News/Canada (Page 34)

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

Canada The allure of finding “the one” has existed for centuries. But research has continuously shown that — whether or not they actually exist — believing in the concept of a soulmate can be detrimental to relationships.  Believing in ‘the one’ can be detrimental to relationships  Natalie Stechyson · CBC News · Posted:Continue Reading

Canada·New Retired vice-admiral Haydn Edmundson realized the empty, docked naval ship he was aboard offered his last chance to make advances on a woman, and then sexually assaulted her when she didn’t respond, a Crown attorney charged on Tuesday. Edmundson has pleaded not guilty, denies any wrongdoing Mark Gollom · CBC News ·Continue Reading

Manitoba A Manitoba man has been charged with five counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of his 30-year-old common-law partner, their three young children and his partner’s niece, whose bodies were found in southern Manitoba on Sunday. Premier Wab Kinew decried killings, which included suspect’s young children, as ‘pureContinue Reading

Canada·First Person Deferring to her mother, Kelley Korbin left out the fact that her father had a medically assisted death in his obituary — a decision she regretted. In writing about death, we use euphemisms that sometimes obscure how we actually feel Kelley Korbin · for CBC First Person ·Continue Reading