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On a snowy February night in 2022, the temperature was hovering around -8 C when 91-year-old Vera Wilson slipped outside through an unalarmed service door at her retirement home. The door locked behind her. Staff didn’t realize she was missing until 2 a.m., almost four hours later. By the timeContinue Reading

Alabama hospital stops IVF treatments after court rules embryos are childrenThe University of Alabama at Birmingham health system has announced it is pausing in vitro fertilization treatments after the state’s supreme court ruled embryos are children. The majority ruling raises serious legal questions about fertility treatment across the U.S. asContinue Reading

Teachers challenge book censorship at Canadian schoolsMaintaining a diversity of voices in school libraries is increasingly under threat, even in Canada. Canadian authors say books have been taken off shelves at school libraries for a variety of reasons — including parental concerns over themes such as sexuality. Danny Ramadan recallsContinue Reading

Frank Cirinna didn’t necessarily set out to become someone people turn to for news headlines, but that’s exactly what has happened with his popular TikTok account. He is admittedly not a journalist — he’s a full-time school teacher in the Toronto area — but his concise yet punchy videos breakingContinue Reading

Canada Bill Cunningham, the Canadian broadcast journalist who covered the Vietnam War for the CBC and helped name its flagship program, has died. He was 91. Native of Yarmouth, N.S., spent decades working at Canada’s major broadcastersCBC News · Posted: Feb 17, 2024 6:05 PM EST | Last Updated: FebruaryContinue Reading

Canada Inchstones, like milestones, but smaller, are one of the top parenting trends of 2024. But one expert warns that celebrating every single tiny triumph could backfire. There’s a difference between acknowledging and celebrating, one expert notes Natalie Stechyson · CBC News · Posted: Feb 17, 2024 1:32 PM ESTContinue Reading

Canada People commonly lose their job on maternity or parental leave. Critics say EI needs an overhaulCanadian parents increasingly find themselves laid off while on maternity or parental leave amid a cooling labour market and mass layoffs in several sectors, such as media and tech. And that can leave them inContinue Reading

New Brunswick William Doiron took his own life after being a victim of a global sextortion scheme, where he was convinced into sending explicit sexual images and then blackmailed. Son was a happy 16-year-old until he was targeted on Snapchat, says Stéphanie Thériault William Doiron with his mother Stéphanie Thériault afterContinue Reading

Canada The defence wrapped up its case in the sexual assault trial of retired vice-admiral Haydn Edmundson on Wednesday with two witnesses who served as officers on the ship where the alleged attack is said to have occurred more than 30 years ago. Edmundson has pleaded not guilty, denies any wrongdoingCBC News ·Continue Reading