NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 07-2011

RCMP in Penticton are warning the public about the operator of a second-hand store who is suspected of attacking a 22-year-old Penticton woman Saturday overnight.

Residents of 50 apartment units in Kelowna were forced out of their homes following a fire that broke out late Saturday night.

Health officials in Vancouver say they will launch a pilot project later this year to distribute clean, unused crack pipes to drug users.

VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) -More than 500,000 people poured into Vancouver's West End today for the annual Pride Parade.

"Eco-pirate" Paul Watson is losing a race against time to recover his flagship boat, the Steve Irwin, which has been impounded in Shetland.

A spike in seasonal temperatures has led to an unusual increase in bear encounters both in the wild and in the city, prompting wildlife officials to call this season the summer of the bear.

A fallen piece of concrete has forced the closure of the eastbound lanes of Montreal's Ville-Marie Expressway, and a partial closure of the westbound lanes.

The head of the panel that will review the psychiatric state of Anders Behring Breivik, accused of killing 77 people in a bombing and shooting rampage in Norway, says that it's unlikely the suspect will be declared legally insane.

The Calgary Stampeders continued to thrive on the road Saturday night and the Roughriders still couldn't find their footing in Saskatchewan.

A Caribbean Airlines plane carrying 157 passengers, including a dozen Canadians and six crew members, crashed while landing in Guyana early Saturday and broke in two, causing several injuries but no deaths.

A 6.4-magnitude earthquake has shaken northeastern Japan, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. But there no tsunami warning was issued, Japanese broadcaster NHK said.

A week after a massacre in Norway fuelled by anti-Islamic sentiment claimed the lives of 77 people, Muslims preparing for Ramadan across Canada are being urged to install surveillance cameras and bars on mosque windows, and to talk to police and school pr

The Canadian Forces plans to order thousands of new uniforms after determining the current design is based on a gentleman's combat uniform and doesn't fit well with equipment.

Three people were injured Saturday when gunfire broke out along theCaribbean Carnival route in Toronto, according to paramedics.

A team of Canadian and American scientists is exploring two remote B.C. lakes, employing deepwater submersibles to study the living processes behind certain ancient rock structures. They hope these might shed light on the earliest forms of microbe-based l

Russian officials are calling for calm saying that the sinking of the International Space Station (ISS) in the Pacific Ocean is not a big deal, and that it would not happen anytime soon. After startling some members of the public with statements made earl

MONTREAL - Whether Canada should have its own space-launch facility is a debate that's been making the rounds in the scientific and business communities for years without any progress being made. But that hasn't stopped Redouane Fakir as he develops a

THE gunmen who shot dead the Libyan rebels' military chief, Abdul Fattah Younes, were members of an Islamist-linked militia allied to the campaign to overthrow Muammar Gaddafi, according to a National Transitional Council minister.

Dave Stala made sure Avon Cobourne's first game against the Montreal Alouettes was a victory. Stala caught two Kevin Glenn touchdown passes to lead the hometown Hamilton Tiger-Cats to a tense 34-26 win over Montreal, the team Cobourne helped win consecuti

Fred Stamps reeled in a 21-yard touchdown pass with less than three minutes to play as the Edmonton Eskimos came from behind to continue their torrid start to the season, defeating the visiting Toronto Argonauts 26-25 on Friday.

After a couple of days of sadness, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers had some smiles on their faces and pride in their voices Thursday night as they honoured late coach Richard Harris with a win.

A Vancouver Island campsite has been closed as officials try to trap an aggressive black bear that charged at a group of dining campers.

Members of a Saskatchewan First Nation are seeking $4 million from the federal government to make up for missed annual payments of $5 per band member dating to 1885.

An editorial cartoonist in Sydney, N.S., has drawn controversy over his cartoon showing turban-wearing extremists celebrating Friday's massacre in Norway.

An AWOL soldier who had weapons stashed in a motel room near Fort Hood has admitted to planning an attack on the Texas post, where 13 people died in 2009 in the worst mass shooting ever on a U.S. military installation.

Two men are accused of jumping out of a truck seconds before it collided with a moving train in what Mounties are calling a "foolish stunt."

A Vancouver Island man has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of his seven-year-old son.

A B.C. woman who says half her large intestine was wrongly removed because of a misread CT scan is suing the local health authority and the unqualified radiologist who read the results.

Saskatchewan's children's advocate is pushing for provincewide guidelines on where newborns should sleep in hospitals.

Every day in Canada, 36 people end up in hospital from bicycle injuries. That rate hasn't changed much in the last decade, according to new data. But even with more kids wearing helmets when they cycle, the number of adults who insist on riding helmet-fre

Alberta Health Services is launching a province-wide review of security procedures at mental health facilities. This comes after two Alberta Hospital patients walked away from the facility in recent weeks.

A bus driver in Gatineau, Que., may face disciplinary action after he was caught on video filling out paperwork at the wheel.

Ottawa has announced the arrest of a fifth alleged war criminal amid growing questions about whether the suspects will ever face prosecution.

The pilot of a CF-18 fighter jet was blinded by falling snow when he ejected from the aircraft and sent it crashing to the ground near Cold Lake, Alta. in late 2010, according to a new report from investigators.

Republican legislators delayed a vote on House Speaker John Boehner's plan to end the U.S. debt crisis because of a lack of support within their own party.

An Amber Alert has been issued for a boy aged six to eight. Police say a suspicious male was seen walking away with a child in the area of area of 58 Street and 93A Ave in east Edmonton Thursday at 2:15 p.m.

A 24-year-old man has been charged in connection with a sexual assault of a 10-year-old boy.

When the "Big One" hit Japan earlier this year, the ground shook, tsunamis struck and tens of thousands of people died. Scientists know British Columbia will eventually experience its own Big One. The problem is, they just don't know when or where it wi

Archeologists plan to begin a high-tech search today for lost graves at the Uncle Tom's Cabin historic site in southwestern Ontario.

Millions of people currently have hepatitis infections but don't know it, says the World Health Organization on the eve of the United Nations' first World Hepatitis Day.

Amy Winehouse may have died because she stopped drinking alcohol.

The moon isn't the only hunk of space rock that has been travelling around the sun alongside the Earth for ages.

Heavy fighting erupted Thursday in Somalia's capital as African Union peacekeepers launched an offensive aimed at protecting famine relief efforts from attacks by al Qaeda-linked militants, officials said.

For the first time Thursday, the public will have a chance to view video of an incident inside an Ottawa Police cellblock where Roxanne Carr says she was dragged, dropped on her head and strip-searched by officers.

For the first time in a national park, Parks Canada has mandated that until Sept. 15 hikers on the popular Lake Minnewanka Trail in Banff National Park must travel in a tight group of four or more with at least one person must carry bear spray at all time

Two men convicted of possession for the purpose of trafficking in connection with the largest cocaine bust in B.C. history have been sentenced to 16 years in prison.

A Langley, B.C., family says police are finally taking their complaints about a computer hacker seriously after a fake 911 call tricked police into surrounding their house with an emergency response team.

NDP MP Nycole Turmel says she is "overwhelmed" by the support of her caucus colleagues to have her fill in for party leader Jack Layton while he battles cancer.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper joined veterans and other officials at a memorial service Wednesday, to pay tribute to soldiers who served in the Korean War.

Combing through the night sky and looking for possible planetary nebulae is tough, tedious work. NASA actually works with several amateur astronomy groups to examine the findings from its Kepler space observatory, so sometimes, the big discoveries are mad

EDMONTON - Eager to get back in the crease, Edmonton Oilers goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin will go to jail in Arizona on Saturday to begin a 30-day sentence for extreme DUI.

A Minnesota senior was jailed by Canadian border guards at a Manitoba port of entry after a jar of used motor oil in her vehicle was mistaken for heroin.

Richard Harris, the assistant head coach of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, died suddenly Tuesday afternoon at age 63.

Researchers, who used to be free to discuss their science, are now required to follow a process that includes "media lines" approved by communications officers, strategists and ministerial staff in Ottawa. They vet media requests, demand reporters' questi

Canadian scientists say there's a link between the abuse of methamphetamines and the development of Parkinson's disease.

Canada has begun a strategic engagement with Burma, also known as Myanmar, that includes an exchange of ambassadors, but Ottawa has no plans to lift the economic sanctions imposed against the country anytime soon

A coalition of faith-based groups is planning to picket outside the Toronto District School Board headquarters on Monday in protest to Muslim prayer being allowed inside a public school.

An autopsy of British singer Amy Winehouse has not established the cause of her death at age 27, a coroner's official said on Monday.

Anders Behring Breivik, the Norwegian man accused in the bombing and shooting spree in the Oslo area that killed 76 people last week, has pleaded not guilty in a hearing held behind closed doors, claiming his network has two other cells, according to a ju

Ejiro Kuale tried to set the record straight Monday. "I am a clean player, I will always play the game clean," the Toronto Argonauts linebacker said. "It's football . . . it's a tough game and the officials make whatever decisions they make. All I have to

The government's appointment of five new provincial court judges does nothing to solve the serious crisis in British Columbia's court, critics say.

Several Canadians were stunned Monday at learning the suspect in the bombing and shootings in Norway last week had referenced them in his lengthy diatribe against Muslims, Marxists and multiculturalism.

The B.C. government is promising a $40 million investment in training and tax credits if Vancouver-based Seaspan wins one of two federal shipbuilding contracts.

A grizzly bear with her cub attacked several teens participating in a wilderness survival skills course in Alaska, badly mauling two in the group, state troopers said Sunday.

Five years ago, Canada's public safety minister Stockwell Day and the Conservative government embraced a tough-on-crime agenda and opened the door to private prisons.

Environment Canada sleuths have found that toxins such as PCBs that have been locked in an Arctic deep freeze are being "remobilized" as the climate warms.

Australia's Will Power held off a hard-charging Helio Castroneves Sunday to win the Edmonton Indy and narrow the gap on points leader Dario Franchitti.

The CBC's Bill Gillespie reports from the base where the U.S. military looks for intruders from Canada with unmanned aircraft patrolling the border.

The man blamed for twin attacks in Norway that killed 93 people and wounded nearly 100 said he was motivated by a desire to bring about a revolution in Norwegian society, his lawyer said Sunday.

The man accused of a massacre at a youth camp in Norway and a bombing in the capital, Oslo, has admitted responsibility, his lawyer says.

A man attending a birthday party at a North Texas roller rink opened fire Saturday night after an apparent spat between family members, killing five people and wounding three others before fatally shooting himself.

A law has come into force in Belgium banning women from wearing the full Islamic veil in public.

Jeffers-Harris scored two touchdowns, including the winner on an 84-yard passing play to rally the Winnipeg Blue Bombers to a 33-24 win and spoil the Toronto Argonauts home opener Saturday.

Fred Stamps caught a pair of touchdown passes from quarterback Ricky Ray as the Edmonton Eskimos beat the Calgary Stampeders 24-19 on Saturday at McMahon Stadium.

Authorities say eight people have been injured in a shooting at a shopping centre in Kent, Wash., south of Seattle.

A family of four from California was killed in a fiery crash on Highway 93 in B.C.'s Kootenay National Park on Friday, police say.

Health Canada says it may be dealing with a case of tampering involving a container of the pre-natal multi-vitamin Centrum Materna.

A strong earthquake has jolted northeastern Japan, the same region devastated by March's massive quake and tsunami.

They are scattered throughout a small military cemetery in Halifax -- dozens of weathered headstones dating back more than a century, bearing the names of seamen and civilians associated with the Royal Navy.

The family of an Edmonton-area couple who haven't been seen since they set out on a road trip more than one year ago has begun the process of bringing some closure to the unresolved disappearance.

A large mudslide has closed the Trans-Canada Highway between Lake Louise, Alta. and Golden, B.C.

Troubled soul singer Amy Winehouse, who has been attempting a comeback after a few years battling drug and alcohol addiction, has been found dead in her London home, according to British media reports.

Sweaty and dishevelled, two Afghan interpreters asked to have their picture taken outside their bunker-like sleeping container at a parched combat outpost in Panjwaii district, near Kandahar city.

A Chinese fugitive accused of masterminding a $10-billion smuggling ring has been deported after a 12-year struggle to stay in Canada.

The man linked to a deadly bombing and shooting spree in Norway has confessed to firing weapons on an island near the nation's capital, police confirmed Saturday.

At least 11 people were killed and 89 hurt Saturday when a Chinese bullet train lost power after being struck by lightning and was hit from behind by another train, knocking two of its carriages off a bridge, state media reported.

When commercial unmanned cargo spacecraft dock with the International Space Station next year, Canadian technology will help them pull off the perfect parking job

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has picked up tantalising fluctuations which might - or might not - be hints of the sought-after Higgs boson particle.

Canadians in the Central and Eastern part of Canada are experiencing some relief from the heat on Friday after scorching temperatures broke records for the hottest July 21 in several cities.

The on-again, off-again relationship between Carolina Morace and the Canadian Soccer Association is now off again following the Italian's resignation as coach of the Canadian women's team.

Kevin Glenn threw three touchdown passes as the Hamilton Tiger-Cats beat the winless B.C. Lions 39-31 Friday for their second straight CFL victory.

Medical errors and hospital-acquired infections injure more people each year than flying, but many aren't aware of the risks, the World Health Organization said on Thursday.

It was an emotional scene at the Ottawa International Airport as one of the last flights carrying Canadian troops landed on Friday, marking the end of this country's combat mission in Afghanistan.

The NHL team released its logo and colours at 4 p.m. Friday. The main logo features a fighter jet on a white background in the middle of a navy blue circle with silver trim. A Canadian flag is behind the jet.

A "catastrophic" shooting on an island outside Norway's capital Friday killed at least 80 people, police said early Saturday, much higher than the initial count released.

Pets are said to be like their owners, and in fast-aging Japan a generation of greying pooches and tabbies has sparked a boom in elderly care for the four-legged friends.

When Gabriel, a 10-year-old rescue cat from Chinatown, tucks into his morning meal, you won't see any Friskies or Meow Mix in his bowl. Ahi tuna and duck are more the ticket

A series a recent dog attacks on letter carriers has Canada Post reminding people to take responsibility for their pets.

A Memorial University physicist says it is too soon to tell if a massive iceberg will pose problems for local oil platforms as it nears Labrador.

A group of computer hackers on Thursday claimed to have breached NATO security and accessed hoards of restricted material.

The bones of Adolf Hitler's deputy, Rudolf Hess, have been removed from their grave in a small Bavarian town that had become a pilgrimage site for neo-Nazis.

A medal-winning member of the Canadian Alpine Ski Team is in hospital after tumbling off a moving party bus during the Calgary Stampede.

The federal government has released the names of 30 suspected war criminals it says entered the country illegally, and is asking for the public's help in locating them.

At least 10 southern Ontario communities have set highs for the hottest July 21 on record, and Toronto led as the hottest spot in the country, with a high of 37.1 C, which felt like 51 with the humidity factored in.

An overheight building near the Comox Valley Airport on Vancouver Island could limit the number of flights that take off and land in bad weather.

Canadian border officials are reminding U.S. travellers not to carry undeclared, hidden guns into Canada after seizing 11 firearms in a single week.

Soaring across the predawn haze, Atlantis glided back to Earth early Thursday -- capping a 30-year program that saw hundreds of astronauts go into space.

Polar bears forced to swim longer distances because of diminished sea ice off Alaska's coast may be paying a price in lost cubs, according to a U.S. study presented in Ottawa Tuesday.