10-year-old B.C. boy raises more than $3K for hospice that cared for his dying great-aunt
A 10-year-old member of the Lake Babine and Nak'azdli Whut'en First Nations has turned the cultural tradition of not cutting your hair for a year after a…
RCMP launch criminal probe into COVID-19 death tied to massive Alberta meat plant outbreak
Ariana Quesada, 16, walked into the RCMP detachment in High River, Alta., on Friday and filed a formal complaint asking police to investigate potential criminal negligence in…
How daily work is changing on P.E.I. as wind and temperature patterns shift
Look out your window. Is there a tree there that provides a shady spot in your yard in the summer, a splash of colour in the fall?…
Edmonton physician says informing families of COVID deaths comes at a personal cost
When one of her patients dies, Dr. Daisy Fung picks up the phone to inform the person's family. Fung has made these calls often during her career…
Families say valued possessions still missing years after bank emptied their safety deposit boxes
If there's one thing Sheila Levy-Bencheton took for granted, it's that the safety deposit box her father rented from a big bank was secure.That's until her dad…
Flu cases in Canada ‘exceptionally low’ so far, public health says
At this point in last year's flu season, Canada had already recorded 711 positive cases of influenza.So far this year, there have been just 17. "Influenza is…
Why Gloria Estefan told her daughter not to come out to her grandmother
Gloria Estefan wants what is best for her family, even if the decision is controversial. "I was trying to protect both my ailing mother from any shock…
An Innu teen died in care. Now a fired social worker is speaking out
Wally Rich, a 15-year-old from Natuashish, took his own life in a Labrador group home in May. (Submitted by Innu Nation)The system failed an Innu teen who…
Seth MacLean died in July. Authorities buried him weeks later without telling his family
Seth MacLean's family spent the last part of this summer pounding the pavement in downtown Toronto desperately searching for a loved one who had seemingly vanished without…
Canadian Broadway actor Nick Cordero, 41, dies from coronavirus complications
Tony Award-nominated actor Nick Cordero, who specialized in playing tough guys on Broadway in such shows as Waitress, A Bronx Tale and Bullets Over Broadway, has died…
U.S. son can’t see sick mother in Canada because he’s not ‘immediate family’ under current regulations
A family hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic is angry that Canada's border restrictions are keeping a son in New York City from seeing his elderly, sick…