Dramatic rise in reports of sexual assaults doesn’t lead to similar rise in charges
Reports of sexual assault to police are up significantly across the country, especially on P.E.I. where they have more than doubled in the past few years, but…
Genetic genealogy pushes Toronto detectives close to identifying killer in 2 cold cases from 1983
Detectives with the Toronto Police Service say they are close to identifying the killer responsible for two cold cases from 1983.They have been mining family tree records,…
Peter Nygard has phone in jail cell for constant contact with legal team, court documents reveal
Peter Nygard has been given what no other inmate at Manitoba's Headingley Correctional Centre has access to: a phone in his cell that he can use 16…
People are celebrating their COVID-19 vaccine shots with selfies. Some think it’s time to give it a rest
Initially, Dr. Alan Drummond welcomed the idea of the so-called vaccine selfie — people sharing their COVID-19 vaccination pictures on social media — as a celebration and…
Mom vows to fight for daughter who died by suicide in hospital psychiatric unit
Hillary Hooper was so desperate to find help for her depression, she took her boyfriend's gun in the middle of the night, drove to the local high…
Wedding dresses never worn, pets surrendered: Kijiji sales show people’s pandemic losses
As the World Health Organization prepared to declare COVID-19 a global pandemic last March, online classified platform Kijiji was inundated with high-priced listings for hand sanitizer, face…
How masks could affect speech and language development in children
A video of a one-year-old walking up to random objects, pressing on them and rubbing her hands together as she walks away went viral earlier this year.…
How the COVID-19 pandemic turned an empty Yellowknife motel into a hub of support
In March 2020, before the pandemic hit, a rust-coloured former motel near Yellowknife's downtown sat fully furnished and empty, while elsewhere in the city, people experiencing homelessness…
Senate’s new harassment policy ‘a gift’ for would-be abusers, senator says
The Senate's new harassment policy is "a gift" for would-be harassers because it creates a culture of secrecy that will shield wayward senators and staff from public…
Rogers-Shaw merger offers chance for Ottawa to insist on better deal for cellphone customers
Before the days of COVID-19 vaccine delays, there were few things Canadians liked to complain about more than the high cost of their cellphone service.As two Canadian…
A year of misfortune: How the global pandemic has battered N.L.’s oil and gas industry
Amanda Young had her dream job as a cook on the Terra Nova FPSO, one of four oil-producing platforms in offshore Newfoundland and Labrador."We all thought that…