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[published_date] Janice MacMillan recalls driving home from work trying to breathe through a flare-up of excruciating chest pain, all while contemplating this heavy question: "What's the point of living if this is my life?" MacMillan has suffered from chronic pain for more than 45 years. She once felt hopeless, alone and invalidated — until she…

[published_date] Ontario's Special Investigations Unit (SIU) says there is "no basis" to charge police officers in the death of 57-year-old Bruce Wallace Frogg. Frogg was shot and killed by an Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer in Kenora during an incident at Anicinabe Park on June 25, 2024, Ontario's police watchdog said in its report released Friday. Video footage…

[published_date] Judy Wells lost her brother to a drunk driver when he was only 13 — it never stopped her from drunk driving herself.  When she was an active alcoholic, the Toronto woman says she had this feeling of invincibility any time she drank that convinced her she could get behind the wheel.  "The thought of…

[published_date] When Brittany Ramsey started experiencing "awful stomach episodes" she thought it must've been side effects of the medication she was taking to manage her diabetes. But after a particularly gruelling episode where she just could not stop vomiting — not being keep down even small sips of water — that landed her in hospital, Ramsey knew…

[published_date] New wildfires in the Saskatchewan's northwest have forced almost 200 people to leave their homes. So far most of the new fires are small, but some have grown large enough to threaten road access to remote communities, according to the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA). Highways 198 and 165 in the Beauval area were closed…

[published_date] The former boss of Manitoba Hydro was paid nearly $900,000 in compensation in 2024, despite only working 1½ months before her dismissal from the Crown corporation. The high pay earned by Jay Grewal, revealed to be $881,177.94 according to Hydro's annual compensation disclosures this week, suggests the utility bought out the remainder of her contract, according to…

[published_date] Rogers Communications Inc. has closed its deal to buy BCE Inc.'s 37.5 per cent stake in Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment to become the majority owner of the company. Rogers now holds a 75 per cent stake in the owner of the Toronto Maple Leafs, Toronto Raptors, Toronto Argonauts and Toronto FC. The $4.7-billion…

[published_date] As development creeps closer to Kahnawà:ke's borders, Grand Chief Cody Diabo says the community near Montreal is fed up — watching homes and businesses get built on land they say has belonged to them for centuries, while a 345-year-old land grievance remains stalled in federal bureaucracy. The Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke (MCK) launched an…

[published_date] A group of elected officials in B.C. want a provincial policy for parental and maternity leave, something that doesn't currently exist. Three B.C. mothers have been pushing for a policy on their own for years, but last year they all joined forces and say the province is finally getting on board. They want changes to…

[published_date] Kevin Pillar is hanging up his cleats. The former Toronto Blue Jays centre-fielder announced his retirement Wednesday after 13 seasons in Major League Baseball. Pillar became a Blue Jays fan favourite and earned the "Superman" nickname for routinely making highlight-reel catches to rob opposing teams of home runs. The 36-year-old from West Hills, Calif.,…

[published_date] The City of Victoria says it will address "public disorder" in the city's downtown core through a multi-step reallocation of $10.35 million in city funds, with the largest budget item to be spent on police and bylaw enforcement. "There's no doubt in my mind that this is the single most important decision that council has…

[published_date] Prime Minister Mark Carney met with automotive sector CEOs Wednesday morning to discuss U.S. tariffs and ways to protect Canadian supply chains from the trade war with the United States. A spokesperson for the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) said the CEOs of Ford Canada, Stellantis Canada and GM Canada met with Carney, along with Brian…