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This First Person column is by Sonali Karnick, a CBC journalist in Montreal who has been searching for answers to why her father died. For more information about CBC’s First Person stories, please see the FAQ. When the hospital called my mother and told the family to get there as …
Read More »The love of my life died. My grief had to take a back seat to putting food on the table for my kids
This First Person article is written by Wendy Powell who lives in Stony Plain, Alta. For more information about CBC’s First Person stories, please see the FAQ. I was lying in bed in the middle of the night, wide awake as always every night since my husband passed away. I …
Read More »Ojibway father of 7 identified as man who died after being shot by police bean bag gun in Vancouver
The man who died Monday morning after being shot multiple times with a bean bag gun by Vancouver police has been identified by family members as 42-year-old father of seven, Chris Amyotte of Winnipeg. Amyotte’s cousin Samantha Wilson told CBC that he was in Vancouver visiting family, including two of his children. …
Read More »Montreal film entrepreneur Mel Hoppenheim has died
Melvin “Mel” Hoppenheim, renowned Montreal filmmaker, cinematographer, philanthropist and entrepreneur, has died. “He was a Canadian movie industry pioneer and a visionary with a remarkable list of accomplishments, including the construction of MELS Studios,” said MELS Studios on its Facebook page. The Quebec Film and Television Council also called him a pioneer on its …
Read More »Doug Mitchell, former CFL commissioner and Calgary lawyer, has died at 83
Douglas Mitchell, a former Canadian Football League player who went on to become commissioner of the league as well as a prominent Calgary lawyer and community leader, died on Wednesday at the age of 83. Mitchell played briefly in the CFL with the B.C. Lions and Hamilton Tiger-Cats and later went …
Read More »Flowers, painted rocks stolen from memorial bench for B.C. teen actor who died 2 years ago
Each week, Marlyse Williams cleans and looks after a bench in Port Coquitlam, B.C., that honours her late son, actor Logan Williams, who died two years ago of a fentanyl overdose at the age of 16. The Pitt River Trail bench was adorned with photos of Logan, flowers, succulents and hand-painted rocks. …
Read More »30-year-old who died following a leg infection failed by N.L. health system, say friends
Friends of a St. John’s man say his tragic death following an infection shows how broken the province’s healthcare system has become. Weijian Fang, 30, died alone in his apartment on Monkstown Road in late May after his leg became infected. He hadn’t had a family doctor since 2017. His friends hope speaking publicly …
Read More »Her political career died with Alberta floor-crossing. Meet Danielle Smith, resurrected
This column is an opinion by James Johnson, a former researcher for Alberta’s Wildrose and United Conservative parties. For more information about CBC’s Opinion section, please see the FAQ. Danielle Smith’s return shocks many Albertans. It shouldn’t. Many think she made the unforgivable sin in 2014 when as Wildrose leader she crossed the …
Read More »Their sister died in December and was buried in January. Why weren’t they notified?
It breaks Candice Wheeler’s heart to know she missed her big sister’s funeral in January. It’s not that she didn’t want to be there — she simply didn’t know it was happening. Now, Candice and her family in Calgary are searching for answers about how authorities failed to notify them …
Read More »Willy Joosen, the Calgary Flames’ organist since 1988, has died
On Friday, the Calgary Flames’ longtime organist, Willy Joosen, died at the age of 66. The well-known jazz pianist has been sitting behind the organ at the Scotiabank Sattledome since 1988. “For 34 years, organist Willy Joosen brought so much joy and happiness to everyone who came to Flames games. He …
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