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Warning: this story contains distressing details. Thomas Hamp testified Wednesday that he fatally stabbed his girlfriend Emily Sanche two years ago while he was in the throes of a delusion that he was under surveillance by secret police. The 27-year-old testified that he believed at the time it was “merciful” to stab Sanche because she was going to…
City councillors received an earful of criticism over the proposed site for a permanent emergency shelter in downtown Regina. Business owners in the area were adamant that the proposed location would negatively affect them. “Placing individuals with serious addiction and mental health issues in an industrial zone without direct access to these services not only…
Edmonton Oilers forward Evander Kane will undergo surgery and will be sidelined into the start of the regular season, general manager Stan Bowman announced Wednesday. “He’s going to be out for a while,” Bowman said without revealing the specific nature of the surgery. “I don’t want to speculate on that. I think our doctors will…
After Monday’s emergency debate in Parliament about the killings of six First Nations people by police over a two-week span, an NDP MP says the time for talking is over. Nunavut MP Lori Idlout said she thought there were some productive ideas brought forward in the debate including better training in de-escalation for RCMP and more cultural competency,…
The organization representing Canada’s doctors has issued a formal apology for the harms the medical profession has caused Indigenous Peoples. The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) made the apology Wednesday at a ceremony in Victoria, attended by representatives of First Nations, Metis and Inuit peoples. CMA president Dr. Joss Reimer said the organization was “deeply ashamed”…
The daughter of a woman who died after a suicide attempt at a Summerside hospital says the case points to gaps in P.E.I.’s mental health care system. Lisa Arsenault has been present and asking questions during the three days of a coroner’s inquest this week looking into the death of her mother, Angela Arsenault. The…
Jennifer Brazeau says an apology means little without a plan for meaningful action to drive change. That’s her sentiment ahead of a public apology from Canada’s largest association of medical doctors for past and ongoing harms the medical profession has caused First Nations, Inuit and Métis people. “An apology isn’t a panacea for change, they actually have to…
Cases of eastern equine encephalitis are rare in Canada. But after an Ottawa man died of the mosquito-borne virus just weeks ago, experts and public health officials say cases are likely underreported. The virus is rare but deadly, with a 33 to 70 per cent fatality rate for humans and the potential to cause severe long-term…
Faith leaders are calling on Ontario Premier Doug Ford to reverse course on his decision to close 10 supervised consumption sites across the province. A number of religious organizations came to Queen’s Park on Tuesday and said they were hopeful they could reach Ford’s “humanity.” Last month, Health Minister Sylvia Jones outlined a fundamental shift…
Shirley Lucas, CEO of the Alzheimer Society of Newfoundland and Labrador, and Health Minister John Hogan spoke at a news conference Monday about the launch of a new website with resources for people with dementia and their caretakers. (Arlette Lazarenko/CBC) The Newfoundland and Labrador government has a new campaign and website focused on supporting dementia…
