NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 01-2011

Pot-legalization activist Jodie Emery says she�s ready for a by-election that could be called in Vancouver-Fraserview.

MLA Kash Heed could lose his seat in Vancouver-Fraserview if he doesn't file an updated spending report with Elections BC.

Six-year-old Ava Barber from Langley is a grade one student at Langley Fine Arts elementary. She's a talented singer and a huge KISS fan.

A gay man from the Lower Mainland ran in fear as his American boyfriend was savagely beaten during their vacation in the Kootenays. The Mounties are suggesting it was a hate crime.

Court testimony is giving us an inside view of the fundamentalist Mormon community of Bountiful, BC. Some women from that community are sharing their side of the story at the trial looking into Canada's polygamy laws.

People in this province are most likely to change their shopping habits based on ethical issues according to new numbers from Statistics Canada.

We see it all the time in crime shows like CSI and Law and Order. But cell phone tracking is becoming a powerful tool in the real world.

Canadians can't agree on whether we are more or less racist as a society.

The case of the Kelowna Mountie who kicked a man in the face is facing more criticism.

Balkan military officials and other experts said China may have gleaned knowledge from a US F-117 Nighthawk that was shot down over Serbia in 1999.

She was born Feb. 8, 1899, in Ukraine and moved to Canada with her husband in 1925.

Please Mr. Suzuki, promote evolution not revolution.

When the snow begins to fall and temperatures drop, many of us are tempted to crank up our thermostats to take away the winter chill. That might be an easy way to stay warm, but it also is a surefire way to boost your heating bills and burn energy. Next

A new, short range, low power radar is taking aim at reducing bird strikes that endanger wildlife, aircraft and human lives; and 4 Wing Cold Lake, Alta., can boast that it is the first in the Canadian Forces to have one.

Ryan Kesler and Christian Ehrhoff scored quick power-play goals Monday as the Vancouver Canucks ended a four-game losing streak by hammering the Dallas Stars 7-1.

A battle group of Canadian soldiers originally intended to backstop the withdrawal from Kandahar is expected to form the nucleus of the country's new training mission in Afghanistan.

A deep winter chill that has seized Central and Eastern Canada maintained its tight grip on Monday, with frost bite alerts and windchill warnings in effect across four provinces.

MONTREAL - Here's a warm thought for Canadians complaining about the cold: the winters here are not nearly as frigid as they once were. Vast swaths of this country are experiencing a winter freeze that has become the subject of numerous media reports

Several members of the UN gang have been charged with two separate murders in Metro Vancouver and two of the men charged remain at large, police say.

One of Canada's top polar bear scientists says the poor ice conditions in the eastern Arctic this year could have a devastating impact on the animals.

A cougar has killed seven farm animals in Metro Vancouver over the past 10 days and is still on the loose, police say.

For four years now, Wiley has been spending most of his day at the North End high school as one of eight Winnipeg police officers stationed in city high schools as school resource officers.

The final hockey game was a nail-biter. Tied 3-3 after three periods. Five minutes of overtime solved nothing. It was shootout time. It was do or die. Gut-check time for Nick Bodemer.

When British Columbia government officials sat down in Washington in 2009 over simmering lumber issues, one of their counterparts in the U.S. department of commerce pushed a five-year-old newspaper article across the table and then sat back while the Cana

In following the advice given to him by Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Brian Burke, defenceman Mike Komisarek has opted not to address any of the allegations raised by an Internet report claiming he punched a woman inside a Los Angeles nightclub duri

Canada's last combat troops in Afghanistan are to begin withdrawing from "outside the wire" between "the middle and end of June" and all of them will be back at Kandahar Airfield or in Canada "by the end of July," says their commander, Lt.-Col. Henri-Mich

The Pittsburgh Steelers silenced the tough-talking New York Jets with a 24-19 win in the AFC Championship on Sunday setting up a Super Bowl showdown with the Green Bay Packers.

The resurgent and gritty Green Bay Packers earned a once-unthinkable trip to the Super Bowl by easing past the Chicago Bears 21-14 on Sunday to claim the NFC championship.

Hundreds of thousands of people have signed up to take part in this week's Great British Columbia ShakeOut, a huge drill to test people's abilities to handle an earthquake.

A scientist with the Vancouver Aquarium has discovered a surprising number of killer whales are preying on grey whales, the species far larger than themselves.

A Liberian-registered ship containing spilled uranium powder is docked at a dormant cruise ship terminal in Vancouver, while authorities determine their next move.

Skiers and snowboarders didn't stay away from the backcountry this weekend, despite a special avalanche warning issued for most of Alberta and B.C.

Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield is heading back to space, and this time he wants a little help from local artists. Hadfield says he wants Canadians to help design a poster to commemorate his upcoming mission to the International Space Station.

The women of a secretive polygamous sect in southeastern British Columbia have been cast as slaves, shackled by their religion in a world of abuse.

Think you're a Canadian patriot through and through, eh? You probably have nothing on Darren Barefoot.

Jack LaLanne, the fitness guru who inspired television viewers to trim down, eat well and pump iron for decades before diet and exercise became a national obsession, died Sunday. He was 96.

The Supreme Court of Canada ruled this week that U.S. biotechnology firm Celgene must give Canadian regulators the information needed to review the price it charges for its Thalidomide drug.

A mass of frigid Arctic air continued to blanket much of Canada on Sunday, with much of Ontario, Quebec and Atlantic Canada facing bitter cold weather and windchill warnings through the day.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper said he's proud of what his minority government had accomplished over the past five years, while adding there was more to be done if the Conservatives won a majority.

As we noted last week when the music industry released an annual report detailing its continued decline in revenue, "piracy" seems to be the go-to scapegoat, the reason that the music industry is struggling. And one of the sites that the industry often po

Several relatives of former Tunisian dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali have arrived in Montreal, most were carrying permanent resident cards.

Physically fit men who are young, confident and travel in packs are the backcountry enthusiasts most likely to get caught in deadly avalanches, according to the work of a University of Calgary researcher.

Alex Tanguay scored a controversial shootout winner Saturday to give the Calgary Flames a 4-3 victory over Vancouver and hand the Canucks their fourth straight loss.

The rolling hills to the east of Paris are known for their cash crops. Large quantities of vegetables and grain, champagne and brie have been produced here for centuries. Oil industry estimates claim that there are between 50 billion and 200 billion barre

A team of astronomers in Britain believe they have discovered the hottest planet ever found

A dangerous and debilitating cold snap hit Canada on Saturday, sending temperatures plunging from the Prairies to Quebec.

Just over a week ago, the Vancouver Canucks were one of the hottest teams in the NHL. Now, they're in position to match their longest losing streak of the season.

OMAHA, Neb. - A member of the "Band of Brothers" who fought in some of World War II's fiercest European battles, Dick Mauser shunned the limelight and kept his service with the Army unit a secret, even from some of his family.

A power surge in eastern P.E.I. this week wrecked TVs, computers and household appliances and left farmers struggling to take care of their livestock.

The Conservative government will table legislation soon after Parliament resumes in nine days to make citizen's arrests easier, the prime minister's office confirmed Saturday.

The Canadian Avalanche Centre is telling skiers and snowmobilers to stay out of the snowy backcountry in some parts of British Columbia and Alberta this weekend because of the avalanche risk.

Incomplete records of snowfall in Saskatoon are being blamed on a lack of reliable volunteers, a senior climatologist with Environment Canada says.

The Canadian Auto Workers union has given CN Rail a strike deadline. The CAW says 3,975 of its members employed by Canada's largest railway are set to walk out first thing Tuesday morning.

The discovery of a disease-carrying Canadian lobster off the coast of southwest England has prompted warnings from a British fisheries agency that the creature could decimate that country's own $50-million-a-year lobster industry.

The problem-plagued Cormorant search-and-rescue helicopters will not be available to cover Central Canada and parts of the West and the North until at least 2014, according to newly released Defence Department documents.

BARRIE, Ont. - Charges have been laid against a downtown restaurant and its owner for denying access to a blind woman.

Transport Canada statistics show the criminal act of shining a laser into the cockpit of an airplane is a growing problem for pilots in Canadian airspace. Meanwhile, only two people have been convicted.

PEMBROKE, Ont. - A city man charged with attempting to possess explosive substances -- in what police allege was his intention to detonate an improvised explosive device at CFB Petawawa -- has been refused bail.

Cosmic dust is fogging up attempts to study light left over from the Big Bang, and Canadian scientists aim to clear up the problem.

KYIV, Ukraine - The crocodile in "Peter Pan" happily went "tick-tock" after swallowing an alarm clock but a crocodile in Ukraine has been a little less fortunate.

VANCOUVER - Who knew squirrels and killers whales had so much in common? New research by a team of experts reveals that orcas in Alaskan waters leave a cache of their kill and return later to feed, like the furry forest dwellers.

MONTREAL - The fish swimming through waterways around big cities could be subjected to doses of humans' "happy hormone," a new study suggests. Significant quantities of anti-depressants are finding their way into the water around Montreal and affecting th

A snowstorm is blasting southern New Brunswick and police are warning motorists to drive with caution on the bad roads, or stay home if they can.

Biologists in Alaska and Yukon are celebrating news that the Porcupine caribou herd seems to be growing, based on early figures from a recent population census

The mother of former professional hockey prospect Daniel Ryder told a court Friday how she took him to the police after hearing someone with his jacket had robbed a store in their town on Newfoundland's northeast coast.

A woman has died after a 40-vehicle crash Friday on Highway 11 south of Orillia, Ont. Police said a woman in her 20s was killed in the crash, which occurred in the highway's southbound lanes.

More than 10 people have set themselves on fire in the past few days in Arab countries in protest against their governments.

With the recent surge in CleanTech and Green energy in Ontario, Windsor may find solace as it and the surrounding counties are becoming a breeding ground for green energy manufacturing and supply within the province.

A Roman Catholic priest accused of sex crimes against children in Nunavut has arrived in Iqaluit following a stopover in Montreal from Belgium

A lawyer representing sex abuse victims in southwest Nova Scotia has negotiated settlements with six victims of two Roman Catholic priests.

A memorial to the hundreds of Jews aboard the MS St. Louis who were turned away from Canada on the eve of the Second World War was unveiled in Halifax Thursday.

A B.C. meat processing plant that covered up lab results revealing a sample of its product was contaminated with a deadly E. coli strain will not have to test for the bacteria now that it's provincially regulated.

The San Jose Sharks are far too desperate right now to be intimidated by an opposing team's place in the NHL standings. "We don't care who we play," Joe Thornton said after Thursday's 2-1 shootout win over the Vancouver Canucks that left him with a four-s

South Korean navy commandos stormed a ship hijacked by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean, rescuing all the crew and killing eight pirates, according to military officials.

A new species of giant crayfish literally crawled out from under a rock in Tennessee, proving that large new species of animals can be found in highly populated and well-explored places, researchers said Wednesday.

TORONTO - Attention all kindergarten to Grade 8 students: Cross-dressing day is now cancelled.

For fossil hunters, it represents one of those breakthrough moments. A pterosaur has been found in China beautifully preserved with an egg.

The Supreme Court has denied leave to appeal to the group Democracy Watch, which contends Harper broke the law when he called a snap election in 2008, two years into his first mandate.

The FBI has announced the arrests of more than 100 suspected mobsters on Thursday morning, as part of a series of investigations into New York organized crime families.

A Canadian satellite maker plans to launch a network of 78 small, relatively low-flying satellites designed to help relieve network congestion that's significantly dampening smartphone enthusiasm.

Minister Van Loan announced the beginning of the sixth round of trade negotiations with European Union toward a comprehensive economic and trade agreement.

A worker who spent several hours trapped underground at a gold mine in northern Saskatchewan has been rescued.

The Saskatchewan government has decided to tell its marriage commissioners that they must perform same-sex marriages if requested.

A charge of second-degree murder was laid Tuesday against Dylan Dingwell, in the first homicide investigation on Prince Edward Island since 2006.

A survey of Maritime university students who graduated in 2007 with a bachelor's degree suggests those who get jobs in Prince Edward Island earn less than those who find employment in Nova Scotia or New Brunswick.

Agribusiness conglomerate Cargill Inc. is divesting a 64 per cent stake in fertilizer maker Mosaic Co., worth about US$24.3 billion, in a move that may make Mosaic and its Saskatchewan potash holdings more attractive as a takeover target.

U.S. President Barack Obama is expected to announce a nuclear safety co-operation deal with China on Wednesday.

The widow of slain Toronto police officer Sgt. Ryan Russell says she is able to find comfort in the face of tragedy when she looks at her young son, in whom she sees so much of her husband.

CALGARY - An accused war criminal has been detained in Calgary and is accused of being involved in the massacre of more than 250 people in Guatemala.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has instructed the government to consider the possibility of halting the financing of budget expenditures through additional revenues from oil and gas sales in 2011, the Kremlin said Wednesday.

For the first time in 24 years, key Tunisian dissidents - both exiled and local - are coming together in Tunis, raising two important questions - has Prime Minister Mohammed Ghannouchi done enough to quell the popular uprising, and will the presence of al

It's official: Space channel announced today that it has ordered the fourth season of the Vancouver-shot sci-fi series Sanctuary.

Two beautiful new parks, opened last autumn on the site of Currie Barracks in Calgary, Alta., honour the men and women who served in the Second World War and the 16 Canadians who received the Victoria Cross during that war.

If one is to lead, one must listen. That was the message delivered by Federal Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff as he kicked off his town hall meeting in Belleville before a crowd of roughly 300 people.

The F-35 Lightning II strike fighter has previously undisclosed problems with its handling, avionics, afterburner and helmet-mounted display, according to a report by the Pentagon's Director of Operational Test and Evaluation.

A group of condo owners protesting plans for a hospice at the University of B.C. because of superstitions about ghosts don't represent all Chinese people, community leaders said Tuesday.

The isolated polygamous commune of Bountiful, B.C., is a "cult" where religion is used to control residents and take away their rights, says the brother of one the community's leaders.

A veteran Global TV reporter who began his career producing a children's variety show has been charged with a string of sex offences against a person under the age of 16.

A Toronto mother has been found guilty of manslaughter in the beating death of her two-year-old daughter. Erika Mendieta had pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder in the death of Emmily Lucas. Lucas was beaten to the point of convulsions in 2003. She

David Jones scored twice, including the winner at 2:52 in overtime, as the Colorado Avalanche snapped a four-game skid against Vancouver, beating the Canucks 4-3 on Tuesday night.

CRYSTAL LAKE, Ill. - An owl attack has left a 4-pound (2-kilogram) Chihuahua with a healthy fear of the dark.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A highly endangered whale is making good time as it continues its journey east from Russian waters toward Alaska. U.S. and Russia researchers have tracked the 13-year-old male western Pacific grey whale to a location about 80 miles (13

A suicide bomber blew himself up Tuesday in a crowd waiting to apply for jobs with the police, killing at least 52 people in the latest strike against Iraqi security recruits, officials said.

Former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier was charged with corruption, theft and misappropriation of funds on Tuesday, amid accusations he expropriated hundreds of millions of dollars during his 16-year presidency.