NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 12-2011

The United States and the United Arab Emirates have signed a deal for a missile-defense system in the Persian Gulf country, the Pentagon said Friday.

More than 60 prominent Canadians are being appointed to the Order of Canada, one of the country's highest honours, the governor general's office announced Friday.

The Czech Republic beat the U.S. 5-2 at the 2012 World Junior Championship. The result earns Canada a semifinal berth and puts the Americans in serious danger of being eliminated from the tournament. Petr Holik scored the go-ahead goal with just under eig

Interim Liberal Leader Bob Rae says it's wrong to raise employment insurance premiums when unemployment is going up.

Some say the Mayans predicted that 2012 would mark the end of time, what will the coming year bring? Disasters? Famines? Droughts? But if the Apocalypse is only a theory for religion and long-extinct civilizations, why do the rest of us care so much?

North Korea warned the world Friday there would be no softening of its position toward South Korea's government after Kim Jong Il's death as Pyongyang strengthened his son and heir's authority with a new title: Great Leader.

Daniel Sedin scored two goals, twin brother Henrik had a goal and two assists, and the Vancouver Canucks also got goals from Cody Hodgson and Mason Raymond in a 5-2 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Thursday night.

Officials say nuclear reactor was shut down and all weapons were removed from the submarine

A great grey owl, rarely seen south of Lake Superior, has been spotted in one of the southernmost communities in Canada.

Denmark goalie Sebastian Feuk faced a 50-shot barrage from Canada in its easy 10-2 victory at the world under-20 championship Thursday. Brandon Wheat Kings right wing Mark Stone scored two goals to bring his tournament total to six while London Knights de

An unknown number of people have been caught in an avalanche east of Pemberton, B.C.

An alleged assault by an adult linesman on a high school hockey player is being investigated by RCMP in Woodstock, N.B.

Dangerous avalanche conditions have once again forced the closure of Rogers Pass on the Trans-Canada Highway in B.C. between Revelstoke and Golden.

Kai Hospelt scored twice during the shootout Thursday as Wolfsburg Grizzly Adams pulled out a 3-2 victory over Canada in the quarter-finals at the Spengler Cup in Davos, Switzerland.

Vancouver seeks its league high-tying 50th point when it visits the last-place Anaheim Ducks Thursday night. The Canucks (23-12-2) have come on after a slow start to overtake slumping Minnesota atop the Northwest Division.

The community of Enderby, B.C., is grieving after a volunteer firefighter was killed and another was injured by a fire and an explosion that tore through a log home construction business in the north Okanagan region.

Jack Layton and other Canadians are featured in a photo gallery and list of notable Canadian deaths in 2011. The list also includes four soldiers killed in Afghanistan, three NHL enforcers and actor John Neville.

Rob Dale, the family spokesperson for Shayna Conway, said she is getting stronger and doctors were supporting her injured left leg so she could try to move around on Monday.

NASA says its twin Grail space probes were on course to arrive back-to-back at the moon after a 3 1/2-month journey.

Seismologists and structural engineers say the city of Ottawa is at risk for a big earthquake.

Andrew Ebbett redirected Kevin Bieksa's shot into the net at 3:23 of overtime to give the Vancouver Canucks a 3-2 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Wednesday night.

Fans trying to buy and sell tickets for the World Junior Hockey Championship in Edmonton and Calgary are angry about the extra fees charged on the tournament's official ticket exchange website.

Gov. Gen. David Johnston has called on Canadians to continue to show generosity toward one another, saying the gift of giving is ingrained in Canadian society.

Two people are dead after a truck flipped off a west-end Montreal overpass and onto railway tracks where it was hit by a train.

Heavy snow and the risk of avalanches closed several B.C. mountain passes Wednesday and created dangerous conditions in the backcountry.

Weather records are falling as the temperature's been rising in parts of B.C.

The Canadian junior hockey team beat the stingy Petr Mrazek, who plays for the OHL's Ottawa 67's, 5-0 on Wednesday night to improve their 2012 world under-20 championship record to 2-0.

A security research firm predicted on Wednesday that cyber attacks involving governments, organizations and even cars will become major threats in 2012.

Christmas was anything but merry for a mixed-race Ontario couple who had their home vandalized last Saturday, when parts of the property were smashed and racial epithets carved into a car -- and not for the first time.

A giant saltwater crocodile named Elvis with an apparent affinity for household machinery charged at an Australian reptile park worker Wednesday before stealing his lawn mower.

The New York Times thought it was sending an email to a few hundred people who had recently cancelled subscriptions, offering them a 50 per cent discount for 16 weeks to lure them back. Instead, Wednesday's offer went to 8.6 million email addresses of peo

The U.S. warned Iran Wednesday that it will not tolerate any disruption of naval traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, after Iran's navy chief said the Islamic Republic is capable of closing the vital oil route if the West imposes new sanctions targeting

Canada's Liberals were arguably the most successful political party in Western democracy in the 20th century. Their fortunes have turned dramatically, however, as they start the 21st century on the cusp of irrelevance at best, and facing extinction at wo

The future of Sears Canada may be tenuous as the retail market becomes more competitive and consumers shun loyalty for deep discounts, a Canadian retail analyst says.

It is a crime-fighting tactic that's not to be sniffed at. An English council says it stopped teenagers congregating in woodland by spraying the area with pig manure.

A brawl has erupted between rival clergymen participating in an annual cleaning ritual at the church built at Jesus' traditional birthplace.

A man killed in a skydiving accident in California on Tuesday was an instructor for the last two years at the Niagara Skydive Centre in Dunnville, Ont., CTVNews.ca has learned.

Even without major tax hikes, Canadians' take-home pay will get a little lighter starting Jan. 1.

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Wailing and clutching at their hearts, tens of thousands of North Koreans line the snowy streets of Pyongyang as the hearse carrying late leader Kim Jong-il's body winds its way through the capital for a final farewell.

The western provinces, Far North and some other areas of the country can expect a colder-than-average winter, says Environment Canada's latest seasonal outlook.

The 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic will be marked in 2012, and a group in Halifax says the city should play a large role in the commemoration.

Canada is quietly transporting weapons-grade uranium on its highways and into the United States in shipments the country's nuclear watchdog wants to keep cloaked in secrecy.

An 18-year-old Pittsburgh man is accused of burglarizing a market with three teens, then posted pictures on his Facebook page showing the suspects mugging with some of the loot.

The B.C. Lower Mainland's Integrated Homicide Investigation Team is investigating a rash of apparently unrelated fatal shootings in Surrey and Langley that began over the Christmas weekend.

A four-year-old girl was abducted from a home and sexually assaulted early Monday morning, Toronto police confirmed Monday evening.

The Royal Canadian Air Force has looked at a major expansion at Resolute Bay, Nunavut, as it considers transforming it into a key base for Arctic operations.

A Department of Fisheries and Oceans research scientist wants Atlantic Canada's harp seal quota set at about 300,000 for the coming season.

Russia's recent poor launch record continues with yet another Soyuz rocket failing to get its satellite payload into orbit.

About one in four grave sites at Arlington National Cemetery near Washington may contain discrepancies, a US Army report to Congress finds.

Iqaluit's McNair family has a 2011 to remember, with one member received by Queen Elizabeth at Buckingham Palace and her children travelling the Northwest Passage by kite-ski.

Over the New Year's weekend, a pair of spacecraft the size of washing machines are set to enter orbit around it in the latest lunar mission. Their job is to measure the uneven gravity field and determine what lies beneath -- straight down to the core.

The sinking of a floating oil rig that left more than 50 crew dead or missing is intensifying fears that Russian companies searching for oil in remote areas are unprepared for emergencies.

A rare clay seal found under Jerusalem's Old City appears to be linked to religious rituals practiced at the Jewish Temple 2,000 years ago, Israeli archaeologists said Sunday.

A South Korean polar research ship on Monday reached a leaking Russian fishing vessel that has been stuck in the frigid waters off Antarctica for the past 10 days, New Zealand officials said.

The Winnipeg Jets are packing in the fans and sold out for years to come. But does the return of the NHL hold the benefits for the city's troubled downtown boosters have always insisted would materialize?

Canada is not out of the woods after several years of depressed economic activity, Prime Minister Stephen Harper warned in a year-end interview with CTV.

Mark Stone's hat trick led Canada to an 8-1 win over Finland to open the world junior men's hockey championship Monday. Stone also had an assist for the host country.

Team Canada suffered a major blow in their opening game victory over Finland at the 2012 World Junior Championship, losing forward Devante Smith-Pelly for the remainder of the tournament. Smith-Pelly suffered a fractured left foot in the second period o

GoDaddy says it will no longer support the controversial SOPA bill. The announcement comes after several websites threatened to leave GoDaddy.

Andrew Ebbett scored two goals as the Vancouver Canucks beat the Edmonton Oilers 5-3 in a Boxing Day clash Monday.

Drug companies are working to develop a pure, more powerful version of a highly abused medicine, which has addiction experts worried that it could spur a new wave of abuse.

Canadian astronauts could be stuck on the ground for years following Chris Hadfield's space mission scheduled for 2012.

What does a Best Before label even mean. Some say what it really means is consumer confusion and thousands of kilos a year of needless food waste.

For more than a decade they toiled in the strange, boxy-looking building on the hill above the municipal airport, the building with no windows (except in the cafeteria), the building filled with secrets on spy satellites.

The loose-knit hacking movement "Anonymous" claimed to have stolen thousands of credit card numbers and other personal information belonging to clients of U.S.-based security think-tank Stratfor.

The B.C. government says it will begin working with national and municipal officials this January to prepare for the massive wave of debris heading to Pacific Northwest shores because of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan.

The Mexican army announced Sunday that it had captured the head of security for Sinaloa drug cartel head Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, one of the world's most wanted men.

Seven people believed to be related had opened their Christmas gifts and started cleaning up the wrapping paper when they were shot to death in a suburban Fort Worth apartment, police said Sunday.

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For every kid who transforms hits on YouTube into superstardom, there are countless others whose dreams will never materialize. Beyond the potential for lifelong embarrassment, what are the implications of their digital legacy?

An Army soldier recovering from injuries suffered in a suicide bombing in Afghanistan has been shot at his homecoming party, and family members say he's paralyzed and in critical condition.

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From Yahoo! News: Travellers and staff at Toronto's Pearson airport are dealing with some of the busiest travel days of the year as people head home for Christmas.

From Yahoo! News: WASHINGTON - Polly Naughton was just seven years old when she fell in love with rugged open waters of Georgian Bay after her American parents visited a cottage near Parry Sound, Ont., in the 1930s.

National pride, memories and the natural competitiveness among NHL players as the world junior tournament approaches generate debate, wagers and bragging in the dressing room.

A young cow that survived nine months alone in a Metro Vancouver park has a new home just in time for Christmas.

The Queen and her children visited her husband, Prince Philip, on Saturday in hospital, where he is recovering from a heart procedure. He had complained of chest pains while at the Queen's Sandringham estate to celebrate Christmas.

Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Moscow on Saturday to protest election fraud during the parliamentary vote that took place earlier this month.

A man from Langley, B.C., is pleading that a heart-shaped pewter container filled with his deceased girlfriend's ashes be returned to him after it was stolen during a robbery on Thursday.

Veterinarians of the BC SPCA worked into the night on Friday performing an emergency surgery on a badly neglected dog left tied to the organization's door.

Scientists will fabricate a special piece of equipment to harvest samples of an unidentified white growth appearing in racks of nuclear waste stored at Savannah River Site.

Animal rights groups are calling for a ban on the sale of horse meat after disturbing video emerged from a Quebec slaughterhouse showing horses being knocked unconscious before they are butchered.

A mistletoe shortage across North America has followed dry conditions in the southern U.S, leaving many families without a romantic holiday tradition in their homes.

Cuba's supreme governing body on Friday pardoned nearly 3,000 prisoners, including some convicted of political crimes. But despite despite a year of free-market reforms, the travel ban to the United States will remain in place.

A freighter captain's keen eye helped avert a run-in with a nuclear-powered American submarine in Juan de Fuca Strait, a body of water that splits Washington State and B.C. coasts, according to a U.S. periodical.

Nearly two dozen former NFL players are suing the league over severe and permanent brain damage they say is linked to concussions suffered on the job.

Ugly-Christmas-sweater parties are so popular that thrift stores and specialty retailers are making sure the kitschy clothing is in stock, and enterprising entrepreneurs are cashing in.

Police are warning that two men posing as campaigners for the BC Children's Hospital Foundation are actually stealing debit card information and defrauding North Shore residents of hundreds of dollars.

Animal rights groups are calling for a ban on the sale of horse meat after disturbing video emerged from a Quebec slaughterhouse showing horses being knocked unconscious before they are butchered.

Scuffles broke out and police were brought in to quell unrest that nearly turned into riots across the United States on Friday following the release of Nike's new Air Jordan basketball shoes -- a retro model of one of the most popular Air Jordans ever mad

Prime Minister Stephen Harper reaffirmed his government's ongoing support for Israel at a Menorah lighting in his Calgary riding Thursday night.

Devante Smith-Pelly scored twice Thursday as Canada hammered Switzerland 7-1 in a IIFH world junior hockey championship pre-tournament game.

A strong earthquake struck the New Zealand city of Christchurch on Friday, sending goods tumbling from shelves and prompting terrified holiday shoppers to flee as buildings shook.

The country's veterans ombudsman went to bat Thursday for the families of ex-soldiers affected by the spraying of Agent Orange and those excluded from a separate $250,000 death benefit.

On Nov. 26, the Mayor of Kimmirut in Nunavut snowmobiled into the rocky hills surrounding his Baffin Island community with a promise to return a few hours later with a caribou.

Jordan Eberle scored a pair of goals as the Edmonton Oilers snapped a four-game losing skid in impressive fashion, defeating the Minnesota Wild 4-1 on Thursday.

Curtis Glencross scored twice, including the game-winning goal, to lead the Calgary Flames to a 3-2 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday.

A once-wayward puffin that became the talk of Montreal flew to St. John's Thursday, albeit aboard an Air Canada jet.

One government department has given a Fredericton restaurant the green light to reopen, but another is still investigating after the discovery of a partial bear carcass this week.

The U.S. government is asking scientific journals not to publish the details of studies done on the bird flu virus, because of fears the information could be used by bioterrorists.

As a guitar-maker for the stars, Ed Roman found a platform for fierce opinions about his commercially manufactured competition, exhorting musicians to drop what he called "misdirected ignorant brand loyalty."

A Vancouver-area man who tried to circumcise his four-year-old son on the kitchen floor after a religious awakening could face more than a decade in jail after being convicted of aggravated assault.

ICBC and police have released a list of drunk drivers' most commonly used excuses at roadblocks to remind holiday partiers to plan a safe ride home.

A combination of high household debt, overpriced housing and external economic problems are putting Canada's recovery at risk, the International Monetary Fund is warning.

Former MP Helena Guergis is suing Prime Minister Stephen Harper and a number of other Conservatives for defamation, misfeasance in public office and intentional infliction of mental suffering.

A group of hunters near Igloolik, Nunavut, had a harrowing experience Wednesday when they were attacked by a polar bear that was with her cubs.

A U.K. anti-oilsands group is accusing the Alberta government of toiling with European Union talks concerning new labels for fuel productions.

The first clear evidence for a new particle at the Large Hadron Collider emerges, which may make finding particles such as the Higgs boson easier.

At least 14 bombing attacks rocked several neighbourhoods in Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 60 people and injuring 160, according to health and police officials.

The entire police force in the major Gulf coast port city of Veracruz was dissolved on Wednesday, and Mexican officials sent the Navy in to patrol.

A Surrey woman says she's concerned for safety in her neighbourhood after finding out the wireless device she uses to turn on her Christmas lights also opens her garage door.

John Gilbert Layton wore dozens of different name tags in his decades of public service: activist, guitarist, father and finally, leader of the official Opposition.

CTV Toronto - Tragedy struck the Toronto-area's morning commute on Thursday when a woman was killed after a tire flew off a passing tractor-trailer and smashed into her vehicle.

During campaign season, it never hurts for a presidential candidate facing a frustrated public to display toughness and resolve in the face of an old and familiar adversary. And it also doesn't hurt to throw in some shock-and-awe--say, a ballistic missile

Under a new policy, the priciest presents given to the prime minister may soon be on public display. See if you can guess which of French President Nicolas Sarkozy's gifts had to be surrendered to the Crown by Stephen Harper.

An 18-year-old arsonist behind a massive fire in Osoyoos, B.C. that gutted two businesses says he was just trying to help the owners of a struggling thrift shop collect insurance money.

Astrophysicists have discovered two record-breaking planets that survived millions of years plowing through the broiling interior of a giant star.

Alex Burrows scored what proved to be the winner in the first period Wednesday as the Vancouver Canucks beat the Detroit Red Wings 4-2 in a battle of two of the NHL's hottest teams.