NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 06-2010

At least 150 people were arrested as violence broke out after thousands of anti-G20 protesters marched through downtown Toronto on Saturday, prompting police to use tear gas in the city for the first time.

While protests against the G20 summit in Toronto turned violent on Saturday, a mostly peaceful gathering in Vancouver became ugly when a group of demonstrators began kicking police officers and poking them with signs.

A student teacher at an Abbotsford high school is facing charges of invitation to sexual touching and luring of a child.

Want to hear what your favorite pop star or politician sounds like accompanied by the most memorable sound of the soccer World Cup in South Africa -- the droning vuvuzela trumpet?

A Vancouver woman accused of murdering her two newborn babies has been ordered released on $200,000 bail � and ordered not to have sex with anyone.

Sperm whales feeding even in the most remote reaches of Earth's oceans have built up high levels of heavy metals, according to U.S. scientists who warn the findings threaten human seafood.

A Yukon Supreme Court judge has found a 39-year-old Whitehorse woman and her teenaged son not guilty of stabbing the woman's then-boyfriend in the back.

The body of one of three college students swept over a steep waterfall in a Labrador river last month was found Saturday, police said.

A five-year-old boy is dead after he was struck by a tow truck at an intersection in Winnipeg on Friday night, police say.

Four Calgarians are accused of cultivating marijuana plants in Saskatchewan.

Alberta Health Services is planning a wage freeze for all of the province's health-care workers, the AHS president told a CBC editorial board.

Alberta does not plan to toughen its building code for outdoor stages as a result of the fatal collapse of the main platform last summer at the Big Valley Jamboree country music festival.

A man has been charged with criminal negligence causing death after his co-worker's body was found on a rural road north of Edmonton on Friday.

A 55-year-old Maple Ridge, B.C., man is in police custody after a body was found buried on the property he occupied.

Abbotsford police have arrested a man wanted in connection with an incident in which employees of a retail store were bear-sprayed by someone trying to commit a fraud.

Two Saskatchewan-based digital developers are hoping their game creations will catch the notice of people downloading applications to devices such as the iPad and iPhone.

A researcher says 18 children have died of hyperthermia since the beginning of the year, with eight deaths reported since June 13. That's the largest number of fatalities through the first half of a year since Jan Null, an adjunct professor of meteorology

A 16-year-old boy is in critical condition after falling off the bumper of a moving car in North Vancouver on Friday night.

Canada's death toll in Afghanistan has hit another tragic milestone with the death of two soldiers Saturday west of Kandahar city.

A group of black-clad protesters has raged through downtown Toronto, smashing windows, vandalizing businesses and burning at least two police cruisers in the heart of the city.

A dating website has launched a "virtual sperm bank" meant to help users maximize their chances of having attractive children.

Hundreds of people are offering to take in a blind beagle found wandering on a Whitby street.

The father of the late pop star Michael Jackson has sued the doctor charged with giving the pop star a lethal dose of sedatives.

A caricature drawn by John Lennon of himself and his wife, Yoko Ono, during their 1969 bed-in peace protest in Montreal has fetched $58,100 Cdn.

Apple has acknowledged reception problems with its new iPhone 4, but the company is blaming the issue on how users are holding the device.

Oscar the cat may have lost one of his nine lives, but his new prosthetic paws make him one of the world's few bionic cats.

The Canadian arm of drug maker Johnson and Johnson confirmed Friday that certain children's medications and a still unknown variety of adult products will be in short supply or unavailable until next year.

The Vatican has stepped up its criticism of raids carried out by Belgian police investigating alleged sex abuse by priests, with the No. 2 official saying Saturday that the raids would be unprecedented even under communism.

A senior Taliban commander disguised as a woman was killed by Afghan and international forces after he opened fire with a pistol and tried to throw a grenade south of the capital, Kabul.

An infection known as "strangles" has hit the famous horses of the RCMP and forced the national police force to cancel a series of its signature musical rides in Alberta and Saskatchewan.

While oil companies have spent billions of dollars to drill deeper and farther out to sea, relatively little money and research have gone into finding new, improved ways to respond to oil spills in deepsea conditions like those in the Gulf of Mexico.

Harry threw the ceremonial first pitch with a bit of zip before the Mets played the Minnesota Twins on Saturday, the second day of his visit to New York.

A large contingent of riot police have faced off against an apparent splinter group of G20 demonstrators in downtown Toronto, as thousands march through the city's core in protest of this weekend's high-level summit.

The death toll from storms that have pounded southern China for more than a week has climbed to 377, the government said Friday.

A Winnipeg man wanted on a Canada-wide warrant for sexual assault charges has been arrested in B.C.

An 18-year-old man faces multiple sexual assault charges in connection with a series of incidents in Winnipeg.

A military plane carrying Macneil's casket landed at CFB Trenton, in eastern Ontario, this afternoon.

With a strike deadline looming this weekend, Via Rail is expressing hope about the chances of hammering out a new deal with the union representing more than 2,000 of its workers.

Canadians who mistakenly put too much into their new tax free savings accounts are being given a break -- no penalties.

Canada has committed nearly $3 billion for maternal-and-child health in the developing world over the next five year, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced Friday at the G8 meeting in Huntsville, Ont.

Prime Minister Harper will announce later today that Canada has paid off its share of Haiti's debt to the Inter-American Development Bank and the International Fund for Agricultural Development

The witnesses have all spoken and the court martial of Capt. Robert Semrau, who allegedly executed an injured Taliban fighter two years ago, is headed back to Canada for its final chapter.

A lottery player in Saskatchewan and another in Newfoundland is each $25 million richer after securing a winning ticket in Friday's Lotto Max draw.

Sixteen-year-old Californian sailor Abby Sunderland was reunited with her brother Saturday and defended her family against criticism that she had been too young to try to sail around the world alone.

A tropical storm is the latest bit of bad news for crews working to stop an oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico.

Demonstrations against the G8 and G20 summits will ramp up Saturday, with as many as 10,000 people expected to take to the streets to protest the international meetings.

Members of the Canadian Auto Workers, Via's largest union, have served notice they'll walk off the job Sunday at 11:59 p.m. ET unless a settlement is reached.

Signs of liquid water had been seen on southern Mars, but the latest findings reveal similar signals in craters in the north of the Red Planet.

North Korea's ruling communist party is to hold a rare meeting of its political bureau, state media have said. The session will be held in September to select new leaders to the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK)

Germany's new radar satellite, TanDEM-X, has returned its first images. The spacecraft was launched from Kazakhstan on Monday on a mission to make the most precise 3D map of the Earth's surface.

The Canadian Forces Snowbirds Demonstration Team paid tribute to the Canadian Naval Centennial on June 12, 2010, flying over the beautiful shores of Esquimalt Lagoon with a show for the sailors, military families and citizens of Victoria, B.C.

The Canadian Aviation Hall of Fame inducted its four newest members on June 10, 2010, in a ceremony in Richmond, B.C.

It cost $2 million, involved international warships, fighter jets, submarines and naval officers, and covered an area eight times the size of Nova Scotia.

An imminent deal that would open the door for Canadian exports of uranium to India, could add to nuclear tensions in South Asia, some experts say.

JAKARTA - A tribe of hunter gatherers living in trees in the remote forests of Indonesia's easternmost Papua region has been discovered for the first time by the country's census, an official said on Thursday.

A thick blue wall stood between 2,000 chanting protesters and the three-metre-high security perimeter fence that rims the G20 Red Zone.

Police officers have shot and killed a black bear in West Vancouver after it broke into homes in the neighbourhood and stole food from their refrigerators.

The Vancouver Canucks sent their first-round pick to the Florida Panthers for defenceman Keith Ballard and prospect Victor Oreskovich. Steve Bernier and Michael Grabner are also headed to Florida as part of the deal.

The first tropical depression of the summer has formed in the western Caribbean, but it's not clear yet whether it posses a threat to the enormous cleanup effort underway in the Gulf of Mexico.

Authorities in Georgia on Friday tore down a monument to Soviet dictator Josef Stalin in his birthplace of Gori to make way for a memorial to the fallen in the Russian-Georgian war of 2008.

The 31st edition of the Montreal International Jazz Festival kicks off Friday night with a free outdoor show starring the Brian Setzer Orchestra.

Oilsands giant Syncrude was found guilty Friday on both environmental charges it was facing in connection with the April 2008 deaths of 1,600 ducks in one of its northern Alberta tailings ponds.

The Edmonton Oilers got their man as they have selected Taylor Hall with the first overall pick in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft from Los Angeles.

Border fence proposals are a dime a dozen among Republican candidates, but Rand Paul's is different: it's underground, and it's electrified. "My plans include an underground electric fence, with helicopter stations to respond quickly to breaches of the bo

Yet another BP conspiracy theory has leaked -- this time from Bill Randall, a Republican candidate competing in a primary race for North Carolina's 13th district House seat.

The U.S. Hurricane Center in Miami says Celia was packing winds at 160 mph (260 kph) as it churned up seas Thursday night about 785 miles (1,260 km) off the southern tip of Mexico's Baja California peninsula. Celia was moving farther out to sea to the wes

Researchers have grown a rat lung in the lab, taking a preliminary step in the quest to regenerate the vital organs for humans.

The G8 and G20 summits will be patrolled by police on horses, on bikes, on rooftops and in helicopters.

Heather Elliot is running out of time to keep her mother Ellen Elliot, an 89-year-old Alzheimer's patient, from being kicked out of St. Jude's Nursing Home on Friday.

Police have made an arrest in relation to a "weapons-laden" vehicle near a G20 venue in downtown Toronto.

Following bloodshed over his capture, Jamaican gang leader Christopher "Dudus" Coke arrived in New York City under tight security on Thursday to face charges he flooded the East Coast with shipments of cocaine and marijuana, authorities said.

Conrad Black won a partial victory Thursday after the U.S. Supreme Court set aside three corporate fraud convictions against the former media baron.

The union representing many workers at Via Rail is turning up the pressure on the management at the bargaining table.

Monica Siegel and her two friends dropped a total of $2,500 and flew hundreds of miles to camp out for four days on a gritty patch of sidewalk in downtown Los Angeles. On Thursday, it was all worth it.

So there is plenty of oil and gas after all. Prices will bumble along gently until well into the next decade. We are becoming more efficient in our use of energy, with 3pc extra savings annually. That is a faster pace than the rising real cost of fuel. Ma

A nurse who was photographed being kissed in Times Square in New York to celebrate the end of the second world war in 1945 has died, aged 91.

One of Canada's best-known astronauts is getting ready to hang up her space suit after a milestone-studded career that featured two memorable trips to space.

The freelance journalist who wrote the revealing article for Rolling Stone magazine on Gen. Stanley McChrystal is a little stunned that the piece brought down the top-ranking commander in Afghanistan.

The tornado that whipped through Ontario cottage country Wednesday was an F2 storm that saw high winds reach between 180 kilometres and 240 kilometres an hour.

Three of the four deaths in Sunday's explosion of a house in north Edmonton have been ruled homicides.

The son of a woman who is currently on trial for a fatal traffic accident in Delta, B.C., was charged with murder in 2009, following a fatal stabbing that started with an argument on a bus.

Tuesday night's "Deadliest Catch" drew 5.4 million viewers -- a record for the hit Discovery Channel show. During the episode, the late Capt. Phil Harris suffers a stroke while filming and is evacuated by a medical team (video clip below). The audience wa

Amateur physicist creates fusion with parts bought on eBay

More than 5,000 sailors and over two dozen ships from eight countries will be in Halifax this week for an international fleet review to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Canadian navy.

Russia launched the second of three stealth frigates for the Indian Navy under $1.6 billion deal inked in July 2006.

Blayne Haggart doesn't consider himself a "radical extremist," which is why he's chafing at possibly being labelled as such by Heritage Minister James Moore.

Higher domestic ticket prices a sign of the times as industry grasps at recovery

BC Natives want the right to hunt Eagles.

37-year-old Toronto woman charged with weapons, explosive charges in continuing security investigation

Dustin Byfuglien won't be helping the Chicago Blackhawks defend the Stanley Cup next season.

Oil spewed uncontrolled into the Gulf of Mexico again Wednesday after an undersea robot bumped the cap being used to contain it, forcing BP engineers to remove the device and then scramble to reattach it.

The B.C. government is investing $30 million in a subatomic physics lab at the University of B.C. in a project aimed at improving the future supply of medical isotopes.

Australia got its first female prime minister on Thursday after the ruling party dumped Kevin Rudd and installed his deputy as leader.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper offered an apology Wednesday to the families of those killed in the Air India terrorist attack, acknowledging that for decades they were treated with "scant respect."

The town of Midland, Ont. has declared a state of emergency after a suspected tornado touched down, setting off reports of minor injuries and widespread damage.

Washington Capitals superstar Alexander Ovechkin was voted by his peers as the most valuable player of the 2009-10 season.

Google Inc. is planning to launch an online music downloading service tied to its search engine, the Wall Street Journal reported, a move that would pit it against Apple Inc. and its popular iTunes site.

As succession plans go, Tom Renney knew he wasn't going to have to wait as long for the Edmonton Oilers head coaching job to open up as Prince Charles has waited to take over the British throne.

Six people have been charged for allegedly operating a forgery ring that has stolen hundreds of identities.

Autopsies on four people killed in a massive house explosion in north Edmonton Sunday are completed, but police are not releasing any information at this time.

Medals, badges, RCAF swagger stick, First World War log books among stolen items. Everything about it seems like a heist by thieves with a penchant for aviation memorabilia.

British sailors arrived in Nova Scotia on Wednesday aboard the HMS Ark Royal to take part in celebrations for the 100th anniversary of the Canadian Navy.

The National Hockey League's salary cap has been set for the 2010-2011 season at $59.4 million.

Researchers from the University of Montreal say they have finally designed a less drafty hospital gown that helps patients keep their backsides covered and their dignity intact.

In this city known for producing laws both path-breaking and contentious, legislators have forcefully stepped into another debate -- this time over the potential danger of cellphone use.

A Red Deer man has been fined $185,000 on two counts of having tobacco in his possession that was not properly stamped.

They've come a long way from the trailer park. The foul-mouthed Trailer Park Boys raked in the most money at the English-Canadian box office last year with "The Trailer Park Boys: Countdown to Liquor Day."

Friday's Lotto Max draw will give Canadians a chance at a $50 million Jackpot for the fourth time in recent weeks. But out in the west, there have been at least 19 Maxmillions winners over the past three weeks.

There were some tense moments at the City Centre Airport Wednesday morning. Emergency crews jumped into action as they prepared for an airplane to make an emergency landing.

U.S. President Barack Obama has fired his top general in Afghanistan, following a controversial magazine interview that saw Gen. Stanley McChrystal criticize his colleagues and senior White House staff.

The BC Lions trimmed down their roster Wednesday morning. The club released seven players as they prepare to open their 2010 CFL season in Edmonton against the Eskimos July 4.