Missing B.C. man kept secret offshore accounts

A B.C. man who vanished a decade ago in a possible underworld killing set up offshore companies and bank accounts before he went missing, and is among the 450 Canadians named in the recent massive leak of tax-haven data. Greg Cyr's ex-wife is now...

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How were the Cleveland women held captive for so long?

Law enforcement and psychology experts looking at the Cleveland abduction case say it was likely a combination of intimidation, luck and so-called "Stockholm syndrome" that made it possible for three women to be held captive for a decade. On Monday...

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Acadia students return from Cancun after resort death

Police in Mexico said Sydney Taylor fell from a third-storey balcony in Cancun. (Facebook) There were tears and hugs when a flight from Cancun arrived at the Halifax airport Wednesday night carrying the classmates of Sydney Taylor, the 21-year-old Acadia...

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Ariel Castro arraigned on kidnapping, rape charges in Ohio

A Cleveland man was arraigned Thursday on charges of rape and kidnapping after three women missing for about a decade and one of their young daughters were found alive at his home earlier in the week. Ariel Castro looked down at the ground for almost...

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Expenses audit faults both senators and rules

An independent audit on the housing claims for three senators, due in the Senate today, will conclude they shouldn't have made the claims but that the rules are also unclear, CBC News has learned. Senators Mike Duffy, Mac Harb and Patrick Brazeau have...

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Toronto marathon runner, 18, died of heart abnormality

The father of a teenager who died while running the Toronto marathon says his daughter died of an anatomical heart abnormality that is rarely detected. Steven van Nostrand said a coroner determined the stress of the late stage of the marathon caused...

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Amanda Berry 911 call under review

The actions of the 911 operator who took the frantic phone call from Amanda Berry that ultimately led to her rescue, along with two other women, are under review following complaints from the public, according to a statement from a city official in Cleveland....

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Cleveland missing women were bound, chains found in home

The three women held in a Cleveland home for about 10 years were physically bound and only allowed outside "very rarely," the city's police chief told a U.S. TV network Wednesday morning. "We have confirmation that they were bound — there were chains...

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Canada's foreign-born population soars to 6.8 million

The debut of Canada's controversial census replacement survey shows there are more foreign-born people in the country than ever before, at a proportion not seen in almost a century. They're young, they're suburban, and they're mainly from Asia, although...

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Queen of the North ferry captain recalls sinking

When the Queen of the North set sail on the night of March 21, 2006, captain Colin Henthorne and his crew were set for what should have been a routine voyage down B.C.'s Inside Passage from Prince Rupert to Port Hardy on Vancouver Island. According...

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The revival of 'baby boxes' for unwanted infants

Baby boxes — a convent practice that dates to medieval times — are seeing a revival around the world, including in Canada where Alberta became the second province on Monday to offer the safe haven for unwanted infants. Alberta's Covenant Health, a Catholic-run...

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How do you fight back against online defamation?

A CBC Go Public story about a B.C. teacher who has been victimized for two and a half years by a cyberstalking ex-girlfriend demonstrates the inherent difficulties in removing defamatory material from the web. "Mark Twain said a lie can make its way...

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Transcript: Amanda Berry's phone call to 911

Read a transcript of Amanda Berry's phone call to 911. The led police to a house near downtown Cleveland where Berry and two other women who went missing a decade ago were found on Monday. Caller: Help me. I'm Amanda Berry. Dispatcher: You need police,...

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McGuinty admits moving gas plants was his decision

Former Ontario premier Dalton McGuinty said Tuesday it was his decision to close gas plants in Oakville and Mississauga, which he testified were too close to schools and homes. Speaking before the legislature's justice committee, McGuinty said he only...

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Girl, 6, found in Ohio home is daughter of missing woman

A police official in the Midwestern U.S. city of Cleveland says a six-year-old girl found in a house where three missing women were kept for years is the daughter of one of them. A frantic emergency services call led police to a house near downtown...

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Teacher 'powerless' to stop ex-girlfriend's cyberstalking

A Vancouver teacher says his career has been derailed by an ex-girlfriend who won't stop posting countless defamatory and offensive comments about him on the web. "I feel not only shut out of my own profession — but any job I apply for," said Lee David...

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Name game begins for William and Kate's royal baby

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge hardly fall within the definition of normal parents-to-be, since their first-born will be third in line to the throne. But Prince William and Kate are apparently wrestling with one common conundrum facing couples awaiting...

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