NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 08-2013

A Buffalo Airways DC-3 made a hard landing at the Yellowknife airport after the plane's right engine caught fire shortly after takeoff.

Canada may be missing the boat on using Arctic shipping to encourage development at the same time Russia steams ahead on its own northern waters. "At this stage, we're not really in the game," said John Higginbotham, a Carleton University professor and

A union representing workers in the telecommunications industry says it is concerned about Canadians' privacy if Verizon Communications is permitted into the Canadian wireless marketplace.

Firebrand Calgary-born Republican US Senator Ted Cruz renounces his Canadian citizenship, in what analysts say is preparation for a presidential run.

CHIANG MAI, THAILAND - A Thai policeman who killed Calgary backpacker Leo Del Pinto in January 2008 has been sentenced to 37 1/2 years in prison for murder. Former sergeant Uthai Dechachiwat was told that his sentence would run consecutive to a 25-ye

An exhaustive study of how the Canadian military fits into the Conservative government's Far North strategy warns the overall effort has often lacked political will and direction.

The Raspberry Rising expedition will be risky, time consuming and expensive. Tens of thousands of dollars have already been spent and the project could take years. "We do this for fun," Vieira says. "That's the messed up part."

After about a year of being starved, beaten and sexually brutalized, Amanda Lindhout decided it was time to kill herself. The Alberta woman, taken hostage in Somalia in August 2008, says she reached her breaking point after spending three days trussed

The journalist who has written stories based on leaked documents from former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden says he will not be silenced by what he calls police harassment of his partner, who was detained as he passed through Heathrow

The Alberta Aviation Museum unveiled the newest addition to its collection this weekend: a Starfighter plane that flew in the Royal Canadian Air Force from 1961 until 1984.

A Toronto police officer has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of Sammy Yatim, the 18-year old shot on a streetcar last month.

Egyptian judiciary officials say former president Hosni Mubarak could be freed from custody this week. They say a court on Monday ordered his release in a corruption case that alleged he and his two sons embezzled funds for presidential palaces.

Friends have confirmed that one of the two who died in Friday's float plane crash on the west cost of Vancouver Island was Comox, B.C. resident Charles Turner.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper started his tour of Canada's North on Sunday with a full-throated attack on both Opposition parties, test-driving themes expected to carry the embattled Conservatives into the next election.

The beloved 1,001-acre park, the third largest urban park in North America, officially opened on Sept. 27, 1888.

Authorities in Ohio say a man who ordered a gun safe online opened it up only to discover 127 kilograms of marijuana inside.

The Canadian military has been secretly test-driving a $620,000 stealth snowmobile in its quest to quietly whisk troops on clandestine operations in the Arctic.

Police arrested about 15 people after a festival in Blainville got out of control last night.

If you think herding cats is tough, try teaching them to skateboard, jump through hoops and push a shopping cart. Or play cowbell in a rock band.

From the blog Healthy Living: An El Al pilot made an extraordinary gesture toward a little girl who had been removed from the flight from Israel to New York City after she lost her passport.

The railway at the centre of last month's Lac-Megantic train crash will be allowed to continue operations into the fall. The federal regulator had suspended Montreal, Maine & Atlantic's certificate of fitness after ruling earlier this week that it did

It was no more of an artistic success by the B.C. Lions than the last time they took to the field nearly two weeks ago, but what they proved again in holding off the Calgary Stampeders that their defence indeed can win games if they get any kind of produc

Tim Brown returned a kick-off 97 yards for a touchdown and Andrew Harris scored on a 40-yard passing play as the B.C. Lions beat the Calgary Stampeders 26-22 in CFL action Saturday night. The Lions improved to 5-2 and moved into a tie with the Stampeders

Was it a marketing effort or subterfuge? A bit of both, it seems. The B.C. Lions made a last-minute uniform change Saturday night before their game against the Calgary Stampeders. The new gun-metal grey duds effectively camouflaged jersey numbers from a d

Canada moved one step closer to the 2015 Rugby World Cup in England with a 27-19 victory over the United States in the qualifying series opener on Saturday. Phil Mack, DTH van der Merwe and Harry Jones each scored tries for Canada while fullback James Pri

With Montreal Alouettes quarterback Anthony Calvillo knocked out of Saturday's game against the Saskatchewan Roughriders with a suspected concussion, Riders' Chris Milo kicked the game-winning field goal with no time left on the clock to seal the victory.

Montreal Alouettes quarterback Anthony Calvillo left Saturday's 24-21 loss to the Roughriders with a suspected concussion after taking a hit from Saskatchewan defensive end Ricky Foley on the first play of the second quarter.

With a win Sunday, the Blue Jays will win a road series against Tampa Bay for the first time since April 2007. That information was written on a message board in the Toronto clubhouse.

Some oysters and clams recently harvested in two British Columbia inlets may contain paralytic shellfish toxins, and the lots have been voluntarily recalled by shellfish processors.

At least 23 bodies were found in two neighbouring states in western Mexico where drug cartels, vigilantes and security forces have been fighting for much of the year, authorities said Saturday.

Crews in hard hats, neon vests and steel-toe boots collected jars of dirt as part of a massive effort to clean up from a partial nuclear meltdown a half century ago. Parties that inherited the toxic mess face a 2017 deadline to clean up the site outside o

A Toronto resident has been laid to rest in Egypt after he was killed in the country's deadly clashes.

A man from the Quebec City region has been arrested in the Dominican Republic in connection with sexual charges involving children.

A transportation official says the investigating of a fatal float plane crash in a remote Vancouver Island park doesn't have good prospects of getting to the site soon because of continuing poor weather conditions.

A family with several children was staying in the Brantford, Ont., motel room where authorities seized 40 ball pythons this week, witnesses say.

British Columbia is the latest province with a snake problem as officers discovered and euthanized nearly 50 illegal pythons during a home eviction in the Fraser Valley.

A battle over the bones of King Richard III may be brewing. A British High Court judge on Friday granted a group of Richard's relatives permission to challenge plans to rebury the 15th-century monarch in the city of Leicester, where his remains were found

The driver of a van that slammed into a TTC bus on Tuesday, killing a passenger, has been charged with a half-dozen criminal offences.

The CIA is acknowledging in the clearest terms yet the existence of Area 51, the top-secret Cold War test site that has been the subject of conspiracy theories for decades.

P.E.I. lobster fishermen, who started the fall season last weekend, are dreading a replay of a familiar story, low prices at the wharf that make it impossible to make a living.

A forestry worker from New Brunswick is recovering after he was chased and attacked by what he describes as a 300-pound aggressive black bear earlier this week while he was working in the woods near Oromocto Lake.

The Ottawa-area team representing Canada lost their first game against perennial power Taiwan in the Little League World Series.

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are set to take on the Hamilton Tiger-Cats tonight in the CFL club's first game since sweeping personnel changes were made on and off the field.

A breakdown of what each section of the newly raised Gwaii Hanaas legacy totem pole represents.

A U.S. hiker vividly recalls the night one of his fellow campers was pulled from his tent and attacked by a polar bear in Torngat Mountains National Park in northern Labrador.

A float plane has gone missing after it left Hesquiat Lake near Tofino, B.C., this morning and failed to arrive at its destination at Gold River.

A 52-year-old man has died after being shot by RCMP officers on the Cold Lake First Nation northeast of Edmonton.

A juvenile transient killer whale was rescued Thursday by scientists after it was stranded for weeks in a small and remote bay on B.C.'s central coast.

Charity advises women and young girls to set off airport metal detectors to give them more time to seek help from authorities

The sugar-laden drinks were linked with moodiness and difficulty in concentrating, a study by Columbia University in New York found.

Newly uncovered documents directly challenge statements made by President Obama and other officials who insisted that the National Security Agency was not abusing its authority or knowingly violating Americans' privacy

Police have arrested an Edmonton man after his two-year-old son was discovered in a sweltering car in an underground parkade.

North Vancouver's Grouse Grind has been included in a list of the 10 Most Dangerous Hikes in the world by Outside Magazine and the inclusion has sparked plenty of outrage online.

A strong earthquake shook central New Zealand on Friday, disrupting traffic and sending office workers scrambling for cover in the capital.

A Stanley Cup rioter, who was sentenced to eight months in jail for beating up a Good Samaritan, has shown remorse, a B.C. provincial court judge said today.

A 12-year-old boy is one of six people accused of dealing cocaine out of a West End Winnipeg home.

Ancient rock etchings along a dried-up lake bed in Nevada have been confirmed to be the oldest recorded petroglyphs in North America, dating back at least 10,000 years.

A 15-year-old boy who was shot at a shopping plaza in north Toronto last month has died in hospital, police said on Thursday.

Thousands of excited Paul McCartney fans packed into Regina's Mosaic Stadium to watch the former Beatle perform for the first time ever in the Queen City Wednesday night.

Rule No. 1 in one of football's best 1-on-1 battles is one wickedly fast receiver can be controlled by one not-as-fast defender if the latter keeps one's head as those around him are losing theirs.

Pole vault great Yelena Isinbayeva condemned homosexuality Thursday after criticizing fellow competitors at the world athletics championships in Moscow who painted their fingernails in rainbow colours to support gays and lesbians in the face of a new anti

Canadian Pacific Railway is rejecting a legal demand by the Quebec government that it help fund the cleanup of the devastated town.

A temporary cardboard cathedral will become the new place of worship for a displaced Christchurch, New Zealand congregation after a deadly Feb. 2011 earthquake demolished their former church.

A zoo in eastern China housed a Tibetan mastiff in their African lion cage, angering visitors who said the zoo was scamming them.

The British stuntman who parachuted into the London Olympics opening ceremony as James Bond has been killed in an accident in the Swiss Alps while flying a special winged suit.

RCMP are investigating after an officer from the Spirit River detachment was injured during an altercation during a traffic stop north of Grande Prairie, Alta., on Wednesday.

A tree-dwelling animal with a teddy-bear-like face and rusty-coloured fur has become the newest mammal species discovered by scientists.

Falling Netherlands house prices have left a million Dutch homeowners stuck in negative equity, with many properties worth 25% less than they were before the financial crisis.

A fish with a toothy bite does not have a taste for male genitalia, a Danish fish expert is assuring nervous Scandinavian swimmers.

The Toronto Blue Jays have traded Emilio Bonifacio to the Kansas City Royals for a player to be named later or cash.

Ten months ago, a 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck B.C.'s coastal Haida Gwaii, triggering tsunami warnings and halting hot water from flowing into Hot Springs Island in Gwaii Haanas.

A mother of seven from north of Montreal is awaiting trial after being arrested in April for dreaming of killing her children, her lawyer alleges.

An online search for marijuana has turned into a job hunt for one Canadian Twitter user after he issued a tweet requesting prospective pot sellers to bring some of their wares to a Mr. Lube location in a Toronto suburb.

Forensic scientists used the database to demonstrate that cat hairs found on the body of Hampshire man David Guy belonged to Tinker - a cat owned by main suspect David Hilder.

Ex-US congressman Jesse Jackson Jr is sentenced to 30 months in prison for misusing campaign funds, while his wife is jailed for a year for tax evasion.

At least 15 people are reported killed as Egyptian security forces clear protest camps in the capital, Cairo, occupied by Morsi supporters.

Reversing years of tough Washington rhetoric, attorney general calls levels of US incarceration 'ineffective and unsustainable'

Brazilian mechanic Alfredo Moser has developed an ingenious way of lighting up homes without using electricity. And his idea is spreading around the world.

North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory signs into law a controversial bill requiring voters to show photo IDs when they go to the polls.

The Missouri State Fair bans for life a rodeo clown who donned a mask bearing the likeness of President Barack Obama for a mocking comedy act.

The Alberta government has banned logging for a year on a range northeast of Jasper National Park

The mystery surrounding dozens of paralyzed birds that were discovered in B.C.'s northeast has deepened after veterinarians ruled out West Nile virus but found wing and leg fractures.

An independent audit of Senator Pamela Wallin's expenses has found ineligible claims amounting to as much as $140,000, and that the number of those claims is in the hundreds, CBC News had learned.

India unveils its first home-built aircraft carrier from a shipyard in southern Kerala state.

Laszlo Csatary, a 98-year-old who topped the list of most wanted Nazi war crimes suspects, has died while awaiting trial, his lawyer says.

Stamp enthusiast Brian Grant Duff was gobsmacked when he heard recently that a third example of every Canadian stamp collector's wildest dream was discovered in a circuit book and bought earlier this year by an unnamed collector for roughly five dollars.

Calgarians celebrated the 11th annual Peacekeepers' Day Sunday with a ceremony in Garrison Green.

Russia's new anti-gay law has incited calls to boycott the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, but history shows such tactics rarely get the Games' non-discrimination message across.

Fifty-six police officers and two civilians were injured in clashes in central Belfast in the latest flare-up in tensions between Northern Ireland's Protestant and Catholic communities, authorities said on Saturday.

A man suspected of killing a California woman and her young son before fleeing with her 16-year-old daughter was killed in the Idaho wilderness and the teen was found safe Saturday, authorities said.

Goaltender Julio Billia earned a shutout and Canada defeated the United States 4-0 in the final of the Ivan Hlinka Memorial men's under-18 hockey tournament in Piestany, Slovakia on Saturday.

Researchers trying to identify the Renaissance model for Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa have excavated bones in a tomb in a Florence basilica in hopes they are the remains of her descendants.

Indonesia's National Disaster Mitigation Agency says a volcano has erupted in eastern Indonesia, killing six people and shooting smoke and ash up to 2,000 metres into the air.

Many fish and plankton are relocating towards the North and South poles at an astonishing rate of hundreds of kilometres per decade in response to climate change, a new study has found. That is shaking up ecosystems and forcing the fishing industry to adj

Geographers from across the globe met in St. John's this week to discuss the future of geographic education in Canada after alarm bells went off when some Memorial University students couldn't locate the Atlantic Ocean on a map.

The price of sockeye salmon is soaring in B.C., driven by strong demand for the premium fish, and a disastrous fishery four years ago.

A Camrose woman says she was left battered and bruised on Saturday following a traffic stop she will never forget.

The Calgary Stampeders handed the Saskatchewan Roughriders their first loss of the season with a 42-27 victory Friday at McMahon Stadium. The Stampeders pulled even with Roughriders at 5-1 atop both the West Division and CFL standings.

An unusually high number of bottlenose dolphins are dying off the east coast of the United States this summer, the deadliest period for the sea mammals since a virus killed off more than 700 in the late 1980s, federal officials said Thursday.

Teachers, doctors and airport staff need to be alert to the problem of forced marriages over the school holidays, the government warns.

A Guelph church, which served as a destination for black slaves escaping to freedom in Canada, will be officially designated a heritage site on Saturday.

Scientists will be heading back to the Canadian Arctic this weekend to continue the search for HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, ships that were lost after becoming trapped in the ice during the 1845 Franklin Expedition, Parks Canada says.

A worker in a remote bush camp has walked away with fairly minor injuries after an encounter with a female grizzly bear Thursday.

Twenty-seven illegal animals have been removed from the building in Campbellton, N.B., where two boys were killed by an African rock python, including four American alligators kept in the main-floor exotic pet store that had to be euthanized on site.

Iodized salt is so ubiquitous that we barely notice it. Few people know why it even exists. Iodine deficiency remains the world's leading cause of preventable mental retardation. According to a new study, its introduction in America in 1924 had an effect

BlackBerry Z10 and Q10 smartphones have made a critical step forward in the security certification process by the U.S. Department of Defence.

A Hamilton man alleges that Peel Regional Police wrongfully arrested him for refusing to take a breathalyzer test, and left his nine-months-pregnant wife and their two children stranded at the side of a Brampton road.

Steven Ellis, 41, and Jason Hendry, 22, wanted to walk eight miles from Solihull to Birmingham city centre wearing the outfit featured in 2006 film Borat to raise money for a dogs' home.

First responders to the massive Nairobi airport fire looted electronics and banks during and after the blaze, said officials in Kenya. Sub-Saharan Africa's fourth-busiest airport was forced to close after a fire swept through the international arrivals bu

Over the last year, Dr. Sanjay Gupta has been working on a new documentary called "Weed." The title "Weed" may sound cavalier, but the content is not.

Two seniors got so fed up waiting for city crews to fix a pothole near Saskatchewan Drive that they got out their shovels and did it themselves.

Animal experts are trying to figure out what may have killed dozens of black birds that fell from the sky in Winnipeg's North End on Wednesday.

Activist and actor George Takei, best known as helmsman Lt. Sulu in the original Star Trek television series, is calling for the Games to move to Vancouver from Sochi to protest Russia's anti-gay laws.

A series of dangerous thunderstorms in central Ontario have left more than a dozen communities under a tornado watch on Wednesday evening.

Fernandez, along with Army veteran Gerri Tindley, joins 11 other women who have publicly accused Filner, 70, of making unwanted advances, from groping to verbal passes.

A new massive U.S. study says the world in 2012 sweltered with continued signs of climate change. Rising sea levels, snow melt, heat buildup in the oceans, and melting Arctic sea ice and Greenland ice sheets, all broke or nearly broke records, but tempera