Category Archives: Human Interest
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh announces he has become a father of a baby girl
OTTAWA — NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has become a father for the first time, to a baby daughter. Singh announced Thursday that he and his wife Gurkiran Kaur welcomed a baby girl into the world on Monday. "Our powerful little baby girl
Olivia rules, Liam follows but Lucas, Ethan axed from B.C.’s 2021 list of baby names
VICTORIA — A count of the most popular baby names in British Columbia in 2021 shows Olivia still tops the list. A statement from the Health Ministry says preliminary figures covering all but the last two weeks of this year reveal
‘Sublime and ridiculous’ 3D prints of first N.L. premier still coveted curiosities
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — In a cluttered antique shop in downtown St. John's last week, a sought-after piece of retro Newfoundland and Labrador political memorabilia caused a stir almost as soon as it was brought out from behind the till. The
‘The right thing to do’: Canadians differ on holiday plans in light of Omicron threat
It's beginning to look a lot like ... last year. Festive feasts, gift exchanges and winter fun with loved ones are being cancelled or limited as COVID-19 rips through Canada for the second holiday season in a row, the highly-transmissible Omicron
Concerns persist as warming shelter opens near homeless camp in central Alberta city
WETASKIWIN, Alta. — A tent lies mangled on a pile of soot where a fire burned down part of a homeless encampment in a central Alberta city. Marsha Louis, who lives in one of the remaining tents held up by shards
‘Have to forgive:’ Son of woman killed in crash caused by premier trying to move on
SASKATOON — Steve Balog says his mom didn’t come from money but she knew how to give in kindness. One of the first times he remembers seeing her selflessness was when she pulled over to help a boy on the side
Girl, 10, coming to Canada killed at Taliban checkpoint
A 10-year-old girl who was approved to come with her family to Canada from Afghanistan was killed when gunfire erupted at a Taliban checkpoint. Eleanor Taylor of the group Aman Lara, an organization that helps Afghans get out of the country,
Foghorns cherished part of Atlantic Canada soundscape, but do they serve a purpose?
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The silencing this year of a familiar mournful howl at the mouth of Halifax harbour has ignited a debate about Atlantic Canada's dwindling number of foghorns. For over 120 years, the foghorn at the Chebucto Head lighthouse
Former Toronto mayor Mel Lastman remembered as larger-than-life man, politician
TORONTO — Former Toronto mayor and businessman Mel Lastman was remembered Monday as a larger-than-life man who loved his family, community and city. Lastman, who had a career in municipal government that spanned three decades, died on Saturday at the
‘We’re going to fight this’: Deportation of Inupiaq man living in Canada deferred
Herman Oyagak first travelled to Aklavik, N.W.T., from his home in Alaska by snowmobile in 2018, a trip that takes about 18 hours. It's a journey he does regularly now with his wife Carol, who grew up in the town of