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Chance Paupanekis credits much of his well-being to learning his traditional language. Paupanekis, who is from the Norway House Cree Nation in northern Manitoba, is studying Ininimowin — a Cree language that has five major dialects, according to Indigenous Languages of Manitoba. Language is more than just words in his culture, says Paupanekis — one of three people …

A Vancouver family that spent a year building a sailboat from scratch, only to have it stolen upon completion, says they are thankful for its recovery by police after onlookers reported seeing it being rowed on a local waterway. Duncan McDonald — together with his wife, Julie, and two young …

Miss something this week? Don’t panic. CBC’s Marketplace has rounded up the consumer and health news you need. Want this in your inbox? Get the Marketplace newsletter every Friday. She died in February. But her long-term care home didn’t notify the family until nearly a month later Why did it …

A Canadian navy veteran says he’s fed up with waiting for a primary care provider after having been on Prince Edward Island’s wait-list for 11 years. Matt Dobson moved to P.E.I. in 2011 after being medically released from the navy when he was diagnosed with depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. He had been …

Hundreds of people joined a march to commemorate the Afzaal family and to fight against Islamophobia in London, Ont., on Sunday afternoon, including the prime minister. More than 1,000 people met at Oakridge Secondary School to listen to speeches before walking to the London Muslim Mosque. It’s part of ongoing commemorative events this …

This First Person column is written by Morgan Dick who lives in Calgary. For more information about CBC’s First Person stories, please see the FAQ.  A century-old steamer trunk sits in the corner of my home office. Every once in a while, I’ll clear away the papers I’ve stacked on …

The yard beside the Dugas family home is buzzing with activity. Amanda and Lonnie Dugas, and their kids Gregory, 17, and Sarah, 14, have around half a dozen beehives on their Brentwood, N.S., property. Amanda Dugas, a Mi’kmaw student support worker at a local high school, never saw herself becoming …

In the fall of 2021, Nathaniel Lowbeer-Lewis and Racquel Smith’s son was going to a community daycare near their home in Montreal’s Plateau neighbourhood. He seemed to be integrating well and Smith said the staff’s feedback about him was positive. So it came as a surprise when the centre called …