NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 08-2014

Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard said it has brought down an Israeli stealth drone above the Natanz uranium enrichment site in the centre of the country.

A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck Northern California early Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

Six-year-old Maddie Horgan loves making lemonade and sharing it with others, so her mom, Robin Rosebrugh, thought that setting up a lemonade stand would be a good way to help Maddie learn about money.

The Navy is sending a second aircraft carrier strike group to the Asia Pacific region amid new tensions with China over a dangerous aerial encounter between a Chinese interceptor and Navy P-8 surveillance craft.

Jose Reyes hit a walk-off single in the 10th inning to give the Toronto Blue Jays a wild 5-4 win over the visiting Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday in a game played under protest at Rogers Centre.

A young killer whale is trapped in a fisherman's net. A pod of distressed whales cries out frantically as the youngster struggles to get free. Sightseers aboard a whale-watching boat off Vancouver Island are stunned at what they see.

UK chain comes under fire for 'supporting terrorism' after naming sexy underwear range after Egyptian goddess

Canada has banned journalists with China's official news agency and the Communist Party newspaper from joining Prime Minister Stephen Harper on an Arctic trip

Like any true collector's item, the Cold War-era rifles still used today by the Canadian Rangers come in their original boxes. Prime Minister Stephen Harper was assured in a newly released memo that the Lee Enfield weapons, which were purchased in 1947, a

Fans and fashion designers alike are panning the new Winnipeg Blue Bombers signature jerseys after their release earlier this week.

Russia's growing military presence in the Arctic is a concern and Canada should not get complacent about it, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Friday during the second leg of his annual northern tour.

Volcanic Eruption Begins Under Iceland Glacier

Consumers warned to act quickly before top-rated powerful vacuum cleaners sell out forever. Many of the best vacuum cleaners for sale in the UK will be banned as a result of new EU energy efficiency rules that come into force next month

Police on school grounds in the Los Angeles suburb of Compton are to be armed with semi-automatic AR-15 assault weapons in an attempt to prevent future school massacres.

Research suggests that recall of plot after using an e-reader is poorer than with traditional books

Toronto mayoral hopeful Olivia Chow is learning why one of her key strategists has labelled himself the "Prince of Darkness" of Canadian politics after Warren Kinsella suggested John Tory's transit plan was segregationist.

The mystery man, only his eyes visible in the grisly video, is said to be a main player in negotiating ransoms for ISIS hostages

A Quebec porn star's planned sex marathon to fund her breast implants was denounced by Gatineau's mayor Wednesday.

Police officials this week defended their acquisitions. These heavy-duty vehicles are necessary for dealing with hostile and life-threatening situations, they say

Canada's broadcast regulator has issued broad new proposals that could, if adopted, dramatically alter how Canadians receive and pay for their television.

A teacher at Dyer County High School in Tennessee banned the phrase and other 'godly speaking' from the classroom.

A New Democrat MP has quit the caucus over what she felt was an excessively pro-Israel stance on the current conflict in Gaza and demeaning party demands to keep quiet and toe the line.

Target regrets opening so many stores so quickly in Canada.

The founder of Muslims Against Terrorism, Imam Syed Soharwardy, intends to take part in a 42-hour hunger strike to protest the actions of Islamic State extremists and the beheading of an American journalist.

Opposition MLAs are calling on the provincial government to halt the transfer of people out of the Michener Centre in the wake of claims that several residents have died since they were moved.

Paleontologists in Alberta say they will be conducting a dinosaur egg excavation Monday afternoon that could yield fossilized dinosaur babies or the first full nest of its kind in Canada.

Beluga whales are proving to be charming participants in the latest webcam project of explore.org as it livestreams the animals where the Churchill River meets Hudson Bay in northern Manitoba.

Scientists are continuing to explore a new Burgess Shale site on the Alberta-B.C. border that has already yielded thousands of discoveries, some of them never before seen.

Diabetes could be cured after scientists discovered that toxic clumps of a hormone stop cells producing insulin. Scientists at Manchester University have found that both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes are driven by the same underlying mechanism. The findings

It may no longer be good enough to hang your food in a tree to keep it away from bears when you go camping, according to a first-of-its-kind study at the Washington State University Bear Research Education and Conservation Center.

Earth's atmosphere contains an unexpectedly large amount of an ozone-depleting compound from an unknown source decades after the compound was banned.

The Endangered Species Act has wreaked havoc for decades on rural communities, but a newly filed lawsuit could force San Francisco urbanites like House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi to share their pain.

A Summerville high school student was arrested after police say a teacher found a message that the student bought a gun and was going to "take care of business."

A disbarred lawyer who removed her fingerprints to hide her identity will be extradited to Colorado to faces charges that she swindled at least two people out of their homes

William McDaniel, 53, told cops that he paid $350 for a private dance at a Montana strip club. He was expecting more than some lap gyrations.

Crown prosecutors are asking a judge to send a North Vancouver man to jail for his actions in a "sextortion" case eerily similar to what happened to Amanda Todd.

A British Columbia man who was 15 when he murdered four people, including his parents, will be allowed an unescorted temporary absence from prison.

A Halifax member of the legislative assembly is apologizing over a hotdog debacle that has many in the Muslim community shaking their heads.

Tourists on an Alaskan fishing boat caught a rare glimpse of how a killer whale stalks and kills its prey after witnessing an orca tossing a sea lion into the air.

An orphaned, yearling grizzly dubbed Littlefoot is once again wandering free in the wilds of southeastern British Columbia, saved by a unique pilot project between the province and two animal welfare groups.

Canada's benchmark stock index hit a new all-time record high of 15,534 on Wednesday, buoyed by higher commodity prices and despite some shaky corporate profits.

After a long wait, Canadian shot putter Dylan Armstrong is finally going to receive an Olympic bronze medal for his third-place effort at the 2008 Beijing Games.

Iceland's civil protection agency has decided to evacuate an area north of the country's Bardarbunga volcano, saying it could not rule out an eruption.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper leaves for his ninth annual trip north on Wednesday, and northerners have growing expectations about what improvements are needed in the region.

A Windsor dog is being praised as a hero after alerting his owner of a a house fire Wednesday morning.

Wildlife officials say hundreds and possibly more than 1,000 mink are on the loose from a Monteregie fur farm after an intruder broke in and opened all the cages.

An online tool created by environmental non-profit group ForestEthics charts oil train routes across North America, allowing Canadians and Americans to determine exactly how close they live to the "blast zone."

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Home Secretary unveils plan to criminalise "domestic abuse" which involves no violence, in a bid to crack down on "brutal reality" of intimidation behind closed doors

The National Football League doesn't usually pay the act that performs at halftime during the Super Bowl. But in a twist this year, the league has asked artists under consideration for the high-profile gig to pay to play.

Guards found mobiles, chargers and headphones inside but have not located a suspect.

Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne says she won't allow for turban-wearing Sikhs to ride a motorcycle without wearing a helmet.

Khurram Sher, 31, was one of three young Muslim men arrested and charged with terrorism-related activity in 2010 after a massive RCMP investigation

Thousands of small intense earthquakes are rocking Iceland amid concerns that one of the country's volcanoes may be close to erupting, putting airlines on alert.

Less than three weeks from the start of a lengthy civil trial and after eight years of litigation, former Colorado Avalanche Steve Moore has reached a settlement with Todd Bertuzzi and the Vancouver Canucks, according to media reports.

Health Minister Rona Ambrose says a new anti-drug campaign isn't asking doctors to take a partisan view on marijuana, saying instead it's Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau who has politicized the issue.

Privacy concerns raised after drone hovers outside residential windows.

Tattoos have gone from being something you get in prison or the army to a popular fashion statement. But what's fashionable one decade may appear horribly outdated in the next, and that's causing Canada's tattoo removal industry to boom.

Don Pardo, the durable television and radio announcer whose booming baritone became as much a part of the cultural landscape as the shows and products he touted, died Monday. He was 96.

He has dipped his boots in Lake Superior, crashed a wedding and attended an Aboriginal powwow. A talking, bucket-bodied robot has enthralled Canadians since it departed from Halifax last month on a...

Cobb County police say a woman who stole a cruiser and sped down Interstate 75 last weekend was high on synthetic marijuana.

The Islamic State militant group that has seized large parts of Iraq and drawn the first American air strikes since the end of the occupation in 2011 has warned the United States it will attack Americans "in any place" if the raids hit its militants.

93 arrests made, Shin Bet says, thwarting Hamas preparations for third intifada; Abbas says revelation a threat to Palestinian unity

A French treasure hunter has found 50 pieces of jewellery on Mont Blanc belonging to passengers of an Air India flight that crashed on the mountain 48 years ago.

A small clique of drivers at Vancouver Taxi is being accused of bribing hotel staff to direct long-haul YVR airport trips their way, in return for small but regular payments.

They date back to before we thought North America was settled.

Family members have identified the man pulled from the Red River on Sunday as Faron Hall, a homeless man known for rescuing a boy from the same river in 2009.

Clinton Cibulis was 34 when the Toronto police officer took his own life in March. To date, his mother has not seen his suicide note.

Kurdish fighters say they have recaptured the strategically important facility on the Tigris after it was seized by Jihadists on August 7.

Manchester council bosses are investigating and the RSPCA is being contacted following the discovery of a black bin bag containing severed cats' heads, near the city's Curry Mile.

Months of wet weather have fueled expectations for a U.S. corn crop so large that mounds of the grain will be a common sight across the Midwest after the harvest, which starts next month.

A Saudi Arabian judge has upheld a sentence of a month in prison and 50 lashes for a businesswoman convicted of insulting members of the morality police during an argument

Students going back to school in Dubuque, Iowa are going to find it a little harder to slack off in gym.

Kevin Glenn's 53-yard TD strike to Emmanuel Arceneaux with under seven minutes remaining led the B.C. Lions to a 33-17 milestone win over the Toronto Argonauts to anchor the Lions' 500th all-time victory. B.C.

Steveston residents say they're fed up with a growing chorus of bullfrogs that is keeping them up at night, but the provincial government says there's not a lot it can do.

There have been an "unprecedented" number of wildlife incidents in Banff National Park this year, says a wildlife ecologist.

The Ross rifle, the weapon that Canadian soldiers took with them to the start of the First World War a century ago, was so flawed that soldiers were known to discard their own rifles and pluck a different weapon from the hands of dead allies.

Darian Durant's 30-yard touchdown pass to Rob Bagg on the first play of the fourth quarter was the difference as the Saskatchewan Roughriders edged the Montreal Alouettes 16-11 on Saturday at Mosaic Stadium.

Ottawa police and the RCMP are investigating after vandals broke into the home of Liberal Party leader Justin Trudeau overnight. Trudeau was out of town but his family was home at the time, according to a party spokeswoman.

A 15-year-old girl, who was in the top sets at school and took her A-levels early, died after visiting pro-anorexia websites and struggling with her desire to be prettier

He was left to lie on his back in the dust under the harsh glare of the sun, in temperatures in excess of 50 degrees. His eyes had dried out. His body had gone into shock and he became unable to blink. His corneas were scorched by the light and heat.

A pair of amateur historians are trying to solve a mystery linked to Windsor's military history after discovering four rare scrapbooks documenting parts of the Second World War.

Upset with what they see as the Conservative government caving into pressure from the U.S. government in its global quest to root out tax "cheats", a group of Canadian citizens this week launched a lawsuit in Federal Court alleging the legislation is unco

It's 13F time, and George Soros has been busy taking a big bear position on the S&P 500. Does he know something we don't?

Police say the implants, which were removed in hospital after the woman confessed, contained 1.7kg of the drug

An 809-pound tiger shark caught in the Gulf of Mexico earlier this month has been cooked and served to more than 90 poor and homeless Texans.

Two Delta men were arrested and charged this week in connection to child luring incidents believed to have taken place at a local paintball field.

Once extinct along the entire B.C. coastline, a frolicking visitor offered some hope this week that sea otters may return permanently to the Salish Sea.

Internet outages and slowdowns spiked earlier this week, and more are likely on the way in coming weeks, as the internet grows too big for some network hardware to handle.

Man-made greenhouse gas emissions have become the dominant cause of melting in glaciers from the Alps to the Andes that is raising world sea levels.

A British air accident report has recounted how a pilot briefly lost control of a passenger plane after his artificial arm became detached from the control yoke during landing.

The Kurdish fighters, also known as peshmerga, say they have yet to receive any new weaponry, even though U.S. officials said this week that they have been quietly arming the Kurds since June, when the Islamic State militants first swept into Iraq.

Winnipeg city staff say one of the harshest winters in a century led to the pile-up. To make matters worse, a cool spring and reluctant summer slowed the annual melt

The conviction of a recreational hockey player in Ottawa for an on-ice collision has set a dangerous precedent, according to the defence lawyer.

There is evidence the numbers of dead and sickened by Ebola in West Africa may "vastly underestimate the magnitude of the outbreak," the World Health Organization says.