Latoya Martin and her husband Christie Young were asleep when the fire started after midnight, and woke to the sound of beeping, heavy billowing smoke and flames. They say it’s a ‘miracle’ all 11 family members escaped.The family escaped the fire with just the pyjamas they were wearing — no shoes or socks. (Steve Bruce/CBC)A…
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The tragic details of the death of six-year-old Arthur Labinjo-Hughes will stay with us all, long after the trial concludes. Many of us will be asking ourselves what we could have done to save this child’s life, and what we could do to prevent anything like this from ever happening again. One question that will…
Quebec provincial police say a five-year-old boy has died and a 10-year-old boy was seriously injured after a collision between a school bus and a truck in Lyster, on Tuesday.Police say a school bus hit a parked truck around 3:30 p.m. ET in Lyster, Que., about 70 kilometres south of Quebec City. (Sebastien Vachon/Radio-Canada)Quebec provincial police…
With A-level results now back, hundreds of thousands of families will begin three years or more of financial juggling to ensure that their grown-up children have the best possible start in life. Despite the perception that the cost of a university education lands on the child – in the form of student debt – the…
Some U.S. parents eagerly expecting their third enhanced Child Tax Credit payment last week say they experienced a delay in getting the money…
The third monthly payment of the enhanced Child Tax Credit is landing in bank accounts on Wednesday, providing an influx of cash…
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Child battling cancer fulfils dream of meeting Sidney Crosby, gives him beaded medallion
by Sue JonesAn 11-year-old Winnipeg boy battling cancer gave the Pittburgh Penguins’ Sidney Crosby a beaded medallion with the team’s logo on it that matches his own.Dian Green, right, is battling his third bout of cancer and was able to virtually meet his lifelong hockey hero Sidney Crosby earlier in April. His family gifted a beaded medallion…
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Child care won’t be a ‘magic bullet’ that sparks post-pandemic recovery: Freeland
by Sue JonesOttawa’s plan to lower early learning and child-care costs was a centrepiece of last week’s federal budget, but Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland warns that such a system won’t quickly repair the economic damage wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The importance of early childhood education in today’s world is crucial. With so much gang violence, limited child care centres, latch…
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