Immigration reprieve to reunite Costa Rican family

Two Toronto high school students arrested by immigration officials last month will be allowed to stay in Canada for the rest of the school year, along with their parents, under a tentative deal brokered Monday.

Gerald Lizano-Sossa and his sister Kimberly spoke to reporters in Toronto Monday. (CBC)

Student pleads guilty to killing 9-year-old Cecilia Zhang

A young student from Shanghai pleaded guilty Tuesday to second-degree murder in the death of Cecilia Zhang, who was kidnapped from a bedroom in her Toronto home in October 2003.

Cecilia Zhang's smiling face was featured on posters and ads throughout the Toronto area for months. (CBC)

No jail time in Quebec fatal ecstasy case

The teen who gave a 13-year-old girl a fatal dose of ecstasy last winter has been sentenced to two years probation.

Historic Nunavut flag rescued from trash can

The flag that flew over the first sitting of the Nunavut legislative assembly has turned up at an Inuit art shop in Saint John.

Milgaard's mother describes start of 12-year quest

Joyce Milgaard began her one-woman quest to clear her son's name armed with the assumption that police had acted wrongly, she told the inquiry into David Milgaard's wrongful murder conviction Monday.

David Milgaard's mother, Joyce, worked for 12 years to prove her son's innocence. (Canadian Press)

Fraud artist sold fake insurance to nearly 150 Yukoners

A Whitehorse woman who pleaded guilty Monday to insurance fraud against nearly 150 clients had a "sinking feeling" every time she heard a police, fire or ambulance siren, according to her lawyer.

Malik says he'll talk at Air India inquiry

One of the men acquitted in the Air India bombing trial says he'll gladly answer all questions if he's called to testify at the public inquiry into the disaster.

Ripudaman Singh Malik wants to expand his religious schools in Surrey, B.C.

Lévesque fan walking more than 1,000 km in tribute

A 60-year-old psychologist is planning to walk from Montreal to New Carlisle, Que., on the Gaspé peninsula to pay homage to the man he calls "the father of Quebec" – René Lévesque.

B.C. children escape abductors after home invasion goes wrong

A 25-year-old man is in custody and the RCMP are searching for two other men after two children were abducted during a home invasion in Burnaby, B.C., on Sunday. 

Three teens suspected in Vancouver bank robberies

Police in the Vancouver area have arrested three teens under age 15 who are suspected of a string of bank robberies in the Lower Mainland. 

Canada on crash course without Hercules foam safety device: ex-pilot

Canada needs to act swiftly to equip their Hercules aircraft with protective foam after an inquiry into the deadly crash of a British Hercules found it may have prevented the tragedy, a former RAF pilot says.

Newfoundland and Labrador to develop Lower Churchill alone

The government of Newfoundland and Labrador plans to move ahead on its own to develop the Lower Churchill River hydroelectric generating project, Premier Danny Williams announced Monday.

Golf courses, rec centres booming: StatsCan

Golf courses, recreation centres and ski hills reaped financial rewards as an increasing number of Canadians tried to get fit in 2004, Statistics Canada says.

Mom who let 2 babies starve set to be deported

Deportation proceedings were due to start Monday against a Japanese woman who left her two young children alone to die in her apartment in Calgary while she partied for more than 10 days in 2001.

Rie Fujii says she wants to be reunited with her family in Japan.

Quebec boy travels to Rome to sing for Pope

A young boy from the Quebec City area who is coping with a rare illness is about to live one of his dreams by singing for Pope Benedict XVI in Rome.

Jeremy Gabriel (CBC)

4 men beat, rob 91-year-old homeowner

Police in Ottawa are asking for the public's help after four masked men stormed into the home of a 91-year-old man, tied him up and beat him before making off with his money.

Would-be patient takes hostages at N.S. clinic

A man seeking medical attention briefly took four people hostages when he was denied service at a doctor's office in Halifax on Sunday.

Vietnamese family finally reunited in B.C.

Seventeen years after he fled Vietnam, a resident of a Philippine refugee camp was finally reunited Sunday with his brother in Vancouver.

School abuse deal includes $80M for lawyers

Lawyers who have been representing residential school abuse survivors are expected to get the biggest payment ever recorded for a Canadian class action case.

Former NWT premier Stephen Kakfwi isn't happy that lawyers are making so much from the residential school deal. (CBC)

Montreal police search for missing 14-year-old girl

Montreal police were searching Sunday night for a 14-year-old girl and three men who apparently kidnapped her earlier in the day.