NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 05-2008

Dramatic evidence of the break-up of the Arctic ice-cap has emerged from research during an expedition by the Canadian military.

mission to discover the wreck of the Titanic was actually a cover a story for examining the remains of two Cold War nuclear submarines, the man who located the liner has revealed.

OTTAWA -- Three of the military's four new C-17 cargo planes are out of service - including one broken down in Thailand after transporting aid for Myanmar - and this lack of spare heavy lift has critics questioning why the Harper government spent $3.4-bi

A Simon Fraser University geologist says the Lower Mainland should prepare for the possibility of a shallow crust earthquake -- the same type that recently ravaged China.

The Detroit Red Wings and Pittsburgh Penguins will each play without a key veteran when the puck drops for Game 1 of the seven-game Stanley Cup final don Saturday (CBC, CBCSports.ca, 8 p.m. ET).

Tennis titans Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova make headlines not only with their athletic prowess but also for their unconventional outfits. The influence of their bold, sexy styles can be seen in the merchandise turned out by giant sportswear compani

A jury has convicted a 27-year-old man of turning a straight-A high school student from an affluent Toronto family into a high-end call girl at age 17.

A Toronto mother describes her ordeal, imam admits he has `blessed' over 30 unions

senior Liberals go further and say Mr. Dion has no knowledge of the party, its machinery or how it works and has little interest in finding out. However, those complaints about him are increasingly muted or else couched in cuddlier terms.

Liberal leader urges Ottawa to renew Vancouver's exemption as scientific pilot project

Benoit Pelletier says that proposed federal legislation to create a process for electing senators - without first winning the approval of at least seven provinces - is unconstitutional.

The brother of two British Columbia men who died when their plane crashed into the sea off the B.C. coast three years ago, thinks he can explain why severed feet keep washing up on the shoreline

Federal Justice Minister Rob Nicholson is promising to toughen the Youth Criminal Justice Act

A 21-page report issued Friday could not finger the culprit who leaked a sensitive document on the issue to The Associated Press, but it did blame the Foreign Affairs Department for incorrectly classifying the diplomatic note and distributing it far and w

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Stephen Harper will make a whirlwind visit to Europe next week to push his climate change plan before the G8 summit this summer in Japan.

The Defence Department is planning a pilot program to encourage soldiers who have done to tours abroad to take up mental-health counselling.

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Hundreds of NATO soldiers got a dash of Canadian music and humour Friday night before a Taliban rocket attack forced a troupe of entertainers to temporarily douse the lights at Kandahar Airfield.

Scientists have found signs that water may once have gurgled up through the Martian soil in hydrothermal vents similar to those in Yellowstone National Park.

Humpback whales appear to be returning from the brink of extinction in the North Pacific Ocean, a new study shows.

The Canadian military is in a domestic "war for talent" as it attempts to boost its ranks, the country's top soldier said Friday.

A mob rampaged through a west-end cafe in a bloody attack yesterday that sent three men to hospital. After the bloodshed, angry Kurds pointed the finger at their Turkish neighbours.

VANCOUVER - Greenhouse gases have so profoundly altered the world's oceans that scientists say "corrosive" acidified water is now surfacing off the west coast of North America.

PARIS - Celine Dion received France's highest civilian honour Thursday, though President Nicolas Sarkozy's admiration for the Canadian pop diva didn't extend to French critics

OLYMPIA, Washington - Canada and the United States have reached a new 10-year agreement to prevent overfishing of Pacific salmon

Several areas of British Columbia were warned to watch for possible flooding Thursday as fast melting snow in the province's mountains caused rivers to swell

The RCMP is willing to change its Taser policy if a new set of guidelines is developed, senior members testified Thursday at an inquiry looking into use of the stun guns

The chair of the panel that examined Canada's mission in Afghanistan told CBC News in an exclusive interview that he is concerned the federal government may not be acting on key recommendations more than four months after his report was tabled.

The perfect storm that has swept oil prices to $132 a barrel may subside over the coming months as rising crude supply from unexpected corners of the world finally comes on stream, just as the global economic downturn begins to bite.

The B.C. government's coffers are brimming with new cash after the monthly sale of oil and gas rights brought in a record amount of nearly half a billion dollars

OTTAWA - The imminent departure of Stephen Harper's chief of staff could be just the first tremor in a pre-election shakeup of the prime minister's team.

Actor Michael J. Fox received an honorary doctor of laws degree on Thursday from the University of British Columbia

A fourth human foot in a shoe has been found, this time on an island in the Fraser River.

Phase two of Exercise Maple Flag (MF), the annual air combat simulation scenario at 4 Wing Cold Lake, Alta., begins this week.

Head coach Alain Vigneault is staying in Vancouver

A Montreal woman was kidnapped as she drove an aid agency vehicle through a residential area near the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince.

Business Minister Paul Oram likened Rideout to a child running home with his ball when he doesn't get his way.

The cuts will primarily affect pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles, whose sales have plunged in recent months amid rising fuel prices and a slumping American home construction market which has undermined demand for working trucks.

"We support abolition of the Senate," said Jonathan Hildebrand, a spokesman for the Premier. "However, the next-best option is to elect senators if abolishing the upper house isn't in the cards. So, in Manitoba, we're simply moving forward on a proce

Retired major hopes tasteful barrier will alert public to hallowed site

OTTAWA - Commandos who established their reputations as hardened and legendary soldiers during the Second World War will be honoured by Canadian special forces by having their unit's battle legacy transferred to a recently created regiment.

QUEBEC - The coast of British Columbia has long been considered as a high risk zone for earthquakes and underwater landslides that often cause tsunamis. Scientists now say Quebec and the East Coast should also brace for such hazard.

OTTAWA - Canadian security agencies are planning to use planes, tanks, ships and thousands of military and police personnel to secure the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games

There are suggestions of an impending shuffle at the highest levels of the Prime Minister's Office.

Assistant coaches Barry Smith and Mike Kelly have reportedly been fired by the Vancouver Canucks.

WASHINGTON -- In a stroke of cosmic luck, astronomers for the first time witnessed the start of one of the universe's most fiery events: the end of a star's life as it exploded into a supernova

The mystery of the Shroud of Turin, a 14-foot-long cloth that many thought may have been the burial cloth of Jesus until scientists reported radiocarbon dating established it as no older than Medieval times, is being resurrected.

Manchester United have beaten Chelsea after a penalty shootout in the Champions League Final in Moscow.

The "made in Canada" label is about to become a lot more Canadian, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced Wednesday.

Indian police detained dozens of protesters in New Delhi Wednesday who were calling for the cleanup of the site of the 1984 Bhopal industrial disaster, activists say.

It's the showdown everyone was expecting on tonight's season finale, with rocker David Cook squaring off against pint-sized popster David Archuleta

A new report from the Canadian Council on Learning says the country's overall score on the Composite Learning Index has improved for the second straight year

OTTAWA - Canada's inflation rates rose unexpectedly to 1.7 per cent in April - the first increase in six months - due to higher gasoline and mortgage costs, Statistics Canada said Wednesday.

Howard Dill, whose prize-winning giant pumpkins captured the hearts of many, including domestic maven Martha Stewart, has lost his battle with liver cancer. He was 73.

Fact that he hasn't been fired yet tells us something

BRITISH COLUMBIA - A rare B.C. Interior rainforest with ancient cedar trees over 1,000 years old could be at risk of logging because of a gap in government regulations

OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada will have to cut interest rates further than expected to cushion the economy against a deepening slump in its key export market and to rein in a currency that soared further above parity Tuesday, forecasters predict.

Quebecers will be urged to be more open in accommodating minorities, according to a leaked report.

Some of the best female ski jumpers in the world will take their fight to fly at the 2010 Winter Olympics to B.C.'s Supreme Court.

South Asians, blacks develop high blood pressure at rate three times that of the general population

The White House on Tuesday flatly denied an Army Radio report that claimed US President George W. Bush intends to attack Iran before the end of his term

Toronto board panel tables action plan after Falconer's hard-hitting report on hallway safety

LONDON -- Canada is among the more peaceful countries in the world, but still a ways from the top, according to the Global Peace Index released Tuesday by Britain's Economist Intelligence Unit.

The Canadian Forces is now fully equipped to take on any strategic airlift commitment that may come its way

Burma began three days of mourning Tuesday for some 78,000 victims of Cyclone Nargis as Canadian officials urged the country's military junta to allow Ottawa to send in its Disaster Assistance Response Team.

HONG KONG - Canadian military officials say the current visit to Hong Kong by the frigate HMCS Regina is indicative of the good relationship they enjoy with their Chinese counterparts.

A contingent of soldiers from Quebec's Valcartier military base returned home from Afghanistan feeling "proud" after nine months of duty in Kandahar, their commander said.

BOSTON - Jon Lester has survived cancer and pitched a World Series clincher for the Boston Red Sox. Now he can add a no-hitter to his already amazing list of accomplishments

An Indiana man is capitalizing on high crude oil prices with his own oil well - in his back yard.

Call it Sex and the City, but make the city Stratford, Ont.

The bubble has burst for the iconic bath toy as parents who fear BPA contamination separate their kids from the plastic flock

Shania Twain and her music producer husband are separating after 14 years of marriage due to his relationship with another woman, several sources told People magazine.

The Canadian military plans to ramp up its campaign, starting this summer, to track down and deal with Taliban bomb-makers and their improvised explosive devices.

Hundreds of SkyTrain riders signed a petition on Monday calling on TransLink to increase patrols, beef up security cameras and improve lighting at stations.

Two women suffered non-life-threatening injuries when shots were fired at a camping area 15 kilometres north of Boston Bar, B.C.

The Detroit Red Wings dominated early and then held off a desperate Dallas Stars team in third period for a 4-1 win on Monday, advancing out of the Western Conference and into the Stanley Cup finals.

SHAH WALI KOT, Afghanistan - Canadian soldiers are striving to find common ground with Afghans along cultural lines as the Taliban begin to launch attacks that shatter those same boundaries

Canadian UN official says most militants are looking for a way out of war they cannot win

Following what is seen as another misstep for Foreign Affairs Minister Maxime Bernier on the Julie Couillard controversy, the Quebec Cabinet minister is likely to be demoted in the government's next Cabinet shuffle, Conservative insiders say

OTTAWA - In a break with tradition, Stephen Harper will not attend the unveiling of the official portrait of one of his prime ministerial predecessors.

TORONTO - Police across the country say Monday night will mark the end of yet another deadly long weekend with reports of fatal car crashes, drownings and fights.

The Canadian navy's $2.9-billion project to replace its aging supply ships has run aground, with defence and industry officials concluding that the vessels can't be bought with the amount of money the Conservative government is providing.

The Toronto Maple Leafs are never truly out of the playoffs as long as there's a team trying to come back from 3-0 down and win a series.

Via Rail's offer of free train tickets for Canada's military during the month of July was partly a business decision to help boost revenues during a slow travel period, an internal document suggests.

ARGHANDAB DISTRICT, Afghanistan - Not much comes as a shock to soldiers, but even for men who may have seen it all, the suicide bombing involving a young Afghan boy has taken the already bitter war in this country to a whole new level of savagery.

An Indiana man is capitalizing on high crude oil prices with his own oil well - in his back yard.

It wasn't exactly pistols at 30 paces, but police say a security company supervisor and a restaurateur shot each other with Tasers in a "bonehead" confrontation over parking.

The frantic search for a missing aide to a Quebec cabinet minister ended horrifically yesterday when her body was found in the basement of an abandoned home.

It seemed inevitable that Pittsburgh's young stars would one day help lead the club to the Stanley Cup final.

WASHINGTON -- Global warming isn't to blame for the recent jump in hurricanes in the Atlantic, concludes a study by a prominent U.S. federal scientist whose position has shifted on the subject.

Quebec police have found the body of Nancy Michaud, an aide to a provincial cabinet minister, two days after she disappeared. Investigators believe she was the victim of a violent kidnapping.

Ilya Kovalchuk scored on a power play in overtime to give Russia a 5-4 victory over Canada and the gold medal at the world hockey championship in Quebec City on Sunday afternoon

The wreck of one of the Second World War's most famous warships has been found by deep sea explorers, 66 years after it was lost in battle

Fans of a certain age may take a moment to look back in wonder on Sunday afternoon when Canada and Russia take to the ice for the gold medal game at the world hockey championship in Quebec City (1 p.m., ET).

NOt a place I would go to for any reason.. They are corrupt and crooked there

CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico - Police say a Canadian tourist was shot and killed late Thursday inside his hotel room in the Mexican resort city of Cabo San Lucas.

A second strong aftershock rumbled through China's devastated earthquake zone early Sunday, hours after reports of a swollen river sent thousands of people in Sichuan province fleeing for higher ground

The soldiers of Charlie Company, 1 Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, thought their ordeal would end when they were shipped out after a six-month stint on the front lines of Afghanistan.

Antti Pihlstrom and Janne Niskala scored in the first period and Niklas Backstrom made 36 saves for the shutout as Finland defeated rival Sweden 4-0 on Saturday to win the bronze medal at the IIHF world hockey championship

With his team facing elimination, Dallas Stars goaltender Marty Turco grabbed his first career win in Detroit, making 38 saves in a 2-1 Saturday afternoon victory for the team.

TORONTO -- Two-time Olympic silver medallist Elvis Stojko says Canadian athletes should "make a stand" for human rights and think twice about heading to the Beijing Summer Games.

A second powerful tremor hit China's Sichuan province Saturday and thousands of people fled the epicentre, afraid the latest earthquake would cause blocked rivers to burst their banks

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While most grooms spend the day before their wedding double-checking their tuxedo, Serge Cormier was making sure his radio cables were in good working order.

With gasoline prices soaring at the pumps, you might want to rethink whether you need one of those gas-cap locks from the 1970s energy crisis.

Grieving Hamilton mom Aggie Juszkiewicz is angry because her youngest son should've known better.

In one of few cases of its kind in Canada, Winnipeg police have charged a 47-year-old alleged drug dealer with manslaughter in the fatal overdose of a 20-year-old woman last fall.

A 15-year-old boy suffered life-threatening injuries when he and two other Good Samaritans went to help another teen being mugged behind the Castle Frank subway station.

A drug dealer convicted of manslaughter in the "macabre" torture-slaying of a St. Albert man had his sentence reduced for returning some of the victim's body parts.

A disgruntled flight attendant ordered extra paper towels before lighting a fire in an airplane flying from Minneapolis to Regina last week, according to allegations in court documents obtained by CBC News.