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Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. By all accounts, Virginia Collins was a good mother to her son, Jacob. There were never …
Read More »Ontario couple guilty of murdering boy, torturing brother in their care to be sentenced July 3
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. WARNING: This story references details of child abuse. An Ontario couple found guilty of murdering a …
Read More »FBI accuses U.S. couple of kidnapping 10-year-old to potentially pursue gender-affirming care in Cuba
Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. A couple from the United States is facing international kidnapping charges after prosecutors claimed they took …
Read More »Forget bilingual status for hospitals, we want access to Ontario care, western Quebecers say
Michael Smith hasn’t slept through the night in weeks. The resident of Kipawa, a small Quebec village near the Ontario border, has been sitting upright in pain, his arm locked in a sling, waiting for a call that hasn’t come. After a snowmobile accident on March 1, Smith went to …
Read More »Ontario couple ‘abused, tortured and starved’ boys in their care, Crown says in final arguments
Crown argues the couple are ‘looking to blame anyone but themselves’ We’re back from the break, and Crown lawyer Kelli Frew starts arguments by saying Cooney and Hamber “are looking to blame anyone but themselves” for L.L.’s death. “They say no one would help them deal with these allegedly unmanageable …
Read More »Ontario to boost home care funding, may miss long-term care bed goal
Ontario is investing $1.1 billion more in home health care as it grapples with the reality that it is unlikely to achieve its goal of building 58,000 new long-term care beds by 2028. The funding boost for home care is part of Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy’s 2026 budget that projects …
Read More »Ontario couple accused of murder ‘fought to the last moment’ to keep boy in their care alive, lawyer says
What to know about the trial as closing arguments begin Closing submissions begin today in Milton, Ont., at the trial of the Burlington couple accused in the death of a 12-year-old and crimes against his younger brother. Becky Hamber, 46, and Brandy Cooney, 44, are alleged to have abused and …
Read More »‘We have failed them’: Studies overlook sex, gender in veteran pain care
A recent study on chronic pain management for Canadian veterans has uncovered a critical flaw in two decades of research: Not a single one examined the impact of sex or gender on treatment effectiveness. Experts say this is yet another example of how the health of women and gender-diverse people …
Read More »Alberta cuts access to health care for some foreign workers, raising concerns in the Bow Valley
Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Javiera Sepulveda moved to Canada on a working holiday visa and would have been eligible for …
Read More »Experts warn the devil is in the details with Alberta’s ‘experiment’ to expand private health care
Some health experts say they’re worried new legislation designed to expand private health care in Alberta was not properly planned and is missing key protections for the public health system. Bill 11 was introduced in the legislature on Monday and, if passed, will pave the way for a “dual practice” …
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