NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 04-2009

Mel Gibson's wife of nearly 30 years, Robyn Moore, has filed for divorce, PEOPLE has confirmed.

TISDALE, Sask. - It's a safe bet most TV sets in Tisdale will be tuned in to the final episode of "Corner Gas" on Monday night as residents bid farewell to a show they believe took their small Saskatchewan town to the masses.

QUITO, Ecuador - Ecuador officials say a volcano is erupting in the Galapagos Islands and could harm unique wildlife.

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Combat operations will soon be ramped up in the hotly contested region of Afghanistan where Canadian troops play a major role.

Scotland's David Murdoch defeated Kevin Martin of Edmonton 7-6 Sunday in the gold medal game at the world men's curling championship in Moncton, N.B.

Canada paid the price for coming out flat on Sunday, outplayed by the United States in a 4-1 loss in the gold-medal game at the women's world hockey championships in Hameenlinna, Finland.

VANCOUVER, B.C. - The murder of a disabled homeless man whose body was left outside an elementary school is being described by the Vancouver police as "a disturbing and heinous crime."

OTTAWA - Passport Canada has abruptly ended its online application service, just as other federal departments are expanding their Internet-based links with Canadians.

Brad Boyes's first-period goal was all the offence St. Louis needed as the Blues posted a 1-0 win over the hometown Colorado Avalanche on Sunday in their regular-season finale

Several communities north of Winnipeg were inundated with Red River floodwaters early Sunday, with reports of some residents in St. Andrews and St. Clements being stranded on rooftops.

Snowfall warnings have been issued for Atlantic Canada

immediately after Ms. Docherty finished her little presentation about the four core brands, the video revealed that GM will be continuing with FIVE brands, not four: Chevrolet, Cadillac, GMC, Buick, and here it comes...Pontiac.

"Perhaps looking out the window occasionally might help," wrote one person. Someone else wondered about employment opportunities. "Can I get a job at your place as education is clearly not required."

According to documents obtained by CTV News, Heritage Canada wrote at the time of the application that the film did "not meet any of the terms and conditions of existing departmental programs." Despite this, a $13,000 grant was approved by then-Heritage

It started when the woman inexplicably leapt fully clothed into the enclosure at Berlin Zoo during feeding time on Friday.

As Parks Canada prepares to resume its search in the Arctic later this year for the lost ships of the doomed 19th-century Franklin expedition, it's decided to call in the big guns - the Canadian military - for extra help.

SHENYANG, China -- The global financial crisis and bilateral trade were on the agenda as International Trade Minister Stockwell Day began a seven-day visit to China on Saturday.

TORONTO - For the third time in a week the crew of the Canadian Navy's HMCS Winnipeg has helped ward off a suspected pirate attack off the Gulf of Aden.

Switzerland defeated Norway 5-4 in extra ends Saturday morning to earn a berth in the world curling championship semifinals against Canada.

OTTAWA - The Australian governor general's recent musings about an end to the monarchy have cheered Canadian republicans, who would like to jump-start a debate in thus country about getting rid of the Queen.

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - A group of people carried a large wooden cross to the back of a modest chapel at the Kandahar military base, but they were not Christian worshippers marking Good Friday.

They will miss the post-season for the third consecutive season, but the Edmonton Oilers still love sticking it to tLeir provincial foes from Calgary whenever possible.

Naturopaths in B.C. will now be able to prescribe drugs to their patients, making them the first alternatiRe health-care providers in the Gountry to do so.

PARIS -- brance's navy stormed a French sailboat held by pirates off the Somali coast Friday in an assault triggered by threats that the passengers would be executed, but one hostage was killed in the operation, French Defence MinistAr Herve Morin said.

JERUSALEi -- Thousands of Christian clergymen, worshippers and pilgrims thronged the alleyways of Jerusalem's Old City, chanting hymns and bearing crosses as they marke@ Good Friday by retracing Jesus' final footsteps.

Canada held on to defeat the United States 2-1 on Friday in a preview of this weekend's gold-medal game at the women's world hockey championships in Hameenlinna, Finland.

SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas - Allison, a green sea turtle with only one flipper, has been going around and around and around for most of her life

HAMILTON, Ont. - The basement of a home where two boys were found living in squalor was a "disturbing" scene that reeked so badly of urine and feces that officers had a difficult time breathing and even seeing, Hamilton police said Thursday.

UNITED NATIONS - The UN Security Council hit a deadlock on how to punish North Korea for its rocket launch, with the United States and Japan differing over whether to specify those who would be targeted by any new economic sanctions.

Edmonton's Kevin Martin experienced a couple of firsts Thursday in the final draw of the round robin at the world men's curling championship in Moncton, N.B.

It was far from pretty, but when you're mired in a battle for the Northwest Division title, you'll take victories any way you can.

WASHINGTON - U.S. military commanders have already prepared battle plans for ending the scourge of piracy on the high seas off Somalia if President Obama pulls the trigger, sources told the Daily News Wednesday

A man who entered a guilty plea in connection with the slaying of six men in a Surrey, B.C., high-rise apartment has been handed a life sentence.

The U.S. navy is talking to the four pirates who are holding the American captain of a cargo ship hostage off the coast of Somalia.

Students arriving for classes at an East Vancouver elementary school Thursday morning were turned back by police after the body of an adult male was found on the school grounds.

The Vancouver Canucks will look to put together a solid 60 minutes of hockey against the Los Angeles on Thursday night in their last regular season home game and not worry about what that means in the standings.

The honour system for using Metro Vancouver's SkyTrain system will come to an end with the introduction of fare turnstiles at each station next year.

The lone survivor of last month's deadly helicopter crash off the east coast of Newfoundland says he escaped through the aircraft's window after it hit the water.

With a N.S. provincial election expected this spring, the N.S. Liberals have launched what CBC N.S. described as a 'smear campaign' against a new NDP star candidate. WARNING ADULT CONTENT AFTER THE HOP..

Fifty-one per cent disagree with the decision by the federal and Ontario governments to commit $4 billion in short-term loans to General Motors of Canada Ltd. and Chrysler Canada Inc. And 63 per cent believe these companies should declare bankruptcy if th

The city's a nice place to live but it's being eclipsed by economic powerhouses in the 905, report warns

Cellphone bills can be a large household expense, swinging wildly from month to month. Even the experts can't always find a solution.

Palestinian PM wants Harper to scrap show, claims violation of international law

Could it be that, for the first time, Americans are jealous of us? It kind of felt that way last Thursday, as Gucci and Cartier both celebrated their new Bloor St. stores.

UNDERHILL, Vt. - The family of hijacked ship captain Richard Phillips gathered in his Vermont farmhouse, anxiously watching news reports and taking telephone calls from the U.S. State Department to learn if he would be freed by Somali pirates off the Horn

The 2007 massacre execution of six people in a Surrey apartment tower made this Vancouver suburb ground zero in the Lower Mainland's bloody gang wars.

TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran's hard-line president said Wednesday that his country welcomes talks with the United States should the American president prove to be "honest" in extending its hand toward Iran, one of the strongest signals yet that Tehran welcomes Ba

SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea's Kim Jong Il ascended Thursday to his third term as leader of one of the world's most reclusive nations, buoyed by a rocket launch heralded in state media as "historic" but assailed elsewhere as provocative.

An overdue bald eagle egg finally hatched early Wednesday morning on a nest high up a tree near Sidney on Vancouver Island, a biologist said.

The federal government plans to release a report Thursday that finds half Canada's boreal caribou herds are in decline and may die out in the next century without changes to their habitats, the Canadian Press has learned.

Dozens of rioting prisoners smashed windows and set fires at a Nova Scotia jail Wednesday, causing extensive damage to the property, a provincial Justice Department spokeswoman said.

Toronto's main stock index was up 1 percent at midday on Wednesday as oil prices rebounded and gave a boost to energy shares, while financials rose on news of U.S. aid for insurers.

Some time ago the actress Angie Harmon spoke out against President Obama and his policies of running the country. She stated that he was even more "inexperienced" than Sarah Palin.

Civil rights activist Reverend Al Sharpton and ACORN CEO Bertha Lewis jumped into the fray Tuesday, threatening to bring their vast national networks to march in the streets of Phoenix if Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who is currently under investigation by the U.S

There is a little Dobby in everyone. That adorable, self-punishing house-elf from Harry Potter is lending his name to a common human behaviour that causes us to rebuke ourselves when we can't right a perceived wrong.

Only shock, resentment and bitterness can follow U.S. President Barack Obama's uncritical account of Islam as having contributed "so much for so many centuries to the betterment of the world." Whatever the contributions of Islam may be, they are tainted w

L'AQUILA, Italy - Rescue teams Wednesday pulled more bodies from the buildings shattered by a deadly earthquake in central Italy and Pope Benedict said he would visit the shocked and injured people of the area as soon as possible.

Two men were rescued Tuesday afternoon from a glacier near Squamish, B.C., after their plane landed in a crevasse following a failed takeoff attempt, a Canadian air force official said.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Wednesday he is "disappointed" with the decision of the United States to impose 10 per cent duties on some imports of Canadian softwood lumber.

Medal presentations at Whistler-based events at the 2010 Winter Olympics will take place in Whistler Plaza after all, officials said Tuesday.

A Coast Guard helicopter roared over the Falmouth Heights Waterfront Park beach yesterday afternoon on a special mission.

Revenue Minister Jean-Pierre Blackburn is expected to shed light today on the arrest of two Revenue Canada officials and raids on six offices of a Quebec construction company.

OTTAWA -- The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is warning the public not to eat certain lean ground beef sold at Canada Safeway because it may be contaminated with E. coli.

Several potential buyers are reportedly examining the Montreal Canadiens' books as part of a process that observers say could see the storied franchise sell for as much as $400 million.

SEOUL, South Korea - Tens of thousands of North Koreans rallied Wednesday in Pyongyang to support Kim Jong Il as he embarks on his third term as leader and to celebrate a rocket launch that was criticized elsewhere as a violation of United Nations sanctio

Canada's Kevin Martin continued his domination of the world men's curling championship in Moncton, N.B., on Wednesday, hammering Finland's Kalle Kiiskinen 12-4 in the morning draw to improve to 8-0.

The design of a gargantuan telescope that will give astronomers their first glimpse into the farthest, faintest depths of the universe is well on its way, guided by Canadian and U.S. scientists and the company that will build it, piece by piece, in B.C.'s

In a bid to fight the rising obesity epidemic, the Ontario Medical Association is calling on restaurant chains and school cafeterias to post calorie counts on the menu along with their prices.

In the skies over Kandahar Province, Canada's Joint Task Force Afghanistan (JTF-Afg) Air Wing is making a big impression on operations and improving the safety of Canadian and allied soldiers.

EDMONTON -- A 55-year-old Edmonton transit bus driver who was attacked by a group of teen passengers is speaking out about the dangers of the job.

Israel successfully tested an anti-missile system designed to protect the country against Iranian attack, the country's Defence Ministry said Tuesday, perfecting technology developed in response to failures of similar systems during the 1991 Gulf War.

A 5.6-magnitude aftershock Tuesday evening hit the same central Italian region devastated by Monday's earthquake, sending people screaming and scrambling for cover.

As investigators expanded their search for evidence Tuesday, police said they still have not determined whether a jogger who was found dead in a Vancouver park on Friday was the target of a planned attack.

Canada should push for the creation of an international park that would protect the area around the North Pole, Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff said Monday.

The Vancouver Canucks can thank Roberto Luongo for keeping them in the Northwest Division race.

A woman who was sexually assaulted in a New York City subway said she was stunned by a judge's decision to toss her lawsuit claiming that two transit workers ignored her pleas for help.

Vermont lawmakers overrode Governor Jim Douglas' veto to become the fourth state to legalize gay marriage and first by legislative means.

Memorial Services set to take place 9 Apr 09 commemerating the battle 92 years ago

A federal judge has dismissed corruption charges against former Sen. Ted Stevens and opened a criminal investigation into prosecutors who mishandled the case.

HALIFAX, N.S. - HMCS Halifax was preparing to steam through the city's harbour today under the control of Canada's first female commander of a warship

One man is dead following a shooting at a south Vancouver gas station Monday night.

A teenage boy who held 400 people hostage with a pellet pistol at a Regina high school because he was bullied will avoid going to jail, but is not off the hook for his actions.

U.S. F-16 jets follow man who hopped into plane in Thunder Bay and took off to Missouri

Newcastle woman touched by Afghan war deaths raises symbol of home-front unity for Canadian troops

Aussie pet plays Survivor - and wins

For Passover, Coca-Cola replaces high-fructose corn syrup with sugar

The giant mass of Arctic sea ice is getting younger and thinner, and scientists say the physical changes are cause for global concern.

The Clara Thomas Archives & Special Collections at York University will house almost 2,500 cartoons drawn by Wicks in the late 1960s and early '70s.

The quaint, pre-digital notion of fiddling with a transistor radio antenna in the hope of grabbing a static-filled signal from St. Louis as officially dead.

Twitter challenge: express the meaning of life in less than 140 characters.

Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Danny Williams lashed out Monday at the province's largest health authority, accusing Eastern Health of downplaying revelations that it had missed dozens of breast cancer patients in a massive retesting exercise.

The federal government announced details today of a new $100 million program to fund festivals and other annual events that draw tourists.

Barack Obama on Monday seized upon his first symbolism-laced visit to the Muslim world as US president to declare that the United States is not and never will be at war with Islam.

A man was shot by police in East Vancouver on Sunday after they received reports of a stolen vehicle. The incident occurred at Union Street and Dunleavy Avenue, near the east end of the Georgia Viaduct, around 5 p.m.

The Vancouver Canucks had the matchup they wanted and home-ice advantage going for them, but the NHL club failed to reclaim sole possession of first place in the Northwest Division.

A B.C. government initiative to plant trees as a way to offset greenhouse gas emissions is facing criticism from environmentalists.

Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon said he was informed Sunday by his counterpart in Afghanistan that a new family law, which critics say legalizes marital rape, has been halted and will be revised.

Many residents in Okaloosa and Walton counties may be surly over their taxes, but they'll be partying April 15.

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - As debate rages over an Afghan law that limits womens' rights, a female Canadian Forces officer is in charge of keeping order on a construction site in a region considered to be a bastion of the Taliban.

two-day NATO summit wrapped up in Strasbourg, France, on Saturday with the naming of a new secretary general and a promise to send 5,000 more troops to train Afghanistan's police and army and provide security for the country's election this summer.

U.S. President Barack Obama in Prague on Sunday laid out his vision for a world free from the threat of nuclear weapons, calling them "the most dangerous legacy of the Cold War."

So much of winning in sports is based on emotion it leaves one wondering what the Vancouver Canucks may have in them at home against the Colorado Avalanche on Sunday night.

TORONTO - Warding off suspected pirates and coming to the aid of a boatload of fleeing Somali refugees is all in a day's work for the crew of HMCS Winnipeg in the Gulf of Aden.

A top Spanish court is close to investigating six former Bush administration officials for circumventing international law to justify torture at Guantanamo Bay, the New York Times reports. Judge Baltasar Garzon, a human rights crusader who has gone after

Members of the media outnumbered the protesters calling for the firing of Oilers coach Craig MacTavish yesterday afternoon in a much-anticipated rally that fell flat. A band of six young men and a woman staked out a small corner of the plaza near the sou

It's the high-tech equivalent of hanging around a stage door to get an acting gig. Glenda Kwek reports on using Web 2.0 to get a job.

Google may be mapping the streets of the Western world but the good folk of Broughton, in Buckinghamshire, England, don't want a bar of it.

While rumors of an imminent Google acquisition of Twitter were apparently offbase, it wouldn't be surprising to see the companies strike up a formal collaboration or partnership.

An ice bridge linking a shelf of ice the size of Jamaica to two islands in Antarctica has snapped. Scientists say the collapse could mean the Wilkins Ice Shelf is on the brink of breaking away, and provides further evidence or rapid change in the ...

An HIV-positive Ontario man has been found guilty of first-degree murder in the deaths of two of his sex partners in what was considered a precedent-setting trial in Canada.