NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 09-2017

Police are looking for the owner of a budgie, as the bird appears to be lost outside in Abbotsford. The tiny bird has been nestling on a sign and ruffling feathers as locals have been trying to catch it without luck.

People on the largest of B.C.'s gulf islands vote today on whether it should become a municipality. To an outsider, it may seem like a low-stakes decision. On the island, it's anything but.

The Moncton Fire Department responded to a lightning strike at a house on Arlington Drive on Saturday. "A house down the street got hit, great big hole in the side of their house,"

Officials say about 265 Canadians have reached out to the Canadian government for help as Hurricane Irma turns its force on Florida after cutting a path of destruction through the Caribbean.

There's not much that can stop a football team, let alone two of them, but a roaming moose nearly delayed kickoff for the sold-out Banjo Bowl in Winnipeg on Saturday.

Ford himself said it was the world's worst-kept secret at the annual Ford Fest barbecue in Etobicoke

Brussels has begun to ramp up its efforts to combat the escalating number of migrants entering the area, after fears the EU capital could become the new 'Jungle'.

The best way for Canada to protect its people from a nuclearly armed North Korea is to join the U.S. anti-ballistic missile defence program, says Canada's former chief of the defence staff.

A prototype "pen" technology aims to give cancer surgeons a better sense of whether they've removed all of a tumour while in the operating room.

Canada's economy added 22,000 jobs last month, with a surge in part-time work offsetting a loss of full-time jobs.

A Calgary engineer thinks an invention he stumbled upon in the laboratory could transform the way Alberta gets its heavy oil to market.

Federal policy forbids the storage of sensitive government data on U.S. servers, to protect it from disclosure under the USA Patriot Act. But CBC News has obtained a document outlining federal discussions with Microsoft about using American `cloud` servic

Lithium-ion batteries that are resistant to exploding or catching fire have been developed by scientists.

Search crews say they have found a test model of the Avro Arrow, an advanced Canadian fighter jet that was controversially scrapped in 1959, on the floor of Lake Ontario.

Exclusive: Tests show billions of people globally are drinking water contaminated by plastic particles, with 83% of samples found to be polluted

Martin Ponting, 50, a father-of-three, became Jessica Winfield in jail after being sentenced to life imprisonment in 1995. She was moved in March this year from Whitemoor to HMP Bronzefield.

Henry County police and state authorities are working to determine how the tiger ended up in a residential area.

A B.C. woman allegedly conspired with a Tennessee associate to kidnap a judge in that state, as well as a sheriff in Nebraska.

The B.C. Coroners Service says two people have died as a result of a dump truck striking a number of cars near a construction site Tuesday afternoon. Coquitlam RCMP say the dump truck's driver and a passenger in another vehicle were killed.

With more than 50 years of wildlife biology and sasquatch expertise under his belt, John Bindernagel says the scientific community is failing amateur Bigfoot investigators who have gathered decades of evidence that deserves to be considered.

The hunt is on for the remains of a meteorite after reports of a streaking fireball lighting up the night sky over B.C. and Alberta.

The share of Americans who identify as white and Christian has dropped below 50 per cent, a transformation fuelled by immigration and by growing numbers of people who reject organized religion altogether, according to a new survey released Wednesday.

The new supply ship for the Royal Canadian Navy will be able to go where it is tasked to go, says the company responsible for delivering the converted civilian vessel.

U.S. Defence Secretary Jim Mattis on Sunday threatened a "massive military response" to any attack on the United States or its allies after North Korea conducted its most powerful nuclear test to date.

The presidents of Germany and Israel are inaugurating a memorial to the 11 Israeli athletes and a German police officer killed 45 years ago during an attack by a Palestinian militant group at the Munich Olympics.

Two powerful solar flares erupted from the surface of the sun Wednesday, disrupting radio communications on Earth's day side. And we may see some other effects in the coming days, mainly in the form of northern lights.

Heavy rain and 295 km/h winds rake the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico's northeast coast as Hurricane Irma roars through Caribbean islands on its way to a possible hit on South Florida.

Hamilton's Christ's Church Cathedral wants to relocate the remains of about 400 people buried under a parking lot to make way for a multimillion-dollar condo and retail project.

The Bank of Canada has raised its benchmark interest rate by a quarter of a point to one per cent, triggering a jump in the loonie.

A decision on a design for the navy's new frigates is being delayed until next year due to amendments to the request for proposals, the government says. But officials insist the delay is not related to the pushback they have received from some bidders and

Nation-sponsored hackers have penetrated the operational networks multiple US and European energy companies use to control key parts of the power grid that supplies electricity to hundreds of millions of people, researchers warned Wednesday.

Look up tonight! A powerful solar storm is sending radiation towards Earth that could spark a stunning display of the Northern Lights. On Monday the sun bl

Scientists connect the solar storms behind the Aurora Borealis to the deaths of 29 whales in the North Sea.

Hundreds of people in Alberta and B.C. took to social media to report seeing a giant fireball illuminate the night sky late Monday, and the RCMP told media it received dozens of calls about what seemed to be the same event.

The man behind a random-acts-of kindness movement in Calgary called the Smile Gang helped two accused killers set up a violent home invasion where children were present, CBC News has learned.

Canada's push to get climate change action included in a revamped North American Free Trade Agreement is turning into a heated domestic dispute just as it makes its debut at the official negotiating table.

Four members of a banned neo-Nazi group arrested on suspicion of terrorism serve in the U.K.'s armed forces, the British Ministry of Defence said Tuesday.

In the rich world, cancer therapy is expensive. In the developing world, it may not be available at all. Not only is cutting-edge technology in short supply, but so are things like electricity and medical personnel. The lack of necessary resources for bas

Before the Great American Solar Eclipse happened, we shared a warning about how attempting a photo without the right solar equipment can melt your camera's guts.

After four years of careful cultivation, Antonio Zullo's banana plant has flowered and developed fruit. He says it's because of climate change and a tree expert doesn't disagree.

Researchers studying fish from the Niagara River have found that human antidepressants and remnants of these drugs are building up in their brains.

Puerto Rico and Florida each declared a state of emergency on Monday in preparation for the landfall of Irma, the same day the dangerous hurricane was upgraded to a Category 4.

Two sisters and their family describe their recovery after being caught up in the bombing.

Federal officials launched a global investigation into antifa last year to determine whether they may start committing terror attacks, like their right-wing counterparts.

How six flying saucers generated a real emergency response and panic across the country in 1967.

About 100 people spent five hours at the top of Whistlers Mountain in Jasper National Park as the Jasper Skytram stopped running amid high winds.

The year was 1972 and under the cover of darkness, three men descended into the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts through a skylight, subdued several guards, and made off with $2 million in stolen art, precious jewels and artifacts.

The trial, led by the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority, is trying to understand whether reducing commercial vessel speeds can reduce underwater noise and benefit a small, endangered population of killer whales.

Dozens of people living in southern British Columbia have been forced to leave their homes as winds fan a wildfire nearby.

Maine lobstermen Alex Todd has hauled in blue lobsters and even some lobsters that were half blue, or half orange. But he says those don't compare on the scale of weirdness to the translucent crustacean that he recently pulled up in a trap.

A giant tortoise and a large carnivorous plant are among the Top 10 new species of 2016, the International Institute for Species Exploration says.

German explosives experts defused a massive Second World War bomb in the financial capital of Frankfurt on Sunday after tens of thousands of people left their homes.

Rebecca Estey runs a dog rescue in Thunder Bay, Ont., and gets calls from people about all kids of animals, like skunks, hawks, even groundhogs. But earlier this summer, she got her first call about a raccoon.

Members of two British Columbia First Nations say they have occupied a salmon farm on a small island on the province's coast, the second such protest to be held in the past week.

The province of British Columbia is asking all water users to reduce consumption voluntarily but said it will exercise its powers if necessary to protect ecosystems.

U.S. Defence Secretary Jim Mattis on Sunday threatened a "massive military response" to any attack on the United States or its allies after North Korea conducted its most powerful nuclear test to date.

Fewer of the larger gold nuggets are available while demand from collectors continues.

The BBC's Yolande Knell gains rare access to trials of IS suspects in Iraq.

An Al Qaeda affiliate has seized control of uranium mines in Africa with the intent of supplying the material to Iran, according to a diplomatic letter from a top Somali official appealing to the U.S. for immediate military assistance.

It took two-and-a-half hours of work, but marine mammal rescuers were elated this week after freeing a young humpback whale tangled in fishing gear off the B.C. coast.

Analysts say average gasoline prices across Canada will continue to rise this weekend after jumping almost eight cents per litre since Hurricane Harvey roared ashore in Texas last Friday.

With hot temperatures and extra dry conditions, Metro Vancouver is warning people using the regional park system to be vigilant about fire safety this long weekend.

Alarms are being raised in northern Ontario about one of the last remaining caribou herds in the province. Concerned citizens say the herd on a remote island in Lake Superior is close to being wiped out by hungry wolves.

Department of Fisheries and Oceans officers are stepping up enforcement of salmon fishing closures along the Fraser River and in the tidal area at its mouth, in an effort to preserve dwindling sockeye stocks.

Forget autumn. Parts of Labrador and Quebec appeared to be skipping ahead to winter with an unexpected snow storm on the final day of August. That�s right, August.

Canadian troops in Latvia will have front-row seats to a massive Russian military exercise this month that has set NATO on edge and sparked calls for calm across eastern Europe.

A fisherman in Triton, in northeastern Newfoundland, landed a massive cod that he suspects is around 20 years old. Roberts said the fish weighed 30 pounds, gutted. The head and eyes are especially large.

A Utah police department is making changes after an officer dragged a screaming nurse out of a hospital in handcuffs when she refused to allow blood to be drawn from an unconscious patient.

A rare yellow lobster has made its debut at the New England Aquarium, posing for a photo op with fellow oddly colored crustaceans.

Two shipwrecks more than a century old have been found in the deep waters of Lake Huron, Maritime archaeologists announced Friday.

Canada's East Coast navy welcomed its new commander Friday. Rear Admiral Craig Baines took over from Rear Admiral John Newton in a ceremony on the Halifax naval dockyards.

A man from southern Ontario is resorting to some partial nudity to get his bong and medical marijuana back from local police. Shaver said he will continue his scantily clad protests until he gets his belongings back.

Chairman Al Richmond of the Cariboo Regional District said hot spots likely won't be doused until the spring, mirroring the Fort McMurray wildfire.

A grizzly that was struck by a car travelling at about 100 km/h in Alberta doesn't seem to have suffered any lasting injuries, says the ecologist who later captured the bear to check him out.

Ethylene used to make cars, milk jugs, paint and mattresses More than half of U.S. production has been knocked out. Few Americans care about ethylene. Many have probably never heard of it.

Here's a roundup of stats quantifying just how dry and hot it's been through June, July and August.

Rescuers on Friday ended the search for survivors in the rubble of a collapsed apartment building in India's financial capital of Mumbai where 33 people died.

Low-level MacEwan University staffers were tricked into transferring $11.8 million into scammers� bank accounts in what one expert said is among the largest publicly disclosed phishing scams.