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Woman whose frozen body found after release from jail died of overdose, Sask. coroner says
Kimberly Squirrel, a mother of six from the Yellow Quill First Nation whose frozen body was found in Saskatoon in January, was a victim...
An ‘uncommon brilliance’: Acclaimed Calgary playwright Sharon Pollock dies at 85
At one point, acclaimed Calgary playwright Sharon Pollock’s business cards prominently featured the image of a dragon. What did that symbolize? If you...
Father of 21-year-old student who fell into sea in N.L. recounts tragedy
Don Jayasinghe stands near a search and rescue operation on Thursday afternoon in Flatrock, N.L., a day after his son Supul slipped on...
In The Real Housewife, Who is the Richest Stephanie Hollman
According to Meaww, it’s fan-favorite Stephanie Hollman who holds the title of being the richest Real Housewife of Dallas with a whopping net...
As ICUs fill up, doctors confront grim choice of who gets life-saving care
Hospitals are shifting critically ill patients around, looking for any empty bed. Nurses and doctors are putting in exhaustion-defying amounts of overtime. Some...
Woman with dementia locked into 10-year home-heating contract — with a $15K lien on her property
When Matt Fuchs needed money to hire a home-care worker for his 82-year-old mother, who has dementia, he figured getting a line of credit...
Couple reunited after years of being separated in long-term care
A Saskatchewan couple that was separated in long-term care has been reunited thanks to their daughter. Theresa and James Kovach were forced to...
22-yr-old Winnipeg man hospitalized with coronavirus variant hopes his story will serve as warning
If you think you can’t get seriously ill from COVID-19 because you’re young and healthy, think again. That’s the message a 22-year-old Winnipeg man...
‘It would give us closure’: Family struggles to get body of Windsor university student to India amid pandemic
As grief mounts during the pandemic, for those separated by geography, the struggle to bring home loved ones who have passed away abroad...
Mistaken arrest of Black teen a case of racial profiling, family says
A Toronto family is pressing police for answers after a bungled arrest left a 17-year-old “traumatized” in what it believes was a case of racial profiling. ...
No charges in death of Ejaz Choudry, 62-year-old shot and killed by police while in crisis
Ontario’s police watchdog has ruled there will be no criminal charges against police in the death of a 62-year-old father of four who was...
Prince Edward makes royal visit to Canada — pandemic-style
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Hundreds of ICU patients transferred between Ontario hospitals as COVID-19 admissions rise
For Toronto critical care physician Dr. Jamie Spiegelman, nearly every workday involves sending a handful of COVID-19 patients to other intensive care units. Sometimes that...
‘He is coming to his rescue’: Older brother donates stem cells to 7-year-old with rare blood disease
The mother of a boy with a rare blood disorder who has been searching for a stem cell donor for the last four years says...
Westboro bus crash trial is time for long-awaited answers, victims’ families say
In the two years since her mother Judy Booth died in an OC Transpo bus crash, Karen Benvie has been looking for answers....
Colten Boushie’s family to speak out on racial discrimination found in scathing report about RCMP
The family of Colten Boushie, the young Indigenous man from Saskatchewan whose shooting death was investigated by the RCMP in 2016, will speak...
