NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 10-2008

More than one in three women report having sexual problems but only 12% say their lack of interest in sex is bothersome, suggests the largest study of its kind

Ottawa . In exchange for continued visa-free access to the United States, American officials are pressuring the federal government to supply them with more information on Canadians, says an influential analyst on Canada-U.S. relations

ATHENS, Greece -- For thousands of years the Acropolis has withstood earthquakes, weathered storms and endured temperature extremes, from scorching summers to winter snow.

EDMONTON - The Edmonton Eskimos received a boost of confidence when they needed it most.

In a game appropriately played on Halloween night, the visiting Vancouver Canucks and Ducks put on a scary offensive performance for fans Friday in Anaheim, Calif.

The Vatican appears to be dragging its feet over releasing secret files which could solve once and for all the question of whether a wartime Pope turned a blind eye to the Holocaust

Done. Proven. Humans are making the Arctic and Antarctica warm up. Case closed, says an influential group of climate scientists.

KINGSVILLE, Ont. - A 34-year-old woman from Kingsville, Ont., has been charged with impaired driving - on a Zamboni.

Japan's air force chief will be dismissed for writing an essay that claims the country was not an aggressor in the Second World War

Another mysterious explosion occurred Friday afternoon at a B.C. gas pipeline, this time near the small community of Tomslake, south of Dawson Creek near the Alberta border, the RCMP said

TORONTO - Canadians hoping for a milder winter than last year's may have reason for cautious optimism, says a senior climatologist with Environment Canada.

Police took three people into custody after a passenger was threatened on a Greyhound bus west of Winnipeg on Friday afternoon

EDMONTON - A second incident of syringe reuse has been reported to health officials, this time involving a physician practising in both Alberta and Saskatchewan.

CALGARY - A second-period power-play bonanza helped the Calgary Flames continue their winning ways.

Two sailors who were charged with sabotage after an alleged incident involving a secure government database in Ottawa last year will not face that charge at a general court martial next year

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - The Canadian general who commands NATO forces in Afghanistan's Kandahar province says the increasing ability and size of Afghan security forces will allow them to seize and control more territory from insurgents this winter.

EDMONTON -- A foster mother accused of killing a three-year-old boy in her care left him overnight in an unheated garage wearing only a pull-up diaper, a jury heard yesterday.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- A rare reptile with lineage dating back to the dinosaur age has been found nesting on the New Zealand mainland for the first time in about 200 years, officials said Friday

TORONTO -- The Toronto stock market continued to see red in morning trading as commodities prices weakened in the final session of a terrible month of declines.

Police in Barrie, Ont., planned to resume their search for 15-year-old Brandon Crisp on Friday, after calling it off earlier this week

Scientists say they have for the first time linked human activity to warming in both the Arctic and Antarctic.

An invention hailing from B.C.'s Simon Fraser University that harvests energy from the motion of walking has been named one of Time magazine's prestigious Best 50 Inventions of 2008.

On the night before Halloween, a botched trick play by the Toronto Argonauts turned into a savoury treat for the Saskatchewan Roughriders

Daniel and Henrik Sedin broke out of their slump to lead the Vancouver Canucks to a 4-0 victory over the Los Angeles Kings Thursday night in California

Hershey's chocolates and candies recalled two years ago over salmonella fears and subsequently stolen from a recycling depot are now being sold in Toronto-area stores, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Thursday

Canada's broadcast regulator unveiled a raft of small changes on Thursday rather than the major overhaul some had expected following the CRTC's first significant review of TV distribution to Canadian viewers in nearly a decade

Blair MacLean, one-half of the foul-mouthed musical comedy team MacLean & MacLean, died Wednesday in Winnipeg. Family members said he suffered a heart attack.

Researchers have mapped the mitochondrial genome of one of the world's oldest mummies, discovering in the process a genetic lineage that does not match any of those known to exist today.

A blue-eyed, blond-haired visitor has been raising eyebrows in the small, southern Interior B.C. town of Elkford near the Alberta border

TORONTO - The Canadian dollar continued its revival today, though its upward momentum slackened as the day went on and there are indications its strength may not last

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- Canadian pilots are finally flying long-awaited transport helicopters over the Afghan battlefield.

VANCOUVER, B.C. - B.C. Attorney General Wally Oppal denies the RCMP officer involved in a fatal collision in Tsawwassen this past weekend is receiving favourable treatment

The Ottawa Senators announced Thursday that captain Daniel Alfredsson has signed a four-year contract extension.

Wolf warnings were issued Thursday for two separate parts of Labrador, with officials pleading with parents to be especially cautious while trick-or-treating at Halloween

Royal Dutch Shell PLC said Thursday it is delaying the expansion of its Athabasca oilsands project in Alberta because of falling crude prices and ongoing financial turmoil.

A southwest Calgary school was locked down for the second time in two days on Thursday after a report of a man inappropriately touching a male student

The Manitoba government is taking Air Canada to court over job cuts in Winnipeg

Most Canadians want Nov. 11 enshrined as a national statutory holiday and think Remembrance Day ceremonies should be mandatory in schools.

The Royal Canadian Mint has issued a commemorative quarter ahead of Remembrance Day in honour of the 90th anniversary of the end of the First World War

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Taliban fighters stormed the Ministry of Culture in the heart of Kabul Thursday, killing five people in an attack the president said aimed at derailing the government's new effort to draw militants into a peace process and end a seve

Looking to light a fire under his slumping club, Vancouver Canucks coach Alain Vigneault will juggle his lines for Thursday's road game against the Los Angeles Kings

The decision to leave port amid a forecast for stormy weather and lack of training among the crew were contributing factors in an accident that led to the death of the 25-year-old daughter of Montreal Canadiens general manager Bob Gainey.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper made more than a dozen cabinet changes on Thursday, including moving Lawrence Cannon to Foreign Affairs, Tony Clement to Industry and Jim Prentice to Environment, in a shuffle that adds more women and fresh faces

The death toll from a powerful earthquake that struck southwestern Pakistan rose to 215 on Thursday as officials declared the rescue phase of the operation over

Pirates have hijacked a Turkish ship with 20 crew members off the coast of Somalia, officials said Thursday

A wallaby, an animal like a small kangaroo, is missing from a private zoo in eastern Ontario after a tree fell and crashed through his pen during the season's first snowstorm.

A fight at a party led to the arrest of a convicted drug trafficker who was released from custody a week ago while awaiting a deportation hearing, Calgary police said on Wednesday.

SASKATOON - A Saskatchewan man has been released from jail after being mistakenly imprisoned for more than six months, the Saskatoon StarPhoenix has learned.

Mr. Martin used the transcripts, paid for by Archives under the agreement, as the basis for his recently published memoir, Hell or High Water: My Life in and Out of Politics. The payments to Queen's included the costs of Mr. Conway's time, work by other r

WINNIPEG - The pain is not over for a Winnipeg man bitten on the face by a poisonous African snake - he now faces a fine of up to $1,000 for allegedly violating the city's exotic pet bylaw

OTTAWA - Lawrence Cannon will become Canada's new foreign minister in a sweeping cabinet shuffle that will see a slew of ministries switch hands, The Canadian Press has learned.

Geological research suggests the tsunami that killed 230,000 people in 2004 was not the first of its kind and the last tsunami of a similar size in the Indian Ocean occurred about 600 years ago.

PHILADELPHIA - From losingest team to longest game, the Philadelphia Phillies are World Series champions. Strange as that sounds. Strange as it was.

Already waiting 28 years to experience another championship, Philadelphia Phillies fans had to endure the suspense a little longer before breaking out in celebration

OTTAWA - Jack Layton is calling on the Harper government to support peace overtures to the Taliban by the Afghan and American governments.

HALIFAX, N.S. - A long-awaited final report into the loss of Laura Gainey from a Nova Scotia tall ship questions the decision of the ship's masters to depart amid predictions of approaching storms, given the crew's "limited training" and experience.

A series of vigils featuring the names of Canadian dead will roll out across Canada and in Britain in November to mark the 90th anniversary of the end of the First World War.

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Every athletic discipline has its own challenges, and every athlete finds their own way to overcome them. To run a little faster, to lift a bit heavier, to jump slightly higher, athletes, both men and women, consistently find ways to improve on their own

Researchers are calling them the Michael Phelps of fish -- spirited little salmon that are turning scientific theories upside down by swimming great distances at rapid speeds, while somehow surviving a series of dams once thought to be their greatest thre

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - It's a familiar routine for local Afghan journalists: within seconds of a roadside blast or bomb attack, they get a boasting text message or phone call from the local Taliban information officer.

Quebec has introduced a mandatory declaration for immigrants requiring them to sign their commitment to respect the province's common values

Edmonton police have confirmed a man died after officers tried to subdue him with a Taser stun gun on Wednesday

Microsoft's anti-piracy add-on turns computer screens black every hour. Use of pirated software is common in China. Consumers are bristling, and a copyright official criticizes the blackout method.

If you live in Ontario, you will probably spend your extra hour this weekend sleeping. But if you live in Quebec, you're likely to opt for sex over snoozing

LONDON -- After years of paying next to nothing in property taxes, the Sisters of St. Joseph in London are looking for political allies to challenge a tax bill they fear could be as high as $400,000 a year.

TORONTO -- The Toronto stock market is sharply higher for a second session as a weaker American dollar helped to push up commodity prices and at the same time give a big lift to the Canadian dollar.

WASHINGTON - American military planners now think they may need to send more than double the number of extra troops initially believed necessary for the war in Afghanistan

TORONTO -- A 15-year-old boy was used as a hitman by gang members to settle a score between feuding boyfriends at a 4-year-old's birthday party last weekend, Toronto Police and nearby residents alleged yesterday

OTTAWA -- A Mississippi Mills husband and wife have been charged with impaired driving after being arrested by the same officer in separate incidents within half an hour over the weekend.

WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. - Chad Morrisette never imagined his Halloween yard decorations would prompt interest from the Secret Service.

Victoria's Edward Theodore Simmons received a bravery award for jumping onto a diving German sub. It and others he earned during the war are up for sale

A Calgary woman who has agreed to marry a man she has never met as part of a radio station contest will go through with the wedding despite an ex-boyfriend's pleas to marry him instead.

TORONTO - It was a thrift-shop find for $5 and now it's headed for a Canadian auction block priced at $50 million

Thousands of people in Quebec and eastern Ontario were without power Wednesday morning after the first snowfall of the season, prompting the closure of some schools.

Italy's State Police can lay claim to having the world's coolest cop car after Lamborghini gifted them a Gallardo LP560-4.

The Boston Bruins slipped past the Vancouver Canucks by the slimmest of margins Tuesday night.

OTTAWA - Five members of combat team who fought their way out of an ambush in Afghanistan last spring are among 11 soldiers slated to get heroism medals from Gov. Gen. Michaelle Jean.

It could be weeks, even months before traffic returns to normal in the British Columbia's Okanagan

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- A strong earthquake struck parts of southwestern Pakistan early Wednesday, killing at least 31 people.

The suspect in a Toronto tavern shooting that left an innocent woman dead has turned himself in, after his mother publicly pleaded for her son to contact police.

OTTAWA -- He is tall, dark-haired and handsome. He won a seat in the House of Commons on his first try. He's got a famous name. He has a picture-perfect young family. On top of all that, Justin Trudeau is the top pick among Canadians of all political stri

An RCMP officer who failed a breathalyzer has been released without charges after a crash that killed a young man from Delta, B.C., on Saturday evening.

Environment Canada predicts eastern Ontario could be ankle-deep in snow days before Halloween this year.

EDMONTON -- A man who distributed child porn by posting naked photos of his underage girlfriend online after being dumped shouldn't get a mandatory minimum one-year jail term.

OTTAWA -- The taxpayer-funded CBC has spent almost $24 million on two broadcasting trucks so it can show hockey games and cultural events in high definition.

TORONTO -- A 15-year-old Toronto boy was free on armed robbery charges when arrested on the weekend for allegedly shooting a man four times after being kicked out of a birthday party for a four-year-old girl

FAYETTEVILLE, N.Y. - Barenaked Ladies frontman Steven Page is set to appear in a New York state court Tuesday to face drug possession charges laid after his July arrest in upstate New York.

The city's passion for shopping is costing the lives of hundreds of frogs and igniting a debate for amphibian underpasses, a Fredericton man says.

A Calgary critical-care doctor's application for permanent residency has been rejected because one of his daughters might be a drain on the health care system.

A Surrey, B.C. man, who has lived and worked in Canada for 33 years, says government red tape is keeping him from going to the aid of his ailing mother in the Netherlands

HANOI, Vietnam -- Vietnam is considering banning small-chested drivers from its roads -- a proposal that has provoked widespread disbelief in this nation of slight people.

VANCOUVER, B.C. -- Provincial legislation that allows electrical inspections of homes identified as having high electricity usage -- and therefore suspected of being marijuana grow-ops -- is sound but police cannot accompany those safety teams without a w

The Ontario government will table legislation today that will ban text messaging and emailing while driving and force motorists to use hands-free equipment when making calls on their cellphones.

During his years as finance minister, then as Canada's 21st prime minister, Paul Martin always believed that a federal surplus was key to economic stability in uncertain times.

Federal prosecutors charged two men with plotting a "killing spree" against African-Americans that would have been capped with an attempt to kill Sen. Barack Obama while they wore white tuxedos, federal officials said Monday.

Myrden, who eats, drinks, and smokes 50 grams a day of medical pot, couldn't be happier that the federal government's marijuana monopoly has gone up in smoke.

Keith Martin has won re-election as Liberal MP for Esquimalt-Juan de Fuca after a recount was called off this afternoon.

On Monday night, British Columbia NDP leader Carole James offered her version of the economic blueprint delivered last week by B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell.

KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN -- They mete out justice in their own courts, ban schools and even organize large religious gatherings, like one that drew thousands of people just outside Kandahar city recently

OTTAWA - Cold, hard cash now competes with cold, hard steel in the arsenal of weapons the Taliban uses against Afghan and NATO forces.

KABUL, Afghanistan - Insurgents exchanged fire with U.S. troops aboard a Black Hawk helicopter in central Afghanistan on Monday before the aircraft was hit and forced to land

Canada's standard of living slid five spots to ninth among the world's 17 top industrialized nations in the past two decades, according to a report from the Conference Board of Canada

GODERICH, Ont. - Sobs resounded in a packed courtroom Monday as families of three murder victims described the devastating impact a "demon" had visited on their lives by killing their loved ones

TORONTO (Reuters) - The Toronto Stock Exchange's main index was off more than 1 percent in early dealings on Monday, falling with other stock markets around the world as recession fears heightened, and hit again by falling prices for oil and other Canadia

TORONTO - Canadian retailers are getting a dose of yuletide fear this fall as many of them slash prices early with anticipation that this holiday shopping season could be one of the most painful in recent memory.

HIGH PRAIRIE, Alta. - Up to 2,700 patients will be tested for infection in the northern Alberta community of High Prairie because syringes were being used in more than one intravenous line.

A man was killed after record high winds hit the Edmonton area Saturday morning

The parents of an Ontario youth who has been missing for nearly two weeks want police to look for more clues in their son's laptop and Xbox hard drive.

WASHINGTON -- Facing a deft assault by Democrats and widescale rejection by voters, John McCain and Sarah Palin are circling the wagons and firing inwards at each other with just nine days until the presidential election.

The Toronto Stock Exchange continued its downward spiral in mid-morning Monday, falling 145.69 points, or 1.6 per cent, to 9,148.96 on fears of a worldwide economic recession.

Nearly four in ten Canadians believe they're just one or two paycheques away from poverty, according to a poll conducted for the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.

Activists are meeting in Vancouver to talk strategy around resisting the 2010 Games.

TORONTO -- Doctors have some simple advice for anyone with symptoms of a heart attack who needs to get to the hospital emergency room: leave the car in the garage and call 911.

You may have texted relatives on the other side of the planet, made a long distance call from a jetliner or used your cellphone to read emails