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A mother and her two daughters escaped a major house fire in downtown Hull, Que., shortly before it destroyed two homes Friday afternoon. The fire broke out around 1:30 p.m. at 104 Leduc St., and by around 2:15 p.m. it had spread to a second house. By the time firefighters got the blaze under...

A mother shown on TV advice show "Dr. Phil" forcing her 7 year-old son to swallow hot sauce and stand in a cold shower pleaded not guilty on Friday to a charge of child abuse. The charge against Anchorage mother of six Jessica Beagley was based on footage aired on the TV show in November, when...

In an exclusive interview with CBC News, an Alberta mother is speaking publicly for the first time about the day her two children were killed, allegedly by their father. She is calling for a public inquiry into the deaths after having raised mental-health issues about the father months ago...

Eight puppies and their mother were found abandoned on a country road in Quebec on Dec. 22, 2010 Geneviève Sabourin walks the mother of the Labrador puppies she and her husband rescued after someone had punctured the animal's skull with a nail gun. The Society for the Protection of Animals in...

http://www.cbc.ca/video/#/News/Canada/Toronto/1305549802/ID=1689923275 One brother is murdered, the other is wanted for murder - 12 years after being abandoned by their mother.

Angela Holm was killed at age 16. A Manitoba judge has found Daniel Munroe, 19, is not criminally responsible for fatally stabbing teenager Angela Holm. Court of Queen's Bench Justice Morris Kaufman delivered his ruling on the case Thursday afternoon. Munroe was charged with second-degree...

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/video?id=7817304 DICKINSON, TX -- The search is on for the person who dropped off a newborn baby on doorstep of a home in Dickinson. The baby boy was found Tuesday morning in front of a home in the 2900 block of Ohio Avenue. The newborn remains in critical...

This trunk, found in a Los Angeles basement last month, was owned by a woman who lived in Vancouver. The mummiffied remains of a fetus and a baby were found inside. DNA testing has solved one of the mysteries surrounding the mummified remains of two babies found in a steamer trunk in the...

cbc.ca A 74-year-old Alberta woman accused of killing her husband confessed the crime to her grandson shortly afterward, a jury in Edmonton was told Wednesday. "'I did it'," Brian Semenovich recounted his grandmother, Anne Semenovich, telling him in the early hours of April 15, 2008. "'I shot...

Officials believe the baby's father may have intentionally crashed the vehicle into the home. http://www.ktla.com/videobeta/8657bcc6-d3a3-4bd2-a7f6-f057fa25f28d/News/KTLA-Truck-Slams-into-House-Baby-and-Mother-Killed-Elizabeth-Espinosa-reports LOS ANGELES -- Authorities say a 19-year-old...

The mother of an 11-year-old boy who hanged himself after she said he was bullied at a Georgia school says she will on Friday ask the White House for help in a campaign to end school bullying. The mother says she wrote a letter to the president and will hold a news conference Friday to ask for...

After 50 years of wondering why he didn't look like his younger sister or brother, Mark finally got up the nerve to ask his mother if he was adopted. "Yes, you were son," his mother said as she started to cry softly. "But it didn't work out and they brought you back."

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A man escapes from prison where he has been for 15 years. He breaks into a house to look for money and guns and finds a young couple in bed. He orders the guy out of bed and ties him to a chair, while tying the...

One afternoon, a twelve-year-old boy was taking care of his baby sister while his parents went to town to go shopping. The boy decided to go fishing but he had to take his baby sister along. "I will never do that again." the boy told his mother later that evening. "I didn't catch a thing! I...

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A girl came skipping home from school one day. "Mommy, Mommy," she yelled, "we were counting today, and all the other kids could only count to four, but I counted to 10. See? 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10!"...

After 50 years of wondering why he didn't look like his younger sister or brother, Mark finally got up the nerve to ask his mother if he was adopted. "Yes, you were son," his mother said as she started to cry softly. "But it didn't work out and they brought you back."

Australia police hunt for missing girl SYDNEY, Investigators looking into the disappearance of a 6-year-old Sydney girl say her immediate family are considered suspects. In the week since the mother of Kiesha Abrahams reported her missing from her Mount Druitt home, police say they've spent...

Falling ice kills Wash. girl, 11 VERLOT, Wash., An accident at the Big Four ice caves in Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest killed an 11-year-old girl and injured her mother, Washington officials said. KOMO-TV, Seattle, reported the victims' family was on an outing to the caves Saturday...

Teen charged with pawning mom's jewelry BONITA SPRINGS, Fla., Authorities in Florida said they arrested a 19-year-old man who allegedly made $14,000 pawning jewelry he took from his mother. The Lee County Sheriff's Office said Timothy Carl Dowdal, 19, of Bonita Springs, allegedly pawned his...

French mother admits killing children LILLE, France, A French mother who admitted killing her eight babies said she didn't want any more children but didn't want to see a doctor for contraception. Frank Berton, lawyer for Dominique Cottrez of Lille said his client is being detained by...