NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 01-2016

Life after politics just got a little easier for a former Toronto NDP who learned last month he was no longer on the hook to repay over $140,000 to the House of Commons over the NDP satellite office controversy.

A fresh batch of Canadian military trainers is about to deploy to eastern Europe, and the outgoing commander says his soldiers took a lot of their own notes in addition to handing out assignments to Ukrainian troops.

If you're afraid of spiders, these critters are your worst nightmare: giant sea spiders, living in frigid waters in the Antarctic. Creepy as they many seem, scientists say they're an example of phenomenon called polar gigantism.

Turkish authorities have raided a workshop in the Aegean coastal city of Izmir and seized more than 1,200 defective life-jackets that would have been sold to migrants, a newspaper report says.

Physicists working at the Large Hadron Collider reported an unusual bump in their signal. But this time, they have no idea where the bump came from.

Superbug bacteria in Canadian samples dating back five years that were discovered during recent tests serve as a wake-up call to stop adding antibiotics to animal feed, and to boost surveillance, doctors and microbiologists say.

Researchers at Dalhousie University and a Halifax brewer have tested the liquid found inside a historic bottle of Alexander Keith's beer found off the coast of Halifax, confirmed it was beer, and tasted it.

Supreme Court of Canada fears new rules would threaten its independence

British special forces are understood to be preparing for an offensive involving around 6,000 U.S. and European soldiers to halt the advance of ISIS in the North African country.

The federal government has -- for perhaps the first time -- taken a stab at estimating how many of the country's veterans are homeless, but the report by Employment and Social Development Canada cautions the data is far from complete.

A human rights lawyer working for the family of a Canadian businessman being held in custody in the United Arab Emirates without being charged, alleges the Canadian government withheld information about him being tortured.

A Laurentian University professor in Sudbury, Ont. says he has been stopped from teaching a first-year psychology class after asking students to sign off on his use of vulgar language.

The owner of the dog at the centre of a vicious attack of two women in Richmond, B.C., last week says he plans to defend his Rottweiler-husky cross, currently being held as city officials determine if Yogi should be put down.

Cologne's mayor calls crisis talks with police after about 80 women reported sexual assaults and mugging by men on New Year's Eve.

The story is that the fish swims up a stream of urine into a man's penis, then eats it from the inside. But is there any truth to it?

The Spanish treasure ship San Jose, said to contain billions of dollars in gold and jewels, lay hidden off the coast of Colombia for more than 300 years.

Funds dispersed under the decade-old Canada-U.S. deal built hundreds of houses in places like a once-underwater neighbourhood in New Orleans.

The legendary cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond, best known for The Deer Hunter and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, has died.

A decade ago the Brackendale Winter Eagle Festival and Count saw close to 4,000 birds, but in 2016 there were only 411.

A 6.7 magnitude earthquake hit India's remote northeast region before dawn on Monday, causing damage to some buildings but there was no immediate word on casualties.

December usually marks the start of humpback whale season in Hawaii, but experts say the animals have been slow to return this year. The giant whales are an iconic part of winter on the islands and a source of income for tour operators.

A five-year-old girl is the only survivor from a car that police say was hit by a Jeep near Saskatoon. RCMP say the girl was in a Hyundai Elantra with a man, a woman and a two-year-old boy early Sunday on Highway 11 when it was struck by a Jeep Wrangler.

This time, it could be a pair of the animals after a resident from the neighbourhood says he's seen the animals 'hang out' in the man-made pond by False Creek.

An animal rescue group couldn't save an injured burrowing owl found in Chilliwack but hopes the discovery of one of the rare birds means there are more.

The federal public safety minister has promised to review the case of a six-year-old Markham, Ont., boy whose parents say has been flagged as a travel risk since he was a toddler.

Canadians stargazers will be treated to the first celestial fireworks show of 2016 Sunday night, as our planet crosses into a cloud of debris left over by a little-known asteroid.

Montreal Canadiens forward Dale Weise was placed on injured reserve Sunday after suffering an upper-body injury in a 5-1 win over Boston at the Winter Classic on New Year's Day.

A photograph taken by a Manitoba man has been named one of the world's best of 2015 by a prestigious online publication based in New York.

Saudi Arabia said on Sunday it had severed ties with Iran over the storming of the Saudi embassy in Tehran, in a worsening diplomatic crisis between the regional rivals following the kingdom's execution of a prominent Shia cleric.

BISHKEK (KYRGYZSTAN) (AFP) - A Briton working at a foreign-owned gold mine in Kyrgyzstan has been detained and faces up to five years in jail for comparing a local delicacy to a horse penis, authorities said Sunday.

The Immigrant Services Society of B.C. is pushing the federal government to use the Jericho military

A family previously involved in a showdown with the federal government is part of a group that has occupied a building at a national wildlife refuge in Oregon, and is asking militia members to join them.

The release of a member of the so-called Toronto 18 on day parole could act as a benchmark for years to come, an expert on terrorism and de-radicalization says. Saad Gaya, now 28, is serving time after pleading guilty to participating in a plot to bomb th

The Canadian Forces says two CF-18 Hornets took to the skies on New Year's Day to attack ISIS fighting positions in Ramadi in support of Iraqi security forces.

The US warns that Saudi Arabia's execution of a prominent Shia cleric could worsen sectarian tensions in the Middle East.

Gunther Golina has rescued and released dozens of eagles back into the wild, but his latest attempt put him in the hospital and left his animal rescue efforts in a bit of a bind.

On the heels of their busiest year ever, North Shore Rescue is using humour to highlight the not-so-funny ways people get themselves in trouble and sometimes killed.

Team Canada lost 6-5 to Finland at the world junior hockey championship Saturday and was eliminated from the tournament.

The federal Liberals should find the public behind them on some of the thorniest issues facing them in 2016, including the legalization of marijuana and physician-assisted dying, but how they handle the ISIS mission could throw up some hurdles.

UK soldiers who fought in the Iraq War may face prosecution for war crimes, according to the head of a unit investigating alleged abuses.

French soldiers open fire on a man who drove twice at them outside a mosque in south-eastern France.

Natalie Cole, whose songs included the duet Unforgettable with her father Nat King Cole, dies in Los Angeles.

Actor Wayne Rogers, who starred opposite Alan Alda as US army surgeon Trapper in TV's Mash, dies in Los Angeles.