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Canada

“‘Shattered” doesn’t explain how I feel’: Sentencing for serial killer hears from families of murdered women

WARNING: This story contains details about violence against Indigenous women. For some, it’s the sight of a garbage truck on…

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Politics

Veterans’ families need legislated access to mental health services, watchdog says

More than three years have passed since Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC) agreed to ease up restrictions on access to mental health…

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Nova Scotia

Families struggling with the cost of school supplies get some help

The Nova Scotia government is topping up income assistance payments on Aug. 29 to assist families struggling with the impact of inflation…

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Lifestyle

TikTok releases new safety tips for families on the app

As kids head back to school, many will be logging onto TikTok to connect with classmates or bust boredom with…

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Canada

2 families sue province, federal government over safe supply

The families of two teens who have struggled with drug use, one of whom died, are suing the B.C. government…

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Canada

The Cogswell Interchange is gone. What now for the Black families it uprooted?

Manny Grosse, 73, has lived his whole life in Halifax, most of it in public housing.  So have eight of…

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Health

As the ghost of Chornobyl lingers over Belarus, Quebec families offer kids a healthy home

When Belarusian-born Sveta Kipatkova first heard about a Quebec program that could reduce her daughter’s exposure to radiation, she jumped…

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Canada

Pickton victims’ families can’t intervene in court case: judge

A B.C. Supreme Court judge has dismissed applications by relatives of Robert Pickton’s victims to intervene in court proceedings over the…

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Nova Scotia

Witness to fatal Cavendish cottage fire heads home with victims’ families — and his own — on his mind

A family visiting a P.E.I. campground on the weekend headed home to Nova Scotia with heavy hearts after witnessing a fatal…

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Canada

Murder trial for alleged poison seller Kenneth Law set for Sept. 2025, families told

Alleged poison seller Kenneth Law will stand trial on charges of murder and abetting suicide in the fall of 2025,…

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