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Rae-Leigh MacInnes is tired of not having a place to call home. The 44-year-old is a registered massage therapist and earns about $50,000 a year, but has been homeless for months as she has been unable to secure permanent housing. “I keep trying, every day,” MacInnes told Global News. Read …
Read More »Family issues pleas for help to find missing Surrey, B.C. 14-year-old boy – BC
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The family of missing teen, Joseph Chen, has come forward, making a public plea for his safe return home. “(Our) son has been missing for three days, for over 60 hours now,” his mother and father said. “We need help. We can …
Read More »Winnipeg police find missing senior safely – Winnipeg
Winnipeg police have safely found a male senior who disappeared from the St. Vital area Friday night. The man, 75-year-old Elmer Shrumm, was last seen around 9 p.m. driving a red 2008 Ford Escape with Manitoba license plate H-N-S-463. Police said he was likely in rural Manitoba and might be …
Read More »B.C. man faces lifetime ban from entering U.S. after border agents find forgotten bottle of CBD oil in his car
As the owner of an events company doing business with Christmas festivals in the U.S., Jonathan Houweling crosses the Peace Arch border in Surrey, B.C., dozens of times a year without issue. But during his latest trip on Nov. 7, he was chosen for a random search, where a border agent found …
Read More »This Ontario family wants a needle-free flu vaccine but can’t find it anywhere
A southwestern Ontario family is calling for a needle-free flu vaccine to be publicly funded again so that it’s a real option for children this flu season. Ryan McClanahan has been trying buy a nasal spray, such as FluMist, but says it’s impossible to find for his nine-year-old son who has a …
Read More »2 Kelowna university students find affordable rent living with and volunteering services to seniors
The first time he visited Kelowna before studying physics at the University of British Columbia’s Okanagan campus (UBCO) this fall, Regina’s Mike Marshall was surprised to find everything was so much more expensive than in his hometown. But Marshall, 25, says he was even more surprised when his friend, who also came from …
Read More »N.S. families who lost their homes to Fiona scramble to find a place to live
On the night post-tropical storm Fiona hit Nova Scotia, Dana Boutilier woke up at home to water dripping on her face from the ceiling above. She quickly realized something was very wrong. She jumped out of bed to find herself ankle deep in water. “As I proceeded to leave the room to go …
Read More »Surge in Prairie meth use forces First Nations to find creative solutions
Elaine Fox knows everyone in Onion Lake Cree Nation. That means the elder knows how methamphetamine is altering the fabric of her community like never before. “It’s broken family relationships,” she said. Onion Lake Cree Nation Elder Elaine Fox is helping people fight substance use. (Kory Siegers/CBC) The 66-year-old said …
Read More »Where to live when you can’t find an affordable rental? For this woman — it’s her SUV
Courtney Dahoy, 34, moved back to Calgary this summer for work, after a short period spent living in Camrose. So far, she said, the job is going well. But amid Calgary’s tight rental market, the search for a place to live is not. “You used to be able to find …
Read More »Christmas charity’s struggle to find depot space highlights growing challenges faced by non-profits
For more than two decades, the Surrey Christmas Bureau has been providing toys and raising smiles for underprivileged children — but this year, they’re in need of a Christmas miracle themselves. Every year, the bureau looks for a donated space in the city where it can set up a toy distribution centre. But …
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