NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 03-2009

Tomorrow is the 10th anniversary of Nunavut, a name that means "our land" in Inuktitut. At the inauguration in Iqaluit, everyone expressed pride and hope. But most hedged their bets.

CALGARY - Roland Dechesne had just left his acreage home south of Calgary on Tuesday morning, when he spotted something unusual in the sky.

IQALUIT, Nunavut - Indian and Northern Affairs Minister Chuck Strahl has identified about $55 million in funding to rebuild and refurbish 20 Arctic research centres from Yukon to Newfoundland and Labrador.

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan - The commander of the Pakistani Taliban said the group was planning a terrorist attack on the White House that would "amaze" the world.

EDMONTON - Three times as many waterfowl died last spring on a Syncrude Canada tailings pond in northern Alberta than the 500 birds that were originally announced

The U.S. Border Patrol is erecting 16 more video surveillance towers in Michigan and New York to help secure parts of the U.S.-Canadian border, relying on technology to assist border patrol agents

Canada has brokered a deal to improve security along the porous border between Afghanistan and Pakistan, Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon said Tuesday.

The Montreal Canadiens didn't receive any favours from their divisional rivals, but they still managed to keep a loose grip on the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference on Tuesday night.

Two men were found dead and a house was hit with a bullet in three separate incidents in Abbotsford, B.C., east of Vancouver, overnight Monday.

Some of the world's prominent spiritual leaders and activists are coming to Vancouver to join the Dalai Lama at a peace summit in September.

Despite managing only 19 shots, the Vancouver Canucks survived the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday night to take sole possession of first place in the Northwest Division.

Three people were shot on Tuesday afternoon near an assisted living facility in Gibsons, B.C, on the Sunshine Coast.

The Canadian Judicial Council is recommending Justice Paul Cosgrove be removed from office, leaving the former Trudeau cabinet minister facing what his profession describes as "capital punishment for a judge."

Canadians are ditching their landline phones at a rate that will escalate over the next few years, according to a Toronto-based market research company.

Starbucks Corp. will shut down its Aberdeen Centre location in Richmond, B.C., on Wednesday, the company's first-ever closing in Canada.

It has worked for Carl's Jr., and now sister CKE chain Hardee's is going for the erotic angle to sell burgers.

This week HMCS Winnipeg will become the fifth Canadian ship since 2006 to join Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 (SNMG1), this time in the Arabian Sea, the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. SNMG1 is a multinational, integrated maritime force consisting of

OTTAWA -- Defence Minister Peter MacKay is positioning himself as the compromise candidate for NATO's top political job, hoping allies will turn to him if the candidacy of Denmark's Prime Minister gets bogged down in diplomatic in-fighting.

More American boots on the ground won't make the mission easier or less deadly for Canadian troops in Kandahar, says Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Stephen Harper says the Conservative government won't raise taxes to dig Canada out of a deep but short-lived deficit.

Seven pirates opened fire on a German naval supply ship in the Gulf of Aden but were chased down and captured by an international anti-piracy task force, the U.S. Navy and European officials said Monday.

National park wardens will begin carrying handguns on April 1 under a restructured regime of duties and responsibilities.

Environmentalists say something has to be done to stop B.C.'s endangered mountain caribou from become road kill, after a pregnant cow and a calf were recently killed in the Kootenay Pass on Highway 3.

People around the world are logging on to see the view from a pair of webcams high up a tree in a Vancouver suburb, where a pair of bald eagle eggs are expected to hatch at any moment.

MILTON, Mass. - A man on a rampage fatally stabbed his 17-year-old sister, decapitated his five-year-old sister in front of a police officer and then headed toward his nine-year-old sister before officers shot him amid what their chief described as "a kil

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Once upon a time, McGuinty was at perpetual loggerheads with the Prime Minister and claimed to stand for a different vision. Now, he seems an increasingly kindred spirit in both substance and style.

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Sunday portrayed his country's economy, heavily dependent on exports to the United States, as an increasingly troubled victim of the global recession.

Calgary's petro-fuelled economy--which led the country in recent years--will sink into recession this year, the city's economic development agency said Wednesday.

A caravan of his supporters was scheduled to meet him at the Canada-U.S. border at Lacolle, Que. today in anticipation of the court decision. But because the ruling isn't expected until about 2 p.m. ET, caravan organizers have decided to cancel the border

With 40 separate shootings in the Metro Vancouver region since late January resulting in over a dozen deaths, police say they are now taking concrete measures to combat crime

CARTHAGE, N.C. -- A lone gunman burst into a North Carolina nursing home Sunday morning and started "shooting everything," barging into the rooms of terrified patients, sparing some from his rampage without explanation while killing seven residents and a

SYDNEY -- Thousands of poisonous cane toads met their fate Sunday as gleeful Australians gathered for a celebratory mass killing of the hated amphibians, with many of the creatures' corpses being turned into fertilizer for the very farmers they've plagued

At least 22 people were killed and 132 injured Sunday in a stampede before a World Cup of soccer qualifying match in Ivory Coast, the country's interior minister announced on state television.

MA'SUM GHAR - Canadian soldiers on the front lines in Afghanistan have welcomed U.S. President Barack Obama's announcement that more American reinforcements will be on the way.

The Vancouver Canucks defeated the hometown Chicago Blackhawks 4-0 on Sunday, tying them for fourth place in the Western Conference.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper has elaborated on his remark that the Taliban in Afghanistan cannot be defeated on the battlefield.

A 10-month investigation by a team of researchers at the University of Toronto uncovered a broad Chinese espionage scheme that reached into foreign embassies, news services and even the office of the Dalai Lama.

Russia has released plans to create a dedicated military force to patrol the Arctic, where it is laying claim to billions of tonnes of hydrocarbons.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper will spend two days in the U.S. selling Canada's solution to the global fiscal crisis - fix broken banks and maintain free trade - ahead of crucial meetings with world leaders in London next week

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Alaska's Mount Redoubt continued to erupt Saturday, sending ash thousands of metres into the air and raining ash down on one town.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. -- Newfoundland and Labrador's government says six more caribou from the threatened Woodland herd in Labrador have been killed.

Canadians eager to draw attention to climate change joined people from Beijing to Paris in turning off their lights on Saturday during the second annual Earth Hour.

Jamie Lundmark had a goal and an assist, as the Calgary Flames snapped out of their offensive funk, beating the Minnesota Wild 3-2 Saturday night at the Pengrowth Saddledome.

A "friend" of Vice President Joseph Biden's daughter, Ashley, is attempting to hawk a videotape that he claims shows her snorting cocaine at a house party this month in Delaware.

It should be a sweet anniversary. Since 1949, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization has linked North American and European defence, kept the Cold War peace, outlasted the Soviet Union, stifled war in the Balkans, and since 9/11 has confronted terror.

Canada's air force chief blasted lobbyists and aerospace industry players Friday for "beating" on the Defence Department for its handling of the $3-billion plan to buy a new fleet of fixed-wing search-and-rescue planes

The Defence Department wants to rebuild its newly acquired Leopard 2 tanks at facilities in Europe, cutting out Canadian companies from doing the work

PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- Dozens of suspected militants fired rockets early Saturday at a transport terminal in northwest Pakistan that is used to ship supplies to NATO troops based in Afghanistan, police said.

Washington will send an extra 4,000 U.S. soldiers to Afghanistan to train that country's military and police forces, as well as substantially increase civilian aid efforts, U.S. President Barack Obama said Friday.

Rescuers continued to search waters and mud in a suburb of the Indonesian capital of Jakarta on Saturday, looking for survivors or bodies after a dam burst and sent water crashing into hundreds of homes, killing at least 77.

The Newfoundland and Labrador Animal Health division is testing several seabirds that washed ashore on the Bonavista and Avalon Peninsulas this week

Athletes competing in nordic and alpine events during the 2010 Olympic Games will have access to up-to-the-minute weather forecasts with the installation of a radar system, the federal government announced Saturday.

According to an arrest affidavit, Shlomi told police he met Harris at a Miami Beach nightclub on Feb. 7 and took her to his $750-a-night room Shlomi told police he paid Harris about $1,000 and that that when he kissed her, she "bit his tongue and would no

As new questions arose about the role of a political ally in the sale of the railway, Mr. Campbell continued to decline comment on the matter, saying it remains before the courts.

The RCMP, which is on a hiring blitz, will now turn a blind eye to some indiscretions by its applicants, including some drug activities, CBC News has learned.

Light bulbs around the province will give way to candlelight on Saturday evening, all part of Earth Hour, an initiative to urge people to switch off their lights for one hour to show support for the planet

The Vancouver Canucks made good use of their game in hand on Calgary Friday night, handing Colorado its sixth consecutive loss to move to within a point of the Northwest Division-leading Flames.

A man was shot in the arm inside a Vancouver hotel room early Friday morning, after someone fired a gun at the window of the second-storey suite from a car in the rear alley.

Police in Vancouver are not planning to crack down on homeless people during the Olympic Games, but they will be enforcing existing laws and clearing the homeless from security zones, residents of the Downtown Eastside were told Thursday evening.

Canada "will not be bullied" by Russia when it comes to staking claim over the Arctic, Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon said Friday.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper is heading to the U.S. this weekend for another series of American media interviews -- including with the Fox news network that disparaged Canadian soldiers last week.

Russia has announced plans to set up a military force to protect its interests in the Arctic.

VANCOUVER, B.C. - The latest shooting in Vancouver was most certainly targeted, but city police couldn't say if Friday's gunfire was part of a continuing gang war sweeping across the Lower Mainland.

Japan's military mobilized Friday to protect the country from any threat if North Korea's looming rocket launch fails, ordering two missile-equipped destroyers to the Sea of Japan and sending batteries of Patriot missile interceptors to protect the northe

The Quebec government is pulling all its Taser stun guns off the street for testing after new lab results revealed problems with some of the weapons.

The Vancouver Canucks will get a second chance to move to within just one point of the Northwest Division lead on Friday night in Denver against the Avalanche.

Timothy Geithner and the Obama Administration what the power to privatize businesses that could effect the US economy.

Gay and lesbian groups in Canada argue that a newly appointed immigration official should be removed because he has previously expressed antigay views.

Waiting for better times, Toyota Motor Corp. recently pulled the plug on the $1.3-billion (U.S.) plant, located outside Tupelo, Miss. The complex is little more than a shell, without even a corporate sign laying claim to the 1,700-acre site.

Homeless people living within 2010 Olympic security zones will be removed by police during the Games in Vancouver.

Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon expressed "regret" on Wednesday after France renewed an old claim to Atlantic seabed rights off the Saint-Pierre and Miquelon shores.

The situation is equally grave in Manitoba, where more than 800 could be forced from their homes as rising flood waters on the Red River imperil towns and cities in the south of the province.

David Perron scored a power-play goal early in the third period to lead the St. Louis Blues to a 4-2 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday night.

The Calgary Flames have played a lot of hockey this week, which might explain why they were clobbered 5-0 by the Columbus Blue Jackets at Nationwide Arena on Thursday night.

The merciless drug wars being waged by cartels in Mexico has led to a record number of Mexicans seeking asylum in Canada, a local newspaper said Thursday.

Galloway has won at least two defamation suits in the past.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Alaska's Mount Redoubt has erupted twice, with the larger burst sending an ash cloud almost 20 kilometres into the air.

BRUSSELS -- Pirates armed with machine-guns hijacked a Norwegian chemical tanker Thursday off the coast of Somalia, the ship's owner said, an attack that came less than 24 hours after a smaller Greek-owned vessel was seized in the same area.

CLALLAM BAY, Wash. - An attempt by an inmate at a Washington state prison to heat up sausages in his stainless steel toilet went up in smoke when the cooking fire forced the evacuation of dozens of other convicts.

Beloved Fido and Fluffy are behind an estimated 86,000 falls that send people to emergency, according to a new U.S. government study

Concerned about the faltering war in Afghanistan, U.S. President Barack Obama plans to dispatch thousands more military and civilian trainers on top of the 17,000 fresh combat troops he's already ordered, people familiar with the forthcoming plan said Thu

The Canadian military is on standby to help in Manitoba's battle against the impending Red River flood.

The budget forecasts a $56.8-billion deficit over seven years as province grapples with global economic downturn.

(CNN) -- Connie and Donald McCracken were watching CNN one evening last week when they learned of the tragic death of actress Natasha Richardson from a head injury. Immediately, their minds turned to their 7-year-old daughter, Morgan, who was upstairs get

Beijing has reacted angrily to a Pentagon report on China's military power, which claimed it was altering the military balance in Asia.

A $3-billion Canadian Forces aircraft project has sparked a battle between federal departments over growing concerns that recent military procurements have not created enough domestic jobs.

The UN Secretary-General bowed to American pressure yesterday and named a former US ambassador to a key role in Afghanistan.

WASHINGTON -- A senior official in the Obama administration doused hopes on Wednesday that the Canadian border will be treated differently than the beefed-up Mexican boundary where drug violence is escalating and countless illegal immigrants flood into th

Quebec provincial police have arrested 11 people in connection to dozens of unsolved killings and attempted killings that took place over two decades, including at the height of the province's biker wars.

Circumcision helps protect heterosexual men against genital herpes and a virus that causes genital warts and cancer but has no effect on the bacteria that causes syphilis, two trials in Uganda show.

Politicians in Nunavut are making a last-minute effort to fight the European Union's proposed ban on the import of seal products from Canada and other sealing nations.

A Nova Scotia environmental lobby organization is critical of a federal committee's ruling that 70,000 litres of fuel can be left on a barge that sank about 70 kilometres south of Yarmouth four months ago.

More than 50 people across the country have been arrested as a result of a police investigation into child sexual abuse online.

The Calgary Flames and Vancouver Canucks will play on the same night for the first time in more than three weeks, with the teams separated by just three points atop the Northwest Division.

A group of Saskatchewan and Alberta First Nations will lease their land to a company to form the largest corporate farm in the country, a Saskatchewan chief says.

An ice jam north of Winnipeg that had backed up the Red River and caused flash flooding in several communities was dislodged Thursday morning.

TORONTO -- The fire that killed a young mother and her toddler in their Weston apartment and left two other women fighting for their lives is now being treated as suspicious by investigators.

Two separate avalanches have killed three snowmobilers in British Columbia.

CALGARY - At last, there may be a break in the long-running Hockey Canada/Canadian Olympic Committee soap opera All My Jerseys.

SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea has loaded a Taepodong-2 rocket onto its launch pad and could "technically" launch it within three to four days, a South Korean newspaper said Thursday.

Massive ice jams bottlenecking Manitoba's Red River have prompted evacuations Wednesday in communities north of Winnipeg.

MONTREAL - A Bombardier-made Q400 turboprop made a safe emergency landing in southern Japan on Wednesday because of a warning light that alerted the pilot to problems in one of the plane's two engines.

Marc-Andre Fleury stopped all 31 shots he faced as the streaking Pittsburgh Penguins blanked the Calgary Flames 2-0 at Mellon Arena on Wednesday night.

PARIS - The Canadian government formally expressed its objection Wednesday to France's plans to go to the United Nations, claiming thousands of square kilometres of potentially lucrative seabed beyond Canada's 200-mile (370-kilometre) zone.

OTTAWA -- What would you pay for a three-bedroom home -- a freshly renovated 1,300-sq.-ft. gem on a quarter-acre tree-filled lot -- nestled in the heart of the picturesque Gatineau Hills

The Treasury Department Wednesday revealed key details of a draft bill it plans to send to Congress this week to give the Treasury unprecedented emergency powers to wind down faltering nonbank firms such as American International Group Inc. (AIG).