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Anyone who says they enjoy every moment of motherhood is flat-out lying

This First Person piece was written by Sage Yathon, a mental health advocate who lives with her husband and two kids in Regina, Sask....

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More than 1,500 tree planters prepare to head west to reforest B.C. Interior

More than 1,500 tree planters from Quebec and Ontario are expected to travel across the country to the B.C. Interior in the next...

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Andrew Furey, N.L.’s rookie premier, has his mandate. Now what?

Andrew Furey speaks at Confederation Building in St. John’s on Jan. 15, when he launched the provincial election. It took more than 10...

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New Brunswick monitoring more than 40 cases of unknown neurological disease

Public Health is closely monitoring a cluster of more than 40 New Brunswick patients with symptoms similar to those of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, a...

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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...

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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...

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Why moving to daylight time is ‘a challenge on top of a challenge’ in 2021

Clocks jumped forward in most parts of Canada this weekend and sleep experts say the ritual will cause more stress for those already tossing and...

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After getting his COVID-19 vaccine, this 103-year-old jazz musician was ready to do some drinking

Stanley Sepchuk was just a baby when the so-called Spanish flu killed tens of thousands of Canadians, but he got through it just...

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The emotional toll of the COVID-19 battle inside a Quebec ICU

A mechanical whir fills the room as a sling slowly lifts a patient out of her hospital bed. “Wow, it’s fun to see...

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Ontario changing child-welfare system to stop teens from aging out of care unprepared

Unlike many teenagers, Abdoulaye Diakhaby was petrified to turn 18. He had spent the previous four years in the child-welfare system living first in...

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Young adults find careers, dreams, relationships on hold a year into COVID-19 pandemic

Manan Shah’s day starts when he logs on to his computer at 1 a.m., the glow of the screen illuminating his face as...

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Frustration grows among seniors and caregivers over Ontario’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout

Sam Meister is 98 years old, and he’s furious at the Ontario government’s COVID-19 vaccination plan that is forcing seniors like him to...

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1 in 4 seniors in New Brunswick take sleeping pills. A new study is offering an alternative

Ken Gallant was taking medication for sleeping and anxiety when he had a scary experience driving on a busy street that ultimately led to...

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Pucks shatter, blades break: Alberta players brave cold for 252-hour hockey game

Brent Saik laughs when asked how 40 players competing in a multi-day hockey game, to break the Guinness World Record for the longest game, are...

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Secret Nygard videos show former fashion mogul charged with sex trafficking travelling with teenage girl

Hours of behind-the-scenes video shot by a whistleblower show former Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard, who is alleged to have abused women and...

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How a criminal charge laid in Calgary was linked to a Toronto woman who’s never been there

Joyce Obaseki has never been to Calgary and she’s never been charged with a crime. So she was floored when Toronto police contacted...