NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 07-2012

Heat and humidity blanketed parts of Central Canada today, with soaring afternoon temperatures breaking 11 daily records for Ontario, including in Toronto and Ottawa.

A storm tore through New Brunswick on Saturday, leaving more than 12,000 people in the dark at the peak of the bad weather.

British Columbia's rainy spring has been a boon to bullfrogs. Victoria-based amphibian hunter Stan Orchard says his efforts to stop the spread of the invasive and voracious bullfrog through southern Vancouver Island lakes and ponds has been stymied by bad

The so-called femto-camera can also take pictures around corners by collecting the tiny amounts of light that bounce around the scene.

The crisis at the Fukushima nuclear plant was "a profoundly man-made disaster", a Japanese parliamentary panel has said in a report.

The United States has declared Afghanistan its newest "major non-NATO ally," a status aimed at fostering close defence ties after U.S. combat troops withdraw from the country in 2014

The restoration of one of Canada's most famous schooners is swimming in delays, and possible cost overruns.

A violent sex-assault suspect has been arrested after he moved from Toronto to the B.C. Interior and lived under an assumed name for nearly a decade. Edward Melvin Ellis, originally from Toronto, was arrested Thursday night in Penticton on a Canada-wide a

Two people have died after a small passenger plane crashed and exploded in Vernon, B.C., on Saturday afternoon.

When it comes to future missions for the Canadian Forces, Canada's top soldier has to battle to keep his eager troops satisfied with staying out of major combat zones for now.

Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson says any police inquiry into Bloody Sunday must include the role of Martin McGuinness.

In Canada, unemployment falls slightly from 7.3% to 7.2% in June as firms hired an extra 7,300 staff according to official data.

Brandon Whitaker caught two Anthony Calvillo touchdown passes and ran in another as the Montreal Alouettes defeated the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 41-30 in the CFL on Friday night.

Shawn Gore scored two receiving touchdowns and Tim Brown returned a punt 81 yards for another as the B.C. Lions beat the Hamilton Tiger-Cats 39-36 in CFL action Friday night.

Tammy Harris never felt that being a woman held her back when it came to moving up the ranks in the military. Now, that attitude appears to have paid off as Harris was sworn in as the first female base commander at CFB Borden on Friday.

For prominent animal rights activist and TV game show legend Bob Barker, no rodeo is a good rodeo.

An Ontario Court judge has struck down a cherished part of the Harper government's tough-on-crime agenda.

In his first interview since the Canucks' season ended in a five-game first-round playoff series loss to the Los Angeles Kings, goalie Roberto Luongo says it's time to move on.

US scientists are working on a smart headlight that can improve visibility by switching off beams that shine on rain.

Torrential downpours cause disruption in parts of the UK, with a rising number of flood alerts in place for England, Wales and Scotland.

Andy Murray beats Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in four sets to become the first British man in 74 years to reach the Wimbledon final.

The defection of a Syrian general who is a personal friend of President Bashar al-Assad gave a huge boost to anti-government rebels as Western and Arab states met them in Paris on Friday to help prise Assad from power.

Officials were fortunate to discover a damaged retaining wall seeping water from a mine tailings pond near the Salmo River

Barrick Gold left holding only theories about gold condensate that disappeared near a northern B.C. airstrip

PHOENIX -- A marijuana-smoking woman was arrested on Saturday in Phoenix after she accidentally drove away with her five-week-old son in a child safety seat on the roof of her vehicle, police said.

Two former Argentine dictators have been imprisoned for executing a systematic plan to steal babies from prisoners during the military junta's war on leftist dissenters three decades ago.

Watson Lake RCMP and the Yukon coroner's office are investigating after a five-year-old girl playing on a school field died after being struck by a tipped soccer net.

A 53-year-old woman and her 35-year-old son pleaded guilty to incest Thursday in connection with an incident in which a family member was horrified to catch them having sex.

Seabirds eat everything from twine, candy wrappers and Styrofoam, and their stomach contents show there's been a dramatic increase in plastic pollution off the Pacific Northwest coast in the last four decades, a new study suggests. University of Briti

Six US children die in two separate incidents in New York and Iowa during Fourth of July celebrations.

Bail for George Zimmerman, a Florida neighbourhood watch volunteer charged with the murder of teenager Trayvon Martin, is reset at $1m.

Five men and a woman are arrested and nine addresses across London are searched as part of an intelligence-led anti-terrorism operation.

A police operation which saw armed officers swoop on a coach on the M6 Toll motorway was prompted by a fake cigarette, it emerges.

The Army will lose 17 major units under cuts that will see it shed 20,000 regular soldiers by 2020, the defence secretary announces.

Wireless Internet access to be offered, similar to services from McDonald�s, Second Cup and Starbucks

Researchers hope to find out how parasites are passed between dogs and other wild animals such as coyotes and rodents in urban parks

Final report also makes 25 new safety recommendations

Two-thirds of Canadians think the law should be changed so that people caught with small amounts of marijuana no longer face criminal penalties or fines, a new poll has found.

Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider claim the discovery of a particle believed to be the long-sought Higgs boson.

One crewman has died and two others remain missing, feared dead, after two military jets crashed in the Moray Firth, the RAF says.

Eric Sykes, one of Britain's best-loved TV comedy actors and writers, has died at the age of 89 after a short illness, his manager says.

On July 9, the FBI is shutting down servers put in place following the end of Operation Ghost Click, an investigation into a 'click fraud' ring out of Estonia, and thousands of Canadians could be affected.

Manitoba highway crews are scrambling to assess a large crater that has formed on Highway 83 between Roblin and Asessippi Provincial Park over the weekend.

JetBlue Airways pilot left cockpit, screamed about religion and terrorists

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy vacationed in Quebec last week, staying clear of a high-society scandal simmering in Paris

Official destroyed files related to group suspected of killing ethnic Turks and others in a seven-year terror spree

Feeding mice rapamycin appears to prevent and reverse mental aging in older mice, Texas study finds

Former Hart Trophy winner inks one-year, $4.5-million deal with Dallas

A criminal investigation will take place into the fatal mall roof collapse in Elliot Lake, provincial police in Ontario have announced.

Supply lines re-opened after U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton apologized for botched air strikes

UK media reporting two GR4 Tornado jets crashed after contact was lost in eastern Scotland

Andy Griffith, the American actor known for the 1960s sitcom The Andy Griffith Show and legal drama Matlock has died, according to a friend. He was 86.

Torres had served 13 of his 25 game suspension

Holdup on state-of-the-art aircraft signals possible problems in military acquisition process

E-mail spam dropped 13 per cent last year as malware authors switched focus to other platforms

A nasty dispute over Goderich grain terminal pits a public company against its largest shareholder

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Lawyers for Stockton, California will appear for the first time in a Sacramento court this week to make their case for protecting the city from its creditors in bankruptcy.

Islamist fighters with ties to al-Qaeda have destroyed tombs classified as a UNESCO World Heritage site in Mali's historic city of Timbuktu, a resident and UN officials said Saturday.