NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 06-2009

The most complete terrain map of the Earth's surface has been published.

A century to the day after a little-known Quebec ship captain boldly proclaimed Canadian sovereignty over "the whole Arctic archipelago," Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon will preside over a special Canada Day tribute to rediscovered polar hero Jo

HAMILTON, Ont. - A team at McMaster University has uncovered a historical glimpse of Canadiana - a bill of treason connected to the Upper Canada Rebellion of 1837.

A two-year-old Port Coquitlam, B.C., girl is recovering after being attacked by a coyote on Monday while she was playing in an elementary school yard, CTV News has learned.

The 2009 Canadian Football League season kicks off with a double-header on TSN Wednesday. First the Hamilton Tiger-Cats host the Toronto Argonauts at 7pm et/4pm pt. Then it's a Grey Cup re-match as the Calgary Stampeders face the Montreal Alouettes at 10

Wireless providers must have the technology to locate Canadian 911 callers by next February, but most cellphone users won't be covered, a new study suggests.

New rules compelling organic food producers to comply with Canada-wide certification standards went into effect Tuesday.

Scientists have uncovered some rare ancient remains in the Yukon, dating back to a time when dinosaurs roamed the Earth.

North Korea is moving ahead with plans to enrich uranium in a possible move to develop a nuclear weapon, South Korea's defence minister said Tuesday.

Homicide investigators have been called to Abbotsford, B.C., to investigate an apparent targeted hit after a body was found next to an SUV just after midnight on Tuesday.

OTTAWA - Sarah McLachlan was belting out her one of her haunting ballads with a little too much gusto ahead of her headlining performance on Parliament Hill for Canada's birthday bash when she stopped in mid-song for a bilingual self-critique.

OTTAWA - The Canadian government shot down suggestions it might be arm-twisted by the Obama White House into extending its Afghanistan mission beyond 2011.

OTTAWA - The Russian government described Canada as a potential partner - not a rival - in the international fight for the Arctic.

Heavy ice conditions and a rescue operation currently underway are creating delays for ships needing the help of coast guard icebreakers to enter Iqaluit via Frobisher Bay, the Canadian Coast Guard says.

A judge in Sydney found the captain and first officer of the anti-sealing ship Farley Mowat guilty Tuesday of violating the Fisheries Act and Canada's marine mammal regulations.

Two teenagers from Kelowna are being hailed as heroes after saving four Calgarians whose minivan careened down an embankment and into a lake near Revelstoke, B.C., on Monday.

Four universities in Calgary, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Ontario are offering scholarships to children of parents killed in active Canadian military missions to help them attain undergraduate degrees.

Sources tell Sportsnet that the Ottawa Senators have traded disgruntled all-star Dany Heatley to the Edmonton Oilers for Andrew Cogliano, Dustin Penner and Ladislav Smid.

Afghanistan's new ambassador to Canada said his agenda does not include trying to keep Canadian troops in his country past the 2011 deadline set by the federal government.

Al Franken, a writer, comedian and former Saturday Night Live cast member, is finally headed to the U.S. Senate after his Republican opponent conceded Tuesday almost eight months after Election Day.

Defenceman Jay Bouwmeester has agreed to terms with the Calgary Flames.

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CALGARY - The sheen was almost taken off a solar-powered car travelling to the Arctic Circle when the vehicle was pulled over by an RCMP officer just south of Red Deer on Sunday afternoon.

Canada's spy agency says it failed to tell a Federal Court judge that an informant against a Syrian-born terror suspect failed a lie detector test, and that a second informant didn't undergo a polygraph examination that CSIS claimed was given

A townhouse complex still under construction in Mississauga, Ont., was destroyed by fire late Monday night.

An Iranian-Canadian reporter arrested in Tehran last week admitted his election coverage was biased in favour of the opposition, an Iranian government-linked news agency reported Tuesday.

There was a glimmer of hope for the Canadian economy on Tuesday with a key update that showed Gross Domestic Product declined at a slower rate in April than in previous months.

Girls under the age of 18 are selling sex on Craigslist, according to police in North Vancouver, and are likely forced into it after falling under the influence of a sex-trafficking ring.

BARRIE -- A man who's doing time after pleading guilty to street racing causing death was back in court yesterday with his parents.

VANCOUVER, B.C. - Forcing the two leaders of a controversial polygamous community in British Columbia to stand trial in a case that will inevitably test Canada's ban on multiple marriage would be an unfair burden on the men, their lawyers argued in court

MONTREAL - A man who suffered critical injuries after falling from the roof of a moving SUV was likely attempting a dangerous stunt known as car surfing, police said Monday.

Just when any hope of a lasting, meaningful relationship seemed lost, Vancouver Canuck general manager Mike Gillis and player agent J.P. Barry, not knowing if the other would be there, met late Sunday by chance in the business-class cabin of a flight from

Failing to restore ousted Honduran leader Manuel Zelaya to power would set a "terrible precedent," President Barack Obama said Monday in Washington, amid growing protests over a weekend military coup in the Latin American country.

At least 10 people are dead and 50 injured after a freight train derailed and two cars filled with gas exploded Monday night just outside a station in a small Italian town, police say.

A Yemenia Air plane with at least 150 people on board has crashed in the Indian Ocean, near the Comoros archipelago, a Yemen airport official said Tuesday.

The U.S. ambassador to Iraq said Washington thinks "Iraqis are ready," hours before the midnight deadline passed in Baghdad for U.S. combat troops to finish their pullback to bases outside cities.

There's been a change of personnel and a shift of attitude on the British Columbia Lions this season

A Vancouver high-school student accused of compiling a hit list targeting classmates and teachers was granted bail on Monday

The Vancouver Humane Society's ad campaign to ban calf roping at the Calgary Stampede is getting the cold shoulder from the Alberta city's two major newspapers and a sister animal welfare group.

The bird strike hazard team at 3 Wing Bagotville, Que., now has its own air support squadron "staffed" by two birds of prey: a Saker Falcon and a Harris's Hawk.

Downplaying Russia's recent "jockeying" for position in the emerging polar oil rush, Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon has declared Canada an "Arctic superpower" that will be guided by science, international law and "world-leading Canadian technolo

Canadian nuclear safety regulators say they have underestimated the seriousness of a design feature at the country's electricity-producing reactors that would cause them to experience dangerous power pulses during a major accident.

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, California - The U.S. Air Force says it has successfully launched an unarmed Minuteman 3 intercontinental ballistic missile from a California base, firing it to targets in the Pacific Ocean.

Canada's official poster for the Vancouver Olympics will give equivalent place of pride to the Paralympics in a split-image design that features the country's most iconic symbol - the maple leaf.

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - Honduras' newly appointed leader vowed Monday to resist pressure from across the Americas to reinstate the president ousted in a military coup, as protesters burned tires outside the occupied presidential palace.

North Korea criticized the United States Monday for positioning missile defence systems around Hawaii, calling it a plot to attack the reclusive regime.

After several years of debate, a company has finally been given the go-ahead to build a solar farm in the eastern Ontario town of Hawkesbury

The Halifax water commission has ordered two $5,000 ozone generators in an effort to solve the persistent sewage gas odour problem in parts of the city's downtown.

One of two emergency shelters under Vancouver's Granville Bridge will be closed immediately under the terms of deal reached between the city and the province.

Search efforts resumed Monday morning on B.C.'s Bowen Island for a teenage girl who disappeared after a house party, but police say they are not getting the full co-operation of some island residents.

Fireworks, picnics, outdoor concerts and parades are some of the festivities Canadians across the country and around the world have planned to celebrate the nation's 142nd birthday on Wednesday

Citing ballooning costs and its responsibility to the taxpayers of the province, the Ontario government says it is indefinitely mothballing plans to build two new nuclear reactors at the Darlington power station.

CALGARY - It had been a particularly trying day. Karen Atkins had been worn from the death of her father a few months before.

OTTAWA -- The judicial wrangling in Saudi Arabia over a Montreal man facing beheading is a good sign, says Trade Minister Stockwell Day, because it shows the country's top court isn't sold on a lower court's ruling.

VICTORIA -- A man who Victoria police say was arrested for public intoxication has died in his jail cell.

The garbage clean-up after the Pride parade may have gone well but Torontonians will have to clean up after themselves on Canada Day without the help of the city, officials say.

BRUSSELS -- Quebec Premier Jean Charest says he's ready to yield on the commercial seal hunt if it means appeasing European sentiments over the controversial practice.

A new survey paints a dismal picture of Canadians' ability to identify key national icons by photograph, revealing that only four out of every 10 people could name Sir John A. Macdonald.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai accused Afghan guards, purportedly working for U.S. coalition forces, of engaging in a gunbattle Monday that killed a provincial police chief and at least four security officers.

SAN ANTONIO HEIGHTS, California - Deputies say a bear with an apparent sweet tooth broke into a San Bernardino County home and gobbled up a box of chocolates from a couple's refrigerator.

EDMONTON -- Photos of two city women baring their breasts in front of police headquarters are OK with Edmonton's cop-union boss.

EDMONTON - An Edmonton man was left paralyzed by a sucker punch thrown as he waited for a cab ride home from a Whyte Avenue bar, police say.

June 29 (Bloomberg) -- Bernard Madoff told a federal judge he had no excuses before a judge sentenced him to 150 years for masterminding the largest Ponzi scheme in history.

Honduran President Manuel Zelaya arrived in Costa Rica on Sunday after what he described as a coup and a "brutal kidnapping" by soldiers opposed to his efforts to reform the country's constitution and run for another term.

Iranian media reported Sunday that authorities had detained eight employees of the British Embassy in Tehran for an alleged role in post-election protests, signaling a hardening of Iran's stance toward the West.

OTTAWA -- Prince Charles is coming back to Canada.

OTTAWA -- The fact Liberal MP Anita Neville is Jewish just didn't seem to hold as much sway with her Winnipeg community last election.

LOS ANGELES -- Gale Storm, whose wholesome appearance and perky personality made her one of early television's biggest stars on "My Little Margie" and "The Gale Storm Show," has died. She was 87.

ROME -- The first-ever scientific test on what are believed to be the remains of the Apostle Paul "seems to confirm" that they do indeed belong to the Roman Catholic saint, Pope Benedict XVI said Sunday.

OTTAWA -- Obama Democrats have quietly sounded out power-brokers in Ottawa looking for advice on how to convince war-weary Canadians to keep military forces in Afghanistan after 2011.

The grey clouds parted and made way for a splash of colour in Toronto as the Pride Parade got underway, in front of a crowd of one million revelers celebrating the city's sexual diversity.

For 74 minutes of the FIFA Confederations Cup final, it looked like a massive upset was taking place.

Canada has inked a free-trade pact with Jordan that will lift duties on Canadian exports to the Arab nation

Somalian pirates have released the entire crew of a Belgian ship seized 10 weeks ago after a ransom was paid, the Belgian government said Sunday.

The Toronto civic strike, now entering its second week, has left residents angry and given tourists a bad impression of the city with a reputation for cleanliness.

VICTORIA, B.C. - Canada Day celebrations in Victoria, B.C., appear destined to create a bang that lasts beyond the singing of O Canada and the often rowdy fireworks show that lights up the downtown skies.

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky - A gun-toting Kentucky pastor says it's OK to bring weapons to church - at least for one day.

BERLIN - A bird-bone flute unearthed in a German cave was carved some 35,000 years ago and is the oldest handcrafted musical instrument yet discovered, archeologists say, offering the latest evidence that early modern humans in Europe had a complex and cr

A Kelowna gas station attendant is in hot water with his employer - for stopping a thief from making off with the store's merchandise.

Iran's hardline president lashed out anew at the United States and President Barack Obama on Saturday, accusing him of interference and suggesting that Washington's stance on Iran's postelection turmoil could imperil Obama's aim of improving relations.

A Montreal man facing beheading in Saudi Arabia has written directly to Stephen Harper, asking the prime minister to personally intervene in his case.

The Alberta Rockies Gay Rodeo Association will hold its two-day event east of Calgary on June 27 and 28.

YES, there is a difference between out-and-out war and the boundary disputes that are now flaring up everywhere, most notably in the Arctic.

There was no sign of foul play in the death of Michael Jackson, coroners who completed a post-mortem on the singer's body have said.

VANCOUVER, B.C. - Prime Minister Stephen Harper has announced that the governor general will officially open the Olympic Games in Vancouver next year.

CORFU, Greece -- NATO and Russia agreed to resume military ties Saturday in their first high-level meeting since Russia's war with Georgia disrupted their relations 10 months ago

The global recession may have lowered tourism numbers in many vacation spots, but at Grouse Mountain resort in North Vancouver, British Columbia, things are looking up, both literally and figuratively.

Two prominent paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland officially announced their disarmament Saturday in a long-sought peacemaking move that followed four decades of attacks against Irish Catholics.

HALIFAX -- Carrying on an age-old tradition, Canada's navy received its Queen's Colour on Saturday during a parade full of pomp and circumstance at the foot of Halifax's historic Citadel.

Perdita Felicien won the women's 100-metre hurdles final at the Canadian track and field championships Saturday in Toronto

Authorities in Mexico have charged a Canadian-born man in connection with a child pornography ring alleged to have operated throughout North America.

Tim Hudak is the new leader of Ontario's Progressive Conservatives and the province's new Opposition leader.

It's widely anticipated that the federal finance minister wouldn't be in his job long after a victory by Christine Elliott. Flaherty's wacky 2008 attack on Ontario as a lousy place to invest was awkward enough. Having his economic decisions judged, fairly

P remier Ed Stelmach's announcement Friday to commit more than 50 sheriffs and $2.5 million toward combating gang violence doesn't go far enough, say critics

H elicopter ambulance landing pads for eight Alberta hospitals are about to be closed until fall, forcing the emergency air transportation to land in nearby municipal airports instead of flying patients directly to hospitals

Of all the business and family ties that drew Calgary Flames head coach Brent Sutter back to Alberta, one of the most vital is a woman named Grace.

A group of parents in Richmond, B.C., will be taking a proposal for Mandarin immersion to the school board on June 29.

A 90 year-old former swimming champion, Noel Morrow, is training to win another gold medal in swimming at the World Masters games in Sydney, Australia in October.

FREDERICTON -- The remains of a young New Brunswick woman whose coffin has remained unclaimed at a London cemetery for nearly a century may soon make the final journey home to Canada to be buried with the rest of her family.

Making their big splash early on Day 2 of the NHL draft, the Flames landed one of the largest fish set to hit the open seas next week. Hooking blueliner Jay Bouwmeester's exclusive negotiating rights from the Florida Panthers in exchange for the same oppo

As the family's reigning arm-wrestling champ, 71-year-old Doreen Sigmund is known for her muscles.

KELOWNA, B.C. - Nearly three dozen stolen computer monitors that were bound for schools and hospitals in the African country of Cameroon have been returned to a B.C. church group with an apology from the thieves.

A pregnant woman and an eight-month-old baby who were being deported from Canada early Thursday were taken off a flight bound for Guyana after the mom was deemed unfit to travel

Canadians are drinking more, and "high-risk drinking" in the country is on the rise, according to an international study published yesterday in The Lancet, a British medical journal.

The Fab Four's prized catalog -- specifically 267 songs mostly written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney -- is embarking on a long and winding road of ownership uncertainty following the death of Michael Jackson on Thursday. The pop singer and Sony Cor

In the end, only one NHL star found a new home during the first round of the league's annual draft. Paul Holmgren hopes the addition is significant enough to alter the balance of power in the Eastern Conference. The Philadelphia Flyers GM made the b

Britain considered dropping millions of poisoned darts on German troops in the final stages of the Second World War, secret files made public have revealed.

JOLIETTE, Que -- A 50-year-old Quebecer who had a Health Canada permit to grow medicinal cannabis to ease his pain has received a one-year suspended jail sentence.