NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 09-2011

Andrew Harris scored the first two touchdowns of his career, one a spectacular 63-yard play, as the B.C. Lions celebrated their return to BC Place Stadium with a 33-24 victory Friday over the Edmonton Eskimos.

Anthony Calvillo threw three touchdown passes Friday as the Montreal Alouettes held off a furious Winnipeg rally to defeat the Blue Bombers 32-26.

CALGARY - Andrea Lawrance is used to customers having growling tummies.

The founder of an education-at-sea company that lost a vessel last year off the coast of South America said he welcomes new recommendations by the Transportation Safety Board, though he doesn't agree with all the findings in the agency's report into what

Canada's Bay of Fundy is one of 28 finalists in a bid to be named one of the world's new seven "Wonders of Nature."

Railway officials and scientists have been brainstorming in Banff this week to think of new ways to reduce the number of bears killed by trains travelling through the mountains.

Officials cut a ceremonial ribbon at 6 p.m. PT, and then stood aside to allow the first of thousands of football fans to enter the stadium and see for themselves the results of the $563-million renovation, including the innovative retractable roof.

B.C. Premier Christy Clark says the province may have to consider a provincial police force if it can't get an acceptable RCMP policing deal with Ottawa.

Hurricane Ophelia, which is churning in the ocean south of Bermuda and was upgraded to a Category 3 storm Friday, will have an effect on Newfoundland and Nova Scotia on Sunday and into Monday.

A crowd of 50 to 70 people in the small northern town of La Loche, Sask. left a trail of destruction on Friday, storming a hospital, burning a police truck and attacking RCMP officers and ambulance workers.

Canadian serial killer Clifford Olson, who had confessed to killing 11 children and youths, died in a Quebec hospital Friday, federal government officials have confirmed.

Manitoba's NDP government has plans to build a hydro transmission line down the west side of Lake Winnipeg rather than disturb the forest on the east side.

+ Vancouver - B.C. joins other Canadian provinces in an important shift towards preventative medicine to help people stop smoking by offering free patches, gum and drugs for 12 weeks.

The Conservative foreign affairs minister demanded -- and got -- gold embossing on his business cards shortly after being shuffled into the portfolio last May, contrary to government rules.

Midsummer growth in the Canadian economy should help put paid to fears that the country is in or about to enter another recession, economists said Friday after the release of data for July by Statistics Canada.

The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed an appeal by the federal government, which wanted to be given jurisdiction over the Insite facility in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.

American-born Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, who preached terror as the public face of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, has been killed in Yemen, the nation's Defense Ministry said Friday.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper is defending his beleaguered defence minister, saying the $3 million Peter MacKay has racked up on flights aboard Challenger government jets is low compared to his predecessors.

A tall ship carrying 64 students and staff was lost in a squall off Brazil because the crew didn't understand the risk of a knockdown, transportation safety officials say.

Climate change could cost Canada billions a year as early as 2020, depending on how severe it is and how well the country adapts, says a report released Thursday morning.

Engineers rappelled down the Washington Monument in a daredevil exterior inspection of damage from last month's earthquake.

New National Hockey League disciplinarian Brendan Shanahan told the CBC that the NHL may have to examine whether fighting has a place in the game.

For the last 15 years, Prince Edward Island's Harold Hackett has been friending people all over the globe the old fashioned way -- he's tossed more than 5,000 messages-in-a-bottle into the sea and received about 3,100 responses

An Ottawa-area woman is about to share the most personal of experiences with the world, by publicly broadcasting the birth of her child live to anyone who registers on her website and tunes in to watch.

The Harper government is appealing a court order to lift the shroud of secrecy over a decades-old RCMP dossier on socialist trailblazer Tommy Douglas.

Previous winners studied whale snot and fish that fart to communicate. Who will win this year's Ig Nobel Prizes? The awards are described as honouring achievements that "first make people laugh and then make them think" in order to celebrate unusual and i

The United States is looking at building fences along the border with Canada to help keep out terrorists and other criminals.

One morning last January, amateur aviation historian Jonny McNee embarked on what he suspected was a doomed mission: to find the wreckage of a Second World War Royal Air Force Spitfire that had crashed in the peat bogs of County Donegal in northwest Irela

The man was camping by the Nitinat River near Lake Cowichan on Saturday when his companion was woken up by what he thought was a black bear trying to get into the tent.

Energy drinks, sold under such brand names as Red Bull, Rock Star and Monster Energy, could soon be sold only at pharmacies, if the recommendations of an expert panel are followed. But the group representing Canada's beverage makers says such a move would

The Winnipeg Jets make their national debut on the NHL on TSN tonight on Wednesday Night Hockey when they continue their pre-season against the visiting Carolina Hurricanes.

A 19-year-old actress who had a role in a popular 2011 children's film was shot to death in a parking garage near Simon Fraser University's Surrey campus early Wednesday morning.

A 20-month-old Ontario baby at the heart of an ethical and legal debate over a child's right to life died overnight.

A rookie Conservative MP is unfurling a private member's bill Wednesday that would make it illegal to prevent someone from displaying a Canadian flag.

A court appearance by a 12-year-old boy accused of bullying a schoolmate with muscular dystrophy was delayed on Wednesday after the Crown said it wasn't ready to proceed so soon after the victim's suicide.

Investigators say they're in the process of laying 40 charges over riots that swept across Vancouver during the Stanley Cup finals last June.

The head of Canada's telecommunications regulator is joining the list of agency bosses who've lost their jobs after butting heads with the Harper government.

Canada's coastline is changing because ice shelves are breaking up faster than expected, experts say.

B.C. Solicitor General Shirley Bond says she's been given an ultimatum by the federal government. In a written statement, Bond said negotiations on a new RCMP contract are "stalled and stonewalled on the federal side of the table."

The UK needs to pour billions more into defence spending to counter future threats if the country is to avoid "expensive and possibly catastrophic mistakes" caused by under-funding, a report warns

The Conservative government is flexing its majority muscle, forcing an early vote in Parliament on a massive crime bill that critics say will send Canada down the route of the failed U.S. war on drugs. The vote in the House of Commons restricts debate

Though long regarded as an international pariah and state sponsor of terrorism, the Gadhafi government was frequently prevailed upon to do something few of its neighbours would contemplate: broker ransom-for-hostage deals between Western governments and k

Canada used its United Nations speaking slot Monday to lambaste opponents of Israel as no better than the appeasers who allowed fascism and communism to flourish before the Second World War.

A lawsuit in B.C. involving a mother who wants her adult children to support her financially is raising questions about whether Canada still needs laws that obligate children to support their parents.

Environmental protesters gathered on Parliament Hill have begun a planned mass act of "civil disobedience," as they seek to draw public attention to a controversial pipeline project they oppose.

The CEO of American banking giant JP Morgan Chase launched a tirade against Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney in a closed-door meeting in front of more than two dozen bankers and finance officials.

On Sunday at the Manitoba Legislature, politicians, family members and dozens of officers in their dress uniforms gathered to remember them and many more. In all, 46 law enforcement officers have died on the job in Manitoba.

Aid agencies are ramping up their efforts to help out hundreds of thousands of flood victims in Pakistan.

Thousands of people stripped to their underwear and ran through Salt Lake City to protest what they called the "uptight" laws of Utah.

Heavy winds have knocked out power to about 10,000 BC Hydro customers in the Fraser Valley.

The parents of children diagnosed with a rare disease are warning parents and doctors to watch for its confusing symptoms, anxious to spread the word about the new and confusing illness.

Europe won the Solheim Cup for the first time since 2003 on Sunday, finishing powerfully to beat the United States 15-13 at Killeen Castle.

A 5.3-magnitude earthquake struck the Northwest Territories Sunday night, the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed.

Tommy Wingels scored two goals as the San Jose Sharks beat the Vancouver Canucks 4-3 in NHL pre-season action Sunday night.

Pat Burns was remembered by fans and family on Sunday as a hockey arena, named after the only three-time NHL coach of the year, officially opened in Stanstead, Que.

Four police officers killed in the line of duty during the past year were honoured Sunday at a memorial service for fallen peace officers on Parliament Hill.

Marcus Thigpen caught two of Kevin Glenn's three touchdown passes as the Hamilton Tigercats took this year's Touchdown Atlantic game with a 55-36 victory over the Calgary Stampeders on Sunday.

The Harper government has pumped millions of dollars into a growing Defence Department public relations organization but is now faced with a mass exodus of experienced media officers fed up with micromanagement and political interference.

A space satellite the size of a bus fell to Earth overnight, but NASA says it is unsure where it landed after entering the atmosphere over the vast Pacific Ocean.

A state of emergency remains in effect along British Columbia's Central Coast region, where rising river levels have already prompted the evacuation of at least 45 homes.

A 91-year-old Remembrance Day tradition continued this weekend in Cornwall, P.E.I. The town is holding its Remembrance Day ceremony this Sunday at the cenotaph next to the Trans-Canada Highway.

The NHL needs to walk a "tightrope" in how it handles the revised rule regarding head shots, Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Brian Burke says.

Africville is the former black settlement in north-end Halifax. In the 1960s, the city evicted the residents and bulldozed their homes so part of the land could be used to build approaches to the A. Murray MacKay Bridge.

Women in Saudi Arabia will have the right to vote and run in future municipal elections, the king of the conservative Islamic kingdom said Sunday.

WARNING: This story contains disturbing sexual and violent details. An Ontario woman who was bound and sexually assaulted by convicted killer Russell Williams has filed a $7-million lawsuit against the disgraced former base commander of CFB Trenton, his

Two men and one woman died this weekend trying to save their children from drowning in Quebec's Wapishish River.

A plane carrying tourists to view Mount Everest crashed while attempting to land in Nepal in dense fog on Sunday, killing all 19 people on board, officials said.

Libyan revolutionary authorities say they have discovered a mass grave containing the remains of 1,270 inmates killed by the regime of Moammar Gadhafi in a 1996 prison massacre.

Prefontaine's single with 23 seconds remaining earned Toronto a wild 25-24 win over a battered Winnipeg Blue Bombers squad that lost seven players, including starter Buck Pierce and backup Alex Brink.

Jonas Hiller returned after missing six months because of vertigo and stopped all 21 shots he faced through two periods to lead the Anaheim Ducks to a 4-1 pre-season win over the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday night.

The B.C. Lions extended their winning streak to five games Saturday and took strides to securing a playoff spot, with a 42-5 rout of the Saskatchewan Roughriders.

Officials in the U.S. and Canada are trying to determine where debris from an American satellite have landed, but the RCMP is shooting down reports that some pieces fell in an Alberta community.

A campaign backed by members of Congress and Commissioner Bud Selig is taking on something that's been a part of the game's culture for well over 150 years -- chewing tobacco on the field.

Former Alberta premier Ralph Klein has been hospitalized to deal with problems relating to lung congestion and dementia, one of his close friends said Friday.

A major human rights group Saturday urged the federal government to bring criminal charges against former U.S. vice-president Dick Cheney for his alleged role in the torture of Canadian detainees.

A young woman was found beheaded and mutilated, apparently by Syrian security agents, underscoring what witnesses and the U.N. human rights office said was a fearsome new tactic of retaliating against protesters' families to snuff out the 6-month-old upri

A determined daredevil is one step closer to his dream of walking a tightrope across Niagara Falls, a feat that has not been attempted at the gorge in more than a century.

The Canadian Air and Space Museum -- a trove of national aviation artifacts based in Toronto's Downsview Park -- has been given six months to wind down its operation and figure out where to move its collection.

Three people have been taken to hospital after an unknown illness struck a handful of diners at a Subway restaurant in Vancouver International Airport Friday afternoon.

A local state of emergency has been declared for B.C.'s Central Coast where a flood warning is in place. The warning means that river levels in Bella Bella, Bella Coola, Kingcome and surrounding areas have or will soon be overflowing their banks.

Aboriginal Australians may be descendants of the very first people to leave Africa more than 60,000 years ago, DNA evidence suggests.

THE DEFENCE Department says HMCS Chicoutimi will be ready for action by 2013 but a former crew member who was on the sub the day it caught fire seven years ago believes it will never sail again.

CAPE CANAVERAL, FLA. - A six-ton NASA science satellite plunged to earth early Saturday, but where any debris ended up was not immediately clear.

A Port Alberni man brought good luck to a black cat after running over the cougar that was attacking it on Tuesday afternoon.

Officials at People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) have taken aim at Britain's Duke and Duchess of Cambridge as part of a campaign against bird shooting.

A man who burned to death in his home died as a result of spontaneous combustion, an Irish coroner has ruled.

Nasa has released the first global map of ocean surface salinity acquired by the Aquarius/SAC-D satellite, which was launched in June this year.

Turkey has seized a Syrian-flagged ship loaded with weapons, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said.

A meeting at Cern, the world's largest physics lab, has addressed results that suggest subatomic particles have gone faster than the speed of light.

Two survivors of last month's devastating First Air crash in Resolute Bay narrowly missed being involved in Thursday's plane crash in Yellowknife.

Goaltender Manny Legace's attempt to land an NHL job with the Vancouver Canucks is over.

A bus-sized NASA satellite about to fall to Earth has changed its orientation, throwing off earlier predictions about its descent and opening up the possibility that some debris will land in the U.S.

A bugler sounded the Last Post and two vintage planes and a CF-18 fighter flew overhead as a monument was dedicated to Canada's most decorated war hero Thursday.

A volunteer fire department in central B.C. says people who haven't paid an annual fee will be on their own if their house catches fire.

On the last day of summer Environment Canada has issued a heavy rainfall warning for the entire West Coast of B.C., ending what many residents will remember as the worst summer in years.

Brendan Shanahan handed out his first suspension as the NHL's new discipline czar, suspending Calgary forward Pierre Letourneau-Leblond for five games for an incident in Tuesday's game against Vancouver.

Philadelphia Flyers forward Jody Shelley has been suspended for five pre-season games, plus an additional five regular-season contests for his hit on Toronto Maple Leafs centre Darryl Boyce, vice-president of player safety Brendan Shanahan announced on Th

The source of mysterious rumblings that have been troubling residents in the Windsor-Essex area for months are coming from the United States, a Ministry of Environment official said Thursday.

Kenza Drider declared her candidacy for the French presidency on Thursday and showed off a campaign poster of a veiled woman standing in front of a line of police.

An old satellite set to fall to Earth in pieces will do so on Friday afternoon ET, but won't be over North America when it comes down, NASA says.

Defence Minister Peter MacKay defended his use of a federal military search and rescue helicopter, saying it was for work, rather than for personal use while vacationing in central Newfoundland.

Delegations from about a dozen countries, including Canada, walked out of the UN General Assembly as Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad delivered a fiercely anti-American speech Thursday.

A Twin Otter float plane that clipped a condominium then crashed onto a Yellowknife street left two dead and seven injured.

A Manitoba man who spent 14 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit has filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit. Lawyers for Kyle Unger have filed a lawsuit that says Unger was deprived of his youth, his education and a normal working life.

If confirmed, the discovery would undermine Albert Einstein's 1905 theory of special relativity, which says that the speed of light is a "cosmic constant" and that nothing in the universe can travel faster. That assertion, which has withstood over a c