NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 12-2017

Canadian actor William Shatner is lending his celebrity voice to the plea for the federal and B.C. governments will take action on declining steelhead populations in B.C.'s Interior.

The fossilised bones of an ancient penguin the size of a pro-wrestler have been discovered in New Zealand, scientists said Tuesday, dubbing the creature "monster bird."

NASA is poised to make a significant announcement involving the search for Earth-like planets, in an effort that has been aided by artificial intelligence designed by Google.

Permafrost in the Arctic is thawing faster than ever, according to a new report released Tuesday. Permafrost records show the frozen ground that many buildings, roads and pipelines are built on reached record warm temperatures last year nearing and someti

Bird watchers are flocking to British Columbia's Lower Mainland after a wayward summer tanager was spotted pecking at peanuts on a south Vancouver balcony over the weekend.

Reindeer are supposed to pull Santa Claus' sleigh, but in Oregon recently, a red-suited man on a sled wound up pushing a deer. The reverse-reality Christmas-season tale played out when a deer wandered onto a frozen golf course pond in Sunriver, Oregon, on

American authorities say an ongoing operation along its northern border has led them to revoke U.S.-issued travel visas of thousands of people, most of whom were headed to Canada to claim asylum.

Eighteen climate scientists from the U.S. and elsewhere hit the jackpot Monday as French President Emmanuel Macron awarded them millions of euros in grants to relocate to France for the rest of Donald Trump's presidential term.

A Russian hacker told a Moscow court in August that he was ordered to hack the Democratic National Committee by Russian intelligence agents at the FSB.

Canadian researchers recently caught bowhead whales in an intimate act of deep exfoliation in Nunavut waters.

After some bracing winter weather in November, the city has seen an unusually mild start to this month, with temperatures soaring well above the freezing point, and even some rain. It was the city's warmest Dec. 6 since 1900, and about 15 degrees warmer t

The Los Angeles subway system is expanding and so too are the number of prehistoric fossils being recovered as crews dig beneath the city. Since work on the extension began in 2014, fossilized remains have routinely turned up from creatures that roamed th

London police say they have arrested a 24-year-old-man who allegedly tried to climb a wall outside Buckingham Palace on Sunday night. He was arrested on suspicion of trespass and suspicion of possessing a controlled substance.

A Cape Breton man is worried about increasingly aggressive coyotes in the area after a pair of them attacked his blind husky during a routine walk through the neighbourhood.

Across Canada, green buildings are scaling up, including a university residence for 750 students and two highrise towers. In January, tenants will move into a six-storey Vancouver apartment building designed to be so energy efficient, you could heat each

A viral video of a starving polar bear rummaging through garbage in search of food isn't necessarily the result of climate change, says local man who monitors the animals.

The largest California wildfire is advancing on coastal towns near Santa Barbara, stoked by the gusty winds and dry conditions that have fuelled destructive blazes across the state's southern region.

The Israeli military says it has destroyed a tunnel built by the Hamas militant group that stretched from the Gaza Strip several hundred metres into Israel. The tunnel began in the central Gazan town of Khan Younis and stretched for over a kilometre acros

President Vladimir Putin has ordered Russian forces in Syria to start withdrawing, claiming that after a two-year military campaign, Moscow and Damascus had achieved their mission of destroying ISIS.

The B.C. SPCA says an older dog named Rascal required several blood transfusions to save its life after severe flea infestation. An older terrier named Rascal was rushed to an animal hospital on Vancouver Island earlier this year after losing about 85 per

A new interactive map allows users to compare current and historical photos of mountains in B.C. and Alberta, showing effects of climate change and human development.

When six-year-old Ronan Male saw his mother collapse in their Edmonton home last spring, he knew exactly what to do. On Monday, he received an EMS Lifesaving Award for saving his mother's life.

​Calling it a "difficult decision," the B.C. government has decided to go ahead with the controversial Site C hydroelectric dam, paving the way for work to restart. The government now expects the dam, originally budgeted at $8.3 billion, will cost a

A "mega-rarity" bird blew into Miramichi over the weekend, and it's attracting bird lovers from Eastern Canada and the U.S. who've never seen one in North America before. The bird is widespread in Europe and has also been found in Iceland.

A hearing-impaired Calgary man is travelling to Austria to get a life-changing medical device surgically implanted that will help him hear clearly for the first time. Because the Alberta government won't pay for the surgery, his retired parents are footin

New York police respond to reports of explosion at bus terminal in Manhattan

The caw-caw-caw of crows is a familiar fall sound around British Columbia and, until now, their cacophony has been indecipherable. Whatever the crows are communicating, the researchers plan to continue eavesdropping until they have answers.

Premier John Horgan will make the announcement to either continue or stop the construction of the $8.8 billion hydroelectric dam at 11:30 a.m. in Victoria.

The B.C. government is "pursuing profit over culture and community" by selling logging rights on Haida Gwaii without permission, the Council of the Haida Nation has warned.

Scientists tested 9 biological samples all thought to have come from Yeti. Eight of the samples she tested matched the DNA of local bears living today in the Himalayan region.

Residents of a sleepy fishing village on Nova Scotia's eastern coast are looking to the stars to breathe new life into their economy as a proposal to install Canada's only commercial spaceport inches closer to becoming a reality.

Science officials with the U.S. government say it's time to consider the possibility that endangered right whales could become extinct unless new steps are taken to protect them. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has said there are only

An Oklahoma mother and father couldn't figure out what was happening to their child's pacifiers until the baby's grandmother saw the family dog swipe one off a counter.

Former Master Cpl. Thomas McKenzie was a solitary man almost to the end of his life. McKenzie, 55, was a Canadian Forces vehicle tech for 12 years before leaving the military.

Yellowknife's Lana de Bastiani went for a skate Tuesday evening and suspects a fox made off with some of her stuff. I went back to my skating and at the end I went to go take my skates off and I realized that both my boot and my fur mittens ... were missi

Jozy Altidore scored in the 67th minute and Victor Vazquez added a stoppage-time goal Saturday as Toronto FC completed a record-breaking season with a 2-0 win over Seattle in the MLS Cup final, avenging a penalty shootout loss to the Sounders in last year

More than 40 people were taken to hospital after exposure to carbon monoxide in a greenhouse in Delta, B.C., on Saturday. Thirty-two people are in stable condition and 10 are in "serious to critical" condition.

A spike in owl sightings in downtown Vancouver could be good news for ridding the city of pesky rodents, a wildlife group says, but there's a downside for the birds. Photos of barred owls sitting outside transit stations and on building awnings have been

Egypt announced Saturday the discovery of two small ancient tombs in the southern city of Luxor dating back some 3,500 years. The discovery may help the country's efforts to revive its ailing tourism sector.

A glamorous photo in Vogue, an unctuous profile in Rolling Stone, a web video for BuzzFeed; but now the winds they are a-changin'

Kirill Tereshin, 21, from Russia's Stavrolol Krai region, developed Popeye-style biceps after undergoing controversial injections, but is now suffering the consequences.

Dorado, which means golden in Spanish, is the first accredited facility dog in Atlantic Canada and one of 29 dogs across the country supporting trauma victims.

Endangered caribou on an island in Lake Superior will be rounded up, blindfolded and placed inside a helicopter to travel to a new home early next year as the Ontario government tries to save them from a pack of wolves.

Two members of a British Columbia search crew carried out an unusual rescue this week after they received a call about a deer stranded on an ice-covered lake.

Melting Arctic sea ice could render sun-soaked California vulnerable to a recurrence of the severe drought suffered in recent years as it is likely to cause high pressure systems that push away rain-bearing storms, a study released Tuesday says.

Firefighters battled several intense wind-driven wildfires early today that have swept across densely populated Southern California, destroying at least 500 structures and chasing 190,000 people from their homes over the past five days.

The Vancouver Canucks have acquired forward Nic Dowd from the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for defenceman Jordan Subban. Jordan is the younger brother of Nashville Predators defenceman P.K. Subban and Vegas Golden Knights goaltender Malcolm Subban.

On Friday, the federal and provincial governments, along with local workers, celebrated the unveiling of the science vessel Sir John Franklin, which was entirely designed and built on B.C.'s North Shore by Seaspan as part of a national shipbuilding strate

The main structural components of the Royal Canadian Navy's first Arctic patrol ship have been assembled at the Halifax Shipyard. The ship is expected to be launched at the Halifax Shipyard next summer.

A rogue raccoon that had been spotted in and around the town of Banff, Alta. in recent months is no more. The trouble, said Hunt, is the fact they're not native to this area, instead preferring a warmer climate found around the Vancouver region in southwe

It's been a whirlwind week for the Sage Hill Rock, but the infamous stone has found a new home where it can live out its days in peace.

Michael Wolfe was sentenced to 15 years in prison Tuesday after he plead guilty to hate crime charges after he was caught placing a slab of bacon the doorstep of a mosque in Florida.

Pope Francis said the Roman Catholic Church should adopt a better translation of the phrase 'lead us not into temptation' in the Lord's Prayer, saying it could be misinterpreted.

Whooping cranes, which stand nearly six feet tall, are North America's tallest flying bird and among the world's rarest bird, with just 600 alive today.

The court cautions that much depends on the facts of each case

National security agencies should be required to destroy personal information once they determine someone is not a threat, the federal privacy watchdog says.

Oobah Butler built so much hype with his totally fake restaurant, people called from all over the world trying to get reservations.

Hamilton police have arrested a suspect in the weekend slaying of Yosif Al-Hasnawi, who was shot after he tried to intervene when two people were accosting an older man.

Sooke RCMP confirm human remains were discovered Thursday morning. This is the 14th foot found along the B.C. coastline since 2007. The most recent was in February 2016 at Botanical Beach, approximately 74 kilometres north of Sooke.

The U.S. International Trade Commission has unanimously voted that the American lumber industry has been harmed by Canadian softwood lumber imports, upholding Commerce Department tariffs imposed earlier this year.

Hans Selye isn't exactly a household name, but he was one of the twentieth century's most lauded and prolific scientists. Over his 40-year career, he was nominated for the Nobel Prize 17 times for his research in endocrinology and the immune system. He pu

The man charged with holding Amanda Lindhout hostage in Somalia for 460 days has been found guilty, more than nine years after the Canadian journalist was kidnapped.

Canadians are playing a key role in the lucrative and rapidly growing worldwide business of cash for passports, an industry that Canada, the United States and the European Union have warned could threaten national security, a CBC News investigation reveal

A Canadian group that investigates and exposes people falsely claiming to be veterans alleges a man who took part in Remembrance Day events at three schools in Red Deer, Alta., is an impostor who never served in the U.S. marines.

Facing a 160-year sentence for non-violent robbery, Derek Twyman thought he might die in a U.S. prison. Then a N.B. law student took an interest in his bizarre case

If you are working on a new Saskatchewan government highways project, you'd better not have an Alberta licence plate.

The influenza season in Canada could be shaping up to be a potentially nasty one, with a mixed bag of viruses already circulating in much of the country, say infectious diseases experts.

The end of the era of throwaway plastic has been signalled by UN environment ministers meeting in Kenya.

The Trudeau government is said to be wrestling with how best to sell Canadians on the idea of buying used fighter jets from Australia after the disaster that followed Canada's purchase of second-hand British submarines in the 1990s.

Isobel was one of 300 people on a trial that reversed type 2 in nearly half of patients.

Two Muslim men are suspected of conspiring to attack Downing Street armed with an improvised bomb, suicide vest and knives.

Members of a thalidomide survivor group say they felt belittled and are appalled after meeting with Kent Hehr, the federal minister for persons with disabilities, and accuse him of making repugnant statements about their life expectancies.

A highway patrol officer in England is being hailed as a hero for single-handedly clinging onto a van to keep it from falling off a bridge. Martin Willis, a roads policing officer with the West Yorkshire Police, physically held onto a van that teetered on

Exactly one century after he died, mustachioed train dispatcher Vince Coleman's status as the ultimate Halifax Explosion hero will be cemented Wednesday. The recognition of Vince Coleman is the culmination of his growing legend for his selfless act of sav

A Windsor, Ont., woman who uses a service dog for her anxiety and other issues is upset that Via Rail would not allow her to board a train with two service dogs.

Christine Keeler, the central figure in the sex-and-espionage Profumo scandal that rocked Cold War Britain, has died at 75. Keeler died Monday at a hospital near Farnborough in southern England after suffering for many years from chronic obstructive pulmo

U.S. President Donald Trump will recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital on Wednesday despite intense Arab, Muslim and European opposition to a move that would upend decades of U.S. policy and risk potentially violent protests.

The family of Nova Scotia hockey player Jordan Boyd, who died at 16 after suffering cardiac arrest on the ice, is welcoming an apology from the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and the introduction of changes aimed at improving player safety.

Jacob Markstrom made 30 saves for his first career NHL shutout as the Vancouver Canucks blanked the Carolina Hurricanes 3-0 on Tuesday night. Derrick Pouliot had a goal and two assists and Nikolay Goldobin and Thomas Vanek also scored for the Canucks (14

Sombre ceremonies will be held across Halifax on Wednesday to mark 100 years since the port city was devastated by a wartime blast that killed or injured about 11,000 people.

The United States and South Korea begin large-scale joint aerial drills, a move North Korea had said would push the Korean peninsula to "the brink of nuclear war," ignoring calls from Russia and China to call them off.

A moose in Sudbury kept police busy on Saturday night as officers took to social media to warn the public about the wandering animal. On Sunday, police posted an update that Martha had spent the night in the area and had since "left the area on her own ac

An Okanagan woman is in hospital after she spent 14 hours lying in the snow following a car crash near Cherryville, B.C. The car went off the highway at about 1 p.m. Monday, but Vernon Search and Rescue was not called until 2 a.m. PT Tuesday.

Conservation officers are investigating after a property owner confronted a group of men seen killing elk in northeast B.C.

Eight properties in Agassiz, B.C., have been evacuated because of concerns about the stability of the cliffs behind them after a massive boulder recently came tumbling down.

For the first time in four decades, a bird known for its speed could be removed from the list of threatened species in most of Canada. The peregrine falcon, which can fly at speeds up to 320 kilometres per hour, was listed as endangered in 1978.

A rare medal awarded to a Canadian soldier for extreme bravery at the Battle of Passchendaele in 1917 will be staying in Canada thanks to the Canadian War Museum -- and the soldier's great-granddaughter.

YouTube says it plans to add more people next year to identify inappropriate content as the company responds to criticism over extremist, violent and disturbing videos and comments.

Calgary photographer Yves Dansereau got some great shots of a pair of bobcats that have been hanging around a backyard in Oakridge in the city's southwest.

An Alberta man has been convicted of criminal harassment for his involvement in a Creep Catchers sting.

The big breakthroughs in Canada's new wireless code are a ban on cellphone unlocking fees and a rule that teenage users cannot give permission for extra data or roaming charges. Other changes include a 15-day trial on any contract and rules to make contra

Two dogs have recently lost eyes in owl attacks in the Edmonton area.

A racist tirade by a white man against a young brown-skinned grocery store cashier and customer has shocked a witness who caught the last 37 seconds of it on video Saturday night, including a physical attack.

A rapidly growing wildfire in the foothills north of Los Angeles threatens thousands of homes, forcing nearby residents to evacuate the area after causing at least one death and local power outages, officials say.

PayPal says that one of the companies it recently acquired suffered a security incident during which an attacker appears to have accessed servers that stored information for 1.6 million customers.

The B.C. Court of Appeal has dealt a devastating blow to a group of injured veterans engaged in a landmark legal battle with the federal government.

The last man ever to be executed in Halifax will soon receive a headstone thanks to a national organization dedicated to making sure all Canadian war veterans receive a proper burial and final resting place.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday handed a victory to President Donald Trump by allowing his latest travel ban targeting people from six Muslim-majority countries to go into full effect

American Airlines and other carriers are cracking down on so-called "smart luggage" that comes equipped with GPS technology and in some cases even a motor, as the lithium ion batteries in the cases can present a fire risk.

The Canadian Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario hosted a LGGBDTTTIQQAAPP inclusiveness training on June 6.

Far from Wi-Fi or any drivable road and more than six metres up a red spruce tree is Alex Thomas's livable tree house, complete with a kitchen, solar panels and a wood stove.

There's a giant rock surrounded by yellow-painted curbs in a northwest Calgary parking lot and drivers can't seem to stop hitting it.

As rate of new cases decline worldwide, Russia saw 149% jump in the past decade.

Canada and China have held four rounds of exploratory talks stretching back to last year, but it's unclear China would be willing to agree to Trudeau's stated priorities that any trade deals must protect labour and gender rights.

A rare bright blue lobster has escaped the cooking pot after a man came across the crustacean while fishing off the Nova Scotia coast. The odds of catching a blue lobster are listed as one in two million, while the chance of finding a white one is one in

'People who lost money when the Stock Market went down 350 points based on the False and Dishonest reporting of Brian Ross of @ABC News (he...

Sydney man Kemal Yalim, 24, put on a dress, cardigan and scarf that covered his face and booked a taxi under the name Fatima.

Sergio Jose Martinez, 31, a Mexican man who has been deported from the US 20 times, was convicted of 10 counts including sexual assault in Oregon on Friday. He pleaded guilty.

The pterosaurs were an order of flying reptiles that went extinct some 66 million years ago. They were not actually dinosaurs, but they went extinct at the same time