NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 05-2010

The skies over northern Alberta will roar as international Air Force Exercise Maple Flag 43 bursts into action today at 4 Wing Cold Lake.

Ottawa has dropped plans to dump crude into northern waters next to a proposed ocean park to test new ways of cleaning up oil spills in the Arctic.

EDMONTON - A four-year-old Rottie-cross that fought off a pack of wild Hobbema dogs to protect her 12 pups is being hailed a hero this Mother's Day.

TORONTO -- Canada's top pulp and paper companies, and the environmental groups that spent years fighting them, have united in an unlikely alliance to stop logging 29 million hectares of threatened northern forests in what has been dubbed "the world's larg

Back in January, TransLink tripled the tax on parking to help pay for roads and transit. Starting July 1, the HST will be applied to parking in Vancouver in what proves to be a tax on a tax.

Strength and skill. The Chicago Blackhawks displayed both qualities in abundance in Tuesday's 4-2 win in San Jose. Their record-tying seventh straight road victory of the playoffs gave Chicago an intimidating 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven Western Confe

The Montreal Canadiens improved their effort, but unless they can find a way to solve their special team woes and Philadelphia Flyers goalie Michael Leighton , the Eastern Conference final will remain a one-sided affair.

Greenland's ice is melting at such a rapid pace that the land beneath it is rising up, say U.S. researchers.

EL CENTRO, Calif. - The seismically active California-Mexico border was rattled Tuesday by a magnitude-4.5 aftershock of the major earthquake that hit the region April 4. No damage was immediately reported.

U.S. government officials have expanded the boundaries of a fishing ban in the Gulf of Mexico, a precautionary move meant to ensure fish caught there have not been affected by the massive oil spill.

The United States introduced a resolution backed by all veto-wielding members of the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday that would impose new sanctions against Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard and seek to curtail military, financial and shippin

It is "obvious" North Korea sank one of the South Korea's warships in March, killing 46 sailors, South Korea's foreign minister said Wednesday.

An explosive fire at a Royal Bank in Ottawa early Tuesday was a deliberate act of protest against corporate "Kanada," a video posted online claims.

Chemical extracts from cigarette butts -- so toxic they kill fish -- can be used to protect steel pipes from rusting, a study in China has found.

Gulf nations hope science will turn desert areas into arable land to boost food security and avoid the risks inherent in buying farmland abroad, industry insiders said Monday.

Electronics makers worldwide face a shortage of liquid crystal displays used for large-screen televisions due to soaring demand, particularly in emerging markets such as China, Sharp said Monday.

Tahir Asif blew bubbles to show off his new lungs Thursday before he checked out of hospital. The eight-year-old is the youngest double-lung transplant recipient in Alberta.

The woman killed after she was pinned by a car in downtown Edmonton on Monday has been identified as 40-year-old Erin Dandy.

A University of Alberta centre for people who stutter released a report on Tuesday that shows their treatment is effective over the long term.

Wind-whipped flames from a raging brush fire were less than 500 metres from Terrance Turchanski's yard in Thorhild County on Sunday but he refused to budge despite a mandatory evacuation order.

A military courtroom is not much different than the civilian version, except for a few distinct touches. When the judge shows up, everyone salutes. When a jury is chosen, the panel has five members, not 12. And when a witness is summoned to testify, he do

A new poll shows that 30 years after the first Quebec sovereignty referendum, and 15 years after the second, most Quebecers consider the debate over whether the province should separate from Canada no longer relevant. The survey conducted last month fo

Football is sometimes described as a game of immortals. Whether it be on the club or international stage, it's a sport in which men some might consider well past their prime can be the spark of a team or magical title run. This, however, will not be the c

Michael Ignatieff is by far the least popular federal political leader, a new poll suggests.

A deadly suicide bombing in Kabul has claimed the life of a Canadian Forces colonel.

An elder at a northern Saskatchewan reserve is raising the alarm about propane sniffing following the death last month of a teenage girl.

A woman died after a car hit her in a downtown Edmonton parking lot Monday afternoon, police said.

Gary Edwin Mattson punched Tom Bregg in the face three times, then stomped on the veteran Edmonton transit driver's face 15 times after dragging him off his bus.

The Crown attorney prosecuting an accused serial killer acknowledged in closing arguments at Charles Kembo's trial Monday that the case against him is circumstantial.

Friends and associates of a Vancouver Island businessman say they are shocked he's been accused of smuggling marijuana into the U.S.

Some students at a B.C. central Interior high school are planning to dress up as the opposite sex on Friday to protest a decision by administrators to cancel some anti-homophobia events.

A major agreement between Canada's forestry companies and environmental groups will see logging in 29 million hectares of boreal forest suspended so a plan to preserve the woodland caribou can be developed.

The recent confiscation of a formerly legal firearm has raised questions about how the RCMP inspects imported firearms and has forced a change of national firearms policy.

A top secret memo written by Canada's spy agency warns that cyber-attacks on government, university and industry computers have been growing "substantially."

One of the two charges against an American woman accused of killing her husband while on a hunting trip in central Newfoundland was withdrawn on Tuesday morning during a brief court appearance in Grand Falls-Windsor.

A Vancouver couple who booked flights through a discount online travel site had to pay $2,300 extra to get home from vacation, because some of their "confirmed" tickets had actually not been issued.

A Massachusetts man offered to give his three-month-old daughter to a maintenance man outside a gas station convenience store in exchange for two beers, authorities say.

KABUL -- A Taliban suicide car bomber attacked a NATO-led military convoy during rush hour in the Afghan capital on Tuesday, killing 12 Afghan civilians and six foreign troops, including five Americans, officials said.

Other countries mourning their loss of scientific talent in brain drain

But until we, together with the Russians, the Chinese, the Europeans and others, can reach some agreement about what we call them and how we treat them, each captured pirate -- like each captured terrorist -- will invariably be dealt with ad hoc. Leaving

OTTAWA - The country's top court is being asked to decide how much responsibility online chatters have to confirm their correspondent's age when a conversation turns sexual.

The federal and Nova Scotia governments are set to designate Sable Island as a national park. Both governments say the move is necessary to protect the tiny island's diverse wildlife.

A Japanese scientist has won an award for an experiment that duplicates the optical illusion that attracts thousands of tourists to Moncton's famed Magnetic Hill.

An Australian man died during a parachute jump on Baffin Island earlier this month, Nunavut RCMP have confirmed. James Michael Mitchell, 34, was killed on May 8 on a BASE jump in the Sam Ford Fiord area, about 100 kilometres northwest of Clyde River, Nuna

"In a search using fishing trawlers, we recently discovered pieces of debris that are believed to have come from the propeller of the torpedo that attacked the Cheonan," a high-ranking government source said Monday. "Analysis of the debris shows it may ha

Last week Public Safety Minister, Vic Toews proposed changes to reinstate rape to the Criminal Code.

Nearly two weeks after a collision between a train and a pick-up truck killed a father and his two daughters at a train crossing on Winterburn Road, CN is performing upgrades to the system that controls the crossing arms.

It is a migration of such complexity, scale, and marvel that even the great herds of wildebeest in Africa and caribou in Canada's Arctic pale by comparison.

Contraband cigarettes are so easy to find in Eastern Canada that illegal tobacco now corners about half the market in Ontario, according to the Canadian Convenience Stores Association.

Health Canada has approved the sale of pre-mixed alcoholic energy drinks at liquor stores, despite having warned people not to mix alcohol with energy drinks they pick up from the corner store.

Facing an increasing number of boycotts and an avalanche of bad publicity over the passage of its new immigration law, Arizona's Republican Governor Jan Brewer announced what she believes will solve the problem.

A new analysis of U.S. health data links children's attention-deficit disorder with exposure to common pesticides used on fruits and vegetables.

It's been a quarter-century of legal battles and court hearings, and now the only Canadian on death row in the United States is about to hit the wall in his fight to stay alive.

A massive brush fire in Thorhild County has broken past the fire line and is spreading rapidly as powerful winds pick up; and now a mandatory evacuation notice has been issued asking residents in the area to leave immediately.

A Surrey, B.C., family was miraculously unharmed when their car slammed through the basement suite of their home on Sunday afternoon.

A 15-year-old was shot in the face and killed early Monday near the Eglinton and Keele area, police say.

Montreal police will use their website to publish a series of photos of people suspected of looting downtown businesses after last week's Canadiens' victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Beloved Canadian children's author Robert Munsch shocked many of his fans by announcing this weekend that he has been battling addictions to cocaine and alcohol.

A plane carrying 44 people, including six foreigners, on a domestic flight in Afghanistan crashed about 100 kilometres outside Kabul Monday morning. There was no immediate word on casualties.

These were the option given to a few Winnipeg Speeders recently.

Europe�s busiest airport was set to close early Monday morning as a dense crowd of volcanic ash drifts across England from Iceland, aviation authorities said.

A moment of silence was held Sunday outside a Newmarket shelter for the animals euthanized by the OSPCA as a result of a ringworm outbreak.

A Toronto woman says the billing practices of Rogers Wireless Inc. led to her husband discovering her extramarital affair.

Crime drama "Law & Order" will end its 20-year run later this month, as the NBC network aims for a fresh start after years of creative missteps.

A 24-year-old Arab American from Michigan beat out 50 other women to take the 2010 Miss USA title Sunday night, despite nearly stumbling in her evening gown.

A 2 1/2-year-old Edmonton boy born with a severe malformation to the left side of his face is scheduled for surgery in New York Friday, thanks to people across the country donating money to pay for the expensive procedure.

The most comprehensive study to date on the possible link between cellphone use and brain cancer has proven to be inconclusive, according to a Canadian scientist who contributed to the research.

Dave Williams is a sole man -- at least when it comes to his feet.And a team of researchers from the University of Guelph can thank the retired Canadian astronaut for his foot fixation.

Ronnie James Dio, whose soaring vocals, poetic lyrics and mythic tales of a never-ending struggle between good and evil broke new ground in heavy metal, died Sunday, according to a statement from his wife and manager. He was 67.

Canada's western justice ministers are concerned that some changes proposed for the Youth Criminal Justice Act could endanger the public.

By his own description, Norm Nordgulen is "just a poor cowboy" trying to adapt and survive on the farm.

On Sunday afternoon, the people of Walkerton, Ont., held a memorial service to mark a grim anniversary.

A seven-year-old girl was shot and killed in Detroit when an officer's gun went off during a struggle with a woman in a house where police were searching for a suspect in the slaying of a teenager, a police official said.

Residents of a rural area north of Edmonton were told to leave their homes on Sunday as winds shifted, causing an out of control brush fire to spread.

RCMP in rural Manitoba are investigating a disturbing case of animal cruelty after discovering a drowned dog with a boulder attached to its leash and collar.

The SAS launched a daring mission to rescue two of its own men held hostage in Iraq against the orders of the Ministry of Defence, the Daily Mail can reveal.

For the first time in U.S. history, women have overtaken men in the workplace. More specifically, they've overtaken men in professional roles. As of 2009, women represented half of all U.S. workers and are the primary or co-breadwinners in nearly two-thir

Almost everyone stood when the bride walked down the aisle in her white gown, but not the wedding conductor, because she was bolted to her chair.

The shuttle Atlantis arrived at the International Space Station on Sunday amid a flurry of picture-taking intended to make up for a curtailed safety survey the day before.

Tens of thousands of girls and women of all ages were celebrating across the country Saturday to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Girl Guides of Canada.

The Alberta government has temporarily closed the Cadomin Cave in the Whitehorse Wildland provincial park to control the spread of a mysterious fungus that's killing bats.

Fans of the hugely popular Twilight novel and movie series are flocking to Vancouver this weekend for the first Canadian stop of the touring Official Twilight Convention.

Health officials have declared a hospital-wide norovirus outbreak at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital.

Protesters crashed an open house at Vancouver's Olympic Village on Saturday, forcing police to lock the area down.

Workers are trying a new tactic to stem the flow of oil gushing from a well on the floor of the Gulf of Mexico involving a pipe 1.6 kilometres long.

Thailand's army has called on Red Shirt protesters to remove all women, children and the elderly from their camp by Monday afternoon, signalling that the military crackdown in Bangkok may escalate.

Inuit leaders are concerned over federal plans to dump crude oil into northern waters next to a proposed marine conservation area so scientists can test new ways of cleaning up Arctic oil spills.

A Canadian tourist in New Zealand suffered a swollen penis and chest pain after he went for a nude swim and nap and was apparently bitten by a katipo spider.

More major B.C. retailers have been collecting provincial sales tax on goods that should have been PST-exempt, a CBC News investigation has found.

A Canadian soldier who was killed just two days away from finishing his tour in Afghanistan is on his way home after an emotional ramp ceremony at the Kandahar Airfield Friday.

An infant visiting Russia from Tajikistan has a confirmed case of polio, but it is contained, a Russian health official in Moscow says.

New wireless carrier Mobilicity unveiled details of its cellphone plans Friday in Toronto.

Police have been told that a roommate is behind the disturbing assault that has a former Winnipeg man in hospital in Regina, recovering from gruesome injuries, according to the victim's stepfather.

A brush fire continued to burn out of control in a rural area north of Edmonton but calmer winds prevented the blaze from spreading and threatening any homes, provincial officials said on Saturday.

It's never too late to earn your college degree. Just ask 94-year-old Hazel Soares. The woman was one of about 500 students to pick up diplomas Saturday during a commencement ceremony at Mills College, an all-women's school in Oakland.

Montreal MP Pablo Rodriguez will remain a member of the Liberal Party caucus while he fights a charge of refusing to take a breathalyzer test following a car accident in April.

Canadian Forces fighter jets escorted an airliner to Vancouver International Airport on Saturday afternoon following a bomb threat, Defence Department officials said.

A high-level Indian defence team has carried out a detailed inspection of refurbishment of Admiral Gorshkov aircraft carrier, which Russia is expected to deliver to India by 2012.

A new website is exposing embarrassing and potentially job-threatening Facebook messages posted by users who probably don't realize their privacy settings are turned off.

Size matters for an Ontario town and the iconic microbrewery that put it on the map

Mike Preston was everything his environmentally friendly customers wanted in a contractor.

Accused serial killer Russell Williams and his wife have split their real estate holdings, raising questions about whether they're trying to protect their assets from lawsuits or ending their relationship.

BP technicians have hit a snag in their latest attempt to stop oil rushing into the Gulf of Mexico as they try to guide a skinny 1.6-kilometre-long tube into the gusher to siphon the oil to the surface, U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said Saturday.

Some come with notes pinned to their clothes or tucked inside pockets. Often, they are unable to explain who they are or where they came from.

Visitors were asked to stay away Friday from Nanaimo Regional General Hospital after a hospital-wide outbreak of norovirus was declared.

One man was sent to hospital with burns Friday night after a propane tank exploded inside the trunk of a car in downtown Edmonton.