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By The Staff The Canadian Press Posted December 27, 2022 3:34 pm Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Correctional Service of Canada says a woman serving a life sentence for second-degree murder escaped a minimum-security facility in Winnipeg by walking out the back door. The federal agency …
Read More »Gangster killed 6 months after prison release had ‘hit’ on his life: parole documents
At Trong Minh Nguyen’s final parole hearing, board members refused to release the Calgary gangster, in part, because rival gangsters had ordered him killed. When Nguyen was ultimately released, he would be dead in six months in a chilling ambush, caught on video. “File information notes you currently have a …
Read More »Kamloops beekeeper gives election campaign lawn signs a second life
You wouldn’t think of municipal election campaign signs as having a half-life, let alone an afterlife, but an inventive beekeeper in Kamloops, B.C., seems to have found a way for them to live on. Murray Willis, who owns the Valley View Honey farm in eastern Kamloops, says he plans to repurpose 200 lawn …
Read More »B.C. arcade gains extra life after winning long battle for liquor licence
At a video game arcade, a big win might mean logging a high score on the Donkey Kong or Galaga machine with your initials. But Maryanne and Brad Eyers are celebrating a different type of victory: after years of trying, they finally have the right to sell alcoholic drinks at …
Read More »Former senator charged with sexual assault still retains ‘honourable’ title for life
A disgraced former senator now facing sexual assault charges still retains his “honourable” title as a former member of Canada’s upper house. Efforts to strip former senator Don Meredith of that lifetime title, and the privileges that come with it, have stalled. Former Progressive senator Serge Joyal, the past chair …
Read More »Opening the door to my identity: How an FASD diagnosis shaped my life during the COVID-19 pandemic
This piece is by Vinnie Naistus, as told to Rachel Hetherington at FASD Network of Saskatchewan. It has been edited for structure and clarity with Vinnie’s input and approval. I was at home watching YouTube in March 2020 when I first learned about COVID-19 getting serious. I saw a video that said …
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 »U.K. cut off thousands of pensioners in Canada for failure to provide ‘proof of life’
Thunder Bay-born Barbara Reynolds lived and made regular pension payments in the U.K. for two decades before returning to Canada, where she made another one-time payment to the British government to top up her contributions. That didn’t protect her from worrying about paying the rent on her Halifax apartment this month after she …
Read More »This father and son both needed 4-organ transplants. They want more people to give the gift of life
Nearly 16 years after Darryl Wallis had a rare, life-changing transplant operation for four organs, his five-year-old son had to undergo the same procedure just two weeks ago. Now, he’s calling on more Ontarians to consider registering to become organ donors. At the age of one, Wallis was diagnosed with hollow visceral …
Read More »My art – and my life — was dark and surreal. Then I moved to Canada
This First Person column is by Calgary artist Claudia Reyes who moved to Canada from Mexico. For more information about CBC’s First Person stories, please see the FAQ. I was born and raised in Mexico. Often when I talk to people in Canada and they find out where I am from, they say …
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