NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 04-2008

More than half of Canadian parents think the Internet is safe for kids, but nearly 20 per cent of children under 13 say they've been bullied online, a survey released today suggests.

MAXWELL-GUNTER AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. - Canada's role in Afghanistan has been an inspiration for NATO, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Monday.

Brenda Martin, held in a Mexican prison for over two years on fraud charges, burst into tears at her final hearing Monday after the judge said he wouldn't guarantee a ruling in her case by Friday.

SAO PAULO, Brazil -- A deep-water exploration area off Brazil's coast could contain as much as 33 billion barrels of oil, the head of Brazil's National Petroleum Agency said Monday. That would make it the world's third-largest known oil reserve.

Pro-Tibet activists are demanding that Premier Dalton McGuinty stand up for human rights in Tibet by calling for an end to crackdowns by the Chinese government.

Eight days and more than 250 tips later, the RCMP are still searching for the father of three children found slain in Merritt, B.C., on April 6.

An abandoned open pit copper mine near Courtenay will be cleaned up to support the recovery of Vancouver Island fish stocks, the B.C. government says

When a meteorite struck Earth before humans were around to watch, did it still make a "splat?" Although it's too late to witness the many pummelings our planet has already seen, scientists are still finding the humongous holes left here by long ago imp

Japan is celebrating a groundbreaking science experiment in the Arctic permafrost that may eventually reshape the country's fragile economy and Tokyo's relationships with the outside world.

Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Danny Williams has described provocative anti-sealing activist Paul Watson as a "terrorist."

The war of words over the seizure of the anti-sealing vessel Farley Mowat continued Monday, with Sea Shepherd Conservation Society founder Paul Watson vowing that the end is near for the Canadian seal hunt.

Foreign Affairs Minister Maxime Bernier said Monday that Canada is not calling for any changes to the Afghan government, hours after he suggested the Afghan president might have to replace Kandahar's governor.

OTTAWA - Health Canada is looking for someone to grow government-approved weed.

CFB ESQUIMALT, B.C. - The Canadian sailor once in charge of discipline aboard the HMCS Saskatoon will appear before a military judge today, facing a court martial for allegedly being part of a cocaine trafficking ring aboard the warship.

NELSON, B.C. - Freezing conditions, deadly ice falls and almost no oxygen make climbing Mount Everest nearly impossible but a Canadian team is now finding political hurdles can be almost as daunting.

Overcoming a disappointing first round, Hyack made the most of the final 3 to win the 2nd Annual CKA Masters. Critics agree tho that Green is NOT his colour ;-)

CALGARY - Owen Nolan scored the game-winning goal with 3:45 left in the third period as the Calgary Flames overcame a disastrous start Sunday night to come from behind for a dramatic 4-3 victory over the San Jose Sharks.

BOSTON - Marc Savard's first career playoff goal finally lifted the Montreal Canadiens' curse over the Boston Bruins. Savard scored at 9:25 of overtime as the Bruins ended their epic drought against the Canadiens with a 2-1 win in Game 3 Sunday to cl

NEW YORK - It was a bounce three games in the making for the New Jersey Devils. Done in by a rare misplay by Martin Brodeur in the series opener against the New York Rangers and then another odd goal in Game 2, the Devils found themselves on the brink

WASHINGTON - Looking tired and frustrated, Alex Ovechkin had trouble simply getting his stick on the puck a couple of times as the game wore on. The Philadelphia Flyers had stymied him again, this time with no allowances for any late-game heroics.

As the Calgary Flames battle for a spot in the next playoff round, families of soldiers fighting in Afghanistan hope to raise money and awareness about their own plight at home by auctioning two team jerseys on eBay.

If Albertans are forced to pay more for auto insurance when they renew their policies, it will be as a direct result of inept actions by the provincial government, the opposition said yesterday.

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Taliban militants attacked a group of police officers sleeping on the mud floor of an isolated roadside checkpoint early Monday in southern Afghanistan, killing 11 in the latest assault against the country's vulnerable police forc

Environmental crusader Paul Watson says he's collecting toonies in Cape Breton to bail out senior crew members of the Farley Mowat who were jailed on the weekend after the RCMP seized his anti-sealing vessel.

When it comes to murder, the streets of Toronto have been deadly quiet for nearly a month.

The mayor of Belleville, Ont., has declared a state of emergency after water from the swollen Moira River spilled through parts of the city, forcing homes to be evacuated and roads to be shut down.

OTTAWA -- Medical marijuana users are on the hook for more than $500,000 in unpaid bills for government-certified weed, raising questions about the effectiveness of Health Canada's troubled dope program.

MONTREAL -- The sex-slave market in Canada is feared to be much larger than existing official estimates, which has prompted authorities to recount the number of victims in the country.

The government is seeking to block an independent investigation by the Military Police Complaints Commission into Canada's handling of Afghan detainees, according to court documents filed in Federal Court.

CHICAGO -- For nearly 26 years, the affidavit was sealed in an envelope and stored in a locked box, tucked away with the lawyer's passport and will. Sometimes he stashed the box in his bedroom closet, other times under his bed.

TORONTO -- The governor and CEO of Hudson's Bay Company has died. The company's board of directors announced in a release late Saturday night that Jerry Zucker died earlier in the day after a battle with cancer. His age was not immediately given,

Seal hunt protesters are accusing the RCMP of an act of piracy after Mounties armed with machine guns stormed their ship on the weekend.

INUVIK, NWT - They warned the Governor General not to bend her knees or she might wind up with broken legs. Then they repeatedly tossed Michaelle Jean around, at one point flinging her about a four metres into the air.

With luminaries like Serge, Denis, and even Andre, the Savard surname has always been more synonomous with the Montreal Canadiens than the Boston Bruins. But that all changed Sunday night.

On the same night Miikka Kiprusoff had his worst-ever playoff outing, Curtis Joseph returned to the playoff stage and reminded everyone why he was once considered one of the best post-season goalies in the game.

SEATTLE -- The Dalai Lama said on Sunday he would resign as leader of Tibet's exiled government if violence in his homeland spreads out of control.

Canada cruised to a 9-2 victory over Germany to open their quest for hockey gold at the 2008 IIHF World Under-18 Championship in Kazan, Russia on Sunday

More than 6,000 pro-China demonstrators took to Parliament Hill Sunday afternoon to show support for the Chinese government.

OTTAWA - The Senate committee on national security and defence has spent $3 million since 2001 on annual tours to military bases and cities in Canada, "fact-finding" missions to Washington, D.C., trips to Europe and two visits to Canadian troops in Kand

MONTREAL - Bloc Quebecois leader Gilles Duceppe is downplaying recent poll results that still show his party very much in the driver's seat in Quebec, but with a lead that is beginning to dissolve.

SYDNEY, N.S. - Stunned and angry crew from the anti-sealing vessel Farley Mowat emerged from a Cape Breton jail Sunday, maintaining the dramatic seizure of their ship by a black-clad RCMP squad brandishing submachine-guns violated international law.

OTTAWA - A top RCMP officer cited for contempt of Parliament says she didn't get a fair hearing from an all-party committee that investigated pension mismanagement at the force.

INUVIK, NWT - The commander-in-chief of Canada's military pulled on an iconic red sweater as she stepped onto the frosty Arctic soil Sunday.

GRAND FORKS, N.D. - In a game of cat-and-mouse Kevin Martin sprang the trap in the seventh end to steal a crucial point and went on to a 6-3 victory over Scotland's David Murdoch to win the men's world curling championship Sunday.

Four warships carrying about 1,000 sailors departed from CFB Esquimalt amid a ceremony Sunday morning to join war games and anti-piracy missions in the far and Middle East.

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Canada is poised for a discussion about its mission in Afghanistan that will establish "benchmarks" for success in the ongoing effort to train local security forces in Kandahar province, Foreign Affairs Minister Maxime Bernier su

OTTAWA - Canada's geriatric fleet of fixed-wing search and rescue aircraft, originally ordered replaced five years ago, will have to keep flying until at least 2014 and possibly longer, federal budget documents have revealed

The Liberals, who have been under fire all week over the trade mission, are "sneaking around on every front" instead of being open about their plans with Chinese officials, said Progressive Conservative Leader John Tory.

They're gathering it, analyzing it, even playing hockey on it. How face time and time on the ice are helping scientists in their climate change research

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese police arrested nine Buddhist monks suspected of bombing a government building in Tibet, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Saturday.

CALGARY -- The Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame welcomed six new inductees and a recipient of the Canadian Olympic Order on Saturday but the controversy surrounding China and the upcoming Summer Games wasn't far from most people's minds.

GRANTS PASS, Ore. - Scientists listening to underwater microphones have detected an unusual swarm of earthquakes off central Oregon, something that often happens before a volcanic eruption - except there are no volcanoes in the area.

Kevin Martin will get a chance to redeem himself on a couple of fronts prior to returning home from the world men's curling championship

In what has now become a grandstand economic-policy performance over the $1.3-billion sale of Vancouver's MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates space division to a U.S. firm, the Harper Tories have embarked on a dangerous and potentially destructive exercis

An Edmonton drive-by flasher who made the unwitting mistake of selecting an off-duty female police officer as one of his victims has avoided getting a criminal record.

Members of a local wheelchair rugby team say their ability to compete in an upcoming national championship is in jeopardy following the theft of their equipment - and they are appealing for help

However, he later responded to reporters trying to pin him down on specifics: "I'm not going to announce anything today for MacDonald Dettwiler or other companies" in the cash-hungry space business.

Paramedics are reminding parents to be extra vigilant about home safety following the death of a toddler in the northeast community of Taradale yesterday.

The province committed $145-million over four years to the plan. Some of that money will be used to encourage large-emitting companies to adopt cleaner, more energy-efficient technology.

"God of understanding, overwhelmed by the magnitude of this tragedy, we seek your light and guidance".

An Etobicoke man is lucky to be alive after a massive tree branch came crashing down on his car as he was parking it yesterday morning, crushing his vehicle and very nearly him along with it.

Only four days on the job, a rookie police officer shot a knife-wielding man in the southeast yesterday to protect himself and a senior constable, says the force.

OTTAWA -- A new national poll suggests Conservatives and Liberals remain deadlocked with neither party able to muster more than lukewarm levels of public support.

VANCOUVER -- The slayings of three British Columbia children is a "horrific'' tragedy but it's too early to comment on the handling of the case, Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day said Friday.

The recapture and occupation of the town represented a key strategic breakthrough for British commanders in their attempts to bring stability and security to Helmand. But persuading the population to abandon their support for the Taliban is altogether mor

VANCOUVER -- A report to federal Health Minister Tony Clement indicates drug injections at a safe-injection facility in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside account for less than five per cent of all injections in the notorious neighbourhood.

The Nanos Research-Sun Media survey shows the Conservative Party's political fortunes would tumble with any move to amend the constitution with new clauses for Quebec.

Just about anyone who's filled up at the pumps in the past few days knows gas prices are at record highs. In most Canadian cities, retail gas prices topped $1.10 per litre last week. The increasingly high cost of filling up is no surprise considering

TORONTO -- It's emerged as one of the most popular ways to connect with friends, family and long-lost acquaintances, but nearly one-quarter of Canadians believe Facebook has played a more negative than positive role in society, a new poll suggests.

Chinese President Hu Jintao says unrest in Tibet is not a problem of ethnicity, religion or human rights, but an internal matter for China to deal with itself.

HALIFAX -- A militant conservation group documenting the East Coast seal hunt says its flagship vessel has been stormed by armed Canadian Coast Guard officers in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.

Scotland stole one in the 10th end to come back from 6-2 down and earn a 7-6 victory on Friday night that moves them into the final of the men's world curling championships in North Dakota.

PARIS (Reuters) - French commandos seized six pirates in Somalia on Friday during a daring helicopter raid launched shortly after the bandits had released the 30-strong crew of a luxury yacht hijacked last week.

CALGARY - Canadian athletes whose concerns about China's human rights record might lead them to speak out during the Beijing Olympics should just stay home, says Richard Pound, Canada's senior International Olympic Committee member.

Commercial and recreational fishermen may be shut out of this year's Fraser River sockeye salmon run because projections point to plummeting numbers.

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - The Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry has been locked in a struggle with the Taliban about who controls the terrain in Zhari and Panjwaii districts, the battle group's commander says.

BEIJING - China is preparing an arsenal of rockets and aircraft to protect the Olympics opening ceremony from rain, hoping to disperse clouds before they can drench dignitaries at the roofless "bird's nest" stadium.

B.C.'s new anti-smoking legislation banning smoking near doorways, open windows and other exposed areas should also apply to private apartment and condominium balconies, a Vancouver real estate lawyer is arguing.

PITTSBURGH - They fought back from a 3-0 deficit but in the end they fell on what had been a problem all night: Bad penalties.

China has unblocked the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's websites, a week after the broadcaster's president formally complained to Chinese officials

The stakes will be considerably higher Saturday morning when the Canadian women's hockey team gets a do-over against the arch-rival United States.

ST. HUBERT, Que. - Industry Minister Jim Prentice has given his clearest statement to date of his policy on foreign takeovers, saying Friday that Canada must retain control of technologies vital to the country's industry and policy objectives

OTTAWA - It was one of the first things Michaelle Jean learned about her adopted country - and it made her angry.

Six search and rescue technicians (SAR techs) from 14 Wing Greenwood's 413 Squadron are slated to leave Sunday morning to honour the tragedy and triumph that occurred at CFS Alert almost 17 years ago.

The Governor General of Canada recently recognized the achievements of five Air Force officers at a ceremony at Rideau Hall on March 20.

OTTAWA - Canadian troops fighting in hinterlands of Afghanistan could soon resemble the heroes of the Halo, the popular cyber-soldiers in the wildly successful video game and novel series.

a man found a bag contain $140,000 in the middle of the street

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The final phase of the East Coast seal hunt opens this weekend under a cloud of uncertainty as the centuries-old industry struggles to cope with the recent deaths of four sealers and the possibility of a European ban on seal products.

he Ottawa Senators got some good news heading into Game 2 of their series against the Pitttsburgh Penguins as defenceman Anton Volchenkov will play.

PARIS -- The foreign ministers Canada and France are scheduled to visit Afghanistan this weekend as NATO prepares to bolster its forces there

PARIS - Thirty hostages held for a week aboard a tourist yacht captured by Somali pirates have been freed in what France described Friday as a peaceful operation involving the French military

U.S. fisheries managers for the West Coast voted Thursday to cancel all commercial salmon fishing off the California and Oregon coasts this year.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - As the seal hunt gets underway for Newfoundland and Labrador, an MP from the province says he'll take part in the harvest in a show of support for the sealing industry

Rocker Tom Cochrane and Montreal dancer Marie Chouinard were appointed officers of the Order of Canada on Friday in a ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa

Most husbands give flowers or jewellery. Royal Ontario Museum volunteer Patricia Harris got a gallery in her name

MELVILLE, N.Y. - Police say it was no surprise a bogus $50 bill got a Long Island man arrested: He was trying to use it to pay his bail on a traffic charge.

He's been robbed 20 times in five years, but it wasn't until Lacey Gislason chased him with a knife that he feared for his life.

TORONTO - Federal New Democrats are trying a new political strategy to keep controversial immigration changes from becoming law.

Where's Gabriela? The former exotic dancer from Mississauga and one-time Romanian doctor would be hard to miss.

When Donna Noble heard that someone was killed in a school bus crash, she said she just knew it was her daughter.

The Canadian who will take over the leadership of NATO forces in Afghanistan says recommendations made in the Manley panel report should help the war-torn country move towards a fuller democracy.

With routine ultrasounds on P.E.I. sometimes taking more than a year to schedule, some Island doctors have started regularly sending their patients to Moncton, N.B.

Stickers will have to be pasted into 300,000 phone books that mistakenly send anyone looking to rent a car to the search-and-rescue centre in Halifax.

The father who is the prime suspect in the slaying of his three children told a justice of peace the week before their deaths that he was struggling with the separation from his family, saying it was "hard to be without the ones you love."

Just ask Owen Nolan, their former teammate in San Jose, who's probably still wondering why he couldn't find the net on Nabokov's best save of them all in the San Jose Sharks' 2-0 victory over the Calgary Flames on Thursday night.

"For me, getting the shutout means little," Turco said after stopping 23 shots in the playoff opener. "It's always been about how I play and how I am moving and my patience.

Montreal leads the best-of-seven NHL Eastern Conference quarter-final 1-0 with Game 2 set for Saturday night at the Bell Centre.

Surely, the San Jose Sharks had a master plan. Surely, that blue-print didn't include 10 minutes of power-play time. In the second period. Not that the Sharks were complaining.

VANCOUVER - Vancouver's Olympic flame may flicker briefly overseas, but will burn brightest in a cross-Canada relay leading to the 2010 Olympic Games, Olympic organizers said Thursday.

A surprise storm dumped a record amount of snow on Calgary in time to make Thursday's morning and evening commutes a slow, slippery slog.

U.S. Marines heading for southern Afghanistan to bolster battle-hardened Canadian troops will operate under the same NATO command and rules of engagement as their Canadian counterparts, Canada's chief of defence staff told MPs on Thursday.

Tom Kostopoulos had a goal and an assist as the Montreal Canadiens beat the Boston Bruins 4-1 in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference quarter-final at the Bell Centre on Thursday night.

U.S. Geological Survey says up to 4.3 billion barrels of oil wait to be drawn in Bakken shale; some experts are skeptical

OTTAWA - Canada's efforts in Afghanistan received high praise Thursday from two disparate corners - a Clinton-era defence secretary and a British Conservative MP. Both praised Canada's combat mission while criticizing European allies for not pulling the

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- A suicide car bomber in Afghanistan attacked a Canadian military convoy on Thursday killing eight civilians and wounding 22 people, among them three Canadian soldiers, authorities said.

SEATTLE - The Dalai Lama arrived in the United States on Thursday for the first time since the recent turmoil in Tibet, serenaded by fellow Tibetans as he prepared to anchor an ambitious conference on compassion.

Canadian navy frigate was sent on Thursday to help a Panama-flagged merchant ship that reported an engine fire off the coast of Massachusetts