Lisa Richardson had an unplanned pregnancy in her teens and gave up that child for adoption. She always assumed that getting pregnant and becoming a mom would be easy when she was ready. But life took an unexpected turn.
Iranians have faced a near-total blackout for more than 70 days straight. The shutdown has cost the Iranian economy an estimated $250-million US a day.
Francine Shimizu-Orgar has frequent nightmares when her mind replays moments from the recent inquest into her daughter’s death at the St. Catharines, Ont., hospital. But if the inquiry, which the family pushed for, wasn’t held, what happened to 24-year-old Heather Winterstein “would never have come out,” Shimizu-Orgar tells CBC from the family home in the Niagara region city.
One hundred years after Winnie the Pooh was published, it continues to enchant. Its origins have a happy beginning in the bond between a Canadian veterinary soldier and the cub he named for his adopted hometown, but the story takes an unhappy turn as the Milnes struggled with the effects of fame.
Police in parts of Canada are warning high school students about the risks of playing a game that may have the public mistaking their water guns for real weapons. In one Ontario community, police are investigating students who appear to have targeted an unhoused Indigenous man.
In a Venice Biennale taking place at a time of wars, tension over migration and climate anxiety, the Canadian pavilion poses a quieter question: Who gets to live with nature, who gets to protect it and who is shut out from it?
The federal Liberals have said since 2021 they’ll restrict vaping flavours nationwide, but now Canadaâs health minister wonât say when or even if it will still happen â despite widespread expert advice a ban could help curb the country’s staggering youth vaping rate.
Thousands of schools around the globe, including in Canada, have been hit by a massive cybersecurity incident involving Canvas, an online learning-management system that connects
Residents of Rolling Hills, Alta., have purchased the trailer that houses their Canada Post outlet in hopes of keeping it viable as the Crown corporation looks to cuts with a nationwide review of facilities and service levels. Community groups raised $30,000 to buy the structure from the retired postmaster.
The Toronto Tempo’s first WNBA regular season game was tight, a kaleidoscope of emotions – everything you could ask for in an inaugural game. The final score may have been a 68-65 loss for the Tempo but it really wonât matter in the long term. Everything about the night was a celebration.
A diplomatic row over a shipload of wheat and barley taken from occupied Ukraine to Israel has stirred lingering tensions between the two countries â and brought attention to Israel’s ambiguous relationship with Russia.
Shandean Reid and her husband worked hard to make a life as two young professionals, but her husband’s constant work made it hard for him to spend time with their young daughter. A radical move from Jamaica to Canada, followed by settling in Saskatchewan, brought them the peace they were desperately searching for.
