NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 08-2010

Kiko apparently sensed an infection festering in his master's right big toe -- and chewed most of it off after Douthett passed out in a drunken stupor.

A train carrying anhydrous ammonia derailed Tuesday north of Calgary.

After 20 seasons with the Dallas Stars franchise, it appears Mike Modano is coming home.

The two men killed in an air tanker crash this weekend while fighting forest fires in British Columbia have been identified as Capt. Tim Whiting, 58, and co-pilot Brian Tilly, 36.

After suffering a broken nose, black eye and bruised ribs at the hands of a violent intruder, an Airdrie woman is crediting her two large dogs with saving her from further injury.

Crews are expected to begin work late Monday or early Tuesday on the first of two steps they hope will plug the leaking oil well in the Gulf of Mexico for good.

A minuscule pest has made its way from corn-belt states in the U.S. and is now slowly chewing its way through crops in Canada. Entomologists aren't sure why the western bean cutworm began migrating, but can confirm the critter has popped up in Ontario and

Scientists say this year that the "dead zone" area that forms every summer in the Gulf of Mexico is one of the largest ever measured. The large area of low oxygen that chokes marine life comes in addition to the massive BP oil spill.

Mitch Miller, the goateed orchestra leader who asked Americans to "Sing Along With Mitch" on television and records, has died at age 99.

Environment Canada has issued a severe weather watch for most of southern Manitoba, including Winnipeg and all of the southwest area of the province.

Conservation officers in western Labrador are advising pet owners to keep an eye on their animals after a wolf recently ate a family's dog.

Ontario's Ministry of Natural Resources is asking for the public's help conducting a provincewide survey of peregrine falcons.

A BASE jumper was rescued from the Stawamus Chief Mountain in Squamish, B.C., on Monday afternoon.

One person has died and another is seriously injured after refusing to obey an evacuation order due to a wildfire in B.C.'s Cariboo region.

For the first time, UK troops are using a special app developed for the iPad to learn how to handle a fire mission.

Practical Use of Cells from Patients' Own Bodies to Heal Damaged Tissue Out-Pacing Study of Embryonic Stem Cells

The Chicago Blackhawks have walked away from the $2.75 million contract that was awarded to Antti Niemi in arbitration, which makes the Stanley Cup-winning goalie an unrestricted free agent.

The fallout from the Conservative government's decision to axe the mandatory long form census, which led Canada's chief statistician to resign in protest, is affecting morale in a "major way" within Statistics Canada, say sources close to the department.

The $30-million Industry Minister Tony Clement claimed the federal government set aside for a publicity campaign urging Canadians to fill out a voluntary version of the old long-form census next year is instead earmarked for additional resources to protec

Six people were killed Sunday in a two-vehicle collision on the Trans-Canada Highway, 20 kilometres east of Golden, B.C.

Rescue crews searched for thousands of missing people in northwestern Pakistan Sunday as the death toll from massive flooding hit 1,100.

Ottawa police are looking for a former second-string CFL quarterback who is wanted in the United States for skipping probation on sex-related crimes.

The pilot and co-pilot of a water bomber that crashed in the B.C. Interior on Saturday are dead, the Abbotsford-based company Conair has confirmed.

Mayor Stephen Mandel lashed out at Wildrose Alliance Leader Danielle Smith Friday for wading into the airport debate, something he says is a city matter and of no concern to an unelected provincial politician.

The Calgary Stampeders never trailed Saturday at McMahon Stadium against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, but it sure wasn't an easy win.

A water bomber helping to battle more than 300 wildfires burning across B.C. has crashed south of Lytton in the Fraser Canyon