CEO parts ways with Indigenous women’s advocacy organization after feds slash funding
The Native Women's Association of Canada has seen its federal funding cut by nearly $50 million to just $10 million, resulting in its staff of 75 being reduced to 30.
Canada
Apr 12
Family of mother and child killed in Edmonton among 100s marking Red Dress Day
Dozens of posters were held high with the names and pictures of those missing and murdered. Many walking have been personally impacted.
Canada
May 6
Boeing 737 Max whistleblower Joshua Dean, 45, dead after sudden illness
Joshua Dean suffered numerous infections and a stroke after his health began rapidly deteriorating two weeks ago.
U.S. News
May 2
Wolastoqey chiefs call for better government support for banishments
Six chiefs of the Wolastoqey Nation are calling on the provincial and federal governments to better support First Nations banishing individuals, after the death of Sheri Sabattis.
Canada
May 7
Families of hostages are racing against time as Israel’s war reaches six-month mark
The war has reached its six month mark and is dragging on with no end in sight, and no serious hostage deal on the table.
World
Apr 6
‘Really long road’: Cold case killer sentenced to life for ’80s Toronto murders
In 2000, DNA analysis suggested the two women had been murdered by the same suspect. The families waited another two decades before they were given a name.
Crime
Mar 22
‘Your free life is done’: Victim’s family tells cold-case killer at Toronto sentencing
'You murdered and assaulted two wonderful women and went on to live your life. Your free life is done,' said a family member to the convicted killer a 1983 cold case.
Crime
Mar 4
‘Spawns of Satan’: Ruby Franke detailed torture of kids in newly released journal
Disturbing photos, videos and journal entries written by Ruby Franke have been released in a trove of documents that police collected while investigating Franke for child abuse.
Crime
Mar 22
AI has come for music, but there’s still a Great Big Sea between people and algorithms
Bob Hallett, founding member of Newfoundland folk-rock band Great Big Sea, says the AI tool Suno "didn't hit the mark" creating tunes based on the bands' descriptors.
Canada
Mar 3
Richard Lewis, renowned comedian and ‘Prince of Pain,’ dies at 76
Comedy Central named Richard Lewis one of the top 50 stand-up comedians of all time.
Entertainment
Feb 28
Annual memorial march in Montreal honours MMIWG2S+
A memorial march on Wednesday aimed to draw attention to missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, trans, and two-spirited people across Quebec, and the rest of Canada.
Canada
Feb 14
Project led by Edmonton police identifies 2 Indigenous women who died in the 1970s
A special project led by the Edmonton Police Service has positively identified the remains of two Indigenous women who were found dead in the city nearly 50 years ago.
Crime
Feb 23
Mother hit and killed by U-Haul was executive director of Fort Saskatchewan Food Bank
The 45-year-old woman who was struck and killed by a suspect driving a U-Haul Saturday night was a mother and the executive director of the food bank in Fort Saskatchewan, Alta.
Crime
Feb 26
Over a thousand attend Women’s Memorial March for MMIWG in Vancouver
Now in its 33rd year, the Women's Memorial March takes place annually on Valentine's Day starting at the corner of Main and East Hastings in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.
Canada
Feb 14
Man receives 13-year sentence in 2020 death of Billie Johnson
The man found guilty of manslaughter in the 2020 death of mother-of-two Billie Johnson has been handed a 13-year prison sentence.
Crime
Feb 9
Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, reveals second cancer diagnosis in a year
Sarah Ferguson's melanoma diagnosis comes just six months after she revealed she was undergoing treatment for breast cancer.
World
Jan 22
4 people charged in 2023 death of Calgary woman found dead near Okotoks
The RCMP announced the charges on Monday morning and said all four of the accused were arrested on Jan. 18.
Crime
Jan 22
‘Chains on the door’: Coroner’s inquest into Gastown SRO fire deaths begins
Mary Ann Garlow and Dennis James Guay died in the blaze that razed the Winters Hotel in Gastown on April 11, 2022. Five people were hospitalized and more than 140 were displaced.
Fire
Jan 22
‘A miracle’: Sisters separated by ’60s Scoop meet for first time in Vancouver
Sisters Nita and Brandy Quill met for the first time at a SkyTrain station in Vancouver last week, more than 30 years after they were separated during the '60s Scoop.
Canada
Jan 9
He started out washing cars at 12. Now, this N.S. car detailer has his own business
Ever since his days detailing cars as a kid, Revello Smith has dreamed of opening his own shop. That dream became a reality when he opened his first storefront in Dartmouth.
Canada
Jan 12