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Descrease article font size Increase article font size A group of plumbers in Langley, B.C., recently came together to help a family in need of some positive news. Kelsey Carignan is only 38 years old. She’s a yoga teacher and mom of two young boys and just when she thought she had beat breast cancer, after years of fighting, she received the news that it had progressed to Stage 4.“At my five-year scan I found out that the cancer had actually returned and was in my liver and lungs,” she told Global News.Then, last October, the family woke up to…

Release, re-offend, re-arrest and repeat. It’s the cycle for many high-risk offenders, including one man with a lengthy criminal record who was released from Headingley Correctional Centre this week. Winnipeg police say 52-year-old Marcel Hank Charlette is a high risk to reoffend against all men, women and children. Get daily National news Get the day’s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day. Lawyer Christopher Gamby, who is also the communications director for The Criminal Defence Lawyers Association of Manitoba, says courts do what they can to sentence offenders appropriately. Trending Now “Locking…

The idea of a train to Calgary’s airport appears to be gaining steam. City councillors on the Infrastructure and Planning Committee received a briefing this week on progress and next steps of the Calgary Airport Rail Connection Study, which included the city’s preferred route for a rail line to the airport.The briefing underscored the importance of an east-west rail connection between Calgary International Airport, an extended Blue Line LRT and the future northern leg of the Green Line, while also connecting with the province’s proposed regional and high-speed rail lines in the Deerfoot Trail corridor. A map showing how a…

Chris Vilness fought back tears as he shared the heartbreaking loss of his son, Cailen, three years ago, during a construction worker memorial in Vancouver on Tuesday. “He will forever be 23, he was tragically killed on July 12, 2021, when the tower crane he and his crew were dismantling collapsed,” said Vilness.Cailen Vilness was one of five men killed at a Mission Group construction site when a crane collapsed onto a building in downtown Kelowna.His father spoke at a Vancouver memorial questioning why families of the victims still have no answers.“Three-and-a-half years later we don’t know how, we don’t…

Russian-Montrealer Nikolay Goltsev was sentenced to 40 months in a U.S. prison Wednesday for conspiring to ship restricted electronics to Russia that were later used in President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. The sentence was announced by the U.S. Justice Department. It had accused Goltsev of secretly shipping more than $10 million in restricted electronics to the Kremlin for use in missile systems, combat helicopter and signals intelligence systems in its Ukraine war.“Goltsev and his wife thought they would ‘get rich’ by running an illicit global procurement scheme to supply sanctioned end users in Russia,” said Kevin J. Kurland, U.S. Department…

By Nicole Healey Global News Posted January 8, 2025 6:13 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size In the dead of winter, many people might find themselves suffering from seasonal depression. Experts say it can happen at any point in the year, but is most common in the winter and fall. Get weekly health news Receive the latest medical news and health information delivered to you every Sunday. Saskatchewan child and adolescent psychiatrist Tamara Hinz says seasonal affective disorder (SAD) might impact more people in the winter because of factors like less daylight, the holidays…

Halifax safety advocates are calling for government action to reduce the number of pedestrians injured or killed by cars, after the death of a senior who was hit while walking on a marked crosswalk earlier this week. The city set a goal in 2018 to cut the number of pedestrians killed or injured in collisions by 20 per cent over five years, but data show that target wasn’t reached. As well, police are distributing significantly fewer tickets in recent years for speeding or distracted driving, the data show.“Basically, we aren’t achieving the goals … with respect to pedestrian injuries,” Norm…

The federal Liberals are turning their attention to a leadership race following Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s decision to resign, and new polling reveals who could be among the contenders likely to resonate with Canadians if they run. Whoever becomes Liberal leader will become prime minister as the Liberals remain in power even with a prorogued Parliament. New polling conducted by Ipsos exclusively for Global News looked at some of the names speculated to be weighing a potential run: two backbenchers, four cabinet ministers and two people currently not a part of the government.The polling asked a sample of 1,000 Canadians…

The University of Calgary is embarking on a research project to remedy the long-standing concern that, for families, there is very little that’s civil about civil courts. The university announced this week that it has received almost $27 million in funding from the Alberta Law Foundation to fund two research chairs and a Centre for Transformation.Ellen Perrault, dean of the university’s faculty of social work, said her decade of experience as a child welfare worker reinforced that more needs to be done in the justice system for children already dealing with a lot at home.“I know we can do better…

An official with a town in southeastern Saskatchewan says its plan to offer $30,000 cheques to anyone building homes in the community is paying off. Moosomin, located about 230 kilometres east of Regina, announced the cash initiative in August to attract development to the community in desperate need of housing.Casey McCormac, a town economic development officer, says the program has resulted in a flurry of construction, including two 12-unit apartment complexes and a six-unit building. Building permits have also been issued for two houses and a basement suite.“I think it’s really cool,” McCormac said.“It definitely shows that Moosomin was in…