NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 07-2020

Health authorities are warning consumers in Central and Western Canada to avoid eating red onions imported from the U.S. that have been linked to a salmonella outbreak.

Bird Construction Inc. will acquire Calgary-based construction services company Stuart Olson Inc. in a deal valued at $96.5 million.

The Ugandan hunter said that he had killed the animal in self defence when he was attacked.

Authorities in Belarus say they have arrested 33 suspected Russian mercenaries believed to be plotting "terrorism" ahead of the country's 9 August presidential election.

The Royal Canadian Navy is poised to enter a new era by taking possession of the first armed warship under the federal government's multibillion-dollar shipbuilding plan, and the first built for Arctic military operations in decades.

A Winnipeg woman has been left with physical and emotional scars after being attacked by a Muskie while swimming with her family at a fishing resort.

The Canada Border Services Agency is tightening up the rules on Americans travelling through western Canada on the way to Alaska in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

In the grand scheme of government, $30 million per year might not seem like a lot, but you can do a lot with that much money when it comes to energy information. What's the Canadian Energy Centre doing?

A plan to give oil and gas companies a break on municipal property taxes would deal massive blows to the revenues of Alberta's rural governments, warns a group representing Alberta counties and municipal districts.

A lack of wild bees and managed honeybees is limiting pollination and yields for certain crops on farms in British Columbia and across the United States, a collective of researchers has found.

All 50 U.S. states have issued warnings about unsolicited packages containing unknown seeds sent to random U.S. households from China.

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game says the number of Yukon River Chinook salmon is significantly below average so far this year.

A researcher found that the hum was being generated by the facility's blast furnaces running at a higher-than-normal capacity

Toronto police are investigating after another noose was found Tuesday hanging from a construction site -- this time, on the Eglinton Crosstown LRT project. It follows the discovery of four nooses on three different construction sites in the city last mon

A preliminary study published by a U.S. agency found that even the best commercial facial recognition systems have error rates as high as 50 per cent when trying to identify masked faces.

The Bank of Canada is facing a shortage of $50 bills due to the COVID-19 pandemic and signs point to Canadians hoarding cash as a primary reason.

An early sockeye salmon run is having trouble making it up the Fraser River and the majority won't make it to their spawning grounds this year, largely because of the ongoing Big Bar landslide, according to a report from the Pacific Salmon Commission.

These charts tell who works from home, whose kids do most learning at home, and the mental toll of being homebound.

The Arctic islands are warming faster than almost anywhere on Earth, highlighting risks in other parts of the Arctic from Alaska to Siberia, a Norwegian report said last year.

Oakleaf, an eight-year-old moose, was euthanized Wednesday after months of declining body condition, according to veterinarian Dr. Bruce Burton.

Ryan Reynolds and George Stroumboulopoulos have each chipped in $5,000 to help Mara Soriano find the bear, which was stolen in the West End, Friday.

Heavy rain and wind gusts battered Maui on Sunday as Hurricane Douglas swirled off the coast of Hawaii and officials urged residents to take shelter.

Eddie Shack, who won four Stanley Cups with the Toronto Maple Leafs and scored the Cup-winning goal in 1963, has died. He was 83.

Grande Prairie Mayor Bill Given says he is disappointed that Bill 29, the Local Authorities Election Amendment Act, passed final reading this week in the Alberta legislature.

The transcript from the black boxes from a Ukrainian jet accidentally shot down by Iran on Jan. 8 confirm the fact of illegal interference with the plane, Ukraine's deputy foreign minister wrote on Twitter on Friday.

Christian Hansen got an emergency cheque for $5,000 to help him start fixing his home. He later learned he would have to repay the money.

The Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society accessed internal documents and briefing notes as part of a freedom of information request. The group says the notes show there is no rationale for the decision to shrink the Alberta parks system.

For years, no one knew why dozens of battered wooden "ghost boats" were routinely washing ashore along the coast of Japan. Now, an investigation by the journalism organization The Outlaw Ocean Project has revealed that China is sending an armada of indust

The seventh named tropical cyclone of the North Atlantic Ocean has formed, and like some others this season, it has broken a record. NASA's Aqua satellite provided a look at the small record-breaker.

Alberta's RCMP Integrated National Enforcement Team has laid terrorism charges against a Calgary man following an investigation that lasted seven years, and may bring further charges against others.

Homes in Fort Saskatchewan, Alta., are to be warmed with natural gas blended with hydrogen beginning next year, a "first step" amid efforts to diversify the province's energy sector and potentially reduce carbon emissions.

Social media influencers, fringe online communities and even political candidates have seized on the conspiracy theory that online furniture seller Wayfair is engaged in covert human trafficking by selling expensive storage cabinets large enough to put a

A powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the Alaska Peninsula late Tuesday, triggering a tsunami warning that sent residents fleeing to higher ground before it was called off without any damaging waves.

'I'm glad I'm in Canada. You can see why the pandemic is raging in the United States and not in Canada when you look at the difference between the boats'

For Len Rhodes, the decision by Edmonton’s Canadian Football League franchise to drop the word Eskimos from its team name was an inevitable one.

Greta Thunberg, the Swedish environment campaigner, has been awarded a new humanitarian prize worth one million euros. The 17-year-old founder of School Strike for Climate, won the inaugural Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity. Judges described her as "on

Car buyers in Alberta were spending big on the big cars on dealers' lots in 1982.

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has said that he would likely pardon the McCloskeys if they were charged

Police say they've found the body of Martin Carpentier, whose daughters were found dead earlier this month in a wooded area near St-Apollinaire.

Chinas banking and insurance regulator said it had taken over four insurers and two trust firms connected to Tomorrow Group, while the securities regulator said it had seized control of two securities firms and a futures company, accusing the businesses o

A Pennsylvania couple didn't know they had house guests until lines of fresh honey started dripping down the walls of their home's mudroom.

The Blue Jays can't play home games in Toronto this season after the federal government rejected the club's plan to use Rogers Centre on Saturday.

Multiple injuries have been reported after a tour bus rollover at the Columbia Icefields near Jasper, Alta. on Saturday. Several RCMP detachments and three STARS helicopters responded to the rollover.

Jessica Doty Whitaker, 24, was killed early on the morning of July 5, moments after she and her friends got into an argument with Black Lives Matter supporters in a park in Indianapolis.

Federal officers deployed tear gas and fired less-lethal rounds into a crowd of protesters in Oregon, hours after the head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security visited Portland and called the demonstrators "violent anarchists."

Queen Elizabeth knighted Captain Tom Moore on Friday, recognizing the 100-year-old for lifting the spirits of Britain during the gloom of the novel coronavirus outbreak by raising millions of pounds for health workers.

In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed an appeal by the Quebec Crown for a new trial in the case of a Sri Lankan national who was deported after his murder charge was stayed due to excessive court delays.

Generally speaking, 2020 has been a hell of a year. But in Siberia, there is an additional reason to make comparisons to the inferno: record-breaking warmth and its consequences. Wildfires have burned about 8,000 square miles, aided by a bumper crop of si

As an activist with an intense dislike for Russian President Vladimir Putin, Pyotr Verzilov says having his Moscow apartment searched and his life turned upside down by police is something he's grown used to. But now he's accused of an unexpected crime.

The Kawartha Lakes-Haliburton Crime Stoppers page features just Walter White of "Breaking Bad" fame.

A Toronto father has been forced to dismantle and move a pirate ship he built for his two children after an a neighbour anonymously complained to the city.

The collection of more than 70 life-size dinosaur replicas has attracted worldwide interest, says auctioneer.

A federal judge says the Canadian Security Intelligence Service failed to disclose its reliance on information that was likely collected illegally when seeking warrants to probe extremism.

Stephanie Fodchuk is calling for better patrolling in rural areas after brazen criminals targeted her property twice in three weeks. Fodchuk returned to her Parkland County acreage in the Cameron Lake Estates subdivision after lunch with her dad on Fat

Great Lakes water temperatures are setting records due to a persistently hot summer in the Midwest and Northeast, and that may have impacts lingering into fall and winter. Water temperatures in the Great Lakes are running 6 to 11 degrees above average

The European Court of Justice has thrown out a deal that had allowed tech companies to transfer EU user data to the United States. However, transfers may continue using a different mechanism.

Premier Jason Kenney's campaign manager and an outspoken anthropogenic global-warming skeptic has been hired as the Alberta Energy Regulator's new vice president of its science and innovation branch.

A government-sponsored wolf kill in Western Canada has had "no detectable effect" on reversing the decline of endangered caribou populations, a study says.

The oldest ship in the Canadian Coast Guard fleet will return to service next month after spending three of the last four years in refit.

Canada's alpaca population is growing in the province, with a huge chunk of them farmed in Alberta as the animals become more popular.

The Washington NFL franchise announced Monday it would drop the "Redskins" name and Indian head logo after completing a thorough review, bowing to decades of criticism that they are offensive to Native Americans.

After 10 years in Canada, Alpha Ndamati is resigned to giving up on the immigration process, and he is now actively trying to get deported home to Nigeria. But with no visa or work for over a year, he has little options or direction on how to do it.

Australia's PM was sacked in 1975 under a murky legal decision which has only now been fully revealed.

The director general of Global Affairs Canada for South Asia says disclosing sensitive information from CSIS to Meng Wanzhou as part of her battle against extradition could risk Canadian lives, further damage Chinese-Canadian relations and even compromise

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau admitted on Monday that he 'made a mistake' in not recusing himself 'immediately' from discussions leading to a contract for WE Charity.

Reports of online sexual exploitation of Canadian children and child pornography have soared during the COVID-19 pandemic as abusers take advantage of the fact that kids are spending more time online.

Thirty years ago today, on July 11, 1990, Quebec provincial police moved in on a barricade erected by Mohawks in the spring to protest the planned expansion of a golf course on what is ancestral land in Oka, about 50 kilometres northwest of Montreal.

Finance Minister Bill Morneau did not recuse himself from the federal cabinet decision to grant WE Charity a contract to deliver a now-halted $900 million COVID-19 student grant program, despite his two daughters having connections to the organization. No

The Amber Alert issued Thursday afternoon for two girls in Levis, south of Quebec City, who went missing along with their father following a crash on Highway 20 is still in effect Friday.

As Canada continues to battle an opioid epidemic, the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police is calling on federal lawmakers to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of illegal drugs for personal consumption.

The government says the money will help with clean energy projects among other more pressing climate-related issues for the community, like its eroding shoreline.

Insolvent beverage retailer DavidsTea is closing 82 stores in Canada and all 42 of its stores in the U.S. as it focuses on its e-commerce business and supplying grocery stores and pharmacies.

The justices decide an eastern swathe of the state should be recognised as part of a reservation.

Canada's highest court has issued a ruling today upholding a federal law preventing third parties, such as employers and insurance companies, from demanding genetic information from individuals.

Representatives of Alberta-based Cargill Protein say they are still "determining" how to proceed after China announced a partial ban on beef products from a number of nations around the world, including Canada.

The Insurance Bureau of Canada says the hail, rain and wind that hit Calgary, Airdrie and Rocky View County on June 13 were part of the costliest hailstorm and the fourth most expensive insured natural disaster in Canadian history.

The body of Park Won-soon, the missing mayor of Seoul, South Korea's capital, was found in northern Seoul early Friday, more than seven hours after police launched a massive search for him.

Canada's border agency did not know the whereabouts of tens of thousands of foreign nationals who were ordered to leave the country, according to a scathing new report from the auditor general.

Iranian officials say cyber sabotage may be behind the blaze, which damaged a key nuclear facility.

An omnibus bill introduced in the Alberta legislature Monday would make it easier for doctors to opt in to alternative contracts with the government and streamline the process for more private facilities to perform surgeries across the province.

Temperatures in Arctic Siberia soared to a record average for June amid a heat wave that is stoking some of the worst wildfires the region has ever known, European Union data shows.

In a desperate economic moment, Alberta is abruptly reshaping a decades-old balance in the Rockies and Foothills, chasing opportunity in the volatile market of coal exports, at the risk of the very land that defines the province and its people.

Edouard became the earliest fifth-named storm on record to develop in the Atlantic, but its designation and strength isn't expected to last long as it churns towards the North Atlantic.

Amy Cooper, the white woman who called the police during a videotaped dispute with a Black birdwatcher in Central Park after he asked her to put her dog on a leash, was charged Monday with filing a false report.

Glacier scientists are investigating the appearance of pink ice at Italy's Presena Glacier, an Alpine region known for skiing and outdoor sports. Research suggests the algae could contribute to increased glacial melt.

Researchers studying the quantity of microplastics in the ocean in Atlantic Canada say some of the major sources of the puny pieces of plastic come from fishing gear and single-use plastics.

The arrival of pelicans in Kugluktuk, Nunavut, was a surprise, but it's a sign of healthy pelican colonies in general, and in particular of the colony near Fort Smith, N.W.T.

Users are reporting on various platforms that when their PCs and laptops are restarting after installing a Windows 10 update, they are welcomed by a full-screen splash page that welcomes them to the world of the new Microsoft Edge web browser. There is no

One of two people hit by a a vehicle that drove onto a closed Seattle highway and into a crowd protesting police brutality has died.

Tropical Depression Five formed in the U.S. Atlantic late Saturday morning. Sunday morning it passed approximately 112 kilometres north of Bermuda bringing rain and gusty winds to the region.

New research published Thursday in the Cell Systems journal debunks the popular method of figuring out the human age of a dog.

A shooting at a nightclub early Sunday left two people dead and eight wounded in South Carolina, a sheriff's official said.

A promiscuous and prolific peacock has been relocated by animal control officers after setting up a new home near a Victoria apartment and causing quite the commotion.

Canada is suspending its extradition treaty with Hong Kong as part of a package of responses to the new security law China has imposed on the territory, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday.

Crude headed for Irving Oil refinery will travel 11,900-kilometre route through the Panama Canal.

An Edmonton public school trustee has resigned after linking refugee children and violence in schools.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's claim that only the WE Charity could administer a $900 million student grant program for students is being disputed by some experts in the sector who say other organizations would be up to the task or have more experience.

Activists in Canada call it an attack on their activities that at the very least will keep them from visiting Hong Kong, and could lead to more intimidation here

Federal authorities in New York on Wednesday seized a shipment of weaves and other beauty accessories suspected to be made out of human hair taken from people locked inside a Chinese internment camp.