supplies to the International Space Station broke apart Sunday shortly after liftoff. It was a severe blow to NASA, the third cargo mission to fail in eight months.

David Sweat, one of two convicted murderers who escaped from a maximum security New York prison earlier this month, has been shot and is in custody, police say.

Police are looking for thieves who stole a large bronze monument honouring veterans in southeast Calgary.

Four fishermen from Tignish, P.E.I., were rescued in the waters off P.E.I. and New Brunswick Sunday morning after their vessel took on water.

The Greater Victoria Harbour Authority, in partnership with Esquimalt Nation and Songhees Nation, staged an historic war canoe race for the first time since 1908.

The guides, which encourage 'lone wolf' attacks, were compiled by a militant from England who claims to have links to ISIS and feature step-by-step guides and workout tips.

Frois, the groom, and bride Yukirin walked the aisle, wore traditional outfits and even carried out a 'wedding kiss' in front of the 100-strong congregation at the event in Tokyo on Saturday.

About 90 soldiers from 5 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group in Valcartier, Que., have deployed to Poland as part of a NATO response to Russian actions in central and eastern Europe.

Canadians are being reminded to take proper food-handling precautions after 44 cases of salmonella have been linked to frozen raw breaded chicken products in four different provinces.

New rules in Ontario to better protect consumers from unscrupulous debt settlement companies come into force this week, but bankruptcy trustees says those in financial trouble seeking help still need to be cautious.

An investigation by Canada's information commissioner raises red flags about the potential deletion of crucial emails by the prime minister's staff. The probe, triggered by the temporary disappearance of emails in the Mike Duffy criminal case, calls on th

Just before midnight Co-ordinated Universal Time on June 30, official timekeeping bodies around the world will add a single second to the clock. There's a good reason for that.

While most of the hoopla preceding Friday's 2015 NHL Draft was surrounding the Edmonton Oilers and the anointed "Next One," Connor McDavid, several other Canadian franchises made splashes of their own.

Police are looking for a man who escaped capture after robbing a Tim Hortons and then jumped into the ocean to escape.

In a patent dispute between two pharmaceutical giants arguing over who owns the royalty rights to a lucrative wound-dressing solution, their lordships sat in judgment over an issue that would have tested the mettle of the finest mathematical logicians; an

The four surviving members of the Grateful Dead are launching their farewell mini-tour on Saturday in California, where the legendary jam band got its start 50 years ago.

Nick Moore caught his first touchdown in a Blue Bombers uniform to help Winnipeg to a a 30-26 victory over the Saskatchewan Roughriders on Saturday night.

Metro Vancouver has issued an air quality advisory for eastern parts of Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley because of high concentrations of ground-level ozone that are expected to persist through the weekend.

Canada exited the Women's World Cup in a painful 2-1 quarter-final loss to England on Saturday, undone on defence in a brutal three-minute spell early in the first half.

Glass sponge reefs in British Columbia's Hecate Strait that were once considered extinct are now the focus of a federal protection effort that a conservation group calls too weak to save the fragile undersea treasures.

Charges are pending against the driver of a tour bus after it slammed into a tow truck assisting a car along the side of a B.C. highway Saturday morning.

Legal and diplomatic obstacles to deploying Canadian military trainers in Ukraine have largely been cleared away, Defence Minister Jason Kenney says.

A proposed 24-metre statue in Cape Breton Highlands National Park has attracted the support of the federal government and Canadian luminaries, but also cleaved opinion across the country, with many saying it has no business in a national park and that it

The Confederate flag has been temporarily removed from in front of the South Carolina Statehouse.

A New Jersey family has abandoned their sprawling, six-bedroom, $1.3-million home after they received anonymous letters signed by 'The Watcher' claiming they were being watched.

33,000 Russian soldiers rehearsed a takeover of Swedish and Norwegian territory near the Baltic Sea a security expert said in a report for the US-based Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA).

The U.S. Air Force has been rehearsing with a 30,000 pound bunker busting bomb in case Iran continues toward developing nuclear weapons.

Tunisia's prime minister vows to close down 80 mosques accused of inciting violence, after a beach attack that killed dozens of tourists.

Greece will hold referendum on 5 July on a controversial bailout deal with foreign creditors, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras announces.

The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary held a show and tell Friday to show the public what is considered an illegal weapon.

Escaped convict Richard Matt has been shot and killed, and the search for the second escaped killer David Sweat continues, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says.

Hundreds assembled outside the Guelph Civic Museum on Thursday to watch as Governor General David Johnston and Mayor Cam Guthrie unveiled a new, bronze statue of Lt. Col. John McCrae, commemorating the 100th anniversary of McCrae's poem In Flanders Fields

Emergency workers are at the scene of an unoccupied house that exploded in downtown Canmore, Alta.

The Rwandan spy chief arrested in the UK over alleged war crimes came to London to meet the head of MI6, sources have told BBC Newsnight.

In setback, wheat engineered with insect alarm signal fails to keep aphids out of the field

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that the U.S. Constitution gives gay people the right to marry in all 50 states.

At least 27 people are killed in an attack on a beach near two tourist hotels in the Tunisian resort town of Sousse, the interior ministry says.

One man decapitated and several hurt in suspected Islamist attack on factory near Lyon, French sources say.

Thousands of people will celebrate Bedford Days over the weekend, and many will do so in DeWolf Park, the waterfront hub for the Halifax community.

Officials say nine people were on a small airplane that has been found against the granite rock face of a cliff, 240 metres above a southeast Alaska lake.

The Ottawa Redblacks are above .500 for the first time in franchise history after defeating the Montreal Alouettes in the season opener 20-16.

Authorities in China say they have broken up an international smuggling ring that was trying to sell tonnes of frozen meat -- some of it dating back to the 1970s.

DNA testing on Atlantic salmon in two P.E.I. rivers has revealed these fish could be from an ancient strain that isn't found anywhere else.

A B.C. man is lucky to have escaped unscathed after a float plane collided with his tiny skiff off the shores of the Sunshine Coast.

Police in Ottawa and London, Ont., are investigating whether a man thought to have drowned in the Rideau River is Muhab Sultanaly Sultan, the fugitive in the London cellphone slaying.

As some 5,000 new signs with airport-style lingo descend on the region, even Pan Am CEO Saad Rafi had trouble with some of the shorthand.

If you're one of those people who just can't find the time to fit everything you want to do into a day, then mark June 30 on your calendar. On that Tuesday you'll have a little extra time on your hands because, at precisely 23:59:59 GMT, the world's clock

The leader of a British Columbia polygamous sect has lost his attempt in the province's Supreme Court to have the polygamy charge against him quashed.

A special drug for an extremely rare disease, Soliris costs about half a million dollars per patient, per year, for life. Why? The reasons for the price are locked in "the black box" of drug pricing that governments are seeking to crack open.

Actor Patrick Macnee, star of The Avengers TV series, has died in California at the age of 93.

Canadian military operations will suffer "devastating" effects if recruiting efforts for the Royal Canadian Air Force don't improve, a briefing note prepared for the commander of the air force warned last fall as Canada was marshalling forces to fight ISI

In a major win for President Barack Obama, the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld a lower-court decision that allows the federal government to issue health care subsidies to states. "This was a good day for America," Obama said in the wake of the ruling.

Former Conservative MP Dean Del Mastro has been sentenced to one month in jail, followed by four months house arrest, for violating the Elections Act in 2008.

Justin Trudeau says a Liberal government would end bombing missions against ISIS in Iraq and Syria and restore diplomatic relations with Iran.

The Toronto Star has uncovered the documentary on Premier Kathleen Wynne that no one is allowed to see.

Comedian Jessie Kahnweiler recently decided to explore how white women like herself are treated by police in contrast to visible minorities by filming herself attempting to get arrested in Los Angeles.

Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Marco Estrada was five outs from pitching a perfect game Wednesday afternoon at Tampa Bay before the Rays' Logan Forsythe broke up the bid with an infield hit.

A waterfront home outside Antigonish has been valued at $1 after a Mi'kmaq burial site and artifacts were discovered on the property.

About 300 possible suspects are identified in an investigation into child sex abuse in Rotherham, the National Crime Agency says.

Defence Minister Jason Kenney says the government is talking to Davie Shipyard in Quebec about procuring a temporary supply ship for the Royal Canadian Navy.

Alberta RCMP are reminding grown-ups they are the boss after pulling over a speeding vehicle and finding a child playing in a box.

The crisps were positioned under a Ramadan banner at a branch of the supermarket in Liverpool Street, London. Tesco has now moved the display following widespread derision on Twitter.

The province is launching a campaign this summer to stop people from flushing their aquariums down their toilets.

Roy Gale, who celebrated his 95th birthday on Monday, cruised into Edmonton in the 1927 Model T he built from scratch. Gale left Medicine Hat Sunday on the road trip of his dreams.

Alberta Health Services says three children have died from injuries related to incidents involving ATVs in the province between May 1 and June 21, 2015.

Almost everybody loves a hot summer day by the lake, but residents of B.C. are being warned to be prepared for another potentially record-shattering heat wave.

A dramatic humpback whale rescue, captured on camera, is just the latest in a rising number of whale entanglements off the British Columbia coast, experts say.

Aaron Driver doesn't consider himself a terror threat and doesn't think Canadians should fear him, despite the Winnipeg man's justification of the attacks on police and military members here at home.

The tree, estimated to be the third thickest Douglas fir on record, was caught in the middle of a 700-hectare fire that swept the woods outside Pemberton

Canadians across the country are falling victim to a phone scam where the fraudster poses as a Canada Revenue agent. People are told they owe tax money and must pay up or police will arrest them.

The release appeared serious enough to prompt an emergency meeting of President Francois Hollande's defense council, according to presidential aides.

Britain could be on the verge of a mini Ice Age as the Sun enters a cooler phase, the Met Office warned yesterday. The last big chill was felt hundreds of years ago when the River Thames froze over.

A spokesman for the Maryland medical examiner and for the prosecutor's office declined Tuesday to release the report, but State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby condemned the leak in a statement.

Four-on-four is out and three-on-three is in as the NHL will make a change to overtime for next season.

One of the world's largest private land holdings that is three-quarters the size of England but only 150 people live there is up for sale with intersted buyers from the UK, Canada, the US and China.

Kitchener's Colt Canada plant will supply the next generation of rifles for the Canadian Rangers.

A helicopter filmed a machete-wielding man trying to smash into a yard where children were playing, moments after he decapitated a great-grandmother.

A Liberal government would lift the Mexican visa requirement and host a new trilateral summit with Mexico and the U.S. to repair relations with Canada's North American neighbours, party leader Justin Trudeau says.

The Government of Canada will have "preliminary discussions" with Quebec's Davie shipyard about retrofitting a commercial cargo ship to serve as a temporary naval supply ship, Defence Minister Jason Kenney announces.

An Australian woman almost became a literal fashion victim when her choice to wear "skinny jeans" while helping a family member move landed her in hospital.

An impromptu visit to a wading pool in Guelph, Ont. turned into an upsetting situation for two parents when their daughter was told to cover up.

Stargazers in parts of southern Canada were treated to rare views of the aurora borealis overnight.

Around 100 workers from MyFerryLink blocked access to the Channel Tunnel and burned tyres on the main road leading to the French port in a row over redundancy.

A series of tweets Monday night documented an inappropriate conversation between some Winnipeg police officers who didn't know they were on the record.

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