NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 10-2017

New tests have found a wide range of previously undiscovered contaminants in polar bears around Hudson Bay. The new study complicates our understanding of the complex cocktail of chemicals the bears are exposed to as they try to adapt to changing climate.

Soldiers killed 42 militants including two women and five foreign jihadists in the terror group's last stand in the southern Philippines city of Marawi.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is appointing Bob Rae as Canada's special envoy to Myanmar, two months into a growing crisis that has left 600,000 Rohingya Muslims displaced.

Canada's Public Safety Minister says he's asked his American counterpart to monitor those obtaining U.S. travel visas for the sole purpose of crossing the Canadian border.

By mid-November, a 137-km all-season road will permanently connect Tuktoyaktuk to Inuvik, opening up the isolated hamlet in a way it never has been before.

Alberta Cree artist Leo Arcand is working on the final installation for Canada 150 project along Edmonton's Capital Boulevard. He also hopes his work will lead younger members of his community to the art form of sculpture.

Scientists at an annual meeting for North Atlantic right whales estimate the species has a little over two decades left to survive unless changes are made immediately.

Residents of two neighbourhoods in Sturgeon County, Alta., were allowed to return home Sunday evening after they were evacuated in the aftermath of a train derailment Sunday afternoon, county officials say.

If the order comes, the B-52s will return to a ready-to-fly posture not seen since the Cold War.

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has been removed as a WHO goodwill ambassador, the World Health Organization said on Sunday following an outrage among donors and rights groups at his appointment.

A Dalhousie University student is facing disciplinary action over a post she made to Facebook in the summer about Canada 150 celebrations.

The acceptance rate for the border-crossers is even higher than the 63-per-cent overall rate for asylum-seekers in 2016.

Andrej Babis' party has secured almost triple the vote share of its closest rivals

Imagine for a moment if an American politician were asked about Osama Bin Laden, and her response was that she had no idea who was responsible for Sept. 11.

Four people have been charged after two groups of demonstrators faced off against each other amid a heavy police presence at Nathan Phillips Square.

If the Forces are going to make exceptions to the rule to allow wounded soldiers to continue to serve in desk jobs, then it will have to be carefully monitored in order to prevent the type of gaming which occurred prior to 2006.

B.C. is the only province that celebrates Family Day on the second Monday of February, but that could change. Other provinces have Family Day on the third Monday of the month, and that disparity means some employees, such as those who work for the federal

As department stores across the country close their doors, Army & Navy isn't calling it quits. The store's New Westminster location reopened on Friday, after a small fire in the upstairs office shut it down for three months.

Rainfall and wind warnings have been issued by Environment Canada for Saturday's forecasted storm. The storm is predicted to hit the mainland Saturday morning, intensifying through the afternoon and evening. Between 50 and 70 millimetres of rainfall is ex

Beautiful hot and sunny fall weather saw high temperature records broken across southern Manitoba Friday including in Winnipeg.

A man working at a Halifax waterfront restaurant stripped down to his underwear and jumped into the harbour Thursday to save a drowning bird caught in a fishing line.

Fearless female soldier Nomi Golan put her martial arts training to good use when she fought off dozens of Jewish ultra-Orthodox anti-draft protesters during a rally in Jerusalem.

The 93-year-old president of Zimbabwe - who oversaw plummeting life expectancy in his own country - will co-ordinate the UN's battle against heart disease, cancer and diabetes across Africa.

Finance Minister Bill Morneau dodged questions about his use of numbered companies to hold investments Friday, saying he does not have to defend his choices to journalists.

A scheme is in the works to build a temporary winter road to Churchill so food, fuel and other supplies can be delivered in the absence of train service.

Several residents of the Fort St. John and Charlie Lake regions of northeast B.C. heard a loud bang and experienced shaking Wednesday night in an event an astronomer says is consistent with a meteor shooting through the area.

For the first time in nearly 50 years, the Royal Canadian Navy has deployed a submarine to Japan. HMCS Chicoutimi left Esquimalt, B.C., last month for a patrol mission in the Asia-Pacific region.

Several dogs in last winter's Iditarod race tested positive for an opioid pain reliever, the race's governing board says. The musher, though, has not been named.

Bill Wilson was driving down a rural road near McCord, Saskatchewan when a grasshopper flew into his vehicle and landed on his chest. He grabbed the insect and flung it out the window. A few minutes later, he realized his wedding ring was gone. That was a

Toronto police have arrested a suspect in their investigation of the case of a blind woman who says she was robbed by a stranger she met on a bus from Sudbury, Ont.

A video circulating on extremist sites purports to be a message from dedicated jihadis, although ISIS has not expanded its official media output to the central African country.

Grade 6 students did poorly on a new no-calculator portion of provincial mathematics exams, Alberta's education minister said Tuesday.Last fall, concerned about children's grasp of math fundamentals, Minister David Eggen introduced a new 15-minute, 15-que

Sara Seager, an award-winning Canadian astrophysicist, has pledged to spend the rest of her life hunting for 'another Earth' outside our solar system. Here's why she thinks finding life on other planets is within reach, and how she thinks we can find it.

Two private member's bills, one protecting journalists' sources and another that allows Canada to get tough on human rights abusers, received royal assent Wednesday.

The Communications Security Establishment acknowledges it needs to do a better job of explaining to Canadians what it does.

Edmonton's chief economist says the city is starting to get out of the economic downturn, but not to expect a boom.

Stories of devastation and heartbreak have emerged in the aftermath of wind-driven wildfires that scorched several areas in southern Alberta.

Global declines in insects have sparked wide interest among scientists, politicians, and the general public. Loss of insect diversity and abundance is expected to provoke cascading effects on food webs and to jeopardize ecosystem services. Our understandi

Miguel Martinez, who goes by the name Michelle, allegedly invited the 10-year-old girl into the bathroom with him where he fondled her breasts and genitalia.

An atmospheric river is poised to funnel gigantic amounts of rain and snow to the Northwest over the next few days.

The plaintiff says champagne was promised in the brochure; the airline calls the lawsuit "frivolous".

Massachusetts is considering a bill that would crack down on people who misrepresent their pets as service dogs. Nineteen other states have adopted similar measures.

Ever since mid-September, when Coinhive launched and the whole cryptojacking frenzy started, the Internet has gone crazy with in-browser cryptocurrency miners, and new sites that offer similar services are popping up on a weekly basis.

Investor George Soros has transferred about $18 billion, the majority of his estimated fortune, to his Open Society Foundations, making them the second largest philanthropic grant-making group in the United States, according to media reports on Tuesday.

Gord Downie, the Tragically Hip frontman who united a diverse array of music lovers with his commanding stage presence and Canadiana-laced lyrics, has died.

According to a report by the Moscow Times, pranksters in Bulgaria are repainting Soviet-era monuments so that Soviet military heroes look like American Superheroes. Needless to say, the Russians are not too happy about it: Russia is demanding t

The way the Ontario Liberal government is cutting hydro bills by 25 per cent purposely obscures the true financial impact to avoid showing a deficit on the province's books, the auditor general said Tuesday.

Cities in Asia and Europe dominate a newly released Safe Cities Index by The Economist Intelligence Unit, which named Tokyo the world's safest city for the second consecutive time.

A blind woman was heading to Toronto for a doctor�s appointment when she was robbed by a woman who befriended her.

With the beginning of flu season underway, the B.C. Centre for Disease Control's says its main focus is on people who are at the highest risk for influenza complications

The City of Fernie has confirmed three people have died from possible exposure to ammonia after emergency crews were called to the Fernie Memorial Arena for reports of an ammonia leak just before noon on Tuesday.

Brock Boeser and Alexander Burmistrov had a goal and an assist each in the Vancouver Canucks' 3-0 win over the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday. Anders Nilsson made 32 saves for a shutout in his first start of the season.

A recall has been issued for certain Pacific oysters that have been shipped across the B.C., as well as to Alberta, Quebec and possibly other destinations.

Reza Moazami, convicted of luring 11 teens into prostitution and sentenced to 23 years jail time, is suing the Attorney General of Canada claiming he was wrongfully denied kosher meals in prison.

New gear and joint training with Coast Guard are part of the federal government's commitment to support the historic role of coastal Indigenous communities in marine rescue and response, says Ottawa.

Two couples celebrating 70 years of marriage in Moose Jaw, Sask., persevered through tough economic times, the loss of children, and a changing world but maintain it was all made easier by facing life side-by-side.

Archeologists digging up the site of a pre-Confederation parliament in Montreal this summer came across plenty of items they expected to find hidden deep in the earth -- and a few they didn't.

The United States is not ruling out the eventual possibility of direct talks with North Korea, Deputy Secretary of State John J. Sullivan says, as Pyongyang warns nuclear war might break out at any moment.

Before the Obama administration approved a controversial deal in 2010 giving Moscow control of a large swath of American uranium, the FBI had gathered substantial evidence that Russian nuclear industry officials were engaged in bribery, kickbacks, extorti

A bill that requires people in Quebec who give or receive any public service to uncover their faces is expected to become law as early as today, but many important details still need to be crafted, and its implications may be decided by the courts.

A spokesperson for the U.S.-led coalition fighting in Syria said pockets of ISIS militants remain in Raqqa, slightly tamping down an exuberant declaration hours earlier by the commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces that the city has been cleared.

Rose McGowan claimed that celebrity attorney Lisa Bloom offered her money through her literary agent in exchange for public support for Weinstein. Bloom denied the allegations.

Syed Soharwardy met recently with 30 Muslim youth at the Jamia Masjid Gunbad-e-Khizra mosque. It was one of several meetings he does on a regular basis to prevent the radicalization of Canadian Muslim youth.

Finance Minister Bill Morneau is facing a call for an investigation into his failure for two years to disclose one of his private corporations to Canada's ethics watchdog.

Passengers on an Indonesia AirAsia flight from Australia to the holiday island of Bali describe a panicked flight crew announcing an emergency and oxygen masks dropping from the ceiling after their airliner lost cabin air pressure and rapidly descended.

A team of researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine reveals the first compound that directly makes cancer cells commit suicide while sparing healthy cells. The new treatment approach was directed against acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cells but

A woman's body was found in a car after a fiery crash on the Gowanus Expressway in Brooklyn Friday morning, and authorities say the driver -- believed to be a man she was dating -- hailed a cab in the middle of the highway while she burned to death.

Conservative Sebastian Kurz, 31, is set to take power and form an alliance with the far-right. He wants to cut benefits for all foreigners, slash Austria's red tape and stop EU meddling.

A new Winnipeg school's decision to stop students from wearing their costumes to class on Halloween has upset some parents, who argue it's not fair to deny their kids the fun.

The man originally accused of making online racist death threats against a Calgary school board trustee candidate says he didn't do it, and Calgary police confirm their hate crimes unit is no longer investigating the comments. The candidate, for her part,

The death toll from the most powerful bomb blast witnessed in Mogadishu rose to 231 with 275 others injured, making it the deadliest single attack of its kind in Somalia.

An Edmonton woman attacked by man swinging a machete in a violent carjacking says she pleaded with her assailant to spare her life.

Kurdish authorities said on Friday they had sent thousands more troops to Kirkuk to confront "threats" of Iraqi military attack, but also slightly pulled back defense lines around the disputed oil-producing area to ease tensions.

Saher Hamdan was found guilty in August of a sexual assault charge related to a 19-year-old woman he drove in his cab in July, 2016.

The sadistic murderer claims he needs the sex aid returned as he keeps taking a bad reaction to Viagra pills.

It has emerged Sub-Lieutenant Rebecca Edwards, who led a Remembrance Day service in Glasgow just 11 months ago, is believed to be at the centre of the sex scandal.

Only two chicks survived in a colony of 36,000 in a "catastrophic" breeding season in east Antarctica.

A British man's heart stopped after he accidentally swallowed a 6-inch long Dover sole.

There's a break in a case many people have been waiting to hear about in Prince George, B.C. A man has been arrested and charged after a month-long, high-profile investigation.

Toronto police are searching for three people they believe are violent and dangerous after one of them allegedly doused two teenagers with gasoline and tried to set them on fire outside Agincourt Mall last week.

An incumbent candidate for Calgary city council is drawing criticism for comments he made at a public forum in which he refers to a "Johnny Jew from New York" as a hypothetical artist hired under the city's public art policy.

The mother of an Ontario inmate who was beaten to death by his cellmate within view of a security camera at the Elgin Middlesex Detention Centre in London, Ont., wants to know why jail guards didn't respond even though her son was begging for his life.

Finance Minister Bill Morneau waited two years to disclose a private corporation that owns a villa in southern France that he shares with his wife to Canada's ethics watchdog, CBC News has learned.

Every week, Marketplace receives dozens of emails from Canadians reporting all kinds of consumer concerns and deceptive schemes. Here's an in-depth look at the one scam that has generated more angry emails than all the rest.

Muddled history of the first vaccine gets a shot of genetic clarity.

A former North Korea cyber expert says hacking South Korea "a piece of cake."

Information about F-35 joint strike fighter was taken in cyberattack on Australian defence contractor, official reveals

There�s a colorless, odorless, and largely benign gas that humanity just can�t get enough of. We produce 40 trillion kg of carbon dioxide each year, and we�re on track to cross a crucial emissions threshold that will cause global temperature rise to

Hurricane Ophelia is set to be the strongest storm in the far eastern Atlantic since Hurricane Ivan in 1980

Tina Gayle, 56, has been banned from having a stand in Loughborough town centre because she was selling 'offensive' Knights Templar coffee mugs.

Many took to Twitter to blast the chain for 'lying' and leading many to drive for hours to try and sample a sauce they likely hadn't even heard of just a few months ago

The head of Delta Air Lines says his company does not expect to pay any tariffs related to its purchase of CSeries jets, but expects to complete the order as planned.

Netflix Inc. offers more details about the streaming company's plans to spend $500 million on making Canadian content, as it defends its tax status in Canada.

Advocates say the significant rise in the number of women in federal prisons in Canada shows what happens when community support programs are cut.

Asteroid 2012 TC4 is zipping past Earth on Thursday, allowing scientists and emergency preparedness teams to practise for an impact.

Canada has taken the first formal step toward buying used Australian FA-18 fighter jets, upping the ante in a trade dispute with U.S. defence giant Boeing.

The family of a teenager who died by suicide two years ago in a remote Indigenous community on James Bay is calling for a coroner's inquest into her death, which sparked a crisis that garnered international attention and political promises of change.

A Utah police officer was fired Tuesday after being seen on video roughly handcuffing a nurse because she refused to draw blood from an unconscious patient in an incident that became a flashpoint in the conversation about use of force by police.

Some Conservative MPs and business lobby groups are accusing the Liberal government of targeting low-wage earners with new rules around taxation of employee discounts.

A horse that survived almost a week stuck in a large hole on an Alberta farm before being rescued has died.

A group of Edmonton firefighters and dispatchers delivered 600 protective suits to fire fighting crews in Ukraine along with other equipment like oxygen tanks, hoses and nozzles.

In May, KrebsOnSecurity broke a story about lax security at a payroll division of big-three credit bureau Equifax that let identity thieves access personal and financial data on an unknown number of Americans. Incredibly, this same division makes it simpl

Cortana is a decent voice assistant. Hell, "she" is probably better than Apple's woefully disappointing Siri, but that isn't saying very much.

Dove apologized after posting an ad derided as racist, which showed a dark-skinned woman transforming into a white woman.

Barack Obama (pictured) and his aides regarded the idea of a special relationship between Britain and the US as a joke, it was claimed last night.

It is worth saying this about the Supreme Court's Thursday decision in the case of Canada v. Fontaine: it hurts

A group of prominent human and civil rights organizations has filed a joint submission to the UN Human Rights Council, saying Canada�s treatment of immigration detainees violates international law.

It was found near where she disappeared on a trip with a Danish submariner, now facing a murder charge.