Senior

• 69-year-old Coquitlam woman with dementia found alive and well in backyard after missing for 5 days

  Lifang Cheng was missing from her Coquitlam home over 5 days. On Saturday, the 69-year-old with dementia appeared alive and well in the backyard of Marjorie and Ed Kurucz.

  Canada

  Jul 16
  
• B.C. great grandmother celebrates 99th birthday skydiving with great grandson

  There was no hesitation from the skydiving granny as she met up with her great grandson to leap from the heavens just a few weeks shy of her 99th birthday.

  Lifestyle

  Jul 3
  
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• World Elder Abuse Awareness Day 2023 spotlights gender-based violence

  To promote the protection of vulnerable seniors from neglect and abuse, World Elder Abuse Awareness Day 2023 is celebrated every year on June 15.

  Health

  Jun 15
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• Toronto family sues long-term care home over ‘horrific’ bed sores, alleged neglect of father

  "The pain and suffering he went through is awful," said Susan Dick, one of Bryan Dick's four children. "The injuries dad sustained to his body were horrific."

  Health

  May 18
• OPP investigating assault of 60-year-old in Guelph-Eramosa

  Investigators say a 60-year-old resident of the home was taken to a local hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.

  Crime

  Apr 24
• Calgary researcher hoping to drive change for people with dementia

  New developments will combine novel technologies like GPS and video with machine learning to detect subtle changes in driving behaviour.

  Health

  Apr 5
• Montreal police investigate ‘suspicious’ death of 71-year-old man

  Officers say his body bore signs of violence. The victim's cause of death remains unclear, but officials say it could have been criminal.

  Crime

  Apr 2
• Police investigate fatal bicycle collision in Niagara-on-the-Lake

  On Saturday just after 1:30 p.m., Niagara police and emergency services responded to the collision on Queenston Street, near Dee Road, in Niagara-on-the-Lake.

  Traffic

  Apr 2
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• Seniors in West Kelowna, B.C. face eviction amid housing crisis

  Six tenants at the Golden Homes Mobile Home Park were all served with evictions notices. The notices indicate that extensive plumbing and electrical work needs to be conducted.

  Features

  Mar 3
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• Toronto man handed life sentence for horrific attack on vulnerable senior

  Damien Allred, 43, twisted his long braids, showing no emotion, as he sat in the prisoner's box listening to Superior Court Justice Suhail Akhtar read out his reasons for sentence.

  Crime

  Feb 15