NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 11-2007

Liberal Leader Stephane Dion says he will travel to Bali, Indonesia, next month for the United Nations climate change summit to ensure that the Harper government doesn't push the world in the wrong direction in the fight against global warming.

OTTAWA - Canadian law restricts the flow of information between the Mounties and Canada's spy agency, putting Canadians at greater risk of another terrorist attack, says former commissioner Giuliano Zaccardelli.

The cruise ship operated by a Canadian company that struck an iceberg in the Antarctic and sank to the bottom of the ocean last week is causing a 1.5 kilometre-long diesel spill, Chilean officials say.

A biomedical engineer with ties to the company that makes Tasers insists that the stun-guns are safer than Tylenol.

The Dutch cabinet on Friday voted to keep its troops in a violent part of southern Afghanistan until 2010, a two-year extension of the mission.

CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) -- Evel Knievel, the hard-living motorcycle daredevil whose exploits made him an international icon in the 1970s, died Friday. He was 69.

European Union officials say they have launched negotiations with Canada on an aviation deal aiming to cut fares and boost access to more transatlantic destinations for Canadian and European airlines

A daring mountainside rescue has won a Canadian Forces crew one of Britain's highest aviation awards.

BERLIN -- The western alliance could collapse unless Canada remains committed to rebuilding Afghanistan and doesn't abandon efforts to convince reluctant European allies to send troops to that country's most dangerous areas, according to one of Germany

KATHMANDU (Reuters) - A U.S.-based television channel investigating the existence of the legendary Yeti in Nepal has found footprints similar to those said to be that of the abominable snowman, the company said on Friday.

Jessica Dube and Bryce Davison added to their medal collection Friday, capturing a bronze medal at the NHK Trophy figure skating meet in Sendai, Japan.

A PROSTITUTE in Chile has auctioned 27 hours of sex to raise money for the country's largest charity during an annual fund-raising campaign.

FORT-DE-FRANCE, Martinique - A powerful earthquake rocked the eastern Caribbean on Thursday, damaging buildings and panicking residents, some of whom were hurt when they jumped from windows.

TORONTO - The Ontario Court of Appeal has granted Karlheinz Schreiber a temporary reprieve from his impending extradition to Germany.

OTTAWA -- A onetime top aide to Brian Mulroney says the ex-prime minister intervened in a project that's now at the centre of a $500,000 cash-payments scandal and ordered him to "get this done."

OTTAWA -- Canada's economy advanced a surprising 2.9 per cent on an annualized basis in the third quarter, stumping forecasts that it was markedly slowing in response to the strong Canadian dollar and weak U.S. demands.

The Canadian government has announced it will join an international nuclear club in a partnership critics say could lead to more radioactive waste being dumped here.

Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden called on Europeans to stop helping the United States in the war in Afghanistan, according to excerpts of a new audiotape broadcast Thursday on Al-Jazeera television.

MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin on Friday signed a law suspending Russia's participation in the Conventional Forces in Europe treaty, the Kremlin announced.

Canadian commanders said Friday that troops have secured a strategically important area in the volatile Zhari district in southern Afghanistan.

A plane crashed just before it was scheduled to land in southwest Turkey on Friday, killing all 56 people on board, officials said

The Karlheinz Schreiber travelling road show hit Parliament Hill with a tangled tale of secret cash payments and betrayal at the hands of former prime minister Brian Mulroney.

Environment Canada says it appears the country will have to endure its coldest winter in almost 15 years as everyone is reminded what a real Canadian winter feels like.

We sized them up. We measured them, top to bottom. We've done our own Tale of the Tape, and we've come to a surprising conclusion. Pound for pound, the toughest sport in the world is . .

Roberto Luongo is in that mystical zone where athletes sometimes go and, for the Vancouver Canucks, it is a beautiful place indeed.

* Toronto police have charged an art student in connection with a bomb hoax at the Royal Ontario Museum that cancelled a prestigious AIDS fundraiser.

The 2007 International Robot Exhibition, which began Wednesday and runs through Saturday, is sponsored by the Japan Robot Association

* Child's ID bracelet missing for decades is discovered in gizzard of Minnesota chicken

Considering the millions of viewers who took in the game, it was probably the first time in history so many men ogled a little brown-haired bombshell from Edmonton. Fellas, meet Candice Carr: a real life Dallas Cowboys cheerleader.

Australia's Prime Minister-elect, Kevin Rudd, has announced the make-up of his new Labor government.

Contracts awarded to Rudy Giuliani's private security firm in the Gulf state of Qatar were overseen by a government minister suspected of harboring the al Qaeda terrorist who planned the 9/ll attacks, Khalid Sheik Mohammed, according to security consulta

The video of the Niagara Falls and North Toronto little league (8year olds) hockey brawl was released today...

Karlheinz Schreiber is in the spotlight for money he gave former Tory prime minister Brian Mulroney, but when it comes to contributions to political parties, he appears to have given significantly more to the Liberal Party of Canada.

Michelle Kelly and Melissa Hollingsworth took the top two podium spots in Thursday's World Cup women's skeleton event in Calgary.

Thursday to 15 days in jail and will be deported from Sudan for allowing her students to name a teddy bear after the Muslim Prophet Muhammad.

No charges will be laid against hockey coaches who allegedly assaulted each other following an on-ice brawl between eight-year-old players, police confirm.

The chair of the Commission for Public Complaints Against the RCMP has concluded the officer who shot Ian Bush in an RCMP station in Houston, B.C., acted in self-defence, and that the police investigation into the shooting was conducted fairly and without

Quatchi the sasquatch is the runaway favourite, as far as adults who lined up Wednesday to buy the new 2010 Olympic and Paralympic mascots are concerned.

There's an old Elton John song from the 1970s that the Vancouver Canuck game-presentation staff might want to dust off and get ready to use one of these nights at General Motors Place.

Defence Minister Peter MacKay says the greatest threat facing North America is international terrorists smuggling a nuclear weapon onto the continent through a busy container port.

Around the time that Brian Mulroney accepted $100,000 in cash from Karlheinz Schreiber in a New York City, 18 Canadian citizens disclosed to U.S. customs officers, as required by law, that they were crossing the border with a large amount of cash - but M

The Canadian military is recommending that a billion-dollar modernization program for the country's fleet of Aurora surveillance aircraft be scrapped and that the air force ease back on how it uses the planes so they can be kept flying until a replacemen

The navy has decided to delay the return of HMCS Toronto to Halifax by two days to save money on fuel, which has disappointed the families of navy members who waved goodbye July 20.

Health Canada is warning consumers not to use two supplements sold as natural erectile dysfunction products because they contain a prescription medication.

LONDON -- Young galaxies, so faint that scientists struggled to prove they were there at all, have been discovered by aiming two of the world's most powerful telescopes at a single patch of sky for nearly 100 hours.

CALGARY - It's dangerous to try and find out about made-in-Canada bobsleds. "I can tell you, but I'd have to kill you," said Nick Ward, Bobsleigh Canada's high performance director

The fishing community turned out Wednesday night in St. John's to honour 40 years of the lowly crustacean that saved the industry.

A government researcher in New Brunswick has found that agricultural pesticides can kill lobster larvae, but whether that's happening in the wild is still in question.

Karlheiz Schreiber appeared before the House of Commons ethics committee on Thursday morning, but said he would not testify about his relationship with former prime minister Brian Mulroney until he had time to review his personal papers.

The question of whether to make commercial ships register with Canada when entering Arctic waters, such as the Northwest Passage, arose Wednesday at a meeting of federal and territorial officials in charge of Arctic security.

* Protesting parents shut down a Toronto District School Board meeting on Wednesday after realizing the issue of a black-focused school would not be discussed.

They picked up their clients from Pearson International Airport and drove them to residences and safe houses in the GTA, where they were fed and housed until they were ready to make their next move

Restaurant owners vow to host event for children despite theft of almost $8,000 donated by patrons

Helio Castroneves won the mirrorball trophy on ABC's "Dancing With the Stars," but lost his fiancee, Aliette Vazquez.

Pierre Beaudoin, head of the aerospace division, replaces his father in June as company's CEO

PM asks for meeting with Newfoundland Premier

In 2005 alone there were at least 6,256 veteran suicides, 120 every week for a year and an average of 17 every day.

A US judge has been removed from the bench for jailing 46 people after none would admit to having a mobile phone that began ringing during his court session

The National Hockey League may not send players to the 2014 Olympics in Russia, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said.

The chairman of Lloyd's of London, one of the world's oldest insurance firms, told a Toronto business audience on Wednesday that Canada is becoming a credible target for terrorism

The first data from the planetary probe Venus Express is helping scientists shape the story of how a young planet with everything needed to support life became instead a sulphurous, baking hell.

INUVIK, N.W.T. - Proponents of a $16.2-billion natural gas pipeline down the Mackenzie Valley made one final pitch Wednesday to a regulatory panel reviewing the plans, insisting that the pipeline would not only be environmentally benign, but would actuall

Financier Warren Buffett and Prime Minister Stephen Harper make an astute team of investment advisers. Mr. Buffett says people should be wary of investing in China. Mr. Harper says people should be wary of Chinese investment in Canada. Now, in a devastati

NORWAY HOUSE, Man. -- A big machine that smashes ice was giving hope Wednesday to a remote Manitoba reserve cut off from its supplies.

A Washington state native band has charged five of its own members with hunting and killing a grey whale in the Strait of Juan de Fuca.

The Conservative government on Wednesday paved the way for new cellphone companies by announcing new rules for an auction of radio airwaves designed to spur competition in the wireless industry.

Just 40 inspectors monitor every consumer product sold in Canada

OTTAWA -- The federal government has moved to defuse potential confrontation with a bill to help clear a backlog of more than 900 native land and treaty claims.

* Rusty no longer roosts at the CBC and neither does his old puppet pal, Jerome the Giraffe. But nostalgic fans won't have to wait too long to learn where their new home will be.

"Canada has probably one of the largest resources of fresh water in the world. Water is going to be - already is - a very valuable commodity and I've always found it odd that Canada is so willing to sell oil and natural gas and uranium and coal, which a

A New Democrat MP from British Columbia suggested Tuesday that Defence Minister Peter MacKay has interfered in a submarine maintenance contract to try to steer it to Halifax because Tory lobbyist Fred Doucet urged him to do so.

Stances on major issues appear to be isolating Canada, and have many wondering where the country is headed on the international stage.

LONDON - The image of Britons in scarlet coats galloping over fields as their dogs chase foxes is fixed in the popular imagination. But Britain's highest court ruled Wednesday that laws banning the most brutal aspect of the hunts must stand.

TOKYO - A Chinese warship dropped anchor off Tokyo on Wednesday in the country's first military visit to Japan since the Second World War, symbolizing improving ties between the two Asian giants.

TOKYO -- A robot math whiz breezes through a Rubik's Cube, using metal hands to twist and turn the colourful toy. A panda robot uses sensors to detect when people are laughing, and joins in. A dentistry student peers into the mouth of a new patient - a h

U.S.-led coalition troops killed 14 road construction workers in air strikes in eastern Afghanistan because of mistaken intelligence reports, Afghan officials said Wednesday.

Operators of the Whistler Blackcomb Ski Resort in B.C. are launching a new bait program to try to stop thieves from stealing high-end skis and slick snowboards.

Todd Bertuzzi's first return visit to Vancouver on Tuesday night turned out to be a non-issue. Muted cheers for Bertuzzi turned heads in the pre-game warmup, but Roberto Luongo, the man he was traded for, turned aside 25 shots in backstopping the Canu

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Three Canadian soldiers were sent to hospital Tuesday after their vehicle ran over an improvised explosive device on a dangerous stretch of road west of Kandahar

Regulators are investigating allegations that the Canadian divisions of Nestle, Cadbury, Hershey and others have teamed up in a price-fixing scheme in the multibillion-dollar business of chocolate bars, company officials confirmed Wednesday.

* OTTAWA (Reuters) - A Canadian man facing execution in the United States filed an unusual lawsuit against Canada's government on Tuesday in a bid to force it to plead for clemency on his behalf

Diet Rich in Carbohydrates May Increase Prostate Cancer Size

The Speaker of the House of Commons will immediately issue a warrant to have Karlheinz Schreiber testify before the parliamentary ethics committee about his dealings with former prime minister Brian Mulroney.

OTTAWA - The federal, provincial and territorial governments of Canada are all failing to protect polar bears from the threat of extinction, a new study charges.

In a twist on the old adage "the nose knows," a team of researchers at the Montreal Neurological Institute has found that humans are particularly good at smelling the difference between a friend and a stranger.

Bob Gainey has broken his silence after the death of his daughter Laura almost a year ago, recounting how his grief shifted to anger when an inquiry concluded she was simply an "unlucky victim" when she was swept off the tall ship Picton Castle.

KABUL - The fields of Balkh province in northern Afghanistan are free of opium poppies this year.

Canadian CF-18 fighter jets helped plug a hole in U.S. air defences for almost two weeks this month after American jets were grounded as part of a crash investigation.

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - The five men, rocket-propelled grenade launchers slung casually over their shoulders, were clearly visible as they walked down a narrow road in a small, dusty mud compound west of Kandahar city. Apparently they were unaware they ha

Canadians will pay $1.3 billion for the purchase and maintenance of new Leopard tanks being bought mostly because a group of older "tank men" within the Department of National Defence won a pitched internal battle, rather than because they are needed.

The Montreal Alouettes have relieved Jim Popp of his coaching duties with the Canadian Football League team, but he'll will remain as general manager.

The Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader who has been the symbol of resistance to Chinese rule of Tibet, said Tuesday the Tibetan people will hold a referendum before he dies to decide whether a new system of leadership would better serve the struggle for sel

A federal ethics committee has issued a summons to Karlheinz Schreiber to testify Thursday at a probe into his dealings with former prime minister Brian Mulroney, but a jurisdictional squabble is threatening that appearance.

Alberta's minister of recreation said Monday he backs a referee's decision to ban a 14-year-old Calgary girl from playing soccer while wearing a hijab.

EDMONTON -- An addictions expert with the Canadian military said Monday that they're seeing an increased demand for addictions counselling at the country's military bases.

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - The defence took nearly four days and the Crown almost three, but both sides have now rested their cases in the trial of accused serial killer Robert Pickton.

Todd Bertuzzi will play in Vancouver for the first time since being traded by the club with which he first rose to fame when the Anaheim Ducks visit the Canucks Tuesday night.

Metro Vancouver and Vancouver Island on Monday evening got their first taste of winter, as a quick dump of slushy snow knocked out power and closed roads in some areas.

The federal government has announced legislation to help ease tensions and speed settlement of more than 800 native land claims.

BEIJING -- Canada and China have signed a memorandum of understanding to enhance co-operation in consumer product safety.

The Israeli government and the Palestinian Authority have agreed to immediately begin talks with the goal of achieving a peaceful solution to the longstanding conflict between the two sides.

MIAMI - Washington Redskins safety Sean Taylor died early Tuesday, a day after he was shot at home by what police say was an intruder. He was 24.

Richard Peddie, the President of Maple Leafs Sports and Entertainment, told the Toronto Sun that hiring Ferguson, who had no prior experience as a general manager, was a mistake.

An argument over phone use turned ugly when a woman backhanded her boyfriend in the forehead with a serving spoon and he bit off her tongue, a jury heard yesterday.

* The lessons of Ipperwash and the legacy of Dudley George demand that Ontario resolve the ongoing aboriginal occupation in Caledonia with diplomacy, not force, Aboriginal Affairs Minister Michael Bryant said Monday after his first visit to the beleaguere

* A court interpreter in Labrador says an Inuit woman was held naked this fall at the RCMP lockup in Happy Valley-Goose Bay.

Gerry Snyder was Jean Dapeau's right-hand man in the 60's and was the instrumental force that brought the Montreal Expos, The 1976 Summer Olympics and Formula One Grand Prix to Montreal...

'... I'm going to take away every business you have'

Six hockey players and two coaches were suspended following a brawl between two teams of 8-year-olds in Guelph ont the weekend.

Opposition MPs are calling Prime Minister Stephen Harper a saboteur, an environmental criminal and an international pariah for his refusal to sign on to a hardline climate-change deal at the Commonwealth meeting in Africa.

Canada's Border Service Agency says it will improve translation services at a Vancouver airport where a Polish immigrant was unable to communicate with officials and died after being Tasered by the RCMP.

Postponing the decision on whether to further upgrade Canada's aging fleet of raises questions about the country's ability to defend its Arctic sovereignty, an advocacy group says.

The Canada Border Services Agency will beef up patrols and have more security checks and cameras at Vancouver's airport, says a report released Monday that gives a timeline of the night Robert Dziekanski died after he was shocked with an RCMP Taser on Oc

Kevin DuBrow, lead singer of the popular U.S. 1980s heavy metal band Quiet Riot, has been found dead from unknown causes at his home in Las Vegas, authorities said on Monday.