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Nova Scotia's premier has announced a new publicly funded nursing home geared toward the needs of Black communities located on the eastern outskirts of Halifax.

As the pandemic drags on, and as parts of B.C. were hit with heat waves, wildfires, and floods, sometimes it may have seemed as if there was only bad news to report. 

LISBON, Portugal - Cesaria Evora, who started singing as a teenager in the bayside bars of Cape Verde in the 1950s and won a Grammy in 2003 after she took her African islands music to stages across the world, died Saturday. She was 70.

Hyeon Soo Lim, the Canadian pastor serving a life sentence in North Korea for crimes against the state told CNN in an interview he spends eight hours a day digging holes at a labour camp where he is the only prisoner.

A nurse from Elmira, Ontario is the first Canadian fatality reported in Haiti, where early estimates on the number of dead is in the tens of thousands.

Hyeon Soo Lim's relatives say no families should go through such an ordeal, and urge the Canadian government to escalate diplomatic efforts to secure the pastor's release.

A Regina woman is collecting hundreds of bras to help spark a conversation about women's health with people in Africa.

Mark Furey says the probe must have certain key features, including judicial oversight, the power to compel witnesses to testify and the ability to make binding recommendations.

From movie and TV stars to musicians and notable personalities, we said goodbye to a lot of familiar, beloved faces this year.

Heather Yourex is in South Africa

Sunday, July 27th 2008

LISBON, Portugal - Cesaria Evora, who started singing as a teenager in the bayside bars of Cape Verde in the 1950s and won a Grammy in 2003 after she took her African islands music to stages across the world, died Saturday. She was 70.

KAZAN, Russia - Authorities spoke of a creepy cult living in an "eight-level ant house" dug deep into the ground, where children were kept in unheated cells and starved of daylight. A visit to the compound suggests a more ordinary reality.

Morgan Wienberg recalls the scene that changed her life: Children sitting on concrete floors in their own vomit, emaciated and dehydrated, desperately in need of medical attention.

VIENNA - It was 1947 in post-war Vienna, and Hilde Zadek remembers taking a deep breath behind the curtain. A rookie on her first opera gig, she was about to sing the prestigious role of Aida for an audience full of particularly harsh critics — whistle-packing Nazis she says were determined to show "that Jew from Palestine" she was not welcome at one of the world's greatest opera houses.

Hyeon Soo Lim, who served at one of the largest churches in Canada, he was sentenced to hard labour for life in December 2015 for what North Korea says was an attempt to overthrow the regime. 

Canadian citizen, Hyeon Soo Lim headed to North Korea in 2015 for a humanitarian mission. Months later he was imprisoned for trying overthrow Kim Jong Un’s authoritarian regime.

One wants to be the first lady of her state, one wants to be a backup dancer for Beyonce, one wants to be a Rockette, and still another wants to meet former NFL quarterback Tim Tebow and work at one of his orphanages in the Philippines.

Officials say a senior pastor at a Canadian church has been missing in North Korea since late January.

In the month following the earthquake, Canadians donated $220 million to eligible organizations, which was matched by the federal government. From 2010 to 2018, Canada contributed $1.458 billion.