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More than 350 people died in crashes across Ontario during 2022, in a year police are describing as “deadly.” Ontario Provincial Police released end-of-year statistics for motor vehicle fatalities in a tweet on Sunday, urging drivers to make 2023 a safer year. “Forty-four motorcyclists were killed last year, 29 pedestrians …
Read More »Mother of man who died in police custody supports proposed Halifax sobering centre
Jeannette Rogers believes if there was a sobering centre in Halifax, her son may have never died in a police jail cell. Halifax regional council will vote Tuesday on a proposed sobering centre — a short-term recovery facility staffed mainly by peer support workers — and one that Jeanette Rogers says …
Read More »It’s been 8 years since my husband died in service, but the grief still lingers for our family
This First Person article is the experience of Monica Bobbitt, a military widow, writer and grief advocate in Ottawa. For more information about CBC’s First Person stories, please see the FAQ. Last May, on the eighth anniversary of my husband Dan’s death, our son brought his infant daughter to visit her grandfather’s …
Read More »Robert Dziekanski died 15 years ago — investigations into the RCMP role continue
There is no doubt where Robert Dziekanski’s mother would be today, if she were alive. Zofia Cisowski would have made the four-hour drive from her home in Kamloops to arrive at Vancouver’s International airport. She would have stood on the very spot in the arrivals lounge where her son drew his last …
Read More »My father died 5 years ago in a hospital — and we’re still seeking answers
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. …
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