On Thursday, the Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs held an online event to discuss how well military veterans are being recognized and supported as they re-enter civilian society.

A unique program designed to help war veterans, first responders and health care workers heal from mental trauma like post-traumatic stress is in jeopardy.

Sandra Medina is 37 weeks pregnant and has no insurance. She can now afford the cost of having a baby in hospital thanks to a GoFundMe page.

Sandra Medina is 37 weeks pregnant. She was planning on returning to Colombia but has been trapped by the COVID-19 pandemic without health coverage.

Ontario researchers have been given the go-ahead to study how the novel coronavirus pandemic affects safety workers including firefighters, police, and paramedics. 

The inquiry has heard that after Desmond was discharged, he and his wife lived in New Brunswick, where a Veterans Affairs case manager supervised his ongoing care.

Dr. Ian Slayter said Desmond's mental health issues, assessed during two meetings in the fall of 2016, were far more complex than the one diagnosis.

Dr. Faisal Rahman testified that Desmond said he had come to the hospital because he was suffering from the symptoms of the disorder after having an argument with his wife Shanna.

A community of 15 tiny homes for military veterans opened in Calgary in November, and a second one is set to open in Edmonton later this year.

It's the second full day of hearings for the inquiry into the case of Lionel Desmond, a 33-year-old former infantryman.