NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 01-2015

Environment Canada has issued weather warnings for much of the Atlantic region this weekend.

A 26-year-old mother has died after she and her seven-month-old son were pulled from a Vancouver Island river.

Abu Malik was killed on January 24 near Mosul, after apparently being 'specifically targeted' by the U.S.-led forces because of growing concern ISIS may be trying to secure chemical weapons.

The Cuban president had previously welcomed Obama's normalization efforts but now says Gitmo must go. 'The naval base is not something we're interested in closing,' the White House said today.

German Chancellor's words add to tensions between the radical new Greek government and its international creditors

A library containing over 14 million books, historic texts and other important documents has gone up in flames in the Russian capital of Moscow.

An Aboriginal-owned investment group that was supposed to help end poverty on Manitoba First Nations instead blew its money on strippers, booze, fancy food and exotic trips, APTN Investigates has learned.

Recruits aged 15 and up taught how to kidnap soldiers, use weapons, and infiltrate into Israel through tunnels

Ryan Miller made 22 saves in his first game against his former team Friday as the Vancouver Canucks defeated the Buffalo Sabres 5-2. Chris Higgins, with a goal and an assist, Bo Horvat, Yannick Weber, Nick Bonino and Radim Vrbata scored for Vancouver (27-

The suspect in a series of bank robberies stretching from B.C. through Alberta to Saskatchewan has been arrested in Grande Prairie, Alta.

A man who went for a stroll on the thin ice of the North Saskatchewan river found himself in hot water when he returned to shore -- a frustrated firefighter blasted the young man for putting himself and others in danger.

Alberta's energy regulator says a significant earthquake in the province last week was likely caused by hydraulic fracturing. Scientists say that if that's true, it will have been the largest earthquake ever to happen as a result of an industrial operatio

The body of an unknown man found in Vancouver almost four decades ago has finally been identified.

NATO will deploy small units in six Eastern European nations to help co-ordinate a spearhead force set up in response to Russia's actions in Ukraine, the alliance's secretary-general said Friday.

Nearly two dozen turtles that were stranded by cold weather last year in Massachusetts have successfully undergone rehab and have been returned to waters off Louisiana's coast.

A century and a half after it sank and a decade and a half after it was raised, scientists are finally getting a look at the hull of the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley, the first sub in history to sink an enemy warship.

Calgary police say the death of a four-year-old girl last month has been ruled a homicide. Emergency crews responded to a call about a child in medical distress at an east-end home on Dec. 19. Police say Olive Rebekah Oluwafemi wasn't breathing and was in

The lawyer for a former soldier who planned an attack on a Veterans Affairs office is concerned that a sentencing delay will further harm her client's failing health.

A Canadian climber has become the first person to scale up an ice-covered Niagara Falls.

The rollout of the new terror legislation went well, mostly. The prime minister's speech was clear and well staged. A friendly crowd applauded on cue. But it wasn't all statesman, all the time. It's an election year, after all, writes Terry Milewski.

Chicago Blackhawks legend Stan Mikita is facing serious health issues after being diagnosed with a form of dementia.

"Mad Mike" Hughes, 58, has already been denied permission to become the first person ever to soar across the St. Lawrence River in a steam-powered rocket.

One of the owls currently housed at Hope for Wildlife is Quill, a great horned owl, who got the nickname with good reason. When he came in, he was starving and was injured because of a run-in with a porcupine.

An independent investigation has determined the breach of the Mount Polley mine tailings dam in B.C. was caused by a failure to detect a weak layer in its foundation, likening the massive embankment to a "loaded gun."

Some Paradise residents were questioning how the town deals with curbside recycling after a photo circulated show a truck dumping blue bags at the landfill, but it turns out there was a pretty good reason: a bag of poo had exploded in the truck.

Correctional officers will be paid overtime to supervise inmates at the Southwest Detention Centre in Windsor, Ont., who watch this Sunday's Super Bowl.

Neighbours in the Pine Ridge area of Guelph, Ont., have been building an outdoor rink for five winters now, but it faces an uncertain future after a neighbour complained to the city.

Calgary MP Rob Anders says he still hopes to run for the leadership for the Wildrose Party despite being told he does not qualify because he will not have been a member for six months prior to the leadership vote set for June 6.

Dozens of corpses of Islamist combatants from 13 different countries are dispersed among the country's healthcare units, according to a high-ranking official in Iraq's Interior Ministry.

A school have been forced to apologise after an 'exemplar' slide which listed Ukip as a racist group alongside Neo Nazis and compared the party's beliefs to Hitler's was shown to hundreds of pupils.

The unnamed woman and her son fled their home in Barzago, northern Italy, in December leaving behind her husband and two daughters, who had watched her turn into a 'sister of Jihad'.

With California gripped by a measles outbreak, Dr. Charles Goodman posted a clear notice in his waiting room and on Facebook: His practice will no longer see children whose parents won't get them vaccinated.

The Alberta government will show off its newly-renovated Federal Building this afternoon.

Russia faces an economic crisis, but with the ruble falling, the superwealthy are buying the latest luxury cars and may end up being the source of President Vladimir Putin's biggest power struggle, the CBC's Susan Ormiston reports from Moscow.

Two families snowmobiling in Labrador had a frightening run-in with a rabid wolf before the animal was hunted downtown by wildlife officers.

Since December, visitors to Sioux Lookout have been checking into a brand new hotel, built out of old shipping containers - a reused material that's becoming more common in the building world.

The Ontario government's plan to revamp its sex education curriculum this fall is facing further opposition now that an online petition against the plan has gained more than 30,000 signatures.

Canada's top general acknowledged Thursday that the country's military mission in Iraq has "evolved," but continued to deny that Canadian soldiers are engaged in a combat mission against Islamic State militants.

Australian author Colleen McCullough, whose 1977 best-selling novel The Thorn Birds became a smash hit television miniseries, has died at the age of 77.

Injured and bleeding, mothers carrying infants fled from a maternity hospital shattered by a powerful gas explosion Thursday, and rescuers swung sledgehammers to break through fallen concrete hunting for others who might be trapped.

Rod McKuen, the husky-voiced "King of Kitsch" whose music, verse and spoken-word recordings in the 1960s and '70s won him an Oscar nomination and made him one of the best-selling poets in history, has died. He was 81.

A Thunder Bay-born veteran will be honoured by the United States government, along with the rest of his legendary combat unit from the Second World War.

Canadian seniors wait longer to see a doctor or nurse but are generally pleased with the quality of care when they do, compared with their counterparts in 10 industrialized countries, according to a new report.

The suspect in a series of bank robberies stretching from B.C. through Alberta to Saskatchewan and back again, has been linked to another heist in Northern B.C.

The Canadian owner of a hermaphroditic cat that made global headlines last week says the veterinarian did reconstruction surgery on Mittens Thursday, turning it into a male.

The U.S. Senate will likely pass a bill approving the long-pending Keystone XL oil pipeline on Thursday, a measure the White House has said President Barack Obama would veto.

After years on the lam, a treasure hunter accused of cheating investors after recovering fortune in gold from a shipwreck was to appear in Florida federal court today.

A young fox that was found on Newfoundland's west coast has been nursed back to health, thanks to a kind veterinarian who found him.

Internal federal government documents show Manitoba is one of the worst places for First Nations to live in Canada.

Canadians are being warned about a new credit card phishing scam that targets people in the early morning when they are sleepy and potentially vulnerable.

The CRTC has issued a major new decision with implications for net neutrality, ruling that Bell and Videotron violated the Telecommunications Act by granting their own wireless television services an undue preference by exempting them from data charges. T

A Quebec man who bought a winning lottery ticket seven seconds too late has lost his Supreme Court of Canada bid to appeal a decision that has denied him half of the $27-million prize.

A Muslim umbrella organization that allegedly funnelled money to a Hamas-linked charity is buying up property from Quebec to Alberta.

After a tumultuous year at McDonald's, CEO Don Thompson is retiring. Chief Brand Officer Steve Easterbrook will take the helm.

Polluting factories and skyrocketing vehicle ownership blamed as report finds tourism to Chinese city falls 10% on year before

NHL goaltending great Martin Brodeur officially announced his retirement Thursday at a news conference in St. Louis, where he ended his brilliant career with a brief stint after more than two decades with the New Jersey Devils.

Malaysia's government declares the crash of Flight 370 an accident to pave the way for compensation claims, angering victims' families still waiting for evidence while officials say the search for wreckage will go on.

Canada's broadcast regulator plans to ban Canadian specialty TV channels from blacking out U.S. Super Bowl ads in favour of Canadian ones, starting with the big game in early 2017.

Adam Normand wasn't entirely surprised when the $8,000 cheque Target cut for his business students' case competition bounced.

The federal government is set to introduce legislation Friday that will criminalize the "promotion of terrorism," a step that legal experts say could infringe on the freedom of expression enshrined in the Charter.

Emma Paulsen, the B.C. dog walker who pleaded guilty to animal cruelty in the deaths of six dogs in her care, has been sentenced to six months in jail.

The Alberta Animal Rescue Crew Society calls the seizure of 201 dogs from an acreage near Milk River one of the worst cases of neglect they have ever seen.

Artwork showing womens shoes on Muslim prayer mats is removed from exhibition after warnings of possible violence

Canada has succeeded in blocking an investigation into Alberta's tailings ponds by NAFTA's environmental watchdog.

The so-called 'watermelon brother' has been spotted on an underground train, with stars cut in the huge fruit so he can see through

Dr Palaniappan Rajmohan is the subject of a rare private case launched by pro-life campaigner

A growing number of Canadians say they are concerned about privacy, according to a new survey commissioned by the federal privacy commissioner.

Normally frigid prairie cities are into their second week of a January thaw that has seen overnight rain in Edmonton and shirt sleeves in Calgary.

Dozens of corporate Tim Hortons workers, including pregnant women and staff who had been with the chain for 30 years, were summoned to meet with outplacement agents and then escorted out the doors of its regional offices and headquarters yesterday as part

Charles Hard Townes, a professor emeritus of physics who built the first microwave amplifier -- the maser -- and designed the first laser, died Jan. 27 at the age of 99. After receiving the 1964 Nobel Prize in Physics, he went on to pioneer the use of las

Greek financial markets were in turmoil on Wednesday with investors fearing the new anti-bailout government was determined to defy its international creditors.

A group of Waterloo engineering students, sick of scraping car windshields free of snow and ice, have come up with a substance that prevents ice from forming.

Money for nothing and recovery for free? America's economic turnaround looks to have pulled even a reluctant Europe into the money-printing pool, Neil Macdonald writes. So what's a buck, or a euro, really worth anymore?

Richard Brower was finally ready to accept his dog was gone, a year and a half after Dozer was stolen. But while online searching for another pet, he found the German shepherd. 'My heart just kind of sank and I started shaking,' Brower told CBC Radio's Th

Canada's electronic spy agency sifts through millions of videos and documents downloaded online every day by people around the world, as part of a sweeping bid to find extremist plots and suspects, CBC News has learned.

Texas could become the second state after Florida to pass a so-called Pop-Tart gun law. Legislators in several states were inspired by a seven-year-old Baltimore boy who was kicked out of school for two days in 2013 after chewing his toaster pastry into t

A high school student in Paterson, New Jersey was charged with assault Friday on suspicion of "body slamming" his physics teacher who took away his cell phone. Another student recorded the alleged assault, which happened last Monday at J...

The city of Winnipeg is under a boil water advisory Tuesday night after tests confirmed the presence of E. coli.

U.S. soldiers are not allowed to direct airstrikes on ISIS positions in Iraq, the Pentagon said on Tuesday, a practice that their Canadian military allies have been engaged in despite it being seen by some as a combat manoeuvre.

The monster storm in Boston has brought with it another monster - a yeti. The white, furry phantom has been getting laughs by walking through the blizzard in a sasquatch suit.

Canada's top general met with regional officials in Iraq and visited Canadian troops deployed in the fight against Islamic State militants, the Department of National Defence said Tuesday.

A Florida woman is suspected of drowning a 2-week-old puppy in a Nebraska airport bathroom so she could board a plane.

An Edmonton woman who was told that her elderly mother slid out of her bed at a continuing care centre found something quite different when she reviewed footage from a camera she secretly installed in the room.

A mother who used a hot clothes iron to punish a child for raiding the family fridge lost her bid Tuesday for a lower sentence.

With winds howling, a blizzard slammed Boston and surrounding parts of New England on Tuesday with none of the mercy it unexpectedly showed New York City, piling up more than 60 cm of snow.

Gordie Howe is doing so well after stem cell treatment that his son would like the hockey legend to undergo the treatment again.

Traffic at one West Vancouver intersection ground to a halt on Monday morning after a slow moving beaver decided to cross the road.

Motorists throughout the southern half of New Brunswick are being told by police and the provincial Emergency Measures Organization to stay off roads and highways as a blizzard continues to batter the province.

Carol and Lee Brown are having a pizza delivered from Arcata Pizza in Windsor, Ont., to their home in Regina, just in time for the Super Bowl.

Going Clear, the much-talked about Scientology documentary, premiered this week at the Sundance Film Festival, making more claims against the star-studded religion founded by L. Ron Hubbard.

A young woman from northern Quebec is suing her local police department and regional government for $400,000 after she was handcuffed and left alone in the backseat of a police vehicle with a repeat sex offender.

Longtime NHL goalie and current St. Louis Blues netminder Martin Brodeur is set to retire and join the team's front office in an executive role.

NASA expects to save millions of dollars sending astronauts to the International Space Station, once its commercial crew program starts flying in a couple of years.

Rio de Janeiro Olympic organizers said Tuesday they have "no plan B" for the 2016 games' sailing competitions, despite a recent admission by the state's top environment official that it will be impossible to meet pledges to clean up the raw sewage and tra

The Ontario government plans to ban the acquisition and sale of killer whales, part of new "higher standards of care" for marine animals that would also include dolphins and walruses.

The federal government will table new legislation during this sitting of Parliament to ensure criminals convicted of the worst crimes have no chance of being released from prison, Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney confirmed today.

Marriott International Inc. has signed a deal to buy the Delta hotel brand from B.C. Investment Management Corp. for $168 million.

Regina city council voted to deny an application for a bar that would feature exotic dancers. A packed city council gallery erupted with a standing ovation in response to the decision. Most had spoken against the proposed club.

The Russian ruble has shed nearly half its value since last summer, driving up the costs of food, housing and travel. Russia is being hit by 'perfect economic storm' of depreciating currency, western sanctions and shrinking oil revenue.

Canada will start accepting applications from millionaire immigrant investors and their families on Wednesday under a revamped version of a program critics once denounced as "cash for citizenship."

A man shot two police officers shortly after they were sworn in at a city hall in a Minneapolis suburb on Monday night and then was fatally shot by other officers in a rapid exchange of fire, authorities said.

Around 300 survivors of the Auschwitz death camp gathered Tuesday to mark 70 years since its liberation by Soviet troops, joined by world leaders for a commemoration held in the shadow of war in Ukraine and a rise in anti-Semitism in Europe.

Gunmen possibly linked to the Islamic State militant group attack a hotel popular with foreigners in the Libyan capital Tripoli, officials say.

The Justice Department has been building a national database to track in real time the movement of vehicles around the U.S., with hundreds of millions of records about motorists, The Wall Street Journal reports.

A former CIA officer was convicted Monday of leaking details of a covert mission to derail Iran's nuclear program in a case that, until the eve of the trial, was as much about the journalist who published the leaks as it was the accused leaker.

Jubilant Kurdish fighters ousted Islamic State militants from the key Syrian border town of Kobani on Monday after a four-month battle

A man from Armstrong, B.C., faces animal cruelty charges after SPCA officers raided his property in December to seize 16 severely undernourished horses.

Matt Lapointe, from Thunder Bay, Ontario, was one of only two Canadians to travel to the Swiss Alps for the Snow Epic fatbike competition earlier this month.

Susan Carter learned the truth about how her mother ended up lying on the floor at an Edmonton care home after examining footage from a hidden video camera that shows the 89-year-old getting dragged from her bed by a patient in the middle of the night.

Ratings agency S&P said on Monday it had cut Russia's sovereign credit rating to BB+ or below investment grade with a negative outlook, and said Russia's economic growth prospects have weakened.

Canadian special forces have now returned fire against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) a total of three times, Capt. Paul Forget from Canadian Joint Operations Command said in Ottawa on Monday.