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Halifax couple desperately trying to adopt 3 children from Lebanon against a ticking clock
Victoria Joumaa says she has spent five years trying to adopt her three biological cousins and bring them from Lebanon to Canada. Now time is running out: two of the children will be forced to leave their orphanage at the end of June.
Two Canadian UNESCO Geoparks cautioned to make improvements or risk losing status
UNESCO Global Geoparks are distinct regions with internationally important geology that tells the story of earth’s history. UNESCO revalidates geoparks every four years, and three of the five in Canada — among only 229 on the planet — have been told they need to improve.
Her daughter is accused of stabbing a 6-year-old. She says she warned officials
Andrea Hancock, whose daughter has been charged with the attempted murder of a 6-year-old boy, says her daughter is severely unwell, and she warned police, social workers, doctors, shelter workers, therapists – even the neighbours – that her daughter was dangerous.
She was searching online for a recipe. She found a video of herself engaged in a sexual act
Emboldened by her partner's conviction and motivated by a recent rash of killings police say are a result of intimate partner violence in Nova Scotia, a woman whose intimate images were shared online without her consent asked a court to lift a publication ban protecting her identity so she could raise awareness.
Belgium honours Indigenous First World War veterans
A national ceremony in Belgium on Friday recognized the roughly 4,000 First Nations, Metis and Inuit soldiers from Canada who fought in the First World War. It was part of a series of commemorative events held there in the week leading up to Remembrance Day.
The RCMP say a man killed his wife. Her daughters say police won't admit he's an ex-Mountie
The daughters of a woman who was killed in Nova Scotia twelve days ago by her husband before he killed himself are calling on the RCMP for more transparency around domestic violence, alleging the force is covering up what happened because their mother's husband was a retired Mountie.
Ottawa woman calling for health-care reform in N.B. after husband died on vacation
An Ontario woman whose husband died in a New Brunswick hospital while on vacation in 2023 is urging Canadians to advocate for their loved ones waiting in emergency rooms, and calling on candidates in New Brunswick’s provincial election to address what she calls a crisis in health care. Three people died in ER waiting rooms in New Brunswick in 2022.
Refugee health-care workers bringing strong skills, full hearts as they take on new jobs in a new land
Nova Scotia health-care workers were recruited from one of the world's largest refugee camps as part of a federal program that aims to bridge the gap between skilled displaced people and labour shortages.
What Canada can learn from Maine's approach to the lucrative baby eel fishery
Authorities in Maine say they have figured out how to regulate a fishery that is so out of control in Canada, the federal government has shut it down this year — the third shutdown in five years — putting 1,100 people out of work.
Musicians say alcohol and the industry are intrinsically linked, but some want to change that
The ECMA launched a "Dry January" initiative for the first time this year because artists are increasingly talking about alcohol being so intrinsically linked to their industry.