Calgary police confirmed to Global News a child died at a home in the southeast community of Midnapore on Thursday morning.

Earlier this month, members of Parliament voted against an amendment to C-86 brought forward by the Conservatives to ensure parents would be entitled to 12 weeks of leave following the death of a child.

An 11-year-old is dead after a group of boys found an improperly stored gun in a home in Garden Hill First Nation, Man., RCMP said.