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Health

Does anyone still want kids? Families are shrinking as people have fewer children — or none at all

Demographers, sociologists and your mother-in-law want to know: why aren’t people having as many kids?  Canada recorded its lowest-ever fertility…

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Sports

Hockeyville NHL game a moment of celebration for Elliot Lake youth and their families

Elliot Lake hockey fans came out by the thousands on Sunday in Sudbury to see their NHL heroes up close. …

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Sports

Dreading fall sports registration? There are ways P.E.I. families can get help with the costs

With many young people on P.E.I. gearing up for the start of fall and winter sports, some organizations are finding…

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Canada

Families may hesitate to talk about death. Here’s how to start the conversation

Dr. Vanessa Rodriguez is no stranger to talking about death. As a palliative care doctor at New York’s Mount Sinai…

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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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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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