NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 06-2011

Canada's run at the FIFA Women's World Cup in Germany is over before it even had a chance to get started.

Anthony Calvillo showed no effects from off-season thyroid surgery as the Montreal quarterback delivered three touchdown passes and the Alouettes began their defence of the Grey Cup with a 30-26 victory over the B.C. Lions in the opening game of the CFL s

Defenceman Christian Ehrhoff has agreed to terms with the Buffalo Sabres, signing a 10-year deal worth $40 million. The contract includes a no movement clause; as well as a modified no trade clause.

The body of a woman who apparently drowned in a state-run swimming pool in Massachusetts remained in the water unnoticed for two days until passersby finally alerted police, authorities said on Thursday.

WINNIPEG -- Paul Kariya announced his retirement from the NHL on Wednesday after being unable to return from post-concussion symptoms that forced him to miss all of last season.

CBC News has learned there are strong signs that the province's new American Hockey League franchise will be called the St. John's Ice Caps.

The world's climate is not only continuing to warm, it is also adding heat-trapping greenhouse gases even faster than in the past, researchers said Tuesday.

A piece of space trash whipping around in the earth's orbit came perilously close to the International Space Station, forcing six crew members to scatter into an escape vessel while it passed.

An asteroid the size of a tour bus streaked harmlessly past Earth on Monday, passing within 7,600 miles. Discovered only last week, the relatively small space rock made a hairpin turn around the planet at about 10 a.m. PDT, sailing high over the southern

Iran has conducted covert tests of ballistic missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads in addition to a 10-day program of public military manoeuvers, Britain alleged on Wednesday.

A 15-year-old boy who may have suffered crippling injuries was charged with first-degree murder on Wednesday in connection to the death of Const. Garrett Styles, who was pinned underneath a van during a traffic stop near Newmarket, Ont.

The SPCA and RCMP are investigating after a dog owner reportedly hanged the animal to death after it attacked a five-year-old boy.

Most Canadians surveyed choose Vancouver as the "nicest city" in the country, but the high rank is credited to vast support from local residents, according to a poll released Wednesday.

Statistics Canada says inflation has hit its highest point in eight years, as soaring gasoline prices have left consumers reaching deep into their pockets to cover their transportation costs.

A small, plant-eating dinosaur that became extinct 65 million years ago was the king of the head butt, new research from the University of Calgary suggests.

HMCS Vancouver will be deployed to join NATO forces participating in the mission to protect Libyan civilians, Canadian military officials say.

Federal environment officials have dispatched a special twin-engine plane capable of detecting chemical and radiological materials as a wildfire continues to burn near a government nuclear laboratory in northern New Mexico.

Both Lapierre and Alberts signed new deals with the Canucks on Wednesday, taking them off the market before the NHL free-agency period begins Friday. Lapierre, who was slated to become a restricted free agent, signed a two-year, $2-million US deal while A

A team of European astronomers, glimpsing back in time to when the universe was just a youngster, says it has detected the most distant and earliest quasar yet.

The federal government finally announced Wednesday a deal to divest itself of Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. and get out of the business of subsidizing nuclear reactor sales and servicing.

Vancouver city council will decide Thursday if it will seek a court injunction against the owners of two Downtown eastside hotels that would force them to make repairs to their buildings.

It could be midnight Friday before crews can clear a massive mudslide that has blocked the Trans-Canada Highway in both directions in the Fraser Valley east of Vancouver, hurting at least one driver.

Two Canadian soldiers have been charged with manslaughter in the 2010 death of a corporal during a routine training exercise on a shooting range in Afghanistan.

Nadeem Jiwa was sentenced to 12 years for manslaughter for crushing Det.-Const. Rob Plunkett with his stolen car while trying to flee arrest.

It happened while testing a revolutionary coating that fills in microscopic paint pores to make the car more aerodynamic.

The Canucks announced Tuesday that the rights to the defenceman have been traded to the New York Islanders in exchange for a fourth-round draft pick in 2012.

The spectacular rise in US college tuition fees is becoming a serious problem for students and many American families as they grapple with the worst economic crisis since the 1930s.

Doubts had been gnawing at Simi Valley Police Det. David Del Marto. In elaborate detail, Tracy West had told him that Gonzalez, her ex-boyfriend, had ambushed and sexually tortured her in her home between 12:30 and 12:45 p.m. on Feb. 1, 2008.

Russian Pacific Fleet authorities have transferred a submarine captain, who violated the officer's code of conduct by swearing at another officer, to a desk job at the headquarters, the fleet's spokesman said on Monday.

When a 13-metre grey whale was spotted off the Israeli town of Herzliya last year, scientists came to a startling conclusion: it must have wandered across the normally icebound route above Canada, where warm weather had briefly opened a clear channel thre

The Vancouver Canucks have entered into a new American Hockey League affiliation agreement with the Chicago Wolves.

Bieksa, who was due to be an unrestricted free agent later this week, has agreed to a five-year, $23-million US deal, according to TSN and Sportsnet. Neither report indicated that a deal had actually been officially signed.

A federal jury today convicted former Gov. Rod Blagojevich of corruption.

The city of Gatineau in western Quebec is dealing with the results of flooding caused by thunderstorms and torrential downpours this week.

Nine people have died in accidents during Quebec's long weekend marking St-Jean-Baptiste Day.

A truck driver tried to stop his big rig before it slammed into the side of an Amtrak passenger car in the Nevada desert, killing him and at least five other people on the train and injuring about 20 others in the fiery crash, authorities said Saturday.

Rebels in Libya's western mountains said they have advanced and are battling Moammar Gadhafi's forces in a strategic town southwest of the capital, ramping up pressure against government troops on a second front.

Master Cpl. Francis Roy, a member of the Canadian Special Operations Regiment based out of CFB Petawawa, Ont., was found dead Saturday at a forward operating base located in Kandahar city.

Members of North Shore Black Bear Network are asking residents to stay away from a cub stranded at the foot of Grouse Mountain.

The military is planning to spend $830 million on new buildings and infrastructure at Canadian Forces Base Petawawa over the next 10 years

Six mountaineers have died in the French Alps in an apparent avalanche of snow and rocks, media reports quoted local officials as saying Sunday.

Kerstin Garefrekes and Celia Okoyino da Mbabi scored first-half goals to lead Germany to a comfortable 2-1 win over Canada Sunday in Group A action from Berlin at the FIFA Women's World Cup.

This is a massive game for both sides. With a crowd of over 70,000 fans expected to be in attendance, Germany vs. Canada should be a tense affair, so it will be interesting to see how the hosts deal with the pressure. A victory by either side would solidi

The remains of 22 Inuit removed from gravesites in 1927 and taken to the U.S. were reburied Wednesday at a ceremony in northern Labrador.

Scientists have shown off a "cloaking device" that makes objects invisible - to sound waves.

A special prosecutor has approved charges including breach of trust and obstruction of justice against four RCMP officers involved in the investigation of a 2007 gangland slaying that left six dead in a Surrey, B.C., highrise.

Birds can see more colours than humans, according to a new study published in June, including hues invisible to the human eye such as ultraviolet red and yellow.

A car bomb blew up outside a medical clinic in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, killing at least 35 people, Afghan authorities said.

Around 2,500 people gathered at the waterfront in St. John's on Saturday for a rally against the federal government's decision to close the Maritime Rescue Sub-Centre.

A Maryland dog is raising money for cancer after escaping from his yard and running part of a charity half marathon.

Ryan Smyth is heading back to Edmonton.

The soldier was found dead early Saturday at a forward operating base located in Kandahar city. News of the death came late Saturday night local time in a short statement from the Canadian headquarters at Kandahar Airfield.

A low-cost tuberculosis vaccine that's been in use for decades could get new life as a treatment for juvenile diabetes -- with preliminary research showing it could reverse the disease.

French and British food safety officials on Saturday were investigating seeds from a British company linked to an E. coli outbreak near Bordeaux.

A massive crowd is expected to gather in British Columbia on Saturday to remember the silver-haired mother of Canadian hero Terry Fox, who died last week after years of championing her son's dream of raising funds to fight cancer.

The record-setting debate over the Conservative government's back-to-work bill is showing no sign of letting up, after Members of Parliament pulled their second all-nighter debating legislation designed to get Canada's mail moving again.

War may be hell, but that didn't seem to deter tens of thousands of would-be soldiers who applied to join the ranks of the Canadian Forces over the course of Canada's combat mission in Afghanistan.

One crew member has been pronounced dead after being pulled from a fishing boat that was in distress some 65 kilometres east of St. Anthony, N.L., on Friday. Four others were rescued.

A survey suggests that most Canadians back a ban on commercial fishing in the Arctic where experts warn melting sea ice and warming water could draw fishing fleets to the North within the next few years.

After days of contentious negotiations and last-minute reversals by two Republican senators, New York became the sixth and largest state in the country to legalize gay marriage, breathing life into the national gay rights movement that had stalled over a

Gatineau, Que., residents are cleaning up washed-out streets and pumping out dozens of flooded basements on Friday, following a fierce thunderstorm that spawned a tornado over west Ottawa.

A Virginia-based locavore activist says New York City is doing the "ethical thing" by sending its culled Canada Geese to a slaughterhouse to feed the homeless.

The Town of Nackawic is facing a fowl problem as hundreds of Canada Geese flock to the town park every evening.

Exasperated drivers and truckers received some good news on Friday, as the Trans-Canada Highway reopened throughout Saskatchewan following days of closures due to flooding.

The commander of the last Canadian battle group in Kandahar said Canada's soldiers have much to be proud of but more work still needs to be done in the province.

INNIPEG�Almost officially now, the Winnipeg Jets are back. The name of the NHL�s Winnipeg franchise will be announced Friday night at the NHL draft in Minneapolis, where the team will select its first new player seventh overall.

Toddler's Gummi Bears attract real bear; neighbor fires warning shots to save her

Peter Falk, who marshaled actorly tics, prop room appurtenances and his own physical idiosyncrasies to personify Columbo, one of the most famous and beloved fictional detectives in television history, died on Thursday night at his home in Beverly Hills, C

The Conservative government decided to shut down a panel responsible for vetting documents on the handling and treatment of Afghan detainees, a newly released letter indicates.

Is this the world's smelliest man? The farm worker who has not had a wash in 37 years

It was a close call for a little furry creature taking a dip, but thankfully there was a lifeguard on duty, an elk.

Large pieces of the massive glacier that broke off northern Greenland last year are travelling near southern Labrador.

A bone fragment at least 13,000 years old, with the carved image of a mammoth or mastodon, has been discovered in the southern U.S. state of Florida.

The NHL announced its schedule for the 2011-12 season on Thursday on the day off between the league's awards ceremony that took place in Las Vegas and the draft that begins on Friday.

backup Canadian goalkeeper Quillan Roberts scored a miraculous equalizing goal with three minutes remaining in the match to earn a 2-2 draw against soccer superpower England.

Marcus Thigpen and Chris Williams had return touchdowns as Hamilton rolled over the Montreal Alouettes 57-20 in CFL exhibition action on a foggy Wednesday night.

One person was injured when a Greyhound bus swerved off a highway after hitting a moose and ended up in a swamp in the central Interior of B.C.

A police officer was injured and a suspect shot and killed while police executed a search warrant Wednesday morning in the central Ontario community of Lindsay.

BARRIE, Ont. - City officials are calling for a solution in the midst of wild turkeys attacking vehicles and chasing people.

After decades of satellite launches, Earth's orbit has become a virtual garbage dump where active, working satellites are often forced to navigate their way around dead and dying ones, or the remains of the rockets that carried them there.

The Bay in Downtown Vancouver is taking steps to protect the messages of hope written on plywood boards outside the store after someone with a can of spray paint decided to sneak past security and destroy hundreds of the messages people left following the

They didn't win the Stanley Cup this year, but the Vancouver Canucks were victorious at the National Hockey League Awards in Las Vegas Wednesday night, taking home multiple trophies.

A magnitude-6.7 earthquake rattled northeast Japan early Thursday in the same area where a massive quake triggered a deadly tsunami in March, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.

When the NHL hands out its hardware on Wednesday night (CBC, CBCSports.ca, 7 p.m. ET), just one week will have passed since Boston beat Vancouver 4-0 in Game 7 and lifted the Stanley Cup on the ice at Vancouver's Rogers Arena.

After hours of frantic searching in a Rutland neighbourhood by police, Citizens on Patrol, Search and Rescue and community members, three year old Shiah Stenson was located inside her home. She had been asleep the whole time.

Shocked staff and students at St. John's College at the University of British Columbia are raising money for a colleague who was viciously attacked while on a visit home to Bangladesh.

Riots and due process. It is understandably hard for many people to put those two thoughts together at the same time.

The NHL is targeting hits to the head again, broadening the landmark ban that is only one year old.

The NHL board of governors has unanimously approved the sale of the Atlanta Thrashers, paving the way for the club to move to Winnipeg for next season.

Hundreds of rioters threw gasoline bombs and attacked police vans in east Belfast on Tuesday as sectarian violence flared up for a second night in Northern Ireland.

Soccer referee Sarah Benkirane has been told she can no longer work for Quebec's Lac St. Louis Regional Soccer Association because she wears a hijab.

Someone in Iqaluit has been letting other people's sled dogs off their chains, creating a potentially dangerous situation for residents, some say.

Even as the remains of vehicles still smoldered in downtown Vancouver after Thursday's hockey hooligan riots, many Vancouverites vowed to set things right. Here's one way they did it: Covering a police cruiser in scores of thank-you post-its.

Internet minders voted Monday to allow virtually unlimited new domain names based on themes as varied as company brands, entertainment and political causes, in the system's biggest shake-up since it started 26 years ago.

The NHL Players' Association has decided to trigger the growth factor in the salary cap for next season, pushing the upper limit to roughly $64 million US.

A passenger jet crashed in heavy fog and burst into flames late Monday on a highway in northwestern Russia, just short of a runway whose fog lights had failed, killing 44 people, officials said. Eight people survived the crash.

It was the largest mass arrest in Canadian history but only 24 people have been convicted since the G20 Summit protests last year where over 1,100 protesters were arrested.

Three people are dead and a fourth is in critical condition after the car they were in crashed into a bus in Vancouver Monday evening.

Hundreds of Canadian pronghorn attempting to return to their fawning grounds in southern Saskatchewan and Alberta remain stranded in Montana south of the Missouri River, the result of a "once-in-a-century" winter snowfall that forced the migrating animals

Reports that a Jewish rabbinical court in Israel condemned a stray dog to death by stoning have been strongly denied.

Europe's orbital freighter has undocked from the space station in readiness for its fiery dive to Earth.

The oceans are in a worse state than previously suspected, according to an expert panel of scientists.

About 60 soldiers received a warm homecoming when they arrived in Quebec City Monday from their final tour of duty in Afghanistan.

Ryan Dunn, one of the stars of MTV's "Jackass," was killed in a car accident. He was 34. The daredevil, known to fans for his gross-out stunts alongside Johnny Knoxville, was in a Porsche that was traveling down Route 322 in West Goshen Township in Pen

Vancouver police are combing through more than one million photos and 1,000 hours of video submitted as evidence following the Stanley Cup riot in downtown Vancouver on Wednesday.

The danger comes on the heels of a torrential downpour in southern Saskatchewan on Friday that led to a state of emergency in Weyburn and flooded streets in Regina and Saskatoon.

Three young men were killed early Sunday in an accident between a car and a pickup truck in St-Edmond-de-Grantham, near Drummondville, Que.