NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 04-2016

For years, successive Australian governments diverted boatloads of refugees to camps on two remote islands, to hold them in indefinite detention. No information is allowed out but filmmaker Eva Orner found a way to document the devastating conditions.

Donald Trump's first major foreign policy address alarmed American allies, who view the Republican front-runner's repeated invocation of an "America first" agenda as a threat to retreat from the world.

A B.C. Supreme Court judge has ruled an 11-year-old child diagnosed with gender dysphoria should have a legal representative in a parental dispute over medical treatment.

When you meet someone who ignites your passion, it can feel like fireworks are going off. New research by Northwestern University researchers, published in the journal Scientific Reports, shows that when human sperm meets an egg, it can also set off spark

An appeals trial is beginning in Italy of captain Francesco Schettino, who has been given 16 years in jail for the 2012 Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster.

A Canadian man has been arrested under the country's anti-terrorism law, police said on Saturday. Kevin Omar Mohamed, 23, was taken into custody with a "preventive arrest" under the Fear of Terrorism Offence section of the law, the Royal Canadian Mounted

One of the militants detonated his vest by accident on the way to Kunduz city, triggering everyone elses explosives, and killing all nine fighters, the Afghan Interior Ministry said.

As Salah Abdeslam is transferred to France, his lawyer delivers a withering assessment of the alleged IS terrorist's intelligence.

The 20-year-old, who has a child of his own, reportedly grabbed the youngster and dragged him into a changing cabin before assaulting him at the pools in Vienna.

A new study finds that Muslim Canadians are reporting greater pride and attachment to Canada than they did 10 years ago. But Muslim youth also reported increased concerns about discrimination.

A man in rural Alberta says he spent the first few months of the year watching the news in the company of a herd of moose, and capturing it all on video.

The officers were asked to stay in the former migrant home as their own police barracks in Germany was accommodating security team members attached to world leaders' meetings with Obama.

Haunting pictures show people revisiting their homes and places of work in the Ukrainian city of Prypyat, which was evacuated in April 1986 following a botched test at the nuclear plant nearby.

Naz Shah shared an image that showed an outline of Israel superimposed on to a map of the USA and said: 'Solution for Israel-Palestine Conflict - Relocate Israel into US.'

When a pair of police officers showed up at the Indigenous and Northern Affairs Office in Winnipeg, where protesters have been peacefully occupying for 12 days, the group figured the worst.

She lived in Canada, risked her life to turn people into Canadians and is a testamentShe lived in Canada, risked her life to turn people into Canadians and is a testament that our cold, agrarian colony had way more freedom than the 'land of the free' that

Paperwork shows ISIS oil man Abu Sayyaf (pictured) had a job not unlike other oil executives - except he was also faced with issues like factoring slave ownership into salary negotiations.

A petition started by the American Family Association on Wednesday raises concerns that Target's inclusive stance on transgender rights encourages sexual predators and puts women and young girls in danger.

The study is the largest of its kind and was written by 32 scientists from 24 colleges and universities in eight countries. It used three long-term satellite records of plant area and 10 different global ecosystem models to measure increasing plant growth

Despite being etched with the immortal line: 'Their name liveth for evermore', the truth could not be further from the sentiment for the memorials in the Commonwealth War Cemetery in Amara, Iraq.

A resident of the Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation who spoke out about vote-buying has lost his job at the community's school for helping reporters.

The line between Canada and the United States is known as the world's longest undefended border and photographer Andreas Rutkauskas wanted to see it for himself. He undertook a cross-country tour to visit obscure border crossings and he learned some unexp

Review of Ontario records shows 40 per cent of prisoners in long-term segregation are suffering from mental-health issues

One Canadian company says it has a solution that can help keep farm animals healthy and thriving without the use of antibiotics.

An Edmonton restaurant is gaining international attention for its efforts to help feed those in need.

Austria's far-right Freedom Party candidate comes top in the first round of presidential elections - but will face a run-off, preliminary results show.

Writing in his weekly column the Yorkshire-born presenter revealed the hardest part of making a new motoring show for Amazon Prime to rival the BBC's Top Gear has been naming it.

Prince Harry, 31, came to the rescue when former Olympian Sylvia Disley, 86, slipped over during the medal presentation at today's London marathon. Sylvia won bronze in the 4x100m sprint in 1952.

A group of people including parents with children were seen in Deptford, south-east London, stealing bottles of water from London marathon runners.

Lyn Rigby recounts how she was tormented by the death of her son Lee, pictured, for months in a new book called Lee Rigby: A Mother's Story, which is set to be published on May 5.

A 20-year-old man is facing charges after authorities say he tweeted out a bomb threat during a Donald Trump rally in Connecticut on Saturday.

Several dozen Montrealers are headed to Ottawa on Sunday morning to mark Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day.

North Korea's foreign minister said Saturday in an interview with The Associated Press that his country is ready to halt its nuclear tests if the United States suspends its annual military exercises with South Korea.

George Orwell had a lot to say about privacy, the corrupting influence of power and our relationship with our enemies. Decades after his death, his books and many other writings still have much to teach us.

There is strong reaction in Britain today to comments made by U.S. President Barack Obama. He said Britain would be at the "back of the queue" when it comes to U.S. trade deals if it leaves the European Union.

The prosecution will get one final opportunity today to convince an Alberta jury that David and Collet Stephan failed their son by not getting him medical assistance before the toddler died of bacterial meningitis.

Futuristic-looking driverless pods will be on the roads of Singapore by the end of the year.

The city of Toronto is developing at a fast pace but it isn't necessarily evolving to meet the needs of the growing young population.

A JUDGE has lifted an order banning the identification of paedophile who was knifed in the heart by his victim.

SunEdison, a solar and wind power company, filed for bankruptcy on Thursday due to a cash crunch caused by taking on too much debt.

The new discovery finally reveals what the two parts of the brain say to each other when they process images

A former police officer fired for stabbing her boyfriend should get her job back, an appeals court ruled.

Ontario's doctors accused Ontario's health minister of negotiating in public and mis-characterizing facts after saying the province is committed to arbitration to reach a new agreement on fees and blamed doctors for walking away from that process last yea

Nicholas Rovinski of Warwick, Rhode Island and his co-accused David Wright of Everett, Massachusetts were arrested and charged in June 2015 with providing material support to ISIS. The pair were also charged with plotting to kill conservative blogger Pame

Police in Brighton say they received complaints about loud yelling and threats coming from a home and found a man alone in the home shouting at the bird

A pod of killer whales has been parading just off the shore of Prince Rupert this week, delighting locals who are gathering on shore.

Violence in B.C. prisons is on the rise, says the union that represents jail guards, and more staff is needed to handle the increased number of attacks behind bars.

A decommissioned Royal Canadian Navy ship arrived in Nova Scotia for dismantling early Friday following a 56-day journey from B.C.

Although it's not actually pink in colour, April's full moon has historically been a sign of the arrival of spring. And tonight when it rises, it will coincide with a partial lunar eclipse.

Chris Colabello of the Toronto Blue Jays has been suspended 80 games after testing positive for an anabolic steroid.

In a stunning development, a star center for a Canadian high school basketball team was exposed as a 30-year-old African refugee, leading to his being detained in connection with the Immigration Refugee Protection Act.

The Alberta NDP premier says in order for Canada to move to a de-carbonized economy in the future, the present must include pipelines.

RCMP say they were called to a "neighbour dispute involving a handgun" in the Village of Granisle, on Babine Lake, at about 12:30 p.m. PT on Thursday.

Birds are the only lineage of dinosaurs that survived after an asteroid smashed into the Earth 66 million years ago, causing a mass extinction. Now Canadian scientists think they've figured out why.

Media reports say talks between B.C. and Alberta are underway about the possibility of constructing a pipeline to the West Coast on the condition that Alberta would purchase a long-term contract to buy clean electricity from the coastal province.

Maher Arar, the Canadian engineer who was wrongly accused of having terrorist ties, sent to Syria, imprisoned and tortured, has returned to his entrepreneurial roots with a new venture and a new outlook.

Justin Trudeau preaches openness, then turns around and stamps out opposition efforts to publicly scrutinize Canadian arms sales to foreign regimes such as Saudi Arabia. Governing can be ugly, and principle can pretty quickly go out the window.

A Staten Island man was convicted of sexual abuse after he molested a woman sleeping next to him on a 13-hour flight by rubbing hand lotion all over her body and private parts.

TURKEY'S Islamist government has stepped up its war on Christianity by seizing all the churches in one city and declaring them state property.

Justice Charles Vaillancourt has dismissed 31 charges against Mike Duffy related to the senator's living and travel expenses and contracts with consultants, part of a 308-page judgment summary on 31 charges of fraud, bribery and breach of trust laid by th

A germaphobe has just been awarded $12,000 because, among other things, his local Baton Rouge restaurant put lemon in his water.

Police said on Thursday that two teenagers they have arrested in connection with a bomb attack on a Sikh temple in the western German city of Essen are linked to the Islamic fundamentalist scene there.

A Swedish Green Party politician, who ignited a storm of controversy after refusing to shake hands with a female reporter on grounds that it violated his Muslim faith, announced on Wednesday that he was quitting politics.

Volkswagen to offer "substantial compensation" and car buy-back deals in the US as part of a settlement of the diesel emissions scandal.

Anti-slavery activist Harriet Tubman will be the first woman to appear on a US banknote for more than a century, officials announce.

Federal Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna is defending Alberta's record on the environment and calls the Leap Manifesto unhelpful in the debate over energy and the environment.

New irrigation methods mean veggies and fruits serve up used pharmaceuticals.

The same theory that explains the puzzling fly-by anomalies could also explain how the controversial EmDrive produces thrust.

Samuel Aviles and Kadir Abdul have not been charged with any crimes but prosecutors want to restrict their activities over concerns they may engage in terrorism

Brighton and Hove City Council sent a letter to hundreds of families telling them which primary school their child would attend and asked parents to record which gender their child most 'identified with'.

The Philippines is asking Canada to let its people be executed. Or at least call the bluff of ISIS-linked terror thugs who've threatened to behead a pair of kidnapped Canadians next Monday.

DNA evidence suggests a woman accused of hiding the remains of infants in a storage locker she was renting could be their mother.

The City of Toronto has given John Alpeza one week to dismantle the treehouse he built for his children.

As the federal government prepares to unveil its marijuana legislation next spring, a researcher at the University of British Columbia has successfully created a breathalyzer test capable of measuring THC levels.

On the day pot smokers gather annually to celebrate, the Liberals announced they will introduce their marijuana legislation in the spring of 2017. However, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau refused calls on Wednesday to decriminalize the drug while the legisl

A school in northern Malaysia has had to shut temporarily to handle what local media have called a case of "mass hysteria".

Officials in Alberta are warning the public about the emergence of a deadly new drug called W-18.

LATVIA is banning the burka after claiming the controversial veil undermines their culture and security.

An Alberta man already charged in the deaths of a little girl and her father in the Crowsnest Pass area last fall has now been charged with first-degree murder of a 69-year-old woman in her home.

Blackhawks forward Andrew Shaw appeared to use a gay slur during a 4-3 playoff loss to the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday night, and a prominent gay rights group affiliated with the NHL said it planned to reach out to the league.

A team of marine scientists from the University of Victoria and the Georgia Institute of Technology have returned from nearly a month of scuba diving on coral reefs in the middle of the equatorial Pacific Ocean. What they saw will haunt them for a long ti

The federal government and members of Canada's aluminum industry are expressing frustration over an effort to impose a 50 per cent tariff on aluminum imported into the U.S., most of which comes from north of the border.

Norwegian right-wing extremist Anders Behring Breivik's human rights have been violated during his imprisonment for terrorism and mass murder, a court ruled Wednesday.

A second video of last week's astonishing "fire tornado" shows new and dramatic footage of the dangerous and rare event. This latest video came to light just days after footage shot by Diane Logan went viral around the globe.

Up to 500 people are feared dead after a reported shipwreck in the Mediterranean Sea on Saturday, confirmed the United Nations High Commission for Refugees.

Weeks of sweltering temperatures have caused more than 160 deaths in southern and eastern India, officials said Tuesday, warning that any relief from monsoon rains was still likely weeks away.

Mitsubishi Motors Corp. said Wednesday says it found evidence its employees intentionally falsified fuel mileage test data for several models of vehicles.

Scientists are concerned about the discovery that many polar bears in the Canadian Arctic are making marathon swims of several days in search of stable ice as the Beaufort Sea melts with climate change.

A gay pastor may soon be countersued by Whole Foods after he filed a lawsuit claiming the company wrote a gay slur on top of his custom cake.

Kayla McKelvey, accused of tweeting anonymous threats against fellow black college students in New Jersey, was denied a request to enter a diversionary probation program.

Energy minister says power realities are changing fast, predicting a fast uptake in solar energy despite concerns over baseload and storage

Ukraine and Russia have reached a deal to free a jailed Ukrainian pilot, President Petro Poroshenko said Tuesday, suggesting that she will be swapped for two Russian servicemen jailed in Ukraine this week.

It's been called a "retraction epidemic" as hundreds of studies are pulled from the scientific record, often because of faked data, plagiarism or some other form of research misconduct.

The number of misconduct investigations the RCMP launched into their own staff went up by 158 per cent in 2015 over the previous year, leaving 56 officers facing dismissal over allegations of serious misconduct.

The parliamentary budget office projects federal deficits in each of the next five years won't be as deep as those in the Liberal government's forecasts, with the watchdog also projecting a small surplus for the 2015-16 fiscal year.

A CTV News Investigation looked into the sick days taken by Alberta Health Services managers and found that hundreds of people were taking months of sick leave at the expense of provincial taxpayers.

A Cameroonian child was killed when he was struck by a vehicle in the motorcade transporting the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.

A man who sexually assaulted a seven-year-old girl and left her naked in the snow was given a 10-year prison sentence Monday in court in Stony Plain, Alta.

Dinosaurs were in decline long before an asteroid strike polished them off about 66 million years ago, a study says.

Senior enforcement officials at the Canada Revenue Agency attended several posh receptions offering free alcohol and hors d'oeuvres paid for by groups and firms in the tax industry, typically on the sidelines of major national conferences.

Video shows bulldozers ramming each other after dispute between construction firms

Born and raised in Edmonton, Nashman-Smith travels to London to receive, from Queen Elizabeth, the British Empire Medal on May 6. First created in 1922, the award recognizes meritorious civil service. Nashman-Smith can now refer to herself as a Member of

An Ontario Progressive Conservative who posted fake constituent testimonials on his website and made inappropriate comments about a Liberal MP is taking a leave from the provincial legislature to receive sensitivity training.

A roadside scuffle that lasted 10 minutes raises questions likely to echo for years. The loudest is this: was it a case of 'contempt of cop?'

He has been identified as Wijdan Yasir, 28, of Calgary, and has been charged with three counts of sexual assault, and two counts of sexual interference with a minor.

The death toll from a magnitude 7.8 earthquake that hit Ecuador's coastal areas has risen to 238. Two Canadian citizens from Quebec were among those who lost their lives.

Dramatic new video shows the shocking size of a massive 'fire tornado' in St. Albert, Alta., last week that forced a firefighter to jump into a river to escape the flames.

Killian Kleinschmidt, a former senior official from the UN, revealed how the organisation was dogged by infighting and an obsession with celebrities.