Former B.C. premier John Horgan has died at the age of 65, CBC News has confirmed. Horgan went on leave from his position as Canada's ambassador to Germany in June of this year after being diagnosed with cancer for the third time.
"This past month has been an unimaginable ordeal for our family," her sister and mom said of their search, during which time her dad also died by suicide
"The insurance company denied the simple procedure to correct the condition, saying it was 'pre-existing' because the baby was born that way."
Friends and family are mourning the death of a 22-year-old international student and fundraising to repatriate her body to India, after she was killed by a falling tree near Kelowna last weekend. Rittika Rajput died on Saturday while she and a group of friends were visiting James Lake.RCMP have confirmed that officers were called to the scene just before 3 a.m., and say it was a non-suspicious incident.Amarjit Lalli, a family friend, said Rajput and her friend were having a late-night bonfire at
A Manitoba woman suffering from a post-surgery infection says she's going to lose her leg because a surgeon started a procedure he couldn't finish.Roseanne Milburn, a 61-year-old military veteran, was in hospital to undergo a knee replacement, but needed follow-up surgery after she developed an infection. She says she was told it would take a day for a surgeon to remove dead tissue from her right knee and stitch her up. Instead, she spent days languishing with a painful open wound because there
Sara Sharif, 10, was found dead at the family’s home in Woking, U.K., a town southwest of London, on Aug. 10, 2023, with multiple injuries, authorities said
The 10-year-old's body was found with dozens of injuries at the family’s home in Surrey last year.
Police in Albany, New York said the girl attempted to save a 12-year-old boy who fell through the ice at a lake.
Higher levels of omega-6 fatty acids often found in ultraprocessed foods may interfere with the immune system’s fight against cancer cells, a new study says.
Sergio Rodriguez, a member of Milby High School's junior varsity football team in Houston, died on Monday, Dec. 9, while walking to school
Toronto police are asking for the public's help to identify a man who died in hospital after he was hit by a TTC bus near Ossington Station.In a news release Wednesday, police said the man was about 55 years old. They described him as Asian, five feet, four inches tall and about 176 pounds. He was wearing green camouflage pants, a dark-coloured winter jacket and a brown toque, according to police.The man was struck shortly before 8:25 p.m. Tuesday. Police said he had just exited the subway stati
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Hundreds of Syrians marched through central Damascus in a funeral procession Thursday to honor one of the country's most prominent anti-government activists, whose body was found after the ouster of President Bashar Assad.
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Reem Ajour says she last saw her husband and then 4-year-old daughter in March, when Israeli soldiers raided a family home in northern Gaza. She is haunted by those chaotic last moments, when the soldiers ordered her to go – to leave behind Talal and Masaa, both wounded.
The Slade frontman was given six months to live after being diagnosed with oesophageal cancer in 2018.
On its way to New York's JFK, the Boeing 747 exploded 31,000ft over the small Scottish town of Lockerbie, four days before Christmas 1988. The bedrock of the drama is Jim Swire, a GP who lost his 23-year-old daughter Flora in the attack. Played by Colin Firth, the Oscar-winning actor says he met Jim at his home ahead of filming, and loved his "alertness and intellectual agility" quickly realising he would have to "catch up and keep up".
"For close to six months, I could not walk without a cane, or I had to be pushed in a wheelchair or hold on to a friend, sibling or son. I could not button clothes or use a pen to write."
There's new hope for people living with uterine fibroids in Alberta. Doctors at the Misericordia Community Hospital are the first in the province to offer 'Acessa,' a new, less-invasive procedure that can treat debilitating symptoms such as fatigue, heavy bleeding and constant pain.
MILAN (AP) — An 11-year-old girl from Sierra Leone was found floating in the Mediterranean Sea off Italy’s southernmost island of Lampedusa, believed to be the only survivor of a shipwrecked migrant boat that had departed from the port of Sfax in Tunisia, a humanitarian group said Thursday.
EDMONTON — Officers won't face charges after an innocent man was unknowingly shot and killed in 2022, Alberta’s police watchdog said Wednesday.
Some early breast cancer patients can safely avoid specific surgeries, according to two studies exploring ways to lessen treatment burdens.
Former England rugby player Tom Voyce is believed to have died after going into a river in his car, local authorities have said.
