NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 12-2010

The Prime Minister belting out "Jumpin' Jack Flash" in front of a packed crowd of Conservative MPs and staff Wednesday night.

The future of avalanche prediction could lie in a small infrared camera developed by the University of Calgary.

Throughout history, flags have found their way onto the battlefield. Unit �colours�, a type of flag identifying a military unit and traditionally providing a rallying point for troops during battle, continue to be one of the Canadian Forces� most po

The Vancouver Canucks are atop the Northwest Division thanks in part to strong performances at Rogers Arena. That success has been muted lately, but a quick change could be coming.

INGERSOLL, Ont. - A massive pile-up of trucks, vans and cars caused a more than four-hour backup Wednesday on Hwy. 401 just west of Woodstock.

The federal government is facing a lawsuit after quietly opening a vast tract of a once-protected Arctic wilderness to mining claims.

As U.S. politicians continue to debate whether to let gays serve openly in the American military, the Canadian Forces have issued a new policy detailing how the organization should accommodate transsexual and transvestite troops specifically.

Leaked US diplomatic cables reveal a concerted, multi-departmental American lobbying effort in 2008 to convince Norwegian policymakers to purchase F-35 fighter jets instead of a Swedish-made rival for fear rejecting the stealth aircraft could influence ot

A rural Manitoba man is facing more than 40 animal cruelty charges after police raided a farm and found dozens of unhealthy and neglected dogs, horses and donkeys.

Iqaluit will host one of Nunavut's prized bowhead whale hunts next summer, giving Inuit hunters there a rare chance to harvest one of the giants of the sea.

The mayor of Charlo on the northern shore of New Brunswick is asking the province for disaster relief following Monday's storm surge.

New Brunswick is looking for more control over the RCMP as it renegotiates its contract with the national police force, according to a senior civil servant.

New Brunswick's Progressive Conservative government is asking some civil servants to take voluntary unpaid leave over the period between Christmas and New Year's.

The bedbug scare in New Brunswick has caused the Saint John Sea Dogs to cancel their annual teddy bear toss this weekend.

A winter storm continued to cause problems for Montrealers on Wednesday as dipping temperatures caused water mains to burst, sending water across snow-covered roads.

Montreal-based Bombardier Inc. will pay $319,000 in damages to a Canadian of Pakistani origin after he was denied pilot training because he had been identified as a "threat to aviation or national security" by U.S. authorities.

A third teenager belonging to a St-Hyacinthe, Que., basketball team has died of his injuries following a head-on collision east of Montreal.

Police have charged three Ottawa men in connection with the shooting death of 16-year-old Yazdan Ghiasvand Ghiasi, whose body was dumped from a car near Chinatown on Monday morning.

Toronto has declared an extreme cold weather alert, aimed at helping people who live on the streets.

Don Cherry's contentious speech before the inaugural meeting of Toronto's new council in which he ranted against the city's "left-wing pinkos" has inspired an array of pinko-labelled paraphernalia.

A Windsor, Ont., man is facing charges after an alleged air rage incident on a direct flight from Veradero, Cuba.

Moosehead beer drinkers across Canada might want to stock up before a strike puts the brew in short supply

Residents of southern B.C. might see some drama in the sky on Wednesday morning when two fighter jets from CFB Cold Lake in Alberta identify and intercept what appears to be a civilian aircraft.

Former Liberal cabinet minister Christy Clark has officially joined the race for the leadership of the B.C. Liberals and the premiership of the province with a proposal for a free vote in the legislature on the future of the HST.

Scientists say polar bear moms and their cubs near Churchill in northern Manitoba are suffering the worst effects of a late freeze-up of sea ice on Hudson Bay.

A climate expert says people in coastal areas in the Maritimes should brace themselves in the coming years for more storm surges like the one that struck northeastern New Brunswick Monday.

Canadians getting a blast of stormy weather this week can be thankful they're not living in the snowed-under communities of southwestern Ontario, east of Lake Huron.

Pte. Barrett Hiebert has been charged with one count of drug trafficking by the CFNIS.

Haitians are setting fires and taking to the barricades as thousands of people protest the results of the country's presidential election.

Lawyer for two women whose assault allegations led to arrest says case has nothing to do with WikiLeaks or CIA

Schoolchildren in Shanghai have been ranked the best in the world at mathematics, science and reading by the leading global study of secondary school performance.

Israel says it will allow more exports out of Gaza, further easing its blockade of the Palestinian territory.

Quebec Premier Jean Charest used his short jaunt to the United Nations climate summit in Cancun, Mexico, to blast the federal government's environment policy.

Over the past decade, the ranks of Canadian smokers have steadily declined. Public health initiatives have promoted awareness about the negative health effects of smoking, forced cigarette manufacturers to carry picture-based warnings on their packages an

Two more sandwich makers have become involved in what's being termed a "lengthy and complicated" recall following the discovery of listeria monocytogenes on a production line at Montreal's Saputo cheese plant.

A new poll shows Manitoba's Progressive Conservatives are still leading in public support with less than a year before the next provincial election.

UN peacekeepers were the most likely source of the cholera epidemic sweeping Haiti, according to a leaked report by a French disease expert.

Visa Europe has begun suspending payments to whistle-blowing website Wikileaks ahead of carrying out an investigation into the organisation.

MUMBAI: French president Nicolas Sarkozy on Tuesday asked India to open up various sectors of its economy. "We have not come here with bulging pockets to strike deals.We are looking for equal partners as we believe in your future even more than you do," h

The White House has abandoned its attempts to pressure Israel to halt Jewish settlement construction as a means to kickstart peace talks after three weeks of failed negotiations.

Canadian Forces personnel, including air and ground crews from 8 Wing Trenton, Ont., measured, weighed, packed, loaded, unloaded and flew everything from flags to foodstuffs as part of the close-out of the Theatre Support Element (TSE) at Camp Mirage.

Canada is a world leader when it comes to education, according to a new study from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Drivers in Metro Vancouver could use a little extra holiday cheer Tuesday as gas prices in some areas topped $1.20 per litre.

The City of London nearly declared a state of emergency on Tuesday after being inundated with three days of flurries and record levels of snowfall, but stepped back from the drastic measure at the last moment.

The federal government isn't ready to handle a major oil spill in Canada's waters, even though the coast guard hears of a spill a day on average, the country's environmental auditor says.

Former Liberal cabinet minister Christy Clark says she will announce on Wednesday morning if she plans to enter the race for the leadership of the B.C. Liberals and the premiership of the province.

Opponents of B.C.'s HST are launching their first recall campaign against Liberal cabinet minister Ida Chong in the Vancouver Island riding of Oak Bay-Gordon Head on Tuesday.

Quebecers are digging out their cars and dealing with difficult road conditions Tuesday after the first major snowfall of the season.

ZANGABAD, Afghanistan - Canadian tanks and engineering vehicles endured a barrage of a different sort from local Afghan villagers Tuesday as they pushed to the edge of a long-time Taliban redoubt southwest of Kandahar city.

Tension is growing between the Muslim community and the FBI after an informant, Craig Monteilh, infiltrated a mosque, only a month after a local FBI leader visited the mosque and said the agency would do no such thing. Now, Monteilh is suing the FBI and r

Israel's Foreign Ministry on Tuesday condemned as "highly regrettable" Argentina's announcement of the previous day that it recognized Palestine as "a free and independent state" within its borders prior to the 1967 Six-Day War.

The police squad watching Metro Vancouver's gangs says tension and violence have risen over the past several weeks and officers are working quickly to turn down the heat.

Stormy weather in Quebec forced dozens of people from their homes along the north and south shores as heavy rains and high winds whipped the coastline.

Another deluge of rain is forecast for Metro Vancouver, Howe Sound and west Vancouver Island late Monday through Tuesday, says Environment Canada as it issued a rainfall warning for the regions.

Torontonians can expect slow commutes in the northern part of the city Monday afternoon as the season's first snowfall continues, but they can be thankful they don't live elsewhere in southern Ontario.

A winter storm bringing high winds, rain and snow pounded Canada's Maritime provinces Monday, leaving thousands without power and slowing travel.

The Halomonas titanicae bacterium was found in "rusticles", the porous and delicate icicle-like structures that form on rusting iron.

The Alberta government rolled out a gang reduction strategy in Calgary on Monday.

A retired bureaucrat who firebombed a Royal Bank branch in downtown Ottawa last May says he regrets the protest.

The alleged Russian spy Katia Zatuliveter vehemently denied working as an agent for Russian intelligence today, and said that she was fighting against the Home Office's decision to deport her from Britain.

Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, is expected to appear in a UK court today after his lawyers said he would meet police to discuss a European arrest warrant from Sweden relating to alleged sexual assaults.

TOOWOOMBA, Australia ( KTLA) -- An Australian man has taken marrying your "best friend" to a whole new level. He's now hitched to his dog.

The NDP is calling for a full public inquiry into last summer's G8 and G20 summits, saying that without a sweeping look at the mass arrests, justice for those who had their "constitutional rights" violated will remain elusive.

Investigators found a Continental DC-10 had dropped a strip of titanium on the runway at the airport on the day of the accident. According to investigators, the debris later punctured the tire of the Concorde jet, sending flying rubber into the fuel ta

Iran announced on Sunday that its entire nuclear fuel cycle is now self-sufficient.

The Harper government has once again delayed implementation of regulations that police say they need to quickly trace guns used in crimes one day before the firearms marking regulations were to have come into force

A former employee of a Royal Canadian Legion branch in P.E.I. who stole money while working there is going to jail.

Iran has accused the UN's nuclear watchdog, the IAEA, of sending foreign agents to spy on its nuclear programme.

RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has warned he may dissolve his self-rule government and ask Israel to resume full control of the West Bank if troubled peace talks fail.

For 30 days Julian Fantino held his tongue, campaigning as the Conservative candidate in the suburban Toronto riding of Vaughan, surviving on pizza and trying to ignore the Liberal attacks.

Quebec Premier Jean Charest will make $75,000 less next year, but he will face the toughest job of his life as he tries to bring his province out of a fog of corruption.

B.C. NDP veterans are taking sides as caucus members head to an emergency meeting Sunday in Vancouver.

The daughter of a Canadian tourist who was murdered in Honduras has been rescued, according to a relative.

LONDON - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says he and his colleagues are taking steps to protect themselves after death threats following the publication of leaked U.S. diplomatic cables on their website.

Ministers from around the globe have begun flying to the luxury Mexican beach resort of Cancun for a climate change conference that is already in danger of unravelling.

Iberia hopes to start flying long-haul routes again by Saturday evening, a spokesman for the Spanish flag carrier said, as striking air traffic controllers began to return to work.

ABIDJAN, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Laurent Gbagbo was sworn in as Ivory Coast's president on Saturday after his election victory was rejected by world leaders but accepted by the army, raising the risk of a power struggle.

Negligence, not arson, is the likely cause of the deadly forest fire burning out of control in the Carmel Heights near the northern Israeli city of Haifa, police said Saturday.

A Canadian tourist has been murdered and a teenaged girl, believed to be the victim's daughter, is missing after a gang of men swarmed their yacht anchored in a remote bay in Honduras, according to local newspapers.

Police have learned the identities of two young men from the New York City area who allegedly committed the greatest amounts of damage during the G20 summit in Toronto in June

The Yukon government says it will team up with Saskatchewan to carry out clinical trials of a controversial vein therapy for multiple sclerosis.

Edmonton Eskimos president Rick LeLacheur dropped a bombshell Friday, announcing he has prostate cancer and will undergo surgery later this month.

A teen was sentenced to two years' probation Friday for selling a fatal dose of ecstasy to 15-year-old Trinity Bird from the Paul Band First Nation west of Edmonton last year.

The grandson of the Alberta woman whose dead husband was put in an incinerator after she shot him pleaded guilty Friday to his role in the April 2008 crime.

In an attempt to halt the spread of marijuana grow-ops in the Cariboo region of B.C.'s central Interior, RCMP have formed a task force.

The security upgrades required for Vince Li to take escorted walks around the Selkirk Mental Health Centre have now been completed.

After getting humbled in the last two post-seasons by the Chicago Blackhawks, the streaking Vancouver Canucks will take any victory they can muster against the defending Stanley Cup champions.

Mexican soldiers captured a 14-year-old U.S. citizen suspected of being a drug gang hitman as he attempted to travel to the United States.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has once more reiterated that she will not run for president in 2012, going so far as to refer to her current role in government as "my last public position."

Blair suggested the video, posted on YouTube, had been tampered with in an interview with CBC Radio's Metro Morning on Monday.

With a big smile, 16-year-old Andrew McCullum jostled and joked with his fellow teammates as his house league hockey team prepared for a game Thursday night at the Kinsmen Civic Centre.

A British man has been sentenced to life in prison for sending two men to murder his wife.

A Chinese passenger train hit a record speed of 486 kilometres per hour Friday during a test run of a yet-to-be opened link between Beijing and Shanghai, state media said.

A Russian man accused of masterminding a vast worldwide spamming network is due to appear in a U.S. federal court.

NASA managers announced the latest delay for Discovery on Friday. They say they need more time to analyze cracks in the shuttle's fuel tank. The damage cropped up following a failed launch attempt in early November.

Canada's unemployment rate dropped to a two-year low in November, as fewer youth sought employment went job hunting in an economy that isn't hiring them.