NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 09-2008

An Ontario judge has found a young man guilty of taking part in a widespread terrorist plot that included a plan to behead Canada's prime minister.

Victorian Catholic Archbishop Denis Hart has warned today that Catholic hospitals could close their maternity departments if the State Government's proposed abortion law is passed.

Poor weather conditions today scuppered a Swiss adventurer's record-breaking attempt to become the first person to fly solo across the English Channel using a single jet-propelled wing.

This is a man desperately trying to have himself and his entire party avoid all public exposure lest they "blow it" by reminding everybody what kind of a party they really are.

Re-recorded by 54 members of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the new reading holds true to the version familiar to Canadians while adding a little more percussion, giving it a very 1960s feel.

The Montreal Canadiens unveiled a full schedule of events Wednesday for a two-year celebration of the team's 100th season.

In a blockbuster that the Royal Ontario Museum compares to the 1978 King Tut exhibit, the museum plans to bring the Dead Sea scrolls to Toronto next summer.

When he was playing goal in the Stanley Cup final two years ago, proud papa Jussi Markkanen had the names of his two young boys, Olli and Juho, on the back of his mask

They excel in school and sport, and go the extra mile to help others. Kelsey Halvorson and Justin Glinsbockel are therefore perfect candidates for the $1,000 Greater Vernon Minor Hockey Association Rienie Holland Memorial Scholarships.

John McCain will suspend campaigning to work in Washington on the Wall Street bailout and is asking that Friday night's kickoff presidential debate with rival Barack Obama be delayed.

A comedy vid from some of out boys in Afghanistan Its listed as MATURE but its for language only

Two pilots for Hawaii's Go airlines who slept through their flight's landing procedure were suspended for the careless and reckless operation of an aircraft

JERUSALEM -- Albert Einstein's long-lost telescope, forgotten for decades in a Jerusalem storage shed, goes on display this week after three years and $10,000 spent restoring the relic.

North Korea has barred international inspectors from its Yongbyon reprocessing plant and plans to start reinserting nuclear material into the facility within a week, the chief UN nuclear inspector said Wednesday

The sun has dialed back its furnace to the lowest levels seen in the space age, new measurements from a space probe show.

A problem-plagued B.C. ferry that needs a major engine overhaul will not be allowed to travel through a narrow channel during periods of strong tidal currents while it awaits repairs.

Alberta's auditor general is investigating an ailing Calgary advertising firm with connections to the province's Progressive Conservatives.

An admitted drug-runner who says the Mexican mafia put a $1-million contract on his head after $25 million worth of dope was seized by U.S. police has lost a bid to stay in Canada as a refugee

No matter how you try and make sense of it, you end up shaking your head. One teenager dead, another clinging to life, and yet another -- a boy said to have 18 stitches in his scalp as a result of Sunday's deadly car crash -- typing away on his comput

Capital Health is investigating the death of an Edmonton nursing home resident who died after suffering burns from drinking industrial dishwashing liquid.

Canadian food officials were made aware of serious problems in the inspection system that could threaten public safety three years before an outbreak of the food-borne illness listeriosis that has been linked to 18 deaths, according to an internal report

TOKYO - Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and his Cabinet handed in their resignations Wednesday to pave the way for former Foreign Minister Taro Aso to become Japan's third leader since 2006.

MEXICO CITY - A strong 6.4 earthquake has hit off Mexico's Pacific coast.

A major airplane engine manufacturer dumped raw sewage in the St. Lawrence River off Montreal's south shore for several years with the government's knowledge, according to a CBC/Radio-Canada investigation.

The last of six escapees who broke out of a Regina prison last month has been captured, RCMP said Tuesday night.

Not only do British Columbians strongly prefer Democratic candidate Barack Obama as president of the U.S. over Republican John McCain, they would also choose him as prime minister of Canada.

CBC Sports announced Tuesday that it has bulked up its Hockey Night in Canada schedule for the upcoming NHL season by adding 18 games

A chicken-sized dinosaur dug up near Red Deer, Alta., is the smallest such species ever discovered in North America, say researchers.

Police converged on Luther High School in Regina on Tuesday morning after receiving reports about a male who may have a gun.

Former Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission boss Linda Keen has stepped down from her role on the CNSC's board of directors, complaining she has been demoted by the government to a position that is an "artificial creation."

Another person died in hospital on Tuesday after a gunman fired on students taking an exam at a vocational school in Finland, raising the number of dead to 11 including the gunman

LONDON - The first excavation of Stonehenge in more than 40 years has uncovered evidence that the stone circle drew ailing pilgrims from around Europe for what they believed to be its healing properties, archeologists said Monday.

Crown and defence lawyers have recommended that a former central Newfoundland municipal politician who has confessed to sexual assault be given house arrest.

Some cruise ship passengers visiting Saint John on Monday were surprised to be warned not to sample the wares in the port city.

Consumer prices skyrocketed 3.5 per cent in August from a year earlier, the largest annualized increase in more than five years.

A Winnipeg man waited 34 hours in an emergency room this weekend, but died without getting treatment.

That made Harper the second-highest ranked leader, behind German Chancellor Angela Merkel (plus-38 per cent). George Bush was at the bottom, with minus-52 per cent.

Several people are feared dead after a shooting at a college in southern Finland, state media reported Tuesday.

The first excavation of Stonehenge in more than 40 years has uncovered evidence that the stone circle drew ailing pilgrims from around Europe for what they believed to be its healing properties, archeologists said Monday.

Jason Krog scored the winning goal in the shootout as the visiting Vancouver Canucks prevailed 4-3 over the Edmonton Oilers

The fatal shooting in B.C. of a 12-year-old cancer survivor's dog has sparked what amounts to a cyber-lynch mob on a social networking website.

Twelve people face charges after the RCMP seized hundreds of kilos of hash oil and three boats from Nova Scotia's eastern shore Sunday

A man arrested for allegedly stabbing a Greyhound passenger on Sunday was put on the bus in northwestern Ontario by police officers just hours before the attack, other passengers said Monday

The final scene has been shot. Episode #107 is now in the can. The goodbyes have been said. And now it's time to give thanks for Canada's history-making comedy series, Corner Gas.

The Canadian Football League said Monday it will review a beer-throwing incident at Saturday night's game between the Saskatchewan Roughriders and B.C. Lions

An NDP government would fight to reopen the North American Free Trade Agreement to beef up protection for Canadian jobs, NDP Leader Jack Layton said Monday.

October crude climbed to a high of $109.97 per barrel in electronic trading on Globex Monday, touching a level not seen since August 29. It was last up $4.85, or 4.6%, at $109.40 as some traders bet that the bailout plan for U.S. markets will help boost o

Christian Voice said although it previously described him as "malicious, loony, ill-informed and stupid in equal measure", it has now decided his opposition to religion is not down to science but a "virus of the mind" put there by "the father of lies" (ie

REGINA - The Saskatchewan Roughriders like to refer to their loyal followers as the world's greatest fans. B.C. Lions kicker Paul McCallum begs to differ.

Canucks head coach Alain Vigneault said Saturday, the Canucks are counting on their "young elements" to emerge this preseason, and make an impact by giving the team some offensive punch.

Falling oil prices won't bring an end to fuel surcharges for ferry passengers anytime soon

The NDP candidate in the B.C. riding of Saanich-Gulf Islands says he made a "serious error in judgment" by taking off his clothes in front of minors twelve years ago.

WHITE RIVER, Ont. - A young man was stabbed Sunday aboard a Greyhound bus travelling through northern Ontario.

The Montreal Alouettes scored early and often Sunday afternoon, rumbling to an easy 40-4 victory at home over the Edmonton Eskimos.

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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said in an interview broadcast Sunday that Latin America needs strong friendship with Russia to help reduce U.S. influence and keep peace in the region. The interview aired as a Russian Navy squadron prepared to sail to Ve

Green party leader Elizabeth May will leave Vancouver Sunday afternoon on an old-time whistle-stop train tour across the country.

Six British citizens, including one child, were injured in the deadly truck bombing in the Pakistan capital Islamabad, the Foreign Office has confirmed.

A 19-year-old girl was tortured for 13 hours by two women after she was wrongly accused of stealing a mobile phone.

On Sunday, the granddaddy of American ball parks -- Yankee Stadium in New York -- will shut its doors for good.

KABUL - The guns fell silent across much of Afghanistan for International Peace Day on Sunday.

Rescuers pulled more bodies from the shell of the truck-bombed Marriott Hotel in Pakistan's capital Sunday, pushing the number of people killed to 53, including the Czech ambassador to Pakistan.

Command of Canada's battle group in Afghanistan has been handed over to the Royal Canadian Regiment, based in Petawawa, Ont., and Gagetown, N.B.

Cypriot police say they have arrested a Canadian soldier for allegedly threatening a taxi driver with a knife.

A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction yesterday ordering Vice President Cheney and the National Archives to preserve all of his official records.

An awful lot of things will have to go wrong -- a string of financial bankruptcies, a plunge in spending -- before we find ourselves in the same leaky boat as the U.S.

US administration officials and lawmakers held urgent negotiations Saturday on an unprecedented 700-billion-dollar plan to rescue the financial sector from the worst crisis since the Great Depression.

OKOTOKS, Alta. - At least eight young people are facing charges after a mob of between 70 and 80 drunken youth turned on RCMP officers investigating a wild high school bash.

A world record now connects British Columbia's Blackcomb Mountain with the neighbouring peak of Whistler Mountain, over three kilometres away.

VANCOUVER - As his two young sons looked on Saturday, Andrew Dewberry and a crew of friends dismantled their beloved pirate-ship-shaped tree house Saturday.

Toronto's second game under coach Don Matthews looked much like the first despite a quarterback change, as the Argonauts committed five turnovers in a 34-4 loss in Calgary

Geroy Simon hauled in his 66th touchdown reception in a B.C. uniform, a franchise record, and Paul McCallum kicked six field goals, in a 27-21 win over the Saskatchewan Roughriders on Saturday night.

Press TV interviewed Paris-based financial analyst Max Keiser on the US financial meltdown on September 20. What follows are his free-wheeling comments on the US government bailout of Wall Street and the potential consequences for America.

While many Canadians, including NDP Leader Jack Layton, have a blatant crush on presidential hopeful Barack Obama, experts aren't convinced Canada would be better off with the charismatic Democrat in the White House.

Voters in key battleground ridings across Canada are overwhelmingly concerned about the economic crisis south of the border, a new poll shows.

A secret NATO review obtained by The Globe and Mail shows that the French who were killed in August did not have enough bullets, radios and other equipment. By contrast, the insurgents were dangerously well prepared

Pressure to stay longer likely whatever election result, NATO chief says

Kate Macdonald Butler reveals a long-held secret about her grandmother, one of Canada's most beloved authors, Lucy Maud Montgomery

CLEVELAND -- Giant floating fields of algae are back in strength this year on Lake Erie and scientists are trying to figure out why.

Taliban leaders in Afghanistan claim they will observe the United Nations International Day of Peace on Sunday. NATO's top general in Afghanistan has also ordered all international troops to halt offensive military operations to mark the occasion.

McCann, who is Catholic, hopes to be present today when the Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons debates a controversial policy outlining doctors' limited right to refuse to provide medical treatment to patients on the basis of their personal religi

Eat your dog - because its carbon footprint is bigger than a Toyota Corolla's.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez took a swipe at Lehman Brothers on Tuesday, chuckling over the firm's collapse and dismissing its past criticism of the Venezuelan economy.

Democratic Rep. Mike Kernell of Tennessee has acknowledged that his 20-year son, David Kernell, is the subject of Internet postings alleging he is the person who hacked into Sarah Palin's e-mail, according to The Tennesseean.

Camp used to be epic, a marathon test of survival. It was, infamously under former Canucks coach Bill Laforge, divided into teams called Pride, Hustle and Desire, which stood for PHD, which was as close as Laforge got to one. Now, it's skate, eat, sleep,

Government workers have seized all five of Barbara Gamble's babies the moment they're born.

Willie Mitchell, Mattias Ohlund, Kevin Bieksa and Ryan Kesler in the mix

Promises $25 million for arts channel. PM, under fire for recent cuts in funding, admits Conservatives are spending too much

The retired head of the Canadian Forces, Rick Hillier, has signed a two-book deal with Harper-Collins Canada

The new Conservative candidate for B.C.'s Skeena-Bulkley Valley insists naked photos taken of her in her office are not an issue for the party.

Northern American stock markets ended on a high note Friday as investors took kindly to the U.S. government's plan to bail out Wall Street banks, ending one of the wildest weeks in market history.

Quarterback Kevin Glenn threw for two touchdowns and 353 yards as the Winnipeg Blue Bombers earned a 25-23 road win on Friday night over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats

BC Ferries passengers will likely have to pay a fuel surcharge for several more months, even though the price of oil is dropping, the president of the corporation told CBC News on Thursday.

IQALUIT, Nunavut - In a move expected to transform daily life for everyone in Nunavut, territorial politicians have voted unanimously to include the Inuit language on all signs and for all services.

President Dmitri Medvedev has accused the West of trying to push Russia behind a new "Iron Curtain".

The Defence Department has ordered staff to limit media interviews during the federal election campaign in a move critics charge is nothing more than an attempt to contain potentially damaging coverage of the Afghan mission.

The fall of the Berlin Wall, and so the end of the Cold War. The 9/11 attacks by Islamic terrorists on the World Trade Center Towers in New York.

Canadian bank stocks made some big gains on Monday after the U.S. government bailed out mortgage lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac but a reversal of fortune could come quickly due to nagging economic concerns.

The federal government is not considering any bailout plans for Canada's banks and other financial institutions, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said on Friday, as a massive and unprecedented package was being prepared in the United States.

WHISTLER - Informal workouts are over and prospect camp is done. The real Vancouver Canucks -- or will they be unreal? -- officially report for duty today.

Marijuana grown on Vancouver Island could soon be offering pain relief and other benefits to medical patients across Canada.

VICTORIA - B.C. Ferries says it hopes to lower a fuel surcharge from the price of its tickets by the end of this year.

SEOUL - North Korea said on Friday it was working on restarting its nuclear plant and dismissed the prospect of being removed from a U.S. terrorism blacklist in return for a disarmament deal.

HEIRESS Paris Hilton is devastated and has been crying all night after losing two of her dogs to a vicious coyote attack.

The US is seeking $20bn from its allies to help stabilise Afghanistan as it plans to send thousands more of its own troops to confront the growing insurgency in the country, American officials disclosed yesterday

Air Canada has dropped a $25 fee charged to passengers who check a second piece of luggage and is ditching fuel surcharges of between $20 and $60

Stock markets soared Friday with news of a pending U.S. government bailout of ailing financial institutions on Wall Street that could cost more than half a trillion dollars.

Soldiers in the convoy tried repeatedly to get the driver to turn away, eventually firing a warning shot from a rifle.

Repairing our infrastructure is very important. This is a good plan.

OSHAWA -- A woman is behind bars after police say she took the law -- and a girl's hair -- into her own hands during a vicious knife attack on her daughter's alleged bully.

A CALIFORNIA-MADE boat the Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency Service had planned to buy despite warnings from local boat builders flipped on its third day of test runs Wednesday, briefly dumping eight men into Halifax Harbour.

TORONTO - A U.S.-based anti-terrorism group has posted a video on its website showing a training camp in rural Ontario allegedly attended by a group of Toronto men charged with plotting large-scale terrorist attacks in Toronto and Ottawa.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has directed his top Kremlin officials to develop a comprehensive and assertive strategy to exploit the region's vast Arctic frontier - including the demarcation of boundaries and the exploiting of polar resources - echoi

A swath of frozen mud and ice, inadvertently exposed by miners in central Yukon, is proving to be scientific gold.