NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 11-2010

Environment Canada issued two snowfall warnings for parts of Vancouver Island Monday, as snow squalls slammed the area.

Nearly 23,000 BC Hydro customers were in the dark Monday night after a windstorm sweeping the province's South Coast and Fraser Valley toppled trees and downed power lines.

The child brides, trafficked girls, teenage pregnancies and oppressed women in a breakaway fundamentalist Mormon sect in southeastern British Columbia are all the result of polygamy, a B.C. government lawyer said Monday as he urged a judge to uphold Canad

A blast of Arctic air is barrelling down on the West Coast of B.C., challenging low temperature records that have stood for 25 years.

A woman convicted of posing as a nurse has been accused of impersonating a teacher.

Canada's first Asian-Canadian lieutenant-governor, David C. Lam, has died of prostate cancer at the age of 87.

The trial of a mother accused of killing her toddler is in limbo after a Crown lawyer's behaviour distracted and concerned jurors to the point where the judge is prepared to declare a mistrial.

Qantas will resume flying some of its A380 superjumbo fleet this weekend, ending a self-imposed ban after a massive in-flight engine failure prompted a global safety review, the airline said Tuesday.

A Quebec man accused of molesting three girls at his wife's daycare on Montreal's west island laughed out loud when a video interview with one of his alleged victims was played at his trial on Monday.

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation has compiled data that shows some aboriginal politicians earn higher salaries than Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

The dead and injured are being taken from the scene where at least 345 people died in a stampede during a water festival in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

The Alberta MLA who criticized his own government over its handling of backlogs in the province's emergency rooms has been suspended from the Tory caucus.

A lawyer for the B.C. government is warning a judge that declaring polygamy a protected religious practice would make Canada the only Western country to allow multiple marriages.

Former Playboy Club bunny and Milwaukee police officer Laurie (Bambi) Bembenek, whose prison escape to Canada 20 years ago popularized the phrase "Run Bambi Run," has died.

A B.C. woman is facing four counts of fraud after allegedly lying about having cancer, marking the fourth cancer-faking case in Canada in the last few months.

They're not out to beat a nine-year-old, but Ken Donais couldn't help but remember a massive maple leaf he found while walking with his wife Cheryl.

Wes Cates scored the winning touchdown in the third quarter and the Saskatchewan Roughriders held on from there to beat the host Calgary Stampeders 20-16 on Sunday afternoon, advancing to the Grey Cup for the third time in four years.

The Montreal Alouettes enjoyed a stress-free Sunday afternoon in the East final and as a result will once again play in the Grey Cup, in Edmonton next week.

Heading back out on the road hasn't slowed down the Phoenix Coyotes. Ending their three-game trip against the Vancouver Canucks might be a bit tougher.

An icebreaking machine has begun punching holes in an ice jam that threatens dozens of homes and a bridge near a northern Manitoba aboriginal community.

A snowfall warning is in effect Sunday for the southern Red River Valley and the far southeastern part of Manitoba, which received about eight centimetres of snow overnight.

Al-Qaeda's Yemen-based wing is reported to have what it calls a "strategy of a thousand cuts" to hurt the U.S. economy with frequent small-scale attacks.

LISBON, Portugal - Stephen Harper said Saturday the Afghan government doesn't deserve a "dime" of direct foreign aid money until it cleans up its act on combating corruption.

A team of Canadian scientists has solved a key mystery about one of the world's most unusual fish -- the amphibious mangrove killifish, a tropical species that can survive out of water for as long as two months.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper read Hamid Karzai the diplomatic equivalent of the riot act at a meeting here of NATO leaders, telling the Afghanistan president that he needs to crack down on corruption if he wants the continued support of the Canadian publ

Dozens of Toronto-area informants are being paid by the Canadian security service to spy on mosques in the GTA, a well-known Arab community leader says.

The head of Legal Aid Manitoba says he has no desire to "waste money" on a Supreme Court challenge by one of Phoenix Sinclair's killers, adding he doesn't see much merit in the man's case.

The US has said a report that North Korea has built a new nuclear facility is further evidence of Pyongyang's "belligerent behaviour".

TORONTO - Jackie Scott considers herself a true Canuck. The 65-year-old grew up in Ontario, paid taxes and even voted in federal elections. But in Ottawa's eyes, she isn't Canadian.

An Ohio family was repeatedly stabbed, dismembered and put into garbage bags, said the coroner on Saturday.

Provincial health officials have outlined a more comprehensive plan to deal with over-capacity in emergency wait rooms, identifying six situations where immediate action would be taken to free up space for patients.

A teenage boy is charged with the aggravated sexual assault and confinement of a four-year-old girl near Peterborough.

Remember when the world first laid eyes on Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint in 2001's "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone?"

For years, Canadians have heard that obesity, a lack of physical activity and a family history are the top risk factors for developing Type 2 diabetes.

Two soldiers stationed at sprawling military bases in the United States say they have faced persistent harassment due to their Muslim faith, renewing questions about the role of religion in the world's largest armed forces.

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula is promising more small-scale attacks like its attempts to bomb two U.S.-bound cargo planes, which it likens to bleeding its enemy to death by a thousand cuts, in a special edition of the Yemeni-based group's English on-l

The Vatican on Sunday cautioned that there is nothing "revolutionary" in Pope Benedict XVI's startling assertion that condom use in exceptional circumstances can be a responsible act in the fight against the spread of HIV.

Mexican officials have shut down the resort where five Canadian tourists were killed in an explosion last week, as they determine if a possible failure in the gas heating system for the hotel's pool contributed to the deadly blast.

The Taliban vowed Sunday to continue fighting NATO troops in Afghanistan in an effort to force them from the country ahead of a plan to hand over control of security to Afghan forces by 2014.

Dozens of protestors rallied outside the B.C. legislature building Saturday to drum up support for the pending recall campaign against Liberal MLA Ida Chong over the controversial HST.

Vancouver (10-6-3) has now dropped its last three games and has been shut out twice this season.

OTTAWA - It won't look like a scene from Star Wars, but the man in charge of space development for the defence department predicts the initial steps of the next major conflict are more than likely to start in orbit and Canada should be prepared.

An almost forgotten story of two brothers from southern Alberta is now featured at The Military Museums in Calgary.

A Saint John artist has had to swap his paintbrushes for rags and cleaning spray after someone vandalized a large Christmas card that is destined for Canadian troops in Afghanistan.

South Coast residents got an early taste of winter overnight as storms dumped centimeters of snow across the region.

The ambulance that transported Alberta explosion victim Darlene Ferguson to hospital in Mexico on Sunday ran out of gas along the way, family members told CBC News Friday.

A Vancouver girl is challenging an Ontario boy's claim to the world's biggest maple leaf with an oversized discovery of her own.

Pat Burns, who enjoyed instant success wherever he coached and who capped his tumultuous career by guiding the New Jersey Devils to Stanley Cup glory in 2003, has died of cancer. He was 58.

Environment Canada issued a snowfall warning for B.C.'s South Coast Friday, warning residents that even though the official start of winter is still more than a month away, they'll be getting a sneak preview this weekend.

The outspoken British Columbian MLA who unleashed an unprecedented tirade earlier this week after being dismissed from the Liberal cabinet has been kicked out of the Liberal Caucus.

International soldiers will be most likely to be needed in Afghanistan past 2014, the head of NATO said Friday, creating another political problem for the Harper government on the file.

A fast-moving weather system that left much of Western Canada blanketed in snow is approaching Quebec and eastern Ontario.

NATO's role in Afghanistan was highlighted as a two-day summit meeting in Lisbon began Friday with Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen praising Canada for keeping a non-combat presence there until 2014.

Archeologists working in Dawson City, Yukon, have identified two recently unearthed sets of human remains as those of two First Nations men executed during the Klondike Gold Rush.

Labrador Innu are applauding the new plan to develop a hydroelectric power project at Muskrat Falls, but they say it can't go ahead until they are offered adequate compensation.

Police have identified a suspect in the Nov. 10 theft of poppy money at a Tim Hortons in Dartmouth, N.S.

A fireball spotted in the sky above Nova Scotia's South Shore that triggered fears of a plane crash was probably just a meteor, officials say.

HMCS Fredericton sustained minor damage when it scraped an American navy ship off the east coast of Florida early Thursday evening, Maritime Forces Atlantic says.

The Canadian Forces has taken what's believed to be an unprecedented step in burning the uniform of convicted killer Russell Williams.

This means that city policies regarding urban health and drug addiction will now be guided by science and data, not ideology, said Coun. Kerry Jang, who brought the motion to council.

A list of prominent B.C. New Democrats has come out publicly in support of Carole James as leader of the party.

Sean Bruyea, a Canadian Gulf War veteran and Veterans Affairs critic whose personal and medical information was illegally shared by officials, has settled his claim against the department, it was revealed Thursday.

British Columbia's outgoing premier is biting back against a dissident cabinet minister who called him a bully, saying the words came from a distraught and disappointed man.

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) says B.C.'s decision to reverse a promised 15-per-cent tax cut means more families will be financially disadvantaged by the harmonized sales tax.

A Vancouver Island woman has been found guilty of murdering her adulterous husband with a lethal dose of heroin.

U.S. airline passengers are growing increasingly frustrated by airport security checks, showing irritation with the widespread use of full-body image detectors and the introduction of more intrusive pat-downs.

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Stephen Harper left Canada for a NATO meeting Thursday to deal with a fractious Afghan president only to be saddled with the extraordinary spectacle of two of his senior ministers squabbling in public.

The Canadian Forces pilot who ejected from his fighter jet moments before it crashed near Cold Lake in northern Alberta overnight says he couldn't believe that a scenario he learned to handle during training was actually happening.

RCMP in Saskatchewan are advising against travel due to icy road conditions in many parts of the province following an intense winter storm.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - An explosion ripped through a coal mine in New Zealand on Friday and around 30 workers were unaccounted for, police and the mining company said.

Scientists at Idaho State University have mapped a new, active seismic fault in the Rocky Mountains in the US state of Idaho capable of unleashing a 7.5 magnitude earthquake.

A Roman settlement filled with ancient artefacts and human remains has been found on a west London building site.

Scientists think they can now explain the sequence of events deep inside the Earth that led to the major volcanic eruptions on Iceland earlier this year.

Although darkness and cold now envelops Canadian Forces Station Alert, its members gathered together in solidarity on the afternoon of Oct. 30 vigilantly braving the extreme elements.

Astronomers claim to have discovered the first planet originating from outside our galaxy. The Jupiter-like planet, they say, is part of a solar system which once belonged to a dwarf galaxy.

City planners approved re-zoning the land around a Westboro convent for development Thursday, but said Ottawa will try to buy back a piece of land from the developer to preserve park space.

Ontario Finance Minister Dwight Duncan says his government will introduce a 10 per cent rebate program for electricity bills, but admits rates will jump 46 per cent over the next five years.

The Edmonton Oilers said Thursday they have recalled goalie Martin Gerber from their AHL affiliate while Oilers starter Nikolai Khabibulin is out with a groin injury.

The bodies of an Ohio mother, her son and her friend have been located eight days after they were reported missing, police say.

A U.K. judge has sentenced Gary Alcock to life in prison after he killed a 15-month-old girl for interrupting him while he was playing X-Box.

Comet Hartley 2 travels with an ice storm of its own making, according to NASA scientists who've been studying stunning new photos of a recent flyby of the comet.

Hong Kong has confirmed its first case of human bird flu in seven years.

An Ontario man with multiple sclerosis died of complications after a controversial treatment in Costa Rica to open up his neck veins, CBC News has learned.

Mexican authorities have opened a homicide inquiry into a hotel explosion that killed seven people, including five Canadians.

A New York lawyer was sentenced Thursday to six months in jail for an ultramodern crime that was all about antiquity: using online aliases to harass people in an academic debate about the Dead Sea Scrolls.

Police in British Columbia say that a 14-year-old girl was selling sex and attempting to pimp out other teens on Craigslist.

Iran is warning its citizens not to come to Canada out of fear of widespread Islamophobia sweeping the country.

OTTAWA - After months of mounting tension with his Western allies, Afghan President Hamid Karzai will try to reassure NATO leaders his country is fully committed to a security handover by 2014.

Hundreds of polar bears in northeastern Manitoba may face an increased risk of starvation due to delayed ice formation along the western coast of Hudson Bay, conservationists say.

A Canadian Forces pilot ejected from his fighter jet moments before it crashed near Cold Lake in northern Alberta overnight.

The financially-troubled Olympic Village in Vancouver has been put into receivership.

A B.C. cabinet minister who was booted out of cabinet over his criticism of Premier Gordon Campbell says the Liberal Party leader is intimidating and abusive.

Dapper as ever in his tan overcoat and jaunty fedora, the septuagenarian Casanova Con Man had just been committed to stand trial for bigamy.

Haiti's president and UN representatives are calling for calm after a string of riots related to a cholera outbreak that has killed more than 1,000 people.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has sent out warning letters to four makers of caffeinated alcoholic drinks to warn that the caffeine they directly include in their products is an "unsafe food additive."

When it comes to creating the world's most popular mobile chat apps, Canadians are the talk of the web and Waterloo, Ont., is ground zero for instant-chat innovation.

The slaying of a prominent movie publicist shortly after she left a film premiere stunned Hollywood colleagues and residents of this tony community.

Sources say a Canadian oil worker abducted by gunmen during an attack on an oil rig off the coast of Nigeria's southern delta is among 19 people released today after a military operation.

Former Canadian women's hockey star Cassie Campbell-Pascall is now a mother.

A Conservative senator who helped defeat a climate-change bill says the vote was not orchestrated by the government, but rather was the result of a Liberal mistake.

The federal government is sweetening benefits for disabled military veterans, but many vets say more needs to be done.

Ryan Reynolds is the first Canadian to snag People magazine's "sexiest man alive" title.

Thousands remembered the teenage daughter of a popular NHL coach at a memorial service held in a hockey arena in Ottawa Wednesday, days after she took her own life in her family home.

Harper's agenda has more to do with rehabilitating his "tough guy" image and zero to do with rehabilitating either offenders or his $54 million deficit.

Tyrannosaurus rex was likely one of the fastest predators of the Cretaceous era, thanks to a massively muscular tail, Alberta researchers have found.

The Conservatives have used their clout in the Senate stacked by Prime Minister Stephen Harper to kill an NDP climate change bill that was passed by a majority of the House of Commons.