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The family of Soleiman Faqiri gathered in Yonge-Dundas Square Saturday night to mark the seventh anniversary of his death while in custody at a Lindsay, Ont., jail. The vigil comes days after a coroner’s inquest deemed Faqiri’s death a homicide. Faqiri died in 2016 in a segregation cell at the …
Read More »Survivors, victim family members of Carberry bus crash come together in grief, healing – Winnipeg
Six months after an unthinkable tragedy, survivors and family members of victims of the Highway 1 bus crash near Carberry are uniting in grief and healing. On June 15, a bus carrying 25 people, many of them seniors from the Dauphin area, collided with a semi on the Trans-Canada Highway …
Read More »Montreal family wants apology from city after video shows snow plow striking cars – Montreal
A Montreal family is asking for an apology from the city after a snow plow was caught on camera crashing into multiple vehicles. The collisions took place during a major snowstorm earlier in the week. One of the family’s cars was hit so hard it is believed to be a …
Read More »Family of 10 loses everything in West St. Paul, Man. arson – Winnipeg
When Michael Bingham and his family moved to West St. Paul, Man., they were looking to escape city life. “You don’t have to worry about listening to sirens, and people running through your yard and stuff like that, you know?” he said. On Sept. 1, 2023, Bingham and nine other …
Read More »On the Brink: A Nova Scotia family and the ‘never-ending struggle’ to survive
This is the first instalment of a Global News series called ‘On the Brink,’ which profiles people who are struggling with the rising cost of living. In this story, a Nova Scotia woman talks about the challenges of making ends meet while supporting her family. Maria Burgess knows what it’s …
Read More »Toronto man says his family needs Canadian help to get out of Gaza despite ceasefire
With one of his sons in a Gaza hospital, Toronto resident Nahed El-Khalidy said the recently announced ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is good news, though it came too late to save his daughter’s life. El-Khalidy said his daughter Caroline, 27, was killed Monday when an Israeli airstrike hit a …
Read More »A Winnipeg historian’s journey for family history – Winnipeg
Jody Perrun never got to meet his grandfather. Canadian Trooper John Clifford Brown died on Aug. 7, 1944. Stationed in France, he and 65 others were killed when American bombers misidentified their targets, dropping their bombs on a group of mostly Canadian soldiers. 250 soldiers were also wounded. Growing up, …
Read More »Military Family Appreciation Day celebrates military spouses across Canada
Sept. 15 is Military Family Appreciation Day, a day that the family members of those who serve are honoured. Military families often deal with unique hardships while performing their duties or supporting those who do. Eleanor Millar is a military spouse and the government relations officer for Together We Stand …
Read More »‘The goal is to get our emissions to zero’: Winnipeg family part of Canada-wide climate challenge – Winnipeg
Brigette DePape and her husband Kari Rodriguez made New Year’s resolutions to reduce their household emissions. They decided to focus on transportation, home efficiency and composting. “We wanted to do something together as a family,” DePape said. DePape, a longtime climate activist, then came across the Live Net Zero Challenge. …
Read More »Mother of Brampton family injured in hit-and-run demands reform of bail and sentencing
Sam Ritchie is getting used to apartment living, one day after being released from St. John’s rehab. The single mother spent a month at St. John’s after two weeks at Sunnybrook hospital, where she was treated for multiples fractures and a traumatic brain injury she suffered when she and her …
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