NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 09-2009

Ontario Provincial Police have charged a 17-year-old boy with stunt driving after he is alleged to have crashed a car with a passenger in the trunk in Mississauga, Ont.

A Winnipeg bike courier who found nearly $20,000 on top of an automated teller machine in a downtown Winnipeg office building got a $50 gift certificate for his honesty.

A patchwork system of coverage for cancer drugs across the country means patients are being denied equal access to life-saving treatments, says a report by the Canadian Cancer Society.

The Tory government is proposing legislation to extend employment insurance by up to 20 weeks for long-tenured workers, Human Resources Minister Diane Finley announced Monday.

The survivor of last week's horrific highway crash says his family had planned to be in the car with him - and thoughts of his children willed him to stay alive

CALGARY - It was the first and last time Akol Riny met co-worker Jackie Tran, and it left him on the wrong side of a knife.

Cradling his 10-month-old daughter Emma Lynn in his arms, Cpl. David LaHay swayed to the strums of country singer Ty Roberts and hoped he won't miss too much when he deploys for his first tour to Afghanistan.

OTTAWA -- Industry Minister Tony Clement's office directed bureaucrats to "scrutinize activities" of major tourism events up for stimulus funding, just two weeks after Toronto's Gay Pride festival received a federal grant.

Blue Bombers coach Mike Kelly has become the target of a Facebook group that emerged in the aftermath of Sunday's blowout loss to the Saskatchewan Roughriders at Winnipeg Stadium.

Some female university students in south-end Halifax are starting to get nervous following an incident Saturday morning when a woman awoke to find a strange man standing near her bed staring at her.

A private group that had planned to search the Northwest Passage for Sir John Franklin's lost ships is now facing the threat of criminal charges from the Nunavut government.

Cops investigate gang connections after shots are fired in downtown establishment

TORONTO -- The son of a man who shot his estranged wife in a tragic murder-suicide in Orangeville over the weekend has come to the defence of his dead father.

The federal government still can't explain why it concealed news of a foiled plan to murder hundreds of Air Canada passengers in an infamous 2006 plot to blast transatlantic airliners out of the sky.

DHARMSALA, India -- The Dalai Lama met Monday with two senior U.S. officials ahead of his scheduled visit to the United States next month

CAIRO -- Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden described U.S. President Barack Obama as "powerless" to stop the war in Afghanistan, and Americans' inability to grasp why the Sept. 11 attacks occurred has "cost you a lot without any result whatsoever."

The British Muslim ringleader of a bomb plot to blow up at least seven airliners bound for the U.S. and Canada in 2006 was sentenced Monday to 40 years in prison.

Climate change, Canada-U.S. relations, the coming pandemic flu, the medical isotopes shortage, crime and justice, immigration, protecting Canadians abroad, Employment Insurance and the economy will be the top House issues this week after an 11-week summer

Pte. Patrick Lormand, 21, was killed and four others were injured in a roadside blast from an improvised explosive device, the military said.

CARACAS, Venezuela - Russia has opened a $2.2 billion line of credit for Venezuela to purchase weapons including armoured vehicles and surface-to-air missiles, President Hugo Chavez said Sunday.

Call it the revenge of the "banjo pickin' inbreds," if you like, but it was a lousy effort all around by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers that sent the Saskatchewan Roughriders home as easy 55-10 winners on Sunday

LONDON - Britain's complicated relations with Libya returned to centre stage Sunday as Foreign Office diplomats took the unusual step of denying a newspaper report about a secret deal with Moammar Gaddafi's regime.

MA'SUM GHAR, Afghanistan - Canadian forces in this sprawling region of grape orchards, opium fields and heavily fortified mud walled compounds have gone from being run ragged to being firmly in control according to Canada's top soldier.

The Montreal Alouettes kept their perfect home record alive with a late game 28-24 comeback victory over the B.C. Lions on Sunday afternoon

Newfoundland and Labrador's premier is calling for immediate action from Prime Minister Stephen Harper, saying Canada's sovereignty over its fishery resources within the 200-mile coastal limit is threatened.

Alberta's oilsands produce more greenhouse gas emissions than some European countries right now and will produce more than all of the world's volcanoes in just 11 years if the pace of development continues, a new report says

The 19.5-metre, state-of-the-art sailboat is circumnavigating the continent to raise awareness about global warming and other ocean issues, captain Mark Schrader said.

The missing crew member was separated from the others by high waves and wind, RCMP Sgt. Wayne Newell said. The man was wearing a survival suit, designed to help someone endure up to 36 hours in the water

After one quick look at Edmonton's training camp roster, Oilers fans are probably thinking the same thing Oilers management is thinking --let's hope like hell it really was Craig MacTavish's fault.

GROZNY, Russia - Militant attacks and gunbattles across Russia's violence-plagued North Caucasus have left seven people dead, including the second suicide bomber to strike in less than 24 hours

One week ago, the Montreal Alouettes had a touchdown taken away that would have tied the score in the late going against the host B.C. Lions.

Convicted gas-well bomber Wiebo Ludwig has written an open letter to whomever is responsible for several bombings of an EnCana pipeline in British Columbia.

BANGKOK, Thailand - Sophisticated computer scans of fossils have helped solve a mystery over the nature of a giant, ancient raptor known as the Haast's eagle

HALIFAX -- RCMP say one man is dead, three others are in hospital and one is missing after a fishing boat sank Saturday off Newfoundland.

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.4 rattled the Venezuelan capital of Caracas and surrounding states on Saturday, with 14 people reported injured.

Thousands of people gathered Saturday on the Plains of Abraham in Quebec for a commemoration that became controversial over the inclusion of an FLQ document.

Wayne Gretzky was not there Saturday morning as the Phoenix Coyotes began training camp in Glendale, Ariz.

$450,000 art project axed Nuns' Island installation's mist turned into fog, limiting drivers' visibility

Many Alberta women who have yearly Pap smears could soon undergo the exam less frequently, if a committee recommends changing guidelines for physicians on the cervical cancer screening test.

The Edmonton Oilers and Northlands are staking out their positions in a battle to see who will control the city's new downtown arena.

A sexual predator who plied pubescent street kids with food, drugs and money for sex has been declared a long-term offender.

When it comes to safe sex, two Canadian researchers found wisdom might not come with age.

SASKATOON -- A Saskatoon newborn made a sudden and surprise arrival Friday morning - giving the city its second roadside delivery of the week.

Hugging is the new hello, if you're a teenager. It's also good-bye, nice to see you, good job, let's chat and, even, hey, it's recess.

KABUL -- Roadside bombs, gunbattles and a suicide strike killed five Americans and dozens of Afghan civilians, troops and police, officials said on Saturday, a bloody day that showed how unrest has spread across the country.

WASHINGTON -- A planned Canadian military demonstration that would have included simulated bomb blasts within blocks of the White House and the Capitol, has been scaled back after media reports focused on the explosive elements.

Black-eyed Susans have a bittersweet quality to me. Like corn and ripe tomatoes, they always signify the end of summer. Another year gone and soon Jack Frost will show up and zap everything in the garden so it becomes withered and brown. And then (ack) th

Despite the dangers of travelling to a war-torn country, for the past several years Canadian Chris Shank has been spending a third of his time in Afghanistan.

Backyard sheds in a Winnipeg neighbourhood are renting for $100 a month, even though the city ordered the practice stopped several months ago.

Pierre Cossette, the Canadian father of the modern Grammy Awards show, has died at a Montreal hospital. He was 85

Former NHL player Mike Danton, who was imprisoned in 2004 for trying to arrange a killing, was granted full parole Friday after a revelation that drew skepticism from those who've followed his bizarre case.

The Da Vinci Code author may be using neurochemistry to hook his millions of fans

RESTON, Virginia, September 10, 2009 (ENS) - As the climate warms, Arctic-nesting geese called Pacific brant are choosing to winter in Alaska instead of migrating to Mexico as they used to do, finds a study led by scientists with the U.S. Geological Surve

Niger's ambassador to Canada called it "grotesque" and "ludicrous" for a retired Canadian diplomat who was held hostage in the African country to suggest somebody in her government may have leaked his travel plans to al-Qaeda.

Victoria police are appealing for the public's help in apprehending a man who stabbed and seriously injured a newlywed after he'd broken into her home Wednesday morning.

VANCOUVER, B.C. - A First Nations leader says he's concerned federal Fisheries Minister Gail Shea doesn't grasp the crisis situation facing Fraser River sockeye salmon.

After the Edmonton Eskimos' offence built an early 11-point lead that slipped away, their defence picked up the slack in the second half to build a 14-point cushion.

Firefighters were called Thursday night to put out a small blaze at the home of a Sydney Mines, N.S., couple accused of making hundreds of false 911 calls.

The proposed legislation will have two parts. The first will extend benefits to laid-off workers who have worked for years, according to government sources.

Russian PM Vladimir Putin has warned against military action targeting Iran or imposing new sanctions to curb its nuclear programme.

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez has announced that the country will soon take delivery of Russian missiles with a range of 300km (185 miles).

MA'SUM GHAR, Afghanistan - A series of small tactical triumphs in the ongoing effort to win the support of the Afghan people is fostering a domino effect that will eventually help push the Taliban from the volatile battlegrounds of southern Afghanistan, C

The Conservative minority government could fall as early as next week, triggering the second election in a year, according to reports.

Justin Medlock's 28-yard field goal earned the Toronto Argonauts an exciting 25-22 overtime win over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Friday night to snap a club-record 10-game home losing streak.

Nearly two weeks after being fired as the head of the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation, Kelly McDougald said she is suing the provincial government for what she says was "severe and unjustified" action against her.

REGINA -- More than a century after a Mountie was accidentally shot while helping to tame the Wild West, his name will finally be etched in stone next to those of fallen colleagues.

The family of women's 800 metres world champion Caster Semenya's reacted with anger at reports saying medical tests have revealed the athlete is neither a woman nor a man, but a hermaphrodite.

CALGARY - A major $222-million expansion of Peter Lougheed Hospital will not add any new beds to the Calgary medical system when it opens later this month because of budgetary constraints at Alberta's medical superboard, health officials confirmed this we

EDMONTON -- At least one Alberta bar is trying to beat the recession -- and a law that sets minimum prices to dissuade binge drinking -- by offering students cold, hard cash to come in and wet their whistles.

The City of Regina's attempt to curtail street begging has attracted a stern letter from the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, which calls panhandling "a powerful form of political expression."

Ontario courts can change or "amend up" a speeding ticket if the driver decides to fight it, the province's Court of Appeal ruled Thursday.

A P.E.I. photographer has snapped a couple of rare pictures that has people in the astronomy world talking.

The risk of preventable deaths in custody remains "unacceptably high," despite changes made by the Correctional Service of Canada, the federal prison ombudsman said Friday.

Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff vowed Friday that his party would never enter into a governing coalition and said he could make Parliament work without such a deal.

LOURDES - It wasn't the type of weed he expected to find in his garden.

EDMONTON -- The Canadian Air Transport Security Authority is charging ahead with plans to buy seven controversial virtual strip search scanners, but has decided against genital blurring software to go with them.

EDMONTON -- You can run, but you can't hide.

The Arctic sea ice has retreated to the third-lowest level in recorded history - the fourth time in the past five years that the annual summer meltdown has been far greater than average.

Canadian and American scientists are claiming success in a joint expedition to map the Arctic sea floor that they say took them to areas that have never been mapped before.

U.S. President Barack Obama welcomed the Pittsburgh Penguins to the White House on Thursday and celebrated the 2009 Stanley Cup champions for their performance on and off the ice.

EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers have signed Mike Comrie to a one-year deal.

RCMP encountered booby traps, an irrigation system tied to a local stream, and a hydraulic lift to an underground bunker when they busted the largest-ever marijuana growing operation in Chilliwack.

Air Canada, the country's largest carrier, sued the Obama administration over a directive that bars the carrier from providing charter service to professional ice hockey and basketball teams.

A bankruptcy judge has raised the possibility of rejecting both bids to buy the Phoenix Coyotes . Judge Redfield T. Baum make the comment today as the two-day auction of the team began. Baum called the possibility �more than theoretical.�

She said the suggestion that Canada's war in Afghanistan is a "lost cause" hurts her deeply. "I think it's important to see that our efforts are not in vain, and when we hear Afghan people and even children saying that the priority is security -- this

BERLIN, Germany -- General Motors Co. said Thursday that a consortium of Canada's Magna International Inc. and Russian lender Sberbank would acquire a majority stake in its European subsidiary Opel.

KABUL, Afghanistan -- A group of Afghan journalists blamed international forces Thursday for the death of a kidnapped colleague during the British commando rescue of a New York Times reporter and accused the troops of having a "double standard" for Wester

REGINA -- The Saskatchewan government says it will go after the profits from convicted wife killer Colin Thatcher's book and the money could end up with his children.

VANCOUVER -- A grizzly bear expert is dismissing claims British Columbia's coastal grizzly bears are dying of starvation because of declining salmon runs as alarmist.

The pending sale of the Montreal Canadiens will soon put the hockey team in the hands of a partnership group led by the Molson family, after eight years of majority ownership by U.S. businessman George Gillett.

Benemar Benatta, an Algerian refugee now living in Toronto, is heading back to court Friday in his fight for answers from the Canadian government over his post-Sept. 11 deportation to the United States.

The Bank of Canada said the country's economy may grow faster in the second half of this year than it forecast earlier this summer.

EDMONTON -- Syphilis is on the rise again in Edmonton, and public health authorities are going to extraordinary lengths to get it under control.

CALGARY -- Officials say extreme potty-mouths are not welcome on city transit.

TORONTO -- The grandmother of U.S. college hockey captain Mike Serba said he was "stomped by the justice system" that convicted his killer of manslaughter instead of murder.

NORFOLK, Va. - In an historic change-of-command, a French general took charge Wednesday of NATO's only strategic command in North America as the alliance's secretary-general said he was concerned about growing public skepticism about the war effort in Afg

WASHINGTON - Barack Obama, delivering one of the most crucial speeches of his young presidency, urged Congress Wednesday to set aside partisan bickering and work with him to overhaul the U.S. health care system.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper believes a majority government "is in reach" for the Conservative party the next time Canadians go to the polls for a federal election.

Two B.C. men are recovering following a bizarre attack in which they were slashed across the face by a man wearing gloves with blades attached.