
A Syrian refugee who arrived in Canada earlier this year has captured the faces of these innocent victims in a series of portraits. As Shirlee Engel reports, he’s now turning his talents to life in Canada. Continue reading
A Syrian refugee who arrived in Canada earlier this year has captured the faces of these innocent victims in a series of portraits. As Shirlee Engel reports, he’s now turning his talents to life in Canada. Continue reading →
Ontario’s long-term care homes warn the upkeep of hundreds of residences is in jeopardy with soaring hydro bills in the province. Continue reading →
After her four-month-old girl died of SIDS, Candace Sims was informed by the federal government that her parental benefits had been cut off and that she owed $600 for EI she had received after the death. Continue reading →
Residents fighting a wind turbine project have renewed hope that anger over soaring rural electricity prices will force the Ontario government to rethink a renewable energy development. Continue reading →
Some of Ontario’s most hard-hit ratepayers will see new increases on their bills, despite a promised eight per cent rebate on electricity bills announced by the Liberal government this week. Continue reading →
Ontario’s ambitious goal to put an electric car in every multi-vehicle driveway over the next decade could lead to higher electricity prices, an economist warns. Continue reading →
Calls for changes to police training are getting louder after Abdirahman Abdi, a mentally-ill Ottawa man, died in the wake of a confrontation with police this week. Continue reading →
Barb Phillips is one of a growing number of death doulas in Canada trying to transform the way we view death and the dying process. Continue reading →
According to the Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association, only 16-30 per cent of Canadians currently have access to palliative care. Continue reading →
With politicians and pundits in Ottawa focussed on medically assisted dying legislation, there is frustration that the urgent need for palliative care is being ignored. Continue reading →
Political pressure may not enough to help a Canadian mother pleading for help bringing her four abducted children back to Canada, but the B.C. woman isn’t giving up hope. Continue reading →
Melissa Chatham was just 24 years old when her boyfriend Kelly David McKenzie beat her to death in front of his young son in 2008. Continue reading →
Monique Walley’s story underscores the ‘epidemic’ of domestic assault facing B.C. Continue reading →
Izzy Camilleri realized her real calling was to help bring fashion to a completely underserved community. In 2004 Camilleri launched IZ Adaptive – a boutique exclusively for people who use wheelchairs. Continue reading →
James Robichaud went from promising military recruit to being discharged with an injury before he could even complete basic training. Continue reading →