NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 10-2011

Bay of Plenty residents are being told to be alert amid fresh fears the Rena will break up.

Raffi Torres' agent Eustace King is defending the Coyotes winger's choice to dress as entertainer Jay-Z to celebrate Halloween. "Raffi's outfit was harmless," King told TSN. "It's Halloween. People need to relax, enjoy spirit of holiday." The team also re

Crown must review files and approve before charges can be laid

Marriage to basketball player lasted only 72 days

Decision comes three days after winning the World Series

The NHL all-star game is getting a title sponsor.

Creators of Internet video claim they speak for the hacker collective, and will expose allies of murderous drug gang unless it releases a kidnapped member

After barely surviving a 2006 windstorm, the famous 'Hollow Tree' of Vancouver's Stanley Park is once again a popular tourist attraction after being restored by a group of engineers and volunteers.

The unseasonable October storm that has dumped up to 70 centimetres of snow on parts of the northeastern United States surges into Atlantic Canada, peppering areas with snow, rainfall and fierce winds.

A member of Saudi Arabia's royal family increased to $1 million a reward offered by a Saudi cleric to anyone who captures an Israeli soldier to swap him for Palestinian prisoners.

Huge chinook salmon are the most prized catch on the Pacific coast for fishermen on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border, but they may soon have to share the bounty if a scientific panel links chinook and the survival of endangered southern resident kille

An ex-soldier who says he was poisoned while serving overseas is planning to go on a hunger strike outside the office of Canada's veterans affairs minister until he gets medical treatment.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper has backed away from the risk assessment he offered last fall of the Canadian military's new mission in Afghanistan, in the wake of a soldier's death there.

A complaint by a Poundland employee in Lisburn has led to the company changing its policy over the wearing of poppies.

A former factory worker from the British Midlands is on a full-time search for someone to take on the challenge of shastar vidya.

On a rainy day in May 2010, Joe and Marilyn Singleton returned from dinner to their rural acreage near Taber, Alta. The couple usually left the lights off to save energy. But on this night, the lights were on and a dilapidated station wagon was in the dri

Quarterback Travis Lulay threw three touchdown passes and the B.C. Lions defence showed their teeth in a 29-20 CFL victory over the Edmonton Eskimos Saturday night.

Alex Edler scored two goals and added an assist as the Vancouver Canucks beat the Washington Capitals 7-4 Saturday. Edler's goals were his first two of the season.

A Canadian Forces soldier that was killed by an IED in Afghanistan was from the Third Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry based in Edmonton.

Kielburger said Richardson has been the driving force for bringing the event to Winnipeg since he attended We Day in Vancouver last year. Bringing Chipman and Silver on board was no accident, he said.

A New York man pleaded guilty Thursday to what experts said was the first ever proven case of black-market organ trafficking in the United States.

Concerned that terrorists might use anthrax in some future attack, the U.S. government is considering testing a vaccine on children to learn how well they respond to the shots.

A high school football field in northern Alberta is packed for a playoff game today, but the mood is somewhat sombre.

Chilly winter-style weather is due to arrive in Atlantic Canada this weekend as an unseasonable storm moving up the U.S. East Coast barrels towards the region.

At least a dozen NATO troops and a Canadian soldier, as well as four Afghans, were killed in a suicide car bombing on the outskirts of Kabul on Saturday.

The City of Winnipeg would like to spend approximately $5 billion over the next 20 years to complete four rapid-transit lines, build a ring road inside the Perimeter and make it easier to move goods in and out of the CentrePort trade hub.

Bystanders who rushed to help passengers inside the small plane that crashed in Richmond, B.C., on Thursday are being hailed as heroes for their bravery.

Not enough hunters have targeted beavers in the past 10 years, a team of farmers south of Ottawa say, so they are banding together to fight a beaver war along the Rideau River.

The St. Louis Cardinals won a remarkable World Series they weren't even supposed to reach, beating the Texas Rangers 6-2 in Game 7 on Friday night with another key hit by hometown star David Freese and six gutty innings from Chris Carpenter.

A woman aboard the flight that crashed in Richmond, B.C., Thursday said that as the flight approached Vancouver airport, she thought she would die and quickly sent emails to her children saying goodbye

For years, scientists have examined the anatomy of woodpeckers' skulls to find out how they pull off their powerful pecking without causing themselves harm.

Scientists who announced that sub-atomic particles might be able to travel faster than light are to repeat their experiment in a different way.

In the harsh, remote wilds of the Canadian tundra, a wolverine scampers up to a polar bear snoozing near the shore of the Hudson Bay. The bear rises and makes a half-hearted charge, driving away the fierce, badger-like animal.

Police in Gatineau, Que., are on the defensive about their policies for handling wayward animals after officers shot and killed two cows that escaped on a rural road.

The father of a Manitoba hockey player who was a victim of a disturbing hazing incident says the boy was told to apologize to his team for going public with the abuse.

The U.S. Border Patrol has quietly stopped its controversial practice of routinely searching buses, trains and airports for illegal immigrants at transportation hubs along the Canadian border and in the nation's interior.

The mother of an autistic girl has received an apology from the Winners retail chain for forcing her daughter and service dog out of its store in west Edmonton last weekend.

A Charlottetown woman wants to honour her late husband by wearing his military medals for Remembrance Day, but she doesn't want to break the law.

The government isn't looking to buy nuclear submarines, Defence Minister Peter MacKay tells CBC's Power & Politics.

A Canadian Forces sergeant involved in an effort to rescue two boaters in stormy seas outside the Nunavut hamlet of Igloolik on Thursday has died.

RCMP have confirmed that the pilot of a plane that crashed on a busy street near the Vancouver International Airport on Thursday afternoon has died.

About 300 farmers and their supporters staged a downtown rally in support of the Canadian Wheat Board this afternoon.

Commonwealth leaders have agreed to remove a centuries-old gender discrimination rule that favours first-born sons over older daughters in the order of succession to the throne.

Alberta's Canadian Football League teams are honouring four high school football players killed in a car crash.

Sixteen Natives players were also suspended for their role in the incident, including the team captain and three assistant captains. The incident took place on the week of Sept. 26, according to the league.

A small plane has crashed onto a road in Richmond, B.C., near Vancouver International Airport.

The Conservatives on the Commons veterans affairs committee have halted a study that was forced upon them by the opposition.

Darth Vader has been forced out. Thor has fallen under the hammer of political correctness. Any sign of blood, gore or death is likely to be met with a groan at the school doors, where costumes deemed violent are headed for the crypt

A coalition of health, academic and law enforcement experts is calling for the legalization and regulation of marijuana, saying existing laws only drive the billion-dollar industry underground and fuel gang violence.

Harper appointee suggests Canada has had enough of furry rodent

Canada's privacy commissioner says she has deep concerns about potential legislation that would boost police surveillance powers and access to private information.

Researchers from Hong Kong report that organic compounds of unexpected complexity exist throughout the Universe. They indicate that an organic substance commonly found throughout the Universe contains a mixture of aromatic and aliphatic components. The re

To prevent fraud, immigrant spouses will be subject to a period of conditional status in Canada before receiving permanent residency, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney announces

The wreck of a ship thought to have taken part in a failed Mongol invasion in the 13th Century has been found off Japan, experts say.

The owner of an US pirate museum claims to be close to finding the remains of Sir Francis Drake, the Elizabethan sailor, off the coast of Panama.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper has arrived in Perth, Australia, for a summit of Commonwealth leaders.

The Quebec government says it's fiercely opposed to the end of the federal long-gun registry and will fight to keep using its data.

People who know the B.C. babysitter accused of murdering a Cranbrook toddler this spring say they have a hard time believing she is capable of the crime.

A drunk driver who orphaned five children when he killed their parents in a car crash will be spending more time in jail.

The dwarf planet Eris is one of the most reflective objects in our solar system, astronomers say in a study uncovering a trove of information about the mysterious object beyond Pluto.

Alexander Steen scored twice and goaltender Brian Elliott made 32 stops as the St. Louis Blues defeated the Vancouver Canucks 3-0 on Wednesday night at Rogers Arena.

Circumpolar countries want to make sure the iconic polar bear will survive in a changing Arctic. Two years from now, Canada will work with Norway, Russia, the U.S. and Greenland on protecting and researching the animals.

Two men are dead following a shooting in a mall in Ottawa's east end Wednesday night.

Quebec will get three more seats in the House of Commons under proposed legislation to be introduced tomorrow by the Conservatives. Ontario will get 13, Alberta six and B.C. five.

A young Manitoba hockey player was forced to walk around with water bottles tied to his genitals as part of a team hazing ritual, the teen's parents told CBC News.

Researchers have raised a 900-kilogram cannon from the wreck of the pirate Blackbeard's ship, which has been on the ocean floor off the North Carolina coast for nearly 300 years.

A pastor who objected to a kissing lesbian couple he claimed he mistook for heterosexuals at a southwestern Ontario Tim Hortons says he now fears for his safety amid plans for a protest over the couple's removal from the restaurant.

A man who spent 10 days lost on B.C.'s Grouse Mountain is offering some advice for hikers: Never head out into the wild without letting someone know where you're going.

The B.C. government is getting tougher with bad teachers, introducing legislation Wednesday to make it easier to fire those who run afoul of standards.

Vancouver mayoral candidate Suzanne Anton is asking city council to direct police and firefighters to help end the city's Occupy protest.

Doctors have long extolled the flu shot's importance, prompting many to wince through the needle every year. But a new analysis has cast doubt on the effectiveness of that annual ritual.

The federal government is paying for a multimillion dollar cleanup of a former U.S. air force base in northern B.C.

Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor, won a parliamentary vote of support for boosting the firepower of the bailout fund after raising the spectre of war in a speech in the Bundestag.

Singer, who had fought drug and alcohol problems for years, was found dead on July 23

Coca-Cola Ltd. is pledging millions of dollars to help scientists plan how other icons such as polar bears can survive in Canada's melting Arctic.

Nikolai Khabibulin made 35 saves and Jordan Eberle and Taylor Hall had a goal and an assist each as the Edmonton Oilers won 3-2 over the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday.

Mother Nature put on a light show Monday night as a rare blast of plasma from the sun led to a wild display of northern lights right across Canada and as far south as New Mexico in the U.S.

Up to 18 million tonnes of tsunami debris floating from Japan could arrive on British Columbia's shores by 2014, according to estimates by University of Hawaii scientists.

The last of the United States' most powerful nuclear bombs -- a weapon hundreds of times stronger than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima -- is being disassembled nearly half a century after it was put into service at the height of the Cold War.

Astronomers finally know why the first documented supernova was super-sized. The exploded star was observed by the ancient Chinese in the year 185, and visible for eight months.

An Edmonton woman files a human rights complaint after her autistic nine-year-old daughter and service dog were told to leave the west-end Winners store for the second time in three months.

The United States will host two Grand Prix' from 2013 as the state of New Jersey will put on the Grand Prix of America, New Jersey governor Chris Christie announced on Tuesday.

The town of Grande Prairie, Alta., is proving they band together in times of crisis.

The wintering population of bald eagles has increased 4.5-fold on B.C.'s south coast, to the point that during a cold winter the region plays host to the world's largest concentration of eagles, estimated at 56,000.

Public Safety Minister Vic Toews is looking at ways of deporting from Canada a suspected war criminal from Pakistan whose government does not want him back.

The remains of a Canadian soldier killed during the First World War and missing for nearly a century will find a final resting place during a military ceremony in France on Tuesday.

Excessive heat may cause the rear brake light switch to malfunction

A 22-year-old man who was shot and wounded by Regina police last week has been charged with assault with a weapon and other offences.

The Legion in LaSalle is angry that Carrefour Angrignon refused to give its members a table to sell Remembrance Day poppies this year.

A would-be car thief in Prince George, B.C., has learned a powerful lesson from a powerless car.

Bowyer pulled out at the end from pushing Burton to win his second Talladega race

Those with personal stake in scrapping monopoly should skip votes, opposition charges

A group of physicists decided they didn't trust climate scientists, so they set up an independent analysis of the global temperature records. The numbers are in, and the climatologists had it right all along. Where does that leave the people who were rais

Canadian and Mexican travellers to the U.S. are once again going to have to swallow a $5.50 tax if they enter the country by air or sea.

Canada's new multibillion-dollar stealth fighters are expected to arrive without the built-in capacity to communicate from the country's most northerly regions.

Julian Assange says banking bans have destroyed 95% of whistleblowing site's revenues. By Esther Addley and Jason Deans

Communications equipment may not be as capable as that of the current CF-18s

ROOSEVELT, Utah -- Police in a small Utah town are being accused of overreacting after using pepper spray to break up a group of Polynesian men and boys performing a traditional dance called the Haka after a high school football game. The police action ca

Scientists are warning officials negotiating a global treaty on mercury that banning the deadly chemical completely would be dangerous for public health because of the chemical's use in vaccines.

Marco Simoncelli was killed after being involved in a horrific crash in the MotoGP race at Sepang, Malaysia.

Stargazers are anticipating a spectacular light show in the night sky this weekend courtesy of the annual Orionid meteor shower.

With tattoos and piercings adorning more and more bodies, a University of Calgary student is out to discover whether negative perceptions of body art have dwindled.

CTV Toronto - The Ministry of Natural Resources is investigating after hundreds of birds and fish washed up on the shores of Georgian Bay near Wasaga Beach.

If Sunday's Good Sam Club 500 at Talladega Superspeedway goes the same way Saturday's qualifying session did, Rick Hendrick should have an excellent chance to pick up his 200th Sprint Cup victory.

Hamilton kicker Justin Medlock hit all seven of his field goal attempts, four of them over 40 yards, as the Tiger-Cats defeated the B.C. Lions 42-10 at Ivor Wynne Stadium in CFL action Saturday night.

The Vancouver Canucks acquired left wing David Booth, centre Steve Reinprecht and a third-round draft pick in 2013 from the Florida Panthers in exchange for Mikael Samuelsson and Marco Sturm on Saturday.

The air cadets who use one of the buildings at Kapyong Barracks are scrambling to find a new home.

Chris Garrett ran in a one-yard touchdown with 48 seconds remaining in the game as the Winnipeg Blue Bombers clawed back from a 15-point deficit to defeat the Montreal Alouettes 26-25 on Saturday.

Sami Salo marked a milestone game with an overtime goal as the Vancouver Canucks continued their home dominance over the Minnesota Wild with a 3-2 victory on Saturday.

Moammar Kadafi secretly salted away more than $200 billion in bank accounts, real estate and corporate investments before he was killed, about $30,000 for every Libyan citizen, according to senior Libyan officials.

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A child who was twice run over by vans and then ignored by passersby on a busy market street died Friday a week after the accident and after days of bitter soul-searching over declining morality in China.

All US troops will be pulled out of Iraq by the end of the year, President Barack Obama announces.

Torrential rain and gusty winds are forecast to continue lashing communities from southern Ontario to the Maritimes Thursday night, with the worst expected to come later for Atlantic Canada.

A Cougar helicopter search and rescue technician who helped save the sole survivor of a chopper crash east of St. John's is receiving a Governor General of Canada Medal of Bravery.

Henrik Sedin figured in Vancouver's first two goals Thursday as the Canucks tried again to shake an early-season funk with a 5-1 win over the Nashville Predators.