NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 11-2015

World powers, including arch foes, seem to have found some level of agreement on a Syria without Bashar al-Assad, Brian Stewart writes. A peace plan of sorts is coming together very quickly. Whether it works may take a while to determine.

A rare 'Blue Dragon' sea slug has gone viral after washing up on the shores of Queensland, Australia last week. Facebook user, Lucinda Fry, captured her experience of finding the rare creature above. The bright blue creature, which goes by the scientif

A 10-year-old boy has died following a farming accident near Killam, Alta., Saturday after the forklift he was driving rolled on him.

The Canadian government's Syrian refugee plan will bring in women, children and families only, CBC News has learned. To deal with ongoing security concerns, unaccompanied men will not be part of the program.

The University of Montreal Carabins are heading back to the Vanier Cup for a second straight year with a 25-10 win over the Guelph Gryphons on Saturday afternoon.

Paris attacker welcomed ashore in Greece and given help and clothes by French volunteers

Whether France will ask for a NATO response to the attacks in Paris is an open question. But even if the alliance did invoke NATO's Article 5, Canada would have no obligation to take any military action.

A new study suggests that actually, the happiest partners are making love just once a week. ???

Salah Abdeslam (pictured), 26, who has been on the run since last Friday's terror attacks in Paris, is said to have smoked, drank and flirted with men in gay bars in Brussels' trendy Saint Jacques quarter.

Villagers are cashing in on the rare pieces of meteor that have sold for as much as $60 per gram

Because Islamic State is weaker in Iraq, I would suggest that international and indigenous troops try to defeat it there before taking the fight to within Syria, writes LORD WEST.

ISIS came under attack from two different rebel groups losing two towns which form part of a 61-mile stretch of land along the border Turkey hopes to make 'ISIS free'.

A documentary about the release of the new Eagles Of Death Metal album has been pulled from a film festival following the terrorist attack on the band's gig in Paris. in Paris.

In a statement the secretive collective claims terrorists are planning to carry out as many as eight attacks both in the Western countries and the Middle East on Sunday

A B.C. man is getting ready to go back to his home country of Ghana where he will be crowned king of a 6,000 person tribe in the south of the country.

The wives and girlfriends of the Vancouver Canucks are forming a league of their own off the ice to spread holiday cheer and give back to B.C. families in need this season.

Daniel Sedin scored three times and added an assist, Henrik Sedin had a goal and four assists, and the Vancouver Canucks downed the Chicago Blackhawks 6-3 on Saturday night.

Two asylum seekers openly argued with a judge yesterday as they were accused of taking part in the gang rape of a schoolgirl.

Nissar Hussain, from Bradford, suffered a broken kneecap, a fractured forearm and a concussion after being beaten with a pickaxe handle because of his faith on Tuesday.

Palestinian Authority president says he declined proposal -- which included near-total withdrawal from West Bank and relinquishing Israeli control of Jerusalem's Old City

An extremist group led by former al-Qaeda commander Moktar Belmoktar, who has been linked to the 2008 abduction of two former Canadian diplomats, claimed responsibility for the attack on a Mali hotel that left at least 21 people dead.

America should reclaim its role as a beacon for those fleeing persecution and war

Interview with Dr. Peter Lin

Dozens of people have been arrested in the US and charged over plotting for ISIS. Some entered the US as refugees. Republicans are trying to stop the US accepting tens of thousands of Syrians.

A Vietnamese-Australian called Phuc Dat Bich has spoken of his anger after repeatedly being blocked by Facebook. The 23-year-old, whose name is actually pronounced Phoo Da Bic, has posted an image of his passport on the social media site af

The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that Alberta is not constitutionally obligated to enact and publish its laws in both French and English.

Gunmen launch an attack on the Radisson Blu Hotel popular with expat workers in the centre of Mali's capital, Bamako, taking 170 people hostage.

EU nations signed a deal with Pakistan in 2009 allowing them to repatriate illegal immigrants and other nationalities who transited through Pakistan on their way to Europe.

EXCLUSIVE: A series of revealing new pictures of Hasna Ait Boulahcen have emerged in which the party-loving boozer who had no interest in religion or the Koran is seen relaxing.

Cable and satellite providers must provide skinny basic packages priced at $25 a month to every consumer by March 1, 2016, the CRTC says.

Hasbro is reaching out to a new demographic with a line of robot cats for seniors. The new "Joy for all" line is a series of robot pets (so far just cats) designed to "bring comfort, companionship and fun for your elder loved ones," without all the feedin

"What I actually worry about, is long-term psychological problems," says a Calgary animal health technician after a video of people spooking their kitties with cucumbers went viral.

A Saskatchewan family is glad to have their dog Flash back, after he was lost the night their house burned down. Recently, the Fritz's daughter wrote a letter to Santa asking for Flash to come home. The wish was granted.

Toronto Blue Jays third baseman Josh Donaldson and Washington Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper have been voted the most valuable players in the American and National leagues, respectively, in 2015.

Roger Latondress was driving home to Watson Lake on a snowy evening this week when he sailed off the road and into the frigid Yukon River.

MANILA, Philippines � Here we go again. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had to be whisked away from an Asia-Pacific summit by police bodyguards on Thursday as hundreds of excited journalists and staff swarmed him for photos.

A new gene that makes bacteria highly resistant to a last-resort class of antibiotics has been found in people and pigs in China, including in samples of bacteria with epidemic potential, researchers say.

Certain sectors of Canada's economy are at risk of losing their competitive edge if provinces miscalculate their adoption of carbon taxes.

Public surveillance is growing by leaps and bounds, particularly in Europe, Neil Macdonald writes. It is being abetted not just by the "pitiless men with Kalishnikovs," but by a complicit entertainment media fuelled on whodunnits and the triumph over evil

A United Nations report says plastics labelled biodegradable rarely disintegrate in the ocean because they require industrial composters and prolonged exposure to high temperatures to break down.

Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the suspected ringleader of the Paris attacks, was killed in a police raid on Wednesday in the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis, a Paris prosecutors says.

At the helm of the team since 1997, David Braley is now sorting through 19 potential buyers, with local offers being considered first

Rothmans Benson & Hedges Inc., one of Canada's largest tobacco companies, has introduced a new type of menthol cigarette that the Canadian Cancer Society worries could get more teens and young adults hooked on smoking.

The White House on Wednesday threatened a presidential veto of House Republican legislation aimed at increasing screenings for Syrian and Iraqi refugees before they enter the United States, calling new requirements in the bill "untenable."

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has formally committed to removing visa requirements for Mexican citizens entering Canada, a policy imposed by the Conservative government in 2009 to stem the flow of Mexicans seeking asylum here.

A century since Sir Ernest Shackleton set out on an ill-fated attempt to cross Antarctica by foot, another British man is attempting the same journey.

Houston Astros lefty Dallas Keuchel beat out Toronto Blue Jays ace David Price for the AL Cy Young Award on Wednesday, while Jake Arrieta of the Chicago Cubs topped Dodgers stars Zack Greinke and Clayton Kershaw for the NL honour.

A three-on-three tournament featuring teams from the four divisions will replace the traditional game at the 2016 NHL all-star weekend in Nashville in late January. The official announcement of the new format is expected Wednesday night.

A B.C. paleontologist literally splits his pants after cracking open a rock in the province's southern Interior and finding a beautifully preserved giant fossil wasp - a new species.

A trapper who found a bald eagle in a snare trap brought the bird to the Moose Mountain R & R Wildlife Rehabilitation, just under a week ago. The animal is making remarkable recovery.

Mark Scheifele and Drew Stafford both scored twice as the Winnipeg Jets halted a six-game losing skid with a 4-1 victory over the visiting Vancouver Canucks on Wednesday night.

This October blew away previous records to become the hottest ever recorded, giving a boost to predictions that this year will be 'an all-time record-breaker' when it comes to the global temperature.

It's pretty clear that Alberta is moving away from coal. But how quickly? And who will pay?

Training Kurds risks undermining the very country Canada says it wants to defend while offering little prospect of defeating ISIS, Evan Dyer writes.

A man who was attempting to take a tour of the Parliament Buildings was arrested after officers found him with a concealed meat cleaver, CTV News has learned.

The hacktivist group Anonymous has declared war on ISIS after the Paris Attacks. And, they're already claiming some early success - thousands of Twitter accounts shut down. McMaster University cyber security expert Ken Owen explains what Anonymous can do

Inside huge balloons, energy in the form of compressed air waits until needed

The American Medical Association called for a ban on Tuesday on the practice of advertising drugs directly to consumers, a practice they say has driven up prices and led to more demand for them to be used in inappropriate circumstances.

A new study published in Science presents evidence that perhaps some of the apparently extravagant ideas about Vitamin C were not completely off base. The study in question examined human colorectal cancers containing specific genetic mutations that are f

Justin Trudeau's plan to resettle 25,000 Syrian refugees in Canada by the end of the year has raised concerns about whether the prime minister's adherence to the fast-approaching deadline could compromise the security of the country.

Two Canadian fighter jets successfully struck three Islamic State fighting positions near the Iraqi city of Ramadi on Tuesday, according to the Department of Defence.

Hours after the horrific terror attacks in Paris, a stand-off unfolded between police officers and a suspected suicide bomber in a Mississauga neighbourhood, the Toronto Sun has learned.

The friendly soccer game between Germany and the Netherlands was cancelled at short notice due to the serious threat of an attack at the stadium on Tuesday.

Saudi Arabia has introduced a series of new laws which define atheists as terrorists, according to a report from Human Rights Watch. In a string of royal decrees and an overarching new piece of legislation to deal with terrorism generally, the Saudi King

Food banks in Alberta helped significantly more people this March compared to a year earlier, a major reason that national usage increased over the same month in 2014, according to a report released today.

While police continue their manhunt for suspects involved in the attack in Paris that killed at least 129 people, five of the attackers have been identified along with some of their suspected accomplices.

Israeli forces wearing fake beards raided a West Bank hospital and killed the brother of a Palestinian man suspected of carrying out a stabbing attack

Why is the Hubble telescope able to get highly detailed images of galaxies so far away, but when it comes to taking pictures of Pluto, it shows up as a blurry ball and only the New Horizons probe could get decent close-ups?

In an episode reminiscent of "Winnie the Pooh," Maryland state wildlife workers used an electric hand saw to remove a milk can that was stuck on the head of a bear.

Two bison have been shot and killed in Elk Island National Park, east of Edmonton. It's illegal to hunt, harass, poach or injure any animal in a national park.

David Desharnais scored 3:25 into overtime and the Montreal Canadiens overcame a three-goal deficit for a 4-3 victory over the visiting Vancouver Canucks at the ell Centre on Monday night.

David Desharnais scored 3:25 into overtime and the Montreal Canadiens overcame a three-goal deficit for a 4-3 victory over the visiting Vancouver Canucks at the ell Centre on Monday night.

Predictions that the global oil glut will persist, plus a revival of stalled climate change action sounds like bad news for Canada's energy industry. It's just not so, says Don Pittis. Instead, Canadian oil companies must drum out the dinosaurs and turn s

An analysis by Canadian research company Corporate Knights suggests that some of the world's largest pension plans, including CPP and OMERS, have lost billions of dollars by not exiting their carbon energy assets three years ago.

Yet another Pacific storm is slamming the province with wind, rain and mountain snow causing Environment Canada to issue widespread severe weather warnings.

One hundred and thirty years after Louis Riel was hanged for treason, Canadians and Indigenous Peoples alike continue to commemorate his death at events and on social media.

Thousands of Syrian refugees will arrive in Toronto over the coming weeks. The federal government has promised details soon about how it will bring 25,000 refugees to Canada by year's end and where they will be housed.

Less than six per cent of groundwater in the upper two kilometres of the Earth is renewable within a human lifetime, a new study led by a British Columbia scientist reveals.

The federal department overseeing Canada 150 celebrations is embarking on a capital-wide project to place commemorative plaques at locations where 15 Fathers of Confederation made a home during their time in Parliament.

A nursing student at the University of Saskatchewan has been reaching out, not only to people on a First Nation, but also to the community's unwanted dogs.

Two separate accidents have closed portions of the Coquihalla Highway in B.C.'s southern Interior.

The seawall around Vancouver's Stanley Park is closed between 3rd Beach and Lions Gate Bridge after part of the wall collapsed due to wind, wave damage.

Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall wants the federal government to suspend its plan to bring 25,000 Syrian refugees to Canada by the end of the year.

Crowd-funding campaign raises more than $73,000 after fire deliberately set. All you white supremacists bound to lose!

The water that supplies aquifers and wells that billions of people rely on around the world is mostly a non-renewable resource that could run out, a new Canadian-led study suggests.

In the past, Middle East strongmen have had their own particular ruthlessness for taking on militant opponents like ISIS, Neil MacDonald writes. But Western democracies, despite their rhetoric, have no stomach for that kind of fight.

In a letter to his minister of fisheries, oceans, and the Canadian Coast Guard, Justin Trudeau highlighted the need to ensure the country's naval procurement plan is followed, days before the Paris attacks.

More than 1,000 soldiers began a special two-week training exercise at Canadian Division Support Base Gagetown, in New Brunswick Saturday.

Two mutilated black bear carcasses have been found in B.C., both believed to be the target of poachers.

Justin Medlock's 46-yard field goal on the final play of the game earned the Hamilton Ticats an exciting 25-22 win over the Toronto Argonauts in the East Division semifinal Sunday.

The Calgary Stampeders defeated the B.C. Lions 35-9 on Sunday and will advance to the CFL's West Division final where they will play the Edmonton Eskimos.

Police are investigating after they say a fire was deliberately set at a Peterborough mosque.

Stephen Harper once dismissed Justin Trudeau's comment about examining the "root causes" of terrorism, warning against any move to "commit sociology." But a new taxpayer-funded study does just that, just as the Liberal government considers how it might am

The Toronto Maple Leafs won their third straight game for the first time this season, beating the Vancouver Canucks 4-2 at home in Toronto. The Canucks (7-6-5) fell to 1-3-1 on their seven-game road trip, which continues Monday in Montreal.

Experts find some of Canada's oldest dinosaur bones embedded in red sandstone on the northern shore of Nova Scotia. The bones would have been "washed to beach sand" if museum staff hadn't found them.

Josh Donaldson was named as a recipient of the award by MLB on Thursday as the top offensive third baseman in the American League.

Kurdish forces backed by U.S. air strikes seized the northern Iraqi town of Sinjar from Islamic State on Friday, a Reuters witness said, in one of the most significant counter-attacks since the militants swept through the north last year.

VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Canada will implement a moratorium on oil tanker traffic along the northern coast of British Columbia, effectively slamming the door on a controversial pipeline project that was already

Fire has reportedly broken out at the huge 'Jungle' camp near the port of Calais