NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 02-2015

The Sahtu Renewable Resources Board and the Aurora Research Institute have used Google Maps to plot the observations and place names of the Sahtu region as described by a 19th century Oblate priest.

An autographed flight suit and diecast model from Hamilton's Lancaster warplane tour last summer went up for auction on Ebay Wednesday.

Among the highlights of promotions and postings announced Wednesday: Maj.-Gen. Mike Hood is the new head of the Royal Canadian Air Force, while Maj.-Gen. Christine Whitecross takes over as chief of military personnel. Whitecross becomes Canada's first fem

An Italian court has found Costa Concordia captain Francesco Schettino guilty of manslaughter and sentenced him to 16 years in jail, Reuters reports.

Three Mississippi men on Tuesday were given prison sentences ranging from 50 to 7 years for their roles in the murder of a black man in Jackson who was targe...

EONBLUE proves the Canadian government is playing a much larger role in monitoring the internet than most might think.

Houthi rebels took all U.S. Embassy vehicles parked at the Yemeni capital's airport, a top airport official in Sanaa said.

While nations meet to discuss the crisis in eastern Ukraine, one Edmonton ex-pat has turned her small shop into a supply depot for the Ukrainian Army.

Air Canada profit soared to a record annual high of $531 million last year, even as the slumping loonie caused the airline to lose $100 million in the last three months of the fiscal year.

A Muslim man, his wife and her sister are dead and one man charged with murder after he allegedly shot all three in the head in their condominium near the University of North Carolina.

Alberta's Progressive Conservatives have denied the province's child and youth advocate $275,000 in restored funding to help investigate deaths of children in government care.

Two men were charged on Wednesday with planning to launch an imminent terrorist attack in Australia, after police seized a homemade flag associated with ISIS, a machete and a hunting knife in a counterterrorism raid.

Not having a crystal ball, Andy Pearcey had no idea what his future would hold when he received an unwanted text in November 2012. The Rogers customer tells CBC's Go Public that he later learned a third party was billing him nearly $10 a month for more th

Walmart says it plans to add 29 new supercentre stores in Canada over the next 12 months, part of a $340-million expansion plan aimed at filling the void that will be left with Target's departure.

California health officials on Monday warned parents against intentionally exposing their children to measles, which could worsen an outbreak in the state. In response to media inquiries about so-called measles parties, the California Department of Pub

One of the first of a group of young, radicalized Canadians to join al-Qaeda, London, Ont.-born Xris Katsiroubas was the voice of the hostage takers at an Algerian gas plant two years ago. A U.K. inquest has a hard look at his role, Nahlah Ayed reports.

Falling oil prices are hammering Alberta's economy, but not everyone seems to mind. A look into the psychology behind interprovincial rivalry and why not all misfortune is created equal.

More than four decades after the Apollo 11 moon landing, a cloth bag full of souvenirs brought back by astronaut Neil Armstrong has come to light.

New data shows that the vanishing of polar ice is not the result of runaway global warming

An annual tax season information kit being sent to all members of Parliament is going further than just outlining the nuts and bolts of paying taxes. MPs also appear to be getting a nudge from the Canada Revenue Agency to remind constituents about the Con

British bank HSBC helped hundreds of Canadians hide Swiss accounts from authorities to avoid paying taxes on millions of dollars, CBC News has learned.

A Canadian court has found that Toronto's National Post libeled a climate scientist named Andrew Weaver. The paper and several of its writers and editors will be responsible for paying Weaver C$50,000 (about US$39,500) and removing all the libelous pieces

Samsung is warning people to avoid discussing personal information in front of their smart television set. The warning applies to TV viewers who control their Samsung Smart TV using its voice activation feature.

Conservative MP Eve Adams has crossed the floor to join the Liberals, she announced at a news conference this morning.

CBC's Paul Hunter meets with some of the 14 surviving Canadian members of the WWII Devil's Brigade who were awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in Washington on Tuesday.

A B.C. woman is speaking out after a thief managed to steal $17,000 from her bank account using only her stolen driver's licence.

A British Columbia First Nation ordered the evacuation of its roughly 700 residents on Sunday, after heavy snowfall in Kitimat knocked out power for days and at least one person had to be airlifted to hospital.

The cold streets of Charlottetown were filled with some warmth on Friday.

A Facebook campaign calling for a boycott of a Tim Hortons in downtown Vancouver has garnered thousands of hits over allegations someone from inside the store poured water under two sleeping homeless men.

Imran Khawaja, 27, posed for the picture while with the Rayat al-Tawheed (RAT) insurgents to 'create propaganda' for Islamic State extremists.

28 inmates escaped a Brazilian prison after three women in dominatrix costumes duped guards in a fake orgy, according to reports.

The California woman claims the 'Come Alive Pleasure Gel' - which promises to deliver 'stimulation as every tingle, touch and vibration and intensifies', did not give the pleasure it promised.

A man shot six people Saturday afternoon, killing four of them, including his ex-wife and several children before turning the gun on himself on a quiet, suburban Atlanta street, police and neighbours said.

The small B.C. towns of Kitimat and Terrace are burrowing out from a record snowfall after receiving nearly two metres of snow from a Pineapple Express weather system that continues to bring heavy moisture to the B.C. coast.

Eleven of Canada's highest-profile jihadi terrorists, terror suspects and alleged extremists have ties to the Muslim Students Association, a security conference has heard.

Paul Gauguin 1892 oil painting of two Tahitian girls bought by state-financed Qatar Museums in record sale

A man was arrested in California Thursday morning in connection with death threats made against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio.

Katrina Smith, 62, and Alan Lane, 71, pictured, found themselves sleeping rough at Heathrow after a string of bad decisions saw them lose their three-bedroom home in Poole, Dorset.

Eight men and eight women will compete for $1million and a three-year porn contract in the upcoming reality series The Sex Factor, and one of the contestants is Wall Street intern Paige Jennings.

Sixty-one rotting bodies have been found at the crematorium of an abandoned funeral home near Acapulco after neighbours complained to authorities about a foul smell coming from the building, officials said Friday.

A British zoo says an endangered monkey that accidentally fell into a pond was eaten by otters. The zoo's director of conservation Christoph Schwitzer said despite their best efforts, keepers are unable to prevent unforeseen accidents.

China on Friday protested the Dalai Lama's presence at a public event attended by President Barack Obama, saying the U.S. was exploiting the issue of Tibet for political purposes.

Participants in the World's Longest Hockey Game are hoping to play 250 hours in order to break the Guinness World Record.

Warm weather has helped grant a reprieve this year to a homely, eel-like and especially slimy fish pursued by anglers as they compete for big money in two annual ice-fishing tournaments at a reservoir on the Wyoming-Utah line.

Rescue officials in British Columbia made a surprising discovery while searching for a missing man on Vancouver's North Shore -- a backpack with tantalizing clues linked to a couple that went missing in the same area 20 years ago.

Canadian warplanes have gone into action again in Iraq, bombing a militant compound and bomb-making factory in separate raids over the last few days.

Gordie Howe was honoured at a dinner in Saskatoon Friday by NHL legends including Wayne Gretzky, Bobby Hull and Brett Hull.

After scoring a rare hunting license, a woman in Nain braved the harsh cold earlier this week to track down and bag her first polar bear.

A 26-year-old man has been shot and killed inside a home in south Ottawa becoming the city's first homicide victim of the year.

A Quebec coroner says a man who was seriously injured on a subway platform in Montreal might have had a chance to survive, if only someone had helped him.

Total accumulations in the city could reach 20 centimetres, according to the Environment Canada forecast Friday evening. That's more than the entire snowfall in Thunder Bay in December.

A missing climber in Banff National Park was on a winter training exercise with the Canadian military when he was swept away by an avalanche Thursday night, CBC News has confirmed.

The Richmond Library had to go to the city for a $200,000 temporary boost to its collections budget, in part because of the high cost of e-books.

Record-breaking amounts of snow have been falling across Kitimat and Terrace. The northern B.C. snow storm is part of the same weather system bringing heavy moisture to much of the province's coast.

Randall Rush learned he had won the jackpot while buying food for his cat named Conway Kitty.

People have been flushing millions of dollars worth of gold down the toilet, a new study suggests.

The City of Medicine Hat says it will soon reach its goal to end homelessness. The municipality set March 2015 as its deadline five years ago. Since then, it's housed 848 people, including 275 children.

Kayla Jean Mueller, 26, is understood to be the last US hostage held by the terror group, which had been demanding $6.6 million for her release.

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Angus Gallagher, 18, was left with 13 skull fractures and needed a titanium plate to support his right eye after the brutal assault by 25-year-old Brian Ramsay.

Ji-hyun Park spent a year inside one of the country's detention camps after being deported from China where she had fled to escape starving to death. She told of the true horrors inside the secret state.

The rodent, found at a food establishment in Swindon, is the largest to have been discovered in the Wiltshire town. It comes after scientists found one species was resistant to traditional poison.

South Yorkshire PC Hassan Ali, 44, was suspended after being referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission after it was alleged he twice asked a victim out on a date.

Footage posted on social media includes one fighter who blows himself up when his rocket launcher backfires and another who accidentally shoots a comrade with a machine gun in Iraq and Syria.

NBC news anchor Brian Williams has been forced to admit that he wasn't aboard a helicopter hit and forced down by enemy fire during the invasion of Iraq in 2003 and now says it was a 'mistake'.

Canada added 35,400 jobs in January, far surpassing the slight gain that economists had been expecting.

A Winnipeg woman is part of an international investigation into an Italian military police officer who allegedly drugged and sexually assaulted some of the women he connected with on the popular online travel website couchsurfing.com.

People with grievous and "irremediable" medical conditions should have the right to ask a doctor to help them die, Canada's highest court says in a unanimous decision.

Matt Irwin, Melker Karlsson, Joe Pavelski, Andrew Desjardins and Chris Tierney, with his first NHL goal, scored for San Jose (28-18-7), while Brent Burns and Logan Couture each added two assists. Tierney also tacked on an assist for a two-point outing. Ra

The NHL is experimenting with player tracking technology that could be available as early as next season for broadcasters and fans.

RCMP are asking the public for tips to help crack a 25-year-old cold case involving an anonymous letter and an arson attack in Prince Rupert, B.C., that killed three generations of one family.

A boater who was so captivated by his cellphone he apparently didn't see a humpback whale right in front of him stunned a photographer who snapped shots of the man texting.

The world's mightiest waterway, the Amazon River, is threatened by the most diminutive of foes -- a tiny mussel invading from China.

A private group working to help Alberta manage its wild horse population says it will only be able to save up to a third of the animals that could be captured this month.

An Alaska man who attempted to walk 50 miles between two villages at 35 below zero was found in good shape 4 miles from his goal by searchers called by his family.

Online adult retailer PinkCherry.ca has compiled its annual list of the top sex toy purchases per capita across the country and the list has some unexpected results.

Winnipeg forward Evander Kane failed to show up for the Jets' game in Vancouver this week following an incident involving teammate Dustin Byfuglien, according to reports. The Jets then placed Kane on injured reserve.

Hockey legends are converging on Saskatoon to honour Gordie Howe. Howe, 86, is set to attend the Kinsmen Sports Celebrity Dinner Friday night to raise money for community programs.

Amy Pascal will step down as co-chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment and head of the film studio, nearly three months after a massive hack hit the company and revealed embarrassing emails.

An arrest has been made in connection with the python strangling of two brothers in Campbellton, N.B., in 2013.

An investigation into widespread sexual crimes against vulnerable women and girls as young as 13 has resulted in 20 men facing a number of charges. Operation...

Like gas-electric hybrids and battery vehicles, driverless technology has gone from zero to 60 in what seems the blink of an eye, and it's on verge of making human drivers obsolete. Don Pittis says good riddance.

With a trial set to begin next week for the man accused in the fatal shootings of famed Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle and a friend of Kyle's, court officials in Texas are set to begin the process of screening potential jurors on Thursday.

Mounties, prison guards and park wardens could soon be sporting new duds made in an ethical way.

Avid traveller Jennifer Logan had finished a job teaching English to women in Saudi Arabia, and was visiting family back in Canada, when she set off last month for her next adventure in Peru.

THE ARGENTINE navy is to be handed a powerful boost from China in the form of a new class of warships - named after the Falkland Islands, according to reports.

Two patients who escaped from a mental-health facility in North Bay, Ont.,​ have been located after their involvement in a head-on crash in Saint-Simon-de-Rimouski, Que.

MONTREAL - A Bell Canada client who gave a mediocre service rating to a call-centre agent was called a "slut" and a "bitch" in a vicious e-mail.

TORONTO - Fancy a glass of Pinot Grigio or a pint of cold pilsner? Soon, you won't have to look any further than your local Starbucks.

Scientists say 'Enigma machine' has unlocked clues to the way the virus of the common cold assembles - making it possible to stop disease in its tracks

A Scarborough church pastor has been charged after a woman was sexually assaulted while she had exorcisms performed on her, Toronto police say.

Government commissioners are lined up to intervene at Rotherham Council after a report exposes its "culture of denial" over the town's child abuse scandal.

The Ontario Liberal government has added $117 billion in debt since the recession of 2008-09 and risks further credit downgrades if it doesn't reform its spending ways, a new report says.

New allegations have emerged from the man described as the 20th 9/11 hijacker, alleging members of the Saudi royal family supported al Qaeda.

An Edmonton man is accusing a U.S.-based internet vehicle-sales company of ripping off clients.

As two charities allowed to fight in court for private health insurance, Dying With Dignity's status annulled after campaign for assisted dying.

A traveller from Invermere, B.C., returned home from a trip to Cuba last week - but his luggage didn't. Neither did the luggage belonging to almost all the other Air Canada passengers who landed in Calgary.

An Australian living in Edmonton died after a late-night tobogganing ride at the Edmonton Ski Club early Sunday morning.

On a blue-skied summer afternoon, Charles Neher awoke and got ready to die. He would kill himself at work today.

The government's proposed anti-terror legislation specifically prevents CSIS from causing lasting physical harm or violating a suspect's sexual integrity in the process of protecting Canada, but it's unclear what other tactics would pass muster.

U.S. television viewership declined by 12 per cent in January compared to the same month a year earlier, the eighth consecutive double-digit drop, according to new data from ratings firm Nielsen.

A flight with 58 people aboard clipped a bridge shortly after takeoff and careened into a river Wednesday in the island's capital of Tapei, killing at least eight people, according to Taiwan state media.

A four-year-old wild black bear that was found paralyzed and emaciated in a field in northern Ontario underwent an MRI in the Toronto area Tuesday in what is thought to be a Canadian first.

A group of naturists are fighting a Penticton resident who wants city council to force people to wear clothes at Three Mile beach - or face a fine.

A crash between a school bus and a semi truck in northern Alberta killed the driver and sent several students to hospital.

Sajida al-Rishawi and other Isil jihadists will be executed at dawn in response to murder of Jordanian hostage pilot Lt Moaz Kasaesbeh

The girl, whose name is known to African Eye News Service (AENS) but cannot be published because she is under age, attacked Humphrey Khoza with battery acid while he was drinking beers with friends at a tavern in Cork village near Hazyview, Mpumalanga, on

A Northern Ontario School of Medicine professor is leading a team of researchers to find an optimal strategy to prevent severe pneumococcal infections in First Nations people suffering from chronic kidney disease.

Canadian and British researchers have released the results of a groundbreaking study showing how easily people can be manipulated into thinking they committed crimes when they were younger, even if they are innocent. After being fed a bit of false info

Ontario only allows parents to opt out of mandatory measles vaccination for their children in very limited circumstances, Health Minister Eric Hoskins says.

As the New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman orders large retailers to stop selling their store brands of supplements, critics claim that the action is premature and based on flawed and inappropriate scientific methodology.