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DNA used to ID sailor from doomed 1845 Franklin Expedition with living relative
When Sir John Franklin, two ships and some 130 sailors left a British port in 1845, they hoped to successfully navigate the fabled Northwest...
3 dead in helicopter crash near Resolute Bay, Nunavut
Three people are dead after a helicopter crash near Resolute Bay, Nunavut, during a trip to survey the Lancaster Sound polar bear population, the premier...
Red Cross distributes nearly $6.2M to families after N.S. mass shooting
Karen Dean knew her friend Gina wouldn’t want her to be frozen in grief. In the days after Dean learned Gina Goulet and...
‘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...
Parents of Humboldt Broncos player long to connect with son’s organ, tissue recipients
The mother of former Humboldt Broncos defenceman Logan Boulet would give anything to hear his heartbeat again. “I would love to meet the heart recipient...
Brian Nadler recounted troubled times at Saskatoon hospital to Nevada medical board
The doctor charged with first-degree murder in the death of an Ontario hospital patient — and who once told a U.S. medical board how...
Canada’s nursing homes have worst record for COVID-19 deaths among wealthy nations: report
Canada has the worst record for COVID-19 deaths in long-term care homes compared with other wealthy countries, according to a new report released on...
Prince Edward makes royal visit to Canada — pandemic-style
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Canadian firm’s proposed gold mine in Amazon rainforest a step closer to reality, CEO says
A Canadian company is one step closer to building a controversial gold mine in the Amazon rainforest, after its study on how the...
Singh says he disagrees with Hamilton MP’s post on racism in Quebec, but demands no apology
New Democrat Leader Jagmeet Singh says he does not agree with accusations that Quebecers are racist, after one of his Hamilton MPs applauded controversial remarks...
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....
Jews in Russian city scarred by WWII massacre watch Canada’s decision on Nazi interpreter
As the evening light falls over the gentle slope of the ravine, Natalia Yefimushkina, her head tightly bound in a red scarf, stares...
Lawyer for ex-Nazi interpreter Helmut Oberlander files motion to permanently end deportation proceedings
The lawyer representing former Nazi interpreter Helmut Oberlander has filed a motion to permanently stay the immigration proceedings against his client. Oberlander, 97, came...
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...
Ontario moving Sarnia-Lambton into lockdown; N.B. reveals vaccine rollout details
The latest: Ontario will move the southwestern region of Sarnia-Lambton into lockdown on Monday after a recent spike in COVID-19 cases, making it the fifth...
