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For three years after Nicaraguan Indigenous leader Brooklyn Rivera was arrested, his friends and family had no idea where he was being held, if he was OK, or whether he was even still alive. Then, last week, the government released photos of 73-year-old Rivera in hospital, emaciated and intubated. Two …
Read More »Family of mother who died by suicide calls for better supports for postpartum depression
WARNING: This story contains discussion of suicide. Jenna Dorman was a successful tech executive and mother of two. The 42-year-old died by suicide in November 2024 after a battle with severe postpartum depression. Her family is now sharing her story to push the B.C. government for better mental health supports …
Read More »Ontario hospital nurse tells inquest she never spoke to Heather Winterstein on day she died, staff overwhelmed
The triage nurse who initially assessed Heather Winterstein on the day she died of sepsis in 2021 says she never spoke to the 24-year-old patient and didn’t take her vital signs after paramedics had, explaining to a coroner’s inquest that staff were overwhelmingly busy. Andrea Demery testified Thursday that her …
Read More »Medical expert defends doctor’s assessment of Heather Winterstein before she died in St. Catharines hospital
Heather Winterstein didn’t show hallmark warning signs of potentially life-threatening sepsis when she went through triage screening the day before she died at the hospital in St. Catharines, Ont., an emergency medical expert told the coroner’s inquest for the 24-year-old. Early detection of the kind of extreme reaction to a …
Read More »Doctor says diagnosis of Niagara woman was ‘wrong’ but defends treatment 1 day before she died
The physician who treated Heather Winterstein the day before she died in hospital from a severe reaction to bacterial infection said he may have erred in diagnosing her condition as being due to “social issues.” But the doctor also stressed that was a “working diagnosis,” not necessarily a definite or …
Read More »Burdett ‘Burd’ Sisler, war veteran and oldest known living Canadian, has died at 110
Listen to this article Estimated 3 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. Burdett “Burd” Sisler, the oldest known living Canadian — and one of the world’s oldest Second …
Read More »Accident:अबोहर-मलोट हाईवे पर पिकअप की टक्कर से युवक की मौत, इकलाैता बेटा था सोनू – Man Died In Accident In Abohar
अबोहर में सोमवार सुबह अबोहर-मलोट नेशनल हाईवे पर गांव गोबिंदगढ़ के नजदीक एक दर्दनाक सड़क हादसा हो गया। जानकारी के अनुसार एक मिल्क पिकअप वाहन ने आगे चल रहे घुड़का वाहन को पीछे से टक्कर मार दी। टक्कर इतनी जोरदार थी कि घुड़का वाहन पर सवार 20 वर्षीय युवक सोनू …
Read More »Bodies of pilots who died in collision at N.Y. airport are repatriated to Canada
The bodies of the two Air Canada pilots who died in a collision on a runway at LaGuardia Airport on Sunday have returned to Canada. Pilots carried the casket of Jazz Aviation first officer Mackenzie Gunther off a plane at the Ottawa International Airport on Thursday afternoon. Capt. Antoine Forest’s …
Read More »Girl badly injured on Quebec cross-country ski trail has died
Ottawa The four-year old girl who was injured when an adult fell on top of her on a cross-country ski trail north of Gatineau, Que., last week has died, police said Monday. 4-year-old hurt in late February when adult fell on her, police say CBC News · Posted: Mar 02, …
Read More »Cuban-born immigrant died by homicide at ICE facility in Texas, autopsy finds
A Cuban migrant held in solitary confinement at an immigration detention facility in Texas died after guards held him down and he stopped breathing, according to an autopsy report released Wednesday that ruled the death a homicide. Geraldo Lunas Campos died Jan. 3 following an altercation with guards. U.S. Immigration …
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