NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 07-2011

Heavy rainfall in northern Alberta has led to reports of flooding near Slave Lake, Alta.

Tour outfitters, researchers and others could be allowed to carry firearms in northern national parks where polar bears are present, if proposed changes to federal parks regulations are adopted.

The prosecution served notice on Thursday that it wants a teenager accused in the death of a police officer crushed by a minivan to be sentenced as an adult if he's eventually convicted.

Canada formally ended its combat mission in Afghanistan on Thursday after years of being on the front lines of the fight against Taliban insurgents in the south.

A female grizzly bear who lived in Ireland less than 50,000 years ago was an ancestor of all modern polar bears, suggesting "grolar" hybrids were an important part of polar bear history.

The founder of Pakistan's nuclear weapons program claims that in the late 1990s North Korean officials paid kickbacks to senior Pakistani military figures in exchange for critical weapons technology.

What began as the appearance of a small white spot in Saturn's northern hemisphere has turned into a raging lightning storm.

The South Korean city of Pyeongchang was awarded the 2018 Winter Olympics on Wednesday, taking the Games to a new territory in Asia after failing in two previous attempts.

The eight scientists and staff based at the remote Kermadec Islands in the Pacific Ocean are unharmed after a powerful magnitude-7.6 earthquake struck this morning.

A female grizzly bear has killed a man out on a hike with his wife in Yellowstone National Park after the couple apparently surprised the bear and its cubs, officials say.

Conservation officers in Churchill, Man., were forced to shoot and kill a polar bear after it wandered into town, became aggressive and started charging their truck.

A man who'd been jogging on a trail in North Vancouver says dogs saved his life after he was chased and about to be attacked by a black bear.

New documents released by BC Ferries reveals that CEO David Hahn will receive supplemental pension benefits three times the value of the public service pension he'll also get when he retires.

Should NBA stars LeBron James or Dirk Nowitzki find themselves getting rusty during the league's lockout, they've been invited to lace up for the Halifax Rainmen or the Saint John Mill Rats.

The brother of a man mauled by a mother grizzly bear along B.C.'s rugged central coast says a pair of dogs may have saved the victim's life.

A massive and controversial proposed coal mine in the Comox Valley has residents wondering if the potential ecological trade-off is worth the price.

An eastern Newfoundland man convicted of smuggling illegal stun guns into Canada told border officials they were his protection against coyotes.

With the Stampede just a few days away, Calgarians and visitors are starting to notice that hotel rooms, parking spots and even a pint at a pub are more expensive.

An elderly woman whose remains were found near Lillooet, B.C., last week was killed by bears, autopsy results have confirmed.

Canada closed out its campaign at the FIFA Women's World Cup with a 1-0 loss to Nigeria Tuesday in Dresden, Germany.

Casey Anthony was acquitted Tuesday of first-degree murder and the other most serious charges against her in the 2008 death of her 2-year-old daughter.

Canada's desert war came to an end Tuesday when soldiers of the Royal 22nd Regiment stood down and formally handed over their Kandahar battlefield to American units.

A two-year-old Chinese girl who survived a 10-storey fall when she was caught by a passerby remains in "very serious" condition.

A woman faces assault charges after a Toronto streetcar passenger allegedly used her young child as a weapon to attack other passengers

An outbreak of C. difficile has claimed lives at three hospitals in Ontario's Niagara Region in the past two weeks.

The Greek coast guard took control Monday of a Canadian ship in a flotilla carrying activists who say they are bringing humanitarian aid to Gaza.

Police in B.C. have arrested a man facing charges in a fatal crash on the Trans-Canada Highway in 2008 that killed two young brothers, and badly injured a third brother and two adults.

A First Nations community near Lillooet, B.C., is mourning the loss of a well-known elder after her remains were discovered eaten by bears last week.

A B.C. man is in serious condition in a Victoria hospital after he was attacked by a grizzly bear on B.C.'s Central Coast.

Should it be illegal to go through a drive-thru stark naked? Brian Coldin doesn't think so. This week, his lawyers plan to argue that public nudity shouldn't be a criminal offence at all.

Police in Kelowna, B.C. are contemplating criminal charges against a young mother after they rescued a four-month-old baby left in a locked car in 30-degree heat Monday afternoon.

Convenience chain king 7-Eleven crowned Manitoba the Slurpee Capital of the World, for the 12th year in a row Monday.

"The old record was held in Canada and we wanted to bring it home to America on the 4th of July," says Nick Nicora of Ovation Food Services. He along with Brett Enright of Juicys traveling barbecue catering service were the masterminds behind the burger.

President Barack Obama pressed his case on Saturday for achieving deficit reduction, in part by ending tax breaks and singling out hedge fund managers, oil companies and billionaires to take the hit.

Multnomah County Sheriff deputies arrested two men Saturday night after tracking them down using an iPhone application.

There was plenty of high-spirited fun at Canada Day celebrations at home and at similar events around the world, as Canadians gathered to celebrate the country's 144th birthday on Friday.

By the end of the debt-ceiling negotiations, the Obama administration had agreed to a deal that would reduce the deficit by $2.4 trillion, with $2 trillion of the total coming from spending cuts and $400 billion coming from tax increases. Taxes, in other

five-year-old boy shot a four-year-old boy at a playground in Hillcrest Heights, Md., about 10 miles southeast of Washington, D.C

Chancellor George Osborne has outlined plans for a new Sovereign Grant, which would see the amount of funding for the Royal Household's public duties lowered by 9% in real terms by 2015.

China's President Hu Jintao has warned the Communist Party that corruption could cost it the support of the people - in a speech marking 90 years since the party was founded.