NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 04-2010

Tiger Woods missed the cut for only the sixth time in his professional career after a horrendous second-round back nine at the Quail Hollow Championship.

OTTAWA - Canadians will attend ceremonies across the country Sunday, May 2 to mark the sacrifices made by the many who fought on their behalf in the epic Battle of the Atlantic during the Second World War.

The Pittsburgh Penguins found a way to solve the seemingly unbeatable Jaroslav Halak on Friday night: get Montreal to play some undisciplined hockey.

A plaque dedicated to the memory of a Canadian war hero has been stolen from a cenotaph in Chilliwack, B.C.

Japan has issued an arrest warrant for Paul Watson, charging him with obstructing operations by Japan's whaling fleet. Far from denying the Japanese allegations, an unrepentant Watson said that he will continue his efforts to block the Japanese whaling fl

Lt.-Gen. Andrew Leslie, a high-profile Canadian general suggested to lead a potential large troop deployment to Congo, has instead been ordered to plan a top-down reorganization of the entire military.

Biologists in the Northwest Territories have confirmed that an unusual-looking bear shot earlier this month near Ulukhaktok, N.W.T., was a rare hybrid grizzly-polar bear.

Members of the Royal Canadian Legion in Berwick, N.S., are upset that six medals belonging to a local soldier killed in action in the Second World War were recently put up for sale on eBay for $729.

Thursday was shaping up to be just another school day for 13-year-old Erik Martin, but then something extraordinary happened: Spider-Man called.

A hospital in the Thai capital evacuated most of its patients Friday after it was stormed by "Red Shirt" protesters who mistakenly believed troops were hiding there following recent violence.

U.N. health bodies called on Friday for more research and clinical trials to close gaps in the market for children's medicines that cost millions lives in developing countries each year.

Since 1950, man has landed on the moon, made computers commonplace and harnessed nuclear power. We're obviously using our minds to the fullest. Yet the number of ways we can go officially crazy has nearly tripled.

Lisa Guerin will spend another six months in jail for the accidental methadone death of her young daughter.

The Grade 7 student at Ashbury College was the only Canadian in the contest and brought home the top prize in the under-16 category. There were 20 other contestants from around the world.

She wrote of feeling worthless, of her steadily deteriorating emotional state and lack of hope.

Michael Briscoe, the man awaiting a new trial in the murder of Nina Courtepatte, has been charged with first degree murder in the death of Ellie May Meyer, Global has learned.

The Vancouver Island Health Authority is monitoring three sick staff members at Glengarry Hospital, where nine people have died from an unspecified respiratory illness.

Federal prosecutors in New York have begun investigating Goldman Sachs Group Inc, raising the possibility of criminal charges against the company or its employees, a source familiar with the situation said Thursday.

Japan's coastguard has obtained an arrest warrant for the head of radical anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd for allegedly ordering members of the group to obstruct Japan's whale hunt, domestic media said on Friday.

An advocacy group for female inmates has won the right to access the personal records of Ashley Smith, a mentally ill teen who died in a federal prison cell.

Mary Ann Wangemann and her 14-year-old daughter Lorraine were already in a fairly poor mood Wednesday night. The Washington Capitals -- the first sports team they had rooted for together, the team that prompted 49-year old Mary Ann to begin painting her f

The loss of sea ice in the Arctic is the main reason temperatures are rising much faster there than elsewhere, a new study suggests. James Screen and Ian Simmonds from the University of Melbourne reported their findings this week in the journal Nature.

A nasal spray can make men more in tune with other people's feelings, say a team of German and UK researchers.

In Coquitlam, a city desperately lacking in homeless shelters, one man's attempt to help out has been tied up in bureaucratic red tape.

B.C. Transportation Minister Shirley Bond says million-dollar paydays at BC Ferries are sinking fast.

Patrick Marleau didn't need to score a goal, win a crucial faceoff or even take a shift to make his mark early in Round 2 of the Stanley Cup playoffs.

As the NHL's post-season moves into the second round, two Canadian-based clubs remain standing: the Vancouver Canucks and the Montreal Canadiens

Chicago Blackhawks forward Andrew Ladd had a smile on his face and a hockey player's gash on his nose Thursday as he downplayed his feud with Vancouver's Ryan Kesler.

There's a good chance Roberto Luongo will bump into an old acquaintance when the Vancouver Canucks face the Chicago Blackhawks.

A vast oil slick drifting in the Gulf of Mexico has reached the U.S. coastline in Louisiana, imperiling the region's rich sea life and causing what could be one of the country's worst-ever environmental disasters.

The chief of Canada's defence staff says he's not opposed to the release of hundreds of pages of government documents related to Afghan detainee transfers.

The B.C. government scored a victory and suffered a setback Thursday in its effort to introduce a harmonized sales tax in the province.

WASHINGTON - The Obama administration warned Iran and Syria on Thursday that America's commitment to Israel's security is unshakable, and they should understand the consequences of threats to the Jewish state.

The leaders of India and Pakistan met Thursday and agreed to the resumption of peace talks, signalling a thawing in a relationship that has been tense since the 2008 Mumbai attacks.

ST. ALBERT, Alta. - Syncrude Canada failed Thursday to get a judge to toss the case against the oilsands giant over the deaths of 1,600 migrating ducks in one of its chemical tarpits. Provincial court judge Ken Tjosvold rejected Syncrude's argument as leg

Pro-Palestinian protesters storm towards Talya Lador-Fresher after her speech at Manchester University, prompting police to whisk her away from site. Protesters proceed to encircle police car, climb on hood. Ambassador Ron Prosor says sweeping denunciatio

The conference semifinals will begin Thursday, April 29, with the Sharks and Red Wings starting things off in San Jose.

Belgium's lower house of parliament has voted for a law that would ban women from wearing the full Islamic face veil in public.

MILLINGTON, N.J. - A Canada goose with a hunter's 26-inch (66-centimetre) arrow sticking out of its chest picked the right place to land.

The oil spill is expected to begin moving into the Pass a L'Outre Wildlife Management Area at the mouth of the Mississippi River on Thursday, before coming ashore at Chandeleur Sound on Friday and Breton Sound on Saturday

A sexual assault victim from Tweed, Ont., said she felt "totally betrayed" by police when she learned Col. Russell Williams had been charged with dozens of other crimes dating back to 2007.

Spring showers are next to non-existent in the High Arctic, so Environment Canada's senior climatologist says he's baffled to hear that it rained near the North Pole this week.

KINGS BAY NAVAL SUBMARINE BASE, Ga. - The first U.S. women allowed to serve aboard submarines will be reporting for duty by 2012, the Navy said Thursday as the military ordered an end to one of its few remaining gender barriers.

Recently, a Cessna 140 with two people on board was transiting northern British Columbia. The weather was beautiful and the aircraft in great shape, so what could go wrong?

There is plenty of ice at the top of the planet after last winter, but a new report indicates it may not be there for long.

An unexpected landmark agreement this week between Norway and Russia on where to draw an offshore boundary in the oil-rich Barents Sea heralds a new era of circumpolar peace, says a leading Canadian expert on Arctic affairs.

The Canadian government has taken a major step to create a new national park in the High Arctic and simultaneously ensured almost no tourists will ever want to go there.

The number of women locked up as federal offenders has doubled in the last 15 years and an advocacy group says the figure will continue climbing without corrective measures.

B.C. Liberal MLA Jane Ann Thornthwaite has been charged with impaired driving, following an incident during the Olympic Games.

A New Brunswick-based aboriginal group and three men are suing the New Brunswick and federal governments for $13 billion in damages for alleged "genocide" and loss of native lands over the past 400 years.

The discovery of a human skeleton in an abandoned well in Dresden, Ont., has police examining the mysterious disappearance of a man more than 40 years ago.

One is a quiet Swede who roars when he steps on the ice. The other is a speedy German with a nose for the net.

Vancouver Canucks forward Henrik Sedin is up for the Hart Memorial Trophy for the first time, joining previous winners Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins and Alexander Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals.

Toronto police have released security camera images of two men suspected of robbing an elderly man on a subway last weekend.

Col. Russell Williams, a former CFB Trenton commander accused of killing two women, now also faces 82 charges involving break-ins in Ottawa, Belleville and Tweed in Ontario.

A proposal to expand a coal mine near Campbell River on Vancouver Island has raised concerns that existing arsenic and sulphate levels already in a local watershed will only get worse.

MONTREAL - It's a city that suddenly believes in miracles. Following an improbable, come-from-behind, seventh-game series win against a far superior opponent, Montreal Canadiens fans couldn't help but herald a little divine intervention.

Forwards and potential NHL teammates Tyler Seguin of the Plymouth Whalers and Jordan Eberle of the Regina Pats were named the top players in their respective major junior leagues on Wednesday.

The B.C. government took control of major energy projects like the proposed Site C dam in northeastern B.C. Wednesday with the introduction of a new Clean Energy Act.

Calgary is forecast to get a blast of 20 centimetres of snow by Thursday evening, one week after basking under sunny 20 C skies.

Investigators have cleared up the mystery of who was behind the wheel of a 1960s vintage vehicle pulled from the bottom of B.C.'s Skaha Lake on Monday.

When the frantic final moments finished and the Montreal Canadiens had escaped with their colossal upset of the Washington Capitals, the breadth of emotions inside the Verizon Center ran the gamut.

A Yellowknife entrepreneur is selling pieces of what some geologists believe is the oldest known rock in the world.

The Yukon RCMP has expressed shock and regret over the "insensitive and callous" treatment of Raymond Silverfox, who died after spending 13 hours in custody in 2008.

Calgary police have arrested two Ontario men in what they described as a sophisticated operation targeting debit information at bank machines across Canada.

A concerned woman in the Philippines was the key to bringing a Manitoba sex offender to justice.

A Quebec couple who requested their children be exempt from the province's ethics and religious culture course is bringing their case to the Supreme Court.

YouTube turned five on Friday. In the scant time since the first video was uploaded to YouTube on April 23, 2005, the website has rocketed to global stardom and become a key player in a shift to Internet television.

Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty's sudden decision to pull a new sex education curriculum after a public backlash last week will put children at risk, says a national education think-tank.

Kong's fellow tenant, 78-year-old Tai Yum-po, has made better use of his space: he hooks his towel, jackets, pot noodles, bags of washing powder and toothpicks to his bed.

Thai troops fired live rounds and rubber bullets at charging anti-government protesters in a chaotic clash that killed a soldier and wounded 18 people on a congested highway in Bangkok's suburbs on Wednesday.

U.S. officials have approved a "controlled burn" to protect ecologically fragile coastlines from a spreading oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico, the Coast Guard said Wednesday.

All of Anne Frank's surviving diaries and manuscripts came home Wednesday to the secret Amsterdam annexe where the Jewish teenager chronicled two years of hiding before her capture by the Nazis.

The TSX opened higher on strong earnings from several major companies but then followed global markets into the red on continued worries that Greece's debt crisis may spread to several other countries.

Britons have been warned by the Foreign Office to avoid travelling to Thailand.

Newly released documents on display Tuesday in Scotland show that during the 1930s, police in Scotland were convinced some sort of creature inhabited the Highlands lake -- so sure, in fact, that they worried about how to protect it from big-game hunters.

Police in London, Ont. shot and killed a black bear that had wandered into the southwest Ontario city.

NEW ORLEANS - Crews may set fires to burn off oil being spewed into the Gulf of Mexico by a blown-out well, the Coast Guard said Tuesday.

The Queen's visit to Ottawa this summer could leave residents with a huge security tab since the federal government seems unwilling to pay, Ottawa police allege.

A national group that's been lobbying for a ban on bottled water is applauding Nova Scotia for promising to stop buying bottled water for government departments.

LOS ANGELES - Mixed martial arts star Tito Ortiz claims his ex-porn star girlfriend is addicted to Oxycontin, and he blames Jenna Jameson's drug use for his arrest Monday on suspicion of domestic violence.

The Vancouver Canucks will get the perfect measuring stick for how far they've come in a year, with an NHL Western Conference semifinal rematch against the Chicago Blackhawks.

The Vancouver Island Health Authority says nine residents have died since April 5 at a Victoria hospital where an influenza-like virus has been detected.

Severe outbursts grossly out of proportion to the situation, in the form of verbal rages or physical aggression, several times a week -- to parents, these would seem the most common elements of childhood temper tantrums.

The white-feathered guests of honour showed up in droves for the Swan Festival on Sunday

A couple in Kamloops had their three youngest children removed by the B.C. government after they gave shelter to their violent, mentally ill adult son, who had been turned away from government care.

The B.C. government will allow only a few more days of debate on the legislation to create the harmonized sales tax.

A Victoria, B.C. woman denied compensation by her insurer for injuries suffered when her family's car struck a deer will get her pay out after successfully suing the driver, her husband, for negligence.

Ten thousand French grain farmers marched and drove tractors through Paris on Tuesday demanding urgent government action to boost cereal prices and counter sharp falls in income in the past two years.

Kyrgyzstan's interim government on Tuesday said it had charged ousted president Kurmanbek Bakiyev with mass killings and asked Belarus to hand him over for trial.

A 19-year-old former Rona employee was handed a $500 fine Monday for possessing two pipe bombs at a north-side Rona store in December 2008.

Federal Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq says those were the principles which formed the approach she adopted one year ago when the H1N1 flu pandemic arrived on Canada's doorstep, and followed as the crisis unfolded over the following 10 months.

With the oceans absorbing more than 1 million tons of carbon dioxide an hour, a National Research Council study released Thursday found that the level of acid in the oceans is increasing at an unprecedented rate and threatening to change marine ecosystems

How smart do you have to be when shopping around for a smartphone?

Just three weeks after the global launch, bootleg versions of Apple Inc's hot-selling iPad tablet PCs have begun showing up on the shelves of online and real-world shops in piracy-prone China.

Syncrude announced Monday it will ask the Provincial Court judge hearing the ongoing duck trial to dismiss all charges against the oil-sands giant.

Looking for a tidy little bungalow on Vancouver's west side, close to Kits Beach?

The political debate about whether Ottawa should fund safe abortion services overseas is a distraction, and should not be allowed to derail a new Canadian-led campaign to save the lives of new mothers and children the world's poorest countries, says World

BOSTON -- Tuukka Rask outplayed the Olympic MVP and the Boston Bruins eliminated Ryan Miller and the Buffalo Sabres in the first round of the NHL playoffs.

Canada has created a nation of baby couch potatoes, where more than half of preschoolers are dangerously inactive, according to an annual report card on physical activity.

Vancouver hockey fans now have another reason to celebrate the sport as the City of Vancouver marks April 27 as Canucks Day.

Mounties on Vancouver Island are searching for a suspect they believe could be responsible for two separate robberies in the Greater Victoria area on Saturday night.

First Nations chiefs in B.C.'s southern Interior say thousands of their bands' members will use any means they can to stop a major mine in the Chilcotin region.

Jonathan Toews scored a power-play goal to cap a wild first period, and the Chicago Blackhawks held on for a 5-3 victory Monday night over Nashville to advance to the Western Conference semifinals for the second straight year.

Mounties are warning residents to be extra vigilant after the fourth abduction attempt in less than two months was reported in Chilliwack over the weekend.

If Montreal Canadiens goalie Jaroslav Halak can win his third in a row over the Washington Capitals on Wednesday, he will add his name to all the legendary playoff performers in the franchise's storied history.

Robotic submersibles are being used to try to stop oil leaking into the Gulf of Mexico from a damaged well almost a mile (1.5km) below the surface.