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Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. A Sapotaweyak Cree Nation mother says her 16-year-old daughter has “a long way to recovery” after …
Read More »Prince George man found guilty of 1st-degree murder in stabbing death of young mother
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. A B.C. Supreme Court Justice found 25-year-old Zain Xavier Wood guilty of first-degree murder for fatally stabbing a Prince George, B.C., mother in front of her two …
Read More »Forget monsters. The Blue Jays and Mother Nature are coming for you this Halloween
It’s a treat to have the Toronto Blue Jays in a position to win the World Series. The trick for many families and baseball fans will be being able to watch it happen. And for those souls who sacrifice watching Game 6 to take the kids trick-or-treating, beware of Mother …
Read More »Queen Mother Sirikit, Thailand’s influential and glamorous royal, dead at 93
Thailand’s Queen Mother Sirikit, who brought glamour and elegance to a postwar revival in the country’s monarchy and who, in later years, would occasionally wade into politics, has died aged 93, the Thai Royal Household bureau said on Saturday. Sirikit had been out of the public eye since she had …
Read More »Mother, daughter threatened with deportation over clerical error allowed to stay in Canada
A mother and daughter living in Halifax who were threatened with deportation over a clerical error have been granted a reprieve after weeks of uncertainty. Diana Calderón, who moved to Canada from Peru in 2022, was shocked last month to discover Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada had rejected her work permit …
Read More »Doctors save unborn baby in Gaza City after mother, father killed in Israeli strike
After their three children were killed in an Israeli strike on their home in Gaza City last year, Diana and Omar Al-Rubai were just days away from the expected arrival of their baby when they were killed in an airstrike last week. Medical teams rushed to save Diana. But after …
Read More »Alberta family calls for continuing care accountability after mother dies of septic shock
WARNING: This story contains graphic details and images. When Norma Wensley was admitted to a continuing care facility in central Alberta, her family felt fortunate she had been granted a placement so close to home. Her children now say Wensley spent a traumatizing 10 months at Bethany Meadows in Camrose, …
Read More »Afghan Canadian fears mother may be sent back into Taliban’s hands after they nearly killed her
An Afghan Canadian man is calling on the federal government to speed up the refugee sponsorship process for his mother, who fled Afghanistan after she was beaten by the Taliban and is now hiding in Tajikistan to avoid deportation back to Kabul. Noorullah Hakemi, who lives in Ottawa and came …
Read More »Mother, newborn among at least 36 killed in Israeli strikes as some aid trickles in
Israeli strikes killed at least 36 Palestinians in multiple locations across Gaza on Monday, local health officials said, a day after Israel eased aid restrictions in the face of a worsening humanitarian crisis in the territory. The dead included a newborn who was delivered in a complex surgery after his …
Read More »Her mother stayed with the man who abused her. Today, she helps other victims of childhood sexual assault
The Current26:04She was abused by her stepfather — and her mother stayed with him WARNING: This article may affect those who have experienced sexual violence or know someone affected by it. Andrea Skinner, daughter of renowned Canadian author Alice Munro, revealed last summer that she was molested by her stepfather, …
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